Rihanna has posted risqué pictures on Facebook from her wild holiday in Hawaii, including one where she goes topless while bathing under a waterfall. Here’s a look at her best 50 snaps from the vacation.

Singer Rihanna’s mother has stepped in to stop her from partying too hard. “Monica (Fenty) is moving in to keep an eye on her. Rihanna’s dad, Ronald, was a crack addict. Monica’s refusing to let her go down that path,” a source told thesun.co.uk. Rihanna was recently hospitalised

after suffering from exhaustion and dehydration. She tweeted a picture of herself attached to a drip in a hospital.

However, after a brief stay in the undisclosed medical centre, the 24-year-old was discharged and allowed to fly back to her home here.

One reason why she may be suffering with exhaustion is her extensive workout regime, with her trainer Harley Pasternake claiming she will even hit the gym in the middle of the night if necessary.

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Epitome of beauty and grace, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan attended the Dubai World Cup as Longines brand ambassador to present the Most Elegant Lady prize to Carolyn Coe.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a regular on the Cannes red carpet. But her visit to the 65th edition of the prestigious film festival is for a cause — the former beauty queen will help raise funds for fight against AIDS at an auction there.

The actress will be in Cannes May 24-25 and attend

L’Oreal Paris – amfAR (The American Foundation for AIDS Research) dinner that will help raise funds for the fight against AIDS.

“Eleven glorious years….the journey so far has been remarkable and truly memorable. This year, I am especially privileged as I also get to lend my support to a very important cause at the amfAR dinner, by helping raise funds for the fight against AIDS, at the AMFAR auction,” Aishwarya, who has been attending the Cannes International Film Festival, as the face of L’Oreal Paris, said in a statement.

“It makes me proud that L’Oreal Paris sponsors and supports our fight against AIDS through this special amfAR event at Cannes,” she added.

Apart from Aishwarya, other key celebrities, who would attend the gala dinner are Gwen Stefani, Milla Jovovich, Aimee Mullins, Liya Kebede, Doutzen Kroes, Natasha Poly, Julianna Margulies, Diane Keaton.

The list also includes Alec Baldwin, Kenneth Cole, Milutin Gatsby, Michel Hazanavicius & Berenice Bejo, Ryan Kavanaugh, Karl Lagerfeld, Hugh Laurie, Carine Roitfeld and Harvey Weinstein.

The 65th Cannes International Film Festival is to take place May 16-27.

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Breast cancer

A diagnosis of breast cancer can be very scary. It’s the most common invasive cancer in women, and its incidence is increasing in the developing world due to increased life expectancy, increased urbanisation and adoption of western lifestyle.

How does it take root?
The

term breast cancer refers to a malignant tumour that has developed from cells in the breast. Breast cancer cells, like all other types of cancer, initially develop because of defects in DNA. The cancer-causing DNA defects can be acquired at birth or may develop during adult life due to a faulty diet and lifestyle. Just because your family has a tendency towards cancer does not mean that you are doomed to get it too. Diet and lifestyle is 80 per cent responsible, while genetics play the balance of the role. The following unusual changes can be warning signs that need further investigation:
1. Swelling of all or part of the breast
2.  Skin irritation
3.  Breast pain
4.  Nipple pain or nipple turning inward
5.  Nipple discharge other than breast milk
6.  A lump in the underarm area

Diagnosis and symptoms
Most types of breast cancer can be diagnosed by microscopic analysis of the biopsy. Screening techniques are useful, but further testing is necessary to confirm whether a lump that’s detected is cancerous.

Initially, breast cancer may not cause any symptoms. Sometime a new lump or mass can be felt, which is painless, hard and has uneven edges. However,
tender, soft and rounded lumps have also been diagnosed.

Lumps and tumours don’t always threaten your life. Some fatty lumps under the skin do not invade the rest of the body and hence are not lethal. Malignant tumours however are different. They develop roots and begin to burrow into the tissues and spread by generating enzymes that break down body tissues. They also send out ‘seed cells’ through your blood or lymph, which start new growths of their own. 

Role of nutrition:
Research has shown that nutritional medicine can help prevent cancer and support its treatment in early stages. Here are some preventive measures:
1.  Maintain a healthy body weight (BMI < 25)
2.  Regular exercise
3.  Minimise or avoid alcohol
4.  Minimise exposure to pharmacologic estrogen and xeno-estrogen
5.  Avoid sugar. It feeds cancer and reduces immunity
6.  Check your vitamin B regularly and take supplements if the level is low, or get adequate exposure to sunlight
7.  Take medicines to treat a pre-cancerous condition
8.  Breast feeding (if you’ve had a baby) and consuming a diet rich in antioxidants is desirable

Diet
Properly nourished patients experience less nausea, hair loss and organ toxicity. Antioxidants like beta-carotene, selenium, vitamin C and vitamin E appear to enhance the effectiveness of cancer treatments. Vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential oils and botanicals can enhance the patient’s recuperative powers. Food contains many cancer-fighting properties that neutralise the damage caused by free radicals. Your diet must include the following foods:
1.  Low GI foods such as lentil, beans, barley, whole grains, fruits and vegetables. The roughage content of the diet should be adequate
2.  Food rich in omega -3 fatty acids (flax seed, walnuts, oily fish like salmon, mackerel etc and oil like canola, olive oil)
3.  Avocados, cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, pepper and jalapeno, citrus fruits like oranges and lemon
4.  Daily consumption of flax seed and garlic is a must for its antioxidant effects
5.  Mushroom, tomatoes, green tea and vitamin E supplements are all helpful
6.  Two-three glasses freshly squeezed vegetable juice every day
7.  A daily diet of lots of fruits and vegetables, low fat dairy products, whole grains and pulses

For women, there is no more dreaded disease than breast cancer. It elicits fears related to loss of body image and sexuality, surgery and death. The fear makes some people avoid going to the doctor. Fighting breast cancer requires a holistic approach that addresses every step from screening to diagnosis and therapy to after-care.

Dr Anjali Mukerjee is a nutritionist and the founder of Health Total, a nutrition counselling centre

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Women who cycle regularly are at risk of decreased sensation in the pelvic region, according to a new study. Scientists at Yale University found that female cyclists, whose handlebars were lower than their seat of their bike, may experience less pleasure during sex. They learned

that a low handlebar position puts extra pressure on nerves and blood vessels, or neuropathies, in the genital area.

The study reported that modifying a bicycle’s set-up by raising its handlebars ‘helps alleviate neuropathies’ in females.

The findings were based on analysis of 48 women who each rode at least ten miles per week, four weeks per month.

Researchers had each participant mount their own bike on a stationary machine.

They were asked to speak out if they experienced ‘soreness, tingling and other sensations’.

A researcher using a pressure map then measured sensation in the woman’s pelvic floor.

Genital sensation was ‘measured in microns using biosthesiometry measures of vibratory thresholds’.

“Handlebars positioned lower than the saddle correlated with increased perineum saddle pressures and decreased anterior vaginal and left labial genital sensation,” the Daily Mail quoted the study.

The research follows a 2006 study from the same university, which acknowledged an association between cycling and decreased genital sensation, but did not assign a reason for it.

While the effects of bike-riding for long periods of time have widely been linked to male erectile dysfunction, effects on a woman’s sexual health are often overlooked.

The study is published in the Journal Of Sexual Medicine. (ANI)

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Sony Xperia S

The Xperia S is the first phone from the now single Sony ever since it acquired Ericsson stake in the company. You can tell from the spec sheet that Sony decided to start off with a bang and the Xperia S comes loaded with impressive items such as an HD display, 12 megapixel camera and a dual-core

processor. But spec sheets donâ?™t tell the whole story, which is why we are going to take a detailed look at how the phone is in real life.

Design
These days all smartphones tend to look like large black slabs and few of them actually stand out from the crowd. At first glance the Xperia S looks like just another one of these slabs but Sony has put in enough detail to keep the design interesting.

The design is pretty slab-like, with a perfectly rectangular shape and flat sides. Itâ?™s just the back that has a gentle curve. The front has a large sheet of glass spanning almost the entire surface. The glass deftly conceals the display below and itâ?™s hard to see its boundaries once it gets switched off. Near the top you will find the earpiece with the classic Sony logo, along with a camera lens on the right and a notification light on the left.

Below the display is one of the most interesting design element, not just on this phone but on any phone we have ever seen. Itâ?™s a thin strip of see-through glass that separates majority of the phone from a thin plastic chin at the bottom. Floating within the glass you can see icons for the three main function keys â?“ Back, Home and Menu â?“ but you donâ?™t actually press the icons to actuate them. The actual pressure points are placed above the glass strip and below the display and indicated by three tiny dots.

Being see-through, the glass can be seen from the back of the phone as well. When you press one of the keys, the glass strip lights up in soft white light, with three LEDs near each of the key icons within the glass. Lit up or otherwise, the glass strip is absolutely beautiful to behold and an amazing design detail. It just lifts what would have otherwise been a dull design to something truly special.

Unfortunately, there are some issues that mar this beautiful design and they are concerned with the functionality of the three keys below the display. First of all, it is absolutely baffling why Sony would make us press above the glass when the icons are actually on the glass. It would have made a lot more sense if the glass itself was touch sensitive and you had to press right above where the icons are situated.

