A. R. Rahman brings Oscar glory to India

It's a big day for India, as music maestro A.R. Rahman has become the first Indian composer to scoop an Oscar for his music in Slumdog Milllionaire.

This is the first time that an Indian has won more than one nomination in Oscar history and also the first time an Indian music director has won the prestigious award.

Having won the Golden Globe and the BAFTA, the Oscars represented the final lap in Slumdog's race for recognition. Hot on the heels of his BAFTA success, Rahman was nominated in the Best Original Score and the Best Original Song categories for the Oscars.

The other nominations in the Best Original Score category were Alexandre Desplat (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), James Newton Howard (Defiance), Danny Elfman (Milk) and Thomas Newman (WALL-E).

Anticipating the award, Rahman had said that if he wins the award, it would be a "great honour" and would help him "do bigger things".

Well now that he has brought home the coveted trophy, it's a dream come true not only for the music maestro but also for billions of people back home, who've been waiting eagerly for Rahman to get the award.

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Slumdog Millionaire is on its way to sweeping the Oscars

Slumdog Millionaire is on its way to sweeping the oscars as it has already won two awards.

The first award for the film was for Simon Beaufoy for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Anthony Dod Mantle won the second award for Slumdog Millionaire in the Best Cinematography category.

Mantle recently won the American Society of Cinematographers Award for feature film for this film.

So far Slumdog Millionaire has managed a perfect score of two out of two. There are eight more categories in which it is nominated including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Score for A. R Rahman.

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Delhi 6 - Abhishek Bachchan to enter Guinness Book?

Stars are known to aggressively promote their films, but few can match Abhishek Bachchan's enthusiasm, as he attempts to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by making maximum public appearances in at least six cities in a span of 12 hours to promote his latest film "Delhi 6".

Starting on Friday morning when "Delhi 6" releases, Abhishek will travel to as many events in as many cities as possible within 12 hours.

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United Nations talks to expand Security Council begin

The General Assembly launched negotiations on Thursday aimed at reforming the powerful UN Security Council after nearly 30 years of efforts mired by national and regional rivalries.

Representatives of the 192 member states met informally behind closed doors to listen to the timetable for talks on five key issues, including the size, composition and power of an expanded council.

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Abhishek Bachchan brings women on knees in Delhi

The carpet was set, the barricades grounded, and the security tight. But nothing deterred girls to hoot with the highest tempo to shake hands, express their love and catch a glimpse of their bodyguard-clouded-star Abhishek Bachchan at the red-carpet premiere of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra`s "Delhi-6" releasing Friday.

Women from all age groups - married, college going and school going girls - filled the atmosphere with an electrifying energy to meet Abhsihek at PVR Priya here Thursday night.

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Big B, SRK bag most powerful entertainer awards at FICCI-Frames

Bollywood superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan have been bestowed with first FICCI-IIFA's 'Most Powerful Entertainers of the Decade' awards.

The two were among the 10 stars who have been felicitated with the 'Most Powerful Entertainers of the decade' award at the ongoing annual FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry)-Frames exposition on media and entertainment industry.

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