The females of the vervet monkeys use to incite the males to take part in the fights against the rival groups and to reward the bravest. Instead, they attack the males who have a more cautious attitude during the conflict, according to a study, informs the AFP. This research is the first which demonstrates that 'another species besides man is able to use the manipulation … [Read more...]
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom ended their 10 month relationship
The idyll between the pop singer Katy Perry and the actor Orlando Bloom would have finished, after almost one year, reports the Huffington Post. The two have been together for 10 months, confirming their relationship for the first time in May, when they participated together at the Cannes Film Festival. However, according to In Touch Weekly, the two stars decided to put an end … [Read more...]
Madonna’s son, Rocco Ritchie, arrested for marijuana possession
Madonna's son, Rocco Ritchie, was arrested while smoking a joint with a friend, reports The Sun, quoted on Wednesday by Le Parisien. The boy was denounced by the neighbors who saw him consuming drugs in the vicinity of his house from Primrose Hill, in the North of London. 'This incident was the final straw. Local residents are fed up with him acting in this manner and called … [Read more...]
A manuscript of a poem written by Anne Frank was sold for 140,000 euros at an auction house
A handwritten poem by Anne Frank written shortly before the teenager hidden with her family in Amsterdam was sold Wednesday to auction for 140,000 euros, the initial price being of 30,000 euros, according to the AFP. The 2390 lot, signed 'In the memory of Anna Frank', was purchased by a buyer, online, after two minutes of the auction. The auction happened in a stirring … [Read more...]
Twitter suspended the account of its founder, Jack Dorsey
The social network Twitter suspended for a short time, on Tuesday night, the account of its owner and founder , Jack Dorsey, who invoked 'an internal error', reports the AFP. For about fifteen minutes, the users who attempted to access the jack's tweets, the user name of Jack Dorsey, saw a message that specifies that this account has been suspended. Contacted by the AFP to … [Read more...]
‘Toni Erdmann’ film is the winner of the Lux Prize offered by the European Parliament
The comedy 'Tony Erdmann', a German - Austrian - Romanian production, win the Lux Prize offered by the European Parliament in order to promote the distribution of the European films in the European Union. 'Toni Erdmann', directed by Maren Ade from Germany, enjoyed an unexpectedly success in several countries, after having made sensation to the last edition of the Cannes … [Read more...]
Barack Obama offered the Presidential Medal of Freedom to celebrities from movies, TV, science and sports
The American president Barack Obama, offered on Tuesday at the White House, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civil distinction granted in the USA, to a group of 21 personalities among which are: Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Bill and Melinda Gates, Michael Jordan, Ellen DeGeneres and Bruce Springsteen. Obama presented the prestigious title to the Microsoft … [Read more...]
Alicia Silverstone poses nude for a PETA campaign against the wool clothes
The actress Alicia Silverstone posed nude in the new campaign of PETA against the clothes made of wool, writes the UPI.com. 'I’d rather go naked than wear wool', according to the message in the advertising campaign, which will be promoted soon in the vicinity of Times Square in New York City. The star from Clueless (1995) appears in the respective poster photographed from her … [Read more...]