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Rachael Harris

Rachael Harris remembers walking into her Notes from the Underbelly audition thinking “I won’t get this role.” Not because she didn’t have the comedic background to play career-minded Cooper in the new ABC hit, but because of her petite physique. “I’m 5’1” and clearly this woman is 6 foot and a model.” Luckily, she grabbed the attention of producer and director Barry Sonnenfeld as soon as she walked in the room

”The Hurt Locker” wins best picture at 82nd Annual Academy Awards

The Iraq War drama ”The Hurt Locker” has bagged the best picture and five other prizes at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood’’s top prize for filmmakers, reports Variety. Sandra Bullock won the best actress Oscar for ”The Blind Side” while Jeff Bridges took the best actor for ”Crazy Heart” Mo”Nique landed the best supporting actress Oscar for ”Precious” while Christoph Waltz won the best supporting actor for ”Inglourious Basterds.” 82nd Annual Academy Awards winners list: BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) A Lightstorm Entertainment Production; James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.) An Alcon Entertainment Production Nominees to be determined “District 9″ (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Block/Hanson Production; Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production; Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers Winner: “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) A Voltage Pictures Production “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production; Lawrence Bender, Producer “Precious: Based on the Novel ”Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers “A Serious Man” (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers “Up” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production; Jonas Rivera, Producer “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) A Montecito Picture Company Production; Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Winner: Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight) George Clooney in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Colin Firth in “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company) Morgan Freeman in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.) Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Winner: Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.) Helen Mirren in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics) Carey Mulligan in “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics) Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ”Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia” (Sony Pictures Releasing) PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Matt Damon in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.) Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger” (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics) Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones” (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount) Winner: Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Penélope Cruz in “Nine” (The Weinstein Company) Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight) Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Winner: Mo”Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ”Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) James Cameron Winner: “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Quentin Tarantino “Precious: Based on the Novel ”Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) Lee Daniels “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Jason Reitman BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM “Ajami” (Kino International) An Inosan Production Israel Winner: “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haddock Films Production Argentina “The Milk of Sorrow” A Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production Peru “Un Prophète” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production France “The White Ribbon” (Sony Pictures Classics) An X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production Germany

A cruise aboard Bateaux Dubai

What does the cruise involve? The Bateaux Dubai combines brunching with a Caribbean and Latin flavour and sightseeing as the boat takes in a leisurely three-hour cruise of Dubai Creek while you can enjoy eating and drinking as much as you can. ? Where does the boat go to?

Celebs appeal for Haiti victims

Haitian-born music star Wyclef Jean led an army of celebrities in an urgent appeal for aid following the devastating earthquake, which rocked the star's Caribbean homeland. Jean said in statements on his web site and on micro-blogging network Twitter that the earthquake had been “a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion” and that millions in Port-au-Prince were in peril. “I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and idle hands will only make this tragedy worse,” Jean said

Real high flyer

He could have chosen a career in medicine but David ‘The Bullet’ Smith fancied something a little more challenging… A promising college student with an aptitude for maths, David Smith could’ve chosen any career he desired

Kurbaan Movie Review Video

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How to Play Chess Online

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Does Dubai want to shop?

It’s too early to tell if the GITEX Shopper exhibition will be a slimmed-down version of itself as its sister trade show GITEX Technology Week is, but what it will be is a fairly good indication of whether or not the appetite for big buys like flatscreen TVs and laptops has come back to the Dubai market. Consumer electronics companies often describe Shopper as a similar sales boost to having an extra few weeks in the year.

Put IT all on show

As Cityscape has already shown, this year’s trade shows and exhibitions may be somewhat subdued in comparison to last year in light of the global recession.

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