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The best and worst Miss Universe costumes

Is it a Victoria's Secret show? A sci-fi convention? No – it's the Miss Universe national dress competition.
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Miss USA Erin Brady.

Is it a Victoria’s Secret show? A sci-fi convention? No – it’s the Miss Universe national dress competition.

Beauty queens from around the world have taken to the stage in the Russian city of Krasnogorsk dressed in costumes that are supposed to represent their home nations.

Miss USA won the prize for most bizarre outfit, donning a huge plastic Transformers suit. Click through all the weird and wonderful costumes here.

Miss USA Erin Brady.

Miss Great Britain Amy Willerton.

Miss Netherlands Stephanie Tency.

Miss Peru Cindy Meja.

Catherine Miller, Miss Trinidad & Tobago 2013.

Catherine Miller, Miss Trinidad & Tobago 2013.

Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler.

Erin Brady, Miss USA 2013.

Miss South Africa Marilyn Ramos.

Kerrie Baylis, Miss Jamaica 2013.

Miss Brazil Jakelyne Oliveira.

Anne Julia Hagen, Miss Germany 2013.

Diana Schoutsen, Miss Honduras 2013.

Mondiana Pierre, Miss Haiti 2013.

Patricia Yurena Rodriguez, Miss Spain 2013.

Miss Angola Vaumara Rebelo.

Miss Australia Olivia Wells.

Miss Mexico Cynthia Duque.

Miss Argentina Brenda Gonzalez.

Miss Austria Doris Hofmann.

Miss Bolivia

Miss Canada Riza Santos.

Miss Czech Republic Gabriela Kratochvilova.

Miss Ecuador Constanza Baez.

Miss Korea Yumi Kim.

Miss Nigeria Stephanie Okwu.

Miss Sweden Alexandra Friberg.

Miss Singapore Shi Lim.

Miss Switzerland Dominique Rinerknecht.

Miss Russia Elmira Abdrazakova.

Miss Mauritius Diya Beeltah.

Miss Italy Luna Voce.

Miss India Manasi Moghe.

Miss France Hinarani de Longeaux.

Miss Curacao

Miss Chile Maria-Jesus Matthei.

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Best dressed at Melbourne Cup

Sure it's the race that stops the nation, but leading up to those few minutes, all eyes are trackside at Flemington. Have a look at our favourite trackside looks from today.
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It’s the race that stops the nation but leading up to the Melbourne Cup, designers, stylists, and fashionistas from all over the country work tirelessly to create the best trackside fashion.

Racing ambassadors and celebrities have been fitted with frocks and fascinators each attempting to score in the fashion stakes at Flemington.

Which is your favourite look from today?

Jennifer Hawkins

Bec and Lleyton Hewitt.

Laura Dundovic

Rachael Finch

Giaan Rooney

Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha.

Burlesque star Dita Von Teese.

US lingerie and swimwear model Kate Upton.

Brynne Edelsten

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Drew Barrymore joins celebrity baby boom

Actress Drew Barrymore said only last month she would love to have another baby "right away", following the birth of her daughter Olive in September last year, and she has certainly lived up to her word.
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Actress Drew Barrymore said only last month she would love to have another baby “right away”, following the birth of her daughter Olive in September last year, and she has certainly lived up to her word.

The 38-year-old showed off a hint of baby bump at an LA film gala over the weekend, prompting her publicist to confirm with E! News she was indeed expecting.

Barrymore and husband Will Kolpeman’s news follows from a string of announcements from stars who are expecting.

From royal babies to reality TV offspring, see which celebs have us on bump watch.

Drew Barrymore has confirmed she is expecting her second child.

Funny man Hamish Blake and Zoe Foster are expecting their first child in the new year.

Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall’s royal baby is due in January

Kate Winslet is expecting her third child, her first with Ned Rocknroll.

Princess Madeleine of Sweden and husband Christopher O’Neill’s first is due in March.

Australian Actress Jodi Gordon and footballer Braith Anasta are expecting their first child in the new year.

