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Jackson accuser's mom's antics led to his acquittal (Go To Top)

     London: Jackson's accuser's mother seems to be the main reason behind him getting acquitted. The jurors who acquitted Michael Jackson admitted they were irritated by the woman, who stared at them throughout her evidence and snapped her fingers. They told reporters in a post-verdict press conference that they just didn't buy the accusations, they just didn't buy the accusers, and they just didn't like the accuser's mother. She shocked the jury of eight women and four men by gibbering and contradicting herself as she claimed her 13-year-old son was molested by Jackson. "I disliked it intensely when she snapped her fingers at me. I was thinking, 'Don't snap your fingers at me, lady'," a juror was quoted by The Sun as saying. "The mother, when she looked at me and snapped her fingers a few times and says, 'You know how our culture is' and winked at me, I thought, 'No, that's not how our culture is'," another juror said. "What mother in her right mind would volunteer her child to sleep with someone?" said a woman identified as Juror No. 10.

Jackson prayed while waiting for verdict (Go To Top)

     London: Pop singer Michael Jackson, who has been cleared of all charges in his child molestation trail, prayed with his children while waiting for the verdict. He took his eight-year-old son Prince Michael and two daughters Paris, seven, and Blanket, two, to a church near his Neverland ranch. According to sources, Jackson, who was accompanied by just one bodyguard, slipped into the back room where other worshippers were singing a hymn. After 25 minutes before the Bible-study class was over, he left the hall with his children, who were looking quite happy and relaxed. "He always comes here but he does not associate with us. He sits in the back room where we usually seat people if the main room is too full," the Sun quoted an onlooker as saying.

Nicole Kidman ready to dump career for the right man (Go To Top)

     London: Aussie beauty Nicole Kidman has revealed that she will give up her movie career if she finds the right man. The actress fears that she will not be able to devote time to the man of her dreams and her career, so one will have to be sacrificed. "I love lying in the darkness. I should love to be lying in somebody's arms... I enjoy those moments," Kidman was quoted by Femalefirst, as saying. "My life doesn't leave me with a lot to give to somebody else. I always said that if I fall deeply in love again I will not be able to continue in this way. That's why I would need someone to sweep me off my feet - because I probably wouldn't make a choice to give up what I'm doing otherwise," she added.

Jolie's love life turns from real to reel (Go To Top)

     London: Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie's love life is to be turned into a film by her former assistant, Patricia Ebert. Ebert has reportedly written a screenplay, which is very similar to the Hollywood beauty's marriage and subsequent split from director Billy Bob Thornton. "The script revolves around a couple who have quite a turbulent relationship," a source was quoted by Femalefirst, as saying. Both of them have hot tempers and that is exactly how it was between Angelina and Billy. " It is believed the script contains numerous parts which are directly based on the couple's life together, but so far Ebert has refused to reveal any details of the screenplay," he added.

Katie adopts Cruise's Scientology (Go To Top)

     Washington: Hollywood actress and Cruise's love interest Katie Holmes is doing what his ex-wife and previous girlfriend, Penelope Cruz, could not. Holmes, who was raised a catholic, is embracing Scientology. "Yes, I am, and I'm really excited about it. I have looked into it myself, and I really like it, and I think it's really wonderful," Katie said when asked about adopting the faith. When asked whether he had intensified propagating the religion, Cruise said that he had always been passionate about the faith. "I've always been passionate about it", Eonline.com quoted Cruise as saying. Meanwhile Katie has reportedly already started taking classes.

Madonna regrets having been overtly sexy (Go To Top)

     London: Pop diva Madonna regrets that her sexy image in the early stage of career might have mislead fans. "Sometimes I was being overtly sexy for the sake of showing off when I didn't need to be. I think I hurt myself. Ultimately none of us wants to be judged, or approved of, or loved because of the way we look, or how sexy we are," Fox News quoted Madonna as saying to US magazine Ladies' Home Journal. The singer, who has sung songs such as 'Like a Virgin' and released a provocative book titled 'Sex' in 1992, said that on the one hand she was talking of believing in oneself, and on the other hand her sexy image was suggesting something else. "One minute I was saying 'believe in yourself' and the next minute I was saying 'just be sexually provocative'. I was letting it pump up my ego, thinking 'aren't I great, they're writing about me, my picture's on the cover of every magazine, I'm so fabulous'," she said.

