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‘Airbender,’ a box office hit but a critical miss, took the Golden Raspberry for worst movie, worst director, worst screenplay and worst supporting actor, as well as the useful new category of Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3D.

Director M. Night Shyamalan, described as a ‘repeat offender’ at the annual spoof eve-of-Oscars awards, could take some comfort as he failed to win Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel, for which he was also nominated.

The movie tells the story of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.

Shyamalan “re-imagined the faux-anime TV series ‘The Last Airbender’ into a jumbled, jump-cut mess of a movie that fans of the TV show hated even more than critics did (if that’s even possible!” said Razzie organizers.

Someone must have liked it though, as the summer 2010 movie has so far taken nearly $320 million at the box office around the world, according to the Box Office Mojo movie tracking Web site.

‘Sex and the City 2′ – which has earned $290 million – meanwhile earned worst ensemble Razzie, as well as the worst actress award, jointly bestowed on the stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Nixon.

Worst actor meanwhile went to Ashton Kutcher, for his performance in not one but two films last year: ‘Killers’ and ‘Valentine’s Day.’

The Razzies winners were announced on the eve of the Academy Awards, the climax of Hollywood’s annual awards season.

British historical drama ‘The King’s Speech’ is the frontrunner, although others vying for Oscars glory include Facebook movie ‘The Social Network,’ ballet thriller ‘Black Swan,’ and classic Western remake ‘True Grit.’

Nominees for the Razzies rarely turn up at the spoof pre-Oscars awards event, although Sanda Bullock gamely appeared last year, handing out DVD copies of her offending performance in box office flop ‘All About Steve.’

Actress Nicole Kidman

Kidman is married to singer Keith Urban.

‘Anyone that’s been in the place of wanting another child or wanting a child knows the disappointment, the pain and the loss that you go through trying and struggling with fertility,’ people.com quoted her as saying.

‘Fertility is such a big thing, and it’s not something I’ve ever run away from talking about. We were in a place of desperately wanting another child. This opportunity arose for us, and I couldn’t get pregnant,’ she added.

Director Oliver

The Boulder Daily Camera reports the award was presented on Sunday, the last night of the festival.

Stone’s films have been nominated for 31 Academy Awards, and he has won three Oscars: best adapted screenplay for “Midnight Express” and best director for “Platoon” and “Born on the Fourth of July.”

Popular Australian model Miranda Kerr, who is expecting her first child with actor husband Orlando Bloom, bared all for a magazine photoshoot.

The 27-year-old catwalk queen, who is seven months pregnant, was photographed by photographer Patrick Demarchelier for the family issue of W magazine.

“For me, family is life. The decision to start one wasn’t complex at all,” people quoted Kerr as saying.

James Bond is reportedly planning to take on the poppy fields of Afghanistan in his next assignment.

If reports are to be believed at least some parts of the next movie in the Bond franchise will be shot in the Helmand province in Afghanistan.

According to online reports on James Bond fan-sites, an official, a member of the Foreign Office’s drug task force in the country has signed on as a consultant for the franchise.

The official, who has since left the Foreign Office and Afghanistan, is thought to have signed a confidentiality agreement with the filmmakers preventing any discussion of the project, The Times reported.

Should 007 tackle the opium fields of the country, it will be the second time he has ventured into Afghanistan. In the 1987 film The Living Daylights, Bond, played by Timothy Dalton, was imprisoned in a Russian camp in the country, before teaming up with anti—Soviet freedom fighters.

Eon Productions, the production company set up by Bond producer Albert Broccoli, refused to comment on whether the film would visit Afghanistan.

The 23rd Bond film will be Daniel Craig’s third outing as the fictional British spy, following the success of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace

The plot of the new Bond film, expected to be released in 2011, is a closely guarded secret.

Science-fiction adventure “Avatar” and war movie “The Hurt Locker” on Tuesday earned nine Oscar nominations each, including best movie, to lead the field in the competition for the world’s highest film honours.

Other films among the 10 nominees for best motion picture include “Up in the Air,” “The Blind Side,” “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” and “District 9.”

Rounding out the list of best film nominees were animated movie “Up,” “A Serious Man,” “Inglourious Basterds” and “An Education.”

Nominations for best actor in a film went to Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart,” George Clooney for “Up in the Air,” Colin Firth in “A Single Man,” Morgan Freeman for “Invictus” and Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker.”

