Philippines Storm And Floods in Kill Nearly 200

MANILA, Philippines, Dec 15: A typhoon has hit the southern Philippines, triggering flash floods and landslides that killed nearly 180 people and forced about 100,000 from their homes, government and army officials said on Saturday.

Some of the dead were swept out at sea in the worst-hit coastal cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in the Mindanao region, which is unaccustomed to the cyclones that are common elsewhere in the archipelago nation. Many of the victims were asleep when it struck Mindanao island, killing many in Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro.

Residents are rescued by volunteers Saturday following a flash flood that inundated Cagayan de Oro city, Philippines.

Tens of thousands of people have fled to higher ground, the authorities say. The provinces of Compostela Valley and Zamboanga del Norte were also hit, said Benito Ramos, chairman of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

Army spokesman Colonel Leopoldo Galon said emergency workers had recovered 97 bodies, most of them children, who drowned in floods in Cagayan de Oro City. Large areas were left without power and some domestic flights were cancelled as winds of up to 90 km/h (55mph) swept across the island.

About 400 people are missing after the storm, which is called Sendong locally. More than 2,000 have been rescued, according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In Iligan, Lawrence Cruz, the city's mayor, described rampaging floodwaters from swollen rivers that swamped at least 10 villages on the city's outskirts.
Ayi Hernandez, a former congressman, said he and his family were resting in their home late Friday when they heard a loud "swooshing sound" and water quickly rose ankle deep inside his home. He decided to evacuate to a neighbor's two-story house.

The floodwaters were waist-high in some neighborhoods that do not usually experience flooding. Scores of residents escaped the floods by climbing onto the roofs of their homes, Cruz said. The national disaster agency said five miners were also buried in a landslide.

Christopher Hitchens dies at 62 after suffering cancer

Christopher Hitchens, who died yesterday from cancer at 62, was a proud bad boy who ignored Vancouver’s smoking bylaws, promoted the war against Iraq and branded religion the root of all evil during his 2007 speaking visit to the city.

Tony Blair described him as "a complete one-off, an amazing mixture of writer, journalist, polemicist, and unique character". The author Salman Rushdie, a friend, paid tribute to him on Twitter after the announcement of his death.

"Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops," he wrote. Mr Blair, the former Labour prime minister, publicly debated religion with Hitchens in November 2010. He said Hitchens "was fearless in the pursuit of truth and any cause in which he believed.

"And there was no belief he held that he did not advocate with passion, commitment and brilliance. "He was an extraordinary, compelling and colourful human being whom it was a privilege to know."

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who once worked as an intern for Hitchens, said: "Christopher Hitchens was everything a great essayist should be: infuriating, brilliant, highly provocative and yet intensely serious.

Facebook Timeline: Everything You Need To Know

Social networking site Facebook's latest service Timeline has been globally rolled out. It's been talked about for what feels like ages, but as of Thursday (Dec. 15) any Facebook user can switch his or her profile page to the fancy new Timeline layout.

There's a new place to put a banner image that stretches nicely across the top of your profile, replacing the often awkward vertical spot where most people used to put a photo of themselves. Timeline was announced by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the f8 conference in September.

Facebook's latest service Timeline has been globally rolled out which was announced by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the f8 conference in September.

"Timeline gives you an easy way to rediscover the things you shared, and collect your most important moments," Facebook's Paul McDonald wrote on the company blog today. "It also lets you share new experiences, like the music you listen to or the miles you run."

Users can also add a snazzy "cover" photo that serves as a banner at the top of the page. Facebook also warns against using the space for advertisements or any other kind of commercial activity.

1. Cover photo

The first thing Facebook users should do when they open Timeline is to upload a large cover photo. It is the first thing people see when they get to a user’s page.

2. Activity Log

The ‘Activity Log’ lets Facebook users review all of the stuff they have posted on the site – such as photos or status updates. Only the user can see their ‘Activity Log’ and from this the user can decide what stuff to show and hide on their Timeline.

3. Sharing life stories

Users can fill out the Timeline with special moments from their lives. They need to click on ‘life event’ and then can add their baby photos, first car, graduation, engagement, wedding, new house, baby being born – or anything else.

4. Highlighting special moments and hiding the ones people would rather forget:

For extra special moments, Facebook users can highlight them on their timeline by clicking on the star to make them extra big. Or they can remove anything they don't want to appear on their Timeline by clicking the pencil icon and selecting hide or delete.

