Fifteen minutes of sit-ups a day keep Shakira’s curves intact

October 8th, 2009 LONDON - Blondes take longer getting dolled up for a night out than brunettes, says a new survey. In the study of 3,000 women, boffins discovered that blondes will take 72 minutes a day on their beauty routine compared to 66 minutes for brunettes.

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - Working women take more than twice as long to get to work as men - because they have to finish up with most of the household chores before heading out of the door. According to a new UK survey, it takes an average man just 49 minutes to complete his morning chores before going out of the front door, while his female counterpart takes two hours and three minutes.

October 4th, 2009 LONDON - Kim Kadarshian has opened up about the secrets of her sexy body and revealed that she recently got sun burnt which left her immensely worried. "I got badly sunburnt earlier this year - it was a huge wake-up call.

September 7th, 2009 LONDON - Late rocker Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, has posted a peculiar painting of her singer husband on the net. The former 'Hole' star has Tweeted a post expressing her grief to her fans fifteen years after the 'Nirvana' frontman's tragic death.

September 4th, 2009 LONDON - American actress Sharon Stone has proved that she can still look hot and sexy at 51, after she showed off her toned body. Stone flaunted her curves as she tested the water from the back of a yacht moored off Sardinia, reports the Sun.

August 23rd, 2009 LONDON - John Cleese reportedly netted a whopping 26,000 pounds a minute for a scene in the fourth instalment of hit movie 'Shrek'. The 70-year-old comedian was said to have picked up a 604,000-pound cheque for just 23 minutes' work as he plays King Herold in the 'Shrek Forever After'.

August 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Evan Rachel Wood has inked number 15 behind her earlobe as she apparently thinks she has a connection with it. The Wrestler star said that the number of letters in her real name and that of her ex, Brian Hugh Warner, a.k.a.

July 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Colombian singer Shakira has said that her latest album was created to distract her fans' attention away from the recession. The 'Hips Don't Lie' singer insists that her latest musical offering, 'She Wolf', was designed to help her fans forget about the world's current financial crisis and enjoy themselves.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Colombian singer Shakira says her latest album is aimed at helping her fans stop worrying about the global financial crisis. The "Hips don't lie" singer says her latest musical offering "She Wolf" was designed to help her fans forget about recession and just enjoy themselves, reports contactmusic.com.

July 9th, 2009 LONDON - A new poll's findings suggest that women spend almost one year of their lives deciding what to wear. The poll involving 2,491 women suggests that choosing outfits for work, nights out, dinner parties, holidays, gym, and other activities means the average woman will spend 287 days rifling through their wardrobe.

July 6th, 2009 LONDON - Soul superstar Prince has proved he is still a crowd-puller with tickets for his two upcoming concerts being sold out in less than eight minutes. The tickets went on for sale Saturday and eager fans snapped up more than 7,000 tickets for his performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland later this month in just seven minutes and 58 seconds, reported contactmusic.com The Purple Rain hitmaker will close the event with two consecutive shows July 18.

June 20th, 2009 LONDON - Glamour model Jennifer Ellison left many minds wandering after flaunting her curves in just a bra. The 26-year-old, perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003, faced the camera sporting lacy yellow lingerie.

June 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actor/rapper Nick Cannon has defended his wife Mariah Carey's weight gain, and even asked her to embrace her voluptuous figure. Carey, 39, has been attracting unwanted attention recently after she showed off her curves in figure-hugging dresses at various celebrity events.

May 20th, 2009 LONDON - Gemma Arterton was spotted showing off her curves after stripping down to a skimpy bikini in the Canary Islands. The former Bond girl was reportedly soaking up the sun on a day off from the shooting of Greek epic Clash Of The Titans.

May 14th, 2009 LONDON - Bond girl Olga Kurylenko recently posed for Bebe's new advertising campaign. The Ukrainian actress, who won admirers all over the world with her curves in Quantum of Solace, faced the camera to promote the brand's spring collection, reports the Sun.