Taiwan
unveils world's tallest building
Taipei:
Taiwan on Friday unveiled the world's tallest building,
Taipei 101, after six years of construction and hailed the
508-metre skyscraper for resisting several powerful earthquakes
in recent years. According to The News, the light green
building, the brainchild of Taiwan's noted architect CY
Lee, looks like petals of a flower unfolding or sections
of a bamboo rising from the ground. The construction cost
of the building worth 58 billion Taiwan dollars (1.8 billion
US dollars).
Coldplay
makes Kirsten Dunst cry (Go
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London:
Coldplay's music seems to be the muse for Kirsten Dunst.
Dunst revealed recently that she uses the band's melodies
to help her cry while filming. "I listen to Coldplay songs
to help me cry during a scene.Music definitely helps me
in my acting," Femalefirst quoted her as saying.
Elvis'
hairstyle most iconic ever (Go
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London:
He might have been the king of rock and roll but Elvis
Presley rules the roost when it comes to the most iconic
hairstyle ever if a new survey commissioned by Argos is
to be believed. According to The Sun, Elvis legendary quiff
and sideburns came out as the top most hairstyle in the
poll conducted on 1500 men. David Beckham came runner-up
while Bob Marley's dreadlocks came third. The top 20 hairstyles
are 1 Elvis Presley 2 David Beckham 3 Bob Marley 4 The Beatles
5 Hugh Grant 6 George Michael 7 David Ginola 8 James Dean
9 Boy George 10 Prince William 11 George Clooney 12 Jude
Law 13 Johnny Depp 14 Robbie Williams 15 Brad Pitt 16 Simon
Le Bon 17 Orlando Bloom 18 Michael Jackson (Afro) 19 Johnny
Rotten 20 Tom Cruise.
Women
prefer liposuction (Go
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London:
A poll of more than 1,200 women carried out by Detoxil
detox tablets has revealed that a quarter of women want
liposuction to help them get rid of the extra pounds piled
by them in the festive season. According to The Daily Mail,
26 per cent women said that the fat- sucking treatment would
be their choice weight-loss method, while one in 10 would
like to have their stomach flattened in the battle to beat
the bulge. Food and dieting were at the forefront on most
women's minds, with 34 per cent saying they thought about
diets every single day. 12 per cent women said that they
expected to gain over half a stone in Christmas and New
Year, with 44 per cent predicting a 1- 3 stones gain and
36 per cent fearing putting on 4-6 pounds. The survey also
found that women were affected in many areas of their life
because of concerns about their weight. 67 per cent said
they would have more sex if they felt more comfortable about
their bodies. 31 per cent said they hated feeling out of
breath when doing simple tasks, while 24 per cent disliked
getting undressed in a public changing room. When asked
about why they failed in their diet and detox efforts, over
half of women blamed chocolate, followed by alcohol and
takeaways food.
Shrek
2 reigns Australia (Go
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Sydney:
The animated movie Shrek 2 was this year's biggest winner
at the Australian box office. According to the Herald Sun,
it grossed more than 50 million dollars to win over the
likes of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (33 million
dollars), The Lord of the Rings: and Spider- Man 2 (24 million
dollars) at the Australian box office this year. Shrek 2's
big box office (it made $18 million more than the original)
also helped it become the highest grossing sequel in Australian
history.
