At the 14th annual Critics' Choice Awards 2009, ace Bollywood singer-music composer A R Rahman has been awarded with the Best Music Composer award for Danny Boyle’s movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, which continued its inexorable march as 2008’s standout film.
The event was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in LA on Thursday (Jan 08).
Los Angeles - Orlando Magic centre Dwight Howard and reigning league Most Valuable Player Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers remain the leading vote-getters in their respective Eastern and Western Conferences, after the fourth returns of the 2009 NBA All-Star balloting was announced Thursday.
Howard, the league's top rebounder, leads all players with 2,102,368 votes, while Bryant is next with 1,903,798.
Washington, January 8 : Batman blockbuster `The Dark Knight' grabbed a handful of trophies at the People''s Choice Awards in Los Angeles on January 7.
The 2008 superhero film, which grossed more than 500 million dollars, topped the claimed Favorite Superhero, Favorite Movie, Favorite Onscreen Match-Up, Favorite Action Movie and Favorite Cast categories.
Batman Christian Bale, co-star Aaron Eckhart and director Christopher Nolan were honoured with a lengthy standing ovation as they walked the Shrine Auditorium stage to claim their prizes.
Los Angeles - The Batman film The Dark Knight won top honours at the US award programme the People's Choice Awards, winning awards in all five categories in which it was nominated.
The film - which starred Christian Bale as the superhero Batman and the late Heath Ledger - won favourite film as well as favourite action film, cast, superhero and on-screen match up (of Bale and Ledger).
Heath Ledger died a year ago at the age of 28 from a overdose of prescription medications.
Los Angeles - The Charlotte Bobcats are the latest to take advantage of the mighty Boston Celtics' recent road woes.
Raymond Felton scored 25 points, and rookie DJ Augustin came off the bench to add 11 of his 20 in overtime, including the go-ahead three-pointer, as the Bobcats surprised the suddenly stumbling Celtics with a 114-106 victory on Tuesday night.
After starting the season with a sparkling 27-2 record, including a franchise-record 19 consecutive victories, the defending NBA Champions have sputtered, dropping five of their last seven contests - all on the road.
Los Angeles, Jan 7 : Indian-born fashion designer Anand Jon may still hope that he will be exonerated from rape charges, with San Francisco Consul General Susmita G Thomas now taking personal interest in his case.
Thomas and her husband visited South California on January 3 to discuss Jon's case, reports IndiaPost. com.
She met with community members at the residence of Dr Krishna Reddy, where Aravinda K. Shetty DDS, Former film Star Madhu Kapoor, Dr Mrs Jay Shah and Yoga guru Bikram Chaudhry were also present.
Lauren, a fashion model, was also present at the event. Jon''s accusers tried all that they could to make Lauren join them in their conspiracy against Anand.
At the 14th annual Critics' Choice Awards 2009, ace Bollywood singer-music composer A R Rahman has been awarded with the Best Music Composer award for Danny Boyle’s movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, which continued its inexorable march as 2008’s standout film.
Los Angeles - Orlando Magic centre Dwight Howard and reigning league Most Valuable Player Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers remain the leading vote-getters in their respective Eastern and Western Conferences, after the fourth returns of the 2009 NBA All-Star balloting was announced Thursday.
Washington, January 8 : Batman blockbuster `The Dark Knight' grabbed a handful of trophies at the People''s Choice Awards in Los Angeles on January 7.
Los Angeles - The Batman film The Dark Knight won top honours at the US award programme the People's Choice Awards, winning awards in all five categories in which it was nominated.
