Celebrity Book Authors and Writers

Keith Stanstell, Clara Rojas vs. “Haughty” Ingrid Betancourt

Look who’s being exposed as haughty and self-absorbed after she was hailed as a “jungle heroine”? It’s French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt.

Her fellow hostages are disputing her accounts of their captivity in the Colombian jungle.

Clara Rojas vs. Ingrid Betancourt:
Now Clara Rojas, a friend and colleague seized with Ms Betancourt in 2002, has joined in with further disclosures expected in a forthcoming book.

“I thought she was my friend, but she has demonstrated to me that she wasn’t so much,” Ms Rojas said in a trenchant interview with the Spanish edition of Vanity Fair published this week.

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World Leaders Fashion Style Watch

Canada vs. Russia: Tu-95 Bear Bomber Intercepted

Seems like Russia is flexing its military muscles again, eh? And Canada — maligned as “weak” by the idiot George W. Bush — is turning out to be the first defensive shield against Russia’s air space incursions.

From the BBC:

Canadian air force jets intercepted a Russian bomber approaching Canadian air space the day before President Barack Obama visited Ottawa, officials say.

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Celebrity Couples

How to Get a Chinese Girlfriend: Metrosexual Yes, Muscles No

Here’s a tip for those of you guys who are finding it hard to get a date with the Chinese girl you’ve got a crush on: be metrosexual and ditch the muscles. This is according to a study so if this approach does not work for you, don’t blame us. Rather, blame the researchers who made the study.

From Diva Asia:
Attributes of the male sex that are valued in current China, according to editors of two men’s magazines, include sophistication and exquisiteness.

Peng Yang, editor at the Chinese edition of GQ, reveals that metrosexuality is the winning theme across all social strata and generations. “Whether in high fashion or in grassroots trends, the standards of male beauty incorporate more and more decorative elements. In the most popular magazines in China, beautiful men are frequently the protagonists in special features. China’s television contest shows, such as My Hero and Superboys, invariably select men with boyish charm.”

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Celebrity Couples

Tom Felton and Girlfriend Jade Olivia

Tom Felton and Girlfriend Jade Olivia. Are you like, “Who is the girlfriend of Tom Felton, you know, the Harry Potter bad guy with the blond hair?” Well, we’ve got the answer for you….. the girlfriend of Tom is ….. Jade Olivia. Yup, she’s the one in the picture with Tom. The couple, with Daniel Radcliffe, recently visited Harry Potter stuntman David Holmes who is still in the hospital.

UPDATE: 15 May 2011. Eat your hearts out, Jade Olivia-haters, it seems like these two are a strong couple. In fact they are reportedly getting married. Well, they’re not getting married in real life but they are getting married in the Harry Potter Universe. Thing is, Jade was cast as the wife of Draco Malfoy, Astoria Greengrass. You should see her in the big screen in Part II of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Here’s what Tom says about his girlfriend’s casting: “The producers actually came to me about six months ago and asked me, and I was like, OK, I’ll ask her. She was slightly reluctant but I pulled her arm and twisted it and then she was filming with me for three days at King’s Cross.” [Quote via MTV News]

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Male Celebrity Bubble Butts

Fashion: Male Butt Watch – Fit Pants are Sexy

Fashion: Male Butt Watch. It’s time once again for men to show off their butts according to an article in the NY Times. We don’t know about you but we’ve been showing off our butts, and have been male-butt watching, for a long time.

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From the NY Times:
IT is one of the driest, slyest ironies of the Peacock Revolution of the last decade. As men have turned themselves out in dandified splendor, they have all but neglected the signature aspect of the peacock’s glory.

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Famous People in Science

Can You Regrow Your Teeth? Bad Effects of Mouthwash

Hey look, scientists have found a way for people to grow some new teeth? Seriously? As in, is that for real? Well, it may take some time before it happens but if the scientists succeed, we would all be saying goodbye to them dentures?

At this point, the scientists have identified the gene – a “transcription factor” called Ctip2 – which makes you, me and our cousin Joe produce tooth enamel. Further studies in the future will tell us whether we can actually regrow the teeth we’ve lost to the tooth fairy.

From Daily Mail:
Experiments in mice have previously shown that the gene, a ‘transcription factor’ called Ctip2, is involved in the immune system and in the development of skin and nerves. The latest research, from Oregon State University in the U.S., adds enamel production to the list.
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Researcher Dr Chrissa Kioussi said: “It’s not unusual for a gene to have multiple functions, but before this we didn’t know what regulated the production of tooth enamel. This is the first transcription factor ever found to control the formation and maturation of ameloblasts, which are the cells that secrete enamel.

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