New Bond girl Olga Kurylenko has a racy past – she once stripped off for a bondage scene in erotic thriller Le Serpent.

Kurylenko and British newcomer Gemma Arterton have been chosen as the sexy sidekicks for Daniel Craig’s James Bond in the forthcoming movie.

Unknown Ukrainian model-turned-actress Kurylenko has beaten scores of Hollywood stars to land the female lead in the new film.

Kurylenko will be well-prepared for any love scenes with Craig after appearing full-frontal nude in 2006 movie Le Serpent.

In the Eric Barbier movie, Kurylenko plays a model who gets caught up in a blackmail plot.

In her careers as a top European model, Kurylenko has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns for such designers as Kenzo, Helena Rubenstein and Just Cavalli. Her magazine covers include US Glamour, French Elle and Marie Claire.

Kurylenko recently starred in the movie Hitman with Elijah Wood and also in a segment of the movie, Paris Je T’Aime.

A mere six months after graduating from Rada, 21-year-old Arterton has been named as MI6 agent in the movie, codenamed Bond 22. (Daily Mail)

Graphic: Olga’s character in Le Serpent is involved in risque bondage scenes

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Jessica Alba, the 27-year-old Fantastic Four (驚奇四超人) and Sin City (萬惡城市) star, who was recently confirmed engaged to film producer boyfriend Cash Warren while she is pregnant with their first child, is the February 2008 cover girl for ELLE Magazine.

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Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban are expecting their first child, her rep confirms.

"The couple are thrilled," Catherine Olim says in a statement.

For Kidman, 40, this will be her third child. She and her former husband, Tom Cruise adopted two children during their marriage: Isabella, now 15, and Connor, 12.

As for where Kidman and Urban, 40, who will be a first-time parent, may bring up their impending arrival, the couple, though both from Down Under, purchased a farm near Leipers Fork, Tenn., a half-hour southwest of Nashville, in 2007.

The couple, who have been married 18 months, wed, after a yearlong courtship, on June 25, 2006, in a candlelit ceremony at Sydney, Australia’s Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel on St. Patrick’s Estate at Manly. Guests at the black-tie event included Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts and Rupert Murdoch.

Before the couple even started dating, Kidman made her desire for more children clear. In April 2005, she told reporters that her biological clock was ticking. "I have got hormones running through my system," she said. "That is why I sit wriggling, saying I want to have a baby." (People) — BDV-112980-BDV

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A Chicago tavern said on Thursday it will begin selling chicken wings coated in one of the world’s hottest peppers — a dish so hot that patrons first have to sign a waiver agreeing not to sue for injuries.

Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap said the wings made with Red Savina pepper will be served with an alarm bell for patrons to summon waiters with sour cream, milk sugar and white bread if things get out of hand.

Levy Restaurants, which owns the tavern, said its chef d’Cuisine Robin Rosenberg had been working on the concept for years but was never sure he’d be able to serve it.

"This isn’t the right sauce for everyone, but for someone out there, this is going to be absolute heaven. Of course, for a handful of people, it’s going to be hell," he said. (Reuters)

(Left)Wingbowl participant Elliott "Wing Tut" Maruffi-Cowley grimaces as he holds down chicken wings after the second round during the 14th annual Wingbowl event in Philadelphia, February 3, 2006.

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A Croatian soldier who suffered years of stabbing stomach pains has had a four-inch needle removed from his stomach.

The needle remained in Toma Zupan’s stomach for 16 years after it was forgotten when army doctors saved his life in a battlefield operation.

He had been seriously injured in 1991 during the civil war that began the break up of the former Yugoslavia.

And incredibly the mistake was never discovered until recently, despite frequent trips to doctors to complain about the problem.

In the end an x-ray at the local hospital revealed the needle in the stomach of Zupan, from Gospic in central Croatia.

The old soldier, now 73, said: "Normally I would have blamed the doctors for the mistake they made back then but at that time but they saved my life when they operated on me – so I’ll not be taking the matter further." (Ananova.com)

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What an extraordinary coincidence! Three vehicles with the same license plate number stopped for fuel at the same petrol station at eight in the morning on Monday (December 31st, 2008).

Chen Baozhu (name transliterated) went to the petrol station in his lorry, while Guang Ming Daily reporter Tan Shaolai (name transliterated) rode in on his motorcycle. Gu Guangming (name transliterated) completed the trinity when he drove up with his Proton car. The license plate numbers for all three vehicles were the same – 1108.

The three unanimously said that they had gone to the station to fill up their tanks because they had heard rumours that there would be a price hike for petrol on Tuesday (January 1st, 2008).

Since there would be a special Toto lottery on New Year’s Day, the three decided to buy tickets for the number “1108”. However, the trio were out of luck as the number had already been sold out on December 27th, 2007. (Guang Ming Daily)

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Eddie Murphy & Tracey Edmonds picture
Tracey Edmonds has married to funny man Eddie Murphy! The couple was married on New Year’s Day on a private island off Bora Bora in French Polynesia in front of 25 friends and family.

Walking barefoot down the aisle to Gladys Knight’s Making of You, Edmonds wore a gown by stylist and designer Sugia Nazel and Jill Baracci, while Murphy was in a cream suit.

This is the second marriage to both of Edmonds, 40, and Murphy, 46.

Eddie Murphy & Nicole Mitchell wedding picture
Eddie Murphy divorced his first wife Nicole Mitchell in 2007 after 13 years of marriage and five children, while Tracey Edmonds split from R&B singer Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds in October 2005 also after 13 years and two kids.

Murphy who starred in The Shrek once dated Spice Girl Melanie Brown, but split when Mel. B was six months pregnant with his daughter Angel Iris, who was born in April 2007. (People & Daily Mail)

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A man from Shanghai has been constantly blamed and harassed by his wife for not making enough money. He finally decided to rob people just so he could go to jail and avoid his wife’s nagging abuse.

29 year-old Linghua Wang works as a technician. He and his wife Xiao Feng have been married for nine years and have one daughter. Everyone knows Wang is a good father and husband, but his wife is not happy that he’s making so little money, and so she verbally abusing him by calling him names and making fun of him.

At first, he tried not going home to avoid his wife’s nagging but that didn’t work. Finally, he just couldn’t take it anymore. He walked in to the police station and lied that he robbed someone and ask to be taken to the jail. The police did not believe his story and refused to arrest him, so he decided to rob someone for real.

He pointed a toy gun at a taxi driver, told him that he’s a fugitive and demanded the driver’s money. The driver then screamed, which scared Wang away.

After his failed attempt, he tried again with a young couple. The young couple turned out their pockets and showed they had no real money. Wang desperately turned to a woman who was passing by and the woman replied calmly, “You can shoot me, but I only got 3 bucks”.

Wang, frustrated with failure, gave up, but was soon arrested for his many attempts.

“I intentionally kept doing this because that gives me enough evidence to be arrested so I can go to jail and not have to face my wife again.”

Wang is so afraid of his wife he cannot even ask for a divorce. Instead he chose to break the law and go to jail.

He was sentenced to four years for intentional robbery, but at least he is finally free from his wife.

In China, Shanghai men are well known as “Pa Lao Po”, which means “afraid of wives”. Shanghai women are the dominant ones in the family. (Weirdasianews.com)

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