Secondly, the points above the display are notoriously difficult to use. The actual pressure points are slightly above the tiny dots (which are sometimes very hard to see) and just below the bottom edge of the display. In the dark it becomes practically impossible to spot the exact location of these keys and the fact that the pressure points are so narrow does not help. The LEDs in the glass strip briefly stay on but are always in a great hurry to switch off and there is no way to customize this behavior.

Also, the keys are far too close to the display. Often when you are trying to press something at the bottom of the display, like the space key or the notification drawer when it is pulled down, you end up pressing the Home key. This can be quite infuriating, especially while playing games.

Itâ?™s extremely odd how Sony could have let such terrible arrangement through their testing phase and makes us wonder if anyone actually used the phone before they started shipping it. 

Moving on, turning the phone around reveals an HDMI port below a flap, volume control buttons and camera shutter key on the right. On the left is another flap with the USB port underneath. We wish Sony had just gone with open ports placed on the side. Not only do the flaps spoil the design of the phone with large text and icons printed on it, they also make it a pain every time you have to connect a cable.

On the bottom of the phone is a hole for attaching a lanyard (no one really does that these days but they have provided one anyway) along with a microphone. On top is the power button with the 3.5mm jack right next to it. The jack is so close to the power button that when you plug in an L-shaped connector to the jack, such as the one that comes with the phone, suddenly the power button becomes terribly difficult to use. This is just another one of the things that shows the poor attention to details by the designers.

On the back of the phone we find a tiny Sony Ericsson logo near the bottom. This does not come as a surprise because underneath this is a Sony Ericsson LT26i and many of the manuals that come with the phone refer to it as such. The phone was obviously in development long before the two companies decided to part ways and thus Ericsson would have had a lot to do with this phone, and the logo on the back signifies that.

The camera lens is located right at the top and it is so close to the top edge that at times it is difficult to keep your finger holding the phone from appearing in the frame. A whole has been cut into the cover for the lens which makes the dust easy to settle on the lens but not easy for you to clean it unless you remove the back cover. Below the lens is the single LED flash and below that is the loudspeaker. There is a small bump below it that keeps the loudspeakers raised sufficiently enough to not be blocked when the phone is kept on a flat surface.

The entire back side above the glass strip is actually the back cover, which is a thin piece of plastic that can be slid up to remove. There is not much to see here other than a micro SIM slot. The battery is sealed and non-removable. You will find lots of dust here though that tends to accumulate over time thanks to the holes in the cover for the lens, flash and loudspeaker. We wonder why Sony bothered with a battery cover at all and why didnâ?™t just provide an external SIM slot like on the iPhone 4S, One X or their own Xperia P.

One of the things we loved about the design of this phone is the build quality. Sony Ericsson phones in the past werenâ?™t known for their great build quality and some of them have been quite plasticky. The Xperia S on the other hand feels great and thanks to the matte plastic doesnâ?™t feel cheap or kitsch in any way.

Another great thing about it is the ergonomics. This is the only phone with an HD display that fits perfectly in our hands. Thanks to the narrow display and flat sides, we had no problem gripping the phone between our finger tips and the base of our finger even when lying in bed with the phone upside down. Bigger phones such as the HTC One X make you hold the phone between your fingers and the base of your thumb, which severely restricts the thumbâ?™s movement, something that does not happen at all with the Xperia S.
We also liked how the volume control was placed in the middle of the phone on the side instead of right at the top on most phones, exactly where your thumb would be when you hold the phone normally or during the call. We wish this level of attention was shown towards the design of the keys below the display, the power button and the camera lens placement.

Display
The Xperia S has a 1280 x 720 resolution, 4.3-inch LCD. The high resolution, coupled with the size makes the display on the Xperia S one of the densest around, with a pixel density of 342 PPI, greater than even the iPhone 4Sâ?™ Retina display.

The display on the Xperia S does look pretty good. Itâ?™s sharp, has natural colors, good contrast and is visible even under bright sunlight. Unfortunately, the display doesnâ?™t have the same appeal as the Super LCD2 on the HTC One X. Imageslackthe vibrancy and the wow-factor of the One X or even the Galaxy Nexus display. The viewing angles are also quite poor and the display washes out considerably at off angles. There is also a bit of motion blur, mostly noticeable in games. We think Sony decided to cut some costs and went for a cheaper TN panels instead of the better quality IPS panels found on the One X or the iPhone 4S. Donâ?™t get us wrong, the display does look quite good but we expected better from a flagship device.

The display has a scratch resistant glass surface but itâ?™s not being listed as Gorilla Glass, neither by Sony nor on Corningâ?™s website. Annoyingly, the glass does not have oleophobic coating, which means fingerprints and smudges tend to stick to the display and are hard to wipe off.

We have one bit of warning regarding the display on the Xperia S. Our review unit came with several faint yellow spots near the bottom and along the right edge of the display.
They would appear yellow on a white background and light gray on a dark background. A quick Google search revealed that this was a common issue with the Xperia S and the only solution is to get the phone replaced under warranty. We are also hearing that this is not a problem anymore with newer devices but we would still advise you to open the box and check the phone in the shop itself if your device has this issue and then return it on the spot. If purchasing online, ask the retailer about the issue in advance or read user reviews to confirm.

Hardware and Software
The Sony Xperia S has a Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260 SoC with a dual-core 1.5GHz Scorpion CPU and Adreno 220 GPU. This is the third generation Snapdragon processor and not the recently released S4 and is the same processor found on the HTC Sensation XE. In terms of memory, the phone has a 1GB RAM, 1.8GB phone memory and 32GB internal memory. The 1.8GB memory is inaccessible by the user and is only used for installing apps. Out of the 32GB, approximately 26GB is available for everything else.

Unfortunately, the phone uses Media Transfer Protocol instead of Mass Storage Protocolfor transferring files. The difference is that in MTP the memory is not mounted on your computer and remains accessible even when connected, unlike in MSP. Due to this, every time you need to open a file, the PC will first copy the file from the phone to the computerâ?™s memory and then open it. There are some other drawbacks as well, which makes it less preferred compared to MSP but if you are just going to transfer files to and from the phone it shouldnâ?™t make much of a difference.

The Xperia S does not have a microSD card slot, so the 26GB is all you get for storage.

On software front, the Xperia S comes with Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread. Itâ?™s distressing that even though we are halfway through 2012 we are still getting phones with Gingerbread on them. Sony has even fewer excuses compared to other companies because their phone was launched after Android 4.0 was announced and itâ?™s been six months since it has been released by Google. All we have for now is a promise that Android 4.0 will arrive some time later this year with no concrete dates. This gives us even less hope of the phone getting future updates on time.

Running on top of Gingerbread is Sonyâ?™s custom UI. This is quite similar to what we see on previous Sony Ericsson phones such as the Xperia neo V. Itâ?™s a very clean and simple skin that doesnâ?™t feel as bloated as Sense or as garish as TouchWiz. The phone comes with some third party apps pre-installed but the good thing is that you can uninstall all of them. They do unfortunately return when you update or reset your phone. Sony has updated some apps such as the music player, which looks a lot better and the browser, which is a lot smoother than stock Gingerbread browser. Overall, we like what Sony has done with the software and although it does take some of the pain out of using Gingerbread, it is no cure.

One nuisance is that the phone does not download software update over the air. It will only inform you about an available update, at which point you have to go through the song and dance of installing the desktop client, if it isnâ?™t already, connecting the phone, downloading the update and then updating the phone, a process not unlike what you had to do for Sony Ericsson phones a lifetime ago. Itâ?™s sad that even after all these years this process hasnâ?™t changed. The strange thing is Android itself supports OTA updates, as seen on Nexus devices but manufacturers like Sony and Samsung go out of their way to make your life difficult by requiring a desktop client.

Performance
Despite being decidedly last year, the hardware performs very well. The dual-core CPU is pretty powerful and even the Adreno 220 GPU manages to keep up with todayâ?™s 3D games at 720p resolution, which is no small feat. It might not be as powerful as the Tegra 3 on the One X but is definitely faster than the TI OMAP 4430 on the Galaxy Nexus, as we found out through benchmark scores.

Unfortunately, the spoil sport here is Gingerbread. Sony has done some optimizations to make the UI feel smooth but you can still see it stutter due to a lack of hardware acceleration introduced in Android 4.0 for smartphones.

This makes the phone a lot less pleasant than you expect from a flagship phone and even the two year old Nexus S seems smoother in comparison. Like the Motorola ATRIX 2 we reviewed last week, the Xperia S simply begs for Android 4.0 and we think it is a major drawback that the phone does not have it already. Considering the flagship status of the phone, we would say that it should be a higher priority for Sony than the 2011 Xperia handsets that it is currently updating.

Camera
The Xperia S has a 12 megapixel camera with LED flash and 1080p video recording. Itâ?™s been quite a while since someone made a 12 megapixel camera. The N8, it seems, was the last of its kind and Nokia did such a great job with the camera on that phone that everybody else sort of just gave up and started concentrating on 8 megapixel cameras.

