Ice-T and Coco Austin’s seemingly unbreakable bond has been rocked by a scandal after photos hit the internet showing Coco cuddling up with AP.9.
But Ice-T appeared to have forgiven his wife and the pair put on a united front on a Las Vegas outing on Friday.
It seems rapper Ice-T may have travelled to the Nevada city to be by his wife’s side – and perhaps keep an eye on her – after she was snapped getting cosy with AP.9 earlier this month.
The trouble in paradise appeared to be behind the pair, however, as they enjoyed a workout followed by a shopping trip.
Ice-T and Coco Austin’s seemingly unbreakable bond has been rocked by a scandal after photos hit the internet showing Coco cuddling up with AP.9
The couple looked like they were getting on great as they shared a giggle while pumping iron in the fitness centre at the Planet Hollywood hotel.
Curvaceous Coco, whose real name is Nicole Austin, was dressed in a tank top with the word “dramatic” splashed across it and monochrome striped lycra shorts.
Meanwhile Ice-T was wearing a red top and black shorts, and kept to the same colour palette when he changed later on, then sporting a red T-shirt, black jeans and a matching leather jacket.
Coco Austin decided to show her wild side to get stuck into some retail therapy with her other half, and wore animal print trousers with a black top, studded boots and a leather jacket to coordinate with her husband.
After a busy day during which he attended a funeral, nominated his new Secretary of State and stared over the “fiscal cliff”, US President Barack Obama packed his family off to Hawaii for Christmas.
Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama departed for Hawaii on Friday evening, shortly after the president had delivered a statement on extended the last Bush administration’s tax cuts.
Barack Obama had told reporters “see you next week” at the end of his appearance in the briefing room, but the White House did not specify when the president would return to Washington. The Obama family have traditionally spent their Christmas holidays in Honolulu.
Earlier in the day President Obama had urged lawmakers to reach agreement on averting tax hikes on the middle class, saying he was ready and willing to do what it takes to get a deal by January 1st.
Barack Obama said he had spoken with Republican House Speaker John Boehner and met with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid about the fiscal cliff. The president said he was an optimist and believed a deal could be hammered out.
Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama headed to Hawaii for Christmas, shortly after the president had delivered a statement on extended the last Bush administration’s tax cuts
One day after House anti-tax rebels torpedoed Republican legislation because it would raise rates on million-dollar-earners, Barack Obama said he still wants a bill that requires the well-to-do to pay more.
Barack Obama also nominated Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, one of Washington’s most respected voices on foreign policy, as his next secretary of state.
The move is the first in an expected overhaul of Barack Obama’s national security team heading into his second term.
As the nation’s top diplomat, John Kerry will not only be tasked with executing the president’s foreign policy objectives, but will also have a hand in shaping them.
A man from Ayrshire, UK, had to be hospitalized after eating too many Brussels sprouts last Christmas, it has emerged.
The traditional Christmas vegetable contain lots of vitamin K which promotes blood clotting.
However, this counteracted the effect of anticoagulants the man was taking because he had a mechanical heart.
Doctors at the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank eventually realized too many sprouts were to blame.
A man from Ayrshire, UK, had to be hospitalized after eating too many Brussels sprouts last Christmas
The case was reported in a festive edition of the Medical Journal of Australia.
It outlines how the man’s condition stabilized after the diagnosis.
Consultant cardiologist Dr. Roy Gardner said: “Patients who are taking anticoagulants are generally advised not to eat too many green leafy vegetables, as they are full of vitamin K, which antagonise the action of this vital medication.”
Jill Young, chief executive of the Golden Jubilee Hospital, added: “Whilst we think this is possibly the first-ever festive admission to hospital caused by the consumption of Brussels sprouts, we were delighted that we were able to stabilize his levels.”
China has banned elaborate state-funded banquets for its top military officials, state media has reported.
The move comes after a diktat from central government earlier this month that aimed to curb extravagance and tackle corruption.
Xinhua news agency says receptions for high-ranking officers will no longer feature luxury banquets or alcohol.
The diktat, passed on December 4, has also now sparked similar rules for civilian officials in Beijing.
The Communist Party’s Central Committee, which includes civilian and military personnel, dictated eight ways that officials needed to change their working practices.
In line with the diktat, the military has now ruled out welcome banners, red carpets, floral arrangements, and souvenirs.
China has banned elaborate state-funded banquets for its top military officials
Officials will also no longer be allowed to stay in luxury hotels during inspection tours and vehicles will not be allowed to make excessive use of sirens.
“Military Commission officials are also required to discipline their spouses, children and subordinates and make sure they do not take bribes,” the Xinhua report said.
In a separate report, Xinhua said the Beijing Municipality had become the first local authority to introduce the rules for its civilian staff.
Beijing officials on business will now have simple buffets, rather than banquets.
China’s new leader Xi Jinping has repeatedly warned of unrest if corruption and perceived privilege within the Communist Party are not tackled.
The country’s political leadership has been rocked by a scandal involving Bo Xilai, the former Chongqing party leader once seen as a candidate for top office.
Bo Xilai’s wife, Gu Kailai, has been jailed for murdering British businessman Neil Heywood and he awaits trial on charges of corruption and abuse of power.
The UK ambassador to Argentina has been summoned to explain to officials in Buenos Aires why part of Antarctica has been renamed in honor of Queen Elizabeth.
John Freeman was handed a formal protest note “strongly rejecting” the UK’s claim to a piece of land known as the British Antarctic Territory.
The southern section was named Queen Elizabeth Land by Foreign Secretary William Hague on Tuesday.
The note claimed the area was part of the Argentine Antarctic sector.
It stated that the Argentine government “strongly rejected” Britain’s right to rename the area.
Queen Elizabeth Land – which at 169,000 sq miles is almost twice the size of the UK – was previously unnamed, according to the British Foreign Office.
The UK ambassador to Argentina has been summoned to explain to officials in Buenos Aires why part of Antarctica has been renamed in honor of Queen Elizabeth
The UK first staked claim to the British Antarctic Territory in 1908. However, both Argentina and Chile insist they have prior claims to large areas of the same land.
