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Cruise and Holmes expecting a baby (Go To Top)

     Washington: Hollywood hunk Tom Cruise and his lady love Katie Holmes are expecting a visit from the stork. Cruise's publicist and sister Lee Anne DeVette has confirmed reports of Holmes' pregnancy, according to Eonline. Cruise's much publicised relationship has faced a lot of flak from the paparazzi who claimed that the couple's public show of affection was just a ploy to gain publicity for their films. In fact Cruise's couch jumping antics on Oprah Winfrey's show, to proclaim his love for Holmes, also made headlines but the two who are engaged now are very excited about their baby. "They are so happy," DeVette said of the expectant parents. However there is no word on when the child, the couple's first, is due. Cruise also has two adopted children with his ex wife Nicole Kidman.

Zeta Jones has the best breasts in Britain (Go To Top)

     London: British men may just have solved the riddle that plagues every generation of hot-blooded males across the world, by revealing who possesses the best breasts in Britain. And it should come as no surprise, that they chose Welsh beauty, Caterina-Zeta-Jones, along with Denise Van Outen, as the two who had the perfect pair of breasts. A survey of 2000 British men carried out by Breast cancer charity, Breakthrough,to mark its TLC campaign, also found that breasts remain men's favourite object of desire, with 64 per cent of them thinking about breasts at least once a day. The campaign was aimed at encouraging women to regularly touch, look and check their breasts for cancer, and advocated involving their partners, to make the exercise more enjoyable. "Involve your partner and you may have a bit of fun," The sun quoted a charity spokeswoman, as saying. The survey also revealed that the nation's average cup size was 36C, and that women in East Anglia have Britain's biggest breasts ,with almost half of them boasting a D-cup or bigger.

Monika Lewinksy may soon be making millions (Go To Top)

     New York: Studying all about money is what Bill Clinton's favourite White House intern is probably doing at the London School of Economics, but making more money, while studying about it, certainly seems on the cards for her, if her PR manager has her way. According to the New York Post, Lewinsky could soon shore up her bank balance, if her manager, Barbra Hutson, is successful in her quest to rope in some media organization in Britain to shore up 100000 pounds for her first interview as a UK resident, following the six-figure deal she swung on British TV last year, when she commented on Clinton's book, "My Life." Lewinsky has, however, told her pals, that all she wants is a quiet life, and find a nice man to marry.

Putting files on high shelves sexual harassment (Go To Top)

     London: Next time you think of putting away your office files high-up on a shelf behind your desk, think again, as it may seriously curtail your shelf life in the office , as well as nail you for sexual harassment. A law firm in Scotland has issued warnings to employers not to store important files and documents on high sheves, as if found guilty they could be charged of sexual harassment since only tall people are able to reach them, and in general, men are taller than women. "It may seem trivial but if more men than women are able to reach the shelf then this may be considered as a form of harassment," the Scotsman quoted Louise Spark, an employment lawyer at Ledingham Chalmers, as saying. "There are two types of harassment. Firstly, there is obvious sexual harassment through unwanted verbal or physical conduct. But there is also harassment in relation to a person's sex and that is where tall shelves come in. As more men are taller than females, it will be men, and not women, that can reach them," he added. The Employment Equality (Sex Discrimination) Regulations 2005, which came into force last week, were widely welcomed by workers' groups, and seen as a means of empowerment for women, allowing them to prevent inappropriate behaviour more successfully.

Napoleon's death riddle demystified (Go To Top)

     London: So, if you thought that 'The Little Corporal' died of arsenic poisoning during his incarceration at St Helena following his defeat at the battle of Waterloo, think again. A manuscript claiming that Napoleon Bonaparte died of cancer and not poisoning has been uncovered in a remote Scottish cottage, which historians say was written by the doctor who Napoleon's body the day after his death on 5 May, 1821. Auction house Thomson, Roddick and Medcalf has said that the manuscript was found among belongings given to the auction house by a private seller from the south of Scotland, adding that it would go under the hammer tomorrow, reports The Scotsman.

     Earlier there have been speculations over the cause of his death, with many believing the British poisoned him. Although the newly uncovered document remains unsigned, historians believe that it was singed by one of the six unnamed British army doctors were present at Napoleon's autopsy carried out by the Emperor's personal physician Francesco Antommarchi. Antommarchi also recorded stomach cancer as the cause of Napoleon's death. Steve Lees, a military auctioneer for Thomson, Roddick & Medcalf, said he was convinced the document was genuine. "We have absolutely no idea how it came to be in a house in the south of Scotland, and the seller wishes to remain private. But we believe it is an extremely significant document, which puts an end to the theories that Napoleon was murdered with arsenic. He is extremely explicit in his report that there was a large growth in Napoleon's stomach, which must have caused him considerable pain," the paper quoted him as saying. "We also know that Napoleon's father died of stomach cancer, so there is a family history of it. And although traces of arsenic have been found in hair claimed to be Napoleon's, it must be remembered that arsenic is one of the constituent parts of lead. In the 19th century, lead was used to seal tinned foods and often seeped through into food," he added. "It is impossible to say how much the manuscript will fetch at auction, but we are confident there will be considerable interest in it," he further said.