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  • FBI agent: 'Bucket List Bandit' caught in Okla.

     An interstate bank robbery suspect nicknamed the Bucket List Bandit because he allegedly told a Utah bank teller he had only four months to live has been captured in Oklahoma, an FBI agent said Friday.

    Michael Eugene Brewster, 54, was arrested Thursday night after a traffic stop in Roland, Okla., said Jason Crouse, the acting head of the FBI office in Erie, Pa. Crouse's office is investigating a robbery in the northwestern Pennsylvania city earlier this week. He wouldn't provide details of the arrest because the FBI planned a national announcement later in the day.

    Erie FBI agents got a warrant for Brewster's arrest earlier Thursday for robbing the Huntingdon National Bank branch in Erie, about 120 miles north of Pittsburgh, on Monday.

    A confidential informant called to give agents Brewster's name and birth date after recognizing his picture in media accounts of the robberies that began June 21 in Arvada, Colo., a Denver suburb, according to the warrant. The warrant doesn't say how the person knew that information.

    A teller at the Erie bank picked Brewster's photo out of a lineup and authorities then reviewed surveillance video and found an "obvious likeness" to Brewster during nine prior robberies in Flagstaff, Ariz.; Pocatello, Idaho; Roy, Utah; Winston-Salem, N.C.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Bloomington, Ill.; Columbia and O'Fallon, Mo., and the Colorado heist. Photos from the various robberies show a man with grayish, thinning hair, generally combed or brushed backward, wearing glasses and what appears to be the same blue polo shirt with a front pocket.

    Authorities have released few details of the robberies, beyond those that appear to link the heists and relate to his nickname, which derived from the July 6 robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank in Roy, Utah.

    That's where the suspect allegedly told the teller, "I have four months to live," after passing her a note demanding money, Rebecca Wu of the FBI's St. Louis office told the AP after the Missouri robberies in late August.

    Roy Police Sgt. Danny Hammon said police don't know the specific wording of the note because the suspect took it back. Investigators haven't said whether they've confirmed if Brewster is even terminally ill.

    Online federal court records don't list an attorney for Brewster, who was expected to make an initial appearance before a federal magistrate in Oklahoma City on Friday. He was being held in the city jail in Roland in the meantime, according to Assistant Police Chief David Goode.

    Crouse, the FBI agent, didn't say how authorities tracked Brewster to Oklahoma.

    The warrant doesn't identify his hometown, but indicates he's wanted for borrowing a black Chevy Captiva from a woman in Pensacola, Fla. on June 11 and not returning it. The vehicle was similar to one described by witnesses at several of the robberies authorities think Brewster committed, but Crouse said the vehicle didn't figure in to how authorities tracked down Brewster.

    No one has been hurt in any of the robberies and officials aren't saying how much money he's gotten away with except for the $4,080 taken from the Erie bank, which was disclosed in the FBI arrest warrant.

    Heidi Klum, Seal Divorce: Klum Admits To Dating Bodyguard on 'Katie'

    Heidi Klum has finally come clean about her reported relationship with bodyguard Martin Kristen.

    In an episode of "Katie" that aired Wednesday, the supermodel acknowledged to host Katie Couric that she is dating Kristen -- but she stopped short of calling it a relationship.

    "I don’t even know if I can call it that, you know? It just started so I don’t know. I don’t know where it’s gonna go," Klum said.

    "I’ve known him for four years and he’s been with our family for the last four years," Klum continued. "He’s cared for our entire family, mostly for our four children, helped us tremendously... I trust him with my children’s life. He’s a great man, you know, and we just got to know each other from a completely different side."

    Rumors of their relationship surfaced late last month when Klum was photographed getting close to Kristen while on vacation with her family in Sardinia. Seal fueled speculation by telling TMZ that he wished his ex had waited until they were separated before she decided to "fornicate with the help." His publicist later clarified that Seal did not intend to imply that Klum had cheated on him; rather, he meant that their divorce is not yet finalized so the couple is still legally married.
    Klum, who split from her singer husband in January 2012, told Couric that Seal used a "unique choice of words" and denied that she cheated on him during their marriage.

    "It’s not true. I’ve never looked at another man while I was with him," she said.

    She also revealed that she once thought her marriage would last forever.

    "I’m someone who believes in a fairy tale and when I said I do, I meant forever," she said. "But I don’t know... You never know what happens. Life changes. It’s that road with all those bumps and holes and you’re trying to struggle through them. And I don’t know…we just couldn’t make it work, you know?"

    Watch the clip above for more of Klum's interview. Then, check out photos of the couple in happier times below:

    Katy Hayes, Texas Mom Who Lost Limbs To Flesh-Eating Bacteria, Will Get First U.S. Double-Arm Transplant

    A Texas woman who lost all four limbs to a flesh-eating bacteria has been approved for a double arm transplant at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital in what will be the first such procedure performed in the United States.

    Katy Hayes, 44, of Kingwood, Texas, will receive two new arms above the elbow. The hospital is working with a regional organ donor bank to find a donor. The surgery has not yet been scheduled.

    "I have the determination to make these arms my own," Hayes said at a news conference in Boston. "I want my life back. I want to hold my children. I want to hug my husband."

    Hayes contracted a life-threatening Group A Streptococcal infection after giving birth to her third child in February 2010. She lost her large intestine and her uterus as well as her limbs.

    The transplant could give Hayes the ability to flex and extend her elbows and to lift herself out of a wheelchair.

    The level of function she will acquire, especially in her new hands, is uncertain, said Bohdan Pomahac, director of plastic surgery transplantation at the Brigham.

    Hayes and her family moved from Texas in July to prepare for the surgery. She has been undergoing psychological and physical screening at the hospital to determine her eligibility for the grueling surgery and long recovery.

    Among other things, the former massage therapist said she is looking forward to wearing her wedding ring again. "When you don't have hands, you can't wear rings," she said.

    The world's first double above-the-elbow arm transplant was performed in Germany in 2008 on a farmer who had lost both limbs in a farming accident.

    Brigham and Women's has done two double hand transplants in the past few years, and a few other U.S. hospitals have performed the hand surgeries.

    Arm transplants are considered less difficult, technically, than hand transplants, but the recovery is more challenging and the potential nerve connections more tenuous. (Reporting By Ros Krasny)

    Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film clip

     Google Inc rejected a request by the White House on Friday to reconsider its decision to keep online a controversial YouTube movie clip that has ignited anti-American protests in the Middle East.

    The Internet company said it was censoring the video in India and Indonesia after blocking it on Wednesday in Egypt and Libya, where U.S. embassies have been stormed by protestors enraged over depiction of the Prophet Mohammad as a fraud and philanderer.

    On Tuesday, the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed in a fiery siege on the embassy in Benghazi.

    Google said was further restricting the clip to comply with local law rather than as a response to political pressure.

    "We've restricted access to it in countries where it is illegal such as India and Indonesia, as well as in Libya and Egypt, given the very sensitive situations in these two countries," the company said. "This approach is entirely consistent with principles we first laid out in 2007."

    White House officials had asked Google earlier on Friday to reconsider whether the video had violated YouTube's terms of service. The guidelines can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines.

    Google said on Wednesday that the video was within its guidelines.

    U.S. authorities said on Friday that they were investigating whether the film's producer, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, a 55-year old Egyptian Coptic Christian living in Southern California, had violated terms of his prison release. Basseley was convicted in 2010 for bank fraud and released from prison on probation last June.

