Showbiz highlights
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Indian actor Shahrukh Khan pushed the boundaries of Bollywood with the movie RA One, that boasts the most amount of visual effects for this genre of film. (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
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On July 15, 2011, following seven years of marriage, Jennifer Lopez announced that she and her husband Marc Anthony were separating. (Photo by ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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2011 has proved a bumper year for Indian Bollywood actor Salman Khan who has seen all his movies for the past 12 months become major successes. (Photo by STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Bollywood’s Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan gave birth to a baby girl, leaving a very happy grandfather in Big B who Tweeted his joy at the news. (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Hollywood actor Tom Cruise, actress Paula Patton and English actor Simon Pegg attended the Dubai International Film Festival for the UAE premiere of 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'. (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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An overzealous cinema employee in Lebanon briefly censored the US film producer/director, Steven Spielberg over a misunderstanding. The employee apparently blanked out the Hollywood director’s name on posters advertising the animation Tintin. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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After years of speculation and persuasion the Californian thrash metal band Metallica finally took to the stage at a packed Yas Arena, in Abu Dhabi. Photograph: Peter Harrison/Yahoo! Maktoob
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US celebrity Kim Kardashian (C) sits between her mother Kris Jenner (L) and Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC) presenter Joelle Mardinian, during an interview in Dubai on October 14, 2011, where they are promoting the UAE's first branch of the Millions Milkshakes store. The reality TV star wed basketball player Kris Humphries, but after about 70 days the pair were separated. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)
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A concert performed by the American r’n’b star Usher before a 12,000 capacity audience in Dubai’s Media City scooped the The Ahlan! Best in Dubai Awards best concert trophy. Photograph: Peter Harrison/Yahoo! Maktoob
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Indian Bollywood actress and model Priyanka Chopra has been in and out of the news throughout 2011. Just recently she managed to offend when she retweeted a comment by the US star Rhianna. It’s too rude for us to repeat here – suffice to say it’s landed the Bollywood babe in very hot water. (Photo by PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)