Washington, Feb 14 : Actor Steve Martin has said that the bad reviews he got for his performance in `The Pink Panther 2' didn't bother him much, as he's used to receiving harsh words from film critics.

The actor made the comments during a news conference at the Berlin Film Festival, where the film is in competition for the festival''s prestigious Golden Bear Award.

"I have received bad reviews my whole life. I received bad reviews for my stand-up act," Contactmusic quoted Martin as saying.

Washington, Feb 14 : Carrie Underwood has said that Chris Brown and Rihanna seemed fine when she saw them at Clive Davis'' Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills, and that the rumours about the couple are ridiculous.

Underwood spotted the couple at the bash, just hours before Brown allegedly assaulted Rihanna.

"They were fine at the Grammy party," Us magazine quoted Underwood as saying.

Washington, Feb 14 : A long-term research has determined that a combination of changing weather patterns, overfishing, pollution, and other factors have conspired to drive penguin populations into a precipitous decline.

The findings were presented by University of Washington professor and WCS scientific fellow Dr. P. Dee Boersma at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Chicago.

Washington, February 14: Kissing meant much more than physical attraction for the ancient Greeks and Romans, for the juicy gesture was used to express deference at the time, says an expert.

Donald Lateiner, a humanities-classics professor at Ohio Wesleyan University, says that men kissed men on the cheek as a social greeting, while subjects of a king "abased" themselves by kissing the ground in front of him.

While speaking at a press conference in Chicago, he said that people who wanted to curry favour with someone of higher status would "kiss up" the person''s hands, shoulders, and head-in that order.

He revealed that peems, novels, and all kinds of art helped him parse out the history of the kiss.

Washington, Feb 14 : A new study has found that male humpback whales favor the largest females.

Female humpback whales are usually larger than males to begin with, measuring up to around 50 feet long and weighing approximately 79,000 pounds.

"While obesity is understandably a serious problem in humans, it is interesting to find that in some of the largest animals ever to exist, bigger is indeed better. Thus size does matter!" lead author Adam Pack, an assistant professor of psychology and biology at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, told Discovery News.

Washington, Feb 14 : Gwyneth Paltrow just does not know how her role will be in Iron Man sequel, for movie bosses are not revealing any details about the project.

The actress, married to rocker Chris Brown, played Tony Stark''s faithful assistant and love interest Pepper Potts in the 2008 comic book blockbuster, opposite Robert Downey Jr.

Although Paltrow will reprise her role in the sequel, she has no idea about the proposed plot for the new movie, as studio executives are keeping it all under wraps.