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Seaweed, the secret behind Nicole Kidman's beauty (Go To Top)

     London: Nicole Kidman has a new way to stay in shape, full seaweed body wrap - a treatment designed to aid last- minute inch loss. According to Daily Mail, she underwent treatments worth 250 pounds at Dorchester hotel in London for the premiere of her latest movie 'The Interpreter'. "On this occasion, both Nicole and her sister, Antonia, fancied something a bit different. As well as a facial, manicure and pedicure, both women opted for an algae seaweed body wrap which helps eliminate toxins and can aid weight loss, particularly from around the hips and thighs," an insider was quoted as saying.

Is Pitt-Jolie affair killing Jennifer Aniston? (Go To Top)

     New York: Jennifer Aniston, who split with husband Brad Pitt earlier this year, is reportedly upset over Pitt's alleged affair with Angelina Jolie and has been leaning heavily on her 'Friends' co-star Courteney Cox Arquette for emotional support. "Publicity about the alleged Pitt-Jolie affair is killing her. It plays into her worst fears - that she is not pretty, sexy or smart enough. She has a cigarette in her mouth constantly... Jen has lost about 6 pounds," the New York Daily News quoted an insider as saying to a US magazine. "Cox Arquette has been Jennifer's rock. Courteney has weathered the entire storm with Jennifer," Arquette's family friend Brian McCarthy was quoted as saying.

Motherhood mars Gwyneth Paltrow's memory (Go To Top)

     London: Gwyneth Paltrow says that she always had an excellent memory, but ever since the birth of first child she has started forgetting things. "I used to be excellent and then I had a baby and I can't remember anything. I used to have a fantastic memory and now I can't remember what day it is," the Sun quoted Paltrow, who gave birth to Apple in May last year, as saying.

Britney to return to work 3 months after baby's birth (Go To Top)

     London: Britney Spears, who recently announced that she was expecting her first child with Kevin Federline, might return to work just three months after the birth of her baby, sources have claimed. According to pals, the pop singer sees Madonna as her inspiration, and just like her wants to maintain a balance between her professional and personal life. "She sees Madonna as her inspiration. She's determined to be a good mother, but at the same time she can't give up her career because she has so many ambitions left. She's still writing songs and is looking for acting roles because she still feels she has got a lot to prove," the Sun quoted an insider as saying.

Bookies bet on Royal name for Britney's baby (Go To Top)

     London: Soon after Britney Spears announced that she was expecting her first child with dancer husband Kevin Federline, bookies started taking bets on what her child would be called. According to Fox News, bookies have suggested that the pop singer will possibly go for a name with a royal connection due to her reported infatuation with male members of the British Royal Family. Hills make William and Harry the joint 20/1 favourites for a boy and offer 20/1 on Zara or Grace for a baby girl. "Punters have been calling with all kinds of suggestions but there is no doubt that the public think that Britney will buck the celebrity trend of choosing wacky names and they are falling over themselves to back traditional British names," the report quoted Hill's spokesman Rupert Adams as saying. The others include Justin at 150/1, Trailer at 250/1, Elizabeth at 3/1 and Victoria at 100/1.

Britney`s hubby is a 'good dad', says his ex (Go To Top)

     Washington: Actress Sharon Jackson, Kevin Federline`s ex girl friend, who was the first one to congratulate him and Britney over news regarding their impending parenthood, has called Kevin, the perfect dad who visits his kids at regular intervals, and keeps a check on them all the time. "Whenever he gets the chance he sees his kids. He calls and checks on them all the time and, as far as I'm concerned, he's a good dad." Rate the music quoted Jackson as saying. Jackson, who is the mother of Kevin's two kids Koir and Kaleb also says that there is no animosity between them, and that she is in Kevin and Britney`s "little circle of trust".

Ashlee Simpson says, 'spitting' makes her start (Go To Top)

     Washington: One has to spit on singer Ashley Simpson`s hand if you want to see her perform live on stage, as she refuses to go onstage until somebody does just that. The "Pieces of me" singer is reportedly following this weird ritual since her career took off, and has now become very particular about it. "I have to have somebody spit on my hand and say 'toy, toy'. It's a German thing, I think. We won't know (what it means). The first day of my tour we did it." Rate the Music quoted Ashlee as saying.

J Lo`s close shave with the paparazzi (Go To Top)

     Los Angeles: Jennifer Lopez narrowly escaped an accident last week when her car missed being hit by that of a photographer who was pursuing her aggressively for clips capturing her on camera. The incident reportedly left her unnerved at the craziness and extent to which the paparazzi go to hound celebrities. "It's just surprising to me how aggressive they are these days. I mean, yesterday on the way home we almost got into an accident. It's just crazy. I feel like sometimes they feel like it's a game, like they're playing cops and robbers and everyone is 5", zap2it, quoted her as saying. "I actually did pull back a little bit, where you stopped me everywhere all the time; I just stopped leaving my house. All of a sudden this car gets right in front of us and it was a paparazzi trying to eat the light on the same turn with us. I got goose pimples. I didn't even realize that we were being pursued because I tried to block the stuff out a little bit because that the only way to kind of live. You don't want to think about being stalked all the time", she added.

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