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Naomi Campbell attacks fashion world

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

CARRYING a golden dagger on her first African catwalk, supermodel Naomi Campbell emerged from behind a shimmering veil to make a pointed attack on �the developed world�s discrimination against black models.�
�Where do we see a woman of colour in an advert? It�s quite blatant,� she said in an interview backstage at her Fashion for Relief charity fashion show, which she held in Africa for the first time. �There�s definitely space for more black models but has there been enough

Lindsay desires to collaborate with GaGa

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

CONTROVERSIAL actress-singer-turned designer Lindsay Lohan has expressed a desire to collaborate with British pop star Lady GaGa.
Despite the fact that work on Lohan�s third studio album has been stalled, she is keen to film a video and record a duet with Gaga in Los Angeles and New York, reports Contact Music.
�I want to do a mini-movie music video with Lady GaGa in LA, NYC, and all over Europe... Obsessed with your (GaGa�s) new video.You�ve just become epic in my book,�

Carrie to live with hockey star beau

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

CARRIE Underwood is set to take her romance with her ice hockey star beau Mike Fisher to the next level - they�re reportedly set to move in together.
According to America�s OK! magazine, Fisher has asked Underwood - whom he�s been dating for about a year - to move into his Canadian home.
�Mike asked her to move in, and she said yes... She�s on the road a lot and can�t commit fully, but she did clear out space in his closet and stock his kitchen with her favourites,� a source

Mock funeral for Venice's 'death'

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

VENETIANS are expected to take part in a mock funeral procession to highlight the city�s dwindling population.
Organisers of Saturday�s event say the population has dipped below 60,000, with many native Venetians choosing to live in more affordable areas. Scientists also plan to use the event to take DNA samples from Venetians to discover more about their origins.
City officials have refuted the claims that Venice is simply a �ghost town�, filled only with tourists.

Calorie guidelines could be wrong

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

CALORIE guidelines that have been followed by the health conscious for almost two decades may be stricter than necessary, scientists have said.
People who stick to the advised 2,000 calories for women and 2,500 for men may actually have been depriving themselves for no good reason, and could safely consume an extra few hundred a day. A draft report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has suggested that the guidelines could be increased by 16 per cent,

Love and envy linked by same hormone

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

A NEW study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the hormone oxytocin, the �love hormone,� which affects behaviours such as trust, empathy and generosity, also affects opposite behaviours, such as jealousy and gloating. �Subsequent to these findings, we assume that the hormone is an overall trigger for social sentiments: when the person�s association is positive, oxytocin bolsters pro-social behaviours; when the association is negative, the hormone increases negative

DannII Minogue named ultimate TV personality of 2009

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

DANNII Minogue has been named Cosmopolitan�s Ultimate TV Personality of the Year 2009.
The X Factor judge and mentor was honoured at the annual Awards hosted by Fearne Cotton at Banqueting House in London�s Whitehall. Minogue credited her boyfriend, Kris Smith, for helping her through the year, saying she never thought she could feel this happy.
She said: �When you�re having a good time both at work and in your love life, I guess it shows on your face. And it shows even more

Stewart scared of cars

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

KRISTEN Stewart is no biker chick! The actress - who plays Bella in the Twilight movie franchise - says she�s afraid of cars - so there�s absolutely no way she�d set foot on a motorbike!
�I�m definitely never going to be a biker,� Stewart said. �I�m scared of cars so the idea of riding a motorcycle is just never going to be something that I�m into. �I was towed ridiculously while we were filming New Moon. I was on the back of this truck and I probably looked funny doing it.

Lifetime Globe prize for Scorsese

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

VETERAN director Martin Scorsese will receive the Cecil B DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes next year.
Scorsese, 66, best known for Taxi Driver and Goodfellas, will receive the prize at a ceremony on 17 January.
Actress Vera Farmiga, who appeared in Scorsese�s Oscar-winning movie The Departed, made the announcement at a news conference on Thursday. She said he had �the power to rouse a crowd� and �cinema is his shrine�.
The filmmaker is being

Man invents stair-climbing wheelchair

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

A CHINESE pensioner sold his apartment to fund his dream of creating a wheelchair that can climb stairs.
Li Rongbiao, 67, of Beijing, came up with the idea after his wife, Wang Huifang, 65, broke her leg, reports West China City Daily. �It used to take us a good half an hour to walk downstairs from our fifth floor apartment to the ground floor after her injury,� he said. �I realised that what she needed was an electric wheelchair that could go up and downstairs but such a thing

Diet switching can activate brain's stress system

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

IN research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and regular-tasting food can activate the brain�s stress system and generate overeating, anxiety, and withdrawal-like symptoms.
�When many people diet, they try to avoid fattening foods that taste good, but ultimately end up going back to their regular eating

Windows 7 borrowed 'look' of Mac

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

A MICROSOFT executive was quoted in an interview as saying �what we�ve tried to do with Windows 7...is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics�.
The comments, by partner group manager Simon Aldous, appeared in UK computing trade magazine PCR.
Microsoft countered that Mr Aldous was not involved with the development of Windows 7. Microsoft�s Brandon LeBlanc said in a blog that Mr Aldous�s comments were �inaccurate and uninformed�.
Suggestions that Microsoft has

Do or die for NZ, Bahrain in World Cup

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

WELLINGTON (AFP) � For once in rugby-mad New Zealand the round ball is hogging the headlines ahead of Saturday�s crunch tie here against Bahrain for a place in next year�s football World Cup.
The All Whites only ever appearance in football�s showcase event was in 1982 and Bahrain is gunning for its first ever World Cup spot, with the rivals evenly poised following the 0-0 first leg clash in Manama last month.
Bahrain showed then why it is ranked 22 places above New Zealand

Taylor Swift shines at CMA Awards

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

TAYLOR Swift finally got her uninterrupted moment in the award-show spotlight.
The 19-year-old singer opened the 43rd annual CMA Awards on Wednesday night with her single, �Forever and Always,� and went on to win album, female vocalist and entertainer of the year. �I want to thank every single person in this room tonight for not running up on the stage during this speech,� Taylor gushed.
As expected, the show mocked the now-infamous moment when Kanye West interrupted Swift�s

Model caught with �627,000 worth of cocaine in her Mercedes

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

A MODEL caught with cocaine worth more than �600,000 hidden in her luxury car was helping to orchestrate a big money drugs deal, a court has heard.
Brunette Kelly Askew, 30, was behind the wheel of her �12,000 Mercedes when police found the drugs in a green plastic bag in the passenger footwell. The two blocks of high-purity cocaine, weighing almost two kilogrammes, had a street value of �627,250. Prosecutors alleged it was such a large amount it �could only ever be for onward