Stars preparing for Golden Globes

A host of stars will attend the Golden Globes in Los Angeles later, for what is expected to be the glitziest event so far in this year's awards season.

The event returns to a traditional format, having been called off and replaced by a news conference in 2008 owing to the Hollywood writers' strike.

Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas are among the British actors in line for honours.

The film and TV awards come from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

The Globes are often regarded as an indicator of the movies and actors who will go on to win honours at the Academy Awards on 22 February.

Unlike the Oscars or the Baftas, however, the ceremony has different categories for dramas and comedies.

Brad Pitt's fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is nominated in five film categories, as are the stage-play adaptations Doubt and Frost/Nixon.

R. Kelly And Spouse Divorce Officially ......

After a whirlwind relationship that has included hit records, sold-out shows, child rape cases, and shocking interviews, Robert Kelly and his wife of 11 years, Andrea Lee Kelly, are now officially divorced.

Though the reasons for the divorce are quite obvious in the overall public consciousness of devout Kelly-saga followers, Andrea Lee, 35, claims the 42-year-old singer also physically abused her. The six-year child abuse case, which Kelly was acquitted of June 2008, didn’t help either. The two originally filed for divorce in 2006, but decided to work things out instead.

The lawyers for both parties announced their divorce as being official, on Thursday. The two have agreed to maintain joint custody of their three kids.

Andrea Lee developed a relationship with the singer and composer while working as a choreographer for his tours and music videos during his sexually-charged heyday. They married in 1996, right after Andrea turned 22.