A musical based on the Marvel comic book hero Spider-Man will open on Broadway in 2010.

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark will include the story of the superhero's origins and will feature music and lyrics by U2 members Bono and The Edge.

It will be directed by Julie Taymor, the creative force behind Disney's long-running Lion King.

The musical will open in February 2010 at the Hilton Theatre with preview performances beginning in January.

The show is reportedly the most expensive Broadway production ever, costing $40m (£27.6m).

The Hilton Theatre as it is the only venue big enough to allow the superhero room to spin his way around the sprawling skyscraper sets.

Details on casting, or which villains will appear, have yet to be announced.

Tobey Maguire has starred as Spider-Man in three big-screen versions of the comic book franchise. He is expected to return for a fourth instalment, to be released in 2011.

Vivid Entertainment has made a $1 million offer to Nadya Suleman to make a pornographic video.

In an offer letter obtained by TMZ.com, the president of the pornography studio and distributor Steven Hirsch says the company would release the film under their "Vivid-Celeb imprint, which has released titles starring such personalities as Pamela Anderson, Kim Kardashian, and most recently, former Miss USA Kelli MCarty."

The site also reports that the company is offering her family dental and health care if she agrees to star in a series of films.

Suleman, 33, known as "Octo-Mom" after giving birth to octuplets earlier this year, has reportedly not replied to the request.

All explicit references to sex and violence have been banned from the airwaves of Jamaica. The Jamaican government has cracked down on certain songs played on Radio there. According to the Associated Press via Google News, "The new rules from the island's broadcast commission ban any song or music video that depicts sexual acts or glorifies gun violence, murder, rape or arson."

The new rules come on the heels of a ban earlier in the month on "dancehall tunes" that depict "daggering" or dirty dancing. Dancehall is highly popular in Jamaica.

Jamaican regulators announced the ban this weekend, which targets largely songs or music videos that depict sexual acts or glorify gun violence, murder, rape or arson.

The airwaves ban comes on the heels of the Feb. 6th ban on dancehall dance style, `daggering,` which places emphasis on sexual simulation in dance. `Daggering,` was released last June by Mr Vegas and the video shows the Jamaican singer offering dance classes out of his home.

2009 Academy Awards Top Three Best Dressed Celebrities

#1 Best Dressed Celebrity at the 2009 Academy Awards - Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei looked great in her white Versace gown. Accentuated with a number of folds, the one shoulder of the gown helped show off her toned body and the pleats of the dress further complimented her red carpet look!

#2 Best Dressed Celebrity at the 2009 Academy Awards - Sara Jessica Parker

Sara Jessica Parker always leaves us waiting to see what she's going to wear down the red carpet at the Oscars and this year was no different! She brought in her 2009 Academy Award appearance wearing a Dior Haute Couture gown that showed off her toned body in only a way she could.

#3 Best Dressed Celebrity at the 2009 Academy Awards - Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep showed us that elegance still counts at the red carpet! She looked absolutely great in her taupe gown and overcome past year's that she made the worst dressed lists!

2009 Academy Awards Top Three Worst Dressed Celebrities

#1 Worst Dressed Star at the 2009 Academy Awards - Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman's purple and pink Rodarte dress with her criss-cross straps on the dress bodice just looked way too boring for this year's Oscars. The dress was definitely colorful, but just didn't fit her style or body.

#2 Worst Dressed Star at the 2009 Academy Awards - Marion Cotillard

Here's a look at the winners for the 81st Academy Awards, at a glance:

Best Motion Picture

• Slumdog Millionaire: Winner

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Milk

Best Director

• Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire: Winner

Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant – Milk

Best Performance by an Actor

Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon

• Sean Penn – Milk: Winner

Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Performance by an Actress

Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt

• Kate Winslet - The Reader: Winner
  

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role

Amy Adams – Doubt

• Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Winner

Viola Davis – Doubt
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role

Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt

• Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight: Winner
  

Best Foreign Language Film

The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)

• Departures (Japan): Winner

Revanche (Austria)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Animated Feature Film Of The Year

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda

• Wall-E: Winner
  

Original Screenplay

Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh
In Bruges - Martin McDonagh

• Milk - Dustin Lance Black: Winner

Wall-E - Andrew Stanton

Adapted Screenplay

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
Doubt -John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan

• Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy : Winner

The Reader - David Hare

Best Animated Short Film

• La Maison en Petits Cubes: Winner

Lavatory - Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up

Best Art Director

Changeling - James J. Murakami

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt: Winner

The Dark Knight
The Duchess - Michael Carlin
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea

Best Costume Design

Australia - Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West

• The Duchess - Michael O'Connor: Winner

Milk - Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky

Best Makeup

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Greg Cannom: Winner

The Dark Knight - John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Best Cinematography

Changeling - Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
The Reader - Chris Menges and Roger Deakins

• Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle: Winner
  

Best Film Editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
The Dark Knight - Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
Frost/Nixon - Wally Pfister
Milk - Elliot Graham

• Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens: Winner
  

Best Live Action Short Film

Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt

• New Boy: Winner

The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Best Original Score

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
Defiance - James Newton Howard
Milk - Danny Elfman

• Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman: Winner

Wall-E - Thomas Newman

Best Original Song

Down to Earth - Wall-E - Music by Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel

• Jai Ho - Slumdog Millionaire - Music by AR Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar : Winner

O Saya - Slumdog Millionaire - Music and Lyric by AR Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam

Best Documentary Feature

• The Betrayal (Nerakhoon): Winner

Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water

Best Documentary Short

The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch

• Smile Pinki: Winner

The Witness

Best Visual Effects

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron: Winner

The Dark Knight - Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
Iron Man - John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan

Best Sound Editing

• The Dark Knight - Richard King: Winner

Iron Man - Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire - Glenn Freemantle, Tom Sayers
Wall-E - Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
Wanted - Wylie Stateman

Best Sound Mixing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
The Dark Knight - Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick

• Slumdog Millionaire - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty: Winner

Wall-E - Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
Wanted - Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin, are “thrilled” to welcome the newest addition to their family – son Charlie Axel Woods.

Little Charlie now joins sister Sam, who was born in 2007.

A statement released on Woods’ website says that everyone is healthy and happy, and that the family will “introduce Charlie…at the appropriate time.”

The couple's first child, Sam Alexis, was born in July 2007.

Woods and his wife Elin, a former Swedish model, met in 2001. They were introduced during The Open Championship in 2001 by Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik, who had employed her as an au pair.

Woods is currently the world’s #1 golfer and is arguably the best to have ever played the game. He has more career major wins, including 14 major golf championships, than any other active golfer.

Player Franchise Price (US $) Price (INR)

List A

Kevin Pietersen - Bangalore Royal Challengers - 1.55 million - 7.5 crore
Andrew Flintoff - Chennai Super Kings - 1.55 million - 7.5 crore
JP Duminy - Mumbai Indians - 950, 000 - 4.65 crore
Shaun Tait - Rajasthan Royals - 375, 000 - 1.83 crore

List B

Fidel Edwards - Deccan Chargers - 150, 000 - 75.3 lakh
Owais Shah - Delhi Daredevils - 275, 000 - 1.34 crore
Paul Collingwood - Delhi Daredevils - 275,000 - 1.34 crore
Stuart Clark - Unsold
Brad Haddin - Unsold
Chamara Kapugedera - Unsold

List C

Tyron Henderson - Rajasthan Royals - 650, 000 - 3.18 crore
Ravi Bopara - King's XI Punjab - 450, 000 - 2.20 crore
Thilan Thushara - Chennai Super Kings - 140, 000 - 68.6 lakh
Jesse Ryder - Bangalore Royal Challengers - 160, 000 - 78.4 lakh
Kyle Mills - Mumbai Indians - 150, 000 - 73.5 lakh
Nuwan Kulasekara - Unsold
Luke Wright - Unsold
Phil Jaques - Unsold
Ashwell Prince - Unsold
Andre Nel - Unsold

List D

Jerome Taylor - King's XI Punjab - 150,000 - 73.5 lakh
Dwayne Smith - Deccan Chargers - 100, 000 - 49 lakh
Mohammad Ashraful - 75,000
Shakib Al Hasan - Unsold
Morne van Wyk - Unsold
Steven Smith - Unsold
Ashley Noffke - Unsold
Gulam Bodi - Unsold
Samit Patel - Unsold
Darren Powell - Unsold

List E

Tamim Iqbal - Unsold
Jonathan Moss - Unsold
Bryce McGain - Unsold
James Franklin - Unsold
Aiden Blizzard - Unsold
R Sarwan - Unsold
Michael Klinger - Unsold
K Weeraratne - Unsold
Dominic Thornely - Unsold
P Jayawardene - Unsold

List F

M Mortaza - Kolkata Knight Riders - 600, 000 - 2.94 crore
George Bailey - Chennai Super Kings - 50, 000 - 24.5 lakh
Yusuf Abdullah - Unsold
Daniel Harris - Unsold
Kemar Roach - Unsold
Aaron Bird - Unsold
Michael Dighton - Unsold
Michael Hill - Unsold
Brett Geeves - Unsold

The England stars Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen added a dimension to that concept by making money in their sleep on Friday. Former England cricket captains Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff won record contracts of $1.55 million each in the second round of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 auction held in Goa today.

“I was prepared to pay up to $2 million for Kevin Pietersen,” Vijay Mallya, owner of the Bangalore team, said in Goa today. “It was a conscious decision and we wanted him.”

Australia paceman Shaun Tait was the first player auctioned, going to defending champions Rajasthan Royals for $US375,000 ($A574,448), where he will join former Australia teammate Shane Warne.

Teams will be allowed 10 overseas players this season, up from eight in the league’s first edition. The clubs could spend as much as $2 million and choose 17 from among the 43 available players. Australia’s Michael Clarke opted out, citing a busy schedule.

“With the inclusion of these new players, we are better equipped to be a match-winner,” N. Srinivasan, managing director of India Cements Ltd. and owner of the Chennai team. “Last year, we were plain unlucky.”