The camera software on the Xperia S is simple and well laid out. By default the camera opens in the Auto mode, which automatically adjusts every parameter depending upon the scene. You can switch to Normal mode, at which point you can adjust camera settings such as focus mode, metering mode, white balance, ISO settings, etc.

There are three different kinds of panorama modes on the Xperia S. First is the standard sweep panorama, in which you simply move the camera from left to right. Second is 3D sweep panorama, where the do the same action and then the camera takes the images and combines them in a 3D image that can only be viewed on a 3D TV by connecting the HDMI cable. Lastly, there is the sweep multi angle, where you move the camera the way you do in panorama, the phone captures multiple images and then shows you the 3D image result which consists of multiple images. You have to tilt the phone side to side and as you tilt you see the subject from side to side, which is supposed to create the illusion of depth. In practice, all of this is gimmick and of no real value to anyone.

The camera has a physical shutter button, which is very rare in the world of Android phones. You can press and hold the shutter button when the phone is locked and the camera starts, focusses and takes a picture. We timed to see how fast the phone does all of this and it did it in a very impressive 1.5 seconds. However, because the camera takes a picture before you could even frame the shot, the subject is often not in the center of the image or where youâ?™d want it to be. For this, a better solution is to set the camera in â?˜start onlyâ?™ mode, so instead of starting and taking a picture the shutter key will only start the camera from locked state.

Now, coming to the actual image quality, we were impressed by the quality of the camera on the Xperia S. The camera takes some lovely pictures with good colors and contrast that look great on the phoneâ?™s display as well as on the computer screen. If we had to complain, we would say the camera tends to over-sharpen images and that there is some noise in the dark areas but this is only visible when you zoom right into the image.

We decided to compare the camera on the Xperia S to the one on the Nokia N8 to see if the N8 still holds on to its crown as the current camera champion. As it turns out, it does. The advantage N8 has here is due to its camera sensor, which is still the largest around, with only the upcoming 808 PureView having a bigger sensor. This lets the camera capture more light and details, which is evident in the N8â?™s images.

The following are some of the sample images from the Xperia S (left) and the N8 (right). The main image above in each case has been captured by the Xperia S.”

Looking at the same subject captured through both the Xperia S and the N8, the N8 images have actual detail with practically zero sharpening, whereas the Xperia S images look severely sharpened. Noise is also all but absent in N8â?™s images whereas you can see it in some areas in Xperia S images. In low-light Xperia Sâ?™ flash does a decent job but is not as good as the N8â?™s xenon flash.

But itâ?™s not a complete loss for the Xperia S. One of the areas where the Xperia wins over the N8 is in macro mode. The N8 needs to be put in a dedicated macro mode before you shoot close subjects but even then it has trouble focusing when you go too close. The Xperia S does not require you to use a macro mode (it doesnâ?™t even have one) and can still go a lot closer to the subject. The Xperia S also doesnâ?™t have trouble focusing in the dark like the N8 and doesnâ?™t over expose subjects shot with the flash at close distance. It also starts and shoots quicker than the N8 and the display is a lot better to look at.

Then there is also the 1080p video recording, something that the N8 cannot do at all, capping out at 720p. Although the N8â?™s video looks very good, at 1080p, the Xperia Sâ?™ looks even better.

Overall, we really liked the camera on the Xperia S and although it isnâ?™t perfect it is one of the best camera phones currently out there, easily beating the ones on the One X and the Galaxy Nexus.

Music and Video
As mentioned before, Sony has changed the music player on the Xperia S, which is much better than the stock Gingerbread player. There is some confusion initially in terms of navigation as the Now Playing screen is in a different tab from the library, so pressing back in Now Playing screen makes you exit the player instead of going back to the track list but otherwise itâ?™s a fine player.

The Now playing screen shows you the album art and generates a colored background for it that matches the color of the album art. There are also a five band custom equalizer with Sony�s Mega Bass feature, presets and surround effects (tacky, best avoided). There is also an xLOUD feature for boosting the loudspeaker volume, another �feature� for something that should be available by default. What�s the point of restricting the audio volume and then claiming to �boost� it using a setting?

The audio quality through the headphones is excellent. Sony continues to provide the best in-class headset with their phones, a tradition Sony Ericsson started all those years ago with Walkman phones. These simple black earphones sound several times better than the overhyped garbage that HTC ships under the Beats Audio badge. The loudspeaker on the phone also sounds good.

The phone does not have a dedicated video player, which is a shame. You have to play videos through the Gallery app and thatâ?™s not exactly a great experience. We tested the phone using the DicePlayer app and it handled every video we threw at it, including 1080p ones. This coupled with the good quality display and the great headset means watching videos, movies or TV shows is an absolute joy. Too bad Xperia S, like all Android phones, does not support files over 4GB.

Battery Life
The Xperia S comes with a 1,750mAh non-replaceable battery. With a fixed internal battery like that, youâ?™d want the battery life to be great. Unfortunately, it isnâ?™t but itâ?™s not too bad either. In our testing, the Xperia S managed to last for up to 22 hours on a full charge with normal usage. Heavy usage such as gaming or HD video playback drains the battery a lot faster, with the phone barely lasting half a day. In our video playback test, the Xperia S lasted for five hours while playing a 720p video in the stock player with stock headset at 75% display brightness, which is again decent but not great.

Verdict
We really enjoyed our time with the Xperia S and will miss it when it goes back, and thatâ?™s not something we say often. One of the things that bother us about this phone is that Sony had come really close to making the best Android smartphone on the market, but squandered the opportunity by making some novice mistakes. The phone should have had Ice Cream Sandwich at launch, the display should have been of better quality for a flagship device and the capacitive keys below the display should not have been so frustrating to use. These three things are the ones that stick out when we look back at our experience with the handset. Had Sony taken care about these we would have readily ignored all the other issues, which are pretty minor, to be honest.

And it would have been easy to do that with all the good things about the phone. We loved the design, especially that glass strip at the bottom and the way the phone fit our hands perfectly, and we loved the camera and the general multimedia performance of the handset. At Rs. 30,990, we even like the price, which is significantly lower than all the other Android phones with HD displays.

With the release of Android 4.0 update, one of the major issues should get sorted out. By then the price would have dropped as well. The Xperia S would then be an even better buy than it is today. Too bad the keys and the display would still be holding it back. 

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The Avengers are back and how! Check out the ‘Marvel’lous superheroes.

The Avengers’ star Chris Hemsworth and his actress wife Elsa Pataky welcomed their first child, a baby girl on Friday. They have named their daughter India, People magazine reported. “We love the country and love the name,” Hemsworth, 28, told USA Today.

Hemsworth, who

also stars in the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman, and Pataky, 35, who appeared in Fast Five, tied the knot in 2010.

When she announced her pregnancy, the Spanish beauty had some other news – for Hemsworth – saying he’d better brush up on his language skills.

Chris Hemsworth and his actor wife Elsa Pataky at an event.

“I’m only going to speak to the baby in Spanish,” she said in an interview in Hola! magazine.

“I already told my husband, ‘Get ready fast with Spanish because, if not, you’re not going to be able to understand what we say,” she said.

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Nargis Fakhri looks pretty at the launch of Gaja store, retail brand of Shree Ganesh Jewellery.

Actor Nargis Fakhri’s reaction to constant link-ups in a recent interview — “I am waiting to become a lesbian” — hasn’t gone down well with the gay community.

“Nargis has cracked a bad joke … she has made a mockery of lesbians,” lashes out Rupika Dhillion of Space, an LGBT (lesbian,

gay, bisexual and transgender) rights group.

Gay rights activist Shashi Bhushan agrees. “It’s an insensitive remark. She should have refrained from bringing up the LGBT to protect herself from rumours.”

Maya Shanker of Sangini Trust, a lesbian support group, says, “How lovely if Nargis could choose to become a lesbian, we’d have a great lesbian role model! But sexual orientation is not a choice, someone please tell her.”

The actor, however, defends, “I didn’t mean to offend. I’m  tired of the speculation about my personal life.”

Nargis Fakhri during IPL photoshoot.

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Critically acclaimed Kalki Koechlin debuted in Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D and has starred in films like Shaitan and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. She was recently seen as a hot illegal immigrant in That Girl In Yellow Boots.

It’s time to hand in my column but I have nothing. I have been working round the clock and I really haven’t thought of anything to write this week. So mainly out of laziness but partly because I didn’t want to write something half hearted, I decided to flick through my old notebooks and find

something interesting.

I am just going to share with you this crazy, no coma, no full stop, stream of thought I had noted down about four years ago when I was brainstorming for my play ‘The Skeleton Woman’. Take a deep breath…

A search for something real amongst the glittering flashing lights sparkling glasses with something bubbly and expensive inside amongst the stuck on smiles of painted lips and gorgeous skinny beautiful bodies dancing all around what is a touch a caress when all senses are dulled by cloned perfection where is the voice when all you can hear is the buzz of millions going this way that way the only way no way anyway little sparks of honesty choking in smoke filled rooms of regret and weak nicely packaged cigarettes and luxury and fame and false dreams and expectations rooms full of big fat sharks with sharp teeth sliding through delicate skin like a hot knife through butter god I’m so hungry no food except some frozen bits of fish but lots of bubbly expensive stuff to spare silvery icy dresses sweeping past silvery icy eyes staring through straight through am I invisible spinning faster bumpety bumping bumpety bumping into shiny lies through living ghosts past sickness ramming right into anger and wastefulness and nothingness bad times endless sleepless nights half dead daylights violent bumps of loosing loved ones loosing innocence loosing just loosing starving soul in search of something real so breakable so tangled so fragile if I reach out to touch it will I crumble into a million pieces?

