Julia Roberts' 'hugging therapy'
for Katrina victims (Go
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Washington:
Hollywood actress Julia Roberts is the latest to join
a string of celebrities, who have been helping the victims
of Hurricane Katrina by raising funds or providing other
kind of relief. The 'Pretty Woman' star took two truckloads
of gifts to a shelter housing hurricane victims and talked
to the grieving and devastated people. "It's amazing what
can happen if you just put your arm around somebody. It's
the truest thing and the simplest thing that does the most
good a lot of times and I hope that we can all just reach
out to each other," Contactmusic quoted Roberts as saying.
The
12 Books That Changed The World revealed (Go
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London:
BBC stalwart Melvyn Bragg is all set to host a new TV
series about the books that have shaped our lives. While
The Origin of Species, The First Rule Book of the Football
Association, and William Shakespeare's First Folio make
it on to the series titled '12 Books That Changed The World',
Austen, Charles Dickens and the Da Vinci Code have failed
to feature on it. The text of William Wilberforce's historic
speech to Parliament in 1789, in which he began his campaign
for the abolition of slavery, is also among the 12 books,
along with Mary Wollstonecraft's 18th century feminist treatise
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. The four-part series
will be broadcast next April on ITV1. "When people think
of things that change the world, they tend to think of extraordinary
events: the assassination of leaders, the invasion of countries,
the havoc wreaked by natural disasters. There is something
less attention-grabbing, but just as powerful, which changes
the world - books. The series aims to show that the lives
we lead have been formed as often as not by a single book,"
the Daily Mail quoted an ITV spokesman as saying.
The
12 Books That Changed The World are: 1. Darwin - The Origin
of Species (1859) 2. The First Rule Book of the Football
Association (1863) 3. William Shakespeare's First Folio
(1623) 4. Newton - Principia Mathematica (1687) 5. Adam
Smith - The Wealth of Nations (1776) 6. William Wilberforce
- Speech to the House of Commons (May 12 1789) 7. The King
James Bible (1611) 8. Patent Specification for Arkwright's
Spinning Machine (1769) 9. Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication
of the Rights of Woman (1792) 10. Michael Faraday - Experimental
Research in Electricity (1855) 11. Marie Stopes - Married
Love (1918) 12. Magna Carta (1215)
Education
at Hogwarts costs 1,700 pounds (Go
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London:
Currency experts have revealed that they have calculated
the value of galleons, magic money, in JK Rowling's Harry
Potter books. Travelex reckon each gold galleon is worth
5.01pounds, or 7.39 euros, making Hogwarts an expensive
option. Churning out young witches and wizards for their
first year at the school would cost parents about 1,700
pounds, just for the basics. That means a magic wand would
be 35.08 pounds and a superior broomstick, like Harry Potter's
Nimbus 2000, would set you back 1,503 pound. Saskia van
Opijnen, director of Travelex, said they had based their
calculations on JK Rowling's books and on interviews with
the author. "This is the first time that we have dealt with
a currency from another world. Magic money is a very sturdy
currency that could assert itself on the international money
market," Opijnen said.
Collin
Farrell, Paris 'sell themselves' to help hurricane victims
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London:
Hollywood hunk Collin Farrell and hotel heiress Paris
Hilton 'sold' themselves to help raise funds for hurricane
Katrina victims. According to Femalefirst, Farrell raised
20,000 dollars at an auction to aid the victims, Miami Vice
co-star Jamie Foxx took bids for a date with Farrell and
when nervous women weren't forthcoming at the Delano Hotel
charity bash in Miami Beach, Florida, he decided to ask
for group bids. One bunch of 10 friends bid 10,000 dollars
for a date with the Irishman, while another woman doubled
the bid for her own one- night stand. . Meanwhile, a fan
bid 200,000 dollars to spend New Years eve with Paris Hilton.
"It's so generous. I'm crying right now," Hilton said.
Nicole's
date sparks rumours of a romance (Go
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New York: Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman has been spotted
again enjoying the company of country singer Keith Urban
, sparking rumours of a romance. The couple were seen dinning
at the Good News Cafi in Woodbury, Connecticut on Labour
Day weekend,Sept.03(05) night, and 'looked very together',
despite insisting they are just friends. They also took
lunch at the restaurant the next day. "He was a perfect
gentleman. He opened the car door for her when they left.
They were deep in conversation all during dinner - they
looked very together," the New York Post quoted a witness
saying. Keith, who recently split from model girlfriend
Niki Taylor, first sparked rumours of having a romantic
relationship with the sexy actress in July(05), after they
were spotted enjoying a motorbike ride together in Woodstock,
New York, before sharing lunch at a health food restaurant.
Nicole's spokesperson has, however, insisted that the media
was just blowing the issue out of proportion as the elegant
Oscar winner was just friends with the hunky singer.
Madonna's
horse-falling skills makes her millions (Go
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New
York: Madonna horse riding skills may not have made
her much money on the track, but her horse-falling ones
have certainly made her millions. Her fall recently, that
left her with a few broken bones, and threatened her filming
of an ad for phone makers Motorola, apparently caused them
such a shock, that they doubled their offer to ensure her
appearance. According to the New York Post, the ad featuring
the superstar surprising a Middle Eastern teen as he talks
in a phone booth with a girlfriend, asking, "Who's that
girl?", raked in close to 8 million dollars for her for
just 10 hours of work.