5. Control privacy post by post

Change the privacy of anything on the Timeline by clicking on the dropdown next to any post. Members can choose the audience they want to see anything - ¬some things they can share publicly while other things they may only want to share with close friends.

6. Add apps to your Timeline

Facebook users can now tell a more complete story of who they are by adding new experiences to the Timeline profile – such as music they are listening to or films they are watching via applications.

'The Protestor' is Time Magazine’s 2011 'Person of the Year'

"The Protester" has been named Time's "Person of the Year" for 2011. 

From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement, "The Protester" was named Time magazine's 2011 Person of the Year on Wednesday. The magazine annually honors the individual or group it deems the most influential that year, and thanks to protests that spread across Europe, the Middle East and the US in 2011, it chose the anonymous "Protester" for the coveted title.

Time's "Person of the Year" is the person or thing that the magazine feels has most influenced the culture and the news during the past year, for good or for ill. Last year, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg got the honour. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke received the honor in 2009. The 2008 winner was then-President-elect Barack Obama.

Time said it is recognizing protesters because they are "redefining people power" around the world. "Is there a global tipping point for frustration? Everywhere, it seems, people said they'd had enough," Time Editor Rick Stengel said in a statement.

"From the Arab Spring to Athens, from Occupy Wall Street to Moscow...," the magazine's "Person of the Year" cover stated, alongside a drawing of a determined-looking face that is partially obscured by a scarf and hat. On almost every continent, 2011 has seen an almost unprecedented rise in both peaceful and sometimes violent unrest and dissent.

Elizabeth Taylor Auction Breaks Record At $116M VIDEO

Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry collection fetched a record-setting $115 million — including more than $11.8 million for a pearl necklace and more than $8.8 million for a diamond ring given to her by Richard Burton — at an auction of gems and other memorabilia amassed by the late actress.

Christie's sale of 80 items had been estimated to raise about $20m (£13m), but took more than double the record for a single collection. The highlight was a necklace featuring a 16th Century pearl which sold for $11.8m (£7.6m), a record for the gem. The actress' famous 33.19-carat diamond ring, given to her by Richard Burton, also sold for $8.8m (£5.7m).

Burton, who married Taylor twice, had bought the pearl in 1969 at auction for $37,000, and Taylor, who died in March at age 79, commissioned Cartier to design a ruby-and-diamond necklace mount. It had been estimated to sell for $2 million to $3 million.

The ring, estimated to sell for $2.5 million to $3.5 million, was included in a collection of Taylor's necklaces, earrings, pendants and rings and other gems that went on sale Tuesday night at Christie's in New York. Other highlights included the Taj Mahal diamond, another gift from Burton marking Dame Elizabeth's 40th birthday, which sold for $8.8m (£5.7m), a record for an Indian jewel.

The four-hour sale broke the record for a single-owner jewelry collection before the halfway mark. The previous record was set in 1987, when the Duchess of Windsor's jewels sold for just over $50 million. A total six world records for jewellery at auction were broken, including that for pearl jewellery, price per carat of a D colour diamond and for the price achieved for Indian jewellery. Only two items are said to have sold within their estimates.

WATCH Elizabeth Taylor Auction Breaks Record At $116M VIDEO

Maddie Misanz Photos | Joe Mauer Girlfriend

Joe Mauer, known as the most eligible man in Minnesota, has gotten engaged to longtime friend, Maddie Bisanz. The couple got engaged over the weekend in Sanibel, Florida. A wedding date, however, has not been set yet. Mauer proposed to Bisanz while the couple was in Florida. The two have known each other since high school.

"I was hoping for a yes, and she said yes," Mauer told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "I'm getting to marry my best friend." Their beautiful love story began a while ago when Joe was at the Cretin-Derham Hall. His fiancé also graduate from this Catholic high-school, so the two have a lot in common.

They were not dating back in high school; they got together only a little more than a year back. According to reports, Joe Mauer popped the question to Bisanz while the couple was in Sanibel, Florida.

"A place that is special to both of us," Joe Mauer shared on Sunday from Florida. "We couldn't be happier, and we're both really excited." Mauer has always been private about his personal life and his dating past, although he was linked to former Miss USA Chelsea Cooley in 2006.