    Obama: US has 'profound respect for people of all faiths'

    President Barack Obama on Saturday rejected any denigration of Islam, but insisted there was no excuse for attacks on U.S. embassies as angry protests over an obscure, anti-Muslim film spread to Australia.

    "I have made it clear that the United States has a profound respect for people of all faiths," Obama said in his weekly radio address.

    "Yet there is never any justification for violence .... There is no excuse for attacks on our embassies and consulates,” he added.

    Anti-American protests have swept the Muslim world in response to the film, which insults the Prophet Muhammad.


    The death toll as a result of violence during protests in the Middle East and North Africa Friday rose from seven to nine with Tunisian officials saying four people -- rather than two as stated earlier -- died there. Three were killed by gunfire and the other died after being hit by two police cars, a senior hospital official told Reuters.

    An attack on the U.S. Consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others this week.

    A day after Obama led a somber ceremony marking the return of the bodies of the Americans killed in Libya, Obama acknowledged that a surge of anti-American violence in the Middle East is disturbing.

    Suspected anti-Islam filmmaker questioned by Feds


    The Pentagon is sending Marines to beef up security at the U.S. embassy in Sudan, following similar reinforcements to Libya and Yemen.

    The Libyan attack and the U.S.-directed outrage have raised questions about Obama's handling of the so-called Arab Spring, a series of revolutions that have unseated entrenched authoritarian governments.

    At least seven reported killed in regional protests over anti-Islamic video

    The turbulence in the Middle East has had ripples in a tight U.S. presidential election, with Obama's Republican challenger Mitt Romney saying Obama has weakened U.S. authority around the world.

    Lizzie Velasquez, Born Without Adipose Tissue: 'Maybe You Should Stop Staring And Start Learning'

    Twenty-three-year-old Lizzie Velasquez was born without any adipose tissue -- meaning she has no fat on her body.

    As a result, she weighs just 58 pounds, even though she eats as many as 60 times a day, the Daily Mail reported. she has been the subject of cyberbullying and stares when she walks out in public, she recently revealed to Dr. Drew Pinsky on HLN.

    Some cyberbullies even dubbed her the "ugliest woman in the world," because of her appearance due to her medical condition, she said.

    "It's not easy, I will be the first to tell you it's not easy," Velasquez told Dr. Drew. "I may have this outer exterior of people saying, 'She can handle everything, she's dealt with this for so long,' and to be honest, I'm human and of course these things are going to hurt."

    Back in 2010, The Telegraph reported that Velasquez consumes 5,000 to 8,000 calories a day -- eating food every 15 minutes. But because of the condition, the Texas State University in San Marcos student has never weighed much more than 60 pounds, she wrote in the description of her book that came out earlier this year, titled "Be Beautiful, Be You."
    Velasquez's condition is extremely rare; she is just one of three people in the entire world to have it, she noted in her book description.

    The Telegraph reported that doctors believe she may have something called Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome. It is a condition that leads to premature aging, but is different from the more common aging disorder, progeria, according to the National Institutes of Health. It is characterized by wrinkled skin, not much fat, a large head, a face that looks aged and visible veins in the scalp.

    "I think the biggest things I have to deal with is constantly people staring at me as soon as I walk into a room," Velasquez told Dr. Drew. "Recently, it's been a lot of adults I've been having to deal with who will slowly walk in front of me and turn their heads, and look me up and down. So the stares are what I'm really dealing with in public right now."

    But "instead of just sitting by and watching these people judge me, I'm starting to want to go up to these people and introduce myself, or give them my card, and say, 'Maybe you should stop staring and start learning.'"

    Former cop convicted in 1957 murder of 7-year-old Illinois girl

      For most of five decades, it seemed no one would ever be held accountable for the murder of a 7-year-old Illinois girl snatched off a small-town street corner as she played.

    Now, someone has.

    Fifty-five years after Maria Ridulph vanished, her friends and family let out a deafening cheer in court Friday as a judge pronounced a former neighborhood teen -- now a 72-year-old man -- guilty of the kidnapping and murder. It was one of the oldest unsolved crimes in the U.S. to make it to trial.

    The roar of approval soon gave way to loud sobs from those who knew the little girl whose body was found after a five-month search that drew national media attention and haunted people across the country. Jack McCullough, who was 17-year-old John Tessier at the time, showed no hint of emotion.

    "A weight has been lifted off my shoulders," said Kathy Chapman, 63, who was playing with Maria in the snow on the night of Dec. 3, 1957, before she vanished. "Maria finally has the justice she deserves."

    McCullough approached the girls as they played and won Maria's trust by talking about dolls and giving her piggyback rides. At some point after Chapman ran home to grab mittens, authorities say McCullough dragged Maria into an alley, choked her with a wire, then stabbed her in her throat and chest.

    The motive? Prosecutors say McCullough was sexually attracted to the second-grader. Even in a police interview in 2011, he recalled seeing Maria around the neighborhood, saying she was as pretty as a "Barbie doll." He wasn't charged with molesting her, however.

    McCullough was briefly a suspect, like more than 100 others, in the 1950s, but he had an alibi. He told investigators he had been traveling to Chicago to get a medical exam before joining the Air Force. He settled in Seattle, working as a Washington state police officer.

    As the months became years, many Sycamore residents assumed the killer must have been someone passing through town -- perhaps a truck driver.

    A deathbed accusation by McCullough's mother in 1994 -- passed on to police by his half-sister in 2008 -- that she knew her son killed the girl led to a chain of events that brought about his conviction.

    His mother, Eileen Tessier, had lied to police canvassing the neighborhood in 1957 about her son's whereabouts, buttressing his alibi, prosecutor Julie Trevartchen said Friday.

    "She knew what she did and she didn't want to die with that on her conscience," she said.

    McCullough's girlfriend in the 1950s also contacted police with evidence calling his alibi into question. She had found his unused train ticket to Chicago for the day Maria disappeared.

    Calling Off A Wedding: 5 Signs You Should Do It

    You would be surprised how many women going through divorces tell me they knew they were making a mistake when they walked down the aisle — in more recent headlines, Kim Kardashian even shared this similar sentiment. Below are five warning signs you may want to consider before saying "I do."

    1. You don't get along with his family. Many couples go through with weddings hoping all the family stuff will "just work out." Don't fall into this trap because it seldom does. In fact, issues with in-laws tend to get worse over time — especially when babies come along. If his family is causing a problem in your relationship before you're married, you may want to give serious thought to calling off your wedding.

    2. You've dated for less than a year. Most people are on their best behavior for the first twelve months of a relationship. After that, people tend to let their guard down a little bit and you get to see what a person is really like. This is important because ideally when you get married, you will be spending the rest of your lives together — you will need to know if your partner is someone you can live with on a day-to-day, long-term basis after the honeymoon phase of your relationship is over.

    3. You haven't come to an agreement about kids, careers and other fundamental issues. So many couples get caught up in wedding planning, that they forget to talk about the fundamental issues of sharing a life together.
    Will you have kids? How many? What religion will you raise your children? Where will you live? Will one of you be a stay at home parent? How will holidays be handled? How will housework be divided?

    Couples should spend at least as much time paying attention to the details of their lives together as they do to the details of their weddings. If you can't come to an agreement to these types of fundamental issues before your marriage, you should consider calling off your wedding until you reach a mutually acceptable agreement on the details of your lives together.

