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Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Look at what Rihanna wore to Chanel's Paris fashion show

Feeling self-conscious? Rihanna appeared to be struggling at points with her revealing look

Feeling self-conscious? Rihanna appeared to be a little disconcerted with her revealing look at the launch of Chanel’s Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2013-14 collection in Paris.

Rihanna attends the Chanel show as part of Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture

Rihanna went braless under the flimsy shirt-dress which she accessorised with beautiful Chanel handbag and shoes

Even Rihanna looks a little disconcerted at the amount of leg she is revealing in the designer outfit

Even Rihanna looks a bit disconcerted at the amount of leg she is revealing

Prada cast a black model for the first time in TWO DECADES

Malaika Firth, a Kenyan-born, U.K.-raised model, is one of seven in the new ad campaign, starring alongside the likes of industry heavyweight Christy Turlington and Chinese model Fei Fei Sun.

Prada rarely hires Asian and black models so the 19-year-old's inclusion in the campaign is something of a milestone.

Between Campbell's runway appearance in 1993, and 2008, when Jourdan Dunn took to the catwalk, Prada had no black models in any of its women's runway shows.

Jenna Sauers, a writer from Jezebel.com, wrote: 'As we've documented repeatedly on this website, the fashion industry as a whole has a number of problems with race - whether it's the under-representation of models of color on the world's biggest runways, or the spate of ignorant but widely copied trends, like blackface references in editorials.

'Perhaps no single brand has embodied near-total whiteness more than Prada. What made the company finally hire a black model for its seasonal ad campaign? Prada isn't saying. Let's hope it won't be 19 years before we see another.'

Milestone: Kenyan-born Malaika Firth features in Prada's new ad campaign

Finally multi-cultural: The campaign also includes Chinese model Fei Fei Sun

Seasoned model: Christy Turlington joins the new faces in the fall campaign, shot by Steven Meisel

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HORRIFIC: Syrian Catholic priest beheaded by jihadist fighters in front of cheering crowd

Murdered: Francois Murad, a Catholic priest died in Syria last week

A Syrian Catholic priest has been beheaded by jihadist fighters in Syria, it has been claimed.
The death of Franciscan Father Francois Murad has been confirmed by the official Vatican news agency.
The gruesome killing has raised further concerns about the West arming rebels in the fight against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Grainy footage purported to show the 49-year-old’s death has been posted on the internet.
Father Francois, was killed on 23 June in Gassanieh, in northern Syria.
He had been staying in the convent of the Custody of the Holy Land.
Catholic.org linked to the video and reported: 'Syrian terrorists have beheaded a Catholic priest who they accused of collaborating with the Assad regime. Those accusations have not yet been verified.'
Fides News Agency said: 'According to local sources, the monastery where Fr. Murad was staying was attacked by militants linked to the jihadi group Jabhat al-Nusra.'
Jabhat al-Nusra, also known as the Front for the Protection of the Syrian People, is an Al Qaeda associated group, described as 'the most aggressive and successful arm of the rebel force.'
In the video, filmed on a camera phone and posted on LiveLeak, three men - including a man reported to be Father Francois - are seen sitting on the dusty ground as a crowd around them cheers.

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Horrifying: Grainy footage purported to show the 49-year-old's death has been posted on the internet

Blood-thirsty: In the video, filmed on a camera phone and three men are seen sitting on the dusty ground as a crowd around them cheers, filming the gruesome scene

Terrifying: The man is pulled forward and laid face down on the grass as the crowd chant 'Allahu akbar' and take photos

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Monday, 1 July 2013

'Enter The Dragon' Actor, Jim Kelly Dies @ 67

Actor Jim Kelly, who played a glib American martial artist in "Enter the Dragon" with Bruce Lee, has died. He was 67.
Marilyn Dishman, Kelly's ex-wife, said he died Saturday of cancer at his home in San Diego.
Sporting an Afro hairstyle and sideburns, Kelly made a splash with his one-liners and fight scenes in the 1973 martial arts classic. His later films included "Three the Hard Way," "Black Belt Jones" and "Black Samurai."
The role in the Bruce Lee film was his second. He had about a dozen film roles in the 1970s before his acting work tapered off.

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