Best actress nominees were Sandra Bullock for “The Blind Side,” Helen Mirren in “The Last Station,” Carey Mulligan for “An Education,” Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious” and Meryl Streep for “Julie & Julia”.

Following is a list of the main Oscar contenders. The awards will be handed out in Hollywood on March 7.

BEST PICTURE

“Avatar”, “The Blind Side”, “District 9″, “An Education”, “The Hurt Locker”, “Inglourious Basterds”, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”, “A Serious Man” “Up” “Up in the Air”

BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart”

George Clooney – “Up in the Air”

Colin Firth – “A Single Man”

Morgan Freeman – “Invictus”

Jeremy Renner – “The Hurt Locker”

BEST ACTRESS

Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”

Helen Mirren – “The Last Station”

Carey Mulligan – “An Education”

Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Meryl Streep – “Julie & Julia”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Matt Damon – “Invictus”

Woody Harrelson – “The Messenger”

Christopher Plummer – “The Last Station”

Stanley Tucci – “The Lovely Bones”

Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz – “Nine”

Vera Farmiga – “Up in the Air”

Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”

Anna Kendrick – “Up in the Air”

Mo’Nique – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

BEST DIRECTOR

James Cameron – “Avatar”

Kathryn Bigelow – “The Hurt Locker”

Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

Lee Daniels – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Jason Reitman – “Up in the Air”

Pamela Anderson played peek-a-boob on the catwalk at Air New Zealand Fashion Week, provocatively swinging a sarong around her body and allowing a glimpse of her breasts.

Aside from the sarong, she was clad only in a skimpy G-string and wearing stiletto heels.

The former Baywatch star did not model in the show as expected, but left her appearance until the end, striding on to the runway with the designer of her new “vegetarian eco” clothing line, Richie Rich, who rolled out on skates. He is also a former ice skater.

Rich lay down on the catwalk and rolled around in front of cameras, and Anderson jubilantly threw a bouquet of flowers she was presented with back into the audience.

It was the world launch of the pair’s clothing line, A*Muse, though there was more skin on the runway than fabric. The range consisted of colourful tie-dye bikinis, ripped T-shirts, and for the men there were budgie smugglers customised with sunglasses, mirrors and even scissors in front of the models’, er, packages.

Nicky Watson and former Super 14 player and Crowd Goes Wild reporter James Somerset also modelled in the show.

Political statements promised by Anderson included the words “I Love Possum” written on a pair of sunglasses. Anderson, a member of the PETA animal rights group, said that, with the show, she and Rich were trying to to carry a message about the environment and animal rights.

“The way I do it is talk about how many animals are killed to make a garment.”

She said she had friends with fur coats who had thrown them out after she had spoken to them.

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Actress Alicia Silverstone loves to trim hedges and mow the lawn at her home—but without clothes!

“It probably started when I was doing my garden the first time. I’d be out there, and it would be scorching hot, so I would take off all of my clothes and garden,” imdb.com quoted Silverstone as saying.

“And then I would jump in the pool and swim… and I always get in the pool naked, because why would you want to put on a bathing suit?” she added.

The red swimsuit that Pamela Anderson wore while playing lifeguard C.J. Parker in the hit TV series Baywatch is expected to fetch $2,900 when it goes under the hammer this month.

Anderson wore the Lycra one-piece, now signed ‘Love Pamela Lee, X O’, in the 1990s show.

Imdb.com reports that the auction of Hollywood memorabilia will also include a pair of holstered pistols worn by Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider and Harrison Ford’s gun from the 1982 sci-fi film Blade Runner, which is predicted to pull in a staggering $104,000.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire some of the most important visual effects pieces ever created for modern cinema,” said auction boss Joe Maddalena.

The two-day event kicks off April 30 in Calabasas, California.

Former Brittish glamour model Katie Price, a.k.a. Jordan, and her Aussie singer hubby Peter Andre have revealed that they had spotted a UFO while filming their latest TV series in the US.

The two revealed that they had encountered the strange sight while filming in Area 51.

“You just wait till you see it. We went to Area 51 and saw these really weird lights,” Sky News quoted Jordan as saying.

Andre added: “What we saw was freaky whether you believe us or not. It was the most eerie thing ever.”