Meet 'Men-tertainers' - men who cook, host partiesOctober 8th, 2009 LONDON - "Men-tertainers" is the new term to define the growing number of men who have begun to prove their culinary skills by hosting dinner parties for their friends. These guys seem to spend their free time at the kitchen inspired by male cooks like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver.
Solange Knowles spent $50K yearly on hairOctober 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Singer Solange Knowles has revealed that she used to spend 50,000 dollars on her hair yearly, before she decided to stop and cut it all off. Knowles, 23, revealed about her salon addiction when she made an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show.
6 out of 10 Brit women say shopping gives them a buzzSeptember 24th, 2009 LONDON - Six out of 10 British women have confessed that shopping gives them a buzz - even if it just meant buying bread or milk, says a new survey. According to a poll of 5,347 women, over half of the entire female population shop because it gives them a high and a third can't help spending money - even when they can't afford it.
'Must-have' shoes harm 40pct women's feetSeptember 8th, 2009 LONDON - In a bid to be at par with the latest fashion trends, and get those "must-have" pairs of stilettoes, almost four in ten women actually wear the wrong-sized shoes, which in turn harm their feet, according to a study. Women are so desperate to look good that buying the latest shoes is more important than whether there is a shoe in their size.
Oz women get less than 2hrs of 'me time' per weekAugust 23rd, 2009 ADELAIDE - Juggling their work, families, and endless lists of jobs leaves Australian women with lack of time for themselves, according to a study. About 90 per cent of the 4000 women questioned during a recent survey said that they got less than two hours of "me time" per week.
Women spend one year and four months of their lives in tearsAugust 12th, 2009 LONDON - An average woman spends the equivalent of one year and four months of her life crying, new research has shown. The survey of 3,000 females found, that during their first year, they will shed tears for three hours a day when they need changing, feeding or entertaining.
An average man spends a year of his life ogling women!August 4th, 2009 LONDON - An average bloke devotes a good 43 minutes a day eyeing up 10 different girls, researchers have revealed. And this adds up to a year in a lifetime.
Jolie's daughter Shiloh loves brother's cast-offsJuly 27th, 2009 LONDON - Angelina Jolie's three-year-old daughter Shiloh is obsessed with wearing her older brother Maddox's cast-offs, including old football boots. The 34-year-old actress, who raises six children with partner Brad Pitt, has tried everything to persuade three-year-old Shiloh to wear other clothes, but she refuses to don anything that doesn't belong to seven-year-old Maddox, reports contactmusic.com.
Single women prefer dogs to menJuly 20th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Single women would rather prefer the company of a dog than men, according to experts. Sydney Petcare owner Richard Durant said that more and more single women in Australia were in favour of the four-legged loyal and reliable companion.
Brits spend 2yrs of their lives feeling boredJuly 20th, 2009 LONDON - A new study suggests that British people, on average, spend over two years of their lives bored to tears. Scott O'Donnell of www.triviala.com, which commissioned the survey, says that the typical adult wastes almost six hours a week feeling completely and utterly bored with life, which is the equivalent of 13 days a year, or 786.5 days over the average adult lifetime of 60.5 years.
Brit women spend £1.1bn a month on make-upJuly 13th, 2009 LONDON - Despite the recession, British women are splashing out an extraordinary 1.1 billion pounds on make-up every month, according to a new poll. The survey of more than 1,000 women by cosmetics firm Avon found that women carry an average of 57-pound-worth of cosmetics in their make-up bags, according to a new poll.
Men, too, feel anxious to strip off on the beachJuly 3rd, 2009 LONDON - It's not just the women who worry about body image and are reluctant to bare it all, for men too feel uncool about stripping off, according to researchers. The survey by Tescodiets.com revealed that almost 50 percent men worry about baring their stomachs on the beach.
Queen Latifah to launch her perfumeJune 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American singer Queen Latifah is set to launch her first royal fragrance. The rapper-turned actress' new perfume Queen will hit the stores in September.
Men spend nearly three-and-a-half-yrs of their lives tinkering in garage or shedJune 10th, 2009 LONDON - A new study has confirmed what many women already knew: men really are wed to their sheds. According to a poll of 2,000 men, men aged between 30 and 76 spend a total of nearly three-and-a-half years tinkering in their garage or shed.
Pros and cons of being a man or a womanMay 29th, 2009 WELLINGTON - While there are exceptions to the pros and cons that are linked with being a man or a woman, stereotypes generally spring from a version of reality and are believed to exist for a reason. And it is based on these stereotypes that certain expectations are put on all persons, whether rightly or wrongly, in accordance with their gender.
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