Washington, March 20 : A team of scientists has confirmed the origin of supernovae as being produced from dying red supergiant stars.

The scientists are from the Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen and from Queens University, Belfast.

A star is a large ball of hot gas and in its incredibly hot interior hydrogen atoms combine to form helium, which subsequently forms carbon, other heavier elements and finally iron.

When all the atoms in the centre have turned to iron the fuel is depleted and the star dies.

Washington, Mar 20 : ‘Limp Bizkit’ frontman Fred Durst has insisted that he ‘in no way lied’ about his alleged brief romance with Britney Spears in 2003.

Durst, 38, had told fans via his website that he was enjoying a fling with Spears after he had been roped in to help write tracks for her album.

The Toxic singer, however, told now defunct MTV show Total Request Live that she was neither dating him nor close to him.

And Durst is still slightly bruised by the knock-back, insisting the whole affair was a “fiasco of madness”.

Washington, Mar 20 : R&B singer Jennifer Hudson, Simon Cowell, and Paula Abdul are among a list of American Idol stars who will be immortalised on trading cards.

As per the New York Post, U. S. reality TV bosses have signed a deal with Upper Deck Entertainment to release a series of 138 cards featuring the singing competition''s biggest stars, reports Contactmusic.

London, Mar 20 : American actor Tom Hanks is to be honoured by his peers at a star-studded gala tribute in New York.

The double Oscar winner will be honoured at the 36th annual Film Society of Lincoln Centre gala by stars like Sally Field, Ron Howard, Mike Nichols and Julia Roberts, reports Contactmusic.

Washington, Mar 20 : Brit singer Ozzy Osbourne’s son Jack has returned to the rehab centre where he kicked his addiction to painkillers, but this time to film a new news special.

Jack Osbourne, 23, revisited Visions Adolescent Treatment Centre in Malibu, California, with cameramen from U. S. show Access Hollywood to tape a segment about his recovery.

He admitted that before he checked into the centre, he was full of “pain and sadness” and “suicidal thoughts”, and when he could not cope with his mum Sharon being diagnosed with colon cancer in 2002, he knew he had a serious problem.

Washington, Mar 20 : R&B singer Mary J. Blige is set to star alongside actress Taraji P. Henson in ‘I Can Do Bad All by Myself’.

The movie is Tyler Perry''s upcoming film for Lionsgate, and is based on his play of the same name, reports Variety magazine.

Blige, 38, will portray a nightclub manager and singer who is a good friend to Henson''s character.

Perry’s signature character Madea will be featured in the film, and the filming will take place at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.