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  • Gisele Bundchen Style Evolution: From Victoria's Secret Angel To Brazilian Supermodel

    Gisele Bundchen made her mark strutting in Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows wearing gigantic wings and sky-high heels. But the Brazilian supermodel envisioned being much more than a designer's muse, as she told Vanity Fair, "I would never want to be one of those girls who is 30, and modeling is all they know how to do. I want to do my best, and then I want to close the chapter on this job." Now in her early thirties, the former Angel has certainly stayed true to her word.

    Aside a highly-publicized relationship with ex-boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio and marriage to football star Tom Brady, the bronzed beauty has taken on acting, philanthropy and motherhood. And after seeing her sport everything from bedazzled bras to silk gowns to fancy flip-flops, Gisele's proven that she looks downright amazing, covered up or not.

    To celebrate Gisele's 32nd birthday on Friday (July 20th), we're taking a look back at her bombshell style over the years. Which of her looks is your favorite?

    Gunman turns 'Batman' screening into real-life 'horror film'

    The suspect in the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater screening of the new Batman film early Friday had colored his hair red and told police he was "the Joker," according to a federal law enforcement source with detailed knowledge of the investigation.

    At least 12 people were killed in the rampage and 58 were injured, one fewer than earlier reported. Of those injured "nearly everyone was shot," Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said Friday night, adding that a handful of people were hurt in the resulting chaos.

    Ten of the victims were killed inside the theater while two others died at hospitals. As of Friday evening, the 10 bodies had been removed from the complex and authorities were preparing to begin "the agonizing process" of notifying families, Oates said.

    A mug shot of suspect James E. Holmes has not been released. Witnesses to the shooting described him as wearing a gas mask that concealed much of his face and head. But the federal law enforcement source's information about the suspect's appearance fits with a statement from New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who was briefed by Colorado authorities Friday.

    Oates declined to comment on Holmes' appearance other than to describe what he was wearing, and said he would not release his booking photo "for investigative reasons."

    The Joker has long been a fixture in Batman comics and was famously brought to life by the late Heath Ledger in 2008's "The Dark Knight," the predecessor to Friday's release of "The Dark Knight Rises." Ledger won a posthumous Academy Award for his sinister portrayal of the iconic villain who encourages anarchists to take over Gotham City.

    Meanwhile, authorities were faced with the difficult task of entering Holmes' Aurora apartment, which was left rigged with traps.

    "It's booby-trapped with various incendiary and chemical devices and trip wires," Oates said, adding that it could take days to work through the apartment safely.

    Five buildings around the apartment building were evacuated, Oates said. Residents were allowed back home briefly Friday night to retrieve such emergency items as medicine.

    Authorities have postponed until Saturday any attempts to enter the apartment and are bringing in resources from the federal government to help with the situation, Oates said.

    14 dead in Colorado theater shooting : Police

    A gunman opened fire early Friday at a suburban Denver movie theater on the opening night of the latest Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," killing 14 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said.

    The gunman, who is in custody, stood at the front of the theater and fired into the crowd about 12:30 a.m. MDT at a theater at a multiplex theater in a mall in Aurora.

    "Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister. They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire," Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said at a news conference.

    Police, ambulances and emergency crews swarmed on the scene after frantic calls started flooding the 911 switchboard, officials said.

    Officers found the gunman near a car behind the theater.

    "A gas mask, rifle, handgun at least one additional weapon (were) found inside," he said.

    The suspect was taken into custody, but no name was released. Oates said there's no evidence of any other attackers. There was also no immediate word of any motive.

    The suspect spoke of "possible explosives in his residence. We are dealing with that potential threat," Oates said, without providing details on where that was.

    He said police also checked for explosives in the parking lot and at the Century 16 theater and secured those areas.

    Witness Hayden Miller told KUSA-TV that he was inside Theater 16 and heard several shots.

    "Like little explosions going on and shortly after that we heard people screaming," he told the station.

    Hayden said at first he thought it was part of a louder movie next door. But then he saw "people hunched over leaving theater."

    The police chief said 10 victims died at the theater and four at area hospitals.

    Two people in critical condition were rushed to nearby Swedish Medical Center, spokeswoman Nicole Williams said.

