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London, May 11 (ANI): England cricketer Kevin Pietersen and wife Jessica Taylor have become proud parents of a baby boy.
Taylor gave birth to the couple’s first child on Monday.
Pietersen flew back from the ICC World Twenty20 to be present at the side of his wife at the time of the birth, reports the Daily Star.
The cricketer will stay with his wife, a former member of the pop group Liberty X who he married in December 2007, and child for a “couple of days”. (ANI)
London, April 30 (ANI): A four-year-old blind boy named Jamie Aspland uses echolocation to see – just like dolphins.
Jamie makes clicking noises with his tongue that makes him virtually know where things around him are lying.
“It””s amazing,” his 39-year-old mother Deborah says, “Since learning the skill we can walk to the park and Jamie no longer has to hold my hand.”
Jamie – a twin who was born blind – was taught the revolutionary technique by a US expert.
Deborah says that Jamie became an expert of the technique after taking just three lessons, reports The Sun.
Jamie is one of the few children in the world who have been taught how to copy dolphins by Californian Daniel Kish, who is himself blind.
Kish names his echo-location skill as “flash-sonar”.
“It provides one with information of a fair amount of detail at distances of dozens of metres.
“Working with Jamie and his family was terrific. He he was very responsive,” he said.
“Knowing Jamie can be safe and will understand what is happening, where the traffic is and what””s around him, will really help,” Deborah said. (ANI)
London, April 29 (ANI): Sandra Bullock has been raising an adopted child secretly and has filed for divorce from her love rat husband Jesse James.
She and James brought new baby Louis home in January.
The couple began the adoption process four years back but managed to keep his arrival secret.
However, the Oscar-winning-actress has told People magazine”s website she is now adopting the three and a half-month-old boy, who was born in New Orleans, alone.
“Yes, I have filed for divorce… I”m sad and I am scared,” the Mirror quoted her as telling the mag.
A rep for Bullock confirmed to the mag that the star had filed legal papers seeking to end her marriage. (ANI)
London, September 13 (ANI): Sir Elton John is planning to adopt a child from Ukraine with partner David Furnish.
The singer revealed that a 14-month-old boy called Lev has apparently “stolen his heart.”
The child had performed at an orphanage in Ukraine while the ‘Candle In The Wind’ hitmaker was on a visit.
The 62-year-old confessed that he had always avoided adopting someone because of his age and continuous tours.
“David and I have always talked about adoption, David always wanted to adopt a child and I always said ‘no’ because I am 62 and I think because of the travelling I do and the life I have, maybe it wouldn’t be fair for the child,” the BBC News quoted him as saying.
“But having seen Lev today, I would love to adopt him. I don’t know how we do that but he has stolen my heart. And he has stolen David’s heart and it would be wonderful if we can have a home. I’ve changed my mind today,” he added.
The death of Elton’s long-term keyboardist, Guy Babylon, has influenced him too.
He said: “Last week I lost one of my best friends; my keyboard player died of a heart attack at 52.
“It broke my heart because he was such a genius and so young and has two wonderful children.
“What better opportunity to replace someone I lost than to replace him with someone I can give a future to.” (ANI)
London, Sep.9 (ANI): A top Pakistani diplomat has reacted strongly to Britain’s accusations regarding Pakistan harbouring extremists plotting to attack the UK.
The diplomat charged Britain of not doing enough to tackle home grown terrorists and treating Pakistan as a “whipping boy”.
“Sometimes for our British friends the truth is bitter. We have somehow turned out to be a ‘whipping boy’, there is a long history to that. The British need to search their own house. Britain has to take responsibility and they have to look into the issues which are driving these youth to extremism, which is the third-generation British – they weren’t born and bought up in Pakistan,” The Guardian quoted the diplomat, who refused to be named, as saying.
Referring to the massive airliners bombing plot, he said the terrorists who were nabbed and convicted were ‘born and brought up’ in Britain, and not in Pakistan.
The diplomat underlined that it was the Pakistani intelligence agencies that had tipped Britain regarding the plot following which it was unearthed.
He said the plotters would have succeeded in their plans if the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had not shared reports with London.
“It was Pakistan that informed Britain about this plot. We tipped them off, it was our security agency that tipped off the British … the British authorities were very much indebted to Pakistan. We had a major role in unearthing this plot. Had it not been for Pakistan (it) would not have been unearthed,” he said.