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Russell Brand with Katy Perry.

British comedian Russell Brand unfollowed ex-wife, singer Katy Perry on Twitter, earlier this week. Perry, 27, however, had unfollowed Brand, 36, almost immediately after their split, Us Magazine reported.

Though the comedian boasts over 4.6 million followers of his own, Brand’s latest

“unfollow” brings the total number of Twitter users he keeps up with, to 77.  Perry too is focused on moving forward and at Coachella last month, the pop star was spotted making out with Florence + the Machine guitarist, Robert Ackroyd.

While her fling with the musician is still new, “they’re having a fabulous time,” an insider said of the pair. “It’s cute puppy love!”

Trashing reports of Perry and Brand rekindling, the source added, “There is no truth about them reuniting as they are happy in their individual lives.”

Read the rest of the article here: Russell Brand unfollows ex-wife Katy Perry – Tabloid News

Most kids love being alone at home. The prospect of unlimited hours of watching television and Internet surfing, eating junk food and not having to study for a few good hours is no less than sheer bliss. But what is it like for a child who is constantly left alone at home? With many parents being in

professional fields that have late office timings, children now-a-days probably spend more time alone, than with them.

Children of working parents tend to crave extra attention

Even though many would like to believe that this affects a kid’s formative years, child psychologist Dr Dhananjay Ghambire puts all worries to rest, saying “Research has revealed that there is no difference in the academic or behavioural aptitude of a child who’s grown up in a family with only one parent working and a child who has grown up in a boarding school, or in a home with both parents working. If given proper attention and care, any child will prosper; irrespective of what his parents do or not do.”

Surprisingly, you will observe that more often than not, children bravely adapt to this lifestyle easily. Not only are they supportive of their parents’ career plans and their dreams, but also assist them in it. They even readily take care of their younger (and even older)
siblings.

Twenty-three year old Prashansa Shahani’s parents worked fulltime when she was a kid. She recounts. “My brother and I had the most beautiful childhood. Since both my parents were involved in our family business, we were often home alone, but thanks to that we made so many friends. I took up sports and theatre, which also added an entire new dimension to my personality.”

Dr Ghambire also observes that the onus of making an extra effort in their children’s activities should shift from mothers (who’re expected to be supermoms balancing work with kids) to fathers. “Everyone expects mothers to play a very active role, but both parents must share the responsibility and spend equal time together.”

Vyomika Singh, a pilot in the Air Force and mother of a three-year old who’s just entered school, feels that juggling work with spending time with the kid can be stressful at times. “While growing up, kids like to be given special attention all the time. Sometimes when I’m busy with work at home, she feels left out and craves for attention from both my husband and me, which can sometimes make her fussy and demanding.”

However, she and her husband try to take out time for their kid. “We always divide our work in such a way that we get to spend maximum time with her. He especially takes charge whenever he can , drops her to school, gets her homework done etc,” she says.

Dr Gambhire says that it’s not the quantity but quality , that matters when it comes to spending time with your child. “Observe your child and try to assess if his behaviour is off or absurd. Be vigilant and hear them out , that’s what counts the most. You could be spending an entire day with your kid , but if you can’t figure out what’s worrying them, or if they are going wrong in anyway , then its just as good as spending no time at all.” concludes Dr Ghambire.

Tips for parents:
* Keep an eye on your child’s activities at home
* Bond with them over homework and household chores
* Plan weekend trips and getaways together
* Couples must divide their responsibilities of spending time with kids
* Don’t force kids into tuitions
* Appreciate their work and effort 
* Make your children feel free when they are with you , so that they will open up and tell you whats bothering them.

Read the rest of the article here: How working parents can bring up kids perfectly – News from Lifestyle

The Australian beauty, Miranda Kerr looks seductive as she poses in a pink two-piece for Victoria’s Secret. Once again, Miranda flaunts a flat, stretch mark-free tummy unscathed by her recent pregnancy, reports The Sun. The 29-year-old flaunts a sans stretch mark bod post her pregnancy.

Miranda gave birth to her first child, Flynn with Orlando Bloom in January. Though it’s hard to believe. Come on look at her!

Miranda credited breastfeeding and coconut oil with helping to get her back in shape after Flynn’s arrival.

She told The Sun, “I personally take four tablespoons of coconut oil per day, either on my salads, in my cooking or in my cups of green tea.”

Miranda Kerr was recently grabbling headlines for going topless for Victoria’s Secret shoot.

The model looked stunning in the campaign picture, and not just because she’s very nearly naked, but because she could make anything look chic, the Mirror reported.

Read the rest of the article here: Miranda Kerr slips into bikini for Victoria’s Secret – News from Lifestyle

How to shape up

An average person can virtually add two to three teaspoons of fat to his or her waistline in a matter of hours after eating. Fat from meals eaten later in the day is more likely to be stored around the middle. The finding that it is possible to ‘become fat’ within three hours contradicts

the widely-held belief that weight gain is gradual. It had been thought that fat from food was transported from the gut into the blood, where it could be used by the muscles as needed.

Any excess was thought to be slowly removed and stored in the fatty, or adipose, tissue around the waist, hips and legs. However, the Oxford University research suggests a more complex – and rapid – process, the Daily Mail reports.

In the experiments, volunteers ate fat which could be traced around the body. This was found to take around an hour to be broken down in the gut and then enter the bloodstream as tiny droplets.

The droplets are then whisked around the body – but not for long – before they are ‘caught’ and stored. “The process is very fast,” said Fredrik Karpe, professor of metabolic medicine at Oxford. “The cells in the adipose tissue around the waist catch the fat droplets as the blood carries them and incorporates them into the cells for storage.”

Only a small amount of the fat found in breakfast takes this route. But, by dinner, the amount rises to half. This is due to hormonal changes that occur later in the day which make it easier for the stores in the waistline to trap passing fat droplets. In a dinner with 0 grams of fat, two to three teaspoons will quickly gather around the waist.

The good news is the storage system is temporary, with the fat deposited quickly drawn on, or mobilised, to feed our muscles. But when we overeat, it is a different story, Karpe warns.

“If you eat too much, you don’t get into this phase of starting to mobilise it,” he said. ‘There will just be constant accumulation and you will start to put on weight,” concluded Karpe.

Read the rest of the article here: How fat turns into flab 3 hours after big meal – News from Lifestyle

Visitors glare at the first wall art in France. (AFP photo)

A massive block of limestone in France contains what scientists believe are the earliest known engravings of wall art dating back some 37,000 years, according to a study published Monday.

The 1.5 metric ton ceiling piece was first discovered in 2007 at Abri Castanet, a well known

archeological site in southwestern France which holds some of the earliest forms of artwork, beads and pierced shells.

According to New York University anthropology professor Randall White, lead author of the paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the art was likely meant to adorn the interior of a shelter for reindeer hunters.

“They decorated the places where they were living, where they were doing all their daily activities,” White told AFP.

“There is a whole question about how and why, and why here in this place at this particular time you begin to see people spending so much time and energy and imagination on the graphics.”

The images range from paintings of horses to “vulvar imagery” that appears to represent female sex organs, carved into the low ceiling that rose between 1.5 to two meters (yards) from the floor, within reach of the hunters.

The work is less sophisticated than the elaborate paintings of animals found in France’s Grotte Chauvet, which was more remote and difficult to access, believed to be between 30,000 and 36,000 years old.

In contrast, the engravings and paintings at Castanet, which carbon dating showed were about 37,000 years old, are rougher and more primitive in style, and were likely done by everyday people.

“This art appears to be slightly older than the famous paintings from the Grotte Chauvet in southeastern France,” said White, referring to the cave paintings discovered in 1994.

“But unlike the Chauvet paintings and engravings, which are deep underground and away from living areas, the engravings and paintings at Castanet are directly associated with everyday life, given their proximity to tools, fireplaces, bone and antler tool production, and ornament workshops.”

However, even though the artwork is vastly different, archeologists believe the artists came from the same Aurignacian culture which comprised the first modern humans in Europe, replacing the Neanderthals. They lived from 40,000 years ago until about 28,000 years ago.

“Early Aurignacian humans functioned, more or less, like humans today,” said White.

“They had relatively complex social identities communicated through personal ornamentation, and they practiced sculpture and graphic arts.”

Co-authors on the paper came from leading archeology labs and universities in France and Britain.

In a separate study published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, French scientists described the paintings at Chauvet as “the oldest and most elaborate ever discovered.”

Those finding were based on an analysis — called geomorphological and chlorine-36 dating — of the rock slide surfaces around what is believed to be the cave’s only entrance.

Read the rest of the article here: Earliest wall art is found in France – News from Lifestyle

An internet user looks at a Facebook page. AFP

Seeking deletion of its name from a suit against social networking websites for hosting alleged objectionable contents, the Facebook India today told a Delhi court that it is not responsible for the contents appearing on website facebook.com.

