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'I'm a very happy M&S girl': Dannii Minogue announced as new face of High Street chain

2010-02-08T22:52:00.000Z

Dannii Minogue may be pregnant but it appears she is keen to dispel any rumours that motherhood might slow her down. The X Factor judge, who has been announced as the new face of Marks & Spencer, can now also add modelling to her comprehensive CV. Dannii is currently in South Africa filming the new campaign, which launches in March. On her Twitter feed, Dannii said today: 'I'm so excited to be a Marks & Spencer girl. 'On the beach shooting your Spring campaign.' But will Dannii's new role steal the limelight from current High Street darling Myleene Klass, who has been successfully fronting the campaign since 2007 but will not feature in the upcoming ad? A spokesperson for M&S said: 'Myleene Klass will remain a key member but will be working on a number of different projects including M&S Money and M&S Online TV.'

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1249431/Dannii-Minogue-announced-new-face-M-S.html

What an anti-climax: G-spot is a myth

2010-01-04T01:55:00.001Z

A sexual quest that has for years baffled millions of women — and men — may have been in vain. A study by British scientists has found that the mysterious G-spot, the sexual pleasure zone said to be possessed by some women but denied to others, may not exist at all. The scientists at King’s College London who carried out the study claim there is no evidence for the existence of the G-spot — supposedly a cluster of internal nerve endings — outside the imagination of women influenced by magazines and sex therapists. They reached their conclusions after a survey of more than 1,800 British women. “Women may argue that having a G-spot is due to diet or exercise, but in fact it is virtually impossible to find real traits,” said Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology, who co-authored the research. “This is by far the biggest study ever carried out and it shows fairly conclusively that the idea of a G-spot is subjective.” In the research, 1,804 British women aged 23-83 answered questionnaires. All were pairs of identical or non-identical twins. Identical twins share all their genes, while non-identical pairs share 50% of theirs. If one identical twin reported having a G-spot, this would make it far more likely that her sister would give the same answer. But no such pattern emerged, suggesting the G-spot is a matter of the woman’s subjective opinion.

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6973971.ece

Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins call it quits after 23 years

2009-12-23T23:18:00.002Z

Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, the lovebirds-turned-Hollywood power couple who met while filming 1988's "Bull Durham," separated over the summer after 23 years together and have called it quits. Today it was made official. Publicist Teal Cannady confirmed the split and said no further comments are forthcoming. Sarandon, 63, and Robbins, 51, have two sons together -- Jack, 20, and Miles, 17. Sarandon has a daughter, actress Eva Amurri, from a previous relationship. Though they were together for more than two decades the couple never married, attracting attention for that, for the difference in their ages and for their liberal political activism. As a couple, they supported John Edwards' presidential candidacy but then shifted support to Barack Obama -- though you probably won't find Susan playing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton any time soon.

Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2009/12/susan-sarandon-tim-robbins-split.html

I have never sex-texted, says club hostess who denies claims of affair with Tiger Woods as police seek to quiz him over crash

2009-12-02T23:27:00.002Z

Tiger Woods was due to be interviewed by police today following allegations that he crashed his 4x4 after an argument with his wife, who was said to have attacked the vehicle with a golf club. The 33-year-old golf superstar’s Cadillac Escalade struck a fire hydrant before hitting a tree near his Florida villa at 2.25am on Friday. His representatives have described it as a minor accident. But leading Hollywood website TMZ claimed Woods’s Swedish-born wife, Elin Nordegren, told authorities the crash followed a row over ‘a domestic issue’. ‘Tiger gave the same story to authorities at the hospital where he was treated,’ TMZ said. The row allegedly began when Elin, 29, confronted him over lurid claims – published last week in the tabloid National Enquirer and celebrity magazine Star – that he had romantic liaisons in the US and Australia with New York nightclub hostess and party planner Rachel Uchitel, 34. TMZ claimed Elin scratched his face before he dashed out of their waterfront mansion and drove away.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1231640/Club-hostess-Rachel-Uchitel-denies-Tiger-Woods-affair-police-seek-quiz-crash.html