It may be recalled that Prime Minister Gordon Brown, during his Islamabad visit earlier this year, had said: “Three-quarters of the most serious plots investigated by the British authorities have links to Al-Qaida in Pakistan.”
Brown’s statement had angered Pakistani leadership and strained relationship between two countries, but things normalized later with President Asif Ali Zardari visit to the UK. (ANI)
London, Aug 28 (ANI): Former model Katie Price’s lover Alex Reid reportedly became livid when he came to know about her lewd texts to her former secret Brazilian toy boy.
After it was revealed that Jordan had an affair with 25-year-old banker Andre Pinto, her cage fighter boyfriend, Reid, 34, decided to question her about it.
Pinto had revealed that Jordan only wanted sex in the dark, hated having her boobs touched, demanded he sent her naked snaps and had sent him vulgar text messages.
“Alex was shocked by the explicit texts. He wasn’t happy and let Katie know. She had a lot of explaining to do,” the Sun quoted a source close to Reid as saying.
Reid’s agent Chris Herbert added: “The contents of the texts were flagged up to Alex. He has no comment.” (ANI)
London, August 9 (ANI): Shakira has revealed that she cross-dressed as a boy to attend lectures at an American university two summers ago.
She reportedly took History of Western Civilisation course at the University of California, Los Angeles.
“I used to wear a cap, tennis shoes, big backpack, baggy pants – I looked like a boy. I tried to hide and concentrate on my classes,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying.
The singer said that she lived as a student for a while and apparently nobody recognized her.
She said: “I went to university after my last tour and studied history. I lived the regular student life for a bit.
“It was one of those things that had passed me by.”
The ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ hitmaker added that she often wished for normal life.
She said: “I would have liked a normal career and to have experienced normal student life – but I’m not complaining.” (ANI)
London, Jun 30 (ANI): American film director Steven Spielberg and actor Will Smith’s plans to remake cult Korean movie ‘Old Boy’ have been thrown into jeopardy, as the original makers of the 2003 hit are allegedly not authorised to grant a remake.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Spielberg and Smith had recently secured the rights to modernise director Park Chan-Wook’s film from producers Show East.
But Show East filmmakers have found themselves at the centre of a lawsuit from Futabasha bosses, the Japanese publishers of the original manga series, who claim the producers were in no position to negotiate with the Hollywood heavyweights and Universal studios.
Seoul-based Show East has since shut down and its executives have ceased all contact with Futabasha, further complicating legal proceedings, which began last week.
“We haven’t been able to confirm that Show East is bankrupt, and at this stage we’re not sure what effect this will have on the legal case,” the Daily Star quoted a spokesperson for Futabasha as saying.
But, Universal bosses are refusing to halt pre-production on Spielberg and Smith’s planned version and have given them the green light to continue work on the forthcoming movie. (ANI)
London, May 30 (ANI): Emma Kate Dawson, Paul Gascoigne’s newest ladylove, has told her army of internet fans he’s “a bit of a naughty boy”.
According to pals, the Geordie legend is smitten with the blonde beauty, after they shared a romantic dinner on his 42nd birthday.
Emma, 25, who used to sing in a church choir, is one of Britain’s hottest glamour models, reports The Daily Star.
The couple was spotted snogging in the street after they dined at London’s posh Harvey Nichols – where he presented her with red roses and a watch.
Pals believe that Emma Kate is the perfect partner for Gazza who has battled booze and cocaine addiction, depression and his obsessive compulsive disorder.
A close friend said: “She’s very caring and would be the perfect girl to keep him on the right track.”
On her Facebook page she fired off a message to a pal saying: “He’s a bit (SIC) of a naughty boy!!! Hehe.” (ANI)
London, May 28 (ANI): Britain’s oldest mother has given birth to a baby boy weighing 5lb 3oz, say reports.
Elizabeth Adeney, 66, gave birth to the infant through Caesarean section at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge on May 26.
According to Adeney’s friend, the mother and newborn son are doing “extremely well”.
She says that the new mother was “thrilled” with the new arrival.
“Lizzie is absolutely thrilled. This is something she has thought might never happen. She can’t wait to get home and start her new life with her boy,” the Daily Express quoted the friend as saying.
The plastic fastenings factory owner had conceived the newborn through IVF.
