Watch Kathy Griffin Completes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Kathy Griffin is taking off her clothes…again

Weeks after letting it all out for her new album cover, Look at My Butt Crack, the comedian appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to take on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge naked.

"I thought I should take it up a notch," she told the late-night host after being nominated by Suze Orman, Aubrey Plaza, Margaret Cho and Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean.

In true Kathy fashion, the 53-year-old traveled to her spacious pool where she decided to go commando for the shoot.

"I don't really know why you wanted me to be naked for this but anything for the cause," she said. "I'm going to keep my shoes on. I'm sorry, but I'm a classy lady."

With help from Plaza and McLean, Griffin gets soaked with two buckets of water. She would later push the Backstreet Boys member into the pool as a punishment.

As of Aug. 29, The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has raised over $100 million in support of Lou Gehrig's disease. According to the organization's website, Leonardo DiCaprio and David Spade each donated at least $100,000 to the cause.

Other celebrities that have participated in the viral movement include Jennifer Aniston, Kelly Clarkson, James Franco, Matt Damon and countless others. 

LOOK: Diana Zubiri returns to FHM

MANILA - After more than six years, actress Diana Zubiri is back on the cover of a local men's magazine.

FHM Philippines on Friday posted a photo of its September 2014 cover on its website and Facebook page, showing Zubiri wearing a black underwear matched with a coat hanging over her shoulders.

Asked what it was like to mark her comeback, she was quoted in saying: "Nakakakaba. Feeling ko was, 'Kaya ko pa ba ulit? May appeal pa ba ako sa mga readers? Susuportahan pa ba ako?"

"Hopefully yung expectations ko matupad, hindi nila ako iiwan at sana maging happy din sila that I'm back," she added.

Zubiri was the cover girl for the men's magazine for a record five times.

President Benigno Aquino III 'PNoy' takes swipe at Noli De Castro in ex-VP’s turf

President Benigno Aquino III on Friday took an apparent swipe at former Vice President Noli de Castro, whom he described as a vocal critic who supposedly helped worsen Filipinos’ suffering.

In a speech, Aquino told officials and citizens in Oriental Mindoro that their “kabayan” is sowing negativism towards the administration.

De Castro, who returned to broadcasting after his six-year stint as vice-president during President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s term, was born in Oriental Mindoro. He uses “Kabayan” as his nickname.

“Bagaman tinutugunan na natin ang mga problemang ipinamana sa atin, hindi pa rin nagsawa sa paghirit ang itinuturing kayong ‘kabayan’,” the President said in his speech.

Aquino, who was in Oriental Mindoro for a briefing on infrastructure projects, also blasted this critic for having the gall to give negative comments against his presidency.

“Ganado pang magkomento ng negatibo, gayong kasama naman sila sa mga naging pinuno ng bansa. Imbes na maibsan ang pagdurusa ng nasasakupan, pinalala pa ito,” the President said.

He further once again warned the public against those undermining his reform programs.

“‘Yung iba naman, sadyang pinapahina ang pundasyon ng ating reporma para ibalik tayo sa dating sistema kung saan pansariling interes ang inuuna,” he said.

This was not the first time Aquino took a jab at the former vice president. In July 2012, the President used the 25th anniversary of ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol, where De Castro serves as news anchor, to openly assail the broadcaster, who was then in the audience.

Ex-Myanmar beauty queen accused of stealing crown

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A Myanmar beauty queen who was stripped of her title for allegedly being rude and dishonest has run off with the $100,000 jeweled crown, a South Korea-based pageant said Friday.

Myanmar, which only recently emerged from a half-century military rule and self-imposed isolation, started sending contestants to international beauty pageants for the first time in decades in 2012.

May Myat Noe was crowned Miss Asia Pacific World in Seoul in May 2014. But, according to David Kim, director of media for the Seoul-based pageant, the 18-year-old was a disappointment from the start.

Attempts to reach May Myat Noe for comment were unsuccessful Friday and her Myanmar phone was switched off. According to the online edition of Eleven Media, a Myanmar newspaper, she was back in the country and would address a news conference soon, although it wasn't clear when.

Following her success, the organizers said they were arranging singing and video deals for her. But they also wanted to change the 5'7" teen's looks, Kim said.

"We thought she should be more beautiful ... so as soon as she arrived we sent her to the hospital to operate on her breasts," he said.

