Redheads return to rule the ramp (Go
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London:
Move over Blondes and Brunettes, the modelling world
wants red heads only. After centuries of suffering ridicule,
becoming the victims of evil orthodox practices and having
every clichi in the book attached to the colour of their
hair, red heads have now become the flavour of the season,
as an increasing number of modelling agencies are sending
an SOS asking natural red heads to come forward.
According
to the Independent, modelling agencies now say that an increasing
number of clients want only red heads, in fact the demand
is so high that a high-profile modelling agency lost a lot
of business because they did not have models with red hair.
"A lot of women with red hair don't seem to realise how
beautiful it is. I think they're so used to being on the
wrong end of jokes that they don't think of themselves as
model material," the report quoted said Lesley Middlemiss,
the company director of a modelling agency, Tyne Tee Models,
as saying. "Red is always a colour that's been seen as a
bit anarchic. Now the context seems to be more natural and
pre-Raphaelite," Gavin Boardman, a senior official at the
Storm modelling agency, added.
Shyamalan
hurts William Hurt's pride (Go
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New
York: The cast of Manoj Night Shyamalan's 'The Village'
got to see actor William Hurt's underwear at a recent lunch.
Hurt was dining with his co-stars Adrien Brody and Sigourney
Weaver, when he started playing with Brody's Chihuahua dog
Ceelo Vicious. According to the New York Daily News, Vicious,
who had not been out for the day, ended up emptying his
bladder all over Hurt's dress. Consequently, Hurt had to
hang out in his skivvies while his soiled clothes were being
cleaned.
Arun
Nayyar's ex-wife clears the road blocks for Liz Hurley (Go
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London:
Things might get easier for Liz Hurley and her Indian
boyfriend Arun Nayyar, after Nayyar's former wife, Italian
model Valentina Pedroni revealed that she is ready to forgive
and forget and move on with her own life. According to Hello
magazine, Pedroni was livid when she found out 18 months
ago that Nayyar was dating Hurley behind her back. Nayyar
had not told her about his new found love interest and she
only came to know about the affair when she saw photographs
of them together. Since then the 34-year old has reportedly
done her best to make things difficult for the couple. But
now she says that although she is still hurt, she has involved
herself with a charity and moved on with her life. "Our
divorce petition is still pending in the Italian courts,
I have moved on, but of course I am hurt and it's a difficult
time for us. I am not sure I want to talk about this entire
thing at all. But I do want to say that we should all move
ahead," the report quoted Valentina as saying. "I have learned
a lot about love and devotion in my work for charity. I
am happy where I am right now, promoting fashion and working
with charity causes," she added.
Charlize
Theron is planning to get married (Go
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London:
Hollywood beauty Charlize Theron will reportedly be
taking her wedding vows this autumn, as she has often said
that she wants to be in the family way before she turns
30. According to the Daily Mail, the Oscar winner wants
to tie the knot with her Irish boyfriend, Stuart Townsend,
in her native South Africa, and has already started looking
for her wedding gown. "They will hold a huge reception when
they get back in either Los Angeles or Santa Barbara. Charlize's
mum will act as the maid of honor and they could get married
as early as the fall," a report in a US magazine said.
Queen
Elizabeth's granddaughter injured in horse riding mishap
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London:
Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter, Zara Phillips, was
rushed to a hospital after she fell off her horse while
competing in a race in Dorset, London. According to Hello
magazine, Zara, who narrowly missed making the British Olympic
three-day event team recently, lost consciousness after
falling off her horse, but was not seriously injured. She
was later taken to a hospital, where doctors have confirmed
that she is fit to go home.
Britney
Spears is one serious Kabbalah devotee (Go
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London:
Britney Spears, who embraced the Kabbalah faith at the
insistence of Madonna, is reportedly taking to her new religion
very seriously. According to The Sun, the 'Toxic' star has
had a series mystical Hebrew symbols tattooed on her body
and has a friend following her with a Kabbalah book.