    She said emergency crews told her staff to prepare for several more patients from the shooting scene.

    The youngest victim reported was a 6-year-old being treated at Children's Hospital Colorado, where a total of six victims were taken. Their condition wasn't known.

    Their condition wasn't known.Aurora is located on the southeast outskirts of Denver, about 10 miles from downtown.

    Katie Holmes On Broadway: 'Dead Accounts' Will Be Actress' First Post-Cruise Role

    While Katie Holmes' theatrical split from Tom Cruise made celeb hounds' jaws drop, her latest move is sure to spread grins across the Great White Way. The 33-year-old actress will return to Broadway this fall in Theresa Rebeck's "Dead Accounts," it was announced Thursday.

    "I am thrilled to be coming back to the Broadway community and honored to be a part of this team," Holmes said in a statement.

    Holmes made her Broadway debut in the 2008 revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons." On its opening night, about 35 protesters from the group Anonymous carried signs reading, "Run, Katie, Run" and chanting "Scientology kills."

    The actress has revealed a number of projects in rapid succession since her split from Cruise (and the church of Scientology), from a guest appearance on "Project Runway" to "Molly," a film she co-wrote and is co-producing. "Dead Accounts," however, will be her first major role.

    The play, which premiered at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park back in February, follows a Midwestern family, with the drama circling around the prodigal son Jack who unexpectedly returns home from New York to Cincinnati. Holmes will play his sister, Lorna, who has been caring for their parents.

    Rebeck was a creator and executive producer of "Smash" ("was" being the operative word) and her latest play, "Seminar," starring Alan Rickman, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

    "Dead Accounts" will open on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre. Other casting for the play has not yet been announced.

    'Amazing Spider-Man' Sequel: Marc Webb May Not Return

    "The Amazing Spider-Man" has been a welcome financial success for Sony -- the film has earned over $530 million worldwide thus far -- but in some quarters it was criticized for not being very coherent. As Devin Faraci pointed out on his site Badass Digest, whole chunks of storyline that Sony used while marketing "The Amazing Spider-Man" were not present in the actual finished film.

    "It's completely false," director Marc Webb told HuffPost Entertainment when asked about jettisoning a rumored storyline about Peter Parker's parents. While that may very well be accurate, it's clear that Webb had quite an grueling time while making "The Amazing Spider-Man."

    "I want to finish this up and go to a beach and think about the future," Webb said when asked about returning for another Spider-Man film. "People ask about the sequel and I'm like, 'Well, you know, I don't know if I want to do that, but I love the process.' I love Andrew and Emma. But it's like asking someone who has just given birth, 'Do you want to get pregnant again?'"

    Now it appears Webb may not even have that option.

    "We'd really like him back, but there are obstacles," Sony Pictures chief Douglas Belgrad told The Hollywood Reporter. "He has an obligation to Fox." As THR notes, Webb is under contract with Fox to deliver another film for the studio, following "(500) Days of Summer," his first film.

    Of course, when asked about any "problem areas" with Webb's blockbuster, Belgrad was pretty honest. "The section where Rhys Ifans' character turns irrevocably into the Lizard. It took several months to figure out, and the filmmakers cut a bunch of scenes. In software parlance, it required a patch."

    With or without Webb, Sony is going full-steam ahead with "The Amazing Spider-Man 2"; bockbuster writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci ("Transformers," "Star Trek") have come onboard for the sequel.

    600-Year-Old Bras Uncovered in Austrian Castle

    A revolutionary discovery is rewriting the history of underwear: Some 600 years ago, women wore bras.

    The University of Innsbruck said Wednesday that archeologists found four linen bras dating from the Middle Ages in an Austrian castle. Fashion experts describe the find as surprising because the bra had commonly been thought to be only little more than 100 years old as women abandoned the tight corset.

    Instead, it appears the bra came first, followed by the corset, followed by the reinvented bra.

    One specimen in particular “looks exactly like a (modern) brassiere,” says Hilary Davidson, fashion curator for the London Museum. “These are amazing finds.”

    Victoria’s Secret might get credit for reinventing the brassiere, but the earliest-known bras now date back to the Middle Ages,  according to Austrian archeologists at the University of Innsbruck.

