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James Faulkner plays a stunning innings to lead Australia to a one-wicket win in the second ODI in Brisbane.

 James Faulkner smashed an unbeaten 69 off 47 balls to give Australia an unlikely one-wicket win over England in the second one-day international for a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

Man-of-the-match Faulkner smashed five sixes and three boundaries in a 57-run partnership with Clint McKay in the final five overs to lead Australia to its victory target of 301 with just three balls to spare.

After Alastair Cook won the toss and elected England to bat, Eoin Morgan scored a dashing century and Ian Bell had 68 in a very competitive 300—8.

Australia made a disastrous start in reply when Aaron Finch was caught one-handed by Gary Ballance off Chris Jordan (2—53). Jordan soon struck again when he caught-and-bowled David Warner for 18.

Earlier, Eoin Morgan smashed a dashing century to lead England to a competitive 300-8.

Morgan hit four fours and six sixes in his knock of 106 before he was caught by Michael Clarke off James Faulkner (2—71).

Ian Bell made 68 to steady the innings after the early loss of Alastair Cook (22) and Joe Root (2) before being run out by Clarke.

Morgan earned an early reprieve while on 1 when he lofted a Clarke ball to deep mid-wicket for a simple catch but it was deemed not out because Australia had set too many fielders outside the inner circle.

Cook had another disappointing day after winning the toss and electing to bat first on a dry and flat Gabba wicket. The England captain again went cheaply, caught and bowled by Glenn Maxwell (2—31).

Joe Root fell shortly after, trapped lbw off Ashes hero Mitchell Johnson.

Gary Ballance made just 9 before being caught out of his crease by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin off Maxwell, leaving England looking vulnerable on 73—3.

Bell then set about restoring the innings with a solid knock that included five boundaries.

Ravi Bopara made 24 before being caught by George Bailey off Faulkner.

Jos Buttler made 49, with his score revised upward by a post-innings review which found a shot that had seemed to be knocked back into play by Shaun Marsh was actually a boundary.

Ben Stokes was caught for a duck by Maxwell off Coulter—Nine and Morgan was finally dismissed in the final over.

Salman Shahrukh Hug At Star Guild Award

Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan’s hug made the maximum buzz at the 9th Renault Star Guild Awards; but it was Farhan Akhtar’s Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Deepika Padukone’s Chennai Express performance that won everyone’s heart.




The evening which became one of the most spectacular events of the year, was hosted by none other than Salman Khan and stars like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Prabhu Dheva performed on foot tapping numbers from their movies. Apart from these scintillating performances, it was Sallu Bhaai’s wit and sense of humour jisne samaa baandh diya! Salman was at his comic best while hosting the event. He yanked the stars’ chain and left everyone in splits. The Dabangg Khan also tried grooving with some of the celebs – now that’s something you don’t see everyday, no? Go ahead check out the complete list of winners..


Best Film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Actress Award: Deepika Padukone for Chennai Express

Best Actor Award: Farhan Akhtar for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Supporting Actress: Divya Dutta

Entertainer Award For The Year: Shahrukh Khan

Star Verdict Performer of the Year: Irrfan Khan for The Lunchbox

Best Director: Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Most Promising Debut Award Female: Vaani for Shuddh Desi Romance

Most Promising Debut Award Male: Sushant Singh Rajput for Kai Po Che

Jodi Of the Year Award: Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor

Best Choreography Award: Remo D’souza for Badtameez Dil and Balam Pichkari for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Hall of Fame Award: Chennai Express, Ram Leela, Race 2, Grand Masti, Aashiqui 2

Best Screenplay: Prasoon Joshi for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Story: Prasoon Joshi for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Special Effects Award: Red Chillies for Krrish 3

Lifetime Achievement Award: Salim Khan, Tanuja Mukherjee

KA Abbas Honour: Hansal Mehta for Shahid

Best Music: Pritam for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh for Tum Hi Ho

Best Playback Singer (Female): Bhoomi Trivedi for Ram Chahe Leela

Best Lyrics: Mithoon for Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2

Yash Chopra Award (Most Promising Director): Ritesh Batra for The Lunchbox

Best Actor In Comedy: Arshad Warsi for Jolly LLB and Varun Sharma for Fukrey

Best Performance in a Negative Role: Supriya Pathak for Ram Leela

Best Costume Design: Maxima Basu & Anju Modi for Ram Leela

Best dialogue: Hussain Dalal for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Best Sound Mixing award: Biswadeep Chatterjee for Madras Café

Best Cinematography: Binod Pradhan in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Editing award: Chandrashekhar Prajapati for Madras Café

Best Art Direction award: Wasir Khan for Ram Leela


Television Awards


Best Comedy Series: Comedy Nights with Kapil

Best ongoing drama series: Balika Vadhu

Best Director: Santaram Verma for Jodhaa Akbar

Best Actress Award (Serial): Ankita Lokhande for Pavitra Rishta and Drashti Dhami for Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon

Best Mythological series: Siddharth Kumar Tewari for Mahabharat

Best Non-Fiction series: Bigg Boss 7 for Endemol

Proud to be most searched personality online: Sunny Leone

Sunny Leone has achieved a lot in the year 2012, and now she’s proud of being named the most search celebrity in India on the internet.