The British Antarctic Survey has three scientific research bases in the territory and the Royal Navy’s ice patrol vessel HMS Protector is stationed in the area for part of the year.
The 1959 Antarctic Treaty between 12 nations including Britain and Argentina, outlawed the establishment of new territorial claims in the Antarctic, but stated that it did not reject existing claims.
The Foreign Office said on Tuesday there was a precedent for naming parts of the continent after members of the British royal family.
East Antarctica is home to Princess Elizabeth Land, named after the Queen before she took the throne, and in 2006 an unnamed mountain range in the Antarctic peninsula was named the Princess Royal Range in tribute to the Queen’s daughter.
Egypt begins voting in a second stage of a constitutional referendum that has sparked weeks of unrest in the country’s main cities.
Opponents of President Mohamed Morsi have held protests against the draft, saying it favors the Islamists now in power and betrays the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak last year.
Mohamed Morsi’s supporters say the constitution will secure democracy.
Some 250,000 security personnel have been deployed nationwide to try to keep order during the referendum.
Tension over the document has helped to fuel weeks of violence, including clashes in Alexandria on Friday.
Turnout was reported to be just above 30% in the first round, with unofficial counts suggesting some 56% of those who cast ballots voted in favor of the draft.
Official results are not expected until Monday, after appeals are heard. If the constitution passes, parliamentary elections must take place within three months.
Ballots are being cast in the 17 provinces which did not vote in a first round on December 15.
The areas are seen as more conservative and sympathetic to Mohamed Morsi’s Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood.
Analysts suggest this will favor a “Yes” vote.
“I’m voting <<No>> because Egypt can’t be ruled by one faction,” Karim Nahas, a 35-year-old stock market broker voting early on Saturday in Giza, told Reuters news agency.
Egyptians casting votes in favor of the charter said they were voting for stability.
Opponents of the draft say it fails to protect the freedoms and human rights that they sought in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
Human Rights Watch says the draft provides for basic protections against arbitrary detention and torture, but fails to end military trials of civilians or to protect freedom of expression and religion.
Ahead of the second round, opposition politicians said they thought further violence was likely.
“I see more unrest,” said Ahmed Said, head of the liberal Free Egyptians Party and a member of the opposition coalition.
He said there had been “serious violations” on the first day of voting and that anger towards the president was growing.
Opposition figurehead Mohammed ElBaradei has urged people to vote against the charter.
“We know that if this constitution is passed, there will be no stability,” he said late on Thursday.
Egypt’s latest crisis began on November 22, when Mohamed Morsi issued a decree granting himself broad powers.
The decree stripped the judiciary of any power to challenge his decisions.
After an outcry, the president revoked much of the decree, but he refused to back down on the draft constitution.
The text was rushed through by a constituent assembly dominated by Islamists and boycotted by liberal and left-wing members, as it faced a threat of dissolution by the country’s top court.
Egypt has seen mass demonstrations on both sides ever since.
On Friday, Islamists clashed with secular rivals in Alexandria, hurling stones at each other outside a mosque.
Police formed lines and fired tear gas to keep the two groups apart.
The state news agency Mena quoted the health ministry as saying that 32 people had been injured.
Carnivorous plants, livestock, and “a whole box of doctor gloves” are just some of the requests found in a hilarious collection of children’s letters to Father Christmas.
But among the pleas for toys, games and pigs, there are a number of queries from inquisitive youngsters who are keen to use their missive to Santa to pick his brain.
One child asks for a cat, dog and a pig for Christmas, while another wants a big horse and a box of doctor’s gloves among other things.
One cheeky child tries their luck requesting Santa brings all the presents early, and another wants the whole picture, demanding to know what other children are getting before he makes his demands.
Concerned about his friend Carter, Cullen wishes to know whether or not his buddy made the “nice list”.
Carnivorous plants, livestock, and a whole box of doctor gloves are just some of the requests found in a hilarious collection of children’s letters to Father Christmas
Another excited child asks for a real Venus Flytrap and Lightsaber, while one poor mite admits it is not necessary to bring him anything at all, because he has been “somewhat bad” this year.
Promising they’ve been good this year, a couple of the children attempt to butter up the delivery man, telling Father Christmas they love him and that he is their “best pal”.
There are also several questions about the existence of Rudolph and his famous red nose, while one young man wishes to ascertain facts about the largest cookie Santa has ever eaten.
One inquisitive youngster asks a series of questions, including: “What are you getting for my sisters?”; “How tall is the average elf?” and “Did you stick the gifts in the basement because there was no room in the sleigh?”.
According to new research, staying youthful for longer could be within your reach thanks to a daily vitamin pill – Imedeen’sTime Perfection.
Lots of the most beautiful celebrities already credit their perfect skin to Imedeen’sTime Perfection youth pills including models Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen and Laura Bailey, actress Jessica Biel and Danni Minogue.
And women looking for an anti-ageing solution don’t have to take their word for it, a new study conducted in Brazil has revealed that daily use of the supplements can help slow down the ageing process by as much as 48%.
The study, undertaken by Brazilian cosmetic dermatologist, Dr. Adilson Costa – head of the Dermatology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas in São Paolo – followed a test group of women taking the daily pill aged between 35 and 60 over a period of 12 months.
The results revealed a 30% reduction in fine lines and a similar decrease in wrinkles. Radiance and smoothness were also boosted by a huge 42%.
According to new research, staying youthful for longer could be within your reach thanks to daily vitamin pill Imedeen’s Time Perfection
Ingredients in the Time Perfection supplement include a mega dose of anti-oxidant vitamin C, zinc and a substance called lycopene, which is extracted from the skin of tomatoes.
The latter was the subject of a study by L’Oreal a few years ago, which found that it had a marked effect on ageing.
A-list fans such as Jessica Biel have talked of their love for the supplements in the past, which they describe as the reason for their preternaturally youthful skin.
The new Mrs. Timberlake revealed that she believes skin is a ‘reflection of your inner health’ in a recent interview with website, Yahoo.
Jessica Biel is famed for her glowing complexion and credits a combination of facials, skincare and supplements for keeping it in good shape.
“Your skin is a reflection of your inner health, so I try to eat well, stay hydrated and get regular exercise,” she explained.