“It is not responsible for hosting the

content that may appear on facebook.com as it does not control or operate the servers that host the website, which are located in the United States,” Facebook India submitted to administrative civil judge Parveen Singh.

After hearing Facebook India’s argument for deletion of its name from the suit, the court reserved its order for May 22.

Seeking deletion of its name, Facbook India also argued that it provides only technical support and services to Facebook (US).

Facebook was making its submission in response to a civil suit filed by one Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi against it, Yahoo, Google and other internet firms objecting to certain contents on their websites which, he alleged had hurt the religious sentiments of various communities.

Read the rest of the article here: Suit against websites: Facebook India seeks deletion of name – HindustanTimes.com – Top Technology-Update-SocialMedia News Headlines

Mariam Naficy, CEO of Minted.com

To celebrate the launch of Minted’s new art prints business, the company’s CEO/Founder Mariam Naficy recently hosted a chic art-themed party at her San Francisco home.

Each wall in Naficy’s house featured a group of Minted’s new limited edition art prints, which were curated for the evening by Silicon Valley leaders and design celebrities, such as Christy Turlington Burns (she is the founder of Every Mother Counts, which receives 50 percent of the proceeds from May and December 2012 sales of Minted’s children’s and nursery art), Marissa Mayer, Alison Pincus, Jeremy Stoppelman, Tabitha Soren and Victoria Smith.

Jeremy Stoppelman, Mariam Naficy and Gary Friedman

Among the guests were Twitter’s Dick Costolo, Restoration Harware’s Gary Friedman, Bare Escentuals’ Leslie Blodgett, Baby Center’s Tina Sharkey, Brit Morin, Elad Gil, and Erin Martin.

Alison Pincus and Gary Friedman - Marissa Mayer

Dick Costolo, Mariam Naficy and Marissa Mayer - Alison Pincus

Minted’s art prints and wall art are created by a global community of independent artists, who participate in ongoing design competitions to have their designs selected for the site.  All art prints are printed in limited edition on museum-quality cotton rag archival paper with archival ink and are offered in a variety of sizes and colorways. Each  print comes with an artist’s card containing the artist’s statement and certificate of authenticity.

Hollywood actor and Breitling Brand Ambassador John Travolta during the launch of Breitling Navitimer Caliber 01 Limited Edition watch in Mumbai.

Hollywood actor John Travolta may be the subject of a $ 2 million assault and sexual battery lawsuit, but there is little likelihood the allegations will ruin the 58-year-old’s career, say celebrity image experts. Travolta has battled negative headlines all of last week after the filing

of a lawsuit by two unidentified male masseurs who claim, the actor sexually assaulted them in two separate incidents during private massages. A third man, cruise ship worker Fabian Zanzi, too claimed that the Hollywood star offered him $ 12,000 to have sex while on a cruise in 2009.

Travolta’s lawyer has vehemently denied the claims from all three men, saying they were all trying to get their “15 minutes of fame.” 

“People tend to bond and create a certain affinity with certain actors, and who they like and what they like is rarely related to the actor’s tabloid images, it’s related to their body of work and how cool their fans think they are,” said Howard Bragman, a veteran celebrity publicist, adding, “None of us were there and none of us know what happened, but I’ve seen a lot of phony lawsuits against celebrities… so I look at these with a very cynical eye.”

Travolta, who shot to fame in the 1970s on the TV show Welcome Back Kotter, and with movies such as Saturday Night Fever and Grease, suffered a career lull in the late 1980s. But he bounced back with gritty roles in films such as 1994s Pulp Fiction.

Others have faced it too…
Several high-profile stars have faced sex scandals in the past and, although they hit rocky patches for various lengths of time, they managed to put their careers back on track. Golfer Tiger Woods, who saw his marriage torn apart by a torrid sex scandal in 2009, went to sex rehab and still remains among the US’ top professionals. Hugh Grant, Rob Lowe, all saw their names splashed across headlines in various sex scandals and were able to return to the limelight. Then there’s Kim Kardashian— little known until her sex tape surfaced. Now, she’s a star.

Read the rest of the article here: John Travolta’s got no scandal fever – Tabloid News

File photo of British singer Amy Winehouse.

A painting created by late singer Amy Winehouse and her rocker friend Pete Doherty using their own blood has fetched $ 56,000 at auction.

The joint artwork, titled Ladylike, was unveiled by The Libertines frontman Doherty at an exhibition earlier this year and was put up for

auction in London alongside other personal effects, including guitars and diaries, reported Contactmusic.

Amy Winehouse’s famous painting Ladylike (AFP Photo)

The bizarre artwork was sold for $ 56,000 on May 11, much lower than the $ 128,000 it was expected to sell for.

A portion of profits from the sale will be donated to The Amy Winehouse Foundation, a charity set up after the Rehab singer’s death in 2011.

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Read the rest of the article here: Amy Winehouse’s blood artwork sells for ,000 – Tabloid News

Sridevi

Aamir Khan’s television show Satyamev Jayate, whose second episode was aired yesterday, became the topmost trending topic on the social networking site, Twitter. The episode, which addressed child sex abuse (CSA) got even celebrities voicing their opinion. A tweet from Vishal Dadlani

read, “Aamir focusses on #childsexabuse today, so India does. And tomorrow? India, in it’s “greatness”, forgets, moves on? Don’t let that happen!

Aamir Khan in a still from Satyamev Jayate.

>And not just CSA, but even Sridevi, who made an appearance on the show seemed to be trending on the site.

A tweet from @lindsaypereira read, “Soon, all government policy will be based on the opinions of our intelligent Bollywood stars. Many thanks, Aamir and Sridevi.”

Read the rest of the article here: Aamir Khan, Sridevi trending on Twitter – Tabloid News

File photo of British singer Amy Winehouse.

A painting created by late singer Amy Winehouse and her rocker friend Pete Doherty using their own blood has fetched $ 56,000 at auction.

The joint artwork, titled Ladylike, was unveiled by The Libertines frontman Doherty at an exhibition earlier this year and was put up for

auction in London alongside other personal effects, including guitars and diaries, reported Contactmusic.

Amy Winehouse’s famous painting Ladylike (AFP Photo)

The bizarre artwork was sold for $ 56,000 on May 11, much lower than the $ 128,000 it was expected to sell for.

A portion of profits from the sale will be donated to The Amy Winehouse Foundation, a charity set up after the Rehab singer’s death in 2011.

Follow @htShowbiz

Read the rest of the article here: Amy Winehouse’s blood artwork sells for ,000 – News from Lifestyle

Social media rewards could be as pleasurable as food and sex.

Posting views on Facebook and other social media sites delivers a powerful reward to the brain similar to the pleasure from food and sex, a Harvard study concludes. The study led by two neuroscientists and published this week concluded that “self disclosure” produces a response in the

region of the brain associated with dopamine, a chemical associated with pleasure or the anticipation of a reward.

The researchers said most people devote 30 to 40 percent of their speech to “informing others of their own subjective experiences” but that on social media, this is closer to 80 percent.

They conclude “that humans so willingly self-disclose because doing so represents an event with intrinsic value, in the same way as with primary rewards such as food and sex.”

Although Facebook was not specifically cited in the study, it focused on the brain response of people’s “opportunities to communicate their thoughts and feelings to others.”

“To the extent that humans are motivated to propagate the products of their minds, opportunities to disclose one’s thoughts should be experienced as a powerful form of subjective reward,” wrote Diana Tamir and Jason Mitchell of Harvard’s Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab.

The research, published in the May 7 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said the study support the notion that humans, like some other primates, will give up some rewards because of a powerful brain response.

The study gave people a small cash reward for answering certain factual questions about things they observe, and a lower reward for offering their own views about a subject. But in many cases, the participants chose a smaller reward if they could talk about themselves.

“Just as monkeys are willing to forgo juice rewards to view dominant groupmates and college students are willing to give up money to view attractive members of the opposite sex, our participants were willing to forgo money to think and talk about themselves,” the researchers wrote.

Read the rest of the article here: Posting views on social media sites as pleasurable as sex? – News from Lifestyle

chewing gum

Need to keep mentally alert for the next few minutes? Spit out that piece of chewing gum. That’s the conclusion of a British study which found that chewing gum can impair short-term memory, reported trade publication NutraIngredients.com. The latest study, published in the

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, challenges previous studies which found that chewing gum can actually boost short-term memory.

For their experiment, researchers from Cardiff University in the UK asked 40 students to memorize a sequence of random letters — for example, P,V, B, C, D, G, T – while chewing gum ‘vigorously.’

A secondary group was asked to do the same but was instructed to chew ‘naturally.’

In the third test, participants were asked to find the missing item in a sequence like numbers, while chewing gum.

The results of their study found that chewing gum in all situations impaired the participants’ short-term memory.

Same went for another experiment that replaced gum with finger-tapping.

However, the researchers issued a caveat with their conclusion, saying that flavored gum could possibly cancel out the negative impact on memory loss.

Other studies have shown that chewing gum can help reduce caloric intake throughout the day by reducing snack cravings, and has even been shown to help speed up recovery in patients following gastrointestinal surgeries.

