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Tamil superstar Rajinikanth's family has reportedly expressed unhappiness over Atul Agnihotri's move to produce a biopic on the actor.

The Starz television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand lead actor Andy Whitefield, 39, passed away on Sunday at his home in Sydney after his 18-month fight with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

The 5 ft 10 1/2 inches tall beauty is also the fourth African woman to win the title. The last African to win is Mpule Kwelagobe, Miss Universe 1999 from Botswana. Other winners came from Namibia (1992) and South Africa (1978).

Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, on Monday at Sao Paulo in Brazil was crowned as the winner of Miss Universe 2011, becoming the first Angolan Miss Universe.

Leila Lopes is the second black African woman and the fourth black woman in the world to win the Miss Universe title. Lopes is also the first ever from her home country Angola to get crowned “Miss Universe.”

Miss Angola 2011, Leila Lopes became the fourth black woman in the world to win the Miss Universe title at the Miss Universe 2011 competition. Here are the other black women who won the Miss Universe crown in past.

Miss Angola is the first contestant from Angola to become Miss Universe.

Miss Angola Leila Lopes, a business student from the town of Benguela in her home country, was crowned Miss Universe on Monday after dazzling a panel of judges with her beauty and impressing them with her brain.

Leila Lopes, a 25-year old dusky beauty from Angola won the coveted Miss Universe 2011 title, beating the contestants from Ukraine (23-year-old Olesia Stefanko, 1st Runner-up) and Brazil (Priscila Machado, 2nd Runner-up). The 3rd Runner-up was Miss Philippines and 4th Runner-up was Miss China.

Leila Lopes, a 25-year old dusky beauty from Angola won the coveted Miss Universe 2011 title, beating the contestants from Ukraine (23-year-old Olesia Stefanko, 1st Runner-up) and Brazil (Priscila Machado, 2nd Runner-up). The 3rd Runner-up was Miss Philippines and 4th Runner-up was Miss China.

It's not Shamcey Supsup of Philippines, as an online poll suggested, who named the winner of the Miss Universe 2011 contest. The crown has been awarded to someone who didn't even appear in the list of top 10 voted contestants - Miss Angola, Leila Lopes.

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Miss Universe 2011 is is the gorgeous Miss Angola Leila Lopes!

Madonna on Monday said she said she doesn't mind any criticism of her filmmaking abilities, so long as it is directed at her movie and not at herself.

An intimate dinner date between Jennifer Lopez and Bradley Cooper over the weekend has sparked off rumors about whether the two are dating.

Well Go USA has acquired North American rights to a pair of Korean projects -- a 3D animated dinosaur feature and a war story, the company announced Monday.

Although the Sept. 11 Memorial Plaza just opened to the public on Monday, more than 400,000 people have already reserved passes to visit the site.

Miss USA Alyssa Campanella may have a chance at bringing the Miss Universe 2011 crown home -- just a day after the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.The redhead has the beauty, brains, and charm to take the top title -- and according to the results of an online poll, she just might do that. Ms. Campanella was ranked in the top ten fan picks to win the crown.Before Miss California became Miss USA 2011, Alyssa Campanella represented her home state of New Jersey in the 2007 Mi...

Academy of Natural Sciences discovers predatory fish fossil.

It's a decisive day for the beauty contestants who are competing for the coveted title of Miss Universe 2011.

Stacy Keibler and Elisabetta Canalis have more than one thing in common: Both have dated George Clooney, and both were cast on Dancing With the Stars. While Canalis is about to take her turn on DWTS, Keibler has claimed Clooney -- and given her past as a professional wrestler, she is a strong grip on the Ides of March actor and director.George Clooney and Stacy Keibler made their first public appearance together on Friday night, at a party at the Toronto Film Festival. The tw...

The Miss Universe 2011 pageant on Monday night will be a very Bravo affair, with The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Adrienne Maloof on the judges' panel and executive producer Andy Cohen hosting.Joining Maloof will be joined by Vivica A. Fox, former news anchor (and current wife of Maury Povich) Connie Chung, actress Lea Salonga and model Isabeli Fontana.The 60th Annual Miss Universe Pageant will be broadcast live from Credicard Hall in SãoPaulo, Brazil on September 12 ...

Woody Harrelson is winning praise for an intense performance as dirty cop in Rampart, but the former Cheers star is trying hard not to dwell on the prospect of a third Oscar nomination.

At least 75 bodies have been recovered after petrol that had spilled into an open sewer caught fire and sent a wave of flame through a densely populated slum in the Kenyan capital, police said on Monday.

Cyndi Lauper screwed up the lyrics to the National Anthem at the U.S. Open

For the true fashionista, who views Fashion Week more like a gallery opening than an afternoon window shopping, the real art is backstage, where the fashion show lives and breathes.

Amy Winehouse's final recording before her death- a duet with the legendary Tony Bennett- will be released on Wednesday on what would have been the singer's 28th birthday.

Its decision day for the Miss Universe Pageant, whose judges will tonight reveal the world's most beautiful woman.

Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in January, will give her first television interview since the shooting to ABC journalist Diane Sawyer in November, ABC News said on Monday.