“I also have monthly facials, which are a combination of natural fruit peels and massage. Plus I take Imedeen skin supplements.”
Model Naomi Campbell also spoke of her faith in Imedeen’s anti-ageing prowess.
“My beauty secret [is that] I use Creme de la Mer and I take Imedeen so my skin always has an air of good health,” she revealed.
Meanwhile, 42-year-old supermodel Helena Christensen has admitted to using another beauty pill in preparation for time on the beach.
Imedeen’s Tan Optimizer pill is part of the brand’s anti-ageing range and helps protect skin from sun damage.
“I tan easily and as everyone, I wish to preserve my suntan as long as possible,” said the Danish model.
At least 83 people have died in Ukraine from a cold spell that has been gripping the country, officials say.
Temperatures as low as -23C (-9F) and heavy snowfall this month have left the capital Kiev and most of the country under a thick frozen layer.
In western areas, vehicles were trapped in a three-day traffic jam stretching at one point about 20 km (12 miles).
The severe weather is also affecting neighboring Bulgaria and Romania, where six people have reportedly died.
Meteorologists warn that the cold snap in the region could continue and temperatures may drop even further.
On Friday, a senior official from Ukraine’s health ministry said that 83 people were now known to have died from the cold. Most of the victims had been found on the streets.
Volodymyr Yurchenko also said that more than 500 people were still being treated in hospitals across the country.
Nearly 100 towns and villages across the country remain without electricity, and emergency crews are continuing their work to try to restore power.
Army units have also been deployed to help clear the snow on major motorways.
Thousands of “heating shelters” have been set up where those in need – particularly the homeless and the elderly – can receive a hot meal and a warm place to sleep.
But the authorities have been criticized for being slow to react to the adverse weather.
Not everyone is taken care of, critics say, and a number of homeless people know nothing about the emergencies shelters.
“I sleep in the cellar of an abandoned building. I have a roof over my head and nothing else,” said Dima, a homeless man in Kiev.
Last winter, more than 100 people died from the cold in Ukraine.
UK’s former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is recovering in hospital after having a growth removed from her bladder.
Margaret Thatcher, 87, is understood to have undergone a minor operation to remove the growth.
The former prime minister’s spokeswoman said Baroness Margaret Thatcher is doing “absolutely fine”.
Margaret Thatcher, who has suffered from ill health in recent years, was admitted on Thursday and is expected to be kept in hospital overnight.
Friends of the former Conservative prime minister said they expect her to remain in hospital for a number of days.
Lord Tim Bell, a friend and former adviser, said the former prime minister had undergone “minimally invasive” surgery.
“The operation was a complete success and her condition is satisfactory. She’ll stay in hospital for a few more days and then she’ll go home,” he said.
“She’s very tough. The doctors are perfectly happy. They say the operation has been completely satisfactory.”
Margaret Thatcher is recovering in hospital after having a growth removed from her bladder
Baroness Margaret Thatcher was the UK’s first female prime minister and served three terms in that post, between 1979 and 1990.
She had a series of minor strokes in 2002 and was advised by doctors to stop making public speeches.
Margaret Thatcher’s daughter, Carol Thatcher, has previously spoken of her mother’s struggle with dementia.
The former prime minister was not well enough to join the Queen for a lunch with former and serving prime ministers as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations earlier this year.
And two years ago she was unable to attend an 85th birthday party for her hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street.
However, in October Margaret Thatcher was sufficiently well to mark her 87th birthday with lunch at a London restaurant with her son Mark and his wife.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has resigned today, keeping a promise to step down after the passing of his budget by parliament.
MPs earlier passed the 2013 budget drawn up by his government with 309 votes in favor and 55 against.
An announcement on whether Mario Monti will take part in elections – expected in February – will probably be made at a news conference on Sunday.
Mario Monti was brought in to form a technocratic government last year.
However, the conservative People of Freedom party of his predecessor, Silvio Berlusconi, withdrew its support for his cabinet this month.
Silvio Berlusconi, a three-time prime minister already, is fighting his sixth election campaign.
The new political uncertainty in Italy, the third-biggest economy in the eurozone, has unsettled investors.
Mario Monti travelled to the presidential palace after a cabinet meeting late on Friday to hand in his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano.
President Giorgio Napolitano accepted the resignation and called on Mario Monti to remain as head of an interim administration until the elections, which analysts say will most probably be held on February 24.
The date will be determined after President Giorgio Napolitano consults with political leaders on Saturday and dissolves the two chambers.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has resigned today, keeping a promise to step down after the passing of his budget by parliament
In his last speech before his resignation, Mario Monti said his 13 months in office had been “difficult but fascinating”.
“The work we did… has made the country more trustworthy… more competitive and attractive to foreign investors,” Mario Monti told foreign diplomats in Rome.
Opinion polls suggest the centre-left Democratic Party, under Pierluigi Bersani, will win the largest share of the vote in the election.
Since taking office with his non-party team of ministers, Mario Monti has been implementing economic austerity measures and argues that his spending cuts and tax hikes have staved off disaster.
The economist and former European commissioner cannot stand for election himself as he is already a senator for life but he could theoretically return as a minister, perhaps as unofficial leader of a centrist coalition.
“Those closest to him say he has not yet decided and do not rule out a surprise decision,” the Italian daily Corriere Della Sera said.
“Slowly, as the hours pass, the largest parties which supported Monti begin to see him as a potential adversary.”
On Thursday, Mario Monti, 69, defended the “bitter medicine” of budgetary discipline, in what appeared to be a response to attacks by Silvio Berlusconi on austerity policies.
Mario Monti told workers at the Fiat factory that it would be “irresponsible to waste all the sacrifices that Italians [had] made”.
On Friday, he joked that the impending end of his technocratic government was “not the fault of the Mayan prophecy”, referring to a prediction that the world would end on Friday.
Giant planemaker Boeing used an unusual substitute for passengers to test its in-flight wi-fi system – potatoes.
Passenger seats on a decommissioned plane were loaded with huge sacks of the tubers for several days as signal strengths were checked.
Boeing’s researchers say that potatoes “interact” with electronic signals in a similar way to humans.
The technique also took advantage of the fact that spuds – unlike humans – never get bored.
