The 73-year old singer Etta James has been suffering from leukemia and dementia and was admitted to a hospital, this week. She had a urinary tract infection and sepsis, said her son Sametto James to The Press-Enterprise newspaper. The veteran singer, living in Woodcrest east of Los Angeles were to stay in hospital for “as long as it takes to clear her infections”, said Sametto. In 2010, she was hospitalized for some similar problems. There occurred a legal family dispute over the control of her possessions and payment of her medical bills, informed the newspaper agency.

James, who was born Jamsetta Hawkins, has won 17 Blues Music Awards and 4 Grammys. She was introduced to the Rock & Roll hall of Fame and won a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2003. She is also very well-known for her songs, with a soulful appeal, like, “All I Could Do Was Cry” and “I’d Rather Go Blind”.

“At Last” was sung by Beyonce for Barrack and Michelle Obama after he sas elected the President, on the inauguration night for their first dance, was originally written in 1941 by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon soon became the first hit of the season for Glen Miller and his orchestra, which was covered by Nat King Cole before being taken over by James in the year 1960.

A documentary on the of late Princess Diana won’t be shown in England because a picture in the film shows Diana just seconds before her death in the car crash in the Paris tunnel.

The photos have angered many Brits who are still busy making merry over the royal wedding, of Prince Williams. The director of the 90-minute movie has claimed that the English lawyers demanded that those pictures be cut out before the film is shown in the country.

The movie “Unlawful Killing” will be shown in the Cannes film festival this week. The film had been financed partly by Mohammed Fayed, father of Diana’s lover and Dodi Fayed who died in the car crash along with Diana. The director of the film Keith Allen called the film an “inquest of the inquest” into the death of Princess Diana. The trailor of the movie shows a letter written in 1993 by Diana that showed her fears about the fact that someone was conspiring to kill her.

“My husband is planning ‘an accident’ in my car. Brake failure or serious head injury,” read the note. Then the film explores the investigation of Diana’s death. The movie shows the photos of Diana, near death at the Paris tunnel where the crash had occurred, which was ruled as a driving accident.

James Cameron’s epic “Avatar” takes the highest honors at the Golden Globes with the science fiction fantasy named the best drama and the filmmaker was honored as best director. Avatar is set on a fictional planet called Pandora, a distant four light years from Earth.  The film blends cutting edge 3D technology with a sci-fi fantasy theme.

An exuberant Cameron told his fellow Hollywood filmmakers, actors and actresses, that they have the greatest jobs in the world.  “I’m very grateful to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, especially on behalf of all the artists that it took to make this film, to create this world, every blade of grass and every creature in it,” he said.

Cameron expressed surprise when picking up his best director award. “Frankly, I thought Kathryn was gonna get this,” he said, referring to his ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow, hotly tipped for her work behind the camera on Iraq bomb-disposal drama The Hurt Locker. “But make no mistake,” he continued, “I’m very grateful.”

Sandra Bullock was honored for her starring role in the sports drama The Blind Side and the acting prizes for musical and comedy went to Meryl Streep for the Julia Child story ‘Julie & Julia’ with Robert Downey Jr for the crime romp Sherlock Holmes.