"It's our responsibility," he said, adding that sponsors picked up the $10,000 tab, as they have for past winners. "If she has no good nose, then maybe, if she likes, we can operate on her nose. If it's breasts, then breasts."

Kim said that troubles started from there. The beauty queen brought her mother with her to Seoul for what was supposed to be a 10-day visit, but that quickly turned into three months, incurring extra cost to the organizers, he said.

She "lied" and "never had respect for the main organization, the national director, the manager, media or fans who made her the winner," organizers said in a statement.

May Myat Noe was notified earlier this week that she would have to give up her title and the crown, Kim said. She was also given an airplane ticket back to Yangon, but never showed up, with Eleven Media reporting that she got on an earlier flight.

Kim said she absconded with the bejeweled Swarovski tiara — valued anywhere between $100,000 and $200,000.

"Everyone knows she is no longer the queen, but she thinks as long as she keeps this crown she's the winner," he said. "She's not."

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Hello Kitty not a cat, has never been: company

Hello Kitty is not a cat, the company behind Japan's global icon of cute insisted Thursday, despite an uproar from Internet users who spluttered: "But she's got whiskers!"

The moon-faced creation that adorns everything from pencil cases to pyjamas the world over is, in fact, human.

"Hello Kitty is a cheerful and happy little girl with a heart of gold," brand owner Sanrio says on its website.

The shocking revelation came to light when a Hawaii-based academic specialising in the epitome of "kawaii" ("cute" in Japanese) asked Sanrio to fact-check captions for an exhibition she was curating to mark the 40th anniversary of Hello Kitty

Christine Yano, an anthropologist from the University of Hawaii, told the Los Angeles Times that she "was corrected -- very firmly" by Sanrio that Kitty was not a cat.

"That's one correction Sanrio made for my script for the show," the paper quoted her as saying.

"Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She's never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature."

And indeed, an AFP enquiry as to the status -- feline or otherwise -- of one of Japan's most famous exports confirmed her non-cat identity.

"It is a 100-percent personified character," a Sanrio spokesman told AFP in Tokyo. "The design takes the motif of a cat, but there is no element of a cat in Hello Kitty's setting."

- Agog at the news -

Her real name is Kitty White, he explained, and she was born in southern England on November 1, 1974. She is a Scorpio and blood type A.

She has a twin sister, Minny White, and lives in an unnamed suburb of London with father George and mother Mary, according to her profile on the web.

Despite her whiskers and pointy ears, just like the rest of her family, Kitty has her own pet -- a "real" cat named Charmmy Kitty.

Her life story has always been there, the spokesman said, adding the personification is meant to make her fans feel closer to the character "as a friend".

Web users were agog at the news.

"Hello Kitty is not actually a cat. MIND BLOWN", tweeted @killedbydying

"'Sanrio confirms that Hello Kitty is NOT a cat.' One of the many reasons why I have trust issues", wrote @eisakuivan

"So Hello Kitty isn't a cat? Everything I know is a lie," said @nymbc

Asked about the worldwide reaction to the shock revelation that Hello Kitty is not a cat, the Sanrio spokesman offered: "I don't think anyone in Japan found it surprising."

"There is an explanation we have made the whole time, and I think that's how people have understood it."

A straw poll of Japanese people within the AFP Tokyo bureau found that not to be the case, however.

The Sanrio spokesman explained that Kitty and her family were given no specific nationality but were designed to be living in Britain, because many girls in Japan had strong admiration for the Western lifestyle in the 1970s.

Ever since the mouthless white character first appeared in 1974 on a coin purse in Japan, she has graced tens of thousands of products, from handbags to aircraft, in some 130 countries.

But just remember: she's not a cat.

WATCH: Pinay singing group impresses Kpop star

MANILA - There is no stopping a singing group composed of four siblings from Santiago City from conquering the world with their powerful vocals.

Siblings Mylene, Irene, Celina and Almira once conquered the hearts of the "madlang people" when they won the grand prize on the noontime show, It's Showtime back in 2012 as the Gollayan Sisters.

The following year, they represented the Philippines and brought home the title of Senior Grand Champion Vocal Group of the World at the 17th Annual World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) in the US.

Now, the sisters are setting their sights on South Korea. They made it to the audition of Superstar K6, a reality talent show contest in Korea.

"When we were little we were just watching videos of KPop. After school, we go straight to the house and form our dances, form our vocals by our own. We thought this was just our bonding moment," the group said in a video interview on their flight to South Korea.