Mauer won the American League MVP in 2009. During the 2009 season Mauer had a batting average of .365, hit 28 home runs, and had 96 RBIs. Mauer’s numbers have fallen since then as he has struggled with injuries. In 2011, the Twins catcher hit .287 with three home runs and 30 RBIs.

Nordine Amrani Attacks In Belgian City Leaves 5 Dead, 122 Wounded

A lone attacker armed with guns and explosives killed at least three people and injured scores more before taking his own life in the Belgian city of Liège on Tuesday. In a terrifying resemblance to the Breivik massacre in the summer, a Belgian man goes on a shooting spree as youth exit their schools, killing a baby and several others.

It was not immediately clear what motivated the attack in the busy Place Saint-Lambert square, the central entry point to downtown shopping streets in the city in eastern Belgium. The attack prompted hundreds of shoppers to stampede down old city streets, fleeing explosions and bullets.

On Tuesday a Liege hospital announced that a 17-month-old girl had become the fourth victim of the shooting spree, after two teenage boys and a 75-year-old woman were earlier confirmed killed. Officials said at least 120 others were also wounded in the attack, which occurred 90km east of Brussels. Some 52 people were treated for injuries by medics at a field hospital set up near the scene, the prosecutor said, while others went to hospitals in the area.

Police in Belgium have discovered a woman's body at the home of a gunman who went on the rampage in the city of Liege, killing four people and himself.

"It was found in a shed which he used, notably to grow cannabis," Liege's prosecutor general, Cedric Visart de Bocarme, told Belgian public radio, RTBF. The authorities are trying to determine what motivated Mr Amrani to go on his killing spree.

Mobile phone videos taken in the aftermath of the attack showed a dozen people lying on the ground covered in blood. The attacker threw several explosive devices – either heavy-duty firecrackers or grenades – then opened fire on the crowd in at least two bursts, witnesses said.

Public prosecutor Daniele Reynders was to address questions ranging from the killer's fate to news of victims in a critical condition, or how closely Belgian authorities had followed Amrani during a year under caretaker government, at a 9:00 am Liege press conference.

Lindsay Lohan Playboy Pictures Went VIRAL

Online leaked photos of LiLo will provide some advantage to the fans because Hugh Hefner has announced today that they are going to release the Lindsay Lohan Playboy Photos for the January-February cover of Playboy.

According to the Daily Mail, now the men's magazine has released the first shot of the actress from the inside spread - and it is clear Lindsay is channelling her inner blonde bombshell. The 24-year-old actress is seen reclining with her white blonde hair tumbling over her shoulders, her arm raised above her head.


The 25-year-old admits she should have listened to her advisers, but her stubbornness led to many of her well-documented legal problems.

"Looking back, I probably would have listened to and taken more advice from the people whom I admire and would have followed through with it more," Lohan said. Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her viewers will get the first look at Lindsay Lohan's photos in January's Playboy. Earlier this week, the cover of the issue was leaked. The photo showed Lohan in a provocative pose, with certain areas obscured by the magazine's bunny logo.

Lindsay the blonde bombshell: The first shot from Miss Lohan's Playboy spread has been released. Source Daily Mail

LiLo was paid a reputed $1m to bare all in the Marilyn Monroe-inspired shoot. The cover features Lohan sitting straddling a red lacquered chair, its back in the shape of the signature Playboy bunny logo, and a headline that simply says "Lindsay."

"Because of the interest & the Internet leak, we're releasing the Lindsay Lohan issue early," Hugh Hefner tweeted Friday. Although he didn't specify a release date, he did tweet a few positive comments about Lohan's spread. "The Lindsay Lohan issue of Playboy is going to be a true Collector's Edition," he wrote, adding that online demand is clearly high: "Lindsay Lohan was the top search name on the Internet yesterday. Her issue goes on sale late next week. Hot. Hot. Hot."

The shoot is set against a sexy red backdrop; in some of the photos she lies on ruffled material - while in another she perches on what appears to be a lip-shaped couch. Hefner told also told the Insider, "It's a classic tribute, inspired by the original Tom Kelley nude pictorial of Marilyn Monroe."

Lindsay Lohan Playboy Photo Bunny

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her viewers will get the first look at Lindsay Lohan's photos in January's Playboy.

Earlier this week, the cover of the issue was leaked. The photo showed Lohan in a provocative pose, with certain areas obscured by the magazine's bunny logo. LiLo was paid a reputed $1m to bare all in the Marilyn Monroe-inspired shoot.