Indo-Canadian adult movie actress Sunny Leone is proud to learn that she is the most searched personality online, in India.

The actress was named the most searched celebrity in Google's annual Zeitgeist list.

The second position went to veteran actor Rajesh Khanna, who passed away in July this year.

"It is a very proud moment for me. Me and my husband Daniel Weber have worked really hard to get recognition and it is really overwhelming that people and my fans are searching me online," Sunny told IANS.

"I consider myself lucky. I am just one film old in Bollywood and despite that I have achieved so much," she added.

The actress made her Bollywood debut with Mahesh Bhatt's Jism 2 and will next be seen in Ekta Kapoor's Ragini MMS 2.

Sunny Leone said she always wanted to achieve such recognition, but thought it was impossible.

"I always wanted to be here but thought it is not possible. But after being here I feel anything is possible. It is so amazing. It is indeed a proud moment for me and my husband Daniel," she added.

Munir Dar suspended for illegal action

Munir Dar, the Hong Kong left-arm spinner, has been found to have an illegal bowling action and has been suspended by the ICC from bowling in international cricket for 12 months. According to an analysis carried out by the ICC, the amount of elbow extension in Dar's action across all deliveries (stock delivery, quicker one and arm ball) exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted.

Dar was reported twice during the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE, firstly on November 15 last year following a group match against Italy, and then on November 28 following a playoff match against Papua New Guinea.

Dar was first reported by umpires C Shamshuddin, Michael Gough, Ian Ramage and match referee Dev Govindjee, and was required to submit to an analysis by his home board, which concluded that his action was legal. As such, Dar was permitted to continue bowling in international cricket.

However, any subsequent report within a period of two years of the date of the first report requires a bowler to submit to an ICC analysis, and Dar was reported a second time by umpires Michael Gough, S Ravi, Adrian Holdstock, John Ward and match referee Graeme Labrooy. As a result, he was required to submit to an ICC analysis.

Where an ICC analysis concludes that a player's action is illegal, the player is immediately suspended from bowling in any international cricket for a period of 12 months. Upon the expiry of the suspension period, Dar will be automatically eligible to bowl again in international cricket.

The ICC analysis was performed by associate professor Jacque Alderson and her team at the School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, in Perth on December 19.

(News copy from cricinfo.com)

Sonam Kapoor caught KISSING in bikini!

Sonam Kapoor after going through a busy schedule took some time off to celebrate the New Year with her sister and few friends in Goa.

Sonam checked into a 5 star hotel in Goa for the New Year's Party with her boyfriend Boolani, her sister Rhea & Sonam's great friend Pernia Qureshi was along with the gang with her boyfriend.

She was seen splashing and enjoying in the pool in a blue bikini. Sonam was looking all hot and gorgeous in her sexy outfit. She happily posed for the pictures of her which were later on shared on social media.

This was a much needed break for Sonam as she was busy shooting for her upcoming film Khoobsurat remake opposite to renowned Pakistani Actor Fawad Khan.

The shoot of the film is in its last phase with just few remaining portions to be shot.

Britney Spears`s Vegas Show: Catch the glimpse

Britney Spears kicked off her two-year residency at Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood with her new show Piece of Me.

There were many familiar faces among the sold-out crowd including Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Mario Lopez, Kellan Lutz, Katy Perry, Sia, DJ Pauly D, Serena Williams, and Adam Lambert.

"Piece of Me" is a 21-song salute to Spears's nearly two-decade-old career, with the pop supernova whirling through an aggressive onslaught of her biggest hits, essentially ensuring that no one who coughed up dough to see classics like "Baby One More Time," "Oops!...I Did It Again," "Stronger," or "Circus" leave disappointed. The night was so heavy on We Love Britney nostalgia that the singer even donned her famous body-glitter nude bodysuit to perform "Toxic."

Tickets for shows through September 2014 are currently on sale.

Australia crush England to seal 5-0 whitewash


Australia completed a 5-0 Ashes clean sweep against England on Sunday as the hapless tourists crumbled to a humiliating 281-run defeat in the fifth Test in Sydney.