Boeing’s engineers did a number of tests to ensure that passengers would get the strongest possible wi-fi signal while in the air, all while meeting safety standards that protect against interference with an aircraft’s electrical systems.
Wireless signals fluctuate randomly in the enclosed space of an aeroplane cabin as people move about.
This means that signal distribution is uneven throughout the cabin, with weaker and stronger connectivity in different seats.
Boeing used potatoes as substitute for passengers to test its in-flight Wi-Fi system
“You want your laptop to work anywhere it’s located on your seat, [but] there can be significant signal changes just due to the location of the laptop,” said Boeing engineer Dennis Lewis.
To test the signal distribution, the firm turned to spuds instead of human test subjects, filling the seats with 20,000 lbs (9,000 kg) of potatoes in sacks.
According to Boeing, potatoes’ “interactions” with electronic signals mimic those of a human body, making them “the perfect stand-in for people who would otherwise have had to sit motionless for days while the data was gathered”.
The UK Potato Council said many people underestimated the humble potato’s alternative uses.
“[The examples are] in paper and ink manufacturing, potato starch is used in clothing to strengthen the fibres so they don’t break during weaving, and for sweetening – glucose can be extracted from potato starch,” said the council’s spokeswoman.
“For beauty and sores – potatoes have calming, decongestant and astringent properties and raw potatoes can calm tired eyes, potato as alcohol, and potatoes can produce electricity.”
Frederic Rosseneu of the European Potato Trade Association Europatat said the organization was “looking forward to other experiments in which spuds can help to make our lives more convenient”.
Venus, the minimalist high-tech yacht commissioned by late Steve Jobs, has become embroiled in a row over a disputed bill.
French designer Philippe Starck claims Steve Jobs’ heirs still owe him 3 million euros of a 9 million euro fee for the project, according to Dutch paper Het Financieele Dagblad.
Philippe Starck called in the debt collectors and had the yacht impounded,
The Port of Amsterdam confirmed that the boat is not allowed to leave.
Jeroen Ranzijn, spokesman for the Port of Amsterdam said: “The boat is brand new but there is a 3 million euro claim on it. The parties will have to fight it out.”
Roelant Klaassen, a lawyer representing Philippe Starck’s company, Ubik, told the Reuters news agency that the boat would remain in port pending payment by lawyers representing Steve Jobs’ estate.
“These guys trusted each other, so there wasn’t a very detailed contract,” he said.
Philippe Starck was unavailable for comment.
Venus, the minimalist high-tech yacht commissioned by late Steve Jobs, has become embroiled in a row over a disputed bill
Gerard Moussault, the lawyer representing the owners of the Venus, said: “I cannot comment at all on this, sorry.”
The sleek, 260 ft-long (80 m) aluminium super-yacht cost 105 million euros ($138 million) and was launched in October, at Aalsmeer, The Netherlands.
Philippe Starck is known for his striking designs for the Alessi company, including an aluminium lemon squeezer that is shaped like a spaceship.
He collaborated with Steve Jobs for five years on the project, describing the boat as “showing the elegance of intelligence.”
The vessel is minimalist in style and is named after the Roman goddess of love and its windows measure 3 m (10 feet) in height.
Philippe Starck has said that Venus “looks strange for a boat” but said its shape comes from design ideas he shared with Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer in 2011 and never saw his boat go to sea.
Psy’s Gangnam Style has become the first video to clock up more than one billion views on YouTube.
The South Korean dance track was posted online in July, propelling pop star Psy to worldwide fame.
It has inspired hundreds of parody clips, from members of the British army, Thai navy and Minecraft gamers, among others.
YouTube’s owner, Google, said the video had been watched seven million to 10 million times a day on average.
It overtook the previous record holder – Justin Bieber’s music video Baby – on November 24.
“Psy’s success is a great testament to the universal appeal of catchy music – and er, great equine dance moves,” wrote Kevin Allocca, YouTube trends manager, on the service’s blog.
One industry watcher said the fact so many people continued to post their own versions of Gangnam Style had played a huge part in the clip’s success.
Psy’s Gangnam Style has become the first video to clock up more than one billion views on YouTube
“I’ve seen a statistic which reckons the one song will have generated something like $8 million by the end of the year from money that comes directly from YouTube through advertising plus download sales, its uses in adverts and TV programmes,” said Chris Cooke, business editor of the CMU music news site.
“It shows that YouTube – which is a free-to-use as a promotional platform for the music labels – can lead to substantial income.
“Should every artist be trying to think of a funny video that will go viral and be mimicked? I don’t know whether it’s a template that can be copied, but it certainly shows how quickly an eye-catching clip can spread thanks to social networks and YouTube.”
Sir Martin Sorrell – chief executive of advertising giant WPP – paid tribute to the achievement by making a link between Psy and one of the west’s most influential economists.
“Another great example of Theodore Levitt’s <<globalization>> and the power of K-pop,” he said.
D C Han, a South Korean hair stylist who worked in Gangnam before starting a business in London, added that he was proud to see the song become such a massive hit.
“I was amazed” he said.
“K-Pop is getting stronger and stronger, everywhere in Asia they are listening to it – China, Hong Kong, Taiwan. Maybe even in Japan but they might not admit it.”
The irony wasn’t lost on fans when Kim Kardashian signed on to appear in Tyler Perry’s new film Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor in 2011.
Hot on the heels of ending one of Hollywood’s shortest marriages, Kim Kardashian plays social-climber Ava, a preened business woman who loves figure-hugging dresses and lambastes her co-workers for not meeting her standards of style and beauty.
A newly-released trailer for the comedy proves the role isn’t much of a stretch for the star.
Kim Kardashian’s voice narrates the top of the two-and-a-half minute clip.
“We have a billion dollars walking in and out of these offices looking for love.”
The scene opens from a sweeping cityscape to the sprawling offices where Kim Kardashian’s character rips into marriage counselor Judith, played by Jurnee Smollett.
“You have a standard to uphold. That blouse,” she miffs.
“It’s telling it all.”
Kim Kardashian appears in Tyler Perry’s new film Temptation Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Not to be undone by her image-obsessed colleague, Judith questions Ava’s cotton candy pink dress – not unlike the ones Kim Kardashian is so often seen pouring herself into on her day-to-day outings.
