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Kuala Lumpur, Dec 5 : For Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan, December 6 would be a double treat – he will not only receive Malaysian knighthood but will also wear the official state samping during a special investiture ceremony.

The Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan will be honoured with Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) award.

The ceremony, which will be held in Ayer Keroh, will see the King Khan donning the RM 3,000 specially made black samping adorned with kesidang flower motif.

Washington, Dec 5: Actress Whoopi Goldberg is desperate to work with Tom Cruise in a bid to win another Oscar.

The ‘Ghost’ actress is convinced that working with the ‘Vanilla Sky’ actor would get her an Oscar, as he has proved lucky for many of his co-actors.

Whoopi, who is baffled as to why the Hollywood hunk hasn’t won any Oscar till date, mentions the example of Cuba Gooding Junior, who acted alongside Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire and won an Oscar.

"One of the reasons I want to work with him is that he seems to gather Academy Award nominations for the people he works with,” Contactmusic quoted Whoopi, as saying.

London, Dec 5 : Popstar Leona Lewis’s cover of Snow Patrol''s hit ''Run'' has broken records and become the fastest-selling digital track in the UK.

Some 70,000 people downloaded ‘Run’ in the first two days since it became available.

It beats Estelle''s American Boy, which sold 51,857 downloads in a week to become the biggest digital-only single.

The ‘Bleeding Love’ hitmaker, who has been nominated in the category of ‘record of the year’ at the Grammys, is on her way to achieve her third number one.

Sydney  - She's a Hollywood actor whose flawless face radiates from a thousand magazine covers. An Oscar-winner and new mother, she's married to another big-name Australian in the performing arts.

She's Cate Blanchett and Australians adore her. With playwright hubby Andrew Upton, she manages to run the Sydney Theatre Company and star in films.

Blanchett unites Australians in devotion; Nicole Kidman, the nation's other screen goddess, divides them. People rarely bad-mouth Blanchett; the internet is full of bile about Kidman.

CHICAGO, Dec. 4 - Oprah Winfrey has told "Access Hollywood" that, contrary to reports, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" may not end in 2011.

Winfrey told the entertainment news program she doesn't plan to pull the plug on her syndicated talk show when the Oprah Winfrey Network kicks off on cable in 2011 on the Discovery channel.

"I'm not done!" Winfrey said. "I'm a very multi-dimensional woman. I can do a show. I can have OWN. I can have a magazine. I can do radio."