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Bond flick shot in Tiger Woods (Go To Top)

      Washington: Golf and James Bond's antics may be as apart as chalk and cheese but most of the new Bond flick Casino Royale will be shot in golfers Tiger Woods and Ernie Els' Bahamas estate. Secluded Albany House in New Providence, became one of the first locations to be used for several scenes of the new 007 film, starring Daniel Craig as the smooth spy. As well as being one of the most famous properties in the Bahamas, the estate was recently bought by the Tavistock Group, which includes Woods and South African Els. "We are excited to showcase the property in the upcoming movie, and participate in an event which will again bring international acclaim to islands of the Bahamas," Jason Callender, a director of the development company was quoted by Contactmusic, as saying.

Lee Ryan admits bedding over 500 (Go To Top)

      London: Former Blue singer Lee Ryan has bedded over 500 women. In an interview to Britain's GQ magazine, the star revealed that he slept with so many ladies that he himself lost count of the number of women he took to bed. "I don't know how many girls I've seduced. I was in a boy band at a young age and I had the rabbit hormone. 500? I don't know, man. Lower," Femalefirst quoted him, as saying. "Everyone will think I'm a right slag," he added. Lee also confessed to using his mum to help him get rid of girls after he has had sex with them. Once he even begged his mother to pretend she was having a crisis so he could escape from a woman he was in the middle of bedding. "This one girl, we started getting down to it and something just wasn't right. I couldn't go any further. So I rang my mum and said, 'Mum pretend you're upset.' She started screaming down the phone and I put her on loudspeaker. I said, 'I've got to go and see her'. The girl got into a cab, I went downstairs, got in my car, drove around the corner, waited five minutes and came back again," said the 'Army of Lovers' singer.

Britney gave K-Fed the boot (Go To Top)

      London: Pop princess Britney Spears is just weeks away from announcing her divorce from hubby Kevin Federline after finding out he's betrayed her twice. The pop princess, who is five months pregnant with their second child, is poised to give him the boot over his lying and cheating. First Kev two-timed her, and then Britney found out that he had been sneakily tipping off the US press about her. Although Britney has signed preliminary divorce papers, but her PR camp have told her to keep tight-lipped until she has thrashed out a plan with her lawyers. "She's planning to divorce him on the grounds of adultery. Kev has just carried on his partying ways and been spotted with various women," a source close to the singer was quoted by the Newsoftheworld, as saying. The last straw came when Britney found out Kev and pals were leaking stories. So she made one up about landing a lucrative gig in Vegas and a week later it was reported. "She knew Kev was behind it," the spokesperson person added.

Britney's wedding card sold for $ 2,150 (Go To Top)

      London: Online casino goldenPalace.com has managed to get its hands on an invitation card and candle from Britney Spears & Kevin Federline's wedding for 2,150 dollars . The latest purchase will be added to the site's collection of bizarre Britney Spears memorabilia. The site also includes the star's home pregnancy test, a pacifier used by Britney and her younger sister Jamie Lynn, as well as a half-full bottle of water left in the hospital by the pop star, after she gave birth to her son Sean Preston. Meanwhile the marriage between K-Fed and the pop diva is definitely on the rocks as reports claim that Britney has had it with his partying ways and has signed the divorce papers.

Madonna breaks with Britney (Go To Top)

       London: 'Material Girl' Madonna is reportedly so irked with Britney Spears, who recently quit Kabbalah, that she has decided to end her friendship with her. The pop superstar, who was responsible for introducing Britney to the mystical Jewish cult - has reportedly demanded the return the 12th Century Kabbalah book she gave the star as a wedding gift. "Madonna spent months teaching Britney the Kabbalah system, and splashed out thousands on the ancient scripture for her. She feels she has wasted time, money and precious gifts on Brit," a source was quoted by the Femalefirst, as saying. Britney quit the Kabbalah with an announcement on her personal website last month insisting her new 'religion' was caring for her son, Sean Preston The message read: "I no longer study Kabbalah, my baby is my religion."

When Alba French-kissed a monkey (Go To Top)

       Washington: It seems that 'Sin City' star Jessica Alba has a tendency of attracting animals, earlier she revealed that she aroused dolphins during the shooting of 'Flippers', and now she has confessed that her most memorable, though unpleasant, kiss was when a smelly monkey smooched her. The sexy actress has revealed that she'll never forget the gross kiss, when an amorous female ape with bad breath got too friendly. "She looked right into my eyes, seductively, and shoved her long monkey tongue down my throat," she was quoted by Contactmusic,as saying. "Monkey's tongues feel oddly serpent-like; it was very long and skinny. Her breath smelled bad. I'm not sure what she was eating that day - maybe her own poo... She was wearing a diaper," she added.

King's 'I Have a Dream' up for auction (Go To Top)

      Washington: More than 10,000 books and manuscripts from the estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., many in the handwriting of the crusader for justice and non-violence, are to be put under the hammer later this month. Auction house, Sotheby will be auctioning King's collection, hoping that an institution will step forward and pay up to 30 million dollars for it. Among them is a hand-written draft of the civil rights pioneer's most inspirational appeal against segregation, the "I Have a Dream" speech. "This collection is without question the most important American archive of the 20th century in private hands," the New York Daily News quoted Sotheby's Vice Chairman David Redden as saying. "Martin Luther King Jr. remains an heroic figure of inestimable importance, not only to Americans but to people around the world. (This collection) must be saved in entirety for succeeding generations," he added. The 10,000 manuscripts, papers and books being sold by King's estate go on public view June 21. The sale will be held June 30. The financially strapped King estate decided to sell the collection after the Jan. 30 death of the civil rights leader's wife, Coretta Scott King, Redden said. Other papers in the collection include a draft of King's Nobel Prize acceptance speech and a 1946 essay on the the Bible called the Blue Book.

Denise Van Outen's for sale (Go To Top)

      London: Sultry actress Denise Van Outen thinks women should get plastic surgery to make their breasts look like hers. The telly star who has always been proud of her ample assets, insists her boobs are the benchmark by which all others should be judged. "My favourite feature is my chest. I've heard of plastic surgeons who offer the 'Denise Van Outen bust'. People should go and buy my breasts," she was quoted by The Sun, as saying. Meanwhile, Denise isn't the only star happy with her boobs, Nicole Richie recently admitted she loves having a small chest because she doesn't need to wear a bra. "I used to want a bigger chest, but now I like being flat. Clothes fit better, and I don't really need to wear a bra," she added.

J-Lo went grey when she was 19 (Go To Top)

     New York: Jennifer Lopez who was photographed recently with her hair parted down the middle and a good inch of brown roots speckled with grey showing, insisted at the Women in Film Crystal Awards in Los Angeles, that it wasn't her pregnancy which had her roots growing out. The star singer/actress revealed that she has had grey hair ever since she was 19 years old. "I've had grey hair since I was 19 years old," the New York Daily News quoted her, as saying. However, the megastar was seen sporting light golden locks at the award function, where she was honored for her charity work. Lopez further said that though she had been careless with her hair in the past, she is now again taking good care of her tresses. "I just got lazy, but now I'll take care of it," she said.