Read the rest of the article here: Chewing a gum could lead to short-term memory loss? – News from Lifestyle

BlackBerry Curve 9320

Just over a couple of weeks after launching the first BlackBerry 7.1 OS device in India, Research in Motion (RIM) announced on Wednesday the launch of its second smartphone in the Curve category: the Curve 9320.

Broadly, only one major feature distinguishes the Curve 9320 from its

predecessor, the Curve 9220. The smartphone can be turned into a Wi-Fi hotspot, a feature that RIM had reserved only for its high-end products till the beginning of this year.  With this, the Curve 9320 can be used to share internet with up to five different devices.

Thereâ?™s hardly any other notable change. Like the Curve 9220, the 9320 features a 2.44-inch display with a resolution of 320×240 pixels, the distinct BlackBerry Qwerty keypad, a 2 megapixel camera, stereo FM and media player, and expandable memory up to 32 GB. It also comes with a dedicated BBM button, which was introduced in the Curve 9220. The Curve 9320 can be connected to other devices through Bluetooth, USB and Wi-Fi.

The smartphone is yet to be launched in India. Although RIM hasnâ?™t disclosed the INR price of the product, itâ?™s confirmed that the Curve 9320 will be cost less than Rs. 15,000. Itâ?™s expected to be out in the market by the end of next month.

Read the rest of the article here: Blackberry unwraps Curve 9320, India launch in June – HindustanTimes.com – Top Technology-Update-PersonalTech News Headlines

James Frank, Claiborne Swanson Frank, Elizabeth Swanson, Clarke Swanson

“Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire or, having it, is satisfied?” The famous last lines of Thackeray’s masterpiece, “Vanity Fair” are not often answerable – but I recently spoke to a young woman who actually exuded such rare contentment. Claiborne Swanson Frank.

Elizabeth Swanson, Veronica Swanson Beard, Claiborne Swanson Frank, Alexis Traina - Lauren Santo Domingo, Claiborne Swanson Frank, Veronica Swanson Beard

“I feel like I’m living my dream,” Swanson Frank said, when we chatted at a recent party in Pacific Heights celebrating the publication of her first book. Published by Assouline, “American Beauty,” is a portfolio of photographs she has taken over the past few years.  Surrounded by her family, friends and well-wishers, she was the absolute image of happiness, with an easy warmth and radiant smile that drew everyone in the room to her.  And after reading her book, one isn’t surprised she’s so pleased by her accomplishment – it’s gorgeous!

Claiborne Swanson Frank, Lauren Santo Domingo, Vanessa Getty

Moda Operandi, founded by Claiborne’s dear friend in New York, Lauren Santo Domingo, was the host of the party. And in speaking to Ashley Bryan, the company’s Chief Marketing Officer, I was pleased to hear how much progress it has made since I was first introduced to them last October – it has shown a quick growth that should be capturing the nervous attention of luxury behemoths like netaporter.com and gilt.com!

Moda Operandi’s Ashley Bryan and Roopal Patel with Vogue’s Lauren Howell

Lauren Santo Domingo, incidentally, is featured in one of the books most strikingly beautiful images — she’s one of several young women in the book poised to be known among the truly outstanding women of our era, if they are not already. Women like Google’s Marissa Mayer, CNN’s Alina Cho and Erin Burnett, Barneys’ Amanda Brooks, philanthropists Vanessa Getty and Lauren Bush Lauren, Modewalk.com’s Indre Rockefeller, designer Erin Fetherston, and Claiborne’s sisters Alexis Swanson Traina and Veronica Swanson Beard.

Mariam Naficy, Allison Speer, Alison Pincus, Claudia Ceniceros

You can see a preview of “American Beauty” and buy copies at Assouline.com.

Allison Speer, Jacqueline Sacks - Mariam Naficy, Lara Deam, Alison Pincus

Indre Rockefeller, Justin Rockefeller - Jorge Maumer, Victoria Yeager

Patrick Devlin, Elizabeth Cordry, Brian Solon – Jocelyn Sandler, Brooke Read

View from Four Seasons Residences, San Francisco

The Four Seasons Residences has been one of our favorite high rise condominium towers since it opened in 2001, a sentiment shared by several friends who’ve lived there for years. Because people tend to stay there for a long time, it’s rare for a Four Seasons condo to go on the market.

Living space with Brazilian cherry hardwood parquet floors

A two-bedroom recently became available for $2,185,000, featuring some of the best views in downtown San Francisco. Located on the 36th floor, it’s high enough that you can see all the way across the City to the Golden Gate Bridge — a rare vantage point only available to a dozen or so condos in the area, all of them at or near penthouse level.

Aside from the luxurious interior, views, and excellent location, the great thing about living at the Four Seasons Residences is the Four Seasons itself.  According to the listing agent, Joel Goodrich, the extraordinary amenities and world-class services available at the Four Seasons Residences include 24-hour room service, laundry and housekeeping services, concierge service, dining at the highly-rated Seasons Restaurant or in the private Windows Dining Room, and direct access to the 127,000 square foot Sports Club/LA.

Union Square shopping mere blocks away

The superb location of the Four seasons residences includes close proximity to the world-famous shopping of Union Square, rated by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the “World’s Top Five Shopping Destinations.”  There are five major department stores within a few blocks – Macys, SAKS, Neiman Marcus, Barneys, Bloomingdales and Nordstroms – and some of the world’s greatest luxury boutiques, such as Chanel, Graff, Gucci, Prada, Cartier, Tiffanys, Bulgari, Mont Blanc, Jimmy Choo, Giorgio Armani, Brooks Brothers, Ralph Lauren, and many others!

It’s also close to the fabulous cultural amenities of SOMA and Civic Center, such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Contemporary Jewish Museum, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, Museum of the African Diaspora, the Asian Art Museum, The San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet and San Francisco Symphony.

You can easily enjoy the entertainment attractions of downtown and SOMA, like the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) and the many other theaters of Theater District and the Mid-Market Arts and Entertainment District, the year round live performances at the Yerba Buena Center, and the fabulous nightclubs offering dancing and entertainment such as SupperClub, the Starlight Room and many others.

Ranked by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the World’s Top Restaurant Cities, world-class dining is minutes away, including Hubert Keller’s Fleur de Lys, Michael Minna’s RN74, Quince, Marlowe, Scalas and many, many more!

Finally, the condo is strategically close to the important international business and technology centers of the Financial District and SOMA.  Some of the world’s biggest companies in the booming technology sector are nearby, including Google, Salesforce, Zynga, Twitter, Yelp and Yammer – and there is easy access to freeways leading to Silicon Valley!

You can see more photos and get more information at www.fourseasons-36e.com

B-Town hottie Mallika Sherawat has made a place for herself in the film industry. Here’s a look at her journey in pics.

Actor Mallika Sherawat, known for her bold onscreen avatar, uses her mother’s maiden name and says she misses the aalu parathas made by her the most.

“Me and my brother together used to eat aalu parathas with lots of desi ghee which mom used to make,” Mallika

said in a statement.

Now that the actor has turned vegan, she can’t eath aalu parathas.

On the occasion of Mother’s Day on May 13, she will share all this and more through her voice blog, which will go live Sunday. She also talked about love, mischief, festivals and much more.

Mallika, who started her acting career with Khwahish, was last seen in Double Dhamaal. She also featured in international films like The Myth and Politics of Love.

Fans can listen to Mallika narrating her life’s interesting moments by dialling 5789 from their mobiles.

Read the rest of the article here: Mallika Sherawat misses mom’s aalu paratha – Tabloid News

Harry Potter actor Emma Watson has taken up pole-dancing after it was recommended by a friend and is impressed with how toned it has made her.

“Like on all film sets, there’s often so much time spent doing nothing. One of the other actresses on the set has been pole-dancing as a sport for

a while and Emma decided to give it a go as well. She’s amazed with the results because it has toned up her body so well,” a source told thesun.co.uk.

“She never thought she would enjoy it but she finds it quite liberating”, said the source.

Last summer, following the New York premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 she partied at a pole-dancing club with pals.

Read the rest of the article here: Emma Watson takes up pole-dancing – Tabloid News

Apart from being doting mothers, these glam moms have successful careers behind them and are the backbone of their better halves. On mother’s day, we salute such powerful ladies.

Motherhood seems to be the favourite word for many Bollywood beauties in 2012. Actors such as Lara Dutta, Celina Jaitly and Antara Mali became mothers this year and it seems life for these first time moms is revolving around nurturing and spending time with their newborns. 

Apart

from these new mothers, glam divas like Shilpa Shetty, Twinkle Khanna and Amrita Arora will also embrace motherhood this year.

So, on the occasion of Mother’s Day, we take a look at the new yummy mommies and the moms-to-be in Bollywood.
Lara Dutta
Age: 34
Daughter: Saira
Born on: January 20, 2012
Actor Lara Dutta (above), who married Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi in February 2011, became a proud mother to daughter Saira on January 20, 2012. Lara, who is enjoying her time off the camera and playing the doting mom, says, “I’m looking at films and scripts. But I am not going to be back on a film set at least for the next couple of months, as I want to make sure my baby is secure,” Reportedly, Lara, who was last seen in a cameo in Shah Rukh Khan starrer Don 2 (2011), will soon launch a DVD for pre-natal exercises.