The cover features Lohan sitting straddling a red lacquered chair, its back in the shape of the signature Playboy bunny logo, and a headline that simply says "Lindsay."
"Because of the interest & the Internet leak, we're releasing the Lindsay Lohan issue early," Hugh Hefner tweeted Friday.

Although he didn't specify a release date, he did tweet a few positive comments about Lohan's spread. "The Lindsay Lohan issue of Playboy is going to be a true Collector's Edition," he wrote, adding that online demand is clearly high:

"Lindsay Lohan was the top search name on the Internet yesterday. Her issue goes on sale late next week. Hot. Hot. Hot." The shoot is set against a sexy red backdrop; in some of the photos she lies on ruffled material - while in another she perches on what appears to be a lip-shaped couch.

Hefner told also told the Insider, "It's a classic tribute, inspired by the original Tom Kelley nude pictorial of Marilyn Monroe."

Lohan, who squeezed in the Playboy shoot between court dates, community service obligations and everything else she's been required to do to maintain her freedom, let alone her career, has not commented on the presumably flattering turn of events.

According to the Daily Mail, Lindsay's shoot was inspired by celebrity photographer Tom Kelley's nude pictorial of Marilyn Monroe, shot in 1949 for a calendar before featuring in the first edition of Playboy in 1953. One of Lohan's poses is in very similar style to this one of Monroe.

Katy Perry Spoofs Pippa Middleton, Kate Pregnancy Talk on SNL [VIDEO]

Katy Perry has appeared on Saturday Night Live before (she was the musical guest during an episode last September, in which she also appeared in a sketch poking fun at herself and her Sesame Street controversy. Kicking off the evening in her new blond bob, Mrs. Russell Brand walked onto the festive set in a tight red dress covered in Christmas ornaments for the show's opening monologue.

After performing as the musical guest on the show once before, Perry turned over those duties to her former tour opener Robyn, opting instead to show off her acting chops. Perry seemed a bit nervous during the opening monologue, but thankfully a crew of cast members didn’t let her go it alone. "SNL" took their best stabs at the Middleton girls as well as Prince Philip (a.k.a. the Duke of Edinburgh), Queen Elizabeth II and Prince William.

And being the amateur royal experts we are, it's our duty to weigh in. In the royally-inspired skit, Kate Middleton (played by Nasim Pedrad, who spoofed Kim Kardashian in several skits) gets grilled by Queen Elizabeth (Fred Armisen) and Prince Phillip (Bill Hader) for failing to get pregnant with a royal heir eight months after the royal wedding. In a parody trailer for "The Apocalypse," a play on the recently released romantic comedy "New Year's Eve," Perry dressed up as Xtina, singing her signature elongated notes.

But the show’s most absurdly random moments came in the digital short, “Best Friends,” which found singing pals Perry and Andy Samberg befriending a “handsome drug addict” and a “brilliant lunatic,” played respectively by Matt Damon and the reliably bonkers Val Kilmer.

Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 4 Episode 6

Most of my learners by the time mentioned know this. That is before I decide on a Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 4 Episode 6 Three Wigs and a Baby that smashes a climate for a watch Real Housewives of Atlanta new online. This week's episode of RHOA began with Kandi at her boutique, aptly named Tags, with her business partner, aptly named Peaches.

Phaedra showed up with a cake, to apologize for offending Kandi's mom at Kandi's birthday party by providing the...ahem...entertainment. As Kim's being prepped for labor, her nurse asks her about her medical history. Kim reveals that she's pretty healthy. Phaedra Parks is shown helping out a client who was oddly willing to be shown on camera.

(She told me in an interview before the season started that most of her clients don’t want to be on the show, for obviousl reasons.) This dope smoking, tinted-car dude in Morrow named Dave clearly didn’t care. Early in the episode, after Cynthia Bailey hosted a fashion show, Marlo Hampton (a “Real Housewives” wannabe) showed up with former NFL player Charles Grant. They appeared to be dating. Phaedra Parks dished to Sheree Whitfield that Grant had dated NeNe Leakes while NeNe was on the outs with her husband Gregg.

(”I’m not one to gossip,” Phaedra said at one point, disingenuously.) There was a fashion show at the Atlanta botanical gardens which meant that the Housewives were finally going to see Cynthia in her element. Sadly, her element is butchering names and issuing weary corrections. After last night's episode Cynthia probably just halved her speaking-engagement fee. Meanwhile, at the International Interior Design Fashion Show, Cynthia was getting ready to be the emcee, and some of the girls were coming to watch.

