Cruz and Hayek Triumph at ALMA Awards

Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek were among the big winners at the American Latino Media Arts Awards on Thursday.

The Vicky Cristina Barcelona star picked up the award for best film actress at the ceremony, which celebrates the achievements of Hispanic artists in film, television and music.

Hayek was given the Anthony Quinn Award for Industry Excellence, while family drama Nothing Like the Holidays, starring Debra Messing and John Leguizamo, took home three honors.

Makeup artist Jeanne Van Phue and hairstylist Mary Ann Valdes were honored for their work behind the scenes of vampire movie Twilight.

Other winners on the night included The Office's Oscar Nunez, who was named best comedy actor, and Selena Gomez, who scooped best comedy actress for her part in the Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place.

The ceremony was held at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, and was hosted by George Lopez and Eva Longoria Parker.

Dil Bole Haddipa and Wanted in promotional war

After 3 weeks of back to back flop films, the box-office will finally see two big releases this Friday. Both, Salman Khan’s Wanted and Rani Mukherjee’s Dil Bole Hadippa are big in their own respect. Salman Khan has been going out of his way to promote Wanted like no other film. This remake of the Telugu blockbuster hit Pokiri has Salman Khan in a hardcore action role, something that he hasn’t done in a long long time. The hype on the film is considerably high and the opening week collections should be nothing short of the biggest amongst the year.

Yash Raj Film’s Dil Bole Hadippa starring Rani Mukherjee and Shahid Kapoor in lead roles is equally hot property. Rani Mukherjee’s diverse look from the Punjabi munda to the sexy-hot babe in bikini top has kept the film in constant public glare.

While the clash is big enough, chances are both the films would survive strongly at the box-office. The audiences haven’t seen a decent film in the past 3 weeks and should lap up both these releases.

Sushmita Sen missing from the promotional scenes of Do Knot Disturb

Have you noticed, in the promotional scenes of David Dhawan’s upcoming film ‘Do Knot Disturb’ some one is missing? Govinda is undoubtedly dominating the screen space. Ritesh has also occupied enough on-screen space. Even Lara Dutta has gained sufficient importance. Than why is it that only Sushmita Sen is missing?

And without any doubt absence of Sushmita Sen is arising many rumors. But now the reason is out and the reason is this promoting song of ‘Do Knot Disturb’. Sushmita is sizzling as usual and this particular presence of Sush definitely compensates her absence from the other promotional scenes of the movie.

Aishwarya Ranked Among The 10 Most Beautiful Women

After being through a disastrous run at the box office in the form of KYUN HO GAYA NA and SHABD, and being overshadowed by Mallika Sherawat's skimpy outfits at the Cannes film festival, finally here's some good news for the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai and her fans. Our desi beauty has been ranked as one of the ten most beautiful women of the world by the Harpers & Queen magazine. 

Topping the list was Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie; the others in the top ten list include Christy Turlington, Queen Rania of Jordan, Sofia Coppola, Nigella Lawson, Uma Thurman, Emmanuelle Béart, Kate Moss, Aishwarya Rai and Charlotte, of Monaco.

Slumdog Millionaire kid loses his dad

Alongside his elatedness post-Slumdog Millionaire success, the young lad goes woe-stricken as he loosed his father Ismail Sheikh yesterday, in Mumbai. The family members revealed that he was involved in private fight with tuberculosis for past couple of years. 

Sheikh, 46 is survived by his widow Shamim, son Azharuddin, an older son and two daughters. 

Much desolated in spirits, Shamim stated that her husband was suffering from TB for past two years. However they didn’t want Azharuddin to know about this as it would deteriorate his professional advancements. 

Danny Boyle, filmmaker of Slumdog Millionaire has expressed his condolences and will make his visit earlier by next month.

Jackson tipped to be 2010's highest earning star

LONDON: Late pop legend Michael Jackson is set to become the highest earning 

celebrity of 2010, with experts predicting the star will bring 
in an estimated $240 
million in revenue. 

The King of Pop's music shot back into the charts following his sudden death in June and the executors of his estate are planning to launch an official range of merchandise as well, reports contactmusic.com. 

Bosses at the company behind Jackson's doomed comeback concerts in London, AEG, are set to release a movie featuring rehearsal footage for his 'This Is It' residency, and are also reportedly considering a live album and DVD. 

The ventures look set to make Jackson the highest earning celebrity in 2010, ahead of Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, Lady Gaga and Harry Potter actors Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe. 

Also featuring in the top ten is British supercouple David and Victoria Beckham, racing driver Lewis Hamilton, "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson, Elvis Presley and Britney Spears, according to a survey of licensing and merchandising experts across Europe.