    4. You lack conflict resolution skills. A lot of couples write off arguments before a wedding as "wedding day jitters," but the truth of the matter is that if you have horrendous arguments and fights with your partner and nothing ever seems to get resolved, you may want to consider calling off your wedding until the two of you work on your conflict resolution skills. Long-term relationships require good conflict resolution skills and the good news is that they can be learned if both couples are committed to doing so.

    Why I Completely Support Sometimes Boycotting A Wedding Of Someone You Love

    My sister has been engaged twice. Although if you remind her of this now, she will scoff and insist that she's only been engaged once and she married that man. However, what she has conveniently tried to forget is that once upon a time she was caught up in a relationship with Paul and she had every intention of marrying him. They were, by his definition, engaged despite my sister not having a ring, because as a hippy who shunned material things, "no diamond could express the feelings in his heart." In other words, he didn't have the money to buy one.

    It wasn't just that he didn't have the money, but he didn't "need" the money. According to him, people don't need money; it wrecks havoc on the world and makes them greedy, selfish, and corrupt. It was also very easy for him to say this while he stayed home working on his "art" while my sister, the full-time college student, worked two jobs to keep them afloat. But she was "in love, " and I "just didn't understand what it was like to love an artist who was so dedicated." She was 22 at the time and clearly blinded by her artist boyfriend who, mind you, would sit on the toilet strumming away songs on his guitar about her while she showered. That's what artists do, in case you were unaware.

    I met Paul once and instantly despised him. Everything about him rubbed me the wrong way. I also hated the fact that my sister, who was so consumed with supporting his dreams, was sacrificing her own in the process. We had both been raised to be very strong, independent thinkers, but something about Paul and his manipulative ways reached deep inside her and stripped away that independence. She wasn't just his puppy; she was his drone.

    Everything Paul said about any topic in the world immediately became my sister's opinion, too. His stance on everything was now her stance, she gave up pursuing law because he told her the world had enough lawyers and because he was a vegetarian, he insisted she be one, too. In a matter of months, the strong-willed, stubborn sister I knew was gone; all that remained was a physical clone that had no insides to even give her a pulse. She was practically the walking dead.

    While my parents admitted that she had changed a lot since meeting Paul, the consensus that helped them sleep at night was that maybe she had actually just found her true self. But I knew that wasn't her true self; that robot who only Paul owned the remote control to was not my sister.

    Every time the topic of him came up, and it did often, my sister would viciously accuse me of being jealous of their love. How did she know I was jealous? Because Paul told her so. I was trying to steal her away from him, I was trying to corrupt her with mediocre ideas, I was trying to trap her with society's standards... and on and on she went just vomiting up Paul's perfectly scripted words.

    When she announced that she was "engaged," it had become clear that Paul was definitely bad news. There were so many stories that didn't add up, so many parts of his past that didn't make sense and finally, by then, my parents could see what he had done to my sister.

    So there she was engaged to a puppet master, without a ring and running off to get a third job so they could get married in Fiji. Of course, they were going to get married in Fiji! Getting married so far away would prevent too many guests from showing up who might interfere in Paul's manipulation tactics.

    Miley Cyrus' Depressing Tweets: 'Sometimes I Feel Like I Love Everyone More Than They Love Me'

    For a girl who is rich, famous and engaged to be married, Miley Cyrus, is somehow still dreaming of more.

    On Sept. 13, the 19-year-old singer and actress made a series of surprising and somewhat depressing comments on Twitter.

    In a series of tweets she wrote:

    "ever feel like you want just.... something more. not sure what exactly... passion perhaps? sometimes i feel like i love everyone more than they love me. hatttte that feeling. Thought of the day: maybe it's not that they love you less, they just love you the most they are capable of loving."

    The sad sack comments alarmed Cyrus' nearly 9 million followers, who immediately wondered if everything was all right between the singer and her fiance, Liam Hemsworth, whom she became engaged to in June.

    The former Disney star responded to their worries, assuring them that was not the case:

    We've become particularly fond of Cyrus' Twitter musings over the past year, because her ruminations are both fairly amusing and often enlightening. The singer's propensity to stand up for what she believes politically and personally via her Twitter account has proved rather impressive.

    Her Twitter presence is appreciated, but Cyrus also seems to have a desperate need for attention, which is more than evident by her constant documentation of her ever-changing hair, alarmingly shrinking body and skimpy outfits.

    Perhaps Cyrus' depressing tweets are evidence that something is truly wrong, but it's also likely that the world was simply witnessing a public teenage mood swing.

    Lindsay Lohan Thinks Owning A Mac Computer, Birkin Bag Is ‘Fighting To Live Your Dreams'

    Last week, Lindsay Lohan asked President Barack Obama to lower taxes for those on Forbes' millionaires list. Now, she is telling people how to fight for their dreams, by buying a Mac computer and a Birkin bag, of course.

    Lohan's latest in a string of bizarre tweets featured a snapshot from the inside of a private jet, in which she showcased her Mac computer, Birkin bag and Chanel accessories.

    Gawker's Caity Weaver quipped, "You too can own a $30,000 handbag and a Macintosh personal computation device, provided you never stop fighting to live your dreams."

    Lohan was picked up by a private jet after she went MIA. during the filming of "Scary Movie 5." The 26-year-old "freaked out" because the script of the film made fun of her and failed to report for work, according to the New York Post. She was allegedly threatened with a lawsuit before the private plane went to pick her up and bring her to the shoot.

    “Lindsay missed every meeting she had for the film, including script reads and wardrobe meetings,” a source told the NY Post. “Then she missed her flight to Atlanta on Sunday to shoot the movie. The producers had been getting signs Friday that she was a mess, and would not be fit to work.”

    Lohan's tweets about "living your dreams" and "her beautiful mommy" are just some of the puzzling messages posted by the starlet recently, who has tweeted to her followers about topics ranging from charity to Chris Brown.

    Alan Roberts & 'Innocence Of Muslims': Softcore Porn Director Linked To Anti-Islam Film

    Yet another twist in the production of "Innocence of Muslims," the anti-Islam film that has led to riots around the world. Gawker reports that the movie's director is Alan Roberts, a man known best for creating softcore porn films.

    Robert's earlier work includes titles like "The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood," "Young Lady Chatterly" and "The Sexpert."

    So what was the alleged director doing on the set of a film that would go on to inflame the masses? A number of Gawker's sources suggest Roberts had no idea that the movie would be so political in nature. As previously reported, many members of the cast and crew were duped into thinking they were making a historical film, as much of the dialogue was dubbed over after production ended.

    Roberts has apparently been in hiding since the controversy erupted. VICE Magazine obtained documents which appear to link the pseudonym Alan Roberts to Robert Brownell, who was involved with pre-production purchases for "Desert Warrior" -- the working title of "Innocence of Muslims."

    Earlier reports pegged Nakoula Basseley Nakoula to the film. Nakoula was thought to have used the pseudonym Sam Bacile, and has an extensive criminal record. He pleaded no contest to bank fraud charges in 2010 and sentenced to 21 months in prison and fined $790,000. Sources in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office also pegged Nakoula to a conviction on a drug case. Nakoula was found guilty of intent to manufacture methamphetamine charges. He violated probation multiple times.

    As more details about the movie's production became available, more surprising information came to light. "Innocen
    ce of Muslims" appears to have been filmed on a Hollywood set, and the permit for the project is tied to a Christian charity.

    On Friday, Google rejected the White House's request to remove a clip of the movie from YouTube. The video was censored in India and Indonesia and blocked in Egypt and Libya.

    Royals to Sue French Magazine Over Topless Photos of Kate Middleton

    Britain's royal family says it is suing the French magazine that published topless photos of Kate Middleton sunbathing.

