‘Big Brother’ changed TV, Dutch creator says 10 years on
John de Mol, the Dutch creator of the voyeuristic ‘Big Brother’ reality show that turned 10 in September, never doubted his late-night flash of inspiration would change television forever.
“I told my team, even before the first episode was aired: there will come a time when people will talk about... 
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Travolta testifies in extortion case
Hollywood star John Travolta testified in a Bahamas court that he was the victim of an alleged $25 million extortion scheme concerning the death of his son, local media reported. The two-time Oscar-nominee, who starred in the hit films ‘Saturday Night Fever’ and ‘Pulp Fiction,’ arrived in Nassau under...
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Black music awards honour Jackson
British acts dominated the honours at the annual Mobo awards ceremony for music of black origin, which this year paid tribute to the late ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson. London Hip hop trio N-Dubz scooped the awards for Best Album and Best Act, while JLS, finalists in Britain’s ‘X Factor’ talent television...
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Grand Journal
Paris: Colombian singer Shakira attends the ‘Grand Journal’ TV show, on the set of French TV channel Canal . afp
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Women’s collection by Pakistani Designer Rizwan Beyg
Milan: A model displays a creation as part of the Spring/Summer 2010 women’s collection by Pakistani Designer Rizwan Beyg. reuters
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British gallery removes naked Brooke Shields photo
One of Britain’s most prestigious art galleries has removed a nude photo of actress Brooke Shields as a child a police warning about obscenity, the Guardian newspaper said. The Tate Modern had been planning to include the photo of Shields, aged 10, wearing heavy makeup and taken from the knees up, in...
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Bangladesh champion rat killer tops 83,000 in one month
A Bangladeshi farmer Islam who killed more than 80,000 rodents in a single month won a colour television as he was crowned the country’s champion rat killer of 2009, officials said. Mokhairul Islam disposed of 83,450 rats in February, more than double the tally of last year’s winner, department of agriculture...
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British girl banned from selling granny on eBay
A 10-year-old British girl has been barred from trying to sell her granny on eBay, who she complained was “cuddly” but “annoying,” the auction website said. Zoe Pemberton wrote a light-hearted listing to sell her 61-year-old grandmother Marion Goodall, of Clacton, southeastern England, but eBay said...
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Pink Visual software lets iPhones map sexual exploits
Adult entertainment studio Pink Visual unleashed software that lets people use iPhones to map sexual exploits. A test version of ‘FapMapper’ is available free online at ipinkvisualpass.com/fapmap/ to “augment an age-old tradition of boasting about one’s sexual conquests,” according to Pink product...
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Facebook warns of phony friends asking for cash
Facebook wants its members to be on guard for an old scam taking on new life in the world’s largest online social-networking community. The California-based firm said it has noticed a rise in “419 scams” in which cyber-crooks posing as intended victims’ friends on Facebook claim to be stranded in a...
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‘I’m sorry’ robber arrested in Japan
A would-be Japanese robber armed with a wooden stick was arrested after being confronted by an angry shopkeeper, apologising and calling the police to confess his crime, an official said. Takashi Owada, a 54-year-old unemployed man, demanded money from the 59-year-old female cashier at a convenience...
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