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‘Dabangg’ sweeps Mirchi Music Awards

dabangg25363In this award season, only the film awards were not enough for actor Salman Khan starrer “Dabangg”, its music also swept the Mirchi Music Awards 2010 held Friday. “Dabangg” is awarded the best album of the year, which was composed by music director duo Sajid-Wajid. Sajid-Wajid was also conferred with the music director of the [...]

2011 Oscar Nominations! Watch Academy Award Nominees Announced LIVE

Which of 2010′s best in film will earn nods for the movie industry’s highest honor? Join us for a live stream of the 2011 Academy Award Nominees Announcement on Tuesday at 5:30 AM PT or 8:30 AM ET. The webcast will begin with Chris Harrison, host of ABC’s The Bachelor, and Dave Karger, Senior Writer [...]

New Jennifer Hudson Album Due In March; Prince Puts Moves On Leighton Meester; GLAAD Media Award Nominees; & More Crunch Crumbs

-Justin Bieber has joined PETA’s crusade for shelter pets in a second pro-animal rights PSA… -Meet the World’s Youngest Breast Cancer Survivor… -A Philadelphia abortion doctor is charged in several gruesome murders of low-income women and babies over three decades…. -Former Dancing With the Stars co-hostess, and current Entertainment Tonight correspondent, Samantha Harris welcomes a [...]

Awards go to those who attend the ceremony: Ajay Devgn

Ajay Devgan2Ajay Devgn has joined Aamir Khan in staying away from award ceremonies. Most functions just market themselves by wooing celebrities and awarding the nominees who agree to attend the events, says the actor. “I don’t attend award ceremonies. The facts with award ceremonies are that you are called saying, ‘Please come for the awards, we [...]

Matt Damon Critic’s Choice Movie Awards Joel Siegel Award Recipient

Matt Damon will be presented with the 4th annual Joel Siegel Award at the 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards on Jan. 14.

Chip Shot: Intel SSD 310 Wins Visionary Product Award

The newly introduced Intel® SSD 310 Series has won the Visionary Products Award as the top Enabling Storage Component at the Storage Visions conference in Las Vegas. The Intel SSD 310 is an ultra-small solid-state drive (SSD) that delivers Intel® X25-class award-winning SSD performance, but in one-eighth the size, to enable highly responsive dual-drive notebooks or innovative tablets.

“Burlesque” Leading 2011 Razzie Shortlist

Sometimes it’s an honor just to be nominated. But when the going grand prize is a shiny Golden Raspberry Award…Yeah, not so much. The nominees for the 2011 Razzies — honoring last year’s worst in film — are due out Jan. 24, and Christina Aguilera’s movie musical Burlesque is leading the pack of cinema stinkers [...]

Tanay Chheda chosen for best child entertainer award

Child actor Tanay ChhedaChild actor Tanay Chheda, known for his performances in films like “My Name Is Khan”, “Taare Zameen Par” and “Slumdog Millionaire”, has been chosen to recieve the best entertainer award at the seventh edition of the POGO Amazing Kids Awards (PAKA). The 14-year-old is one among seven children across seven different categories to be awarded [...]

Michael Douglas Palm Springs International Film Festival Icon Award Recipient 2011

Cancer-stricken screen star Michael Douglas, 66, will be honored with the Icon Award at the 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival next month for his work as an actor and producer. The actor, 66, is planning to take time out from his treatment for throat cancer to collect the accolade in person. Douglas is [...]

B92 reporter receives UNS award

The 2010 Journalist Association of Serbia (UNS) Dimitrije Davidović Award for editorial work was presented to B92 journalist Ljubica Gojgić. The UNS Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Ivanka Bešević-Boreli, a retired Politika daily reporter.

OKS athlete of year award ceremony

The Olympic Committee of Serbia (OKS) has named Serbia’s top tennis player Novak Đoković and sport shooter Zorana Arunović athletes of the year.

The Serbian women’s national volleyball team was named the 2010 top women’s team, whereas among men’s teams, the best one is the men’s national volleyball team.

Beckham to get BBC Lifetime Achievement award

David Beckham1Ace midfielder David Beckham has been selected for the BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement award. The lifetime honour is one of several awards, which will be presented during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show on Sunday. The 35-year-old midfielder is England’s most capped outfield player and has won six Premier League titles and [...]

Swiss FM changes mind about “Kosovo award”

Switzerland has called on “Kosovo and the international community” to launch a legal investigation into the Kosovo organ trafficking case. “The Swiss Foreign Ministry calls on the affected countries and particularly Kosovo for clarification on these accusations. The appropriate and international authorities must lead legal steps to assemble potential evidence,” the AFP quoted the ministry’s statement.

Kim Kardashian Bests Jennifer Lopez For World’s Best Butt Award 2010

Jennifer Lopez’s reign as Queen of the Celebrity Derriere has come to an end. Bootylicious reality diva Kim Kardashian, 30, snatched the lead in a new poll ranking the World’s Best Bums. The online poll, hosted by Britain’s The Sun, proclaimed that Kim has “The Holy Grail of Hindquarters,” ranking J-Lo in second place, ahead [...]

Chip Shot: Intel Wins Parallel Computing Award

Electronic Design magazine has awarded Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2011 and Intel® Cluster Studio 2011 the Best Electronic Design award for 2010 in the embedded – parallel programming category. The publication recognized the products’ significant upgrades and broad range of parallel processing tools. Both high-end software development products deliver improved parallel performance and ease-of-use for developers. Get more information here.

B92 reporter wins OSCE Person of Year award

B92 reporter Brankica Stanković received OSCE 2010 Person of the Year award.

Stanković is the only award winner this year.

B92 reporter receives OSCE award

B92 reporter Brankica Stanković is the recipient of this year’s OSCE Personality of the Year award. The award is given to persons whose work supports the values of the OSCE. Unlike in previous years when the award was given in five categories, Staković is the sole recipient in 2010.

2011 Independent Spirit Award Nominees

Countdown to the 2011 Academy Awards: First stop — The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards…. Last Night star Eva Mendes and two-time Spirit nominee Jeremy Renner announced the nominees for the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards from the London Hotel in West Hollywood on Tuesday morning. Drama Winter’s Bone and comedy The Kids Are All Right [...]

Justin Timberlake Oscar Campaign: “SexyBack” Singer Wants Academy Award Nomination For Role In “The Social Network”

Once a favorite to host the Academy Awards, former boy bander Justin Timberlake has launced a campaign to add the most distinguished prize in film to his collection of six Grammys, two Emmys, and host of platinum plaques. Timberlake is planning an aggressive campaign to earn a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod for his role [...]

‘Obama cannot award permanent membership of UNSC to India’: Pak envoy to UN

US President Barack Obama cannot award the permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council to India, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Abdullah Hussain Haroon has said. Haroon said that voting was necessary for this purpose, and India could not become a member until all the permanent members of the council approved it, the Daily [...]