London, Jan 23 : Music industry is full of ex-bosses who have turned down the biggest of bands during their budding stage, and one such bigwig is Alex James from `Blur', who declined Coldplay thinking it was "ordinary."

James has revealed that he failed to sign Coldplay when he had a record label for a short time in the late Nineties.

"I went to see Coldplay with Damien Hirst and Joe Strummer - my fellow record company executives - and we all thought they were ordinary and passed on them," The Sun quoted him as saying.

New Delhi, Jan 23 : An appeal filed by the Maharashtara Government on Thursday seeking a stay on the film `Deshdrohi' will be heard by the Supreme Court today.

The appeal was filed in the wake of escalating tensions in Mumbai following the violent anti-north Indian campaign fanned by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.

Considering the urgency of the matter, a bench headed by Justice BN Aggarwal will look into the appeal on the ban of the movie scheduled for release on Friday.

London, Jan 23 : Burlesque star Dita Von Teese is set to take the French audiences by storm as she returns to perform striptease at Paris'' most famous nude revue.

The 36-year-old star has been booked in for a two-week run at the Crazy Horse in the French capital, where she also plans to show off musical skills.

"I feel that Paris is a place that still appreciates its showgirls. I feel I have to raise the bar," The Sun quoted her as saying.

Los Angeles  - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led the Oscar nominations with 13 nods Thursday, ahead of Slumdog Millionaire and Milk.

- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Adapted from a 1921 short story by US literary legend F Scott Fitzgerald, the movie stars Brad Pitt as a man born in 1918 with the physical appearance of an old man and the ability to speak. He proceeds to age in reverse, enjoying a wonderful romance for a few years when he is roughly the same age as his wife, building a fortune, before he ends his life as a baby.

Los Angeles - The following is a complete list of the Oscar nominations announced Thursday in Los Angeles.

1. Best Picture: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire.

2. Best Actor: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor; Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon; Sean Penn, Milk; Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler.

3. Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married; Angelina Jolie, Changeling; Melissa Leo, Frozen River; Meryl Streep, Doubt; Kate Winslet, The Reader.

London, January 22 : Irish rockers U2 have been accused by a U. S. musician of stealing the artwork from one of his albums for the cover of their forthcoming album `No Line On The Horizon'.

Taylor Deupree, who owns the record label 12k, claims that the artwork on U2's album uses the same image as his 2006 album `Specification. Fifteen', a collaboration with Richard Chartier.