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Jackie heart-broken over missing pooch (Go To Top)

      Washington: Jackie Chan has been down in the dumps ever since his pet dog Jones, a golden retriever, went missing from his Hong Kong residence. And, the 'Rush Hour' star, who treats his dog more as a friend than a pet, has offered a sizeable reward for the one who will furnish any information about him. According to Contactmusic, a statement on Chan's website reveals, "Jackie is understandably heartbroken since he and Jones have a very close bond."

J-Lo fuels pregnancy rumours: concert off (Go To Top)

     Washington: Jennifer Lopez has sparked pregnancy rumours after abruptly cancelling the first concert of her world tour without giving any kind of explanation. The cancellation of the concert, which was to be held in Bulgaria on May 8, came just a day after she appeared at the ALMA Awards in Los Angeles on 7 May, with what appeared to be a baby bump. Sources told American In Touch magazine that Lopez is reportedly three months pregnant, and that the baby will be born around Christmas. However, while the singer may be ecstatic over the news, the promoters of the Bulgarian concert are not smiling over the cancelled performance, and are now threatening her with legal action. Bulgarian promoter Nina Girginova said that Lopez's fans deserved some kind of explanation for the cancellation. "Whatever the reason is, she should have explained it, and even if she had lied it would have been better than not giving the fans any reason at all," Contactmusic quoted her, as saying. Lopez was supposed to perform in Mumbai (Bombay), India; Dubai; Moscow, Russia: Sofia, Bulgaria; Istanbul, Turkey; and Thessaloniki, Greece this month.

'Chubby' James Bond forced to diet! (Go To Top)

      London: Bond bosses were so unhappy with blonde Bond Daniel Craig piling out the pounds during filming, that he was put on a strict diet by producer Barbara Broccoli. Craig has been instructed to shed all the extra kilos that he piled on the sets of Casino Royale in Prague. The actor reportedly was indulging himself in a rather sumptuous diet, which included hearty soups served with belly-busting dumplings. Broccoli asked a personal trainer to get him back in proper shape after she spotted him looking a bit over-weight. "The producers were worried when he appeared to have gone soft around the edges. They got a fitness expert to whip him into shape," the Mirror quoted a source, as saying.

Lindsay Lohan loves her 'natural' boobs (Go To Top)

      London: One Hollywood celebrity happy with her curves is teen star Lindsay Lohan who likes the natural 'shape and size' of her breasts. The 'Mean Girls' star, who has filled out a bit after putting on a bit of weight, said that not only was she comfortable in her own skin, but that she liked her breast just as they were. "I like my breasts the size and shape they are naturally. I am comfortable in my own skin," The Sun quoted her, as telling OK! magazine.

Psychic buys Elvis' home for 481,250 pounds

       London: The bidding war for Elvis Presley's old house is finally over with psychic Uri Geller emerging the victor following a 481,250 pound bid on auction website eBay. Geller, who originally bid 159,000 pounds in April before a bidding war ensued, teamed up with New York lawyer Jim Gleason and English jeweller Lisbeth Silvandersson, in order to raise the bid. Geller said that the trio were extremely pleased with the outcome. "We're unbelievably pleased. This is a piece of history," the Mirror quoted him, as saying. Geller, who is superstitious about the number 11, said that he was sure that they had won the bidding when the message he sent Gleason turned out to be the eleventh one he had sent, and when the radio started playing Elvis. "As bidding closed, I texted Gleason and it was 11 on my mobile and the radio started playing Elvis. That was Elvis telling me we got the house!" he added. Geller revealed that they now play to restore the property, which has been occupied by private owners since Elvis sold it to its old 'glory'. "We intend to restore it to its old glory. We'd like to bring sick children there for tours. Hopefully one day we might get approval to turn it into a museum," he said. The ranch-style home is where The King lived in the late 1950s before moving to his estate which he named Graceland after his career took off with hits such as All Shook Up.

George Clooney's raunchy birthday bash (Go To Top)

     Washington: Hollywood actor George Clooney reportedly had a raunchy party on the eve of his 45th birthday at a Las Vegas nightspot, where he grabbed a group of strippers and flew them all to a swanky club, The Cherry Lounge. The handosme star partied all night away at Rande Gerber's new Vegas club, picked up a selection of beauties at Cheetah's Strip Club in a bid to raunch up his big day. "He told people he was going to Cabo for a guys' weekend away," Contactmusic quoted an insider, as telling In Touch Weekly.

Valderama goes public about personal life (Go To Top)

     Washington: Actor Wilmer Valderama recently boasted of being the first one to have sex with singer/actress Mandy Moore on the bawdy Howard Stern radion show. Valderama claimed that Moore lost her virginity to him, and he further revealed that he also slept with Lindsay Lohan, Ashlee Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt. On listening to what Valderama had to say about his sex life, both Moore and Hewitt slammed his statements as being utterly nonsensical. "This is utterly tacky, not even true, and it hurt my feelings because I like him," Contactmusic quoted Morre, as saying. "I was told that we had all these very steamy encounters and I was like, 'Really! Well, I would have loved to have been there!'" Jennifer Love Hewitt said.

Robert De Niro may soon own NYC paper (Go To Top)

      Washington: After creating his niche in Hollywood, actor Robert De Niro is now hoping to work his magic on the highbrow Manhattan weekly. According to the New York Post, De Niro - along with other two founders of the Tribeca Film Festival - producer Jane Rosenthal, and her husband, Craig Hatkoff - has shown interest in buying the Arthur Carter's city weekly, The New York Observer. The threesome will soon meet the newspaper mogul to discuss the purchase of his publication. The publication has so far been snubbed by many potential buyers, after reportedly making massive losses, but if De Niro takes it on, it is expected to make profits, as the actor is hoping to attract corporate giants, including L'Oreal, as one of its sponsors. "All it takes is one grand slam for it to pay off," Contactmusic quoted a source, as saying.

Women told to have home deliveries! (Go To Top)

       London: England is moving towards a childbirth revolution which would falsify the mis-belief that deliveries at hospitals or maternity homes were safer than at home. As per estimates, about 47 per cent of women in England and 38 per cent in Scotland give birth at home without medical intervention, though childbirth groups in England believe that up to 70 per cent of the English women could deliver safely at home. Even the Health Department has taken up the initiative to remove the misconception from among the Englishwomen, as the country's Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt is to "challenge the assumption", prevalent since the 1970s, that the safest place to give birth is in hospital and that home births can be dangerous, reports The Independent.

     According to the paper, in what is being billed as a historic shift in the politics of childbirth, "doctors will be told to offer all pregnant women the chance to deliver their baby at home with the help of a midwife and their own choice of pain relief". The report said that that the British Government was planning a "strategic shift" in the childbirth policy away from hospital delivery and towards births in the reassuring surroundings of home. It has commissioned research to support the case for home births and "challenge the assumption that births should take place in hospitals". The Secretary of State wants to "de- medicalise" pregnancy and challenge the "presumption" that birth should take place under the supervision of a doctor, added the paper. "A strategic shift towards more home births is part of the Government's move for more care to be provided in the community and in the home, and away from acute hospitals," it quoted a Health Department source as saying. "At long last the whole movement into hospitals in the 1970s and belief that home births was unsafe, which was based on incorrect statistics, looks as if it may end," chief executive of the National Childbirth Trust, Belinda Phipps reportedly said adding "It has taken decades for this issue to be taken seriously, even though the evidence has built over the decades that having birth at home is as safe or safer than in hospital."