My Name is Khan gets solid backing

Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar are snapped at a press conference to announce the tie up between their movie My Name Is Khan and Century plywood at Mumbai's J W Marriott on Thursday.

The movie will release on February 12.

Juhi Chawla poses before a poster of her Punjabi film Sukhmani -- Hope for Life during a press conference.

The actress will be seen opposite popular Punjabi actor-singer Gurdas Mann. The movie has been directed by his wife Manjeet and co-stars Divya Dutta, Anoop Soni and Bhagwant Maan.

Interestingly, the movie releases on the same day as My Name Is Khan.

Anne Hathaway (centre) gets kisses from Hasty Pudding Theatricals President Clifford Murray (left) and Vice President of the cast Derek Mueller, both dressed in drag, during the parade to honour her as Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday.

Harvard University will also honour Justin Timberlake with Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award 2010. The singer has been recognised as 'one of pop culture's most influential entertainers.'

The university's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest undergraduate drama troupe in the US, hands out the awards every year. As part of the tradition dating back to 1795, the winners are given a golden pudding pot.

The ceremony is scheduled to take place on February 5 at the New College Theatre.

Singer Mary J Blige and husband Kendu Isaacs arrive at the Essence Black Women in Music reception where Blige was honoured in Hollywood, California on Wednesday.

Kasia Smutniak, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston pose for a photograph as they arrive at the premiere of From Paris With Love in New York on Thursday.