Now called MICA, which stands for the first letters of their names, the siblings described themselves as KPop and Korean drama fanatics.

Their favorite performer is Korean-American singer Ailee, who happened to one of the judges in the competition.

"For us she's like the Beyonce of Korea. We idolize her. We didn't know that she's one of the judges. We've been watching her videos on YouTube and now were here," the sisters said.

They performed one of Ailee's hits to the delight of the Korean singer.

"I'm really impressed that you guys harmonized everything. Had everything on point, it really, really moved me. By far the most amazing rendition I've ever heard. Thank you so much," Ailee said.

Aside from Ailee’s song, the group also performed their rendition of ‘Let It Go’ from the popular Disney movie Frozen.

The sisters said joining Superstar K is not a joke for them.

"It's like a very huge competition in Asia. Being part of this is like a dream come true. we can share our talents to the whole world," they said.

Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Are Married

The Associated Press reports that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were married on Aug. 23 in Chateau Miraval, France, according to a spokesman for the couple.

BREAKING: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were married Saturday in France, says a spokesman for the couple.

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 28, 2014

The couple reportedly married in a private ceremony attended by family and friends. Pitt and Jolie obtained a marriage license from a local California judge, who also conducted the ceremony in France.

Pitt and Jolie's six children were also in the wedding. Jolie walked the aisle with her eldest sons Maddox, 13, and Pax, 11. Zahara, 9, and Vivienne, 6, threw flower petals while Shiloh, 8, and Knox, 6, served as ring bearers.

Jolie, 39, and Pitt, 50, started dating while working together on the 2005 film "Mr. And Mrs. Smith." The couple, dubbed Bragelina, got engaged in April 2012 after seven years of dating.

The "Maleficent" star spoke to People about her wedding plans in May 2014:

"We're just waiting for it to be the right time with the kids, with work, when it feels right," Jolie said.

"We talk about it occasionally, and the kids talk about it with us, which is verging on hysterical, how kids envision a wedding. They will in a way be the wedding planners. It's going to be Disney or paintball - one or the other! We've got a lot of different personalities in the house. They've got some strong opinions," she continued.

"It will be fun. That's the important thing. When we do it, it will feel like a great day for our family," Jolie said.

17-year-old girl jumps out of car to escape alleged abductor CCTV footage showed

Police are on the lookout for a silver gray Toyota Camry involved in the alleged abduction of a 17-year-old girl.

The girl was able to escape her abductor at around 6:47 a.m. on Saturday.

A CCTV footage showed, however, that the teen was naked when she jumped out of the moving car as it went through Maria Clara Street in Barangay Plainview, Mandaluyong City.

The girl, seen clutching her clothes, was immediately assisted by bystanders and brought to the barangay outpost where the girl got dressed and told her story.

The teen said the man in the car called her attention as she was walking in Martinez Street in Mandaluyong. He asked her for directions to a remittance center and convinced her to get in the car so she could show him exactly where it was.

The girl, an employee of a canteen in Makati, said the man "had a beard," was "fair-skinned" and "spoke English very well."

Once she was inside the car, the driver locked the doors and pointed a gun at her. He then ordered her to strip.

As they drove around the area, the girl managed to open the car door and jump out.

Mandaluyong police declined to give more details about the incident to the media, while officials of Barangay Plainview are still trying to determine the plate number of the abductor's car.

Meanwhile, the girl has been brought to the Department of Social Welfare and Development office.

Doctors in India have removed the skeleton of a foetus that had been inside a woman for 36 years

Doctors in India have removed the skeleton of a foetus that had been inside a woman for 36 years in what is believed to be the world's longest ectopic pregnancy, a doctor has said.

The 60-year-old woman became pregnant at the age of 24 but suffered a miscarriage because the foetus had been growing outside of her uterus, the doctor told AFP on Monday.

The woman, from a poor rural area of central India, was "terrified" of having surgery at the time to remove the remains of the foetus, and instead sought medication for the pain at a local clinic.

Although the pain gradually subsided, it returned years later, forcing the woman to seek medical help in a city hospital, Murtaza Akhtar said.

"She came to us complaining of pain in the abdomen," said Akhtar, head of surgery at the N.K.P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences in the city of Nagpur.

"This is a case in which the woman got pregnant outside the uterus. She told us she was pregnant in 1978 and it was a mature pregnancy," he said.

Doctors felt a lump on her lower right abdomen and feared it could be cancer -- but further tests and scans revealed a calcified mass.

