The teen sensation and the Oscar winner will go head-to-head this year at the MTV Movie Awards. Twilight and Slumdog Millionaire topped the nominations list today, with Twilight nabbing seven nominations and Slumdog landing six. Each is nominated for Best Movie, along with The Dark Knight, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and Iron Man. Voting is now open for all of the categories, which Read more

The father of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali has denied putting his daughter up for adoption (or, as the rest of the world says, "sale") to the BBC. Over the weekend, UK paper News of the World reported he was asking £200,000 (nearly $300,000) for his 9-year-old daughter. I'd like to say it wasn't as sinister as it sounds, but, basically, it was. Allegedly, it started innocently enough. A Read more

The makers of Slumdog Millionaire have set up a fund of almost $1 million to support child poverty programs in Mumbai, India. Those behind the Oscar-winning film, which made more than $400 million worldwide, have been accused of exploiting the people who live in Mumbai's slums for their own gain. While the child actors from the movie got to travel to Hollywood for the Oscars, neighbors cheered Read more

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below you can take home Will Smith's drama Seven Pounds. Slumdog Millionaire Now that I've seen the movie and read the book I'm excited to go back and watch the movie again! Can Read more

Welcome back, Buzz Book Club readers! I don't know about you, but I'm glad I read the book that inspired Slumdog Millionaire, as I found the book to be thought-provoking as well as entertaining. Let's chat about our final thoughts on it in just a sec. Here's a recap of how the Book Club goes: Every week I'll suggest chapters to complete by the next post (which, in this case, went up every Friday Read more

Welcome back, Buzz Book Club readers! I think I've nearly brushed aside comparisons to the movie Slumdog Millionaire while reading this book because the two have less and less in common as I read on. I am still thoroughly engrossed in the book, though. How about you? Here's a recap of how the Book Club goes: Every week I'll suggest chapters to complete by the next post (which, in this case, will Read more

Welcome back, Buzz Book Club readers! I really enjoyed the movie Slumdog Millionaire, and thought I'd use this month's book club to explore the book on which it's based, originally titled Q&A. Already the two are pretty different, and we'll discuss how they match up so far after the jump. First, here's a recap of how the Book Club goes: Every week I'll suggest chapters to complete by the next Read more