Beating the Khans and the very popular Katrina Kaif, Aishwarya Rai has emerged as the ‘Celebrity in the News’ for the year 2012. Others in the list included, Poonam Pandey and Sherlyn Chopra.

So what made the lovely Aish the ‘Celebrity in the News’?

Surprisingly, the actor’s weight issues, post pregnancy is what became the hot talk on the internet, making Aishwarya Rai the Celebrity in the News for 2012.

Besides Aish, Indo-Canadian hottie Sunny Leone was No.1 on the list of the ‘Most Searched Indian Celebrity on the net’, this year. She grabbed the spot light with her controversial entry into Bollywood with “Big Boss 5″ and later Jism 2.

Saifeena grabbed the title of the most sought after Celebrity Couple in India. The topics included, ‘Where will they marry?’, ‘Who’s on the guest list?’, and ‘What will they wear?’. Seemed like the internet users where obsessed with this couple.

In the ‘Style Statement’ segment, Amitabh Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor expectedly topped the list of Best Dressed Celebrities, while Ekta Kapoor made headlines for this year’s Worst Dressed.

In the cricket world, Virat Kohli was the most searched cricketer, ahead of Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Kevin Pietersen and Sachin Tendulkar.