"Once we saw the scans, our first reaction was 'what are we dealing with'? It was actually a matured skeleton encapsulated in a calcified sac," Akhtar said.

"A 60-year-old woman with a foetus lying in her abdomen for 36 years is a medical marvel. It's something we had never heard about."

The doctors searched medical literature and discovered a woman in Belgium who had retained the remains of a foetus for 18 years following an ectopic pregnancy, the longest they could find on record.

An ectopic pregnancy occurs when the egg implants outside the uterus, usually in the fallopian tubes.

A team of doctors in Nagpur successfully performed surgery to remove the mass that was lodged between the woman's uterus, intestines and bladder.

Skeletal remains that were removed are seen in video footage laid out on a hospital bed, and include numerous parts of a rib cage, leg and arm bones and sections of a skull, spine and pelvis.

"She was shocked when she first got to know what had happened. But she is fine now and is recuperating," Akhtar said.

The footage shows the grey-haired woman, who has declined to speak with media, resting comfortably on a hospital bed, and being examined by her team of doctors.

"As far as this case is concerned, it's the rarest of rare cases and very difficult to believe," Akhtar said.

Mother of newborn baby found in trash arrested

KEARNS, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman accused of dumping her day-old baby in a neighbor's trash can told police she was afraid to tell her parents about the pregnancy and hoped the newborn's death would solve her problems, a probable cause statement shows.

Alicia Marie Englert, 23, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder.

The baby girl was in critical condition at a Salt Lake City hospital on a ventilator and fighting for her life, authorities said.

The mother told officers she had left the baby about an hour before the child was found, authorities said. Englert told police the baby had not received any medical care or food.

The bay was discovered by a woman who heard what she thought was a kitten meowing in the trash bin in the Salt Lake City suburb of Kearns Tuesday morning, Unified Police Detective Jared Richardson said. The girl was airlifted to a hospital.

Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder, who oversees the Unified Police Department, said at the news conference that there were no visible injuries to the child and no information about the child's father.

"We had a young lady make a very, very terrible decision," Winder said.

It occurred in a state that allows mothers to drop off newborns at hospitals without consequences, prompting officials to remind residents that there are resources available for expectant and new mothers, including a crisis hotline. At a Tuesday news conference, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams and health officials said mothers can leave newborns at hospitals, no questions asked.

A handful of infants are dropped off at Utah hospitals under the safe haven law every year, said Al Romeo with the Utah Department of Health.

It's not common for a mother to abandon a child in a trash can or other unsafe place, but there have been a few cases over the past 10 years, he said.

Romeo cited the discovery in April of seven dead newborn babies in the garage of a home in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Police believe the mother killed six of the infants after giving birth to them over a decade. A seventh baby is believed to have been stillborn.

How to pay off debt without getting a loan

MANILA, Philippines – Getting out of huge debt is a long and difficult process because as of now, there is no easy way to consolidate debt in the country, financial adviser Salve Duplito said.

Duplito said since there is no centralized loan database, banks have no way to accurately gauge just how indebted a person is, making it hard for them to consolidate debt.

The Credit Information Corporation is in the process of setting up a database, but it will be up not until two years from now.

In the absence of a consolidation process, Duplito said these are some ways to get out of debt without resorting to taking out loans:

Talk to each bank and ask for a loan restructuring

“However, it’s highly likely that you will not get lower interest payment terms, just some breathing room to a longer payment schedule. But do negotiate, you won’t lost anything by trying,” Duplito said.

List down all assets that the family can sell, from land to watches

“Every little thing counts. Think of it as a way of de-cluttering,” said Duplito.

Create a mindset that debt can be conquered

"As long as you are not defeated in your mind, the finances will follow," said Duplito.

“Don’t let debt take your life away. The way out of it is painful and will take a lot of time, but remember that the first battle you have to win is within your mind. The happy thought is that that battlefield is something you can control,” she added.

Teen stars Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla 'KathNiel' accepted the ASL ice bucket challenge

MANILA -- Teen stars Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla accepted the ASL ice bucket challenge.

In her official Instagram account on Tuesday, Bernardo posted the video of her and Padilla doing the challenge after they were nominated by Kris Aquino's friend Darla Sauler on Monday morning.

The love team dubbed as "KathNiel" nominated celebrity couple Robin and Mariel Padilla and sweethearts Angelica Panganiban and John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo and Zanjoe Marudo.

