London, Feb 13: Hollywood actress Kate Winslet is getting some styling tips for this year's Oscars from her daughter Mia.

The 33-year-old star is tipped to win the Best actress gong for her role in The Reader at the Academy awards.

And her eight-year-old daughter Mia will help the actress choose her Oscar dress.

London, Feb 13 : The BBC is said to be in talks with a major Hollywood studio to remake the classic film `The French Lieutenant''''s Woman'.

According to a Hollywood executive, there are discussions of making a fresh adaptation of the 1969 novel by the late John Fowles with the BBC.

Gary Marenzi, MGM co-president of worldwide television distribution, said that outline plans for the new adaptation would be a four one-hour miniseries.

Washington, Feb 13 : A man accused of impersonating late Aussie actor Heath Ledger''s grieving father to con John Travolta has been sentenced, after he was caught in a similar act in Britain.

Wayne Scott, 36, who had been involved in a plot to con John Travolta, allegedly made a number of tearful telephone calls to Hollywood stars after the actor''s death in January 2008, pretending to be his dad Kim.

London, Feb 13 : Comedian Russell Brand has revealed that he offered her his dirty underwear to legendary actress Dame Helen Mirren on the set of their new movie.

The actors appear in a upcoming film adaptation of William Shakespeare''s `The Tempest', with Mirren taking on the role of Prospero and Brand playing jester Trinculo.

Brand said that when he found himself with an extra pair of briefs during an impromptu outfit change on-set, he quickly offered Mirren his spare underwear.

Karachi, Feb. 13 : Legendry ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan has been hospitalized after he reported uneasiness and difficulty in breathing.

Hassan has been admitted to the Agha Khan Hospital here.

He has been kept in an intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital, where doctors are treating him for chest and lung infections.

"Not only is he unable to speak, but he is also unable to recognise his family members," The News quoted Hassan's son, Arif Mehdi, as saying.

Washington, Feb 13: Anne Hathaway is turning into a man!