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Posh gives clean chit to Becks (Go To Top)

          London: Pop star Victoria Beckham has vehemently denied rumours that her soccer star husband David and she have a money-making marriage of convenience, and that he ever cheated on her. "I could not live like that," the Sun quoted the former Spice Girl as saying. Victoria also rubbished rumours that she lived with David to rake in easy cash with the help of the 'Beckham brand'. "I couldn't live a lie and it would be unfair on our children," said she. We are working on things together, but our marriage is absolutely not a business arrangement. Could you for all the money in the world? I couldn't," said Victoria. The 30-year old singing sensation also broke her seven-week silence over David's alleged affairs with his former assistant Rebecca Loos and model Sarah Marbeck. She clearly denied the juicy claims of both women by saying, "I know my David's never cheated on me." "I really do believe deep down that I have the most faithful husband I could hope for. I can honestly say I'm really lucky to have him," the report quoted Victoria as saying.

Posh goes to Peru for charity (Go To Top)

         London: Victoria Beckham, the wife of the irrepressibly handsome David Beckham, made a recent trip to Peru to ensure that the money raised by the Sports Charity Fund is being appropriately used. Posh spent a considerable amount of time with poor children of a community on the outskirts of the country's capital Lima and became aware of their trials and tribulations and their constant fight with hunger. A documentary film on the celebrity's visit to Peru will be aired on BBC next month. Trips to India and Zambia by TV presenters Patrick Keilty and Nick Knowles will also feature in the same series. "She went to Peru to make a documentary to make the public aware of where the money is being spent," a Sport Relief spokeswoman was quoted as saying.

'Harry Potter' stars create mass hysteria at premiere (Go To Top)

         London: 'Harry Potter' actress Emma Watson joined her co-star Daniel Radcliffe at the premiere of the latest blockbuster 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'. According to the Sun, the 14-year old Emma was overwhelmed to see hundreds of her fans at the premiere. She said outside New York's Radio City Music Hall, "It is amazing - the amount of people, the energy, everything." Daniel, also 14, said that the reaction of the crowd was unnerving but fantastic. Other stars walking down the red carpet included- Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Alan Rickman (Professor Severus Snape) and director Alfonso Cuaron. "This is really cool," the report quoted the 15-year-old Rupert as saying. Robbie, 54, said that the commitment and cooperation of the teen stars was amazing. "I don't know how they manage. They're on set longer than anyone else is," said he.

Harry Potter's Hermoine Granger has a crush on Brad Pitt (Go To Top)

          London: Everybody's favourite little school girl, 'Harry Potter' character Hermoine Granger is all grown up now and wants to date Brad Pitt. According to the Sun, Emma Watson who plays the character of Hermoine Granger in the "Harry Potter" series is not really the little miss perfect that she plays in the movie and has quite a crush on the "Fight Club" actor Brad Pitt, whom she recently met. "I was told originally that I was going over to Shepperton to do some sound recording. Then Emily, who is my chaperone, said, 'Emma, we are not going to the sound studio at all, we are going to meet Brad Pitt'. I went mental, I was so excited. He is so nice," said the young actress. She has also revealed that she would be seen in a romantic role in the next Potter movie "The Goblet of Fire." She will be shown to fall for a Bulgarian quidditch player called Viktor Krum. "I have met the actor who will play Victor Krum and he is lovely. He is so nice. I think the romantic scenes will be all right. It's not too romantic," she said.

Cult guru turns into a sex pest (Go To Top)

          London: Another fake cult guru has been exposed. According to the Sun, a number of American women have revealed how Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, a 72-year-old, talked them into performing sex acts. The fake guru also poised false claims of lifting three tons of weight with one arm. He made use of fake photographs to impress hi visitors. Ghose's pupil list also includes famous names like Olympics legend Carl Lewis and guitarist Carlos Santana.

Spam e-mails land Sir Paul McCartney into trouble (Go To Top)

          London: The Beatles singer Paul McCartney has been bitten by an e-mail bug! The star singer faced fire from the British Computer Society for sending spam e-mails. According to the Sun, McCartney launched a new contest on his website which required the participants to submit their and a friend's e-mail address. The site then sent a message to the participant's friend also, asking them to enter the contest. "This is completely unethical", British Computer Society was quoted as saying.

Madonna changes Britney's eating habits (Go To Top)

         New York: Thanks to singer Madonna, there is a new change in Britney Spear's life, not in her love list, but in her diet. The pop singer has given up the Atkins diet and taken up a Kosher food plan, reports ratethemusic.com. The 'Toxic' beauty reportedly got very impressed with Kabbalah, an aspect of Jewish mysticism, under the influence of pop star Madonna, who is a staunch follower of the faith. After coming under media scrutiny for putting on weight, prompted Spears to change her diet plan. "Britney is following in the footsteps of Madonna and Winona Ryder, who all stick to Kosher food. She just feels so much healthier. As well as mot of the dishes being prepared with vegetable oil, Britney also avoids eating gelatine. Britney did the Atkins diet for a while, but then thought better of it. She just can't be bothered with serious diets and would much rather stick to one routine when it comes to food," a source was quoted as saying.

Male breast cancer is on the rise (Go To Top)

         Washington: The largest study ever conducted on male breast cancer has revealed that its incidence is rising and that the disease is usually detected in men when the tumors are bigger. The findings suggest that breast cancer in men may have some important biological differences from the female disease, and that men are seemingly less aware than they should be about being vulnerable to breast cancer. According to the study's lead investigator, Sharon H. Giordano, assistant professor at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre, the incidence of the disease has increased significantly in the last 25 years. In fact, the ratio has increased to 1.08 per 100,000 men from .86. "Male breast cancer is rare, accounting for less than one percent of all breast cancer, or about 1,600 new cases in the United States in 2004. While, it's not as high of an increase in cases as that in women, men should be alert to the possibility that the disease could affect them," said Giordano.

         To assess dissimilarity between male and female breast cancer, Giordano and her colleagues used information from a National Cancer Institute database called SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results). They analyzed SEER data from 1973 through 1998 on 2,524 cases of male breast cancer and 380,856 cases of female breast cancer. The investigators found that compared to female patients, male patients were significantly older when diagnosed with breast cancer. They were also more likely to have later stage disease and had more spread of the cancer to their lymph nodes. "It's perhaps ironic that tumors in men are easier to feel than they are in women, yet the disease is being discovered at a later stage in men than in women," said Giordano. One reason for such a late diagnosis may be that men assume that they are experiencing a benign condition called gynecomastia, or atypical growth of breast tissue that affects about a third of males at some point in their lives. "Now that we have a clearer understanding of the biology of breast cancer in men, further research is needed to determine the optimal treatment for men," said Giordano. May 24, 2004

Shocking sex games that New York kids play (Go To Top)

         New York: Kids no longer enjoy the simple pleasures of playing with dolls. They, including elementary school kids indulge in sex games. The latest fad is a multi-coloured rubber 'sex bracelet' which kids openly flaunt on their arms. Parents are oblivious of the fact that each bracelet represents a sexual act according to a secret code formulated by kids, reports the New York Post. A black bracelet indicates sexual intercourse, blue is oral sex, red is a lap dance or French kiss and white is a homosexual kiss - and it gets more in depth. Green represents having sex outside. Some of the bracelets stand for specific sexual positions, and there's even a light-green glow-in-the-dark version that means "using sex toys."