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‘Tom and Jerry’ head to silver screen

‘Tom and Jerry’ head to silver screenWashington, Jan 22 : The popular Tom and Jerry cartoon is heading to the big screen.

Warner Bros are planning to bring the warring cat and mouse to life as computer graphic characters, who would be running around in live-action settings.

The film will track the story of how Tom and Jerry first meet and form their rivalry before getting lost in Chicago and reluctantly working together during an arduous journey home, reports Variety.

Katie Green is on a manhunt

London, January 22 : Katie Green has revealed her plans for the year ahead - to find herself a new man and swell her modelling career.

The stunning Ultimo model, who parted ways with her beau over Christmas after being together for one year, said that she was ready to drop her single title and loves to meet "challenging" men with a sense of humour.

"I'm single again and ready to meet someone new. I always go for brains over looks, I like a guy who will challenge me. I also love a sense of humour. That wins me over every time!" the Sun quoted her as saying.

Speaking of her future plans, Katie added: "My plans for 2009 are varied. Last week I signed a big advertising deal which you will hear about in a few weeks.

Valkyrie's German audiences confronted with their own past

Valkyrie's German audiences confronted with their own pastBerlin  - As Valkyrie opens Thursday to the general public in Germany, the film about the 1944 plot to kill Hitler brings Hollywood glamour to one of the less known episodes of Germany's Nazi history.

The US-German co-production is based on events leading up to July 20, 1944, when German officer Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, played by Tom Cruise, tried to kill Hitler by placing explosives under his table.

Audiences Wednesday at a preview screening spoke positively about Valkyrie.

Mike Myers, Paris Hilton and Uwe Boll lead "bad" film nominations

Mike Myers, Paris Hilton and Uwe Boll lead "bad" film nominationsLos Angeles  - Canadian comedy star Mike Myers is unlikely to get any love from the Oscars for his recent movie The Love Guru.

But he can console himself with a leading seven nominations from this year's Golden Raspberry Awards which commemorate the very worst the film world has to offer.

The box office bomb about a self-help romance advisor swept all the major categories including acting dishonours for Myers, Verne Troyer, Oscar winner Ben Kingsley and Jessica Alba.

Hollywood holds its breath - and sleep - for Oscar nominations

Hollywood holds its breath - and sleep - for Oscar nominations Los Angeles  - At the distinctly un-starlike hour of 5:30 am (1330 GMT) Thursday morning, the Oscar season will officially move into high gear.

That's when Forest Whitaker, who won an Oscar in 2006's The Last King Of Scotland, will unveil the nominations for the 2008 Academy Awards from Hollywood's Samuel Goldwyn Theatre.

Forest, 47, will be reading out the names at the press conference alongside Sid Ganis, who heads the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

90pct of Glastonbury tickets already sold

Glastonbury FestivalLondon, Jan 21 : Ninety percent of tickets for the Glastonbury Festival have already been sold much before the event begins in summers, revealed founder Michael Eavis.

While the festival's tickets failed to sell in advance last year, this year the bosses put the 137,500 tickets on sale in October, earlier than ever.

Speaking after picking up an award for environmental work at the Midem music conference in France, Eavis, who hosts the show on his Somerset farm, said that four headliners- two English and two from the US-have been lined up for the June event.

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