A R Rahman meets Randy Newman

A R Rahman meets Randy Newman: At the 83rd Academy Awards held on Sunday night in the US, A R Rahman lost out in the Best Song category to the American composer Randy Newman.

Many in India believe A R Rahman deserved the Oscar for this hauntingly melodious ‘If I Rise’ from 127 Hours, even though Randy Newman bagged the golden man for ‘We Belong Together’ from Toy Story 3.

But there was no resentment on the part of Rahman who had beforehand stated that he did not hope to win this year. Rahman was also nominated for Best Original Score but lost out to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross from ‘The Social Network’.

Very sportingly, Rahman bonded with Newman at the show and later even posted a pic of him with the American composer on this Twitter page.

“With Randy Newman, who won the Oscar for Toy Story 3,” Rahman wrote and posted the pic below.

That’s being a sport.

Photos - Global beauty Aishwarya Rai on red carpet at Oscars

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Photos - Globle beauty Aishwarya Rai on red carpet at Oscars

'The King's Speech' bagged the best film title at Oscar

'The King's Speech' bagged the best film title at Oscar: Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech” bagged the title for best film at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards here Sunday.

The award was presented by Steven Spielberg.”The King’s Speech” was competing with Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan”, David O. Russell’s “The Fighter”, Christopher Nolan’s “Inception”, Lisa Cholodenko “The Kids Are All Right”, Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours”, David Fincher’s “The Social Network”, Lee Unkrich.’s “Toy Story 3″, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen’s “True Grit” and Debra Granik’s “Winter’s Bone”.

The film had 12 Oscar nominations this year.

A R Rahman loses Oscar Award

A R Rahman loses Oscar Award: Two-time Oscar winning Indian composer A R Rahman failed to bag the coveted Golden Man at the 83rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

The composer was nominated in two categories: Best Original Score and Best Song (If I Rise) for his work in Danny Boyle’s film 127 Hours. But Rahman missed out on winning in both the categories.

He lost in the Best Original Score category to Trent Rezner and Atticus Ross for their compositions in The Social Network. Rahman lost in the Best Song category to Randy Newman for his song ‘We Belong Together’ in Toy Story 3.

Rahman, however, gave a moving performance on stage along with Dido. The two sang a teaser of their song ‘If I Rise’.

All in all, the Oscars this year did not rock, partly because of strictly average hosting by a shockingly stilted James Franco and somewhat amusing Anne Hathaway. The evening also had its Oops moment when actress Melissa Leo uttered the ‘F’ word in her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress for ‘The Fighter’.

Aishwarya Rai spotted bonding with Dustin Hoffman

Aishwarya Rai spotted bonding with Dustin Hoffman: Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai who is the international face of Bollywood was recently spotted bonding with the Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman.

Aishwarya and Hoffman reportedly met in Los Angeles at an exhibition basketball game at Staples Center. Hoffman had come with his son Jake, and Ash was with her husband Abhishek Bachchan.

Reports say Ash and Hoffman bonded for some time on the sidelines of the game. They spoke about films. The meeting was more than just a mere exchange of pleasantries but still did not last long as the two got busy cheering up the basketball teams they supported.

Aishwarya and Abhishek have also been invited to the Oscars this year, as was revealed by Amitabh Bachchan recently. In fact Ashutosh Gowariker is also expected to attend the gala awards night.

83rd Annual Oscar winners list

83rd Annual Oscar winners list: List of the 83rd Annual Academy Award winners announced Sunday:

1. Best Picture: "The King's Speech."

2. Actor: Colin Firth, "The King's Speech."

3. Actress: Natalie Portman, "Black Swan."

4. Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, "The Fighter."

5. Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, "The Fighter."

6. Directing: Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech."

7. Foreign Language Film: "In a Better World," Denmark.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, "The Social Network."

9. Original Screenplay: David Seidler, "The King's Speech."

10. Animated Feature Film: "Toy Story 3."

11. Art Direction: "Alice in Wonderland."

12. Cinematography: "Inception."

13. Sound Mixing: "Inception."

14. Sound Editing: "Inception."

15. Original Score: "The Social Network," Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

16. Original Song: "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3," Randy Newman.

17. Costume Design: "Alice in Wonderland."

18. Documentary Feature: "Inside Job."

19. Documentary (short subject): "Strangers No More."

20. Film Editing: "The Social Network."

21. Makeup: "The Wolfman."

22. Animated Short Film: "The Lost Thing."

23. Live Action Short Film: "God of Love."

24. Visual Effects: "Inception."

Aishwarya Rai & Abhishek Bachchan is going to attend Oscars!

Aishwarya Rai & Abhishek Bachchan is going to attend Oscars!: The most charismatic couple of Bollywood is going to attend Oscars this Sunday. Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, who are currently in Los Angeles, have been invited by the Academy to attend the Oscars.

Amitabh Bachchan himself broke the news first. The superstar blogged yesterday about Abhishek-Aishwarya meeting Warren Beatty at a store in LA. He writes, “Oh ! And incidentally they were getting fitted at a clothes store, for the Oscars Award ceremony for Sunday - Warren and Abhishek ! Ya , Abhishek and Aishwarya have been invited by the Academy to attend the Oscars on Sunday.”

Director Ashutosh Gowariker is also invited and may attend the Oscars.

By the way, A R Rahman is also going to be there as he is nominated in two categories. Whether he wins or not, we’re sure Ash-Abhi will root for him.

Can’t wait to see Aishwarya and Abhishek at the Oscars.

A R Rahman's live performance at Oscars

A R Rahman's live performance at Oscars: A R Rahman, India’s pride at the Oscars this year as well, will give a live performance at the 83rd Academy Awards at Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb 27 (US Time).

Rahman, who has two nominations (Best Original Score and Best Song) for his work in Danny Boyle’s film 127 Hours will perform live the song ‘If I Rise’ along with Florence Welch. The song has already won praise from critics for its melancholic melody.

The big night would also see actress Gwyneth Paltrow performing the song ‘Coming Home’ from the film ‘Country Strong’.

Randy Newman will perform his nominated song “We Belong Together” from the animated film “Toy Story 3.”

Alan Menken, who is nominated for writing the music for “I See the Light” from the animated film ‘Tangled’, will accompany singers Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi on the piano.

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