Madonna
making another movie with hubby
New
York: It seems that Pop diva Madonna has not lost interest
in staring in movies, directed by her husband even though
their first venture together "Swept Away," bombed at the
box office and was ridiculed by critics According to the
New York Post, 'The Material Girl' has reportedly talked
director hubby Guy Ritchie into casting her in his upcoming
gangster movie, "Revolver," which co-stars Ray Liotta. Shooting
for the movie has reportedly started on the Isle of Man.
Believing
in god could give you a long life (Go
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London:
A new study has indicated that people who believe in god
live longer than people who don't, after it was found that
people who go to church are 35 per cent more likely to live
longer than those who never attended church. The researchers
from the University of Iowa studied 550 adults over the
age of 65 and found that going to church boosted an elderly
person's immune system and made them less likely to suffer
clogged arteries or high blood pressure. According to the
researchers it could be due to several reasons like the
act of religious attendance, whether it's the group interaction,
the world view or just the exercise to get out of the house.
There's
something that seems to be beneficial, reports The Telegraph.
It was found that among individuals who never attended religious
services, the risk of death over the 12-year period was
52 per cent. By contrast, the risk of death of those who
attended church services more than once a week was 17 per
cent over the same period. Thirty five per cent of the 64
participants who never attended church died before the end
of the study. By comparison, 85.5 per cent of participants
who went to church twice or more a week survived. Regular
church attendance was associated with lower levels of Interleukin-6,
a chemical that can cause arterial damage at elevated levels
and is linked to age-related diseases. Although the researchers
acknowledged that regular churchgoers could lead more abstemious
lives, they insisted that they had factored these variants
into the study by examining a control group of equally healthy
non-believers.
The
variation, they said, had made no appreciable difference.
A number of churchgoers said that this was people who often
went to church also followed the regular Christian way of
life which made them live in a controlled manner. "If you
live the type of life that a Christian should live and take
things in moderation, then you do live longer. I find that
I can have a drop of alcohol now and then and I smoke a
pipe, but I don't inhale. At the moment, I go to church
once a week but I'm a bit unsteady on my pins and I find
that I need another priest to help me lift the chalice when
I take communion at the altar," the report quoted Rev John
Hardie, a Church of Scotland priest and former chaplain
of St Paul's Cathedral in Dundee, as saying.
Uma
Thurman to make a song and dance in The Producers (Go
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Washington:
Oscar winner Nicole Kidman's loss proved to be Uma Thurman's
gain after she has been signed on to play the lead role
Mel Brooks' big-screen adaptation of his hit Broadway musical,
"The Producers." Kidman dropped out of the 45 million dollars
project just days ago, citing an overbooked calendar, saying
that she wouldn't have enough time to rehearse the film's
song and dance routines, reports Daily Variety Thurman,
who has acted in movies like "Kill Bill" and "Pulp Fiction,"
will play the role of sexy secretary in the movie, which
begins shooting in February at Brooklyn's new Steiner Studios.
It will also star Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.
Hugh
Grant splurges 300 pounds on lingerie (Go
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London:
Hugh Grant recently splurged 300 pounds on smalls at
an upmarket lingerie store in Sloane Square, London, yesterday
and sources are guessing that it is for his girlfriend,
Jemima Khan. "He was trying to hide his face so he couldn't
be recognised, but all he did was draw more attention to
himself. He was very thorough though, and examined every
piece of underwear in the shop. In the end, he chose a black
vest with a matching thong and several pairs of dark blue
lacy G-strings," the Mirror quoted an insider as saying.
"He handed over his credit card and then stood outside the
shop before going back in to sign and pick up the goodies,"
the source added.
David
Beckham vows never to betray Posh (Go
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London:
English soccer star David Beckham was reportedly moved
to tears as he pledged never to betray his wife Victoria
Beckham again. According to Ananova, David chose the emotion-packed
Christmas christening of their two sons to declare to the
world his love for Posh. Becks' eyes reportedly welled up
and his voice cracked as he spoke out, in a bid to make
up for all the problems the couple had in the past due to
his alleged affairs. When he admitted he'd had a difficult
year Victoria nodded. But then he said they'd got through
all that and vowed to make his wife happy. "I just want
to say I love my wife and children very much. Without them
I wouldn't know what to do. They are my everything. This
is a special day for Victoria and I. The boys mean everything
to us," David was quoted as saying.