Demoralised England capitulated after tea against the home side's pace attack, losing seven wickets in 52 minutes on their way to being bundled out for 166 in 31.4 overs -- getting nowhere near the 448 target for victory.

It was the sixth time the beleaguered tourists had been skittled for under 200 in the series and the crushing defeat is expected to have major ramifications for English cricket just months after they beat Australia 3-0 in England.

Paceman Ryan Harris finished with five for 25 and man-of-the-series Mitchell Johnson -- who took 37 wickets in the five matches -- had figures of 3-40.

Skipper Alastair Cook (7), Ian Bell (16) and Kevin Pietersen (6) all fell in the middle session as England limped to tea on 87-3 but it was carnage after the interval as four wickets tumbled in two overs with the tourists falling apart against inspired Australian bowling and fielding.

Michael Carberry (43) feathered Mitchell Johnson to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin just two balls after the resumption and three balls later debutant Gary Ballance was trapped plumb in front by Johnson for seven.

Wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow was caught close in by George Bailey off spinner Nathan Lyon for a three-ball duck and debutant legspinner Scott Borthwick was magnificently caught by skipper Michael Clarke off Lyon for four.

Ben Stokes offered some belated resistance, punishing Lyon for 20 off one over before he played Harris on to his stumps for 32 off 16 balls with three fours and two sixes.

Stuart Broad also went down swinging with four sixes and three fours in his 42 off 36 balls before bowled by Harris, and Boyd Rankin was last man out, caught overhead by Clarke at second slip to complete the victory.

Earlier Cook, who has endured a miserable series with the bat, was caught behind off Johnson for seven and was followed by Bell, who was snapped up the gully off Ryan Harris.

Pietersen was athletically caught by Bailey close to the bat off Harris as England's top order once again failed to fire.

The England skipper has scored just 246 runs at 24.60 in this series, in sharp contrast to the last tour of Australia in 2010/11, when he amassed 766 runs at 127.66.

Bell, who was impressive in last year's Ashes series in England, and Pietersen, have both averaged less than 30 in the series.

Australia were dismissed for 276 in their second innings shortly after lunch with Chris Rogers top-scoring with 119.

Haddin became the highest-scoring Australian wicketkeeper in a Test series with his breezy 28 off 40 balls.

Haddin, the nemesis of the English bowlers with his lower middle-order batting, finished the series with 493 runs at 61.62 to better the previous best of 473 held by Adam Gilchrist against South Africa in 2001-02.








Beyonce tops U.S. Billboard album chart for third straight week

Beyonce's self-titled album claimed the top spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart for the third week running with 310,000 copies sold during the Christmas week, according to figures released Thursday from Nielsen SoundScan.

The pop star's fifth solo album has sold a total of 1.3 million copies in the United States in the 17 days from its surprise release through December 29, the final day for tallying this week's chart.

"Beyonce" is the first album to remain at No. 1 for three weeks since Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" did the same in April, Billboard said.

The album, Beyonce's first since 2011, was released December 13 exclusively through Apple's iTunes digital music store and was not available in other retailers until December 21.

British-Irish boy band One Direction's "Midnight Memories" moved up one notch to No. 2 with 142,000 copies sold in the week, while rapper Eminem moved to No. 3 from No. 6 with "Marshall Mathers LP 2" selling 122,000 copies. Billboard said both titles likely benefited from redemptions of gift cards for download stores.

With Christmas albums like country pop singer Kelly Clarkson's "Wrapped in Red" and "Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas" both dropping down in the chart, the soundtrack from the animated movie "Frozen" and Katy Perry's "PRISM" moved up to round out the top five.

Week-over-week album sales dropped 11 percent for the week ending December 29. Sales last week were down 3 percent from the same period last year and album sales for the year were 8 percent lower than 2012.

Pitbull's "Timber," a song featuring Ke$ha, retook the No. 1 spot on the digital track list with 442,000 downloads last week.

Rani Mukerji to tie the knot with Aditya Chopra in February?

Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji is finally putting end to all speculations surrounding her personal life. And if reports are to be believed then the Bengali actress will tie the knot with her longtime beau Aditya Chopra in February this year.

According to a report published in a leading daily, Rani and Aditya, who have always kept media guessing about their relationship, will get married on February 10 at the famous Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur.

Reportedly Rani Mukerji zeroed in on the venue during Nita Ambani's birthday bash last year. Rani was there at the Umaid Bhawan for the 50th birthday celebrations of Nita Ambani.