Antara Mali
Age: 33
Daughter: Name not revealed yet
Born on: May 1, 2012
Actor Antara Mali (left), who has been a part of films such as Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon and Company, is the latest celebrity mom in tinsel town. Antara, who had kept both her 2009 marriage to Che Kurrien, editor of an international magazine, and her pregnancy, well under wraps, delivered a baby girl at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai earlier this month. Antara was recently quoted as saying, “Yes, I am a mother now. We haven’t thought of any names for the baby as yet though.”

Celina Jaitly
Age: 30
Twins: Winston and Viraaj Born on: March 24, 2012
After a rather hush hush marriage to Dubai-based Austrian businessman Peter Haag in July 2011, actor Celina Jaitly (above) became mother to twin sons, Winston and Viraaj, this March. Celina, who was last seen on the big screen in Will You Marry Me?, has already returned to work to fulfil her commitments as the brand ambassador of Egypt tourism. She recently tweeted, “Feels great to start work slowly.” Interestingly, on April 8, Celina’s twins even joined Twitter. “On their two-week birthday, we presented our sons with their TwitterIDs (sic),” posted Jaitly on Twitter.

And here are the mothers-to-be in tinsel town
Shilpa Shetty
Age: 36
Expected to deliver in: June 2012
Actor Shilpa Shetty (right), who married London-based entrepreneur Raj Kundra in 2009, is preparing to join the parenthood club, as she is expecting her first child next month. A baby shower for Shilpa, which was organised by her sister Shamita and friends Rupali and Kiran recently, saw many Bollywood biggies turning up. After the same, Shetty tweeted, “Looking fwd to this new phase in my life.” Interestingly, Raj has also decided to stay with her all the time during the last phase of her pregnancy and was quoted as saying, “I have decided I am not going to go to any more cricket matches and will watch them at home together with Shilpa.”

Twinkle Khanna
Age: 37
Expected to deliver in: September 2012
The stork is visiting actor turned interior designer Twinkle Khanna (left) for the second time. Reportedly, Twinkle, who has a 10-year-old son with actor husband Akshay Kumar, is already in the second trimester of her pregnancy and will deliver her baby in September. “Akshay plans to stop shooting shortly and be by his wife’s side after the baby arrives.” a source was quoted as saying. Twinkle is said to be making an appearance at filmmaker Karan Johar’s upcoming 40th birthday bash later this month.

Amrita Arora
Age: 31
Expected to deliver in: October 2012
Another Bollywood celebrity who is expecting a visit from the stork is actor Amrita Arora Ladak (right). She is reportedly four months pregnant with her second child with builder husband Shakeel Ladak. A source was quoted as saying, “It’s celebration time again for Shakeel and Amrita’s family. The two of them wanted the second baby soon. And God has blessed them.” Amrita, who tied the knot with Ladak in 2009, is expecting the second baby by late October. The couple already has a two-year-old son called Azaan.

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Twelve percent of American mothers use their phones during sex, a new survey questioning women on how they use media has revealed.The survey undertaken by Meredith Parents Network, Moms and Media 2, has found that the technology-obsessed behaviour comes from mothers aged between 18 and 35, dubbed

as ‘Millennial moms’.

‘There is no part of their lives that is media free,’ the Daily Mail quoted the statement issued by company.However, questions on whether these mothers use their cell phones during intimate moments to answer a call, reply to a text message, check Facebook or simply take pictures are left unanswered.

“When we saw the results we were wondering the same exact thing,” a spokesperson for Meredith Parents Network told Today.“Unfortunately we don’t have any anecdotal data about the how’s or the why’s,” she said.

The survey also revealed that 21% of moms uses their phones while on the toilet.Carey Witmer, president of Meredith Parents Network, explained: “Today’s moms are media omnivores. They are constantly creating new rules about how and when media intermingles with their busy lives.”

Other findings in the survey revealed 81% of Millennial mums said that they used their smart phones mostly to shop, with an average of 13 apps on their phones, two-thirds say that fewer than half of those apps are for their kids.

While more than eight in ten moms use Facebook, 72% said that they were frustrated by “all of the recent Facebook changes to its format and privacy policies.”Fifty-three percent said they feel Facebook “wastes their time,” and 55percent of time-starved mums said that they de-friended companies on the social network site, because of ‘too many messages and ads’.

Showing that video streaming is becoming more popular with Millienial moms, 23percent streamed TV in 2011, compared to 16percent in 2010 – while 41per cent said they watched live TV in 2011, compared to 55percent in 2010.Completed last November and December, the survey looked at a ‘nationally representative sample’ of 1,041 Millennial moms, with children from infants to age 12.

While the scope of this study is fairly limited, the results seem to echo recent findings by cellphones.org that an estimated 15percent of Americans has interrupted sex to answer a cell phone call.

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A new survey has shed light on 30 must have qualities that women seek in their ideal man. For a start, women want him to be earning a well-above-average £48,000 a year. And he is expected to love shopping and watching TV soaps, the Daily Star reported. The survey, for clothing

store Austin Reed, revealed that the ideal partner checklist also includes having a stylish dressing sense and a hair-free chest.

The list includes:
Six foot tall.
Muscly, toned and athletic.
Brown eyes.
Short, dark hair.
Smart dress sense.
Stylish.
A beer or lager drinker.
A non-smoker.
Wears smart jeans, shirt and V-neck jumper.
Gets ready in 17 minutes.
Earns around 48,000 pounds a year.
Wants a family.
Loves shopping.
Eats meat.
Watches soaps.
Clean-shaven.
Smooth-chested.
Enjoys watching football.
Drives an Audi.
Well-educated.
Earns more than his partner.
Jokes around and has a laugh.
Sensitive when you are upset.|
Tells you he loves you only when he means it.
Admits it when he looks at other women.
Has a driving licence.
Can swim.
Can ride a bike.
Can change a tyre.
Rings his mother regularly.

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Hugo Boss has tapped Gwyneth Paltrow as the face of its new perfume Boss Nuit Pour Femme, which is inspired by the elegance of the little black dress. As the current face of Scandinavian chain Lindex and luxury leather goods brand Coach, the Oscar-winning actress is no stranger to the

realm of modeling, and back in 2005 appeared in Estee Lauder’s Pleasures perfume ads.

Paltrow will star in TV, print and online campaigns for Boss Nuit Pour Femme, which goes on sale globally this September, with pre-launches slated for August.

The actress joins Sienna Miller, Orlando Bloom and Jared Leto in the Boss perfume family.

The news comes hot on the heels of the announcement that her longtime ex Brad Pitt is the latest face of French fashion house Chanel’s iconic No. 5. scent. The actor will be the first male face of the perfume, which has previously been advertised by the likes of Catherine Deneuve, Nicole Kidman and Audrey Tautou.

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Check out our list of innovative reasons for  a break-up.

There could be 42 reasons couples break up – it might have been the man purse, or maybe they just stopped liking each other, a book reveals. The Why We Broke Up Project by Daniel Handler, says the reason could vary from internet porn to age difference, or for being invited to a family

birthday party, the Guardian reported.

Sometimes the reason could be for picking up a date late and never apologising, and at times for wearing the girlfriend’s lipstick.

Some broke up for not being supportive towards each other, while some broke up because they weren’t ready for a committed relationship, only to find out that they were ready for one a month later with someone else.

Few broke up because they stopped liking each other, and also because they felt insecure eating cake in front of the guy.

Some forced their faith on their relationship, while others saw the relationship as “friends with benefits.”

The couples also broke up because they got tired of pretending, while some didn’t like to kiss in public.

Weight gain was also a factor, and also cheating or adultery.

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A user loads Baidu’s homepage on a mobile phone during the Baidu 2011 technology innovation conference in Beijing. Credit: Reuters/Jason Lee

Baidu Inc, China’s largest search engine, will launch a new smartphone partnership next week, that will see the smartphone use an upgraded version of its mobile operating system, a senior company executive said on Friday.

Baidu will announce the tie-up next week for new mobile devices,

similar to Baidu’s partnership with Dell Inc last December when Dell launched a smartphone running on Baidu’s Yi platform. However, the new smartphones will run an upgraded version of Baidu Yi and will be called Baidu Cloud.

“We have a few partnerships coming up and will announce it in a week,” Wang Jing, Baidu’s vice president of engineering and head of mobile, told Reuters.

Wang said the firm was in talks with “global” handset manufacturers to make smartphones with Baidu’s mobile operating system, for the Chinese market.

Wang also said Baidu was moving towards becoming a platform company that offered products across a spectrum of devices, from being a products company.

The focus on cloud computing comes as more people access the Internet from their mobile phones rather than desktop, putting pressure on Internet companies, such as Google and Facebook Inc , to develop robust mobile platforms from which people can still use their services.

Last year, Baidu launched its mobile platform, Yi, in China to compete with Google Inc’s Android mobile operating system and Apple Inc’s iOS.

At the end of 2011, China had 356 million mobile Internet users, government statistics showed.

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Lady Gaga kicked off her world tour in Seoul on April 27 and will visit Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia.

Lady Gaga shows her cheeky side once again as she posted a picture on Twitter which shows her bare boob. In the picture, Gaga covered her modesty with a black plaster, reports The Sun.