    Prince William and Kate Middleton have begun "legal proceedings for breach of privacy" against the magazine's publishers, the St. James Palace said in a statement Friday, after calling the publication of the photos "a grotesque and totally unjustifiable" invasion of the young couple's privacy.

    The French magazine, Closer, published a spread of photos of what appears to be the Duchess of Cambridge, 30, on vacation, sunbathing, under the headline "Oh My God!" The magazine went on newsstands in France today.

    The magazine defended the decision to publish the photos, saying in a statement on its website that the photos would only appear in the French, not the British edition, and were not degrading.


    The pictures were reportedly taken while Middleton and Prince William, who celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary in April, enjoyed a mini four-day vacation together last week at a secluded chateau in the south of France before beginning a tour of the Far East and South Pacific to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.


    The royal couple was reportedly told about the photos as they ate breakfast Friday before visiting a mosque in Malaysia. A palace source tells ABC News that at first the couple simply felt saddened, but as the day wore on the sadness turned to shock and anger and ultimately resulted in a decision to take legal action against the magazine.

    "Their Royal Highnesses have been hugely saddened to learn that a French publication and a photographer have invaded their privacy in such a grotesque and totally unjustifiable manner. The incident is reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, and all the more upsetting to The Duke and Duchess for being so," the St. James Palace said an earlier statement Friday.

    The revelation came just one day after Middleton marked an important first as a royal, delivering her first official speech overseas. The well-received speech was delivered to staff and patients at the Hospis Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur and focused on the importance of specialized medical care for seriously ill children. Middleton is a Royal Patron of East Anglia's Children's Hospices in England.

    The couple, who also visited Singapore and will end their trip this weekend in the island nation of Tuvalu, has been met by cheering crowds at each spot so far on their tour. Thursday's event at the hospice was no different, with a barrier collapsing from the weight of fans reaching out to see them. Young children from a nearby school greeted Kate and William, who joined her for the visit, outside the hospice with Malaysian flags and a welcome banner. Once inside, the couple met with young patients and drew with them on clay bricks, according to reports.

    Despite the topless photo revelation, today the royal couple carried on in public as if nothing had happened. At the visit to the mosque, Middleton politely removed her heels and wore a stylish scarf in accordance with Muslim tradition.

    Just after William and Middleton were engaged, the prince expressed his concerns about the paparazzi and said he had given Middleton the chance to get out of the relationship if she thought the attention would overwhelm her.

    "I wanted to give her a chance to see in and to back out if she needed to before it all got too much. I'm trying to learn from lessons done in the past and I just wanted to give her the best chance to settle in and to see what happens on the other side," the prince said.

    Last month, nude photographs of Prince William's younger brother, Prince Harry, partying in a Las Vegas hotel surfaced online and made headlines around the world. In that case, the palace contacted the Press Complaints Commission, which advised British newspapers to not publish the pictures.

    Dangerous curves! Imogen Thomas shows off her pregnancy figure as she steps out in skin-tight lycra outfit

    She's only months away from giving birth but Imogen Thomas isn't about to give up her tight fitting clothes any time soon.

    The glamour model stepped out his morning (Friday) to pick up some dry-cleaning, wearing skin-tight, stone wash leggings and a tight grey tank top.

    Clinging to her curves: Imogen collects some dry cleaning from her boyfriend's after last night's Comfort Prima High Street Fashion Awards

    The TV star seemed to be wearing a pair of high-waisted maternity leggings which pulled in her growing stomach although she didn't seem to be too worried about her ample chest as she went bra-free.

    Heavily pregnant Imogen put together a more demure look as she attended the Comfort Prima High Street Fashion Awards last night.

    The brunette reality star might have more to consider when it comes to dress for the red carpet but she made sure that she stood out for all the right reasons.

    Skin tight: Imogen's not afraid to show off her changing figure as she wears skinny jeans and a clinging tank top to run some errands

    Imogen went for a more conservative look, covering up her considerable assets in a tight-fitting high-necked dress. A look that certainly suited her.

    The party-loving star looked striking in the aqua marine dress with a frilly black trim about the neck.

    The stretchy calf-length dress clung to the 29-year-old in all the right places, and accentuated the growth of her bump.

    Aqua marine queen: Imogen covers up in demure green dress for the awards ceremony

    Red carpet ready: Imogen Thomas smiles for the cameras at the Comfort Prima High Street Awards at Battersea Evolution

    Although the classy dress was a more demure look than usual for the topless model, Imogen went to town on her make-up, pairing bright red lips with heavy eye liner and sparkling bronzer.

    While slightly more cautious pregnant women may have opted for a flat or lower shoe, Imogen is a dab hand at walking in skyscrapers and donned a pair of studded black shoes for the award ceremony.

    The Welsh TV star wore a pair of black high-heeled boots when she stepped out last month but has been sticking to trainers and flat shoes for the last few weeks.

    Let's see those jazz hands! Emma Watson shows American chat show host Jimmy Fallon her moves

    She may have bade farewell to Hermione, but Emma Watson can still cast quite a spell.

    The beguiling Brit's latest victim is chat show host and comedian, Jimmy Fallon, who danced up a storm with the Harry Potter star on his show last night.

    This included jazz hands from Singin' in the Rain, the carnival sequence from Grease and the Dirty Dancing lift.

    Later she tweeted: 'Danced with [Jimmy Fallon] tonight. #anotherboxticked.'

    The Perks of a Wallflower is a coming-of-age story based on the bestselling novel by Stephen Chbosky, and sees Emma star alongside Logan and Ezra of We Need to Talk About Kevin fame in the story of an introvert freshman who is taken under the wings of two seniors.

    Emma plays the role of Sam, Patrick's (played by Miller) free-spirited step-sister, whom Charlie (played by Lerman) falls for.

    What a hoot: The stars obviously enjoyed performing with one anotherTalking about the movie recently, Emma said she is hoping it allows her fans to see a different side to her, rather than her Harry Potter alter-ego Hermione.

    She said: 'I hope what Harry Potter fans can see is that I am able to transform, that there are other sides of me that perhaps they haven't seen yet, and that they might allow me a little bit of room.

    'Just doing American really is different. People have said to me that they keep forgetting it's me when they see the movie, which for me is more than enough. That's a success in itself for me, really.'

    Tea and sympathy for Kate as she puts on a brave smile but grim-faced William shows his anger after topless photo outrage

    She had every right to be grim faced after a French magazine published topless pictures of her on holiday.

    But in a show of unbelievable strength the Duchess of Cambridge managed to smile and laugh her way through a Diamond Jubilee tea party at the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.

    Kate, wearing an elegant ice blue lace dress by Alice Temperley, her hair pulled back in a bun and held in place with pearl-headed pins, sipped tea and chatted to several guests including shoe designer Jimmy Choo.

    The couple announced this afternoon they had launched legal proceedings against the publisher of the French magazine.

    Earlier, Kate appeared determined not to let the strain of the morning’s revelations show, smiling, laughing and chatting to Mr Choo without an apparent care in the world – although William at times did appear to have the weight of the world on his shoulders.

    Mr Choo, who no longer has links with the company he created but says he still designs as ‘it is in his blood’ said: ‘I am very proud and delighted to have been invited.

    'She is an absolutely beautiful person both inside and out. Very much like Prince’s William’s mother.’

    Mr Choo worked with Diana, Princess of Wales for seven years and said Kate very much reminded him of her.