“What’s wrong with my dress?” she squeaks, eyes glazed, head tilted in confusion.
“Can you breathe?” he adversary asks.
Kim Kardashian’s character narrates the arrival of “the largest social media investor since Zuckerberg,” in reference to billionaire Facebook co-founder Mark.
Robbie Jones stars as Harvey, who seduces Judith, an Ivy League educated relationship expert, into considering leaving her husband to be with him.
When the rush of their affair fades, she soon realizes she’s made a mistake.
Vanessa Williams, Brandy Norwood and Eric West also star in the film, described by Perry as “a bold exploration of the intrigue and perils of infidelity”.
Kim Kardashian, 32, took to her blog on Thursday to share the release of the teaser.
“Temptation Trailer is Here!” she wrote.
“I’m so excited to reveal the trailer for the new Tyler Perry movie I am in called Temptation, which debuted on Yahoo! Movies today!
“This has been an incredible experience for me and I’m so excited for the movie to come out on March 29, 2013.”
Principle photography for the film began in Atlanta, Georgia in October, 2011 – the same month Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kris Humphries.
Kim Kardashian is still legally married to Kris Humphries, although she has moved on to date longtime friend, Kanye West.
Her divorce attorney told a judge last month Kim wants to move on with her life but is “handcuffed” to her estranged husband because their divorce case is not yet ready for trial.
As she holidays in Barbados with friends, Rihanna uploaded a picture of herself and Chris Brown holding hands to her Twitter account on Thursday.
Failing to adhere to the notion of the Instagram trend known as throwback Thursday, the 24-year-old opted to post an image of her and Chris Brown, 23, taken only seven days before.
Taking part in the popular activity in which Instagram users post snaps to the application as they reminisce over the past, Rihanna appears to be deeply missing Chris Brown.
In the black and white image Chris Brown’s hand can been seen resting on Rihanna’s thigh as she places her hand over his.
The caption which accompanied the image read: “#THROWBACKtolastTHURSDAY.”
Rihanna uploaded a picture of herself and Chris Brown holding hands to her Twitter account
Last Tuesday Rihanna posted a similar snap to her Instagram account which saw her snuggling with what appeared to be Brown’s tattooed arm.
“Damn……. I miss my n***a #thuglife #BFFlife,” the pop star tweeted to her 27.1 million followers.
Also taking part in the social network tradition Chris Brown further fuelled the Rihanna rumor mill on Thursday by posting a loving picture of the pair, sparking claims they may have reconciled.
In fact, the picture is believed to have been taken in Paris, just a day before the pair sensationally split after Rihanna heard Sweet Love rapper Chris partied with scantily-clad female models and lunched with ex Karrauche Tran in Dubai.
Too add further mystery, to what could be seen as a “forgive me” post, Chris Brown deleted the picture after just 15 minutes.
Kelly Osbourne has stripped off to reveal her impeccable bikini body as she graces the cover of Cosmopolitan Body after losing 69 lbs.
Kelly Osbourne, 28, wows in the stills taken by Nicky Johnston, as she admits that she will never become self-obsessed.
Speaking to the magazine Kelly Osbourne said: “I’ll never be the kind of person who thinks, <<I’m so hot>>. I don’t want to be. But I learnt to respect and love myself – something I didn’t think I would ever be capable of.
“At the Emmys last year I had my first moment when I really felt good. I put on my dress and when I looked at myself in the mirror I cried.”
She continued: “Never in my life did I think that Zac Posen would fly in a dress for me that he could have given to any nominee. It fitted me perfectly!”
With her hair pushed to one side in loose curls, Kelly Osbourne places her hands behind her head as she clutches on to a pair of sunglasses.
Wearing a coating of deep cerise lipstick, the Fashion Police show host sports a blue and brown striped bikini top as she accessories with a lavender plastic personalized necklace.
Staring dead into the camera lens Kelly Osbourne pierces her lips as she cuts a beach ready figure.
Kelly Osbourne has stripped off to reveal her impeccable bikini body as she graces the cover of Cosmopolitan Body after losing 69 lbs
In the honest interview Kelly Osbourne revealed that her despite losing 69 lbs, her new size is not the reason for her happiness.
“People think I lost weight and that’s what made me happier. That’s not true; I had to learn to love myself first.
“Losing weight was just one benefit of putting the hard work in and sorting myself out on the inside first through therapy.”
Kelly Osbourne explaining that following therapy she finally learned to just be herself: “That was one of the scariest times of my life. I swear I’ve never felt more naked, because I had to actually be me and couldn’t mask it.”
The Changes singer told the publication that her weight loss will be permanent.
“Working out is not fun, I’m not going to lie and say it is. I sweat my arse off and I’m miserable for the hour I’m doing it but when I’m done, I feel amazing.
“There’s no quick fix and it does take a long time. It drives you mad when you see someone eating chips when you can’t have any, but it’s so worth it.”
She added: “If you want to change your body you can’t just diet; if you do that, you lose weight, then get fat. You’ve got to commit to a whole life change and teach yourself a whole new lifestyle.
“It isn’t fun, but it never will be. I don’t deny myself anything – I still eat chocolate and cake and always will. Everything in moderation.”
“When I started exercising I couldn’t even do one sit-up! By the end of the first week I could do three, and that was a big deal.
“Now I work out every day and I just don’t feel good if I miss it. It’s amazing how quickly your fitness builds, but you have to really want it,” she said.
Moving off the topic of weight, Kelly Osbourne took time to gush over her new found happiness with her boyfriend Matthew Mosshart.
In awe of her boyfriend – who is the brother of The Kills star Alison Mosshart – she said: “I have finally learnt to let somebody love and treat me the way I deserve to be and that’s a great feeling.
“The thing is, if you think you don’t deserve to be treated well, you won’t be. A lot of girls don’t believe they deserve the best and their boyfriends walk all over them. I learnt the hard way.
“But when I met Matthew everything changed and I realized I’d never been in love before.”
Delivery experts have attempted to calculate how Santa would make his impressive delivery to around 760 million children on Christmas night if he didn’t have magic on his side.
