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Monday, 9 December 2013

Nicki Minaj celebrates her birthday with a boob cake, stripper pole.....and arrives in a $700k hot pink Lamborghini


A (breast)stroke of genius

Nicki Minaj celebrated her 31st birthday yesterday.
Her birthday cake featured a naked torso wearing only a bow tie, showing off a pair of breasts in between the words 'Shake Your' and 'For Nicki'.
What a befitting cake design for the superstar who doesn't seem to mind getting her own boobs out.
Her close friends bought her a stripper pole.
Nicki shared a photo of the gift on her instagram, describing it as "awkward" ... although we doubt she was complaining.

She wrote: "That awkward moment when u get a stripper pole for your birthday."
Addressing her fans, she added: "Love u guys so much. Thank you".




PHOTOS: Long awaited filming of 50 Shades of Grey kicks off in Canada








Filming is well under way for the very racy adaptation of E.L. James' steamy 50 Shades of Grey as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele are seen smooching.

Things are hotting up in Vancouver as the 50 Shades of Grey movie kicks into production.


The adaptation of the best-selling S&M themed novel is currently filming in the Canadian city with Once Upon A Time star Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson in the lead roles of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele respectively.

The pair were spotted filming the first kiss of the movie, which is being directed by British director Sam Taylor-Johnson, who's married to Kick Ass star Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

It was recently revealed that British songstress Rita Ora is to star in the adaptation.

The 23-year-old singer will appear alongside actor Jamie Dornan in the racy film, based on the hugely successful novel by E.L.James.

The blonde bombshell will play the adopted sister of Christian Grey, played by Dornan, in the hit movie, due for release in 2015.

Rita could hardly contain her excitement as she tweeted the news to her 3.5 million followers.

She said: "It's official! I've been cast in @FiftyShades of Grey as Christian's sister Mia. #FiftyShades"

*50 Shades of Grey is due for release later in 2014.




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Rebecca Ferguson describes her brief romance with One Direction's Zayn Malik as 'A little blip in my life'

She was the envy of girls the world over when she appeared on ITV's X Factor and then dated One Direction's Zayn Malik.

But Rebecca Ferguson looks back on her past with a mixture of fondness and bewilderment, according to a recent interview.


The Liverpudlian singer, who has just released a new album called Freedom, has spoken about her fleeting fling with the boyband star and claimed it was a 'blip'.




Looking back: The Liverpudlian star has spoken about her brief relationship with One Direction's Zayn Malik

The pair dated for four months in summer 2011 after getting together on the X Factor live tour.

Although their relationship only lasted a few months, the pairing has remained in the echo chamber of pop music and light entertainment.

Now, following a recent confession by Zayn that the relationship was a 'mistake', Rebecca spoke to Heat Radio - which will air on 14 December - about her side of the story.



In full bloom: Rebecca Ferguson is back with a second album and has mused on her younger self

'It’s a bit like, wow that’s a little blip in my life, what was I doing?' she said. 'I have a lot of respect for him and a lot of respect for the band, but that to me is a moment in my life that I just think, what was going on? You were having a breakdown.'

At the time Zayn hadn't yet embraced body art - and, apparently, never mentioned it until he met his fiancé Perrie Edwards.


'I don’t think so, no. We were only together for three months that would have freaked me right out. I would call for help!'



Old flames: X Factor Couple Rebecca Ferguson and Zayn Malik seen leaving Merah Nightclub in London

The mum-of-two, Lillie May, 9, and Karl, 7, claims her new album is not only a lot more 'modern' and 'younger' than her previous album, but has also created a compilation of emotive songs as a result.

'The songs are all about overcoming fears and becoming a woman,' she said.


'They are about just getting on with things even when you're at your lowest, you have to pick yourself up and dust yourself off.'


Something Rebecca has plenty of experience of. The singer is currently in the midst of a law suit with former management company, Modest! who are suing her for breach of contract.

And on top of that there is a police inquiry pending into the people who scammed her out of £100,000 over the past two years.



New album: The star has poured her feelings into her latest LP, Freedom


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Why DIET COLA could be making you FATTER and WRINKLIER



Diet colas have long been regarded as the dieter's friend - but one-calorie fizzy drinks may actually be the reason you can't shift that stubborn spare tyre.


Some health experts now believe the chemicals in the drink could actually be causing your body to lay down fat deposits around your middle - dubbed 'diet cola belly' - reports Get The Gloss.

And that's not all: some experts also believe diet cola’s mix of carbonated water, colourings and sweeteners such as aspartame and acesulfame K could also speed up the ageing process, and have disastrous health consequences.




Diet cola is NOT going to help you lose weight, say health experts - and it could even cause wrinkles



Hoards of nutritionists and scientists now claim diet cola’s image as a 'healthy' alternative to the nine-teaspoons-of sugar, regular variety of the fizzy drink is wholly misplaced.

