Friday, February 27, 2009

Sexiest Shama Sikander Backless Photoshoot

Shama Sikander is a popular model and has featured in various Punjabi music videos. She has also starred in one Punjabi and one Bollywood movie. Shama can be seen here in these photos showing her bare back and looking like an angel...

She is quite a flame Shama Sikander is her name. You may have seen her here and there and that glimpse rare, but now the time she is about to arrive in a sensational way.








She gone backless and topless in her latest photo shoot photos. Starting out with some films and TV shows, the actress has even made her presence felt when she is walked the ramp for Ritu Kumar, Shaina NC, Nisha Jamwal and Neeta Lulla. After seeing her topless photo shoot, Maxim may call her for the cover shoot of their magazine.

Dropping clothes is the best way to get notices now a days. No wonder they girl is all set to make her entrance in Indian film industry.

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Katrin interested in Politics [Katrina Kaif Wallpapers][Download Free]

After the cast of ' Rajniti' , Katrina Kaif is showing great interest in politics. It is her movie related Politics. After the cast of that movie Katrina said that she was not interest in Politics but now she has great interest in ' Indian Politcs' . She further said that shut the mouth of her opinions because according to the directed of ' Parkash Jha', in this movie Katrin give her speech around thousands people and it is a great challenge to her. Katrin want to perform such roles which is different and no other actor can performed.

Katrina impressed by the Personality of ' Sonia Gandhi'

Katrina impressed the personality of Indian politics leader ' Sonia Gandhi'. Now a days she performed in the movie ' RAJNITI' whose director ' Parkash Jha'. In this movie her role about politics like the life of ' Sonia Gandi ' . That's why she looks very impressed the personaliy of ' Sonia Gandhi ' . In this movie she get her foot in the politics after the death of her husband. That is the reason the role of Katrina Kaif like the life of Sonia Gandhi. Ranbhir Kapoor is also including in this movie. Actually, Ranbhir and Sonia belong to Politics family in this movie. Katrina's role related sonia Gandhi and Ranbhir's role related ' Rajiv '.

Monday, February 23, 2009

2009 Oscar Award Complete Winners List


Slumdog Millionaire prevailed at the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, with 8 Oscars from 10 nominations.

The Danny Boyle helmed film bagged Oscars for Best Motion Picture (Christian Colson), Directing, Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle), Sound Mixing (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty), Film editing (Chris Dickens), Original Score (A.R. Rahman) and Original Song (A.R. Rahman).

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won three Oscars; Art Direction, Makeup, Visual effects.

Milk won Oscars for Original Screenplay and Best Actor; and The Dark Knight for Best Supporting Actor, Sound editing. Sean Penn was named best actor in a leading performance in Milk.

Kate Winslet won her first Oscar from six nominations for her performance as Hanna Schmitz, a Nazi prison guard, in The Reader. Late Heath Ledger won the award for the Best Supporting actor in The Dark Knight. The award was accepted by his parents and sister on behalf of his daughter Matilda.

Best motion picture of the year
- "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer - Winner
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
- "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
- "Milk" (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
- "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined

Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features) - Winner
- Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" (Overture Films)
- Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
- Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
- Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) - Winner
- Josh Brolin in "Milk" (Focus Features)
- Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" (Miramax)
- Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) - Winner
- Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Angelina Jolie in "Changeling" (Universal)
- Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company) - Winner
- Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)
- Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)
- Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
- Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year
- "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton - Winner
- "Bolt" (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
- "Kung Fu Panda" (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne

Achievement in art direction
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo - Winner
- "Changeling" (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
- The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
- "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
- "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography
- "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle - Winner
- "Changeling" (Universal), Tom Stern
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
- "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
- "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design
- "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O'Connor - Winner
- "Australia" (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
- "Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
- "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing
- "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle - Winner
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
- "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Ron Howard
- "Milk" (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
- "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry

Best documentary feature
- "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn - Winner
- "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
- "Encounters at the End of the World" (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
- "The Garden" A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
- "Trouble the Water" (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject
- "Smile Pinki" A Principe Production, Megan Mylan - Winner
- "The Conscience of Nhem En" A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
- "The Final Inch" A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
- "The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306" A Rock Paper Scissors Production,
Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing
- "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens - Winner
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
- "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
- "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
- "Milk" (Focus Features), Elliot Graham

Best foreign language film of the year
- "Departures" (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan - Winner
- "The Baader Meinhof Complex" A Constantin Film Production, Germany
- "The Class" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
- "Revanche" (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
- "Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Achievement in makeup
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom - Winner
- "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
- "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman - Winner
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat
- "Defiance" (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
- "Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
- "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
- "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
- "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam

Best animated short film
- "La Maison en Petits Cubes" A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato - Winner
- "Lavatory - Lovestory" A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production,
Konstantin Bronzit
- "Oktapodi" (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L'école de l'image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
- "Presto" (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
- "This Way Up", A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film
- "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank - Winner
- "Auf der Strecke (On the Line)" (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
- "Manon on the Asphalt" (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
- "New Boy" (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
- "The Pig" An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh

Achievement in sound editing
- "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Richard King - Winner
- "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
- "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers
- "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
- "Wanted" (Universal),Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing
- "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty - Winner
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
- "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
- "WALL-E" (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
- "Wanted" (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron - Winner
- "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
- "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay
- "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy - Winner
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
- "Doubt" (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
- "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
- "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare

Original screenplay
"Milk" (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black - Winner
- "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
- "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
- "In Bruges" (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
- "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon,
Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Source: http://news.sawf.org

Bollywood Hot Actress Bipasha Basu Latest Photo Gallery

Bipasha Basu is one of the most popular actresses in Bollywood. With her hourglass figure and charm she got into the hearts of millions of Bollywood fans across the world. Ever since she began acting she has been the hot favorite of not only the people but also the media. The media covered her each and every move, functions and boy friends. She always loved being in the news and she loved acting.

Bipashu Basu: this Bollywood dazzler started out as a supermodel before scorching the big screen with her sultry sensuality.

Bipasha was born on the 7th of January, 1979 in New Delhi, later moving with her family to Kolkata. She is the second of three sisters. The other two are Bidisha and Vijayeta.









Bipasha studied science, her repulsion towards dissecting animals, prompted her to move away from medicine to commerce. She did her schooling at Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir and her college years were spent at Bhawanipur Gujarati Education

Society College. In her spare time, she took up some modelling assignments.

Year 2009 will see Bips in Pankh, Freeze and a Bengali film Shob Charitro Kalponik.

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