The couple was supposed to tie the knot last year but due to the sudden demise of Aditya's father and late filmmaker Yash Chopra in October 2012 it was postponed.

The wedding will be held in traditional Punjabi style. Rani is currently gearing up for her next movie 'Mardani', where she will essay the role of a police officer.

Rani Mukerji, along with her family is always spotted at the Chopra mansion. She was also seen celebrating Diwali with Pamela Chopra, Aditya and Uday last year.

Ranbir & Katrina: Only love but no time for marriage

Everyone are talking about this Ajab Ranbir-Katrina ki Ghazab Prem Kahani... They were spotted going lovey-dovey on beaches, having quite private eat-out along with their respective mommies, movie dates, parties.... And what not...! But wait, they don't seem to agree publicly that they are in relationship either deny such gossips.

For some time now the wagging tongues had been talking about their alleged engagement that will be held this year (2014). Even on Karan Johar's chat show Katrina was being hailed as "sister-in-law" by Ranbir's cousin Kareena, which further strengthen the stories. However, such things are not likely to happen anywhere in near future - for both Ranbir and Katrina seem to be very serious about their respective career and marriage is not on their priority list.

According to sources, Ranbir was heard saying to his friend that they both was to concentrate on their work as of now. He is especially concerned for Katrina's career and knows that she is very focused about it. So he doesn't want to hamper it with their relationship. While both of them do have that "special feelings" for each other, they are not ready to get committed officially now.

Movie review: Paul Walker's last outing 'Hours'

IT'S tempting to watch this film and wonder what could have been. Paul Walker, who died last month in a car crash, ventures as far away as he can from his Fast & Furious roles for this film about a father trying desperately to keep his newly born daughter alive, stranded alone in a hospital as Hurricane Katrina strikes.

Walker also produced this film while it's the debut directorial venture of Heisserer (the screenplay writer of films such as Nightmare on Elm Street and The Final Destination 5). They could have been pardoned for feeling the need to prove something. But creditably, they don't, letting the events speak for themselves.

Nolan (Walker) has walked into a New Orleans hospital with his wife in premature labour at 2 am just as Hurricane Katrina is gathering full strength. Within five hours, his wife has died and his child has been kept in a ventilator. Within the next few, the hospital has been evacuated but for those that can't be moved. A few more hours and Nolan realises he is practically the only one left in the hospital with his child. The power goes, so does the back-up, and as the battery starts running out, Nolan manages to discover an old one that needs winding every 2 minutes or so.

He will spend more than 42 hours in that situation, without power, cranking up the battery every 2 minutes, filling up his daughter's saline drip, and somehow managing to sustain himself on dwindling supplies and creeping witness. Any options he hunts for also have to be structured around that two-minute window.

Heisserer, who also wrote Hours, keeps the film engrossing despite the confines of the story, putting Nolan in risks of different forms. And of course we can't get the picture of that helpless baby wrapped in just a towel and a cap out of our heads. The lives of the two are intrinsically linked and the film knows that, and plays on it well.

Aamir Khan's 'Dhoom: 3' collects Rs 250 cr in India, above Rs 300 cr worldwide

Aamir Khan has struck gold at the box office - with 'Dhoom: 3' continuing to grow worldwide and domestic. Aamir Khan's 'Dhoom: 3' has collected Rs 250 crore in the domestic market as of January 1.

On the first day of the new year, 'Dhoom: 3' collected nearly Rs 10 crore totaling to Rs 250 crore. Film critic Taran Adarsh gave the official figures.

In Hindi language the film collected Rs 10.40 cr; in Tamil and Telugu Rs 0.38 cr bringing the total to Rs 10.78 Cr and consequently the grand total to Rs 252.70 cr.

He further summed up the second week collection for the action thriller film: "#Dhoom3 [Week 2]: Hindi ₹ 61.81 cr, Tamil & Telugu ₹ 1.91 cr. Total: Hindi ₹ 240.78 cr, Tamil & Telugu ₹ 11.92 cr. Grand total: ₹ 252.70."

Meanwhile globally 'Dhoom: 3' shattering all records, had collected above Rs 300 crore. In United Kingdom the film has collected Rs 20.24 (as of 29-Dec-2013); In United States of America and Canada the film has collected Rs 42.13 (as of 31-Dec-2013); in United Arab Emirates/G.C.C. Rs 32.47 and in Austraila + New Zealand 10.31(as of 29-Dec-2013) and in Pakistan Rs 7.25 (as of 26-Dec-2013) bringing the grand total to Rs 365.11 crore.

Also starring Katrina Kaif, Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra, 'Dhoom: 3' released on December 20.

