Katy Perry and Russel Brand wedding

Rambagh Palace

Around 85 guests, including many big names, are flying out to the magical state of Rajasthan
to witness this week’s nuptials. And they won’t just be present at the taking of the vows –
instead they will all join in a lavish six-day party to commemorate the wedding.


A friend of the pair said: “Katy loved the Elizabeth Hurley wedding pictures because she thought
it was colourful, camp and very in keeping with her and Russell’s spiritual and philosophical beliefs –
plus it gives her lots of opportunity for costume changes.
Katy’s stylists have said, though, that she can’t offend Indians by being too racy,
so a lot of her clothes have been toned down, some with material added onto them.”


Katy Perry ans Russell Brand

Roxy Olin: my dad is boss

Roxy Olin

Roxy Olin sure knows how to stir things up!
The 24-year-old socialite frst made headlines on  The Hills
for confronting Lauren Conrad at a club.
She has since gone on to make waves on The City,
where she shared an apartment with Whitney Port until
the two had a fight.

Additionally, the reality star has a recurring role on the ABC series
Brothers & Sisters, of which her father Ken Olin is the executive
producer and her mother Patricia Wettig is a cast member.



What was it like working with both of your parents
on Brothers & Sisters?

It’s pretty cool. The only problem is that since my dad’s “boss,”
all the boys on the show wouldn’t even look in my direction.
Unfortunately, I didn’t even film with either of my parents.
My brother, though, wrote two of the episodes I was in,
so he watched while I was on set.
I look forward to working with all of them again this season.


Roxy Olin and Whitney Port

Deena Payne is leaving Emmerdale

Emmerdale's longest-serving female star Deena Payne is leaving the soap after 18 years.

Deena, who plays postmistress and village gossip Viv Hope,
will bow out in a top-secret plot that show chiefs promise will be part of a "huge winter storyline".
The actress, 56, said in a statement:
"Emmerdale has been such a gift to me for the past 18 years
and I've taken every challenge with both hands and enjoyed the ride.


Deena Payne

Although shocked at the news, Deena says she’d been expecting something to happen
as her character, once the centre of village life, had increasingly less to do.
“The last 16 months have been frustrating,” she said before her wedding blessing.
“Things were changing and I think I knew I wasn’t going to be part of that change.
To come in now and then to clear a table or throw a line over my shoulder was horrible.
In the past I had two or three major storyline challenges each year.
I relished them and grasped them.
I felt bewildered and thought about not accepting another contract because I was so unhappy.
If there’s no future for the longest-serving female cast member, it’s time to go.
Which is sad in itself.”

Chemicals in Cosmetics

Most synthetic makeup products are petroleum based and are processed
using synthetic and potentially harmful chemicals.
Fifty of the many chemicals included in American personal care products
have been banned in Europe. Researchers argue that many of these chemicals
are carcinogenic and have other negative health effects.
 
Most of the products applied to the skin are absorbed and can enter
the bloodstream.
Synthetic or toxic ingredients in lotions, cleansers, and makeup
may cause allergic reactions or have other effects on health.



As the primary consumers of  cosmetics, women are at particular risk
for ingesting the harmful ingredients of cosmetics such as preservatives,
fragrances, and other components like formaldehyde.
A recent study found that 61 percent of 33 name-brand lipsticks
contained unsafe amounts of lead.

Potter Traumatic Stress

What happens when it's all over?

Grief is associated with attachment.
People have become very attached to these characters and to the story.
We experience loss when we attached to the future,
so the idea that there will be no more will be hard for people.

Most of the character deaths in the series are violent,
but when you're reading the books you control the image
you create.
Seeing it on film could potentially have a more powerful
impact because you won't be able to control the image.

(Professor Heather Servaty-Seib, Indiana's Purdue University)

Christina Aguilera’s new album ‘Bionic’ bombs

Christina Aguilera's new album "Bionic" has bombed.

The pop singer's fourth album barely hit 200,000 copies sold in its first five weeks.
"Bionic" debuted in the No. 3 spot on the Billboard charts and remained in free fall thereafter.
Aguilera's cancellation of her summer tour hasn't helped.
Nor did her sexually charged video "Not Myself Tonight;" critics slammed her as a Lady Gaga knockoff.
Page Six claims that Aguilera's record label RCA is in "rescue mode" on the album.



Pundits peg the paltry sales to Aguilera's inability to distinguish herself among other
rebellious pop icons. When the pop singer first came to fame, she had an edge over her peers,
but now she's competing with iconoclasts like Lady Gaga and M.I.A.


"Bionic" is the pop singer's first album in four years since "Back to Basics."

Robin Hood opens best

While Universal-Imagine Entertainment's epic tale "Robin Hood" underperformed at the domestic B.O.,
internationally the film outpaced studio expectations, with a day-and-date bow totaling $75.2 million
in 56 territories on 7,091 screens.
Debut ranks as the second-highest overseas opening for U, behind "King Kong's" $84.3 million launch in 2005.
Worldwide doubloons for "Robin Hood" have piled up, approaching $130 million as of May 19.

Budgeted at approximately $155 million, the Ridley Scott-helmed version of the classic Brit tale
also came with built-in international appeal, led by Aussie leads Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.
"Robin Hood" reps the fourth Scott-Crowe collaboration, including 2000's sandals-and-swords
epic "Gladiator," which cumed $369.8 million worldwide.


Director Ridley Scott blocks out a scene in the woods.