Megan Fox is pregnant with her second child to Brian Austin Green.

Jennifer Love-Hewitt is expecting her first child with actor Brian Hallisay.

Simon Cowell is expecting a son with girlfriend Lauren Silverman in February.

Teresa Palmer and Mark Webber recently announced they were expecting.

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale are expecting another child.

Former Dawsons Creek star James Van Der Beek and wife Kimberly have a baby on the way.

Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe.

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Diana film flops at the US box office

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A poster for Naomi Watts' Diana biopic.

A poster for Naomi Watts' Diana biopic.

After bad reviews in the UK and Australia, the film opened at 38 screens across the US, making an average just $1700 at each location.

Despite the hype and high-profile advertising of the movie, it has performed poorly in its target markets, grossing an average of $500,000 per week since it opened in the UK and $390,000 per week in Australia.

The film’s director Oliver Hirschbiegel has said he is “devastated” by the response to the film, conceding that he and his team hadn’t “thought about the reactions” of the viewing public.

“I think for the British, Diana is still a trauma they haven’t come to terms with,” he told the BBC.

“In all the other places where it’s opened – in Poland, the Czech Republic, Turkey and Slovakia – it’s been very strong.”

To date, the movie has grossed $914,000 in Poland, $188,000 in the Czech Republic, $280,000 in Turkey and $65,000 in Slovakia.

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Why beautiful people stick together

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The cheerleader effect.

Ever wondered why the pretty girls at school stuck together? Why boy bands share their good looks? Or why Ja’mie and her friends are all so “quiche”?

According to new research by the University of California, these groups’ collective attractiveness is no coincidence, but it may all be smoke and mirrors.

It’s called “the cheerleader effect”: the theory that “people seem more attractive in a group than in isolation”, which researchers Walker and Vul put to the test in a series of five experiments published in Psychological Science.

Testing male and female faces, either alone or in a group with the same gender, results were consistent that people appeared more attractive in groups with similar or complementary features, even if they were “average” looking.

“Taken together, these phenomena suggest that individual faces will seem more attractive when presented in a group,” the report said.

“They will appear more similar to the average group face, which is more attractive than group members’ individual faces.”

Though this seems to be the first time academics have waded into the “cheerleader effect” phenomenon, the term has been used unofficially for years, The Atlantic reports.

Its first recorded use in a 2008 Urban Dictionary definition said, less delicately, “altogether the cheerleading team looks attractive… [however] on closer inspection [each person] is quite ugly”.

Basically, people seem more attractive in groups than on their own, a phenomenon Walker and Vul credit to the “averaging out of unattractive idiosyncrasies”.

The researchers have used their findings to establish some solid scientifically based dating advice.

“Have a few wingmen or wingwomen,” Walk and Vul conclude.

“May indeed be a good dating strategy, particularly if their facial features complement and average out one’s unattractive idiosyncrasies.”

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Kate and Will’s Royal Renos

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Kate and Will’s Royal Renos

It’s not so much changing rooms as it is changing royal digs.

In a renovation rumoured to have cost $1.7m, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have put their personal stamp on Kensington Palace.

Catherine, who took charge of the project, spent the past 18 months perfecting Apartment 1A inside the famous building.

Now she and her husband have moved in – and little Prince George is set to grow up in the same palace as his dad.

But renovating the royal abode, which used to belong the Princess Margaret, wasn’t all smooth sailing, with asbestos needing to be removed from the site.

The results are said to be worth it.

“Their home is beautiful. This is a very exciting time for them,” a royal source told Us Weekly.

The 20-room Apartment 1A now features his and hers bathrooms, three kitchens, a state-of-the-art panic room, encrypted wi-fi and central air-conditioning. Lucky little Prince George, meanwhile, has his own day and night nurseries.

“The baby’s going to grow up running in the same gardens and hiding places William and Harry played in,” Prince Diana’s former chef Darren McGrady, told Us Weekly.