Phaedra and Apollo showed up, because they've made amends with Peter (although I couldn't help but notice that Peter wasn't really seen anywhere near Apollo throughout the whole thing, but that's another story). Kandi gives her mom a fancy drag queen makeover, an extra-small Spanx and a sports car for her to lie on.

All this just to put her mom on a dating site, as she's newly single. Hmmmm. I won't comment on the newly single part, but I agree with moms: It was way too much makeup for a 60-year-old. Kandi reminds her mom to use condoms.

Joe Mauer Proposed To Girlfriend Maddie Bisanz

Minnesota’s most eligible bachelor is off the market. Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer proposed to his girlfriend, Maddie Bisanz, over the weekend. "A place that is special to both of us," Mauer said Sunday from Florida. "We couldn't be happier, and we're both really excited."

Mauer and Bisanz both attended Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul. Mauer graduated from Cretin in 2001 and was drafted by the Twins with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft that same year. No wedding date has been set. The couple have been friends for about seven years and have been dating for about 1-1/2 years.

Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer proposed to his girlfriend, Maddie Bisanz, over the weekend.

The two did not date during high school, rather, they reconnected in recent years, according to Mauer’s family. Earlier this month, Mauer was asked during a chat with local reporters whether he was engaged. He denied rumors that he was engaged then, but Mauer popped the question to Bisanz not long after.

Mauer has always been private about his personal life and his dating past, although he was linked to former Miss USA Chelsea Cooley in 2006. "I was hoping for a yes and she said yes," Mauer told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "I'm getting to marry my best friend."

"I wanted to say, 'Hey, I'm here, this is what's going on. I'm healthy,'" Mauer told reporters earlier this month. "That's the biggest thing. The fans are kind of like, 'What's going on with this guy?' I'm ready to go. I'm excited."

Girl Who Predicted Her Death On Facebook, Dies Of Wounds

Ramie Grimmer Is Dead, Rachelle Grimmer Daughter Died Of Wound, Girl Who Predicted Her Death On Facebook, Dies Of Wounds: (REUTERS) A 12-year-old girl who was shot by her mother during a standoff inside a Texas food stamp office died of her wounds late Wednesday night, officials said Thursday. Ramie Grimmer had posted a Facebook message on Monday "may die 2today" after her mother, Rachelle Grimmer, 38, took a supervisor hostage in the Texas Department of Human Services office in the Rio Grande city of Laredo in a dispute over her denial of food stamp benefits.

Rachelle Grimmer released the supervisor, but after a seven hour standoff, police say she shot Ramie and her ten-year-old son Timothy Grimmer, and then killed herself. Timothy remains in very critical condition in a San Antonio hospital, according to Mary Walker, spokeswoman for Child Protective Services.

State and local officials said Rachelle Grimmer was a troubled woman wandering with her children from residence to residence after moving to Texas from Zanesville Ohio in March. At one point, the three lived in a tent on the beach near Corpus Christi. Neighbors in Laredo said the children were often seen begging for food while living in a crumbling recreational vehicle which didn't have a place to cook food.

Officials said Texas Child Protective Services had been asked to look into the status of the children while they were living on the beach, but determined there were no signs of abuse or neglect and closed the case.

Laredo police said the Grimmers lived in at least four different places during their brief time in the city.

Abducted Megumi Yokota Is Still Alive In North Korea

A Japanese woman famously kidnapped more than three decades ago by North Korea at the age of 13 is still alive, according to new reports. Photographs are on display of Yokota’s life after her 1977 abduction by North Korean spies, as she grew from a teenager into an adult imprisoned behind the reclusive regime’s wall of secrecy.

According to a website "the Mainichi Daily News, the Japanese government obtained data on Pyongyang residents nearly a year ago that included information related to a woman whose birthday and other attributes were identical to those of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, government and ruling coalition sources said Thursday.

Sakie Yokota, mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted to North Korean in 1977, shows a portrait of her daughter.

In 2002, North Korea admitted that she and others had been abducted, but claimed that she had committed suicide on March 13, 1994. However, Park Sun-young, a member of South Korea's opposition Liberty Forward Party, told media that a North Korean defector has made a videotaped testimony confirming that Ms Yokota is still alive.

