Saturday, December 08, 2012

Megan Fox: No More Bikini Pictures Or Sexy Movie Roles



Megan Fox has some upsetting news for the millions of men (and women) who worship her: she's worried about how her baby son Noah's friends might treat him when he gets older if she keeps up her sexy image -- so she says she plans on covering up more in the future.

Megan, who stars in Judd Apatow's upcoming This Is 40, says that motherhood has changed her enough so that she's decide that sexy photo shoots, questionable movie roles and just being spotted on the beach in a bikini are things of the past.

"It changes your perspective about being overly sexual in a film when you have a baby," she tells Britain's Daily Mirror. "I'm going to be more cautious about choosing films because I'm already thinking about when he's in school and his friends are going to be showing him my photo shoots with me in a bikini and he's going to be horrified. So that will deter me from making some of the choices I made before."

Once named "The Sexiest Woman in the World", Megan says she only gained 23 pounds while carrying baby Noah, whose Biblical name reflects her return to her religious beliefs after the period in her life in which she broke with her religious upbringing.

"I went through a stage in my early 20s when I was very rebellious against how I was raised and I wasn't worried about faith or religion but now, maybe because of getting married and wanting to have a family," she says; "I've come back full circle."

Megan says that having an infant has been difficult on her and husband Brian Austin Green, neither of whom have been getting much sleep since his arrival. But she says she wouldn't change a thing.

"I don't receive the same satisfaction from my career as I do from being a mother so I'm really happy," she says.

Sofia Vergara and Sharon Stone Filmed Sexy Threesome Scene for 'Fading Gigolo'



Sofia Vergara doesn't want to just be seen as a trophy wife with a temper, and she's picked the perfect movie role to show everyone that she's capable of so much more.

The Modern Family actress is set to star in the sexy comedy Fading Gigolo, and she's filming some scenes that are far raunchier than any she's shot for her TV series.

Sofia is no stranger to plunging necklines and form-fitting clothes, but some photos taken from the set of her new movie are making jaws drop. In one of them the actress wears a very sexy corseted bra, and she appears to be kissing costar Sharon Stone in another.

The movie is written and directed by John Turturro, who also stars in the movie. Since he's the mastermind behind Fading Gigolo, it's not surprising that he's written a threesome sex scene starring himself, Sofia Vergara, and Sharon Stone.

Sofia previously said that there would be no "lesbian loving" in the movie, but maybe John and costar Woody Allen talked her into it. After all, Woody has experience getting actresses to shoot girl-on-girl kissing scenes—he got Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz to make out in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

Perhaps Sofia sees playing a bisexual or lesbian character as her way to winning an Oscar or at least getting nominated for one. Natalie Portman snagged an Academy Award after starring in a steamy love scene with Mila Kunis, and Penelope Cruz won an Oscar for Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Sharon Stone didn't get nominated for playing a bisexual character in Basic Instinct, but making out with other women wasn't in vogue in 1992.

Sofia wearing skimpy lingerie and kissing another woman might be enough to convince some moviegoers to check out Fading Gigolo, but for those who care about the plot, here's what it is: John Turturro's character decides to become a male gigolo in order to help a cash-strapped pal played by Woody Allen. Woody's character then becomes his pimp.

So the movie's plot is somewhat similar to that of Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, but the cast is much better (and hopefully the writing is, too).

So are you looking forward to seeing Sofia and Sharon sharing a smooch?

Photo Source: Wikimedia

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Sad State: 4 killed, more than 350 injured in Cairo clashes



How much longer will this continue?

Four people were killed and more than 300 injured in Cairo in clashes between supporters of President Mohammed Morsy and opponents of his proposed constitutional reforms, a news report quoted the Health Ministry as saying early on Thursday.

Fighting broke out on Wednesday when members of Mr Morsy’s Muslim Brotherhood confronted protesters who had been camping outside a presidential building in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis since the previous day.

