The glittery glove famously worn by former pop idol Michael Jackson in his 1983 video for the hit song ‘Billie Jean’ is up for sale. Sources say that the glove will be auctioned off in April, together with more than 2,000 items from the ‘Neverland Ranch,’ Jackson’s home for over 15 years, until he abandoned in the aftermath of his 2005 acquittal on charges that he molested a young male visitor there.

According to celebrity memorabilia specialist Julien’s Auctions, which announced the auction Wednesday, the sale will also include the entry gates to Neverland Ranch as well many of the amusement and arcade devices that Jackson installed at Neverland to make his own private amusement park. In addition to the collection of memorabilia from Jackson’s own career the auction will also feature numerous fine art pieces and other pop culture memorabilia.

The auction came just weeks after the financially-troubled Jackson sold Neverland to a company that owned the mortgage on the property and which now plans to redevelop the 1,100 hectare ranch. Jackson’s possessions will be on display from February onwards in a highlights tour that according to Julien’s will visit major cities worldwide.

Australian pop star Kylie Minogue is all set to croon a song for the Bollywood multi-starrer ‘Blue’ According to sources, the music will be composed by music maestro A R Rahman. Reportedly, Kylie will reach India by January 2009 to record the song and if reports are to be believed, the lady is charging a staggering amount of Rs five crores, i.e. $1 million for the song. It is also rumored that Minogue was not the first choice for this song. In fact, Madonna and the popular R&B singer Rihanna were on the wish list of the film’s producers for the song, but since nothing materialized, Minogue was approached.

Kylie will also shoot the song’s music video.

Most articles and information on the web speak of the appropriate attire whilst you reach office. If you really want to make the right impression at work, there are many who speak of grace as against trends.

It is always better to be graceful and wear what you can carry confidently and feel comfortable in at the same time. However, it is important to choose the right fit. Trends keep changing every season but what looks good on you will always make you feel confident about yourself. Besides deep necklines, hanging strings, loose harem pants and the like with high heels, and bags in gold and bright metallic give an impression of casual attire.

Keanu Reeves just can’t get enough of the hot, spicy Indian food and he proved that recently when he treated his buddies to a lavish Indian dinner at a restaurant in London. The Speed and Matrix star Reeves took five of his close pals to a restaurant called Tamarind and binged on Indian delicacies there.

The menu included 17 starters including lamb, chicken, aloo tikka, salads and scallops, and the main course consisted of lobster karikudi, murgh makhni, malai tikka and saag paneer! The elaborate meal was washed down with a bottle of £95 Chassagne Montrachet and a £90 bottle of Tour Du Pin Figeac wine, as well as beer, vodka, whiskey and seven glasses of diet cola. They finally completed their meal with six generous servings of traditional Indian coconut ice-cream.

And for all this he merely shelled out a good £1,200 followed by a generous tip to the waiters. You definitely know the way to his heart now!

If reports are to be believed, Lilly Allen has gone on a diet to find a new boyfriend. The Smile singer is said to be determined to find a new love after splitting from Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons earlier this year, and believes losing weight is the key to her attracting a man. A source close to Lily, who has lost 14lbs said, “Her new diet has reduced her cravings for junk food and she’s cut down on alcohol.”

An already married Japanese man set fire to the hotel where he was due to get married again at the weekend. He thought it best to commit the act rather than go through with the ceremony later the same day, say reports. Tatsuhiko Kawata, 39, had gone along with wedding plans despite already having a wife. Guests at the hotel were evacuated and no one was injured when he set the fire in the early hours of Sunday morning at the resort hotel in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo.

Kawata and his fiancee had been set to get married before 80 guests. He was arrested after suddenly cancelling the event and behaving suspiciously.

If you deal with other departments of your organization regularly for your work, the success of the task at hand may depend upon how various people construe you and your team. Having good equations with those teams may ease your task. Others would only be happy to work for your interests.

Sources however say that if the equations are not good, you may have to fight a lonely battle. But despite that in spite of that, your boss may be sympathetic to you, if you are on good terms with him/her, even if you fall short of targets, knowing the equations the other team has with your team. 

Research says that an interesting and simple way of monitoring your quotient is by keeping your eyes and ears open for any signs of deteriorating relations or appearances of slag in the broth that is cooked up every day in the office. Check up on the office grapevine doing the rounds every once in a while. These are important sources of the prevailing undercurrents. Besides senior team members or those who have been around for quite some time in the organization are also good sources of internal dynamics. But most importantly say reports, is to brush up your PR skills and keep others’ interests in mind while you ask or provide for requests at work.  

Some experts have argued that the amount of time children spend with their parents isn’t really that important; instead, what matters most is the ‘quality’ of their time together. Quantity does matter, given how much stock kids put into it. Children who spend more time with their moms and dads feel that their parents are truly putting family first. And a child who feels this way is bound to develop a deeper sense of security and worth.

That’s not to say that quality has no place in the equation. Quality has a place but not in the way you might think. Focused time is better because it means you can help your really cranky child deal with a difficult teacher, or teach your kids how to stop fighting with each other. The point is to give your child your full, focused attention, no matter what you might be doing together. That’s truly what your child wants and needs the most.

Have you heard that inhaling essential oils can help change your mood?

Citrus scents such as lemon, orange and grapefruit are great mood lifters, while herbs such as eucalyptus will make you less grouchy and can also perk you up. Sources say that you can find essential oils in health food stores or in ayurvedic stores. But be careful not to put the pure oil on your skin because it can be very potent and can cause irritation and sun sensitivity.

Don’t hide those emotions

Keeping a stiff upper lip during stressful situations appears to interfere with the ability to think clearly during the event and to recall the details afterwards.

Suppressing emotions is a common and often highly regarded habit of modern life. It’s what we do to hide ourselves from others. But keeping a lid on emotions takes so much vigilance that it seriously drains brainpower, according to recent studies conducted at Stanford University.

Research suggests that people who can adjust and reappraise the situation as challenging, rather than threatening or uncomfortable, feel and perform better. It also helps to take on the demeanour of a more-disinterested party who wouldn’t feel upset in the same situation.

OJ Simpson who was earlier acquitted in a murder trial that gripped America for more than a decade ago was sentenced to up to 33 years in prison on last Friday for kidnapping and robbery in a bungled attempt to recover memorabilia of his storied sports career. Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass ruled that Simpson, 61, who was known as ‘The Juice’ during his days with the National Football League and later appeared in several movies, would be eligible for parole after nine years. The retired star athlete had been found guilty two months ago of all 12 charges against him for last year’s gunpoint holdup of two sports collectors in a Las Vegas hotel room.

Shackled and dressed in blue prison garb, Simpson appeared somber as the sentence was pronounced. Minutes earlier he had pleaded for leniency, saying he had only meant to retrieve personal possessions he believed were wrongly taken from him. Simpson has been in custody since he was convicted of the hotel room robbery on October 3. That was exactly 13 years after his controversial 1995 acquittal in Los Angeles of the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, who were found stabbed and slashed to death in June 1994