Srinivas Padma: Personal Musings on Life, Growth, and Connections

AR Rahman wins 2 Oscars; clean sweep for Slumdog Millionaire gets 8 Oscars. It was a dream come true at the Oscars for India. Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire , won eight Oscar awards for best feature film, direction, original song, original score, sound mixing, editing, adapted screenplay and cinematography. Smile Pinki , a 39-minute short film in Hindi and Bhojpuri, directed by Emmy-nominated producer Megan Mylan won the best documentary short subject Oscar. Best Picture - 'Slumdog Millionaire' Best Director - Danny Boyle for 'Slumdog Millionaire' Best Actor - Sean Penn for 'Milk' Best Actress - Kate Winslet for 'The Reader' Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger for 'The Dark Knight' Best Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz for 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' Best Original Screenplay - Dustin Lance Black for 'Milk' Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy for 'Slumdog Millionaire' Best Animated Feature - &

Hollywood actor Heath Ledger, who made headlines with his controversial film Brokeback Mountain , was found dead in a Manhattan apartment on Tuesday. The talented 28-year-old Hollywood actor who gravitated toward dark, brooding roles that defied his leading-man looks, was found dead on Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment, face-down and naked at the foot of his bed with prescription sleeping pills nearby, police said. There was no obvious indication that the Australian-born Ledger had committed suicide, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said. Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the SoHo apartment that is believed to be the home of the Brokeback Mountain actor, Browne said. The massage therapist and a housekeeper found his naked body in the bed at about 3:30 pm. They tried to revive him, but he was already dead. "We are all deeply saddened and shocked by this accident," Ledger's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said in a statement Tuesday night. "This is an extremely difficult