Mumbai, Nov 21 (ANI): Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai has said that it was fun working alongside Hollywood actor Steve Martin in the upcoming sequel to the 2006 movie "The Pink Panther".

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a product launch here on Friday, She said, "It's is not a serious genre film, it's a fun film and very obviously its been fantastic ... of actors who have come together to work on that film. We have not got into checking what's the screen space, how many dialogues, who is camera focusing? It's a group of actors who have worked on a film and I think it's extremely commendable when a film, which is obviously all about inspector Clouseau so it's going to be about Steve Martin."

The former Miss World plays a detective in the film.

Based on the 1964 original starring Peter Sellers, "The Pink Panther" saw singer Beyonce Knowles star opposite Martin. (ANI)

Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): Earning a total of 162 million dollars between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008, Beyonce Knowles and hubby Jay-Z are Hollywood's Top-Earning Couple.

The star couple pipped Will Smith and his actress wife Jada Pinkett Smith, both of whom bank 85 million dollars, to nab the number one crown by Forbes magazine.

David Beckham and his wife Victoria ranked 3rd on the list with collective earnings of 58 million dollars.

Country music couple, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, secured the 4th spot, taking in an estimated 35 million dollars between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008, reports Fox News.

Behind them there is Hollywood power couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who banked 34 million dollars together.

Film producer and director Judd Apatow and his actress wife Leslie Mann also made it to the list at No. 6 with a total income of 30 million dollars.

Singer Gwen Stefani, who alongside his husband Gavin Rossdale earn a total of 28 million dollars, secured seventh place on the list.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are at No. 8, with 3 million dollar less, followed by Eva Longoria and Tony Parker, both of whom earn 22.5 million dollars.

Finishing the Top 10 list are Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart, who made 22 million dollars.

"Naturally, powerful people tend to gravitate toward other powerful people," clinical psychologist and celebrity researcher Jim Houran tells Forbes.com.

The top ten list includes -

1 Beyonce Knowles, Jay-Z

2 Will, Jada Pinkett Smith

3 David and Victoria Beckham

4 Tim McGraw, Faith Hill

5 Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie

6 Judd Apatow, Leslie Mann

7 Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale

8 Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban

9 Eva Longoria, Tony Parker

10 Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart (ANI)

London, Nov 21 (ANI): The opening of Dubai's luxury resort, Atlantis - The Palm, on November 20, turned out to be the most expensive launch party in history, courtesy the most extravagant fireworks display and a performance by Kylie Minogue.

Costing a huge 15 million pounds, the resort opened in Dubai with an extravagant firework display, which owners have claimed was visible from space.

More than 2,000 guests attended the event on the man-made Palm Jumeirah Island in the Persian Gulf. The guest list included names like Robert De Niro, Janet Jackson, Denzel Washington, Lindsay Lohan, Duchess of York, Sir Richard Branson, Dame Shirley Bassey, retail boss Sir Philip Green, television presenter Trinny Woodall and the singer Lily Allen.

Kylie Minogue performed on stage for a reported 1.5 million pounds fee but the real entertainment of the night was provided by the pyrotechnics.

About one million fireworks, almost 10 times the scale of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, lit up the Palm.

"We built something that's quite extraordinary. We've got to tell the world about it," the Telegraph quoted Sol Kerzner, the South African billionaire hotelier and casino tycoon as saying.

It took a total of two years to build the 1,539-room Atlantis and cost 1 billion pounds. (ANI)

Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): Hollywood actress Jennifer Garner has been granted permanent restraining order against her alleged stalker, ordering him to stay away from her family for the next three years.

The 'Alias' star was granted a temporary restraining order against Steven Burky earlier this month on Nov 7 by the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Under the permanent order, Burky must also stay 100 yards (300 feet/91 metres) from the actress, husband Ben Affleck, their daughter Violet, the couple's nanny, housekeeper and others, reports Contactmusic.

In the court papers seeking permanent restraining order, the 36-year-old actress said, "Mr Burky has been stalking and harassing me," sending "packages and letters containing delusional and paranoid thoughts and following me around the country... his obsessive and harassing behaviour has escalated to the point of becoming dangerous and threatening".

Burky has been stalking the 'Alias' star, since 2002 when he posed as a college student and then a punk rocker to meet her at a college in Ohio and record store in Los Angeles.

He used to send her creepy love letters, knocked on the door of her L.A. home and travelled to her film sets. (ANI)