Just few days ago, a South Korean magazine, Weekly Chosun, stated that a 2005 directory of Pyongyang residents listed a woman, named Kim Eun Gong, with the same birth date as Yokota. The directory gave Kim's spouse's name as Kim Yong Nam, a South Korean abductee who was previously reported to have married Yokota.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda intends to demand that North Korea reinvestigate the whereabouts of abductees who Pyongyang says have died or never entered the country, including Yokota, the sources said.

Andie MacDowell’s Daughter Rainey Qualley Named Miss Golden Globe 2012

The Hollywood Foreign Press has just announced that Rainey Qualley, the daughter of Andie MacDowell, will be the 2012 Miss Golden Globe. The Associated Press reported Rainey Qualley was chosen to be 2012’s Miss Golden Globe by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Thursday.

Miss Golden Globe is traditionally the child of a celebrity who is invited to assist during the awards ceremony. Previous honorees include Rumer Willis, Laura Dern, Melanie Griffith and Joely Fisher.

"I am honored to be selected as the 2012 Miss Golden Globe," Qualley said at a news conference at Cecconi's restaurant. "It's very exciting to be a part of an awards show like the Golden Globes so early on in my career." 53-years old Andie wore a smart navy blue dress, which came just above the knee, her daughters went slightly higher with their hemlines showing off their pristine pins.

President of the Hollywood Foreign Press, Dr. Aida Takla-O’Reilly, made the announcement. Takla-O’Reilly said, “We are delighted that this year’s Miss Golden Globe is Rainey. She is a talented and beautiful young woman. We’re excited to have her as part of this year’s show.”

"I would like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve as Miss Golden Globe 2012," she told the press at West Hollywood’s Cecconi’s restaurant. Nominations for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards will be announced next week. The ceremony is slated for Jan. 15.

Lindsay Lohan Playoy Photos Debut On 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her viewers will get the first look at Lindsay Lohan's photos in January's Playboy. Earlier this week, the cover of the issue was leaked. The photo showed Lohan in a provocative pose, with certain areas obscured by the magazine's bunny logo.

LiLo was paid a reputed $1m to bare all in the Marilyn Monroe-inspired shoot. The cover features Lohan sitting straddling a red lacquered chair, its back in the shape of the signature Playboy bunny logo, and a headline that simply says "Lindsay."

"Because of the interest & the Internet leak, we're releasing the Lindsay Lohan issue early," Hugh Hefner tweeted Friday. Although he didn't specify a release date, he did tweet a few positive comments about Lohan's spread. "The Lindsay Lohan issue of Playboy is going to be a true Collector's Edition," he wrote, adding that online demand is clearly high: "Lindsay Lohan was the top search name on the Internet yesterday. Her issue goes on sale late next week. Hot. Hot. Hot."

The shoot is set against a sexy red backdrop; in some of the photos she lies on ruffled material - while in another she perches on what appears to be a lip-shaped couch. Hefner told also told the Insider, "It's a classic tribute, inspired by the original Tom Kelley nude pictorial of Marilyn Monroe."

Lohan, who squeezed in the Playboy shoot between court dates, community service obligations and everything else she's been required to do to maintain her freedom, let alone her career, has not commented on the presumably flattering turn of events.

According to the Daily Mail, Lindsay's shoot was inspired by celebrity photographer Tom Kelley's nude pictorial of Marilyn Monroe, shot in 1949 for a calendar before featuring in the first edition of Playboy in 1953. One of Lohan's poses is in very similar style to this one of Monroe.

Veena Malik Nude Pics: 11 Things to Know About The 'Queen of Controversies'

A row has erupted over an image of Pakistani actress Veena Malik sporting the initials ISI on her arm, with FHM India insisting it is not fake. It has caused a sensation in Pakistan for both the nudity and the initials of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency.

Pakistani media have quoted a spokesman for Ms Malik as saying she never took part in such a photoshoot. Also speaking to Pakistan's private Geo channel, Sharma said Malik had been "very excited for this shoot" and the tattoo by the makeup artist had been "in very thin font, but (Malik) asked to make a bold tattoo of ISI".

Reacting to the controversy, Pakistan's Interior minister Rehman Malik said that the government would verify the nudity matter. "If she has done so, she did wrong. But, these pictures are tempered many times and we will look into this issue," he told reporters.

