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Cyrus Broacha's take on the auction of top international players conducted by Indian Premier League.

With the writers strike being called off, the 80th Academy Awards ceremony took place with its usual fanfare on Sunday at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Here's a look at its big winners.

Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are expecting their second child - this according to a report on the website of People magazine.

Taare Zameen Par lost the Best Film award to Chak De India , but did earn a Best Director trophy for its star helmer Aamir Khan who, true to his reputation, gave the ceremony a miss. In the Critics Awards category, Shimit Amin took Best Director for Chak De India , and Taare Zameen Par landed Best Film.

He is unquestionably among the finest male singers in Bollywood. His velvet voice has given us some of our favourite songs in recent years. Few other singers can claim to reflect such myriad emotions in their singing and few can bring such emotion into their music, a remarkably gifted artist KK has just managed to do that.

Fashion food and music--- things to help you plan out a better weekend.

An artist famously known as the 'Bindu man' turns 86. SH Raza recently celebrated his birthday in the Capital and even as he turns 86, he is young and vibrant with the urge to explore his world of art.

Eating food is the last thing that you'd expect your computer to help you with. But electronic menus are already here and will soon come to a restaurant near you. A company called Conceptic has installed electronic menus in joints across Israel, France and South Africa, something that it claims is being loved by the people.

It's clear that she is the reigning star among Bollywood beauties.

Preity Zinta is gearing up for the IPL almost as much as the cricketers are. The actress is more than happy with Team Mohali. In an interview with CNN-IBN's Rohit Khilnani, Preity said she is confident that Team Mohali will win the IPL matches.

It's been a rocky start to the Kitaab festival this year. The festival, organised by Pablo Ganguli has generated a controversy after his former team mates sent out an email alleging that they were not paid for last year's event.

First, let's be nice to foreigners. The Shanmukhananda Sabha, Delhi, will hold a four-day Tyagaraja Aradhana at the Andhra Bhavan hall between February 23 and 26.

It was one cozy winter evening at writer Khushwant Singh's residence in New Delhi. Occasion: Launch of Invisible City: Hidden Monuments of Delhi written by Rakhshanda Jalil and published by Niyogi Books.

A thriller of a polo match was what one witnessed at the Jaipur Polo Grounds as it hosted the finals of The Hindustan Times Polo Tournament recently.

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Minister, Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday that if the agreements on civil nuclear co-operation are not carried out the country could face isolation and sanctions could be affected.

It was at age 19 that Shahid Sheikh (not his real name) first fell in love with a Kalashnikov assault rifle. And soon after finishing college in Anantnag, he found a new address - a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.

Despite the bonhomie at the Jaipur Literature festival, publishers are keen to share their woes. Whether it is at the procurement end or in the distribution chain, the challenge for the publishers is no marginal issue.

First he designs pocket friendly things and then he burns a hole in those pockets. After designing a credit card fashion designer Rohit Bal is now venturing into home furnishings.

The stage was set for the budding designers of Inter National Institute of Fashion Design, Hauz Khas. The fashion show was a part of the 11-day Kingfisher Groove Carnival.

Imagine you are driving down NH 8, your car stereo turned full volume. And the next thing you know is you are charged with 'infringement' of exclusive copyrights.