    ‘They are both elegant and wear fashion well but most importantly are very caring people inside which is why they appear so beautiful in public,’ he said.

    Surprisingly the pair did not discuss shoes at length when they met but talked about the importance of education for young people, an issue Mr Choo is campaigning about on an international level and the duchess takes a keen interest in.

    But he admitted that he would love to create for her. ‘Who wouldn’t? She is the style icon of her generation,’ he said.

    ‘She also told me how much she was loving visiting my country which made me very proud indeed.’

    The Duke and the Duchess also watched a traditional Malay tea pouring ceremony before heading to the next leg of their south east Asia tour.

    Away from the tea party the young Royals showed the strain of the day's revelations and appeared downcast as they left for the airport.

    UFC 152: Burning Questions Heading into Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort Fight Card

    There's no reason to rehash the sordid story that left us with the first event to ever be canceled in UFC history. All we need to know is that when the full history of the UFC is written, there will be an asterisk next to UFC 151, noting that the event never took place.

    All the fights on that ill-fated fight card have found a new home, which is a positive. The negative is that the main event between UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former Pride and Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson is not going to take place, due to a knee injury Henderson suffered while training.  Instead, Jones will defend his title against Vitor Belfort in the main event of UFC 152.

    The full lineup for the September 22 fight card, which will take place at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, looks like this:

    Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort

    Joseph Benavidez vs. Demetrious Johnson

    Michael Bisping vs. Brian Stann

    Matt Hamill vs. Vladimir Matyushenko

    Charles Oliveira vs. Cub Swanson

    Vinny Magalhaes vs. Igor Pokraja

    Evan Dunham vs. T.J. Grant

    Lance Benoist vs. Sean Pierson

    Marcus Brimage vs. Jim Hettes

    Seth Baczynski vs. Simeon Thoresen

    Mitch Gagnon vs. Walel Watson

    Charlie Brenneman vs. Kyle Noke

    What follows are questions we have heading into UFC 152.

    UFC 153 Fight Card: Anderson Silva Headlines the Worst Main Event in UFC History

    There's a lot to admire about Stephan Bonnar. He's a competent television announcer and a good storyteller who helps fans understand what it takes to compete inside the cage. He was a pretty solid fighter, too, combining with Forrest Griffin in the finale of the first season of The Ultimate Fighter to let the world in on a little secret—MMA is awesome.

    I've seen Bonnar described over and over again as "tough as nails." That captures his essence, for good or ill. He will never back down, that much is true. But unfortunately for the journeyman light heavyweight, it's mostly a nice way of saying Bonnar's good at getting punched in the face.


    A fighter who all but announced his retirement after his last bout—that's what Bonnar is. What he isn't, however, is more germane to this discussion.

    He isn't going to suddenly become a major player at the box office.

    And he isn't worthy of a fight with the greatest of all time, middleweight champion Anderson Silva who will step up a weight class to take on Bonnar in Brazil.


    This fight is a lose-lose proposition for the UFC. Despite the addition of Silva, I don't think this card will perform well on pay-per-view. At the box office, it's already a lost cause. Fans expect Silva to decimate Bonnar, which is likely what will happen.

    It's not the worst thing that could happen if you're the UFC, though. There remains an even more devastating option.

    Bonnar, who opened as a +5,500 underdog courtesy of comedians on Twitter (meaning you'd win $5,500 on a $100 Bonnar bet), could conceivably do the impossible. With four-ounce gloves, anything can happen in the Octagon.

    What if Bonnar manages to clip  Silva? What if he slices him open the way fellow underdog Vitor Belfort once took the light heavyweight belt from Randy Couture on a fluke cut?

    It's not likely, but the sport is designed for the unlikely to happen. A Silva loss would be nothing short of catastrophic for the UFC. The legacy he's built over the years? It won't disappear, but it will be tarnished if he loses to a never-was such as Bonnar.

    Passing the torch to the next champion is one thing. Losing to a guy who never made it to the top of the sport? Ask Fedor Emelianenko how that works out for your place in history.

    Supporting this awful main event is a light heavyweight fight between the relatively unknown Glover Teixeira (18-2) and Fabio Maldonado (18-5). Maldonado steps in for Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, who departed stage right due to an injury.

    I love this fight in many ways. It should be a compelling scrap between two really tough guys. But Maldonado has actually lost his last two fights and sports a UFC record of just 1-2. Teixeira only has one fight in the UFC. One!

    Britney Spears And Simon Cowell Talk Rebooted 'The X Factor' On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

    Simon Cowell And Britney Spears Talk About The Rebooted 'X Factor' On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

    Britney Spears and Simon Cowell sat down with "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to talk about the premiere of the new season of "The X Factor." With a major overhaul of the judging panel and the still-to-be-decided host situation, the show is notably different than it was during its debut season.

    When Kimmel said he found it surprising that Cowell would choose Demi Lovato to join the panel because she was kind of loony, Cowell retorted, "I like working with loony people."

    "Oh God, I'm great then," Spears quipped.

    Of Spears, Cowell said, "She’s been a revelation on the show. She’s been superb."

    Certainly, it seemed to be all about Britney, HuffPost TV pointed out, writing, "The host-free opening montage dedicated a fair amount of airtime to roaming through the crowd … cutting to hordes of fans who screamed and cried like they were witnessing the second coming of Elvis when Britney entered the arena."

    Critics seem to be on board the Spears train as well, with EW praising her for not overdoing it, and saying "she looked comfortable." Could she and Lovato be the shot in the arm the show needs to get viewers excited?

    Keep tuning in to "The X Factor" to find out, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. Catch "Jimmy Kimmel Live" weeknights at 12 a.m. ET on ABC.

    'Sons of Anarchy': 5 things first-timers should know to jump into the season 5 premiere

    Tonight, Sons of Anarchy returns with an explosive, emotional fifth season premiere (FX, 10 p.m. ET). Since we’ve already given diehards plenty of intel on season 5, let’s talk to the people who’ve heard how great this EWwy-nominated show is (Ken Tucker gives it an an A- in the current issue of EW) but haven’t had a chance to catch up. Here are five things you need to know in order to jump in tonight.

    1. The show is influenced by Hamlet. The kingdom is SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original), and Clay (Ron Perlman) became president of it by killing John Teller, the father of Jax (Charlie Hunnam) and husband to Gemma (Katey Sagal) who thought the club had lost its way. Clay married Gemma, and they were the King and Queen of Charming, Calif., making Jax the prince. Last season, Jax’s surgeon fiancée Tara (Maggie Siff) had possession of letters John Teller had written that could have implicated Clay and Gemma in his murder. Tara shared them with Piney (William Lucking), who founded SAMCRO with John, and Clay killed Piney to silence him. Clay then put a hit out on Tara — she survived, but was left with nerve damage to her hand and the feeling that she was now trapped in this life that she and Jax had both planned to escape. When Gemma confronted Clay about the hit (which was attempted when Tara was with Jax and Gemma’s two young grandchildren), he beat her. Full disclosure, Gemma had fired a gun at him. Deciding Clay couldn’t be saved, Gemma told Jax about Clay’s involvement in his father’s death and the attempt on Tara and asked him to kill him. Jax wanted to but couldn’t…

    2. Clay must live — for now. Clay, wanting to bank big money before his arthritic hands give out and he can no longer ride, got the gun-dealing club involved with the Galindo Cartel muling cocaine. When the club was about to be busted by the ADA (more on that below), we found out that the cartel’s muscle men (Danny Trejo and Benito Martinez) are actually working with the CIA, which is subsidizing Galindo. They need the cartel to get into business with the Sons’ IRA contacts — and the Irish Kings will only do that if Clay is still at the table. The CIA will keep the Sons clear of RICO charges as long as that Galindo-Irish deal happens, but Jax can’t tell anyone about the CIA’s involvement.