Desperate to conceive, Adeney travelled to Ukraine to undergo her recent round of the fertility treatment costing 10,000 pounds because clinics in the UK refuse to treat women over 50. (ANI)
London, May 15 (ANI): Manchester City is ready to make a 15million pound swoop for Chelsea’s bad boy Didier Drogba.
Boss Mark Hughes made a firm inquiry about the Ivory Coast striker in January and, although he was knocked back, the Londoners admitted a summer move was a possibility.
Now, City wants to push through a three-year deal, worth around 150,000 pound a week, as soon as the window reopens.
Hughes is desperate to recruit a powerful front man after cooling his interest in Blackburn’s Roque Santa Cruz, The Sun reports.
Drogba’s Stamford Bridge future was up in the air even before last week’s foul-mouthed television rant following their Champions League knock out.
There is a split within Chelsea over whether to keep him or not but City’s offer for a 31-year-old, who has been plagued by injury problems, would be hard to ignore.
Meanwhile, Hughes insists he has no fears about his future at City. The Eastlands boss said: “People talking about me and my job is just water off a duck’s back.
“But from within the club I feel I’m getting some credit. I have two years left on my contract at the moment. My view is I’ll be here next year,” he added. (ANI)
London, Apr 23 (ANI): Britain’s Got More Talent host Stephen Mulhern has stated that he is Piers Morgan’s rival where Susan Boyle’s affections are concerned.
Mulhern, 32, said the 47-year-old singer has started making suggestive tongue gestures at him on his ITV2 spin-off show.
“She’s come out of her shell and started doing this weird tongue thing. It just happened all of a sudden. She wiggles it in my face and screws her face up – and she does it all the time,” the Sun quoted him as saying.
He also claims that Boyle has fallen for the former editor and has even declared him to be “gorgeous”, and Morgan, 44, has even asked her out on a dinner date.
“It’s not a joke. She clearly has something for Piers Morgan. She told me that. She really likes him and Piers is keeping his promise to take her out,” he added. (ANI)
London, Mar.20 (ANI): Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo hopes to hit the music scene big time when he hangs up his boots by teaming up with Brazil superstars Ronaldo and Ronaldinho to form an ex-footballers’ super group.
Ronaldo says: “Somebody mentioned to me a few years ago that it would be a great idea if myself, the Brazilian Ronaldo and Ronaldinho made a band called The Three Rs.”
“I loved the idea, it was so funny. I’ll mention it to them when I retire, we might even have a No1,” The Sun quoted him, as saying.
“I don’t know what the other two would like to do, but it would be brilliant if I was lead singer. You never know, I will have to do something after football,” Ronaldo said. (ANI)
London, Mar 18 (ANI): Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has decided to sell his Holmby Hills pad for a whopping 20.14 million dollars, which happens to be just next door to the playboy mansion.
Although the manor style mansion boasts of 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, it has remained vacant for years.
Hefner is keen to sell the house, reports the Daily Express.
The point, which is said to be an attraction for potential buyers, is that the mansion is near the Playboy Mansion, which Hefner has made his permanent residence. (ANI)
London, Mar 10 (ANI): British boy Tom Fryers has scaled the equivalent of five Mount Everests at just the age of six, conquering his first peak at the age of 3 and a half.
Fryers, who nearly died at birth from breathing problems, has trekked up 214 of the Lake District’s highest peaks, and even raised 2,500 pounds for the hospital that saved his life.
The little boy completed the 480-mile trek in 62 days, which totals to an average of four peaks a day, and in one gruelling 15-mile session he conquered the two highest peaks in England, 3,162ft Scafell and 3,209ft Scafell Pike.
“The best part is going down – but it’s also good being at the top,” the Sun quoted him as saying.
The six-year-old, who was accompanied by his dad Paul, 41, of Oxspring, South Yorks, gave the cheque to a special-care baby unit in Sheffield.
“It’s a miracle Tom survived. Now he couldn’t be more alive,” Paul said about his son. (ANI)
London, Mar 6 (ANI): Brit actor Rupert Grint has dropped his boy wizard looks and taken up a sexier one as he poses for a magazine.
Grint, 20, who plays Ron Weasley in the magical franchise, has posed for uber-trendy magazine Blag, reports The Sun.
He is also promoting saucy new flick Cherrybomb in which he is seen shedding off his clothes.
The film follows three teens, who embark on a debauched weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. (ANI)
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