Neil Diamond ‘planning collaboration with Fred Durst’

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - A diamond the size of a chicken egg and worth an estimated 12 million pounds has been found at the Cullinan mine northeast of Pretoria. One of the world's biggest-ever sparklers - a 507.55-carat whopper - was showed off by mining group Petra Diamonds' chief executive Johan Dippenaar.

June 27th, 2009 LONDON - A Human Rights Watch report has claimed that senior leaders in Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party and the country's armed forces are making millions from a diamond field where hundreds of miners were massacred last year. The Zanu-PF rewarded the country's military with mineral deposits to suppress illegal miners at eastern Zimbabwe's Chiadzwa Diamond deposits, the report says.

May 26th, 2009 LONDON - England are learning to win without Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen, claims all-rounder Stuart Broad, 22. He insists that others thrive on the responsibility of performing when the two highest-profile players are missing.

May 13th, 2009 LONDON - A flawless blue diamond weighing 7.03 carats has fetched a record 10.5 million Swiss francs (6.2 million pounds) at auction, Sotheby's said. According to Sotheby's, the selling price of the rectangular-shaped blue stone is the highest price paid per carat for any gemstone at auction.

April 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - Neil Nitin Mukesh and John Abraham, who will be seen together in 'New York', are shooting at the same venue in Maharashtra's Karjat town for two different films on life in jail, but they aren't meeting each other. 'To be honest I have hardly had the chance to meet John here, although we're shooting just a hop and skip away from each other.

April 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt tied the knot in an evening ceremony in California on April 25. The 'Hills' stars repeated their vows in the company of nearly 200 guests at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pasadena.

April 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst is set to wed girlfriend Esther Nazarov in July. The 38-year-old singer announced his engagement to Nazarov on his Twitter page, adding that he's "the happiest man alive!!" He also posted a photo of a Neil Lane ring, which he gave to his fiancée.

March 30th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Indian origin actress Kavita Kaur Sidhu is to don an ensemble worth $30 million, called 'Nightingale of Kuala Lumpur', which will be the highlight of a fashion show by top Malaysian designers. The dress is inspired by verses of 14th century Persian poet Hafiz.

March 22nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Is the forthcoming film 'Aa Dekhen Zara' very similar to British movie 'Freeze Frame'? This question now being asked in Bollywood gains significance because the Neil Nitin Mukesh-Bipasha Basu starrer was earlier titled 'Freeze'. But the lead actor maintains the two are very different.

March 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - '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.

March 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - Neil Nitin Mukesh is unperturbed that his new film 'Aa Dekhen Zara', which tells the story of a man who gets a camera that can tell the future, may be a bizarre and alien concept for the audiences. 'You have to accept what this protagonist and the camera are trying to tell you.

March 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - Spending five hours with convicts at a prison as preparation for a film role has changed his perspective of life, says Neil Nitin Mukesh. The young actor adds that he came across 'faces and voices in there which I'll never forget'.

February 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Director Madhur Bhandarkar is quite impressed with Neil Nitin Mukesh's song in 'Aa Dekhein Zaara' and now plans to make the young actor sing one for his 'Jail'. 'I will try that in my film 'Jail', which has Neil.

January 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Mugdha Godse, who made her debut in Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Fashion', describes her 'Jail' co-star Neil Nitin Mukesh as 'very fair' and says they will light up the screen with their contrasting skin complexions. 'I think we'll light up the screen with our contrasting skin complexion,' Mugdha told IANS.

January 4th, 2009 LONDON - Singer Rihanna has sparked rumours that she is married to singer Chris Brown when she was spotted with a huge diamond ring on her wedding finger. Thesun.co.uk reports that friends claim Brown, 19, proposed to Rihanna over the New Year.