Experts from FedEx and UPS shared their calculations with National Public Radio’s Planet Money, estimating the resources they’d need to compete with Santa’s nine reindeer and unknown number of elves.
And it doesn’t come cheap. The delivery firm bosses estimate Santa would need a 12 million-strong operation with workers specializing in areas from sleigh-loading to border control and meteorology and that’s after the presents are wrapped.
Paul Tronsor from FedEx said: “It is really about international business because after all that’s what Santa is really doing here – a massive international operation…Santa is the head of this huge organization, so we expect Santa would need around 12million people. Santa Inc is massive, I don’t know of any company that has the number of employees that Santa does.”
Both companies admit Santa’s workforce probably doesn’t need to meet these exact figures – given he has the unknown advantage of festive magic on his side – but if he didn’t there’s no doubt he would be Chief Executive of the biggest organization on earth.
They predict he would need 46 international facilities each 5.2million square feet with 155 miles of conveyer belt and 9,000 employees working in present-loading alone.
Delivery experts have attempted to calculate how Santa would make his impressive delivery to around 760 million children on Christmas night if he didn’t have magic on his side
They estimate a further 7,000 employees would be needed to tweak his route mid-air, with an extra 100 meteorologists to insure he avoids poor weather and 40,000 to make sure he has the right permits to cross the world’s borders and to deal with customs staff.
Mike Mangeot of UPS says the support staff under Santa’s leadership would span all sorts of professions.
“Whether it would be human resources, finance and accounting, network planning or regulatory compliance…You can’t just fly into a country, you have to get permissions to do that.”
And it’s the sleigh that’s makes the parcel-delivery bosses really envious.
“Santa’s sled has to be absolutely ginormous,” Mike Mangeot adds.
“If you assume conservatively that each of these 760 million children get one present which weighs one pound – that’s 760 million pounds, which would take 295 747 aircraft to haul. Interestingly that is about 50 more 747s than exist in the entire world so these reindeer are doing something impressive on Christmas night.”
What a FedEx Santa would need
12 million members of staff including 100 border experts, 100 meteorologists and 7,000 route planners
46 International packing facilities where he could re-load his sleigh through the night
Each facility would be 5.2million square feet with 155 miles of conveyer belt and 9,000 packing staff
His sleigh would need to carry a weight of at least 760 million pounds which would take 295 747 airplanes to carry
40,000 customs experts to help Santa navigate across the world’s borders
Suzy Favor-Hamilton, a three-time US Olympian who was publicly exposed on Thursday as an elite $600-an-hour escort, has revealed that her husband knew about her double life and tried to put an end to it.
Suzy Favor-Hamilton, a 44-year-old married mother of three, has been working with one of Las Vegas’ top agencies to book “dates” across cities including Las Vegas, Chicago and Houston.
Despite using the name “Kelly Lundy” as she advertised her services through Haley Heston’s Private Collection, her double life has been revealed after she told clients about her real identity, believing there was an unwritten rule they would not speak out.
But now at least one of these clients has contacted The Smoking Gun, which in turn has revealed the details of Suzy Favor-Hamilton’s clandestine career, which she now calls a “huge mistake”.
Soon after the story appeared online, instantly sparking a furor in the media, Suzy Favor-Hamilton took to Twitter to offer her 3,183 followers her side of the story.
In one missive, Suzy Favor-Hamilton explained that she was initially drawn to escorting “because it provided many coping mechanisms for me when I was going through a very challenging time with my marriage and my life”.
She added: “It provided an escape from a life that I was struggling in. It was a double life.”
In another post, Suzy Favor-Hamilton wrote that the reasons behind her decision to turn to a life of prostitution, while seemingly irrational now, “made sense at the time” and were closely related to depression.
“As crazy as I know it seems, I never thought I would be exposed, therefore never hurting anybody,” she said in one Twitter post.
The Olympian has refused to be labeled a victim, insisting that she knew what she was doing and taking full responsibility for her actions.
Suzy Favor-Hamilton told The Smoking Gun that her husband was the only one who knew about her moonlighting as a prostitute in cities across the country. “He tried, he tried to get me to stop. He wasn’t supportive of this at all,” Suzy Favor Hamilton noted.
She has revealed that she is currently seeking psychological help for her problem.
“I fully intend to make amends and get back to being a good mother, wife, daughter, and friend,” she concluded in her most recent post.
Suzy Favor-Hamilton entered the public eye competing as a middle distance runner in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics. She went on to record a Nike TV advert, a swimsuit calendar and carry out Disney promo work.
She now works as a motivational speaker and runs a successful realty company in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband Mark, whom she met at college. They have a 7-year-old daughter.
But last December, she began working with Haley Heston’s agency to escape this routine life, she told the Smoking Gun when it caught up with her.
It is not clear how she was introduced to the agency, but she wrote on the website: “I met Haley with the idea of fulfilling a fantasy and only doing it for the short term.
“Well, after my first date, I was hooked, and have been doing my best to visit Las Vegas as often as my schedule allows (I run my own business in my real world life).”
She featured in numerous provocative photographs on her online profile on the website – yet always had her face obscured or hidden from the camera.
Suzy Favor-Hamilton explained: “Discretion is EXTREMELY important to me, hence you will only see blurred photos of my face on this site. I know this is not ideal, but I hope you understand that it is essential for me.”
She also described herself on the profile – which has now been removed – as a “workout fanatic” who enjoyed skiing, biking, hiking, running marathons and traveling.
Suzy favor-Hamilton wrote that she was bisexual so happy to carry out services with couples.
“Working with couples requires special skill and I pride myself in my ability to make a woman feel comfortable and not threatened in any way,” she wrote.
“A date with me will NEVER feel rushed.”
Suzy Favor-Hamilton, a three-time US Olympian, was publicly exposed as an elite $600-an-hour escort
Suzy Favor-Hamilton listed her rates as $600 for an hour, $1,000 for two hours, $4,000 for 12 hours and $6,000 for 24 hours, according to the page seen by the Smoking Gun.
And clients are happy with her services, allowing her to be named as The Erotic Review’s third-ranked “provider” in Las Vegas earlier this month.
