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Woman undergoes surgery to look like Jennifer Aniston

     Washington: A fan of Jennifer Aniston has undergone extensive cosmetic surgery to look exactly like her favourite actress. The mother of two, Kelly, 26, who had a striking resemblance to the former 'Friends' star before the surgery, allowed MTV to shoot as she had a breast lift, a tummy tuck, extensive liposuction and a nose job. She said that cruel comments made by her ex-husband had wrecked her confidence and in a bid to look good like Aniston she opted for cosmetic surgery. "It'll be like having a second chance at life... After having two kids it pretty much wrecked my body... I have a lot of emotional scars from my divorce. I had a husband that told me I was fat and I was ugly and told me nobody else would want me," Contactmusic.com quoted Kelly as saying to MTV's 'I want a famous face' show as saying.

Green tea may prevent prostate cancer (Go To Top)

     Washington: Green tea has been found to prevent prostate cancer, according to a clinical study conducted by a team of Italian researchers. "Numerous earlier studies, including ours, have demonstrated that green tea catechins, or pure EGCG (a major component of GTCs), inhibited cancer cell growth in laboratory models. We wanted to conduct a clinical trial to find out whether catechins could prevent cancer in men. The answer clearly is yes," said the lead researcher Dr. Saverio Bettuzzi. To gauge susceptibility for prostate cancer, the researchers recruited men with high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia - premalignant lesions that presage invasive prostate cancer within one year in nearly a third of cases and for which no treatment was given. Vegetarians and men consuming green tea or derived products, or those taking anti-oxidants or following anti-androgenic therapy were excluded. Of the 62 volunteers, 32 received three tablets per day of 200 mg each GTCs; the remainder were given a placebo. Only one case of prostate cancer was diagnosed among those receiving 600 mg daily of GTCs, while nine cases were found in the untreated group. "We still don't know enough about the biological processes leading to prostate cancer. The only thing we know for sure is that prostate cancer is diffuse, related to age and more prevalent in the West. Thus, prevention could be the best way to fight it. Although our follow-up will continue for up to five years, a larger, confirmatory study is needed," Bettuzzi noted. The researchers hinted at the exciting prospect of using green tea catechins as a prophylactic against prostate cancer in men believed to be at higher risk, such as the elderly, African- Americans, and those with a family history of prostate cancer.

Pope's site crashes under fans souvenirs onslaught (Go To Top)

    London: From T-shirts to hats and cakes to pastries, anything with the name of the new Pope is selling. Fans overenthusiasm to buy souvenirs of Pope Joseph Ratzinger, have led to Benedict XVI's unofficial website crashing. According to the Sun, the website, www.ratzingerfanclub.com is doing brisk business right from the run-up of the Pope's election as the demand for these souvenirs has increased. White ceramic steins, print beer mugs, trucker's hat are a wide variety of things being offered. Even the birthpace of the Pope, Marktl am Inn, Bavaria doesn't want to be left behind as the market is making the most of his papacy. The two bakeries of the village are offering Vatican Bread for one euro alongside Ratzinger cake and Pope Benedict XVI pastry to their customers. "It's just super for us. Everyone's coming to Marktl,"an assistant was quoted by the report as saying.

Liz Hurley owes her fame to a Versace hand-out (Go To Top)

    London: Elizabeth Hurley, who says she had never heard of Versace before she became famous, credits his dress for kick starting her career. The Bedazzled star recounts that she had no money and clothes to wear while accompanying her then boyfriend Hugh Grant to the premiere of his movie Four weddings and a funeral in 1994,but was lent one by a P.R agency, that ultimately resulted in her hogging the headlines next day. "They said, 'There's this great designer called Versace,' who I'd actually never heard of, which is bizarre, but I hadn't. So basically I was sent along to a PR office, somebody handed me a dress. They didn't even have a full-length mirror in that office," Femalefirst quoted her as saying. The sensational black Versace dress held together with safety pins bagged for her the front page position in every newspaper and kick-started her career. But Hurley said that she saw the full view only in the next day's papers. "We didn't have a full-length mirror in our apartment at the time. We were in a tiny one-bedroom, so I actually never really saw it until it turned out to be on the front of nearly every newspaper." She added.

Beckham's mansion under threat (Go To Top)

    London: Soccer ace David Beckham and wife Victoria could be forced to abandon their seven bedroom family British mansion, if developers who are planning to build a motorway through the grounds of their #2.5 million pad, get the Government nod to build a new bypass. According to reports, Nigel Clark, secretary of the Stop Harlow North campaign, who are opposing the plans said, "The worst case scenario is a compulsory purchase of their garden." "Victoria's family live locally so I'd be surprised if they hadn't raised this with her and David," said Clark. However he hoped that the couple would lend their name to help to stop the development. "We would love to have their endorsement. But I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't want to get into local politics," this is London quoted him as saying. However, since the development was still in the preliminary stages, the couple are reportedly not yet too worried about the proposals.

Victoria Beckham makes super Spanish omlettes (Go To Top)

     London: Real Madrid star David Beckham has revealed that his wife Victoria Beckham makes super Spanish omlettes. According to the Sun quoting Sky Sports, Beckham said that it's the only meal she can cook, but "She made a great one the other day. I was really impressed," The footballer also said that his ideal day is spent with his family before preparing dinner.

Sir Ian McKellen to star in Da Vinci Code (Go To Top)

     London: Hollywood actor Sir Ian McKellen has reportedly signed up for the movie version of Dan Brown's Bestseller, Da Vinci Code to be directed by Ron Howard. According to Fox News quoting Variety, McKellen is to play Sir Teabing whilst, Alfred Molina, of Spider- man 2 fame, will play the role of Bishop Arigarosa. Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou are also expected to play Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu in the movie. The film being scheduled for May 2006 is also expected to feature Christopher Eccleston, the hero of Dr Who.

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