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Katona’s ‘hubby wants to leak couple’s sex tape on net to ease cash crisis’
London, Sept 16 (ANI): Already troubled Kerry Katona fears getting into more mess as hubby Mark Croft wants to sell off a steamy sex tape of the couple to alleviate their cash crunch, it has emerged.
Pals say Katona’s former taxi driver hubby tried to sell [...]
Cilic hopes to defeat Murray in US Open fourth round
New York, Sep.8 (ANI): US Open 16th seed Marin Cilic has said that he hopes to defeat Britain’s Andy Murray in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows today.
The six feet six inch Croat hopes to avenge his defeat at the French Open this year before heading to a Manhattan bar tomorrow to watch his country [...]
Attempt to break Elvis impersonator world record bites the dust
London, September 1 (ANI): An attempt to have the most number of Elvis Presley impersonators bit the dust after only 29 people turned up.
Organisers of the event had their fingers crossed to beat a previous world record with 148 people dressed as ‘The King’ to sing ‘Viva Las Vegas’ at The Ship Inn at Par, [...]
Two third of Brits hoping to get out of credit crunch within a year
London, Aug 31 (ANI): It seems that the days of economic slump are getting over for Britons, for at least two thirds of them believe that their financial situation will stay the same or improve over the next year.
According to a poll conducted by [...]
UK film industry facing most hostile environment in years, say insiders
London, Aug 25 (ANI): The stupendous success of Danny Boyle’s ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is unlikely to be repeated, say insiders.
The ongoing credit crisis has hit independent film companies quite hard, as 59 such companies have wrapped up in past 18 months, while others are struggling for funds.
According to the report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers, indie [...]
Robinho says Tevez will have no regrets about joining Man City
London, July 16 (ANI): Brazilian football star Robinho has promised his Argentine counterpart Carlos Tevez that he will not regret snubbing Chelsea to join Manchester City.
The Brazilian forward, 25, is ideally placed to pass comment as he was pursued by the two clubs back in August last year before opting for Eastlands.
Tevez has [...]
‘I love you’ comes with a #163,424 price tag
London, July 13 (ANI): Those who say hearing the words ‘I love you’ is priceless, and can never equate with the biggest of luxuries, need to think again, for according to a recent research in a book, these invaluable words have a price tag of [...]
Canada’s jobless rate jumps to 8.6 percent
Toronto, July 11 (IANS) The unemployment rate in Canada, the most robust of all G8 economies during the current global crisis, has jumped to 8.6 percent, a national report here has said.
Releasing the report Friday, Statistics Canada said 47,500 jobs were lost in June in this nation of about 33 million people.
Nearly 1.6 million Canadians [...]
Women going blonde to boost confidence amid recession woes!
Melbourne, July 2 (ANI): In an interesting development, women are colouring their hair blonde in a bid to boost their confidence levels to beat recession woes, suggests a new survey.
According to the UK poll of 1200 women, sales of blonde products have skyrocketed to a staggering 67 per cent since the credit crunch hit the [...]
Katy Perry’s flu cure – bathing naked with pizza!
New Delhi, June 26 (ANI): Katy Perry, who is recovering from the flu, has posted a picture of herself having pizza while in the bath.
On her Twitter account, the ‘I Kissed A Girl’ singer posted a provocative photo of herself lying nude in a bathroom, with a tray of half-eaten pizza protecting her modesty.
The stunner [...]
Government of India ready to support “leaner and trimmer” Air India
New Delhi, June 25 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said that the government is ready to help Air India on condition that the struggling state carrier must become “leaner and trimmer” to secure backing it needs to get through a liquidity crunch.
The carrier, which has said it wants to cut employee [...]
More than a third of men still think housework is women’s job
London, June 20 (ANI): More than a third of men still believe that housework is a job for the ladies, a new study has found.
The survey by cleaning experts Vileda of 1,853 men found although fathers and married men are the laziest, more than 70 per cent of all men do very little cleaning.
Another 38 [...]
Online Merchants now easily accept the world’s popular non-credit-card
Mumbai, May 30 (ANI/Business Wire India): PayByCash(r), a subsidiary of PlaySpanT, today announced the availability of the PayByCash CodeT, the most accessible pre-paid product for consumers in 180 countries. PayByCash’s revolutionary new product provides consumers with a streamlined way to make Internet purchases.
Using a PayByCash Code is similar to using a credit-card but without [...]
‘Soccerbot’ learns how to fall gracefully during matches
London, May 21 (ANI): Scientists have made a robot learn how to fall gracefully during soccer matches, reducing damage to themselves and their environment.
According to a report in New Scientist, to find out the optimum ways for a robot to fall, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar of [...]
Older Brits turn to wartime ‘make do and mend’ money-saving tips amid recession
London, May 11 (ANI): About 70 per cent of the older British people have turned to the wartime “make do and mend” money-saving tips that they learnt from their parents or the generation who struggled with rationing, in order that their cash go further amid the ongoing recession.
The Age Concern and Help The Aged [...]
Denise Van Outen puts kids on hold due to credit crunch
London, May 10 (ANI): English actress Denise Van Outen has revealed that she plans on waiting to have children with her hubby because of the credit crunch.
Outen, 34, had married Lee Mead, 27, winner of TV’s ‘Any Dream Will Do’, at a secret ceremony in the Seychelles last month.
And even though she has earned millions [...]
Recession drives South Africa to ‘naughty sexuality’
Cape Town, May 8 (ANI): The ongoing credit crunch has liberalised people’s attitude towards sex, at least that’s what a research panel at a recent Sexpo suggests.
The world’s largest health, sexuality and lifestyle expo, Sexpo, claims that the gloomy economic climate has seen a move back to “naughty sexuality”, reports 24.com.
“A research panel at a [...]
Man U’s Giggs warns Arsenal’s Wenger ahead of crunch semi-final
London, May 4 (ANI): Manchester United’s record setting football great Ryan Giggs has warned Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger that his team is ready to turn the screw on against the Gunners in their Champions League crunch tomorrow.
United warmed up for their semi-final second-leg clash against Arsenal with an easy win at Middlesbrough on Saturday. [...]
Rooney test drives a 64K pound BMW
London, Apr. 29 (ANI): Manchester United football star Wayne Rooney was spotted test-driving a 64,000 pound BMW after reportedly losing a million pound deal with rival motor giant Mercedes-Benz.
Rooney, 23, showed off the 153mph 7 Series model [...]
Recession-hit Elton John loses a quarter of his wealth
London, Apr 24 (ANI): Even Elton John could not fight the ill effects of recession. He has lost a quarter of his hard earned wealth in the last year.
The ‘Candle In the Wind’ hitmaker has seen his fortune drop from 75million pounds to 55 million pounds, reports The [...]