Pete: I'll never take Katie back

2009-12-02T08:26:00.002Z

PETER Andre has insisted he will NEVER get back together with Jordan after she dumped Alex Reid on telly last week. The Aussie star denied reports he is going to reunite with his ex wife, real name Katie Price. He told his new! magazine column: "There were a couple of stories last week saying that seeing Kate on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! made me want to give the relationship another go! "Er, I don't need to explain myself to my readers, as you all know the score. "I am a divorced man and there is absolutely no going back." Pete, 36, also gave his opinion on Jordan, 31, quitting the jungle. He said: "Everyone wants to know what I think of Kate quitting I'm A Celeb...and dumping Alex Reid on TV as soon as she came out. "But as I said last week, I really haven't been watching the show. I don't mean that in a spiteful way, but I was busy doing other stuff.

Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2753277/Peter-Andre-Ill-never-take-Katie-Price-back.html

The woman who blogged about her work as a call girl turns out to be Dr Brooke Magnanti

2009-11-16T07:53:00.001Z

The identity of Belle de Jour, the woman who wrote of her experiences as a London escort in a series of blogs and books which became the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl starring Billie Piper, has finally been revealed. She is a 34-year-old scientist called Dr Brooke Magnanti who decided to come clean and tell the Sunday Times columnist India Knight of her secret, reportedly to foil a Daily Mail scoop. Magnanti works at the Bristol Initiative for Research of Child Health where she told her colleagues her secret last month. They were, she said, amazingly kind and supportive". They are, incidentally, all women. Not even Belle's literary agent was aware of her true identity, which has led to considerable speculation about who was writing the blogs and books. The novelists Isabel Wolff and Sarah Champion have both been suspected, as has the former Erotic Review editor Rowan Pelling. Many thought it was a man masquerading as a woman - and Toby Young was a prime suspect. No one suspected a young woman with a PhD in informatics, epidemiology and forensic science. Magnanti took her pseudonym from the 1967 Bunuel film Belle de Jour starring Catherine Deneuve as a comfortably-off housewife who turns to prostitution out of boredom. Magnanti's motive, however, was not boredom but financial necessity: in 2003, in the final stages of her PhD, she ran out of money. Unable to afford her rent, she says she asked herself: "What can I do that I can start doing straightaway, that doesn't require a great deal of training or investment to get started, that's cash in hand and that leaves me spare time to do my work in?" She joined a London escort agency and the rest is history.

Source: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/56149,people,news,belle-de-jour-unmasked-shes-a-research-scientist

Sex tape revelation forces Carrie Prejean to drop suit

2009-11-09T23:43:00.001Z

The Carrie Prejean saga goes from bad to worse. The former Miss California, who was sacked from the role after her views on gay marriage became known, was suing the organisers - Miss California USA - for $1m in damages. She claimed she had beenb fired unfairly and that they had wrongly disclosed confidential information about her breast implants. The pageant organisers' countersuit was that Prejean had violated the terms of being Miss California, which demand that contestants guarantee that they have not appeared in nude videos or pictures in their past. And to prove that Prejean had broken the terms, they came to a meeting on Friday armed with a surprise tape of the 22-year-old engaged in a "solo" sex act. According to the gossip site TMZ.com, which claims to have seen the video some months ago, the "X-rated version of Home Alone" was "too racy" to be posted. This didn't stop TMZ from describing the scene at the meeting between Prejean and Miss California USA and their respective lawyers. "When the video started playing, Carrie's first reaction was 'that's disgusting'," reports TMZ.com, which claims to have spoken to some of the lawyers present. To begin with there was no face in shot and Carrie denied it was her. "Then, the camera angle changed ... and panned up to her face. She was caught red-handed, so to speak. Carrie was rendered speechless and immediately began talking with her lawyer. "We're told it took about 15 seconds for Carrie to drop her $1m demand."