In one July 2012 review, a client wrote: “She is worth every penny. I will go bankrupt before I stop seeing her. I hope no one else goes to see her, because I want her all to myself.”
Prostitution is illegal in all of the cities where Suzy Favor-Hamilton has had “dates” arranged by Haley Heston. But she said that she had never considered the legal ramifications of her work.
As well as legal problems, she may also face a backlash from her other employers if they learn that she apparently fitted the “dates” around her demanding work schedule.
At the end of August, Haley Heston said “Kelly” would be able to work in Orange County California. On September 1, Suzy Favor-Hamilton appeared at the Disney Exhibit Hall to speak to runners ahead of the Disneyland Half Marathon the next day, which she ran with her husband.
And in another example, the service said she would be in Vegas between November 29 and December 5. She ran the December 2 Rock n’ Roll Marathon along the Strip.
After being tracked down to a hotel in Las Vegas, Suzy Favor Hamilton eventually admitted she was “Kelly”, and while she called the role “exciting” she acknowledged she had made an error in judgment.
“I take full responsibility for my mistakes,” she said, the Smoking Gun reported.
“I’m not the victim and I’m not going that route. I’m owning up to what I did. I would not blame anybody except myself.”
She added: “Everybody in this world makes mistakes. I made a huge mistake. Huge.”
On Thursday, Suzy Favor-Hamilton tweeted: “I do not expect people to understand, but the reasons for doing this made sense to me at the time and were very much related to depression.
“I cannot emphasize enough how sorry I am to anyone I have hurt as a result of my actions and greatly appreciate the support from family and those closest to me. I fully intend to make amends and get back to being a good mother, wife, daughter, and friend.”
She said that she had not second guessed telling clients about her real identity and called herself “too trusting”. Suzy Favor-Hamilton said she expected all clients to honor a silence code.
Of the client Suzy Favor Hamilton suspected of going to the media, she said: “He totally broke all the rules by outing me.”
But she explained that she would not be revealing his identity to his loved ones as: “I don’t want to be like him. Because he is scum. And I will not become scum to make myself feel good.”
The revelation will come as no shock to her husband, who already knows of her side-career, she said. He repeatedly tried to make her stop, but she had refused.
Suzy Favor-Hamilton added that she had recently started therapy to come to terms with what she had done.
The couple does not appear to be suffering any financial hardship, according to court and municipal records.
But Suzy Favor-Hamilton has spoken of struggles in the past, including how she suffered from postpartum depression after her daughter’s birth in 2005.
Her brother Dan also killed himself in 1999 and, when she ran in the 1500-meter final at the Sydney Olympics the following year, she purposefully fell when runners overtook her as she was ashamed she could not win the medal in his memory.
Fresh clashes have broken out in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on the eve of the second leg of voting in the country’s constitutional referendum.
Police fired tear gas as thousands of Islamists were met by a smaller group of protesters near a large mosque.
The Islamists back President Mohamed Morsi and his draft constitution. Opponents say the document has been rushed and does not protect minorities.
Alexandria voted in the first leg of a referendum that has split the nation.
The capital, Cairo, has also voted. Seventeen of the 27 provinces will cast ballots on Saturday.
Islamists in favor of the draft had called for a large rally outside the Qaed Ibrahim mosque in the centre of Alexandria.
They chanted “God is Great” and “With blood and soul, we redeem Islam”.
A smaller group of opponents chanted anti-constitution slogans and the two sides threw stones at each other.
Police formed lines to keep the groups apart and fired tear gas, with the unrest subsiding after about 90 minutes.
The state news agency Mena quoted the health ministry as saying that 32 people had been injured.
Last week an ultraconservative cleric was trapped in a mosque in Alexandria for 12 hours as his supporters battled opponents outside.
Some 250,000 security personnel have been deployed nationwide to try to keep order during the referendum.
Turnout for the first round of voting was reported to be low – just above 30%. Unofficial counts suggested some 56% of those who cast ballots voted “yes” to the draft.
The opposition has complained of a number of cases of fraud.
Analysts believe Saturday’s leg will favor a “yes” vote as the areas to vote are considered in general to be more conservative.
Egypt’s latest crisis began on November 22, when Mohamed Morsi adopted sweeping new powers in a decree, stripping the judiciary of any power to challenge his decisions.
The decree spurred protests and clashes between Mohamed Morsi’s supporters and opponents.
Under pressure, the president revoked much of the decree but only after a constituent assembly had voted through the draft constitution and it had been put to the referendum.
The opposition had demanded the referendum be postponed, saying the assembly had approved the draft despite a boycott by liberals, secularists and Christians, who believe it does not adequately protect women, freedom of expression or religion.
The opposition did not, however, call a boycott, instead urging its members to vote “no”.
If the constitution passes, elections must take place within three months. In the meantime, legislative powers would remain with Mohamed Morsi.
People across the US have observed a moment of silence one week after gunman Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
Bells in Newtown tolled 26 times – for each victim of the attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Adam Lanza, 20, carried out the attack at 09:30 EST after killing his mother. He later shot himself dead.
The moment of silence comes as the main US gun lobby group, the NRA, is set for a news conference on the shootings.
Funerals for those killed have taken place throughout the week, and continue in Newtown on Friday.
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy has asked people throughout the state to join the moment of silence, and churches in many other states have said they will join in ringing their bells 26 times.
The governor, with his deputies, marked the moment on the steps of Edmond Town Hall in Newtown.
Governor Dannel Malloy has called Friday a “day of mourning” and invited the governor of other states to participate in the acts of remembrance.
President Barack Obama said he would observe the tribute to the shooting victims privately.
Since the mass shooting, the Obama administration has indicated that it will look for ways to tighten gun laws in the wake of the attack.
People across the US have observed a moment of silence one week after gunman Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
Vice-President Joe Biden has been assigned to lead the response to the Sandy Hook massacre, and Barack Obama has demanded a set of “concrete proposals” within a month.
Speaker of the House John Boehner has said the Republican-controlled chamber would consider new proposals.
In Washington on Friday, influential National Rifle Association (NRA) is due to hold a news conference on Friday morning after remaining largely silent in the aftermath of the shooting.
Representatives of the group will speak at 10:45 EST.
