Looking ‘Up’ for best picture Oscar nomination
When an expanded list of 10 movies competes next year for the best picture Oscar, director Pete Docter hopes his ‘Up’ will become the first animated film since 1991’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ to vie for Hollywood’s most coveted honour. Award show trackers say Docter has reason to be hopeful because ‘Up’,... 
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Katharine McPhee
New York: Singer Katharine McPhee attends the Glamour Magazine 2009 Women of The Year Honours at Carnegie Hall. afp
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Britney breaks silence on lip-synch row
US pop icon Britney Spears has broken her silence on the lip-synching “controversy” surrounding her first Australian tour, saying she was only here for her fans. Spears acknowledged there had been some bad press over her part-mimed ‘Circus’ show, including reports that disgruntled fans walked out of...
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China probes mining firm over Great Wall damage
Authorities are investigating allegations that a mining group in China has destroyed part of the Great Wall, an official said, amid fears over the impact of development on the ancient structure. The firm in Inner Mongolia is alleged to have knocked several holes through a section of the wall from the...
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China Fashion Week
Beijing: A model showcases a creation by a young Chinese designer during finale show of the China Fashion Week. afp
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New dinosaur discovered in South Africa
A new species of dinosaur that roamed the Earth 197 million years ago, likely an ancestor of the enormous brontosaurus, has been discovered in South Africa, scientists said Wednesday. Dubbed Aardonyx Celestae, a combination of Afrikaans and Greek that means ‘Earth Claw’, fossils of the seven-metre (23-feet)...
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Woman drives truck into fish tank
A woman driving a pick-up truck crashed into a 1,500-gallon aquarium at a US airport. The tank, containing tropical fish, was part of a public art programme at Tampa International Airport, reports the Daily Telegraph. The driver and the young child sitting in her lap survived, but the tropical fish...
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Female footballer a violent web hit
A hard-tackling, hair-pulling female footballer has become an Internet sensation after a series of violent fouls were caught on camera. Elizabeth Lambert was suspended from the University of New Mexico team after being seen hitting, kicking and, in one instance, pulling an opponent down by her hair...
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Students’ sushi roll is a monster
Hundreds of amateur sushi chefs at the University of California, Berkeley, got their hands fishy as they assembled a 330-foot (101-metre) California roll. A university spokeswoman says Sunday’s rice-and-seaweed monstrosity is the largest of its kind ever rolled, surpassing a 300-foot (91-metre) California...
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