Intern’s secret affair with JFK
May 28, 2009
A White House intern who had a 17-month affair in the 1960s with the former US president John F. Kennedy is to tell her story for the first time.
Mimi Beardsley Alford, now 66, a retired New York church administrator, will receive an advance believed to be worth nearly $US1 million for her memoirs.
Heather Mills terrifying: ex-fiance
May 27, 2009
Heather Mills’ ex-fiance has compared her to a “tornado in all its fury”.
Chris Terrill – who has just finished filming a documentary called Nature’s Fury – was engaged to the former model for a year.
The Queen, her chauffeur and the prostitute
May 25, 2009
A royal chauffeur was suspended on Sunday after reportedly giving two undercover journalists a tour of the Queen’s official cars in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, a spokeswoman said.
The News Of The World tabloid newspaper said its reporters, posing as wealthy Middle Eastern businessmen, paid the chauffeur £1000 to let them in, after making contact through his prostitute girlfriend.
Obama: North Korea’s nuclear test warrants international action
May 25, 2009
US President Barack Obama says North Korea’s reported nuclear and missile tests today are “a threat to international peace” and warrant “action by the international community”.
“These actions, while not a surprise given its statements and actions to date, are a matter of grave concern to all nations,” Obama said in a written statement.
11-year-old boy’s world record attempt for most snails on a face
May 21, 2009
Check this out, quite a strange thing to do with snails.. but hey if you’re into :
1. Snails
2. 10 seconds of fame
then it may be something you’d do, i guess
Note: do not try this at home
A boy is trying to get into the record books by covering his face with live snails.
Eleven-year-old Fin Keheler, from Sandy, Utah, US, allowed 43 of the slimy mollusks to be put on his face. He wants the Guinness World Records to verify his effort.
The Guinness website says the record set in 2007 for snails on the face for 10 seconds was eight. The boy says he had since learned the record was 36.
He made three attempts on Saturday. As he sat back in a reclining chair, snails gathered from neighbours’ gardens were carefully placed on his face. Those that remained for at least 10 seconds were counted.
His family is sending witness statements, video and media coverage to Guinness this week.
Sex and the City star engaged
May 19, 2009
Cynthia Nixon is engaged to her partner, Christine Marinoni.
A representative for the Sex And The City actress confirmed the engagement. No other details were given.
Nixon showed off her engagement ring at a rally supporting gay marriage in New York at the weekend.
She has two children from her relationship with photographer Danny Mozes.
John Stewart Discusses the Right Wing Media’s Outrage Over Wanda Sykes Comments, Yet Still Defend Torture
May 12, 2009
The mass hysteria from the right rolled in overnight, just two days after Wanda Sykes appeared at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and gave Rush Limbaugh a taste of his own medicine. Much like when Limbaugh would gleefully sing “Barack the Magic Negro” on a daily basis or when he rabidly, and brutally ripped into Michael J. Fox and his illness – Sykes decided to take it to the next level in her digs aimed at Rush.
Rihanna in nude photos shock
May 11, 2009
Rihanna is the latest to become embroiled in a nude photo scandal with images of the star leaked on the internet.
Of the photos, only two show the singer’s face. The others reveal her naked body and backside but her face is hidden from view.
Cheney: ‘Torture’ techniques kept US safe
May 11, 2009
Former US vice-president Dick Cheney says intelligence extracted from tough interrogations of suspected al-Qaeda militants had saved “perhaps hundreds of thousands” of US lives.
“No regrets. I think it was absolutely the right thing to do,” he said on CBS television arguing that techniques decried by critics as torture were essential to break the resistance of captured extremists.
Obama picks Egypt for Muslim address
May 10, 2009
Barack Obama will make his long-awaited address to Muslims in Egypt on June 4, accelerating his bid to mend the US image in the Islamic world from an epicentre of Arab civilisation.
The speech, fulfilling an Obama campaign promise, will focus on how Americans and Muslims abroad can secure the “safety and security” of their children in a more hopeful future, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