Destiny's Child decide to split (Go To Top)

     Washington: Destiny's child might have been a band of four till now, but they are soon to go their own ways. According to Eonline, this was announced by bandmember Kelly Rowland at a concert in Barcelona that was the band's final European appearance. The North American leg of the band's tour kicks off July 9 in St. Louis and will wrap up in Vancouver on Sept. 10. Beyonci Knowles, Michelle Williams and Rowland further confirmed their plans to split up with a statement pledging their ongoing love and respect for one another and thanking fans for their support. "We have been working together as Destiny's Child since we were nine and touring together since we were 14. After a lot of discussion and some deep soul searching, we realized that our current tour has given us the opportunity to leave Destiny's Child on a high note, united in our friendship and filled with an overwhelming gratitude for our music, our fans and each other," the statement read.

Paris Hilton plans to retire (Go To Top)

     London: Paris Hilton plans to give up public life for family life in two years, by which time she expects to be a happily married mum. The hotel heiress and a celebrity party fixture has reportedly vowed to "retire" from the public eye to start a family with fianci Paris Latsis and has also confessed to not being a party animal anymore. The 24-year-old celebutante reportedly told Newsweek magazine in an interview that she "doesn't enjoy going out anymore" and wants to ease herself out of the media glare. "I can't believe I used to love doing this. It's such a pain. It's everyone saying, 'Let's do a deal! Can I have a picture?' I'm just, like, 'These people are such losers," Eonline quoted her saying in the interview.

Fish and milk in diet reduce PMS risk (Go To Top)

     Washington: A new study published in the June 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals suggests that a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D may lower the risk of developing premenstrual syndrome (PMS). The team led by Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst compared the diets and supplement use of 1,057 women aged 27 to 44 years who reported developing PMS over the course of 10 years to 1,968 women who reported no diagnosis in the same time period. The women, who participated in the Nurses Health Study (NHS), all reported no PMS in 1991, at the beginning of the study period. Their intake of calcium and vitamin D from diet and/or supplements was calculated from food frequency and standard NHS questionnaires administered in 1991, 1995 and 1999. "We observed a significantly lower risk of developing PMS in women with high intakes of vitamin D and calcium from food sources, equivalent to about four servings per day of skim or low-fat milk, fortified orange juice or low-fat dairy foods such as yogurt," the authors wrote. "These dietary intakes correspond to approximately 1,200 mg. of calcium and 400 IU of vitamin D from food sources. While previous studies have observed the benefits of calcium supplements for treating PMS, this is the first, to our knowledge, to suggest that calcium and vitamin D may help prevent the initial development of PMS," they added. "Our findings, together with those from several small randomized trials that found calcium supplements to be effective in treating PMS, suggest that a high intake of calcium and vitamin D may reduce the risk of PMS," the authors concluded.

Saudi King may end up paying billions in alimony (Go To Top)

     London: One of the three wives of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Janan Harb, has slapped an alimony settlement lawsuit seeking a share of his 32 billion pound fortune. Janan Harb, 57, has claimed that the King had failed to provide a reasonable maintainence to her. The King, who owns 7 palaces, a chateau on the French Riviera, a private jumbo jet and tow huge yachts, as his fortune, wants to keep the details of his divorce as a low key affair, reports The Sun. The court has also ruled out the appeal made by the King's lawyers to keep his identity a secret, claiming that no action could be taken against the sovereign head of the state. "What she is doing is without precedent in the Middle East. But she wants to see justice done", a friend of Janan was quoted as saying. Till date, the highest alimony settlement was in the divorce proceedings of Adnan and Soraya Khushodi, which was worth 510 million pounds.

Prince William is the brainiest royal (Go To Top)

     London: Prince William has outdone his royal family members by securing the highest marks than any of them in his geography Master of Arts degree from St Andrews. "William got an upper second class honours. He's delighted. Everyone is absolutely delighted. His father is very proud," a Clarence House spokesperson was quoted by Hello magazine, as saying. The prince's academic record of is even better than his father Prince Charles, who received a lower second class honours degree, in history from Trinity College, Cambridge. While William's uncle, Prince Edward, earned a similar grade in the same subject as a student at Jesus College, Cambridge. The prince had written a 10,000-word dissertation on the coral reefs of Rodrigues, for his master's degree in Geography.

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