    3. Jax is president of SAMCRO, and Clay is literally on oxygen. Having learned from former police chief Unser (Dayton Callie) — who’s more loyal to Gemma than to Clay now — that Clay had killed his father, Piney’s son Opie (Ryan Hurst) shot Clay twice in the chest. Clay survived but Jax stripped him of his president’s patch and spit in his face in the hospital. As creator Kurt Sutter has told us, “I think we’ll see a broken Clay at the beginning of the season and, interestingly enough, as difficult as this might be for some people to wrap their head around, I think you’re gonna see a very contrite Clay…. I think you’ll see a much more humbled, and obviously more physically and emotionally vulnerable Clay.” As of now, Opie wants nothing to do with Jax or the club, which believes Piney was killed by a rival cartel.

    Kathy Bates Breast Cancer: Actress Undergoes Double Mastectomy

    Kathy Bates revealed earlier this year that she battled cancer several years ago, and now the former "Harry's Law" star confirmed to People that she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy.

        "After much consideration, I underwent a double mastectomy," the Academy Award-winning actress reveals. "Luckily, I don't have to undergo radiation or chemo. My family calls me Kat because I always land on my feet and thankfully this is no exception."

    Unfortunately, cancer is something Bates has faced before. She was diagnosed -- and beat --ovarian cancer just nine years ago, but only shared the news publicly in March.

    "Nobody else really knows what you're going through except another cancer patient," she told Anderson Cooper on his show, "Anderson." "Even though your family's supportive and surrounds you, I just got to the point where I would go to chemo by myself and just really go through it on my own."

    Gas prices hit $9.99 in protest by station owners

    Durango Weeks of Lawnside, N.J., didn’t think there was anything unusual this afternoon when he pulled into a Lukoil station outside Philadelphia until he took a look at the price, which stunned him. It was $9.99 a gallon.

    “My (fuel) light was on,” he said, adding that had he noticed the price he would have filled up elsewhere.

    Weeks had stumbled on an unusual protest by more than 50 Lukoil franchise owners in New Jersey and Pennsylvania who more than doubled their prices to protest what they consider to be the unfair practices of the Russian-owned oil company.

    At issue is Lukoil’s practice of  “zone pricing,” in which the company sells gasoline to  stations in close proximity to one another at prices that can vary by as much as 25 cents a gallon, according to the New Jersey Gasoline-Convenience-Automotive Association. The practice is driving customers to buy their gasoline at cheaper stations, eroding the business at Lukoil franchises, according to the franchisees.

    “I feel they have been gouging us,” said Kay Kezbari, who owns a franchise in the Philadelphia suburb of Mount Laurel, N.J, adding that his colleagues have been “begging” Lukoil to lower prices. “We are not looking to get rich.  I am trying to survive.”


    Kezbari's usually busy station was mostly deserted Wednesday, although a few motorists were filling up, perhaps not noticing the posted price.

    Lukoil, for its part,  accused the the trade group of distorting its views. The company  defended zone pricing in a statement as a “commercially reasonable practice used by gasoline marketers for many years, which is fully compliant with New Jersey statutes."  A company spokesman could not immediately be reached for further comment.

    Though most gas station owners depend for their profits on convenience items rather than fuel sales, they depend on gas to draw customers in so they can purchase higher-margin items and services such as automotive repair. Franchisees, many of whom are immigrants, usually invest six figures in their businesses including yearly fees.

    The action by the Lukoil station owners is unprecedented and represents the culmination of years of frustration with the oil company, said Sal Risalvato, executive director of the station owners group.

    “They have suffered with image problems and high prices that are making them uncompetitive,” he said.  “Enough is enough.”

    Paloma Faith & 'Fall To Grace': British Sensation Looks To Land Softly In The States

    Paloma Faith, the British chanteuse who wrote one of her biggest songs after falling in love with a busker singing Tracy Chapman tracks, has arrived in the States.

    Faith is already a staple among American Anglophiles (perhaps she's even replacing Alex Turner on iPhone lock-screens), but for those who have yet to acquaint themselves with Faith, a quick rapsheet: She ran with the Olympic torch in red stilletos, mentored contestants on Britain's "The Voice," crooned on every major television show (from Jools Holland to Graham Norton), released an album that's still charting in the top five on U.K. charts and received the ever-elusive stamp of approval from Prince (the man who kicked Kim Kardashian off his stage).

    But the trip across the pond is always difficult. One Direction notwithstanding, a host of extremely successful Britpop and rock stars have tried to make it in America and failed. Cheryl Cole, a judge on the U.K. "X-Factor" who has earned first-name status in many circles, decided to neither tour nor release her album in the States.

    But Faith's not so scared. "I've had quite a lot of preparation, just naturally by default in that I've had one record out already, which didn't come out over there," she told HuffPost Entertainment. "I've almost had the luxury of being able to experience what it would be like on a small scale and I've been able to make a lot of mistakes and not be under an international world microscope at the time that I made them."

    The singer has already performed in America, most recently at Joe's Pub in New York. She's touring in support of Fall to Grace, on which her performance has been described as "singing the bejesus out of these big, open-hearted tunes."

    Faith rightly bristles at the suggestion that Adele opened the American market for British singers. "I think she's an incredible talent, but what paved the way for British artists was Amy Winehouse's Back to Black," she said. "I'm wholeheartedly sure that that was what opened America up to start listening for British voices."

    And it's Winehouse -- not Adele or any boldface name from a previous invasion -- that most directly foreshadowed Faith's career. From the wide, lush sound to the sensual, anachronistic style (Faith says she's excited to visit vintage shops in the States), Winehouse's landing in America reintroduced pop audiences to jazz. The hooks on both Winehouse and Faith's songs are restrained when set against Adele's ever-reaching soars. The imagery is also less opaque: Faith's "30 Minute Love Affair," the song about the busker, is journalistic when compared to "Rolling in the Deep."

    Christina Aguilera Is Nearly Nude On 'Your Body' Single Cover

    hristina Aguilera loves her body, and she loves to flaunt it.

    On Sept. 12, the 31-year-old singer gave fans a sneak peek at the cover art for her upcoming single "Your Body," in which she shows off nearly all of hers. The seductive shot proves that Aguilera is all curves, as she's just barely covered in sheer pink fabric.

    "Can't wait for you all to hear it. Friday it comes out. Here's the single. #YourBody," she tweeted along with the sexy cover art.

    "Your Body" is the first song off her upcoming album, which the singer has compared to a "rebirth." The as-yet-untitled album is due out in November, and the singer has had plenty of life experience to draw from since she released her last record in 2010.

    "I've been through a lot since the release of my last album, being on ['The Voice'], having had a divorce. This is all sort of a free rebirth for me," she told the Associated Press in a recent interview.

    The racy cover art comes as no surprise, since the singer's sartorial choices rarely leaves anything to the imagination.

    Vishal denies affair with Varalaxmi

    It is not new for Vishal to be rumoured with actresses working with him. But this time, he has been linked with an actress with whom he hasn’t worked so far and the grapevine is spreading like a wildfire in the industry.

    It is said that Vishal & Varalaxmi (daughter of ace actor Sarathkumar, who is making her acting debut with Simbu-starrer ‘Poda Podi‘) are seeing each for some time now and they are serious about their relationship.