Source: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/55813,people,news,sex-tape-revelation-forces-carrie-prejean-to-drop-suit

Happy Birthday, Mr Hefner: Pamela Anderson goes back to her Playboy roots as she strips totally naked to deliver cake

2008-10-09T00:13:00.001+01:00

Pamela Anderson gave Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner a birthday treat he'll never forget when she presented him with his cake in the nude. The 41-year-old pin-up performed a lap dance for the millionaire after arriving at his 82nd birthday in nothing but a pair of high heels. Pamela's censored nude show was finally broadcast on U.S. reality show The Girls Next Door last night - six months after Hugh's birthday bash in Nevada. In a bid to avoid offending the more prudish viewers, Pamela's nipples and genitals were blurred by broadcasters. As he celebrated his birthday at the Palms Casino Hotel, Hugh couldn't believe his eyes when Pamela emerged from behind a curtain in her birthday suit. Eyeing the busty blonde up and down, Hugh said: 'You're looking good.' In her hands was a chocolate birthday cake laden with candles, but, unsurprisingly, Hugh seemed rather distracted by Pamela's womanly charms.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1069710/Happy-Birthday-Mr-Hefner-Pamela-Anderson-goes-Playboy-roots-strips-totally-naked-deliver-cake.html

David Blaine's upside down challenge branded a fraud after he takes breaks every hour

2008-09-24T23:00:00.001+01:00

Illusionist David Blaine has been accused of cheating in his latest death-defying stunt to hang upside down for almost three days. Eye witnesses said his 60-hour 'Dive of Death' was nothing more than a sham after he was seen standing upright every hour. His team of helpers lower Blaine on to a metal platform while he is checked out by a doctor and sips from a bottle of water. Witnesses said after a break lasting up to 10 minutes he resumes his upside down position, suspended by a wire frame more than four storeys high over Central Park in New York city. Doctors had warned the 35 year old he faced organ damage, brain haemorrhage and even blindness by hanging upside down for so long. In all the pre-publicity for the stunt, Blaine said the latest endurance test was his most challenging to date. He said would drink water upside down and urinate through a catheter.As internet bloggers rushed to expose his stunt as a fake his spokesman Pat Smith attempted to defended the challenge - and claimed Blaine never said he would not take breaks. Pat Smith said: 'There has been no claim that David was going to hang upside down for 60 hours without a break. 'In all of his discussions with the media, he said he would have to occasionally get his head above his heart and lower his legs to correct circulation.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1060038/David-Blaines-upside-challenge-branded-fraud-takes-breaks-hour.html

Tiny water bears become first creatures to survive in space

2008-09-11T00:24:00.002+01:00

They are the toughest animals on the planet - and now scientists have discovered that they can even survive in space. The tiny creatures, known as tardigrades or water bears, are certainly strange-looking with their eight chubby legs, little claws and probing heads. Some experts have compared their shape with jelly babies or moles but tardigrades they should not be judged by their 'cute' appearance. They are virtually indestructible - they will not die even if they are boiled, frozen, squeezed under pressure or desiccated. In fact, they can be completely dried out for years - and then spring back to life as if nothing had happened. Now researchers have revealed that tardigrades - which usually measure no more than a millimetre in length and live in moss - have withstood the airless extremes of space.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1054351/Tiny-water-bears-creatures-survive-space.html

Incredible pictures of Mars

2008-07-15T23:15:00.000+01:00

The photographs were taken by the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the ESA's Mars Express probe.

HTC Tries To Cut Apple With Touch Diamond Smartphone

2008-05-07T00:08:00.001+01:00

The device, which runs on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, includes a 2.8-inch VGA touch screen and supports carriers' 3G broadband-like networks.