On Tuesday, the group issued a statement saying: “Out of respect for the families, and as a matter of common decency, we have given time for mourning, prayer and a full investigation of the facts before commenting.”
But the group said it would offer “meaningful contributions” to make sure such tragedies do not happen again.
The guns used in the shooting had been legally bought by the gunman’s mother, Nancy Lanza.
The incident has seen some pro-gun congressmen say the mass shooting has prompted them to change their views on whether guns should be regulated more strictly in the US.
Meanwhile California Senator Dianne Feinstein, who has been an advocate for tighter gun laws, said she would introduce new legislation when Congress meets for the first time in the new year.
But there is no bipartisan consensus on the issue, with some arguing that teachers in schools should be armed in order to better defend students if a shooting occurs.
Catherine Deneuve has defended fellow movie star Gerard Depardieu over his move to Belgium.
In an open letter Catherine Deneuve voiced fury that another actor, Philippe Torreton, had attacked Gerard Depardieu for leaving France “with a load of dosh”.
Catherine Deneuve said “he [Gerard Depardieu] is a great actor and you’re just expressing your resentment”. She starred with Gerard Depardieu in several classic French films.
Gerard Depardieu has criticized the Socialist government for its new 75% wealth tax.
Next year, the top rate of income tax in France is due to become 75% on earnings above 1 million euros ($1.3 million). Belgium’s highest tax rate is currently 50%.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has condemned Gerard Depardieu’s decision as “shabby”.
Catherine Deneuve has defended fellow movie star Gerard Depardieu over his move to Belgium
In her letter, headlined “Monsieur Torreton…” in the left-wing daily Liberation, Catherine Deneuve accused Philippe Torreton of “pettiness”.
“To take aim at his physique! His talent! This <<mess>>you speak of – what right do you have, what democratic motive do you claim as grounds for your dirty condemnation?”
Gerard Depardieu, 63, announced earlier this month that he was moving just over the French border to the small Belgian town of Nechin.
Catherine Deneuve starred with him in some landmarks of French cinema, including The Last Metro and, more recently, the Franco-Belgian comedy, Potiche.
On Wednesday another star of French cinema, Brigitte Bardot, also defended Gerard Depardieu, saying he was the victim of “unfair vilification”.
“Even if he is a fan of bullfighting, that does not prevent him being an exceptional actor who represents France with a unique fame and popularity,” said Brigitte Bardot, a campaigner for animal rights.
On Thursday the row spread to Russia where President Vladimir Putin addressed the actor’s move abroad during his marathon annual news conference.
Vladimir Putin told a big live audience: “I’m sure the French authorities did not want to offend Mr. Depardieu. But if he’d like to have a Russian passport, consider it settled.”
At least 39 people have been killed in Kenya in fresh clashes between rival communities in the Tana River district, police say.
The attack by ethnic Pokomo farmers on an Orma village, Kipao, came in the early hours of the morning, they say.
Thirteen children and six women were among those killed.
Police say the latest attack was revenge for the killing of more than 100 villagers earlier this year, but some say the raids are political.
Elections are due in March 2013.
Police say that there have been casualties on both sides. Houses were reportedly burnt and villagers cut down with machetes.
Some victims bled to death as they were unable to be treated in time.
“About 150 Pokomo raiders attacked Kipao village, which is inhabited by the Ormas, early on Friday. The Ormas appeared to have been aware and were prepared,” Robert Kitur, Coast Region deputy police chief, told reporters.
He said police were pursuing the raiders, who used firearms, spears, machetes and arrows.
Villagers in the area have fled their homes in fear of revenge attacks, aid workers say.
The Red Cross say they know of at least 30 dead and 30 others seriously wounded, including a one-year-old child. More than 40 houses were set ablaze.
Search teams are said to be combing the area around Kipao, looking for further victims.
Police reinforcements and emergency officials are being flown to the scene, while the wounded are being taken to the port city of Mombasa for treatment.
In August, the two communities clashed after members of the Orma community were accused of grazing their cattle on land that the Pokomo say is theirs.
Settled Pokomo farmers and semi-nomadic Orma pastoralists have clashed intermittently for years over access to grazing, farmland and water in the coastal region.
Police, who have been camping out in the remote region, have been trying to disarm the two groups.
Tensions between the two communities have risen in recent days, they say.
Many suspect a political motive lies behind the attack.
Following the violence in August and September, an MP from the region, Assistant Livestock Minister, Dhadho Godhana, was arrested for inciting violence. He denies the charges.
The UN says the clashes may be related to the redrawing of political boundaries ahead of next year’s general election.
The last election in 2007 was marred by widespread clashes, in which more than 1,300 people were killed.
Four prominent Kenyans have been charged by the International Criminal Court over that violence.
Two of them have formed an alliance to contest the March election – their trial is due to begin a month later in The Hague.
Mila Kunis has been targeted in an anti-Semitic rant by a politician in her native Ukraine.
According to gossip website TMZ.com, Jewish organizations around the globe are furious that Igor Miroshnichenko said Mila Kunis, 29, was not a true Ukrainian and called her a “zhydovka”.
The statement translates as “dirty Jewess” and is reportedly a derogatory word against Jewish people that was used during the Holocaust, TMZ said.
Protests have broken out in recent days after the Ukrainian Justice Ministry ruled that using the term to describe a Jewish person was legal, turning back a petition demanding that the offensive word be banned from the public sphere.
Mila Kunis has yet to respond to the politician’s remarks.
Mila Kunis has been targeted in an anti-Semitic rant by Ukrainian politician Igor Miroshnichenko
The actress opened up about her early childhood growing up in the Ukraine earlier this year.
She said: “My whole family was in the Holocaust. My grandparents passed and not many survived.
“After the Holocaust, in Russia you were not allowed to be religious. So my parents raised me to know I was Jewish.
“You know who you are inside. When I was in school you would still see anti-Semitic signs.
“One of my friends who grew up in Russia, she was in second grade. She came home one day crying. Her mother asked why and she said on the back of her seat there was a swastika.
“This is a country that obviously does not want you.”
When Mila Kunis was 7, her parents Mark, a mechanical engineer, and mum Elvira, a physics teacher, decided to move to the US with Mila and her brother Michael.
