Everyone loves a good look-alike, but one enthusiastic artist has travelled the length and breadth of the planet to put together this stunning photo series of the world's greatest doppelgangers.
Canadian Francois Brunelle was so fascinated by the phenomenon of complete strangers having almost identical doubles that he spent 12 years tracking down people with eerily similar features.
Settling only for the deadliest of dead ringers, the 62-year-old from Montreal has created the I'm Not a Look-Alike project - a huge photo exhibition of unrelated 'twins' shot in black and white.
And we have Brunelle's own resemblance to British comedy character Mr Bean to thank for his wacky manhunt.
"I was inspired by 2 things: first I used to see look-alikes all over since a very long time. Second, my own likeness with TV character Mr Bean," he said. Twin entertainers: Francois Brunelle and Mr Bean
Leandro Carvalho, creator of the “Brazilian butt lift” class at Equinox Fitness Clubs in New York City, is the guy behind some of the world’s sexiest behinds (including the Victoria’s Secret Angels runway models). Carvalho is, in short, the butt master, and he designed this routine exclusively for Glamour. Do the moves that target your issue—or do all six—two to three times a week and you’ll see a difference in about a month. “Toning exercises really can change the shape of your butt—it’s all about hitting each muscle at exactly the right angle,” says Carvalho. At least 30 minutes of cardio three or four times a week can help too.
Higher, rounder, tighter… in just four weeks
To make your butt higher…
Squat arabesque
Stand with feet shoulder-width apart. Squat and hold for one count, as shown; as you stand up, raise arms and lift left leg straight behind you, as shown. Return to start; switch sides. Do 15 reps on each side.
Capoeira squat
Stand with feet more than shoulder-width apart. Squat for four counts, then put left hand on floor and step right foot back into lunge, as shown. Hold for four counts; return to start. Do eight reps on each side.
To make your butt tighter…
Scissor jump
Stand with feet together, hands on hips. Take a giant step forward with right foot, bend knees and lower into a lunge. Then jump up and switch legs as shown above, landing with left foot forward; jump up again and return to starting position. Switch sides, lunging left foot forward and repeat. Do eight reps on each side.
Side squat with knee lift
Stand with feet together, then step right foot out to side until feet are a little more than shoulder-width apart. Lower into a squat, resting hands on thighs; pause for one count, then return to start. Do 20 times, then step right foot out and squat again, but as you rise back up, shift your weight onto left foot, lift right knee toward chest and circle arms out to sides and overhead as shown. Do 20 times, then switch sides. Do entire sequence (a total of 40 squats) once on each side.
To make your butt rounder…
Diamond leg lifts
Make sure you’re warmed up, then lie facedown on a bench or ottoman with hips on the edge, legs hanging off. Place heels together, bend knees out to sides and slowly lift legs as high as you can, as shown. Hold for two counts, then lower. Do 20 reps; then do 20 tiny pulses up and down at the top of the last rep.
Straight leg lifts
Lie facedown on a bench or ottoman with hips on the edge, legs hanging off. Keeping legs straight and hip-width apart, slowly lift them straight behind you as shown, squeezing butt as you hold for two counts; lower and repeat. Do 20 reps; then do 20 tiny pulses up and down at the top of the last rep.
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In Abuja: the 4th son of late military dictator Sani Abacha, Mahmud Abacha married his beautiful betrothed, Hamma Mohammad, the daughter of Alhaji Mahammad Ahman Abdulmulah, at Abuja National Mosque after Juma’at prayers on Sunday.
THE police on Sunday handed over a 63-year-old French man, Francis Collomp, who escaped from terrorists’ den to officials of the French embassy in Kaduna.
He was abducted 11 months ago in Rimi town of Katsina State by suspected members of the Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Bilads-Sudan.
Collomp, who worked as an engineer with a French renewable energy firm, Vergnet company of France, was on a routine official assignment when he was kidnapped.
Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Olufemi Adenaike, who presented Collomp to journalists at the police headquarters on Sunday said, “The man escaped from the kidnappers yesterday (Saturday) through the bush at Dan Magaji village in Zaria, Kaduna State. He saw an Okada man (commercial motorcyclists) and told him to take him to the nearest police station. This is how far I can go for security reasons.”
The Commissioner, who handed him over to French embassy officials, said arrangements had been concluded to fly the man back to France on Monday (today).
He further explained that the kidnappers took the French national to Kano where he spent nine months before taking him back to Zaria where he spent another two months before his escape yesterday.