Royal grandmother Carole Middleton helped the renovations by bringing on board her own designer, Anne Allen. Reflecting the new parents’ down-to-earth personalities, their apartment has been re-painted in cream and beige tones.

While their family home now reflects Catherine and William’s personalities, they both felt it important to keep the original palace detail and they also selected signature historical pieces, including a $50,000 Persian rug and two 19th century Corinthian lamps for the entrance hall.

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Drew Barrymore is pregnant!

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Drew Barrymore is expecting her second child with husband Will Kopelman!

A representative for the actress confirmed the news to E! News after pregnancy rumours began following her appearance at the LACMA Art+FIlm Gala on Saturday.

The pair, who are already parents to 13-month-old daughter Olive, have made no secret of their desire for more children.

The couple married in June 2012, before welcoming their daughter three months later.

Drew Barrymore is expecting baby number 2!

Drew shows off her burgeoning baby bump.

Drew with her husband Will (left) and Director and CEO of LACMA Michael Govan.

Drew with her daughter Olive.

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Karl Lagerfeld to be sued over slamming ‘curvy’ women

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The Chanel designer faces legal action from a pressure group called Belle, Ronde, Sexy et jet m’assume (Beautiful Rounded Sexy and fine with it), who campaign for the rights of women of all sizes.

The group has filed a complaint against the 80-year-old designer accusing him of defamation following his comments over the push for curvier models, the Daily Mail reports.

“Nobody wants to see curvy women on the runway,” the designer reportedly said.

The pressure group has filed a complaint over the comment, which was printed in recent book, The World According to Karl, and started a petition receiving more than 500 signatures of support.

Representative for Belle, Ronde, Betty Aubriere, said the celebrity’s comments were damaging to young girls.

“These insults by celebrities must stop,” she said.

“We’re sick of it. There are a lot of young girls who don’t feel comfortable in their skin and for them to hear comments like that is terrible for them.

The complaint accuses Lagerfeld of displaying a ‘discriminatory’ attitude towards those with fuller figures, according to the Sunday Times.

If found guilty, the fashion icon could be fined.

Lagerfeld has never been one to hold his tongue when it comes to his opinions on women and their weight and looks.

He has in the past dismissed demands for fuller-figured models on the catwalk, taking to French television to say “it’s the fat women sitting in front of televisions with their packets of crisps who say slim models are hideous”.

Most famously he courted controversy describing soul singer Adele as “a little too fat”, though he quickly added that she was beautiful and her voice “divine”.

He has also had a go at Pippa Middleton, who he insulted as an aside to describing the Duchess of Cambridge as a “romantic beauty”.

“On the other hand, her sister struggles,” he said.

“I don’t like the sister’s face. She should only show her back.”

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Brooklyn Beckham training with Manchester United

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David Beckham with his three sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.

David Beckham with his three sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.

Brooklyn, 14, was invited to a training session at the famous club last week.

He was accompanied by his father and the drills went so well, Brooklyn has reportedly been invited back.

It’s not the first time a Premier League club has noticed Brooklyn’s prodigious skill – he has already trained with Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers.

He also played with the Los Angeles Galaxy youth squad when his father was playing in the squad’s championship team.

David Beckham was one of Manchester United’s most famous players. He signed a schoolboy contract with the club at 14 and played for them until 2003, helping them win six Premier League titles and the Champions League.

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Has Miranda Kerr moved on already?

She announced she had split from Orlando Bloom just last week but Miranda Kerr has already been linked to a new man.
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Celebrity photographer Chris Colls sparked rumours of a romance with his model muse when he started uploading nude pictures of Miranda onto his Instagram account.

The pair has been friends for years, with Miranda choosing Chris to shoot her for several big projects, including her recent book Treasure Yourself.

Chris split from his wife Fearne last year and is currently involved with model Alexandra Agoston.

Miranda announced she had ended her marriage to actor Orlando Bloom last week, after “months” of living apart.

The couple have one son, Flynn.

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