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Harry Potter and his pals in acne trouble (Go To Top)

     London: Harry Potter and his pals may have conquered ferocious beasts but the teenage wizard had a spot of trouble by an acne attack . According to The Sun, the teenaged actors of the latest Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire had trouble when the entire star cast was hit by a bout of acne and heavy make-up only made things worse for the 65million dollars blockbuster. Producers had to bring in an expert to airbrush the images and hide the blemishes as the finishing touches are put to the film, due out in November. "We have had to employ a special effects man to go through every frame clearing up their complexions," an insider said. Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, now 15, 17-year-old Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger , actress Emma Watson, 15 are among the worst affected.

Arnie given clean chit on groping by accuser (Go To Top)

     London: British TV host Denise Van Outen, who was groped by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in her Big Breakfast talk show in 2000, has taken the blame for the star's alleged assault on her. Insisting that the Hollywood star was an absolute gentleman, Denise said that the incident was completely provoked. "It all came out about him being this 'lech' when I was doing Chicago. I came out of the theatre and all the American news channels were outside and wanting to interview me because I'd been 'assaulted'. But I had grabbed his hand and got him to grab my arse. I said, 'Cop a feel of that.' It was completely provoked. He was an absolute gentleman," femalefirst quoted her as saying.

Pak groom lets friends rape his bride for revenge (Go To Top)

     Multan: In a startling case in Pakistan, a groom allowed his friends to gang-rape his wife on the wedding night to teach his in-laws a lesson after discovering that the bride's brother had sexual relations with the groom's sister. And, more astonishingly, the police refused to register the case against the groom and his family. The marriage was fixed by a local panchayat under the Wani custom, which says that if a person is found guilty of having sexual relations with an unmarried girl, the accused's family is required to marry one of its female members to a male member from the victim's family. According to the Daily Times, Mujahid Hussain was married to Kaneez Kubra on April 28, and on the same night he allowed his three friends to gang rape her as revenge. The paper said that at around midnight, the groom's parents informed the girl that the wedding was just an excuse to exact revenge on her brother Majid for outraging the modesty of Mujahid's sister Sumera. Mujahid then invited his three friends, who gang-raped the bride. The next day, Mujahid Hussain took her to the house of his friend Ghulam Mustafa, who also assaulted her. Later, when the girl's father then approached high authorities, the police instituted a case on the orders of the Dera Ghazi Khan district police officer (DPO).

Beckhams get James Bond cars for their kids' safety (Go To Top)

     London: Following threats to his children, David Beckham has ordered bomb-proof 'Sas' style cars for them. Acting on an advice by their security team, the couple David and Victoria, paid 120,000 pounds for each of the steel clad BMW X5's. According to The Sun, the Beckham's have been greately disturbed of late, over the safety of their three children, Brooklyn aged six, Romeo , two and three month old Cruz. The cars described as " pure James Bond" have their own air supply and bullet proof tyres.

Jennifer Aniston moves into Courteney Cox's neighbourhood (Go To Top)

     London: Friends star Jennifer Aniston has moved into her new house which is hardly any distance away from her co- star and friend Courteney Cox. And, the first thing she did after moving wasto decorate it with more plants and trees to brighten it up. " The house is quite plain and she is jazzing it up. And the plants will give more privacy", a source was quoted, by The Sun as saying. The two actresses have been great friends.and Cox , had reporetdly supported Jennifer throughout the period of her split with husband Brad Pitt.

No more Breakfast with Frost (Go To Top)

     London: Veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost has hosted his final Breakfast with Frost programme for the BBC after 500 editions. The last Breakfast with Frost looked back over the past 12 years in a special final show on Sunday morning. Frost was joined by former prime minister Sir John Major and former Labour leader Lord Kinnock, to discuss the 1992 general election. While impressionist Rory Bremner gave a light-hearted reminder of some of Sir David's guests over the years. "Although his questioning was always courteous, he always managed to get reams of information out of you," Prime Minister Tony Blair, who regularly appeared on the programme, was quoted by the BBC as saying. "It is great to know (Sir David) is going to go on and do other things, which I'm sure he will do brilliantly, but Breakfast With Frost is going to be missed," he added.

