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Jim Carrey reveals origin of his comic talent

Melbourne, Jan 2 (ANI): Funnyman Jim Carrey has revealed that he used to throw himself down the stairs during Christmas to prove to his family that he was a budding comedy great.

According to The Sun, the Bruce Almighty star, 47, did different characters to prove his incredible talent, reports The Daily Telegraph.

He said: “Christmas was [...]

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Lara Bingle’s 250k dlrs Aston Martin stolen with third set of keys?

Melbourne, January 2 (ANI): Lara Bingle’s 250,000-dollar Aston Martin appears to have been stolen with a third set of keys, it has emerged.

The Aussie model was ripped off her 2008-model Vantage from the security garage at the 22-year-old’s exclusive Bondi apartment.

The car, gifted to Bingle by her fiance Michael [...]

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Kylie Minogue spends festive season with Spanish lover’s family

Melbourne, Dec 31 (ANI): Kylie Minogue has fuelled rumours of a highly anticipated marriage with Spanish lover Andres Velencoso after she met his family.

Minogue, who was in Melbourne with her family earlier this month, attended her grandma ’s 90th birthday with Velencoso before flying to Spain [...]

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Swift-Lautner ‘no longer a Taylor-made pair’

Melbourne, December 30 (ANI): The love story between singer Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner has reportedly come to an end after the couple ended their three-month relationship.

Swift, 20, and Lautner, 17, met on the set of the upcoming film “Valentine’s Day”and were seen going [...]

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Wedding bells for Lara Bingle, Michael Clarke?

Melbourne, Dec 27 (ANI): Lara Bingle, fiancee of Australian cricketer Michael Clarke, has sparked rumours that the couple may be planning a summer wedding.

The Speedos ambassador’s stylist Christine Centenera reportedly went searching for a wedding dress in Paris in August in between fashion week shows.

The wedding would be just the perfect way to dismiss those [...]

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Gemma Arterton urges young women to create their own identity

Melbourne, Dec 26 (ANI): Actress Gemma Arterton has urged women not to imitate her or her fellow Hollywood actresses and create an identity of their own.

The 23-year-old Bond girl said she’s amazed to see young women around the world trying to copy their idols at the [...]

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When David Hasselhoff told Sophie Monk to get some ‘Hoff-ee’

Melbourne, Dec 25 (ANI): Actress Sophie Monk says David Hasselhoff has been calling and asking her to have “Hoff-ee” ever since the duo starred together in 2006 comical Click.

“I’ve been stalked by the Hoff,” the Daily Telegraph quoted her as saying.

Monk added: “He [...]

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Malaysian becomes Facebook sensation – thanks to her name “Essasa Sue”!

Kuala Lumpur, December 25 (ANI): A Malaysian teenager has become a Facebook sensation among Icelanders, thanks to her name that resembles the catchphrase used in a recent Vodafone ad.

“Essasa Sue” was said to have been flooded with hundreds of friend requests after the commercial during which [...]

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Johnson ignores IPL for the third time

Melbourne, Dec 24 (IANS) Australian fast bowler Mitchell is ready to forgo Indian Premier League (IPL) for the third year in a row.

The Daily Telegraph reported that Mitchell, who is the International Cricket Council’s cricketer of the year, would have been one of the most sought-after names at the third IPL auction on Jan 19 [...]

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Man, 52, stabbed in the chest, walks into cafi and asks for coffee!

Melbourne, Dec 24 (ANI): A man who was stabbed walked into a restaurant with a 13cm knife sticking out of his chest and ordered a coffee.

The unmanned man, 52, had called the emergency services before coming to the cafi and [...]

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Johnson shuns IPL lure to play for Australia

Melbourne, Dec 24(ANI): Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is likely to defy the temptation of playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the third year in a row.

Johnson’s manager Sam Halvorsen has said he will put his country before cash by ignoring the lure of a six-figure offer from the rich Twenty20 league.

“We want [...]

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Lifeless Brittany Murphy film posters removed

Melbourne, December 24 (ANI): Promotional posters featuring late actress Brittany Murphy posing lifeless in a bathtub for her movie Deadline have been taken down.

DVD rental redbox announced it will soon remove the artwork from all kiosk displays.

According to TMZ, Redbox, that has 19,000 DVD kiosks across the [...]

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Mum calls cops to stop son from playing violent video game!

Melbourne, Dec 23 (ANI): An exasperated mum called in the police after her son refused to put down his gaming console.

Angela Mejia, 49, was tired of seeing her 14-year-old son sitting for hours and playing Grand Theft Auto, a game with a violent theme.

And she could bear it no more [...]

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Christina Aguilera involved in car accident

Melbourne, December 23 (ANI): Christina Aguilera was involved in an accident after the car she was travelling in collided with another on the road.

The pop star was reportedly in a white Range Rover driven by another woman when it rammed into another silver Range Rover in Santa Monica.

According to Radar Online, the singer’s vehicle suffered [...]

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Brittany Murphy planned to go to Australia for New Year

Melbourne, December 22 (ANI): Brittany Murphy had planned to go to Australia for the New Year in order to lend her voice in the sequel to director George Miller’s animated hit ‘Happy Feet’.

Seemingly, the actress, who passed away earlier this week, was “more than excited” about plans to fly to Sydney with actor Elijah Wood

The [...]

