Tweet Sao Paulo : Brazil has pledged to reduce the use of plastic bags in the country as part of its environment conservation campaign. Brazil expects to use 1.5 billion fewer plastic bags this year, the official Agencia Brasil news agency reported, citing Environment Minister Carlos Minc. “Last year, 600 million fewer plastic bags were [...]
Continue reading …Tweet Moscow : Plotters of the twin suicide blast at Moscow subway stations that killed 38 people could have links with the terror network based in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, Russia said Tuesday. The deadly blasts in the subway could have been organised with support from abroad, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “I do [...]
Continue reading …Tweet Los Angeles : Hollywood actress Kate Winslet is reportedly said to be having a secret affair with actor Leonardo DiCaprio following her divorce with director Sam Mendes. “(During filming) Winslet became closer to Caprio than ever. And that became a problem, the more she drifted from Mendes, the closer she got to Caprio,” whyfame.com [...]
Continue reading …Tweet London : Gerry Burke has been reported to have become the oldest father in Great Britain, having fathered a boy at 74 with wife Dawn Burke who is 35. The proud father attributes his love for bananas as responsible for his virility. “I eat lots of bananas and always have done. Maybe that’s what’s [...]
Continue reading …Tweet London : Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is turning to the dark side, as she’s in talks to play the wicked fairy godmother in a live action remake of “Sleeping Beauty”. Contactmusic.com reports, filmmaker Tim Burton will direct the modernised version of the Disney classic, and Jolie will add her star power to the project [...]
Continue reading …Tweet London : Singer Kylie Minogue has stripped off for a new cancer awareness campaign, five years after she was diagnosed with the disease. “It means so much to me to be part of this year’s campaign for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. I wholeheartedly support their effort to raise funds for the vital work undertaken [...]
Continue reading …Tweet London : American actress Uma Thurman’s latest film “Motherhood” didn’t fair well and has been declared dud at the UK box office as the film made only $132 in its opening weekend. Thurman plays a stressed mum who struggles to balance parenting and her career in the new movie which only took $60,000 in [...]
Continue reading …Tweet London: Super model Kate Moss and British singer Natalie Imbruglia reportedly swapped dresses in the bathroom at a charity event. “Both women looked stunning but everyone was taken with Imbruglia’s outfit, so when Moss and Imbruglia were in the bathroom, they decided to exchange outfits,” imdb.com quoted a source as saying. “Moss was so [...]
Continue reading …Tweet New York : A vast majority – up to 45 percent – of the demands for bribes in Mexico come from police officials, says a report. “An overwhelming 85 percent of all bribe demands in Mexico were made by persons deemed to be government officials under the (US) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” says the [...]
Continue reading …Tweet Washington : Barbara Bush, wife of former US president George H.W. Bush, has been hospitalised, a media report said Sunday. Barbara was taken to hospital Saturday morning after “not feeling well”, Los Angeles Times quoted a family spokeswoman as saying. Eightyfour-year-old Barbara was admitted to Methodist Hospital in Houston at 10 a.m. to undergo [...]
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