Becks
banned from dropping his son to school (Go
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London:
David Beckham's son Brooklyn is supposedly paying the
price for his Dad's fame, for Beckham has been banned from
taking Brooklyn to school because of the chaos he causes.
According to Femalefirst, Madrid's Runnymede College has
asked Beckham to stop his school run as other parents have
complained about the waiting hordes of photographers and
fans at the gates. "The decision about the school run has
been taken by David and Victoria and there has been some
dialogue with the school. It is a sensitive issue," Beckham's
spokesman was quoted as saying. "Parents and teachers were
growing increasingly concerned about the daily circus at
the school gates whenever David arrived with Brooklyn,"
an insider added.
Google
search turns scholarly (Go
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Washington:
Google has now launched a new search engine, Google
Scholar which can exclusively search for academic texts
and scientific articles, instead of web pages. The free
search engine launched at http://scholar.google.com, draws
upon newly developed algorithms to list the academic research
that appears to be most relevant to a search request. "Google
has benefited a lot from scholarly research, so this is
one way we are giving back to the scholarly community,"
Nature quoted Anurag Acharya, a Google engineer who helped
develop the new search tools, as saying. The search engine
would only return the most relevant seminal papers on the
subject searched, rather than the web sites. Google Scholar
has a subversive feature, however. Each hit also links to
all the free versions of the article it has found saved
on other sites, for example on personal home pages, elsewhere
on the Internet.
Jolie's
son is frightened of his screen mom (Go
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London:
Actress Angelina Jolie's adopted son, Maddox, reportedly
got so frightened after seeing his mom on the big screen,
that she had to keep comforting him throughout the movie.
The 'Tomb Raider' star admitted that she had to hold onto
Maddox as he watched her latest film 'Alexander'. "He was
terrified seeing his mom in the movie. I had to give him
a big hug to calm him down," Femalefirst quoted Jolie as
saying.
A
skeleton named Julia Roberts (Go
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London:
A woman's skeleton with a shiny set of teeth that survived
after 9,000 years has been nicknamed Julia Roberts by archeologists
because of her perfect teeth. According to Ananova, preserved
remains of cattle bones and wheat found near her body in
Ohoden in northwest Bulgaria show her diet was similar to
what many people eat today in less developed areas of the
world, but her teeth were far superior. Georgi Ganetsovski,
the expedition leader said the skeleton was believed to
be the oldest ever found in Europe. "She was a rare beauty
and could have competed with today's Hollywood stars with
her perfect set of teeth. She is a stone age Julia Roberts.
She would have had a perfect smile - it really is a puzzle,"
he was quoted as saying.
Being
gay in Alexander's time normal: Oliver Stone (Go
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London:
The director of the movie 'Alexander' has defended the
depiction of the great conqueror's bisexuality in his epic
movie, by saying that it was very common during that time.
In the movie, actor Colin Farrell, who plays the Macedonia
leader, is shown kissing two men, a Macedonian soldier and
a topless Persian who becomes his lover. It also touches
upon Alexander's deepest affection for his fellow warrior
Hephaistion played by Jared Leto. "Alexander lived in a
more honest time. We go into his bisexuality. It may offend
some people, but sexuality in those days was a different
thing. Pre-Christian morality. Young boys were with boys
when they wanted to be," Ananova quoted him as saying. Stone
also said that the scenes had not been added to titillate
the audience "You only need five words. Alexander says,
'Stay with me tonight, Hephaistion,' and you get it. If
you don't get it, f*** you, it's your problem," he added.
Monica
Lewinsky to help celebrities lose weight (Go
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Sydney:
Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern, who gained
noteriety because of her romps with former President Bill
Clinton, is all set to become a reality TV star as she is
in talks to host a show which will follow celebrities trying
to lose weight. The show, called 'Celebrity Detox' will
show six celebrities from different parts of the world,
who will be put through a six weeks long health and fitness
program, under the supervision of health experts. "For the
famous, it won't be a walk in the park. It will be a real
no-pain, no-gain test," The Daily telegraph quoted a spokesperson
for the show as saying.
Robert
De Niro to remarry his estranged wife (Go
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New
York: Oscar winner Robert De Niro is all set to repeat
his wedding vows with his wife Grace Hightower, against
whom he had filed for divorce in 1999. According to the
New York Daily News, the 61-year old actor realised how
important his wife was to him when he was diagnosed with
prostate cancer last year and she stood by him to help him
fight it. They will reportedly get married in the presence
of close friends and family in a secret ceremony in New
York. Rumours are also rife that Hightower is pregnant with
the couple's sixth child. "Grace worked hard to make the
marriage work," a friend tells us. "I think one of the reasons
Bob loves her is that she always stood her ground. And that
she's a great mother," the report quoted an insider as saying.
"She also was there for him last year when he was diagnosed
with prostate cancer. During his treatment, he took a good
look at his life ... and realized the most important thing
was family," he added.
Madge
doesn't want her daughter to be a pop star (Go
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London:
She might have done it all, but pop queen Madonna does
not want her daughter Lourdes to follow in her raunchy footsteps.
According to The Sun, in a recent TV interview on CNN, when
asked if she would approve of her daughter dancing around
stage in skimpy clothes, Madge said that she would not approve
of her daughter becoming a pop star. "Probably not," she
replied.
Franz
Ferdinand out of 'Harry Potter' film (Go
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London:
The award winning group, Franz Ferdinand, have pulled
out of the new 'Harry Potter' film, 'Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire', because of their busy schedule. The award-winning
group, who will feature on the movie's soundtrack, were
also offered a cameo role as wizard rock band the Wyrd Sisters,
who perform at Hogwarts' Yule Ball, but the group had to
step back as they couldn't fit it into their busy schedule.
Now Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker and Radiohead guitarist
Jonny Greenwood have been roped in to play the magical band,
reports Female First.