The 26-year-old star tweeted the pic, saying: “Yes Tokyo! Tonight was the first BTWBall that I

didn’t puke during show. (yes its that hard) xoxoxxxo Love, gaga+terry”.

Lady Gaga is currently in Japan for her Born This Way Ball tour – which kicked off in April.

Gaga will also be seen in The Simpsons, where she plays “a bit of a slut” in a forthcoming episode.

Lady Gaga posted her picture on Twitter.

The Marry The Night hitmaker is due to star in forthcoming episode Lisa Goes Gaga – which will be aired on May 20 on Fox in the US – of the popular cartoon comedy series, which will see her change into 18 outfits during the show and even embrace Marge Simpson.
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Katrina Kaif is all smiles at the launch of Blackberry Curve 9220.

After Priyanka Chopra, it seems Karan Johar’s next target is Katrina Kaif. According to the filmmaker, the pretty actor doesn’t know how to pose for magazine covers.

“At recent party, Karan was overheard joking about Katrina’s posing skills. According to our sources, Karan was reportedly

saying Katrina’s magazine cover looks are very monotonous. Whatever be the magazine or background, Katrina’s look is the same,” reported Zoom.

Zoom sources also revealed that the director mimicked Kat’s pose as well.

Katrina Kaif poses with Karan Johar.

Karan Johar’s observation is not totally wrong. Katrina does play safe with her looks, hairstyle and dressing sense. At recent events like Kallista Spa opening (SEE PICS) and Blackberry curve 9220 launch in Mumbai and Delhi (PICS ABOVE), Kat was clad in single colour, slightly above knee dresses and her hair was left loose like always.

Seems like the B-Town beauty isn’t too fond of experimenting. Our advice: Simple can get boring with time, brush up girl!

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Robert Pattinson recently posed for a rather kinky photoshoot for the French magazine Premiere. In the shoot, the Twilight star is seen naked in bed with a pregnant woman and himself.

The photo shows two Pattinsons in between the red satin sheets. While one Pattinson has what seems to be a

look of post-coital contentment on his face as he holds the pregnant woman’s hand, the other eyes the couple covetingly.

Robert Pattinson in a photoshoot for Premiere magazine

Casually lying at the foot of the mattress are a few tapes, possibly implying the recording of a sex tape.

The scene is supposed to be inspired from Pattinson’s upcoming film Cosmopolis, in which he plays a millionaire called Eric Parker. The film has been been in the news for its racy trailers showing the 25-year-old actor’s romps with several women. It also seems to have some rather violent and graphic scenes in store.

Interestingly, the other images in the photoshoot were also rather graphic, one of which even showed a calm and composed Pattinson enjoying watching TV while his stomach lay cut open. The image also featured a grim looking blonde sitting next to him.

Robert apparently wanted the photoshoot to pay a tribute to the works of David Cronenberg, who directed Cosmopolis.

Well, one thing is for sure that Pattinson has not only grown up since his Harry Potter and Twilight days but is also catering to a more grown-up, in fact, adult audience.

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TIME magazine’s bold move with its cover story this week has industry experts calling it everything from a cheap shot to desperate.

This week’s cover features an attractive 26-year-old mother, clad in trendy skinny jeans with sleekly muscled bare arms, breastfeeding her almost 4-year-old son

under the headline, “Are You Mom Enough?”

The story is about Dr. Bill Sears, a parenting educator who advocates extreme child-rearing techniques.

Industry insiders have said that they think this is TIME;s attempt to take a page from Newsweek/Daily Beast Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown’s handbook of shocking your way into the news cycle.

The controversial Time magazine cover

“There is no question the morning shows and The View are going to be all over this, and Time can claim to be talked about (if not read),” Fox News quoted Glynnis MacNicol, a journalist who covers media, as saying.

Whether this move sells magazines is trickier than just getting folks to talk about it.

“In the case of Newsweek, Tina Brown’s most controversial covers, Michele Bachmann and Princess Diana, haven’t resulted in long-term upticks in subscriptions or ad sales,” MacNicol said.

“People tend to see the cover online or on television, read or listen to what people are saying about it, and go on with their day. The engagement rarely goes past the cover image to the inside pages let alone the subscription form. This sort of cover suggests Time is getting increasingly desperate to garner people’s attention,” MacNicol said.

Media analyst Brad Adgate of Horizon Media agrees and even added that some subscribers may go so far as to cancel their subscription due to the cover.

“The downside is subscribers cancelling because it is too provocative for a news magazine. Time and Newsweek are both trying to get noticed and remain relevant as consumers get news around the clock on a variety of sources,” Adgate said.

“I think like everything else risque you push the envelope as far as you can. You could eventually run the risk of having newsstands covering up the magazine like a Walmart or banning it if it goes too far,” he said.

Jessica Wakeman, a blogger who writes about women’s issues for TheFrisky.com, thinks the magazine simply didn’t have to go this far in order to raise questions about breastfeeding in America. Breastfeeding is already a divisive issue for mothers.

“They’re trying to sell magazines, but they could have picked a cover that wasn’t trying so hard to be controversial and even sexy,” Wakeman said.

“It’s not an accident that the real-life mom used for the cover is young, blonde and attractive. It’s daring you to either be defensive or repulsed, or have some strong reaction of any kind,” she said.

It didn’t take long for Hollywood to weigh in, either. Actress Alyssa Milano, who had a baby last year, exclaimed on Twitter that the magazine was exploiting breastfeeding mothers.

“@Time no! You missed the mark! You’re supposed to be making it easier for breastfeeding moms. Your cover is exploitive and extreme,” Milano tweeted.

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What if you could walk into a store filled with baubles, threads and zippers, and design your own clothes on the spot? Sounds like a day in Barbie Land, but the new haberdashery on Linking Road, called The Hab, promises to let you do just that. The ground floor section  is panelled

wall-to-wall with zippers, embroidered and sequinned patches, buttons and threads. The floor space is split into four workstations, each tricked out with state-of-the-art sewing machines that would make your granny swoon with delight. They’re capable of helping even the most amateur seamstress masquerade as a pro, equipped with pre-set embroidery patterns, stitches and even elaborate sewing techniques.

DIY designs

So if you’re in the mood to try your hand at pin-tucking a cushion cover, just ask for one of the five-minute demos offered by the store, and let the machine do the rest. We tried our hand at the beginner’s class — embroidering a felt bookmark — and decided to take credit for the three elaborate patterns that the machine dutifully emblazoned onto the strip. And all it took was selecting the pattern and pushing a button.

Chhaya Sriram of The Hab, a concept started by sewing machine manufacturer Usha, reveals that the one-month-old space has become popular for kitty parties and kiddie birthdays. “Kids are excited to try out the machines and show off their creativity,” she says, explaining that their demos allow children to make cartoon pouches and floral headbands.

Regular workshops, conducted on the first floor, allow you to learn surface textures, stitching cushion covers, baby clothes, tops for women, and even DIY revamping old clothes with accessories bought from the selection available at the store itself. With the most expensive class costing a mere Rs. 500, it’s not surprising that the workshops for May are already full.

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Beautiful Lara Dutta has been carrying herself in all elegance post pregnancy. Have a look at the lady spotted at various events.

Lara Dutta has been a yoga practitioner for 12 years and when she became pregnant, she didn’t feel the need to stop with her daily exercises. But she understood that given the changes her body was undergoing, the routine needed to be modified to a specific prenatal routine. “I had a

successful run with the first three DVDs in the ‘H.E.A.L with Lara’ series. And my yoga instructor, Tonia Clarke, who’s a certified prenatal yoga teacher, agreed that there was a dearth in the Indian market of a good exercise yoga DVD geared towards helping pregnant Indian women stay fit through the three trimesters of pregnancy,” the actor-producer points out, explaining the need to bring out a fourth fitness DVD presented by Temple Wellness in association with Bheegi Basanti Entertainment.

The one-of-a-kind wellness DVD is approximately 50 minutes long. It incorporates a 30-minute prenatal yoga routine, along with two meditation techniques — Soham and Har Har. Added to that are labour-oriented exercises that build endurance and provide pregnant women with breathing techniques that could be useful during child birth.

Prenatal yoga uses easy ‘asanas’ and positions that naturally create more space within the womb for the baby. It also helps counter the lethargy and fluctuating emotions that pregnancy brings by relaxing the mind. “The routine will benefit both the pregnant mother and her unborn child,” asserts Lara, adding the project took about two months of pre-production work, after which Saregama came on board as distribution and production partner.

Five mamma-to-be-tips 
* Keep moving with any form of exercise that suits you.
* Enjoy your pregnancy. 
* Enjoy your cravings no matter how bizarre. You can laugh about them later.
* Choose your doctor wisely, take time making your selection.
* Everything is worth it in the end.

Lara’s tips for yummy mummies
* Take your time, every pregnancy and delivery is an individual experience. Your body will let you know when it is ready to get back to some form of exercise. 
*  Get those post-natal massages for at least 40 days after delivery.
* Breast-feeding burns calories.
* Always keep a pre-pregnancy pair of pants or jeans handy to motivate you into getting back into shape.
* Start any post-natal routine under the guidance of a certified trainer or yoga teacher. Always check with your doctor before you begin.

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