They also nominated businessman Ben Chan.

"We accepted the challenge @darlasauler!! We nominate @marieltpadilla + @robinhoodpadilla, @iamangelicap + john lloyd cruz, @beaalonzo + @zanjoemarudo & tito @bcbench! Goodluck guys! #ALSIceBucketChallenge #HappyKathNielDay," Bernardo said.

The ice bucket challenge is a global campaign to raise funds and awareness for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Showtime Host Vice Ganda does ice bucket challenge live on 'Showtime'

MANILA -- Comedian Vice Ganda accepted his friend Kris Aquino's challenge to do the ALS ice bucket challenge on Monday on the noontime show "It's Showtime."

But unlike other ice bucket challenges, Vice Ganda incorporated the stunt in a production number, as he performed Katy Perry's "Hot and Cold" before he was doused with cold water.

The challenge is part of a global campaign to raise funds and awareness for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

After doing the challenge, Vice Ganda nominated actors Coco Martin and Richard Yap, as well as "It's Showtime" director Bobet Vidanes, to follow suit.

Vidanes immediately took up the challenge, also live on "It's Showtime."

Kris Aquino does ice bucket challenge live on 'The Buzz'

MANILA - Host-actress Kris Aquino was the latest celebrity to take on the ice bucket challenge live on "The Buzz" on Sunday.

Aquino said it was actor Derek Ramsey, who nominated her to do the challenge on Saturday.

Since the dare was not completed within 24 hours, as per the rule, Aquino will also be donating to the ALS Association. "Here's my $100 and I'm donating it to alsa.org," she said.

Before doing the challenge, Aquino nominated ABS-CBN broadcaster Anthony Taberna, "Kris TV" writer Darla Sauler and comedian Vice Ganda to follow suit.

Co-host Toni Gonzaga and her son, James "Bimby" Yap Jr., assisted in pouring the bucket of ice-cold water on the host.

The ALS ice bucket challenge is a campaign to raise funds and awareness for people struck with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

The challenge has been received positively over the past week and various celebrities, athletes and even world leaders around the world have taken on the nominations to support the cause.

PBB: Daniel Matsunaga wins 'Pinoy Big Brother All In'

MANILA, Philippines – Daniel Matsunaga was named the Big Winner of the ABS-CBN reality show “Pinoy Big Brother All In.”

Daniel, who best 18 other contestants, was declared winner of the reality show which held its finale night on Sunday, August 24. 

"This is an amazing experience... I am a true Filipino, and I'm very proud to say that dahil sa pag-ibig ninyo sa akin dito," the Brazilian-Japanese model said.

He added: "I'm thankful first to God who gave me this opportunity. One day, sinabi Niya sa akin na I have a purpose dito sa Pilipinas. And I guess this purpose is today. Mahal na mahal ko kayo. Thank you for all the love."

For this season of Pinoy Big Brother, viewers voted for the housemate who they want to save and the housemate they want to evict. The difference of the two determined the housemate's ranking. 

He won the title after garnering the highest net vote of 11.69 percent, receiving 18.52 percent votes to save and -6.83 percent votes to evict.

Daniel took home P1 million and other special prizes, including a house and lot. 

Sixteen-year-old Maris Racal placed second with 3.1 percent net votes. 

Placing third was Jane Oineza with -0.73 percent net votes (19.93 percent votes to save, -20.66 votes to evict) while Vickie Rushton placed fourth with a total of -0.78 percent net votes (4.57 percent votes to save, -5.53 percent votes to evict).

The 25-year-old Daniel was one of the celebrity housemates of “Pinoy Big Brother All In.” He is known for being a model and an occasional actor who has starred in shows on GMA-7 and TV5. He also appeared in Star Cinema movies such as “She's The One” and “Sisterakas.”

Chiz Escudero and Heart Evangelista are engaged

Two years after they became a couple, Senator Chiz Escudero and Heart Evangelista are engaged.

Heart's makeup artist and friend, Albert Kurniwaan posted a photo of the couple and said, "They're engaged na." The photo showed Chiz getting down on his knees and offering Heart an engagement ring.

More subtle

The actress-host’s close friends Lovi Poe and Alessandra De Rossi were more subtle about it though. They only hinted about the engagement in their Instagram posts.

"After months of planning, congratulations @saychiz for pulling off the best surprise for @iamhearte !!! We're so happy that we're here to witness this special occasion! I love you guys!."