    Actress Varalakshmi Sarathkumar at CIFW Day 2 Vishal denies affair with Varalaxmi

    However, reports have it that Vishal‘s father and veteran producer G.K Reddy is against his son’s affair, since he is not in good terms with Sarathkumar, after a fall out that happened during the making of a film.

    But Vishal‘s answer is a big no to these reports. Asked him about the alleged affair, he said, “I know Varalaxmi for more than two decades and we are very good friends. That doesn’t mean we are in love.”

    Anjali denies affair with Sundar C

    The latest hot buzz in Kollywood is that Anjali and Sundar C, who are working together for ‘Madha Gaja Raja‘ starring Vishal in the lead, are moving close with each other.

        However, the ‘Angadi Theru‘ actress has refuted this claim. “This is news to me. It has been a habit for some to spread baseless gossips about me. This is one more addition to the rumour list.”

    After sharing the screen space with Sundar C in ‘Ayudham Seivom‘ and working in his direction in the recent ‘Kalakalappu‘, Anjali is now part of ‘Madha Gaja Raja‘, being helmed by the actor-filmmaker.

    On the movie, she says, “It is an interesting subject and I play the love interest of Vishal. Varalakshmi is the other heorine of the movie.”

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    Mallika Sherawat all set to ‘surprise’ audience

    It has been four years since Mallika Sherawat was seen as a leading lady in a mainstream quintessential Bollywood flick. After being seen as Shabnam in ‘Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam‘ [2008], Mallika Sherawat is now making her ‘heroine’ comeback with ‘Kismat Love Paisa Dilli‘ a.k.a. KLPD and as per makers, her role and performance in the film is all set to surprise many out there.

    “Vivek Oberoi is playing this ‘tharki‘ (horny) Delhi guy and for someone like him the ideal girl who he lusts for has to be nothing less than Mallika Sherawat. As a female protagonist, she fits the bill perfectly. Also, while she has been seen in a few films in the interim period where she has either done an item number or appeared in a cameo, in KLPD audience will see a lot more of Mallika Sherawat since she is the female lead”, informs a source attached to the film.

    While quite of a few of her songs have turned chartbusters over the years, as a performer she continues to be remembered for ‘Pyaar Ke Side Effects‘ (2006).

        “Well her performance would be very surprising for a lot of people”, says Amit Chandrra, the film’s producer, “The way she made many stand up and notice her act in PKSE, it would be similar with KLPD as well. She has a lot of shades to her in the film and we have made sure that audience are not disappointed in any manner.”

    Adds director Sanjay Khanduri, “The film is basically a story about a boy who falls for a girl and in the process of wooing her, a few things go wrong. They come across a series of uncanny events & quircky characters and by morning their lives are changed forever. Both Mallika Sherawat and Vivek Oberoi have quite a few surprises in store for the audience. Stay tuned.”

    Chris Brown Tattoo: Is That Rihanna On His Neck?

        Brown's rep tells TMZ that the tattoo in question is actually based off a Dia de los Muertos-themed MAC Cosmetics design: "His tattoo is a sugar skull (associated with the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead) and a MAC cosmetics design he saw. It is not Rihanna or an abused woman as erroneously reported."

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    By now, erstwhile lovers Chris Brown and Rihanna can hardly go to the bathroom without somehow being associated with the other, which explains the hubbub being made over Brown's new, hideous neck tattoo. (Sample headline, from the Daily Mail: "Chris Brown reveals new tattoo of a 'beaten woman'... but denies it's his ex Rihanna.")

    The tat, which the "Don't Wake Me Up" singer debuted on Sept. 1, features a line-drawing of a woman's face half-embellished by flora and fauna-esque things. The whole thing looks more like "Avatar" than RiRi, to be honest, but we guess if we squint our eyes reeaaally hard, love can be found in a hopeless place. Or something like that. For the record: Brown's rep told GossipCop that his new ink “is not Rihanna.”

    Story Behind ZZ Top’s Famous Beards

    A silhouette of the three members of ZZ Top appears on the cover of their 15th studio album, La Futura, released Tuesday. But who needs to see their faces as long as their trademark chest-length beards are visible and possibly more identifiable than their music catalog that spans 40-plus years?

    Guitarists Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill have been wearing the signature look since the late '70s, while the group's drummer, whose name is ironically Frank Beard, prefers to maintain a clean shave.


    Gibbons recently revealed that he and Hill were once offered $1 million to cut off their facial hair, but they declined. In 1984, shaver manufacturer Gillette solicited the Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame inductees for an ad campaign but they turned down the lucrative opportunity.


    Gibbons told Bravewords.com that they don't regret their decision and still would not take the deal. "No dice," Gibbons said. "Even adjusted for inflation, this isn't going to fly. The prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film…a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation."

    Though ZZ Top formed in 1969, Gibbons and Hill did not don the beards until nearly 10 years later, and their decision to do so was by coincidence. After returning from extended vacations, Gibbons and Hill learned that each had let their beards grow long, according to the album liner notes for the band's 2004 release, Rancho Texicano: The Very Best Of ZZ Top.

    "[The manager] called a band meeting, and when the three members arrived, they noticed something had changed during their time apart," music journalist Tom Vickers wrote. "They had always had some form of facial hair, with Frank usually sporting a mustache, while Billy and Dusty had scruffy little beards no more than an inch or two long."

    Signs You've Met Your Prince Charming

    He's everything you've ever wanted. He's handsome, smart, witty, charming, and your friends and family adore him. He arrives on time and calls when he says he's going to call. He's successful and ambitious but knows how to relax and prioritize the things that matter most. He never gets angry. He always compliments you and tells you how beautiful you are. He's emotionally articulate and isn't afraid to show you his true feelings. As soon as you met him, you had that undeniable sense that he's The One. He completely gets you and sometimes even completes your sentences. Your chemistry is off-the-charts, you're always excited to see him, and he still makes your heart flutter, even after a year of dating. The moment he proposed, you said "yes" and never had a moment of doubt about your decision to marry him. You have that feeling of knowing, the one that everyone said would be a sign that you've met your Prince Charming. When you're with him, he makes you feel alive and beautiful. When you're away from him, it's like you're missing your other half. He's everything you've ever wanted, and more.

    Okay, stop the press. The above paragraph is a fantasy. It was fun to write, but that guy -- the perfect package, the one who's ambitious and emotionally articulate and gorgeous -- doesn't actually exist. And if he happens to embody all three of those qualities, I guarantee you that he has other "imperfections". Because, let's face it, we're all human. We're all imperfect. We all come through the birth canal with foibles and unattractive qualities. When we're searching for "The One", we first have to let go of the idea that one person exists who will fulfill all of our requirements for a marriage partner. We have to relinquish the dysfunctional, societally-induced message that when you meet the right person you'll "just know" and you won't experience a moment of doubt. And we certainly have to redefine real love from a feeling that makes you complete (thank you, Hollywood, Disney, and Jerry Maguire, for perpetuating this damaging belief), to a choice, an intention, and an act of will (thank you, M. Scott Peck, for this healthy definition of love).

    Kate Middleton & Prince William Visit Singapore, Admire Flowers

    After more than a year since their epic trip through Canada and California, Kate Middleton and Prince William have finally set off on their 9-day royal tour of southeast Asia and the South Pacific to continue Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebration.