'Dhoom: 3' may continue to grow in the first week of January as there are no significant releases. However in the second week dancing diva Madhuri Dixit is all set to make a comeback with deceit-romance film 'Dedh Ishqiya'.

Kate Winslet Is Concerned That Miley Cyrus Has Lost Her Way

Kate Winslet, the Oscar-winning mother of three who got her start in Hollywood at a fairly young age, is a little worried about Miley Cyrus.

"You hear horror stories where you think, 'God, who's looking after these people and why does it seem like they're losing their way?'" Winslet reportedly told Psychologies magazine (via The Independent). "I mean, you think about someone like Miley Cyrus, and I said to my daughter the other day, 'I'm this close to opening my mouth about what's going on with that girl.' Who is actually saying, 'Stop for a second. What do you want, who are you?'"

Winslet compared Cyrus' fame-laden upbringing to her own, saying she's "just been very lucky that I've always been quite comfortable with who I am." Winslet, who started her career on television, nabbed her breakout role in 1992, when she was cast in Peter Jackson's acclaimed "Heavenly Creatures." She rose through a steady wave of success to the top of the Hollywood ladder throughout the rest of the '90s, earning her first Oscar nomination in 1995 for "Sense and Sensibility."

Now, at the age of 38, Winslet joins a chorus of celebrities who've chimed in on Cyrus' youthful antics. Cher, Sinead O'Connor, P!nk, Annie Lennox, Elton John and Joan Rivers are among the stars who've expressed their concern over Cyrus' raunchy career moves during the past year.

Winslet attributes the culture of social media to Cyrus' intensifying salaciousness, labeling today's atmosphere a "nightmare" for young stars.

"It's really rough now," Winslet said. "I think, for young actors, actresses and pop stars, it's a nightmare. They can't do anything. I'm so not going near that whole world -- I don't need it. I do feel incredibly lucky."

Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer Happy New Year will release in Diwali

As per the latest buzz, Farah Khan’s next will hit the theatres this October. In that case, it’s going to be a dhamakedaar Diwali for all SRK fans, hai na?
If all goes well, the Bollywood box office will belong to Shahrukh Khan this Diwali — his much-awaited film Happy New Year is scheduled for an October 23 release. An official source told IANS: “Happy New Year will be a Diwali release.”

It will be officially announced through the film’s first poster, which will be launched Thursday on the movie’s social media pages – Twitter and Facebook.

Happy New Year, directed by Farah Khan and produced by Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd., is being positioned uniquely as a musical heist. The film also stars Deepika Padukone, Boman Irani, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah.

Farah and Shahrukh’s past associations in films like Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om have turned out to be gold spinners. They are doing every bit to spread the right kind of buzz about Happy New Year.

The film’s social media platforms have been very active and their first topic ‘wacky wishes’ has been trending on Twitter.

Also, a huge social media campaign has been set around the launch of the first poster of the film. The lead actors are actively participating in the campaign for the first poster launch.

Sherlyn Chopra wins the Dare Bare crown

Sherlyn Chopra beat Sunny Leone and Poonam Pandey to finish at the top of our3rd BollywoodLife 2013 Dare Bare awards list. And wethinks Vidya Balan will be even happier on her birthday as we have special news for her. The Kahaani lady finished ahead of Mallika Sherawat and Veena Malik in our this very exclusive awards category, and we think that BollywoodLifers love her sexy image as much as they love her auntyji avatar. But it was Sherlyn who was on top of everybody’s mind with her Playboy pics and her Kamasutra 3D promotional activities.

For our end-of-the-year BollywoodLife Awards we asked our readers, ‘Which Bollywood heroine dared to bare the most?’ and our options were: Sherlyn Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sunny Leone, Veena Malik, Poonam Pandey, Mallika Sherawat and Vidya Balan. Sherlyn won the cherry on top of this delightful sundae with 36 percent of the votes and was followed by Sunny Leone with 25 percent and Poonam Pandey with 15 percent. The Roy Kapur khandaan ki bahu received 9 percent of the votes and zoomed ahead of Veena Malik and Aditi Rao Hydari with 7 percent and 4 percent respectively. Surprisingly, Mallika Sherawat finished at the bottom of the list with the least number of votes.

Looking at Sherlyn Chopra’s popularity it seems that Kamasutra 3D is going to have ‘housefull’ audiences. Sunny Leone and Poonam Pandey need to pump up their sexuality quotient and try hard to win this coveted award next year. And as for Mallika Sherwat, better luck in some parallel universe, Ms Bachelorette!

And now from the side of all our cherished readers and voters, we present the 3rd BollywoodLife awards for the Dare Bare category to Sherlyn Chopra. Applause!!