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Becks
new 'kiss and tell' sex scandal (Go
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London:
Soccer star David Beckham is once again embroiled in a
sex scandal with a European model alleging that she enjoyed
a liaison with him. Nathalie Sterchele, 22 has reportedly
revealed that she drank and flirted with the star at an Austrian
nightclub in August and duly followed him out into the night.
The model now claims that she will reveal all about her association
with Becks at a kiss-and-tell auction, which will be conducted
by the lawyer and her agent. The model also revealed that
she visited the England captain's luxury hotel room more than
once and, when he returned home to Spain, stayed in intimate
contact by text message. Howevere Beckham's representatives
said the allegations were completely untrue but declined to
enter into a detailed discussion about what actually unfolded
during Beckham's visit to Austria. However, supporters of
the Real Madrid star said they now feared it was open season
on him - and that almost any girl he met would try to cash
in on his fame. "It has got to the point where David feels
he can't even talk to anyone. The situation is insufferable
at a time when his main focus is ensuring England qualify
for next year's World Cup," a source was quoted by the Daily
Mail, as saying. Sterchele claims her subsequent meetings
with Beckham were organised by text messages and phone calls.
She says that she was driven to Beckham's hotel, less than
a mile from her home, by taxi or dropped off by friends.
Shirley
Maclaine prefers dogs to men (Go
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Washington:
Hollywood legend Shirley MacLaine claims that her pet
pooch Terry has been instrumental in taking her mind off men.
The 71-year-old actress, whose marriage to producer Steve
Parker ended in divorce in 1982, insists she'd much rather
spend time with her dog than be in the arms of a man. MacLaine,
who had recently announced that she was on the lookout for
a toyboy to satisfy her needs reveals that she has changed
her mind now," she was quoted by Contactmusic,as saying. "I've
got better things to do than have another love affair. I look
at my dog, and I think the more I know of men, the more I
love my dog," The actress is convinced she knew her pet in
a previous life and was desperate to share the pooch's "views"
with her fans, leading the pair to "co-write" the book Out
On a Leash, Exploring Reality and Love. In MacLaine's chapter
she discusses how Terry has helped her feel more centred.
Anna
Friel wants some live Potter kissing action (Go
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London:
Actress Anna Friel has revealed that she would love to
act in the next Harry Potter film, so that she can lock lips
on screen, with her real life beau David Thewlis who plays
Professor Lupin, in the film. Anna says she wants to play
Nymphadora Tonks, who has a romantic link with Professor Lupin.
"I'd love to play Tonks. It's my dream part," Anna, who has
just had a baby girl, Gracie, with 42-year-old David, said.
Tonks, a pink-haired witch who changes her face, is in Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, to be made next year.
"No one has been cast for Tonks," a film spokesman was quoted
by the Sun, as saying.
Star
Wars movie music voted best of all time (Go
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London:
George Lucas' sci-fi epic Star Wars has topped a poll
of the best musical scores in a movie. British composer John
Williams scooped the honours with his famous accompaniment
to the clash between Luke Skywalker and the evil Darth Vader.
Star Wars pipped Gone With The Wind, Lawrence Of Arabia and
Psycho to first place. The American Film Institute got more
than 500 film artists, composers, musicians, critics and historians
to choose their favourite music. The top 20 best musical scores
in movies of all time were: 1 Star Wars - John Williams 2
Gone With The Wind - Max Steiner 3 Lawrence Of Arabia - Maurice
Jarre 4 Psycho - Bernard Herrmann 5 The Godfather - Nino Rota
6 Jaws - John Williams 7 Laura - David Raksin 8 The Magnificent
Seven - Elmer Bernstein 9 Chinatown - Jerry Goldsmith 10 High
Noon - Dimitri Tiomkin 11 The Adventures Of Robin Hood - Erich
Wolfgang Korngold 12 Vertigo - Bernard Herrmann 13 King Kong
- Max Steiner 14 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - John Williams
15 Out Of Africa - John Barry 16 Sunset Blvd. - Franz Waxman
17 To Kill A Mockingbird - Elmer Bernstein 18 Planet Of The
Apes - Jerry Goldsmith 19 A Streetcar Named Desire - Alex
North 20 The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini.
Jen
and Brad's Beverly Hills pad up for grabs (Go
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London:
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, whose officially got divorced
on 2 Oct, have put their former Beverly hills home up for
sale for #16million. The mansion, which has a cinema, mahogany
floors, a stainless steel kitchen and an art studio, is empty
of all the furniture except a bed in the master suite. The
stars have taken away all their belongings, after parting
their ways, reports the Mirror. Following their split in January,
both have relocated to Malibu. Pitt,41, bought a #4.5million
home in April, and Aniston, 36, has been renting an #8.5million
beach house. They have also kept the Hollywood Hills homes
they each owned before they married. Insiders say their estimated
#170million fortune is being divided amicably.