See
Marilyn Monroe as she has never been seen before (Go
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London:
Never seen before snapshots of Marilyn Monroe will feature
in The World's Most Photographed Exhibition that is being
jointly organized by the National Portrait Gallery and the
BBC. The pictures, which have been published for the first
time in The Independent, show black and white images of
the sex goddess in various postures taken by British photographer
Cecil Beaton at the Ambassador Hotel in New York on 22 February
1956. Others featuring in The World's Most Photographed
are Muhammad Ali, James Dean, Mahatma Gandhi, Greta Garbo,
Audrey Hepburn, Adolf Hitler, John F Kennedy, Elvis Presley
and Queen Victoria.
Zeta-Jones'
stalker attempts suicide (Go
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London:
Oscar winner Catherine Zeta Jones has been blamed for
leading her stalker, who was infatuated by Michael Douglas,
to attempt suicide. According to the Daily Star, Dawnette
Knight, 32, who is currently being tried for stalking Zeta
Jones for two years and for nearly causing Jones to have
a nervous breakdown, has been ordered to undergo a psychological
examination, after a defence lawyer revealed that she had
tried to kill herself with an overdose of sleeping pills.
Knight has been charged with one count of stalking and 24
counts of making death threats. "We are going to slice her
up like meat on a bone and feed her to the dogs," she reportedly
wrote to Zeta Jones in a letter. Knight had earlier admitted
to writing the letters and also pologized for the death
threats. She said she had done so because she was obsessed
with Douglas. "Catherine Zeta-Jones has driven Dawnette
Knight to attempt suicide and the real blood is on her hands,"
her lawyer, Richard Herman, was quoted as saying.
Bosses
mum on Brosnan's Bond betrayal (Go
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London:
Hollywood based Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studio officials
have not yet said anything as to whether Pierce Brosnan
will continue playing the role of British Secret Service
Agent in the next James Bond venture. President Chris McGurk
said that "casting issues" for the film are yet to be finalised
as Brosnan who had portrayed the character of Bond four
times starting with Golden Eye way back in the year 1995
was no longer interested in playing 007. According to the
BBC, although speculation has been rife that Brosnan is
not interested to play 007, officially there has been no
communication forthcoming from either him or his representatives.
His contract with MGM ended in 2002. "That's it. Bond is
another lifetime. Behind me", Entertainment Weekly's web
site quoted Brosnan as saying. However, MGM and Eon officials
have also not voiced their opinion regarding Brosnan's exclusion
from the latest Bond venture scheduled for release sometime
in 2005. Meanwhile, official James Bond International Fan
Club chairman David Black has announced that unless there
is an official confirmation from either MGM or Eon, he was
not willing to accept that Brosnan was no longer to play
Bond. MGM had after all relied on Brosnan for generating
money from their Bond films. "It's very important to find
someone who will appeal to the ladies but is also respected
by the men. If the men don't like him it won't work," he
was quoted as saying.
Paris
Hilton gets all bruised and battered (Go
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New
York: All doesn't seems to be going well with Paris
Hilton these days. Soon after she split with beau Nick Carter,
the hotel heiress has been snapped with visible bruises
on her face and arms. A report in E-Online says that the
bruises are reportedly outcomes of a squabble and adds that
Paris's reps are tight lipped about the injuries. "Paris'
friends and family want her to go to the police and press
charges against the person responsible, but Paris hasn't
yet made up her mind," E-Online's columnist Ted Casablanca
was quoted as saying, in the report.
Priest
and nun caught for indecent behaviour (Go
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London:
A Catholic priest and nun were awarded a suspended six-month
imprisonment with hard labour, after they were caught having
sex in a tinted saloon car parked at Lilongwe International
Airport, Malawi. "It was a bizarre spectacle, the public
alerted airport police after noticing the car shaking in
a funny way," police spokesman Kelvin Maigwa told the BBC.
The pair, when taken to the court, pleaded guilty to the
charge of indecent behaviour in public. The nun told the
magistrate she regretted her brief lapse in judgement, while
the priest said that as a man of God he accepted Satan had
tempted him. The Magistrate though accepted their pleas
in mitigation, but warned them saying that as servants of
God they were the last to be expected to misbehave in public.
"I therefore sentence you to six months imprisonment with
hard labour, but I will suspend it... because you have shown
remorse," he was quoted as saying.