The two sides threw stones and petrol bombs in clashes that injured about 350 people, the broadcaster Al Jazeera cited Health Ministry officials as saying.

The camp was set up by protesters opposed to a draft constitution passed by the assembly last week, and to a decree granting the president sweeping new powers.

Riot police were deployed to break up the clashes, the report said. At least 32 people were arrested, it quoted the Interior Ministry as saying.

The protests also spread to other Egyptian cities, the report said.

On a high with J. Lo



IT was a sight to behold: Jennifer Lopez, the globally-renowned American singer-entertainer, standing on the stage at Stadium Merdeka, drenched, in the heavy downpour last Sunday evening.

Just a minute before that, Lopez had slipped and fallen as she struck a pose at the end of a song.

But this good sport just laughed it off casually, saying: "It's a little slippery out here!" before getting on with her next song.

As this is the height of the monsoon season in Malaysia, I wondered why it hadn't dawned on concert organisers that it would probably rain and would have been a better bet to have held the concert indoors.

It also wasn't the greatest of sights to see almost 15,000 Lopez fans waiting at the entrance of the stadium since 5pm under the pouring rain. They were finally
only allowed to enter the stadium at 8pm. Mind you, 8pm is when the concert was scheduled to start.

Up until the moment when Lopez's band members came on stage at 9pm, I was pretty sure that the diva might cancel the performance but the rain obviously didn't stop this singing sensation – even when it started to pour cats and dogs again.

How wrong I was, especially when Lopez herself came on stage at 9.10pm, to let her fans know that nothing would stop her from having fun with her fans that night. Not even the rain.

In a glittery bejewelled catsuit, Lopez kick-started the evening with Get Right, and it was at the end of this song that she fell on stage.

She stole the audience's hearts when instead of running back to the shades, she stood still under the rain and asked the audience: "Do we care about the rain? No! We will dance and will you dance with me?"

The fans cheered loudly for their bootilicious idol, in the rain, in their colourful raincoats.

Lopez carried on with Love Don't Cost a Thing and even orchestrated the crowd to sing along with her. This was quickly followed by I'm Into You and Waiting For Tonight.

The next set was a lot more fun with Lopez coming on stage in a tracksuit with sneakers and all. She performed a hip-hop medley and took Malaysians back with her to the neighbourhood she grew up in – the Bronx, New York.

Songs in this set included some of her biggest hits – I'm Real, All I Have, Ain't It Funny, and of course, Jenny from the Block.

After all the dancing and singing in the rain, Lopez went back stage and came out again, this time in a soft and flowing blue dress which worked well with the slow and sentimental numbers she sang along to her guitarist.

While singing Secretly, If You Had My Love and Until It Beats No More, the rain finally gave in and sort of stopped to listen, paving way for the next sexy samba set.

It was an amazing samba party in the stadium when Lopez performed Lets Get Loud, in which she and her dancers did a lot of booty-shaking in skimpy outfits that left nothing to the imagination.

One thing's for sure – this lady has an amazing figure for a 43-year-old mother of two!

Lopez then performed Papi and ended the night with On the Floor and her new single, Dance Again, as the encore numbers.

After all the long hours of waiting and heavy downpour, I have to say that the concert was totally worth it – even if the complete set was quite short with less than 20 songs.

To me, Lopez is a great performer who knows how to capture her audience's heart with not a hint of diva attitude expressed on stage.

She may not be the best female vocalist, but her dancing and energetic performance surely made her concert one that I truly enjoyed.

Saturday, December 01, 2012

Vampire Threat Terrorizes Serbian Village



For the people in a tiny Serbian village there is nothing sexy or romantic about a vampire. In fact, they are terrified that one of the most feared vampires of the area has been roused back to life.

Rather than 'Twilight's' Edward, the people of Zorazje fear that Sava Savanovic is lurking in their forested mountains of western Serbia.

They believe that he is on the move because the home he occupied for so long, a former water mill, recently collapsed. Savanovic is believed to be looking for a new home.

