Boeing to cut 4,500 jobsLOS ANGELES - Boeing Co. announced Friday it will layoff nearly 4,500 workers at its commercial airplanes unit as part of a cost-cutting measure amid the weakening global economy. Slumdog no underdog in Critics Choice AwardsLOS ANGELES - Mumbai-based movie Slumdog Millionaire has won five prizes at the Critics Choice Awards, cementing its position as a surprise favourite just as the Oscar season moves into high gear. US porn industry seeks bailout as economy slows sex driveLOS ANGELES - After ailing banks and automakers received loans under government stimulus plans, the US porn industry is set to demanded for a government bailout, saying the economic slowdown has reduced people’s sex drive and the business. John Travolta’s 16-year-old son diesLOS ANGELES - The 16-year-old son of Hollywood star John Travolta died Friday while the family was vacation in the Bahamas. Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen engaged to US quarterbackLOS ANGELES - Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen is engaged to marry star US quarterback Tom Brady, celebrity website TMZ.com reported. Aniston-starrer ‘Marley and Me’ has record Christmas Day openingLOS ANGELES - ‘Marley and Me’, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, had the largest Christmas Day opening in Hollywood’s history with estimated ticket sales of $14.75 million, according to figures released by box office tracking firm Media by Numbers. Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant lead All-Star game votingLOS ANGELES - Holiday shoppers stuffing Christmas stockings found time to fill ballot boxes for top basketball players Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant. Man dressed as Santa kills three at Christmas partyLOS ANGELES - A man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire with a handgun at a Christmas party in a suburban Los Angeles house that was subsequently destroyed by fire, police said Thursday. Three people were found dead in the charred ruins of the house. Michael Jackson needs lung transplantLOS ANGELES - Former pop idol Michael Jackson is fighting for his life and will die if he does not receive a lung transplant, his biographer has told US gossip magazine In Touch. Hollywood director Robert Mulligan dies at 83LOS ANGELES - Robert Mulligan, the director of the movie classic ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ which brought the issue of entrenched racism in the US South to the screen, has died. He was 83. Schwarzenegger wants to become US presidentLOS ANGELES - Former action movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger has not satiated his political ambitions by serving as California governor. |