    The university said Wednesday that it found four linen bras in an Austrian castle dating back to the 1400s, proving that women wore bras more than 600 years ago. It’s such a revolutionary find because fashion experts thought the modern-day bra was only about 100 years old after women became tired of tight corsets.

    One specimen in particular “looks exactly like a [modern] brassiere,” Hilary Davidson, fashion curator for the London Museum, told The Associated Press. “These are amazing finds.”

    Some of the ancient bras were intricately decorated with lace, suggesting that they were meant to be seen by someone else other than the person wearing it.

    Although the linen garments were discovered in 2008, they did not make news until now, says Beatrix Nutz, the archaeologist responsible for the discovery. Researchers said the bras underwent carbon dating and they had to make sure the look of the bras fit with the 1400s.

    “We didn’t believe it ourselves,” Nutz said. “From what we knew, there was no such thing as bra-like garments in the 15th century.”

    Among the more than 2,700 textile fragments that were found in the Lemberg Castle in Tyrol was a linen undergarment that looks like a pair of panties. Nutz said it is men’s underwear because women did not wear anything under their flowing skirts in the Middle Ages.

    New Jersey boy dies after sand tunnel collapses at the beach

    Police say a boy who was rushed to the hospital Tuesday after a sand tunnel collapsed over him at a beach in Long Branch, N.J., has died.


    The 12-year-old, who has not been identified, was not breathing when he was pulled out of the sand late Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Lifeguards administered CPR on him, and he was taken to Monmouth Medical Center where he was placed in pediatric intensive care unit.


    Witnesses at the beach said blood was coming out of the boy's nose when lifeguards were working on him.

    Someone screamed for help from lifeguards, who were just 15 feet away, said Roebuck. The boy was pulled out, and lifeguards performed CPR on him as they waited for paramedics.

    A beachgoer from Staten Island, N.Y., said the boy wasn't moving.

    "They were pumping him, pressing on his stomach, trying to bring him back," she said. "They kept trying to revive him, pressing, pressing. There was blood coming out of his nose... He didn't move."

    Sources said the tunnel was deep, and the weight of all the sand on the boy's chest made it impossible for him to breathe.

    The boy was rushed to Monmouth Medical Center, where he was taken to the pediatric intensive care unit.

    The boy is from Oakhurst, sources said, but his name is being withheld.

    Authorities said a fire truck responding to the scene hit a man holding his infant son. The truck hit the pair as it pulled into Ocean Place near the beach, knocking them both to the ground.

    Both were taken to the Jersey Shore Medical Center. The father suffered some broken limbs. The baby was injured but not severely.

    Camouflaged Residence Discovered in California Park

    An elaborate and illegal camouflaged residence, outfitted with bunk beds and a barbecue patio, has been discovered near a Los Angeles County animal refuge.

    Eight months ago, Robert Downs, 51, set up a small structure in the woods near the Tujunga Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary in Sunland, Calif. To hide his home from police, Downs, who was previously homeless, sprayed it with camouflage paint and cut down nearby trees, said Johnie Jones, a deputy in the Parks Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

    The structure, which Downs built with materials he bought at Home Depot, contained four bunk beds built into the walls, tables, shelves and fire extinguishers. Outside were a rock patio, a barbecue grill and more tables. An American flag was draped over Downs' bed.

    Downs stood a chance of evading major legal trouble for his hidden house, but sheriff's deputies also discovered that he cultivated eight marijuana plants outside the structure, a felony because he did not have a permit to do so, Jones said.

    When Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies found Downs's residence while on patrol Monday, he told them he had been living in the 13.5-acre wildlife sanctuary for more than a year, Jones said.

    "He seems like he had some skills," Jones said. "I've seen homeless sweeps before where people have brought tents or mattresses, but nothing this elaborate."

    Downs was arrested on charges of marijuana cultivation and building a house on county property, Jones said. He is being held on a $30,000 bond, Jones said.

    Downs was found with two others who were cited with infractions and then released, Jones said.

    The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works will remove the structure from the park over the next two weeks.

    'Pretty Little Liars' Recap: Is Ezra Or Holden 'A'?