1. Veena Malik is the former ex-girlfriend of cricketer Mohammad Asif. The disgraced cricketer was jailed last month in connection with the Pakistan match-fixing scandal.

2. She was born in Rawalpindi near the capital city of Islamabad.

3. She is the daughter of an Army soldier.

4. She was a basketball player throughout her school years, to include college.

5. She reportedly has a bachelors degree in Sociology, Psychology and Persian.

6. Veena Malik worked as a comedian for several television shows and series before she became an actress. She made her acting debut in 2000.

7. Back in 2007, when she made an appearance on the red carpet for the Lux Style Awards, she was tagged the "most stylish celebrity on the carpet."

8. Veena Malik made it big time in 2010 when she took part in the Indian version of Big Brother called Big Boss 4. She was evicted two weeks before the finals.

9. She is very outspoken and has won a large following from Pakistan's youth and liberals.

10. She was confronted on a talk show by cleric Mufti Abdul Qawi for her "immoral" behaviour. The actress said Pakistan had greater issues to focus on than her.

11. She worked as a representative at the World Health Organization for more than two years.

Mindy McCready Custody Battle: Singer's 5-Year-Old Son Taken By Authorities

The missing five-year-old son of country singer Mindy McCready was found hiding in a closet with his mother in Arkansas, Deputy U.S. Marshall David Rahbany said on Saturday.

Earlier Friday, Mindy McCready's ex spoke out about his fear for the safety of their 5-year-old son, Zander, after she failed to take him home after picking him up from his grandfather's for a visit. Around 8 p.m. Friday, police took her son, Zander, from his mother at a lake home owned by McCready's boyfriend in Heber Springs, Arkansas, according to the Cleburne County Sheriff.

Florida Department of Children and Families spokeswoman Terri Durdaller said in an email Friday night that her agency was working with Arkansas state officials to bring the boy back to his legal guardian in Florida, his maternal grandmother. Officials say he's safe and in good health. The troubled artist - who is pregnant with twins - had openly refused this week to return five-year old Zander to the care of her mother in Florida, claiming she was set on protecting the child, even if it resulted in jail time.

Until recently, the boy has been living with Mindy McCready's mother and stepfather, Gayle and Michael Inge, who have legal custody. The singer, who has fought a public battle against drug addiction, has visitation rights.

Rahbany, the chief deputy U.S. marshal for eastern Arkansas, said officials believed that McCready, 36, and Zander might be at the home of her boyfriend David Wilson in Heber Springs. Gayle Inge, Zander's grandmother and McCready's mother, was tearful when she talked about the news by phone Friday night with The Associated Press.

"I'm real excited that he's safe," she said. "But I can't explain what this is like. We feel for Mindy and we feel for Zander." McCready has spent the past few years turning her life around, and she's been fighting for custody of her son.

Queen of controversies Veena Malik Defends Her ISI Tattoo

Pakistani model and actor Veena Malik defended on Saturday her front cover photos for men’s magazine FHM, where she appeared with ISI tattooed on her arm, but denied the photo shoot involved any nudity.

“In India everything is referred to ISI (Pakistan’s spy agency Inter Services Intelligence)”, she told Geo TV. “Even if a very small thing happens, they say ISI is behind it. Everybody blames ISI for everything.”

Malik said the original idea had been Kabeer Sharma’s, editor of FHM’s Indian edition, but that the photos had been “morphed”. “He told me that (the tattoo) will be very bold and will cover the upper portion of the body, which it did not.

“I agreed to a photo shoot and having an ISI tattoo in a humorous way but I did not have any nude photos. My pictures have been morphed,” said Malik. “They have the videos of the shoot but it would be in clothes and not without clothes,” the actress said.

Also speaking to Geo, Sharma said Malik had been “very excited for this shoot” and the tattoo by the makeup artist had been “in very thin font, but (Malik) asked to make a bold tattoo of ISI”.

Lady Gaga 'Marry The Night' Video

There’s been no shortage of previews and teases of Lady Gaga’s much-anticipated epic music video, but now “Marry the Night” has been leaked. The video clocks in at nearly 14 minutes and was directed by the 25-year-old pop star herself.

“I am so nervous and excited to share this part of my past with you. It airs on both US coasts at 8pm on E! Get the wine,” Gaga wrote on her Twitter account earlier in the day.