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VILLAGE PEOPLE THREATEN TO SUE CHEF OLIVER

Camp 1970s band VILLAGE PEOPLE are threatening legal action against celebrity chef JAMIE OLIVER after he allegedly dressed up as members of the band to advertise his latest TV show.

The Brit donned various costumes for a commercial to promote his latest cookery series, Jamie’s American Road Trip, with his guises including a cowboy, a [...]

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Lara Bingle sizzles in ’70s-style ‘Bond girl’ red bikini

Melbourne, Dec 20 (ANI): Lara Bingle stopped traffic and surfers when she stripped off for her swimwear photo shoot in Sydney last week.

The shoot saw Bingle in a ’70s-style ‘Bond girl’ red bikini, cavorting in the Tamarama waves as the face of the Speedo Beach Spring/Summer 2010 campaign.

Bingle described the day as ‘amazing’. She [...]

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World Cup: Australia has the ‘perfect bid’, says ‘Kaiser’ Beckenbauer

Melbourne, Dec. 12 (ANI): Soccer great and FIFA delegate Franz Beckenbauer has described Australia’s 2018-2022 World Cup bid as “perfect” and rated its possibility of hosting the tournament as “very, very realistic”.

Beckenbauer is a member of FIFA’s 24-man panel that, this time next year, will determine the host nations for both tournaments.

“In terms of [...]

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British PM repays 500 pounds for summer house painting

London, Dec 10 (IANS) British Premier Gordon Brown has paid back 500 pounds he claimed on parliamentary expenses to have an outdoor garden-house painted at his constituency home in Scotland.

A receipt for the work, submitted in April 2008, was included in the latest batch of MPs’ expenses published on British parliament’s website Thursday.

Although the claim [...]

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Australia still has quality players, but they are beatable: Gayle

Sydney, Dec 10(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has said that the current Australian squad is very different to ones that he has played in the past.

Gayle said that the Australians still have a lot of quality players and they still are a strong unit, [...]

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Shakira likes to write rhyming lyrics with no meanings!

Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): Colombian singer Shakira has revealed that there are times when the songs she write cannot be explained, as she chooses the lyrics only because they rhyme.

Shakira, 32, who had in the song ‘She Wolf’ written the lines, “I’m starting to feel just a little abused like a coffee machine in an [...]

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Rihanna blames dad for shaky relationship

Melbourne, Dec 4 (ANI): Rihanna recently exposed the less glamorous side of her life when she said her father had brushed aside her repeated reconciliation efforts.

The Russian Roulette singer blamed her father for their shaky relationship and said he had turned down [...]

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Amputee successfully operates robotic arm via thought

Melbourne, Dec 4 (ANI): A man, who had lost an arm, has now been fitted with a robotic hand that can be controlled with thoughts.

The feat achieved by a group of European scientists required a month of experimentation, reports the Daily Telegraph.

The Italian-led team said that it was the first time an amputee could make [...]

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Tiger Woods ‘offered $1m to mistress to keep mum’

Melbourne, December 04 (ANI):Tiger Woods offered 1million dollars to one of his lovers to prevent the details of his affair from being exposed, it has emerged.

Also, he has reportedly requested his wife to accept a 55-million-dollar deal to save their marriage.

Seemingly, the desperate golfer made the heavy bid when New York nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel [...]

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All men watch porn

London, Dec 3 (IANS) Scientists have had to cancel a research project after being unable to find a single young man who had never looked at pornography.

Researchers at the University of Montreal wanted to compare men in their 20s who had never been exposed to pornography, with those who were regular users.

But the project had [...]

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Women ‘more happier with life than men’

Melbourne, Dec 1 (ANI): Women get more pleasure out of life than men – but only by 15 minutes a day, says a new study.

Social Policy Research Centre fellow Dr Roger Patulny, from the University of New South Wales:

“If you add up all the times together – the good times and the bad times – [...]

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Colleen McCullough’s fear as she prepares to undergo brain surgery

Melbourne, Nov 29 (ANI) Acclaimed author Colleen McCullough, who is set to undergo brain surgery, says she can’t describe what she’s going through.

McCullough is halfway through writing her 22nd novel but will soon undergo the surgery that may leave her unable to complete the [...]

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Courtney Love claims Britney was molested by her father

Melbourne, November 26 (ANI): Singer Courtney Love has alleged that pop star Britney Spears was molested by her father, Jamie.

The late Kurt Cobain’s wife made the shocking claim on her Facebook page, reports the Daily Telegraph.

She wrote: “britneys dad molested her, imagine the father that molested you owning you for slavery while your forced to [...]

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LA photog challenges Demi Moore’s ‘W mag pic original’ claim

Melbourne, Nov 24 (ANI): The LA-based photographer behind Hollywood actress Demi Moore’s ‘airbrushed’ pictures has offered up 5000 dollars to charity if she proves that the pictures are original.

The ‘Ghost’ star recently to took to her Twitter page and slammed reports that her pic on the cover of the December issue of W has [...]

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Injured teacher sues Department of Education after slipping on condoms

Melbourne, Nov 23 (ANI): A teacher has decided to sue the Department of Education after she slipped on condoms and injured herself.

Karen Hollander has blamed the department for failing to clean up the condoms and other rubbish, and claims that this negligence made the [...]

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