    Spencer and Hanna are on a mission to swap out Garrett's "April Rose has the proof" note under his mom's hospital bracelet with one they've written, thanks to Hanna's expert forging skills. Their note asks A to meet them by the organ at the deserted church that night and Hanna wants to be the messenger since she's still heartbroken that "this A" broke her and Caleb up.

    But when Hanna enters Mrs. Reynolds room and lifts her hand to insert the note, she flatlines and Hanna jets out of there faster than Mrs. Reynolds will ever move again.

    They text Aria, who is apparently living at Ezra's and doing an incredibly cheesy photoshoot to motivate her about her new assistant gig. He's also wearing pajama pants. Just so you know. Despite the literally "so happy" lyrics playing in the background as they snap away, I'm still not okay with this student-teacher relationship, former status aloud.

    Over in another uncomfortable relationship, Spencer and Toby are at the Parentless Hastings House, where Spencer's googling "April Rose, PA." They start making out, I start to gag, and then, Papa Hastings arrives! (After months.) He's been out going for a run. Apparently, he's Forrest Gump because holy s--- that was a long run. "They make it seem like he's always been there," my mom laments, before asking, "When Spencer was googling April Rose--did it say ob/gyn?" The plot thickens.

    Anyway, Toby leaves and Papa Hastings reveals the upsetting information that key evidence from the prosecution in Garrett's case may be dropped, which means Garrett would be free. Upon hearing the news, Spencer quickly leaves in a huff as her dad asks where she's going. "Um Peter, tell me you possibly care when you the most absentee Dad there ever was," my mom scolds. Z snap.

    Over at The Brew, Hanna brings a hard-working Emily the pick-up location of the clothing donations that included the jacket she was wearing the night it (and she) went missing. Em wants to go check it out today, but Hanna says they have to focus on Operation A tonight, so they'll go tomorrow.

    Meanwhile, Spencer has relocated to a bench and traded her laptop for an iPad, on which she is still googling April Rose. Jason appears and he's just the person Spencer wants to talk to. My mom also notes, "He's bow legged ... or maybe he was just riding a horse through the streets of Rosewood." He confirms the news Papa Hastings shared and she says he's their last hope at saving the case.

    She asks if Jason knows April Rose and before we hear his answer, we see Papa Hastings looking -- no, glaring -- at them. Turns out, Jason doesn't remember April Rose, but could have met her with all the girls the NAT Club had hanging around and not even known it. Spencer does her best Chris Hansen and questions Jason about the videos they made. He reveals he thought Ian and Garrett were paying girls to set up their friends, and April Rose could have been one of those employees.

    At the church, Hanna is sorting clothing items by season and Ted is talking about wanting to look like Cat Stevens and wanting to hang out with Hanna's mom. ("I liked Cat Stevens too," my mom says. Note the past tense.) For all Hanna's hard work, Ted also invites her to a thank you party, which will be held at the church ... tonight. Looks like there's a glitch with Operation A.

    Sofia Vergara, 'Modern Family' Star, Is TV's Highest Paid Actress

    Sofia Vergara might have just celebrated her 40th birthday with a surprise engagement, but hopefully the "Modern Family" star has some more spare time in her schedule to celebrate being named the highest-paid actress on television.

    Forbes estimates that Vergara raked in approximately $19 million between May 2011 and May 2012. At the same time, Latin WE, the media company she co-founded in 1996, pulled in a total of $27 million.

    Vergara's face is seemingly everywhere these days: She endorses major brands like CoverGirl and Diet Pepsi and she even has her own clothing line at Kmart.

    "Her appeal with Hispanics is unrivaled; she has a positive Q Score more than twice that of the average celebrity," Forbes' Meghan Casserly wrote. "And with the ABC smash hit 'Modern Family,' Vergara’s won over American audiences without alienating her Latina roots. For advertisers, the combination is electric."

    And Vergara knows her sex appeal has only helped with her success.

    “Part of my career has always been because of the way I look,” the Colombian actress told InStyle. “I’m not ashamed. It has opened doors. But I also know that if I didn’t have something else, I’d be long gone.”

    Her $19 million in earnings placed Vergara in the top spot, ahead of E! reality star, Kim Kardashian, who earned approximately $18 million between May 2011 and May 2012.
    according to TMZ.

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