AR Rahman wins two Grammy Awards!

One year after 'Slumdog Millionaire' hit theatres and created a frenzy at the Oscars the buzz still hasn't died - music maestro AR Rahman has won two Grammy Awards for his work in the film.

Rahman won the first Grammy of the pre-show at the Staples Center in the 'best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture' category before his track "Jai Ho" won in the 'best motion picture song' category just moments later. "This is insane, god is great again," Rahman said as he accepted his second award before a VIP audience.

Rahman beat the likes of Bruce Springsteen for his title song for "The Wrestler", Steve Jordan for his song 'Once in a Lifetime' from "Cadillac Records," Quentin Tarantino for "Inglourious Basterds", and the producers of "Twilight" for the song 'Decode', the producers of "True Blood" and the song 'The Client' from 'Hannah Montana: The Movie'.

Full report of the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards to follow.

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A.R Rahman nominated for Golden Globes

The undisputed heavyweight champion of Bollywood music AR Rahman has reached another milestone - he has been nominated for composing the score of 'Slumdog Millionaire' at the prestigeous Golden Globe Awards.

Golden Globes are just stepping stones towards the Oscars, and we might well see Rahman at Kodak theater getting the Academy Award for best original score!

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 2009 Golden Globes this morning and the complete list of Motion Picture nominees out of 184 live-action feature films (113 drama and 71 comedies or musicals) and 8 animated feature films is listed below.

BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Frost/Nixon
* Revolutionary Road
* The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire

BEST PICTURE (COMEDY/MUSICAL)

* Mamma Mia!
* Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Burn After Reading
* Happy-Go-Lucky
* In Bruges

BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)

* Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
* Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
* Sean Penn, Milk
* Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)

* Angelina Jolie, Changeling
* Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
* Meryl Streep, Doubt
* Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long
* Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

BEST ACTOR (COMEDY/MUSICAL)

* Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Colin Farrell, In Bruges
* James Franco, Pineapple Express
* Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey
* Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges

BEST ACTRESS (COMEDY/MUSICAL)

* Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
* Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
* Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
* Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey
* Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

SUPPORTING ACTOR

* Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
* Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
* Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
* Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

* Amy Adams, Doubt
* Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Viola Davis, Doubt
* Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
* Kate Winslet, The Reader

DIRECTOR

* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
* Stephen Daldry, The Reader
* Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
* Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road

ANIMATED FILM

* WALL-E
* Bolt
* Kung Fu Panda

SCREENPLAY

* Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
* David Hare, The Reader
* Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
* Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* John Patrick Shanley, Doubt

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

* Gomorrah
* I’ve Loved You So Long
* Waltz with Bashir
* The Baader Meinhof Complex
* Everlasting Moments

ORIGINAL SCORE

* James Newton Howard, Defiance
* Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* A. R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
* Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon
* Clint Eastwood, Changeling

ORIGINAL SONG

* “Down to Earth” from WALL-E
* “Gran Torino” from Gran Torino
* “I Thought I’d Lost You” from Bolt
* “Once in a Lifetime” from Cadillac Records
* “The Wrestler” from The Wrestler

Looking over the surprises I would have to say 'The Reader' getting in as a Best Picture (Drama) nominee while films such as 'The Dark Knight' and 'Milk' get snubbed is a major surprise.

Kate Winslet was a double nom (Revolutionary Road and The Reader), as was Meryl Streep (Doubt and Mamma Mia!).

In terms of leaders, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt and Frost/Nixon came away with five nominations each with The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog Millionaire and Vicky Cristina Barcelona all earning four. Warner Bros. is the studio winner with 11 nominations with Universal (9), The Weinstein Co. (8), Fox Searchlight and Miramax (7) rounding out the top five.

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Michael Jackson Turns 50

Its cake time for yesteryear's King of Pop. Michael Jackson celebrates his 50th bday today.

Michael Jackson has had a tumultuous career that spanned almost four decades. He was born in Indiana on Aug 29, 1958. Regardless of all the controversies, regardless of all the accusations, regardless of the creepy lifestyle, Wacko Jacko is one of the greatest entertainers of all time.

M.J had eight more siblings and appeared for the first time on TV at a tender age of 11. In 1969 the brothers created the famous band 'Jackson 5' that spawned hits like "ABC" and "I'll be there". Ten years later MJ went solo and released his smash hit debut album 'Off the Wall'. The album included hits like "Don't stop till you get enough"

Four years later, in 1982 MJ released the astoundingly successful album 'Thriller'. The album brought a renaissance to music marketing and pop music. John Landis directed the ubiquitous video of 'Thriller' that has since become a household name.

In 1987 MJ hired Martin Scorcese to direct the video for his new album single, Bad. And it turned out to be another stellar hit. The album contained pop hits "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror" and "Dirty Diana". The album sold over 25 million copies worldwide, and shipped eight million units in the US.

Four more years later, in 1991 MJ's highly anticipated "Dangerous" released. This album had a rougher edge when compared to MJ's earlier work. Although critically not as successful, the modern audience loved the songs that included massive hits like "Black or White", "Heal the world", "Remember the time", "Jam", "In the closet" and "Give in to me".

His greatest hits, titled 'History' released in 1995 that had the enormously successful "Earth Song".

We wish MJ a Happy Birthday and hope that he makes a comeback that will silence all his critics.

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