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Myanmarese woman offers to breastfeed Bengal tiger cubs (Go To Top)

     London: A woman in Burma has volunteered to breastfeed two newborn Bengal tiger cubs after their mother, Noah Noah, became aggressive and killed the third member of her litter. The two cubs, a male and a female, are now receiving bottle feeds as well as milk of Hla Htay, whose third and the youngest child is seven months old, four times a day. "I felt sorry for them so I decided to feed them before their teeth grow," the Telegraph quoted Htay as saying to the Myanmar Times. The cubs were born at the Rangoon zoo a fortnight ago, the first there for 16 years.

Harry Potter ban raises kids' ire (Go To Top)

     London: For kids who are the greatest fans of Harry Potter movies, nothing could be more frustrating than being barred from a chance to experience life as a student wizard at Hogwart's Academy. According to Female First, Professors and academics are meeting at England's Reading University this summer to devote three days to the boy wizard stories, by holding seminars about Potter's life, playing magic sports like broomstick flying, and testing out potions made by evil professor character Severus Snape. However, organisers have excluded those under-18 from the Hogwarts experience. "They are being really silly. The real Harry Potter fans will have a much better understanding of the books than some stuffy professors. Why do you have to be 18 to go?," a fan was quoted as saying.

Five bedrooms are enough for JK Rowling (Go To Top)

     London: JK Rowling might be rumoured to be building a palatial 15-bedroom house in Edinburgh, Scotland , but she finds the reports amusing and fictitious. "I was deeply amused to read recent reports in UK newspapers that we have just applied for planning permission to create a 15- bedroom home. It's true that we have been doing building work on our house in Edinburgh, but as we are not setting up a hotel, we went for a slightly more moderate number of sleeping quarters. Divide 15 by three and you might find yourself a little closer to the truth," Femalefirst quoted her as saying.

Harry Potter star Coltrane hits Scottish pub stage (Go To Top)

     London: Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane is exchanging his mass film audience for onlookers in a small pub on a Scottish stage. The actor is to play the lead in a play to be performed at lunchtime to spectators who will watch on while nibbling at a pie and sipping on a pint of beer at the Oran Mor pub in Glasgow. My Brother's Suit, is another play in the pub's A Play, A Pie & A Pint series, has been written by screenwriter Peter McDougall. "I have always been a great admirer of Peter's work and I am delighted to be doing a Peter McDougall play", Femalefirst quoted him as saying.

Queen's religion scores over Charles Camilla wedding (Go To Top)

     Washington: Queen Elizabeth II' s religious inclinations seem to have taken precedence over her duty as a mother. According to Contactmusic.com, she won't attend Prince Charles' wedding because her position as head of the Church of England precludes her from attending a civil ceremony. She believes that attending the marriage could damage the Church. However, she will be present at the subsequent blessing at Windsor Castle to be conducted by Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury. "She feels she has to put her role with the Church before her role as a mother. She takes her position as Supreme Governor of the Church of England incredibly seriously. She believes her position simply does not allow her to be there," an insider was quoted as saying.

Mariah Carey wanted to be kidnapped to escape overbearing hubby (Go To Top)

     London: Mariah Carey has said that she was so fed- up of her domineering ex-husband that she longed to get kidnapped to escape from him. Pop diva Mariah Carey confessed that her ex-husband Tommy Mottola directed every little thing in her life during their marriage and finally caused her to become a mental wreck in 2001. After her five- year marriage to Mottola ended in 1998, she went for stress therapy sessions to fight her stressful thoughts and her desperate kidnap longings. "I was totally trapped. I got married because he was so overprotective I thought if we got married he would lighten up. I was so wrong. He was in control of every aspect of my life. I wasn't eating. I wasn't sleeping.I used to wish someone would come and kidnap me, get me out of there", Femalefirst quoted her as saying.

Kylie Minogue doesn't have a 16 in waist (Go To Top)

     London: Renowned corsetier, better known as Mr. Pearl, has said that Kylie Minogue's costume on her world tour did not have a 16 inch corset as suggested and hyped by her fans and media. Paris-based Pearl, 43, who designed Kylie's world tour costume, has created corsets for clients as big as Jerry Hall. He also created the beaded wedding corset worn by Victoria Beckham, who flaunts her incredibly slender 18in waistline. "Kylie doesn't wear a 16in corset.She could reduce her waist by wearing a tight-laced corset day and night. Maybe in three, five or ten years she could reach 16in. At best she is an 18, but I don't think so because she is larger than me.I cannot reveal her vital statistics but I will say that 4in were shed off her natural waist measurement by my corset. No more", Daily Mail quoted him as saying. Kylie's corseted costume worth 30,000 pounds sparked a debate about the possible health hazards of constriction, though her PR people insisted that the Australian star did not want anyone to think she is promoting any form of extreme weight management.

Jude and Sienna's wedding boat gets rocked (Go To Top)

     Washington: Jude Law and Sienna Miller were about to get married but it has been put on hold because Miller is doubtful about the strength of their relationship as their busy schedules keep them constantly away from each other. According to Contactmusic.com, Jude has become increasingly disapproving of Miller's party-loving lifestyle. "Sienna is having serious doubts about this wedding. Jude is becoming very disapproving of her partying while he's away. Jude no longer seems to be the man Sienna once thought he was," an insider was quoted as saying. "They've been apart for weeks on end and Jude has become very protective. He is desperate to set a date for the wedding but Sienna is telling pals she needs more time," the insider added.

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