"People are very worried. Everybody knows the legend of this vampire and the thought that he is now homeless and looking for somewhere else and possibly other victims is terrifying people," Miodrag Vujetic, local municipal assembly member, told ABC News. "We are all frightened."

Vujetic said villagers "are all taking precautions by having holy crosses and icons placed above the entrance to the house, rubbing our hands with garlic, and having a hawthorn stake or thorn."

"I understand that people who live elsewhere in Serbia are laughing at our fears, but here most people have no doubt that vampires exist," he says.

According to legend, Savanovic would kill and drink the blood of the peasants who came to grind their grain at his watermill on the Rogacica River. Tour groups from around the Balkans would come to see the mill. But even tourism had its limits.

"We were welcoming tourists, but only during the day. Nobody ever overnighted there," said Slobodan Jagodic, whose family owned the mill for over 60 years.

"We were too scared to repair it, not to disturb Sava Savanovic," says Jagodic. "It's even worse now that it collapsed due to lack of repair."

Traditions die slowly in this part of the world. "In the dark forested mountains of Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Croatia, many people still believe in vampires and take them quite seriously," says Dr. James Lyon, Ph.D, a noted Balkan historian who has done extensive research on the folklore behind vampires.

"In local folklore, vampires are not potential boyfriends. Rather, they are hideous, blood thirsty creatures with red eyes and iron teeth that bloat when they feed, and are able to shift their shape," says Lyon, author of "Kiss of the Butterfly," a historical thriller about vampires in the Serbia.

Savanovic has maintained his notoriety in modern Serbia. He was featured in a 19th century book "Ninety Years Later" written by Milovan Glisic, whose book inspired a 1972 horror film "Leptirica" (Butterfly), widely watched throughout all of former Yugoslavia. More recently, Savanovic appeared in an award winning book "Fear and Its Servant" written by Mirjana Novakovic.

The Balkans have long established itself as Ground Zero for vampires when it comes to fanged folklore, and Serbia is a leader in this, according to Lyon.

"Vampires originated in Serbia, not Romania," says Lyon. "The word vampire entered western languages from Serbia in the late 1720s."

Austrian forces returning from conquests in Ottoman Serbia in the early 1700s brought back vampire stories, which circulated throughout Europe, later inspiring Byron, Keats and Coleridge, he claims.

"In 1730-31 the Austrian Army sent a military surgeon into Serbia to conduct autopsies on suspected vampires. He and other Austrian Army officers wrote of their experiences, and these records still exist today," Lyons said.

Documented reports of vampire-related activity continue to this day throughout the Balkans, the most recent having occurred in 2011 in Serbia.

Back in Zarozje, villagers will have to be on their guard for at least seven more months, because local legend holds that vampires are most active between Christmas and the Feast of the Ascension on June 7.

Thieves Steal 300 Pairs of Panties



Detectives are looking for two men who were caught on surveillance tape stealing about 300 pairs of panties from a Victoria’s Secret store in downtown San Diego.

The panty raid took place on Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. at the Victoria’s Secret in the Horton Plaza shopping mall, police said.

While one thief walked around the store pretending to browse for merchandise, a second thief carrying a shopping bag walked over to an underwear display.

The man carrying the shopping bag held it open while the other man scooped about 300 pairs of panties into the bag, police said.

The one carrying the bag full of underwear then walked out of the store while the other lingered inside for another 15 seconds before walking out.

Store employees were unaware of the theft until they noticed the display had been ransacked, and about half of its merchandise had been removed, police said.


The display was located roughly 10 feet from the door of the lingerie store, police said.

Detectives described both men as Hispanic between 18 and 25 years old. They’re both between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-9, with thin to medium builds.

One man was wearing a black sweater and jeans while the other wore a blue shirt and gray shorts. The burglary was caught on surveillance video, so police are using those images to investigate, identify and locate the suspects.