WEIGHT

The fructose, artificial sweeteners, and sugar alcohols (another type of low-calorie sweetener) present in diet colas can all interfere with natural gut bacteria, according to Amanda Payne of Switzerland’s Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health which published a paper in the journal Obesity Reviews.


Diet cola could be causing fat deposits around your middle, say health experts



This messes up your metabolism and disrupts the body’s way of signaling to you that you’re full and satisfied.

As a consequence, the body pumps out insulin, the hormone that controls sugar levels and fat storage, so that you lay down what Toribio-Mateas calls 'diet cola belly in the form of more fat around the midriff' - just where you wanted to shed fat.

In addition to this: 'The fake sugars in the drink are hundreds of times sweeter than sugar and trick your brain into thinking real sugar is on the way,' says Toribio-Mateas. 'When the calories don’t arrive, it triggers a cascading effect that interferes with hunger signals, blood sugar levels and satiety.'

AGEING

Amanda Griggs, director of health and nutrition at the Balance Clinic in London, says: 'phosphoric acid, the ingredient that gives diet cola its appealing tangy taste and the tingle you get when it is swallowed, can cause a host of problems'.


According to one, study, published in a 2010 issue of the FASEB Journal, it can even accelerate the ageing process.


It found that the excessive phosphate levels found in sodas caused lab rats to die a full five weeks earlier than the rats whose diets had more normal phosphate levels.





The excessive phosphate levels found in sodas caused lab rats to die a full five weeks earlier than the rats whose diets had more normal phosphate levels



Phosphoric acid has also been linked to lower bone density in some studies, including a discussion in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.


In experiments at Harvard University, the mineral was found to make skin and muscles wither and to damage the heart and kidneys over time.


However, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a consumer watchdog group not affiliated with the food industry, only a small fraction of the phosphate in diets comes from additives in soft drinks. Most comes from meat and dairy products.


TEETH


The phosphoric acid in cola drinks erodes away tooth enamel, and the coloring makes the root go dark brown


Sian Porter, spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association says diet colas may lack sugar, but the acidic nature of artificially sweetened fizzy varieties means they still attack tooth enamel.


'It’s not just the sugary drinks that are causing teeth problems,' says Porter. 'Sugar raises the risk of decay, but diet drinks are equally acidic and can cause erosion in the same way.'

HEALTH

It has also been shown to raise the risk of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure by some researchers. To add to the dire news for diet cola fans, results of a ten-year study found a link with cardiovascular disease among those who drank it every day; cola drinkers were found to be 43 per cent more likely to suffer a stroke or heart attack during a ten-year period than those who abstained.

Other studies have shown that the phosphorus released from phosphoric acid in just two fizzy drinks a week can cause calcium to be leached from bones, raising the risk of osteoporosis.

Cola (both diet and regular varieties) seems particularly damaging to the skeleton. Typically, a can of diet cola contains 44-62mg of phosphoric acid - more than in many other soft drinks - and researchers at Tufts University in Boston showed that women who regularly drank three or more cans a day had four per cent lower bone mineral density in their hips compared to those who preferred other soft drinks.



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Chinese boyfriend jumped to his death after his girlfriend insisted on going into another clothes shop

Tao Hsiao, 38, jumped to his death after a furious row with his girlfriend in a shopping mall
Tao Hsiao, 38, jumped to his death after a furious row with his girlfriend in a shopping mall


China – A man jumped to his death after a furious row with his girlfriend who insisted they go into another clothes shop.

  • Tao Hsiao was shopping with his girlfriend in Jiangsu province, east China
  • After five hours Tao finally had enough and demanded to go home
  • When she insisted they go into another shop the 38-year-old chucked the bags to the floor and jumped over the balcony
 
CCTV shows Tao Hsiao, 38, escorting his girlfriend around a shopping mall in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, east China. After five hours Tao finally had enough and demanded to go home. Eyewitnesses say he could be heard saying they already had more bags than they could carry, but she insisted on going into one more shop where the was a special offer on shoes.

An eyewitness said: “He told her she already had enough shoes, more shoes that she could wear in a lifetime, and it was pointless buying any more. She started shouting at him, accusing him of being a skinflint, and of spoiling Christmas. It was a really heated argument.”

The shouting match ended when the man chucked the bags on the floor and jumped over the balcony. He smashed into Christmas decorations on his way down before hitting the floor seven stories below.

Emergency services arrived at the scene, but Tao was killed immediately from the impact of the fall.

A shopping spokesman said: “His body was removed fairly quickly. He actually landed on one of the stalls below and then fell to the floor so although the store was damaged it meant he didn’t hit anybody.

“This is a tragic incident, but this time of year can be very stressful for many people.”

 
 
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