IBT Staff Reporter

Actress Kate Winslet said she is preparing a speech for the BAFTA awards next month.

Australian Dollar: The AUD staged a strong rally during yesterday's local session as investors gained confidence from a positive finish on Wall Street on Friday and eyed this

Joaquin Phoenix, 34, the star of 'Gladiator' and 'Signs', not only shocked fans by announcing his retirement from acting in October, he further surprised them with his rap debut on his music career.

Russell Rhodes, a news anchor at Fox 13 in Tampa Bay program, was arrested for alleged drunken driving and resisting arrest on Friday night.

A British photographer for the Sunday Times who said that he was assaulted by President Robert Mugabe's wife while she was on a shopping spree in Hong Kong is uncertain whether he will press charges or not.

Consumer Foods maker General Mills Inc. -- maker of Cheerios cereal and Yoplait yogurt -- has recalled products associated with the contamination of salmonella in peanut butter.

The new singe of U2 Get on Your Boots began broadcasting Monday, first on Ireland's state broadcasters, then for free on the group's Web site.

Kelly Osbourne was arrested earlier this month on an assault charge for slapping a journalist in a London nightclub last summer, the Daily Mail reports.

British actress Kate Winslet confesses co-star Leonardo DiCaprio is starting to feel more like her husband.

On Sunday, a U.S – Australian team of scientists announced that they had uncovered new marine animals in their research of previously unexplored Australian waters, such as bizarre carnivorous sea squirt and ocean-dwelling spiders.

Shares of Royal Bank of Scotland plunged as much as 67 percent on Monday after investors feared the bank will be fully absorbed by the U.K. government since it forecasted a huge annual loss.

The Jets are expected to name Baltimore's defensive co-coordinator Rex Ryan as their new head coach today and have a formal press conference Wednesday.

Known as The Palm or Dubai's man-made island, the largest in the world, located on Dubai, UAE which major commercial and residential structure will be constructed.

On Monday, Arab nations accused Israel of using ammunition containing depleted uranium in its offensive against Gaza.

The boxing legend Jose Torres, the former world light-heavyweight champion, passed away earlier today from a heart attack.

India's government ordered its Serious Fraud Office to investigate two companies that may be linked to the fraud at Satyam Computer Services Ltd. regarded as the largest in India's corporate history.

In a preliminary ruling, the European Commission told Microsoft that linking Internet Explorer to its dominant Windows operating system violates EC rules.

International Business Machines Corp., the world's third-biggest software maker, will release an online version of its Lotus programs, LotusLive, in an effort to attract new customers.

As President-elect Barack Obama, the nation's 44th president, prepares to assume the presidency on Tuesday many Washington residents admit that the upcoming inauguration will be very special.

The French government may help the its troubled auto industry in exchange for raising its ownership in the car makers, industry minister Luc Chatel said.

Fiat Group and Chrysler LLC are in negotiations to form a strategic partnership, a report from Automotive News Europe said on Monday.

Online shopping giant Amazon slashed their price of Xbox Live Gold subscription from $50 to $30 on Sunday.

On Monday the Saudi king said his country will donate $1 billion to help rebuild the Gaza Strip damaged severely by the Israeli offensive.

While an often mentioned story surrounding Barack Obama's presidential campaign and inauguration in Washington DC on Tuesday has been that he would become the first African American president, that is not the focus of the incoming head of state.

Tom Cruise who plays an anti-Hitler plotter in his new movie Valkyrie said that he grew up wanting to kill the Nazi leader.

Just ahead of being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama and his family got a star-studded and emotional welcoming at the Washington's Lincoln Memorial on Sunday

On Monday the Ukrainian prime minister arrived in Moscow as Russia and Ukraine prepared to sign a deal ending a contentious dispute that cut off Russian natural gas shipments to Europe for nearly two weeks.

Actor Bob May who wore The Robot's suit in the hit show 'Lost In Space in the 1960s died. He was 69.

Oil and energy prices may rebound aggressively in the second half of 2009, said an analyst at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.