Lovi also posted her photo with the couple and their other friends.

A few days ago, Heart said in her Instagram post that she and Chiz are in the latter’s hometown in Sorsogon.

Fireworks display

Lovi congratulated the couple and posted a video of the fireworks which accompanied the proposal.

“Now they're going to wake up, roll over to one side, and kiss the love of their life. ?? congratulations to my dear best friend and to the amazing man who will love her for the rest of her life!! Love is a celebration," Lovi said.

Alessandra posted a photo of Heart's engagement ring and congratulated the couple.

Heart and Chiz were rumored to be engaged when they went to Paris last month. Heart denied the rumor but admitted that she and Chiz have been talking about their future together.a

'PBB All In' names Big 4: Daniel, Maris, Vickie and J

Manila, Philippines - The "Big 4" of ABS-CBN's "Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) All In" edition was named on Saturday, August 23, 2014.

The 'Hunk of the World ng Makati' Daniel Matsunaga, 'Singing Sunshine ng Davao' Maris Racal, 'Lady Mahinhin ng Bacolod' Vickie Rushton and 'Quezon City' J, are among the finalists of the hit reality show.

Loisa Andalio was the last evictee of "PBB All In" after garnering the lowest net percentage of votes at 0.99%.

The winner of "PBB All In" will be named in an event dubbed the "Big Night," which will be held on Sunday, August 24, at the Resorts World Manila in Pasay City.

The Big Winner will receive one million pesos, an Asian tour for two, a brand new 30 square-meter condominium unit at the Amaia Steps Novaliches in Brgy. Novaliches, Quezon City and two business franchises.

The second, third and fourth placers will receive five hundred thousand, three hundred thousand and two hundred thousand pesos, respectively.

Miley concert banned in Dominican Republic

Miley Cyrus has been officially barred from performing in the Dominican Republic.

The 21-year-old singer is currently entertaining fans on her international Bangerz Tour, which recently wrapped up shows in North America.

She is next scheduled to play in the Caribbean, but according to Access Hollywood, Miley’s September 13 performance in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic has been cancelled by national officials.

The outlet reports the country’s National Commission for Public Entertainment won’t authorise her performance because it finds her concerts too lewd.

In a statement released Thursday, the government entity stated Miley “undertakes acts that go against morals and customs, which are punishable by Dominican law”.

According to Hollywood.com, the official letter goes on to say that while onstage the Wrecking Ball songstress wears inappropriate costumes in addition to using language that alludes to “crime… and denigrating acts before civilised culture”.

At press time, Miley has yet to comment on the cancellation.

The star was forced to cancel several dates of her Bangerz world tour earlier this year after she suffered a violent allergic reaction to some medication she was prescribed, resulting in her being hospitalised for days.

But a she made a huge comeback in May at a show in London and an alleged concertgoer informed MailOnline at the time her onstage antics didn’t disappoint.

"[She was] drinking water and spitting it on the crowd," the insider said.

"She got loads of same sex people to snog in the audience and put them on camera on a giant screen and make a speech about how we should all just 'be ourselves'.

"She said she 'hopes we are all drunk and on loads of pills', and at one point her dressers had to come on stage as her corset was undone while humping midgets."

Woman went to Malacañang armed with a caliber .45 handgun

Flora Pineda (center), the woman who went to Malacañang armed with a caliber .45 handgun, is brought to the Manila Police District after she was arrested by the Presidential Security Group. Pineda wants President Aquino to step down because of poverty in the country.

Teen shoots self with a gun while taking selfie

BATANGAS - A teenager was critically wounded after he accidentally shot himself with a gun while trying to take a selfie.

Fifteen-year-old Vince (not his real name) was trying to take a selfie last June 18, with one hand holding a gun pointed at his chin and the other holding a phone. It was learned Vince borrowed the gun from his uncle.

Instead of pressing the camera button, Vince pulled the trigger of the 9mm gun he was holding and shot himself.

The bullet hit Vince on the nose and pierced through his head. He was rushed to the hospital where he spent a month in the intensive care unit.

Vince was discharged on July 17.

The family said they thought Vince was already on the mend but noticed that the teenager was talking to himself while staring blankly.

He also complained of headaches, prompting the family to bring him back to the hospital.

He is now confined at the ICU of Batangas Medical Center in Batangas City.

The family admitted they had yet to pay the P200,000 balance during Vince's previous confinement.

Vince's mother, a domestic helper from Oman, has also returned to the country after the incident.