Source: http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/smart_phones/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207600008

Prince William and Kate Middleton

2008-04-11T23:55:00.000+01:00

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=558832&in_page_id=1770&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=picbox&ct=5

Free Tibet - London Olympic Torch Relay Protests - Photos

2008-04-06T18:18:00.001+01:00

HTC Touch Dual Demonstration

2008-04-05T23:35:00.000+01:00

Chloe Marshall: First ever size 16 girl reaches Miss England final

2008-03-22T10:58:00.001Z

Chloe Marshall doesn't look like your average beauty queen. And she couldn't be happier about it. The trainee beautician has become the first size 16 to make it to the finals of the Miss England contest. Yesterday the 16-year-old beat a host of slimmer hopefuls to be named Miss Surrey, and hopes to win the national competition in July.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=540732&in_page_id=1770

What made Kylie dance on the table?

2008-03-15T22:04:00.000Z

Three hours earlier the applause had been rapturous and her performance immaculate as Kylie Minogue was named Best International Female Artist at the Brit Awards. Even as her delicate frame was swept aloft by Dr Who star David Tennant, who presented her with the Brit, Kylie had kept her composure. Now, in the throb of Movida nightclub in London's West End, it was a rather different story. Kylie was doing something most un-Kylie – knocking back champagne with friends and dancing on the tables. She was having a ball.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=534988&in_page_id=1773

SwissMiniGun - Smallest Gun In The World

2008-03-06T00:32:00.001Z

The SwissMiniGun is the size of a key fob but fires tiny 270mph bullets powerful enough to kill at close range. Officially the world's smallest working revolver, the gun is being marketed as a collector's item and measures just 2.16 inches long (5.5cm). It can fire real 4.53 bullets up to a range of 367ft (112m). The stainless steel gun costs £3,000 although the manufacturers also produce extravagant, made-to-order versions made out of 18-carat gold with customised diamond studs which sell for up to £30,000.

Rumours that Britney Spears is Pregnant

2008-02-29T12:12:00.002Z

A website (MavrixOnline) is reporting rumours that Britney Spears is pregnant. According to her "boyfriend" Adnan Ghalib, Britney is pregnant with their child.

Sex In The City Full Trailer (2008)

2008-02-23T18:00:00.001Z

Photo of Christina Aguilera and Baby Max

2008-02-14T20:58:00.002Z

Largest Christ struck by lightning

2008-02-12T17:46:00.000Z

Rio de Janeiro's world-famous statue of Christ the Redeemer was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm over the Brazilian city on Sunday.

No Valentines Day in Saudi Arabia as Red Roses are banned

2008-02-11T23:41:00.000Z

Saudi Arabia has banned the sale of red roses. The country which operats strict Islamic law has banned the sale of red roses and red gifts and wrapping paper for valentines day.

The government has a strict policy of not allowing the celebration of non-Islamic festivals and a history of coming down hard on any contact between unmarried men and women.

Reports say that there is now a black market for red roses and many plan to celebrate Valentines day in neighbouring countries. Some florists even plan to deliver their Valentine orders in the dead of night to avoid the religious police.

Photos from the Grammys Awards 2008

2008-02-11T23:30:00.000Z

Just what you need - A Wine Bra - Hide your drink and enlarge your assets!

2008-02-06T20:56:00.003Z

This is a must have for all those ladies out there who love a bit of wine and maybe require a bit of enhancement in the bust area. The invention is called the Wine Bra - "This comfortable sports-style bra contains a special boob-enhancing polyurethane bladder that can be filled with your drink of choice. Simply slip it on, fill with wine or any other beverage you fancy and wear it under your regular clothes. You can then indulge in a spot of stealth drinking via the Wine Rack's adjustable drinking tube. With a rack like this girls' nights out will never be the same again. As for boys' nights out, well, the mind boggles."

The "technical specs" of it reads as follows:
Very comfortable sports bra available in versatile black. Polyurethane bladder holds over 750ml or 25oz. of your favourite beverage, increasing your cup size 2 full cups.
Drinking tube long enough to route as you wish. Easy to use on/off valve to control the flow. Dimensions: Small fits 32A thru 36A, Medium fits 34D thru 38B.