Police
quiz Stephen Hawking's wife over assault charges
London:
The police here questioned Elaine Hawking, the wife
of the renowned physicist, Stephen Hawking, for 50 minutes
about a series of alleged attacks on the scientist. Hawking,
who is in hospital being treated for a chest infection,
has denied being a victim of domestic violence and has said
he has no knowledge of being assaulted. But, detectives
are investigating claims by nursing staff that Hawking,
her 62-year old husband, who suffers from motor neurone
disease, has been assaulted on several occasions. "We have
spoken to Mrs. Hawking with her full agreement and our investigation
continues. I would emphasize that she was not arrested,"
the Mirror quotes the police, as saying.
Why
Angelina Jolie wants to retire and become a pilot (Go
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New
York: This might come as heartbreak for Angelina Jolie's
fans. The Oscar-winning actress wants to quit acting to
become a pilot. According to Teen Hollywood, the "Tomb Raider"
star is currently studying for her pilot's licence and aims
to fly aid workers and food supplies around the world to
help those who need it. "My dream is to retire and deliver
food and help people get from one place to another, and
just loan out services as a pilot and be with my kids",
the actress said. She also revealed that her adopted two-year-old
son, Maddox, is another reason she wants to learn to fly.
"Part of this motivation is because every time Mad sees
a plane, he's amazed. If I could actually fly a plane by
the time he's four, I'll be like Superman to him", the "Girl,
Interrupted" star adds.
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Ben's too slow for Gwen (Go
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London:
Gwyneth Paltrow is in a complaining mode about her Brit
life! The Oscar actress has launched into a new rant about
life in the UK. According to a report in the Mirror, the
blonde has been whining and moaning about her stay in the
Queen's land. "It is so difficult to get anything accomplished
here compared to America. Things are a lot slower here,"
Paltrow was quoted as saying in the report. Gwyneth, who
is seven months well into her pregnancy, said that she and
Coldplay star husband Chris Martin want their baby born
in Britain. But, the "Seven" star grumbled about her son
not being able to become the "President of the United States",
if born in the UK! However, on friend Sadie Frost's new
" E4 show What Sadie Did Next?" the actress revealed she
prefers England to New York.
Buy
Kylie Minogue for 24.95 dollars on June 1 (Go
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Sydney:
Barbie take a bow! 'Kylie' will now be more accessible
as the Aussie pop diva's doll look-alike gets unveiled at
a toy fair in Melbourne over the weekend. According to a
report in 'Herald Sun', the doll, endorsed by sexy Minogue
herself, features silver outfits, reminiscent of her 'Fever'
tour from 2002 and come armed with the option of removable
thigh-high boots, microphones and jewellery. In tow with
realistic hairstyling and "Cheekies" underwear from the
Love Kylie range, the Kylie dolls are apparently inspired
by the real thing and include a three-dimensional scan of
the pop star's head. Costing around 24.95 dollars , the
Kylie dolls are all set to woo shoppers from June 1.
Now,
WMD's become the butt of Bush's jokes (Go
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Sydney:
In a display of the lighter side of his personality,
US President George W Bush joked about weapons of mass destruction
not being found in Iraq. According to News .com, the President
poked fun at himself and other members of his administration
at the annual White House dinner for Radio and Television
correspondents in Washington. The audience was entertained
using slide shows of White House photographs. One of the
slides showed him on his knees rummaging under a desk in
the Oval Office, saying "Those weapons of mass destruction
have got to be somewhere." A subequent picture had him saying
"Nope, no weapons over there".
President
Bush has often been ridiculed for his tendency to uddle
sentences and confuse words and even invent new ones. He
brushed it away in a lighter vein saying, "Fortunately my
verbal phonation and electrocution have improved." There
was a shot of Vice-President Dick Cheney, a frequent butt
of gentle Bush ribbing, holding his fingers a few inches
apart. Bush said: "Whenever you ask him a question, he replies:
'Let's see what my little friend says'." And there was Bush
again, in an odd contortion in front of his national security
adviser, Condoleezza Rice. He said he was trying to explain
to her the foreign policy of Democratic challenger John
Kerry. The slide show ended on a sombre note, showing a
group of special forces troops in Afghanistan at the site
where they buried a piece of the fallen World Trade Centre
in commemoration of the dead from September 11.
Is Cruise over for Cruz (Go
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Washington:
Hollywood star Tom Cruise and his actress girlfriend
Penelope Cruz have ended their three-year-long relationship.
The 'Top Gun' actor's sister and publicist, Lee Anne DeVette
has revealed that the couple, who spent long periods away
from each other while busy in their demanding acting careers,
amicably split this year in January. Moreover, Tom's spokesman,
Robert Garlock, told 'People' magazine that neither Tom
nor Penelope was seeing anyone else and the two would remain
good friends. Tom and Penelope had met in 2001 on the sets
of 'Vanilla Sky'. The 'Jerry Maguire' star was previously
married to 'Moulin Rouge' actress Nicole Kidman and they
lived with two adopted children before getting divorced
in 2001.