Gaga says the video was inspired by one of the worst days of her life. ""It was one of the worst days of my life and it happened quite quickly," the singer tells E! Online. "But in my mind, when I think back on that period of my life, it all happened very slow."

Is "Marry The Night" the best Born This Way video of the bunch? Yes, but it's also a haphazard exquisite corpse that lacks the artistic focus of, say, the "Judas" or even "Born This Way" videos. That's my story and I'm sticking to it...

Lady Gaga performed her new single “Marry the Night,” and captured the attention of thousand of the audience and guests who were present there at Nokia Theater Los Angeles on Wednesday night November 30, 2011.

“Grammy Nominations Concert Live” was stoles with the opening performance of the “Bad Romance” singer Lady Gaga who was looking amazing same like always. Her “Born This Way” is nominated as “Album of the Year” while her “Yoü and I” has nominated for “Best Pop Solo Performance”.

Demi Moore Mystery Man Is Scott-Vincent Borba

The 49-year-old actress Demi Moore announced her intention to divorce her husband of six years Ashton Kutcher just last month. The mystery man that Page Six spotted Demi Moore out with Saturday night has been revealed. He is skincare aficionado Scott-Vincent Borba.

Moore, who skipped Thanksgiving in Paris with her daughters, was spotted out in Hollywood with florist Eric Buterbaugh. The two dined at the Sunset Tower and seemed to be having a great time -- a completely platonic great time. Borba’s skincare products have been endorsed by Ashley Greene, Mila Kunis, Stacy Keibler and AnnaLynne McCord.

"Demi and Scott-Vincent started dating last week", a source, who claims to be close to the couple told the RadarOnline. "They have known each other for a long time and he's really been there for her by her side through the whole Ashton thing ... he's head over heel for Demi and there's definitely potential for a lasting relationship between them."

Borba is the CEO and founder of BORBA skin care products, a line endorsed by such beauties as Ashley Greene, Mila Kunis, Stacy Keibler and AnnaLynne McCord. Borba grew up in a small town in California, the youngest of five children. In college, he moonlighted as a Ford Model, posing for both Calvin Klein and Versace.

Another source without a name said: "Demi looked good, and like she was ready to be seen out. She was in deep conversation with her male companion." Demi was spotted on Saturday night with a 'mystery man' dinning at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Kutcher has been spotted in his hometown of Iowa, drinking with an entourage while getting a lot of attention from girls.

Adam Carolla Occupy Wall Street, ‘F**king Self-Entitled Monsters’

This is a funny rant by comedian Adam Carolla on the cultural divide he perceives between him and the Millennial Generation. Among the many highlights in Carolla’s rant, he asks why the top “1 percent” of America paying 50 percent of all income taxes in the country is not good enough for the Occupiers.

He also observes how “envy” never before existed among Americans the way it does now, and that it, along with “shame” plays a crucial role in the Occupiers’ motivation and self-justification. Reflecting on how things used to be “back in the day,” Carolla states:

Carolla argued that we’ve been raising our children this way for 25 years and now “we’re getting the first wave of these douche bags.” It’s an interesting theory although it doesn’t entirely explain the Occupiers that weren’t born in the 80s but are instead in their 80s.

“You took guys who built something, and you said ‘there’s a guy who accomplished something.‘ You didn’t say, ‘that guy didn’t pay his fair share.’ That guy paid millions of dollars last year, and you paid shi*t and you’re pissed at him?”

2012 Grammy Nominations Released

Kanye West is the most leading name as we discussed about the Grammy nominations. This will be really surprising and even more exciting of the fans of the rapper West that he is leading with seven Grammy nominations, including song of the year for “All of the Lights”.

• Record of the Year:

Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Bon Iver, “Holocene”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
Mumford & Sons, “The Cave”
Katy Perry, “Firework”

• Country Album

Jason Aldean, "My Kinda Party"
Eric Church, "Chief"
Lady Antebellum;, "Own the Night"
Blake Shelton, "Red River Blue"
George Strait, Here for a Good Time"
Taylor Swift "Speak Now"

• Best New Artist

The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex

• Album of the Year

Adele, "21"
The Foo Fighters, "Wasting Light"
Lady Gaga, "Born This Way"
Bruno Mars, "Doo-wops and Hooligans"
Rihanna, "Loud"

• Song of the Year

Kanye West, “All of the Lights”
Mumford & Sons, “The Cave”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
Bon Iver, “Holocene”
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
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