The family is now seeking help to pay their mounting debts.

Sharon Cuneta suffering from mid-life crisis

Sharon Cuneta is in a low point in her personal and professional life.

“I have nothing to lose by telling you that I have made mistakes that have affected all that I have worked for, bled for over the past thirty-six years,” Sharon said in a long open letter in her Facebook account.

Wrong decisions

Sharon revealed that she has made wrong decisions because she wants to offer more to her supporters.

“I feel that I have let you down. I let myself go, I allowed myself to get fat and stay fat. I became complacent... and I never lost faith in God, and in you, but I ignored the fact that I had lost faith in myself. It was I who let myself become affected by the fact that I had turned forty, not my public.”

Sharon realized her status as “everyone’s sweetheart” has changed. She admitted failing to take care of her career, including her weight, as she focused on her family.

“I knew then but chose to deny to myself that it wasn't that I had turned forty... It was that I had allowed myself to become fat. I feel that I had lost that "hunger" to be on top of my industry, maybe because I finally had a peaceful home and a loving family and focused on my children so much. And so I suffered the consequences of failing to treasure and take care of all that God had blessed me with with regard to my career. It IS my fault, my friends. I am only human.”

Weight gain

Sharon admitting having gone through mid-life crisis. She felt worse about herself, thinking that she was no longer the kind of person she used to be.

“I was going through a mid-life crisis, the effects of which I could never have foreseen. My reaction to it was awful; I became rebellious because I hated myself for the way I looked and the time I continued to waste by not focusing and working on bettering my own person. And each time I rebelled, often offending other people by being inconsiderate of their time and all else that I used to respect in and about them.”

She also felt that her talents were not maximized because her weight gain limited her showbiz projects (her last movie was in 2009).

“Ignoring that I had gained so much weight and had limited myself to certain movie roles when there was so much more I wanted to do... And forgetting that as I was doing all this, time was passing me by.”

Many bashers

Like other celebrities, Sharon is often the target of many bashers. Sharon admitted her temper makes her fight bashers because she only wants to defend her loved ones. However, she also realized that she could have reacted to the criticisms differently.

“I am not a doormat. And like every other human being, I deserve respect, especially because I know I am not a bad person. My mistake was I should've picked my battles like I always used to. I was shocked and unprepared, and so I was wrong to react the way I often did.”

In the end, Sharon thanked her fans, family and friends for loving and supporting her.

“All I know is that I will live the best life I can, with the same mission statement: to inspire and encourage, to show that in this crazy world, there are still a few of us you can count on to be real. To show that you fall every once in a while, but you get up. You must. It is our obligation to do so. I know it is my obligation to do so. Not just for me, but for all of you.”

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Police seek mystery pair in selfies after burglary

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Would burglars be dumb enough to post selfies on their victim's cloud account?

That's what Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators are trying to determine.

Detectives on Wednesday released photos of a man and woman that mysteriously appeared on a Santa Clarita woman's online account days after thieves broke into her home through a window and ransacked the place.

The crooks stole cash and either her cellphone or tablet, Deputy Joshua Dubin said.

The photos, apparently taken with the stolen device, were uploaded to the woman's account after the July 30 break-in, he said. They show a smiling man with short, dark hair, a smiling woman with longer brownish hair, thick painted eyebrows and heavy mascara, and a shot of the two together posing on a pillow.

The victim doesn't know the pair, who are considered "persons of interest," and investigators want to talk to them, Dubin said.

"Did they buy stolen property? I don't know. Or are they the residential burglary suspects?" Dubin said. "There needs to be an explanation as to why their selfies are showing up on this person's cloud account."

Cara Delevingne Strips Off For Tom Ford 'Black Orchid' Fragrance Campaign

Cara Delevingne for Tom Ford Black Orchid (Tom Ford)

 As if we needed any more proof that Cara Delevingne is taking over the world (only yesterday was she unveiled as one of The World’s Highest-Paid Models of 2014, bringing home a whopping £2.09 million over the past year alone), her latest gig as the face of Tom Ford Black Orchid sees the 22-year-old Brit babe stripping off to just her birthday suit. It’s enough to make us blush!

The latest campaign sees a bare-bottomed Cara lying in a pool of orchids, totally starkers apart from a rather splendid smoky eye and a striking black manicure. After all, she had to wear something, right? The sultry new ad was shot by Mario Sorrenti (it was Sorrenti’s relationship with Kate Moss that sky-rocketed his career back in 1991) and we’re pleased to see that Cara also brings some serious brow action to the table to boot.