One
needs 18 persons' support (Go
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London:
A British study has revealed that people employ a sophisticated
combination of 18 people (friends and family) to support them,
in accordance with their needs. Ray Pahl, a research professor
in sociology from the Institute for Social and Economic Research
at Essex University said that the network may range from siblings
to even acquaintances who become close friends in a few months
due to some common hobby or otherwise. "For a woman in her
30s, for example, (the network) may include the woman she
can rely on to pick up her kids from school if anything goes
wrong," said Prof Pahl. The research to be published in a
book titled 'Thinking friendship: Hidden solidarities' he
has co-written, said that friends or siblings at certain points
of time fulfil certain emotional needs that cannot be fulfilled
by that person himself. Steve Pankhurst, founder of the Friends
Reunited website, said that each friend fulfilled a different
role. He put his network at a dozen close friends, including
his brother, his wife, schoolfriends and work colleagues,
however saying: "some people have a group of friends they
carry around like a burden or a sack of potatoes. Most people
have those sort of friends, who are a bit of a chore." Professor
Pahl and his colleague Liz Spencer identified seven types
of "personal community" or network, depending both on the
character and the situation in their life, reports The Sunday
Times. In a "friend-like" personal community, the person depended
on more friends than family, with close friends at the centre
and more casual friends and relations further away, and in
"friend- enveloped" communities, relatives, husbands, wives
and offspring, were at the centre, with a larger group of
friends forming a ring around.
Clooney
doesn't sleep in his own master bedroom (Go
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Washington:
Hollywood actor George Clooney reportedly refuses to sleep
in the master bedroom of his luxurious Italian villa, because
he feels it's too big in size. The Ocean's Twelve heartthrob
insists that the grand home's master bedroom is too big to
sleep in, and hence he rests in one of the other 14 bedrooms
whenever he's there. He says, "It's too big... It's just too
much," Contactmusic quoted him as saying. The screen star
purchased the palatial lakeside 18th-century Villa Oleandra,
which is said to have hosted hoards of Hollywood stars, from
the Heinz family in 2002 . However, even though the actor
doesn't enjoy the luxury of the big room, he seems to have
no regrets about making the big purchase. "It's the best thing
I've ever done in my life," he said.
Courteney
Cox is Jennifer Aniston's 'rock'
Washington:
Former Friends star Courteney Cox has once again vouched
her love for pal Jennifer Aniston, and has claimed that she
will always stand by her with all her support, whenever she
is in need. The Scream star is said to be happy to comfort
her pal, whose divorce from actor Brad Pitt has finalised
this week (02Oct05), just as she always has since they first
met on the set of hit US sitcom Friends in 1994. "We have
a kind of pact. If anything ever bothers us, we don't hold
it in for one second. From the first day we met, Jen would
just drag me out and start telling me stories about her relationships,"
Contactmusic quoted Cox as saying. "She's an all-round friend
and she's incredibly loyal. We went through our relationships
and break-ups together, through my wedding to David (Arquette)
and my father dying. I love, love, love her," she added.
Kylie's
bra brings big bids for cancer charity (Go
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London:
Aussie pop superstar, Kylie Minogue, who is currently
undergoing chemotherapy to beat breast cancer, would be pleased
with the way bidding is currently is rising in respect of
her favourite bra she had signed off for charity, with bids
having reached 4100 pounds on eBay last night. The bra, which
was auctioned for 2400 pounds in 2002, was given as a gift
to former Kylie tribute singer, Sharron Rowe, who in turn
handed it over to British paper, The Mirror, in the hope of
getting in even more money for the charity. Bidding for the
sexy black mesh, pink-strapped bra, which is one of Kylie's
favourites, is to close tomorrow.
No
lines for the loo for Paris Hilton (Go
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New
York: It really doesn't matter whether you are the US
Prez, any other normal person, or for that matter, Paris Hilton.
Bottom line is that when you've got to go, you've to go, that's
to the loo of course! And that is precisely what happened
last weekend to the now not to be shipping heiress, when the
call of nature proved too strong to warrant a wait. According
to The New York Post, she reportedly could not wait for her
turn last weekend in Las Vegas during the opening celebration
of Tao at the Venetian, and was escorted to the washroom,
breaking the line of people that had formed outside waiting
for their turn. Several witnesses report her "not being able
to wait in line for the bathroom," and "cleaning crews were
quietly brought in", when she was reportedly unable to hold
on any longer. Hilton announced last week that she had broken
off a five-month engagement with Greek shipping heir Paris
Latsis, claiming that it was not the right time in her life
yet to take the vow.
Breast-flashing
is Kelly Brooks remedy for road-rage (Go
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London:
Every second driver suffers from the menace of road-rage,
a recent survey in Australia found, and among the most popular
forms of retaliation seems to be 'tail-gating', but for busty
model-turned-actress, Kelly Brook, it seems her natural assets
are more than enough to send her tormentors into a tailspin.
She claims that whenever male drivers try to wind she and
her girlfriends on the road, they retaliate by a breast and
butt show, that more often than not, has the desired effect.
"When I'm driving on the motorway with my girlfriends, male
drivers tend to get lairy and give us friendly abuse. But
we play them at their own game and moon out of the window
or display our breasts!", The Sun quoted her, as saying.
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