    Their first stop to ease the couple back into royal tour life after their 14-hour flight was Singapore's botanical gardens. But when you're a royal, you don't just look at flowers like the commoners -- you get one named after you. Will and Kate were welcomed into the country by having an orchid, the national flower of Singapore, named after them and placed in the VIP Orchid Garden reserved for visiting heads of states and international dignitaries.

    They're not the first British royals to receive an orchid in the exclusive garden though. The Dendrobium Queen Elizabeth II was named after HRH's visit in 1972 and the Dendrobium Memoria Princess Diana was named for the late Princess Diana. The couple made sure to view both of these flowers during their visit.

    So what does one wear to have an orchid named after them? The Duchess of Cambridge, always one to dress appropriately for the occasion, opted for a kimono-style Jenny Packham dress. In a not-so-subtle nod to her locale, the pale pink ensemble featured a delicate orchid pattern. And since looking jet-lagged with flat hair isn't very duchess-like, Kate had her new personal hairdresser in tow to make sure she has the perfect bouncy hair for every appearance (he even styled her hair half up, half down -- a look we seldom see on the duchess). But the real question is: will Kate continue to theme dress throughout the royal tour? Should we expect grass skirts in Tuvalu and sarees in Malaysia?

    Check out photos from Kate and Will's first stop on their Diamond Jubilee royal tour below.

    Lady Gaga Flashes Major Cleavage At 2012 Paralympics After-Party

    If we didn't know any better, we would have thought Lady Gaga was now a married woman.

    The out-there star celebrated the closing of the 2012 Paralympic Games in what looks like a wedding dress, showing off her cleavage and ink. Gaga was spotted leaving the London after-party and almost gave photographers an eyeful with a near wardrobe malfunction, dancing as she left what we're assuming was a booze-filled evening.

    'Magic Mike 2': Channing Tatum Might Direct Road Trip Comedy

    Channing Tatum continues to tease details about "Magic Mike 2."

    Back in July, Tatum excitedly revealed plans for a sequel to the surprise summer hit was in the card. "Yes, yes and yes!" he wrote in a Twitter Q&A for Glamour Magazine. "We're working on the concept now. We want to flip the script and make it bigger."

    In a new interview with the German site Filmstarts (via Indiewire's The Playlist), Tatum apparently revealed that hopes for "Magic Mike 2" are still high.

    "We really want to [make it]," he said, before adding that the Broadway version of "Magic Mike" (yes) would come first. As for who would direct, with Steven Soderbergh forever on the cusp of retirement, Tatum offered himself and co-writer Reid Carolin up as options, along with Soderbergh's assistant director Gregory Jacobs.

    What will the plot of "Magic Mike 2" look like? Carolin was quoted as saying it would be a broad road trip comedy. Whether that means the sequel would actually be a prequel to "Magic Mike" -- since Tatum's title character walks away at the film's conclusion -- is unclear, but that option has previously been discussed.

    “We’re actually talking about the possibility of doing the prequel," co-star Joe Manganiello told Hollywood.com in June. "Because if you do the sequel, then you lose Mike [Channing Tatum’s character]. Otherwise, what’s Mike going to do? He’s going to come back for one big heist ... so, you would do the prequel -- how they got there.”

    "Magic Mike" was one of the summer's biggest surprise hits, grossing over $154 million worldwide on a $7 million budget.

    Netanyahu To Obama: ‘Wait For What? Wait Until When?’

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making it clear that Israel will not wait to take out Iranian nuclear facilities.

    In heated comments toward the United States, the Israeli prime minister said that it’s becoming clear that diplomacy will not work with Iran.

    “The world tells Israel, `Wait. There’s still time,’” Netanyahu said Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. “And I say: `Wait for what? Wait until when?’ Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don’t have a moral right to place a red light before Israel.”

    The Obama administration has consistently stated that they don’t want to go the military route against Iran and give more time for the sanctions to force Tehran to give up its nuclear ambitions.

    Netanyahu worries Iran will continue developing nuclear technology without giving the Islamic nation a firm timeline to stop.

    “If Iran knows that there is no deadline, what will it do? Exactly what it’s doing. It’s continuing, without any interference, towards obtaining nuclear weapons capability and from there, nuclear bombs,” he said, according to Haaertz.

    Defense Minister Ehud Barak tried to downplay the harsh rhetoric, saying in a statement to Haaertz that the tension between the U.S. and Israel should be ironed out “behind closed doors.”

    The Israeli paper also reports that the White House denied Netanyahu’s request to visit President Obama at the end of this month.

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    Woman finds ex-boyfriend living in her attic

    A Rock Hill, N.C., woman knew something was in her attic when she heard a thump and then saw some nails start popping out from her bedroom ceiling one night.

    Tracy, a mother of five, thought it might be an animal. She sent her older sons and nephew to check it out, she told WCNC-TV in Charlotte.

    She told the Charlotte Observer she thought "there was some poltergeist stuff going on."

    And what they found was surprising. It wasn't an animal. It was the woman's ex-boyfriend.

    He came down from the attic without any explanation and left with a smile before police could arrive, the Observer reports.

    The man had been living in the attic for about two weeks, WCNC reports, noting that the ex-boyfriend was recently released from jail.

    "He had packed all the old coats and jackets into the heating unit and was sleeping in the heating unit," said Tracy, who did not reveal her last name.

    There were also large plastic cups containing human waste, which explain how he relieved himself in his rooftop hideaway, WCNC reported.

    Tracy's nephew told the Observer the man was able to peek through an air vent in the ceiling of the woman's bedroom.

    "It's got me flabbergasted," she told the newspaper. "How can you look at someone through an air vent?"

    Another mystery is how the man got in and out of the attic because the only access is through the lower level of the house.

    She and the man had dated for about a year more than a decade ago, she told the Observer. She had called it off after he became involved in petty crime, she said.  He helped her install some doors in her house about a year ago and that was the last she saw of him—until she saw him come down from her attic.

    China's Sexy, Cheesy Group Sex Scandal

     There's a sex scandal brewing in China, and the photos associated with it may just be the cheesiest in the history of online scandals.  More than 100 photos of three men and two women having sex went viral on China's microblogging service Sina Weibo earlier this month, International Business Times' Amethyst Tate reports. The men among the lovers allegedly include a Communist party secretary of a county in the Anhui Province, his deputy secretary, and a party youth leader at Hefei University.

    Wang Minsheng, the highest ranked official accused of being part of the orgy, denied that he was in the photos. First he said the pictures were all photoshopped by someone trying to slander him
    secretaries, they said according to Offbeat China.

    Wang Yu, a college youth leader, is the only one to admit fault, saying he and his wife are in the photos. (No word on which ones they are.) The two were both subsequently kicked out of the Communist Party and fired from their jobs. The identity of the other men and women in the photo are still unknown. Wang Yu told officials that the other two men were strangers, not the accused party leaders.

    The real hilarity is in the sex photos themselves. The tamest one features three apparently naked, pale-skinned men and two women with black camisoles. Two of them are holding up v-for-victory (or peace) signs:

    The fivesome then takes rowdier and rowdier photos. That is, rowdy with dashes of friendly v-for-victory hand signs and cheesy grins thrown in. (NSFW pictures from Chinese news sites here and here.) After this group shot, another group picture is taken, only without the black camisoles. From there, things get... Well, explicit.

    Credit where credit is due: Americans' latest social media-based political sex scandal only featured one measly photo of the clothed crotch of Anthony Weiner. More than 100 photos documenting an entire sex party is a sort of treasure mine as far as these things go, and somehow together feel more ridiculous than just filming the whole thing.

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