Left: Cara on the cover of LOVE, 2013      Right: Ms Delevingne is the new solo face of Topshop

Alas, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen Ms Delevingne naked in a pool of water. Back in January last year, the supermodel appeared on the cover of LOVE magazine in a similar-looking shot and also bared all for Marc Jacobs’ legendary “Protect The Skin You’re In” campaign back in 2013.

Derek Ramsay confirms keeping 11-year-old son from previous marriage

The TV5 Actor/host Derek Ramsay finally broke his silence on the accusations of his estranged wife, Mary Christine Jolly.

The 37-year-old actor confirmed two things: first, he had a previous marriage back in 2002; and second, he has an 11-year old son named Austin Gabriel- said In an official statement released Tuesday (August 20).

No bad blood between Kathryn Bernardo and Julia Barretto

The teen stars Julia Barretto and Kathryn Bernardo remain on good terms, according to the "She's Dating The Gangster" star, Despite their respective fans clashing.

During the press conference launching as the first celebrity endorser of Nails by Chic Centre on Tuesday, Bernardo was asked about her relationship with Barretto on the sidelines.

Barretto, 17, has been compared to Bernardo since she earned her big break via the primetime series "Mirabella," which she top-billed. Dubbed local showbiz's "Teen Queen," Bernardo, 18, is arguably the most successful actress among her contemporaries.

Second part of Paolo Bediones' alleged video Scandal went viral online

MANILA, Philippines – TV 5 host and newscaster Paolo Bediones is the topic of netizens again, when a second part of his alleged sex video went viral Friday, August 15.

The video was uploaded to the Internet even after Bediones had brought the matter before the National Bureau of Investigation, and a Commission on Human Rights (CHR) warning that it would conduct its own probe on the unauthorized distributors of the sex video as it constituted human rights abuse.

According to reports, the video showed Paolo and the same girl from the first video, but it clocked in at 16 minutes – longer than the first, which went viral last July.

TV5 in a previous statement said they will support Paolo on the issue. Early this month, the Aksyon Tonite anchor reported the incident to the Philippine National Police (PNP) Anti – Cybercrime Division, and also showed them a letter blackmailing him further.

According to a report from Pep, two women previously linked to the video, China Roces and Helen Grace Garbo Gonzalez, have each denied that she was the woman in the video.

Anne's Twitter account 'hacked'

MANILA - "The Gifted" star Anne Curtis' millions of followers on Twitter were left puzzled after an uncharacteristic message was sent from her account on the micro-blogging site on Tuesday.

At around 6:30 p.m., Curtis' account tweeted, unedited: "Ngayon ko lang na realize sobrang gwapo ni Manzano! he is sooooooo HOT"

About two hours later, the 29-year-old actress claimed in another tweet that her account had been hacked. Curtis shared "clues" as to the hacker's identity, including that they were just taping for the morning game show "The Singing Bee."

The post read, unedited: "NaHACK twitter ko by a vain tabachingching guy who I just did Singing Bee with. Sino kaya ito? Hmmmmm"

Ngayon ko lang na realize sobrang gwapo ni Manzano! he is sooooooo HOT

— Anne Curtis-Smith (@annecurtissmith) August 19, 2014

NaHACK twitter ko by a vain tabachingching guy who I just did Singing Bee with. Sino kaya ito? Hmmmmm

— Anne Curtis-Smith (@annecurtissmith) August 19, 2014

Earlier on Tuesday, Curtis taped her guest appearance on "The Singing Bee" with actor-host Manzano and performer Iya Villania, among others.

Curtis and Manzano, who were onscreen partners for a time, are known to be close friends. In interviews, Curtis refers to the TV host by his last name.

On his own Twitter page, Manzano responded to Curtis' tweet about the supposed hacker, sharing his guess as to the culprit's identity.

“@annecurtissmith: NaHACK twitter ko by a vain tabachingching guy who I just did Singing Bee with. Sino kaya ito? Hmmmmm”- si dumbo???

— Luis Manzano (@luckymanzano) August 19, 2014

With over 6.8 million followers, Curtis' Twitter account is the most-followed in the Philippines. It ranks 162nd worldwide, above the respective pages' of Hollywood stars Channing Tatum, Tom Cruise, and Hugh Jackman, among others, according to Twitter Counter.