Divorcing parents ignore children's feelings (Go To Top)

     Sydney: The trauma of divorce can be reduced when parents know their children's true feelings about the break-up, a new research has revealed. But parents may need to hear the message from a neutral expert who interviews the children and conveys their sentiments, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Research funded by the federal Attorney-General's Department shows most parents interviewed for the study did not understand their children's perspective. When told what their children had said, "80 per cent learnt new things, and some of them were shocked", according to Jennifer McIntosh, of the Children in Focus Research program at La Trobe University. The ongoing study, based on 150 families and 300 children, is examining the effects of "child inclusive" mediation on couples locked in conflict over children. The research was carried out through Relationships Australia. Preliminary findings are published in the forthcoming Journal of Family Studies. Half the couples involved undergo mediation, in which they are simply urged to consider the impact of parental conflict on children. The other couples undergo "child inclusive" mediation, in which the children's views are conveyed to the parents. The preliminary findings show parents in the "child inclusive" group were more likely to believe the outcomes of mediation to be fairer, that children had benefited, that conflict had decreased, and that arrangements reached were working better three months after mediation. In the other group, men in particular saw little progress. Dr McIntosh said the purpose of interviewing the children was to find out "what it is like to be this child, at this moment" - not necessarily to examine issues such as where the children wanted to live, or how much time they wanted to spend with each parent.

Pricilla Presley says she will never remarry (Go To Top)

     London: Rock and Roll legend Elvis Presley's widow Pricilla Presley has revealed that she will never remarry because Elvis was such an important part of her life. "I spent many, many years with him, 15 years with him. How do you let that go, especially with someone so special, who had such an impact on everything you did? I did everything for him in every way, in every manner," she was quoted by Femalefirst as saying. Meanwhile, the 60-year-old star has admitted she urged the couple's daughter against marrying Michael Jackson. Pricilla says she begged daughter Lisa-Marie not to wed the self- styled King of Pop in the wake of child abuse allegations ten years ago. "I was concerned as a mother, Michael isn't your average person Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, Lisa is not someone you can just say to as a parent 'Don't do this, or don't do that'" she added in an interview with British magazine T2.

Pamela Anderson wants a British hunk (Go To Top)

     London: Pamela Anderson seems to have a special liking for the Brit men. The Baywatch beauty , who had split with country singer Kid Rock last year, says that she would love to find herself a British hunk. "My friends keep telling me that I should get myself a nice British man.What worries me about English guys is that now there are no borders within the EU there must be a lot of Spaniards and Italians coming over.It must make it more difficult for red- blooded British men to get a chick", she was quoted by The Sun , as saying.

Basic Instinct 2 causes mayhem in London (Go To Top)

     London: Residents of London have attacked the decision that allowed shooting of the Sharone Stone starrer Basic Instinct 2 : Risk Addiction in an exclusive residential village. According to Female First , the shopkeepers in Highgate, north London are furious after the film crews descended on the sleepy area, causing mayhem. According to Robert Sinfield, a choclate shop owner, "This has caused mayhem. To be filming somewhere like this is absolutely ludicrous."

Julia Roberts is back (Go To Top)

     Washington: 'America's Sweetheart' Julia Roberts is back in front of the camera after she gave birth to twins last year in November. According to Contactmusic, Roberts will feature in Dave Matthews Band video. The Oscar winner has secretly been shooting scenes for the group's promo in Harlem and at the Brooklyn Botannical Gardens in New York. Roberts reportedly agreed to star in the video because she's a long time friend of Matthews.

David Beckham struck by Spanish curse (Go To Top)

     London: England soccer captain David Beckham has received flak from Real Madrid for not honing his Spanish skills despite residing in Spain for the last two years. The team's footballing director said that Beckham had failed the club by not learning the language even after undergoing two years of Spanish learning lessons. "He's been here nearly two years and he doesn't speak it well. It's to do with respect towards the club who pays him, the fans and also towards his colleagues. He can give a lot to the team with what he says, but knowing so little of the language, he can't," the Mirror quoted Arrigo Sacchi, an Italian as saying. The report states that though Beckham has command over Spanish slangs and even called a linesman 'hijo de puta' (son of a bitch) last year, he still stutters over phrases in a press conference. The report states that in his first press conference he said: "El partido con Atletico was mucho mejor para todos", where he slipped up with the English 'was', adding that while other English stars abroad have managed with the language, Beckham is still to get his grasp over Spanish.

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