In 2009, lonely farmer Laurence Basset appeared in the pages of The Weekly seeking a wife. To his great surprise, he found one!

She was spotted entering the apartment block where Hoffman had until recently lived with his partner Mimi O’Donnell and their three young children. Blanchett gave no comment to waiting photographers, but was reportedly visibly upset. She was also carrying gifts for the children. Blanchett and Hoffman first worked together on the 1999 Oscar-nominated movie The […]

Police officers in Detroit have made a sick little boy's dreams come true, allowing him to become chief for a day.

The public has been given its first glimpse of Prince George since his christening last October – and he has certainly grown!

Kim Culmone – the vice president of design at Mattel, the company that produces the doll – rejected complaints about Barbie’s proportions, insisting her rail-thin physique was chosen for purely practical reasons. “Barbie’s body was never designed to be realistic,” she said. “She was designed for girls to easily dress and undress. And she’s had […]

Jewel Moore, who describes herself as “plus-size”, was so sick of the animation giant’s unrealistically thin princesses she decided to do something about it. Jewel launched a petition on website Charge.org entitled: “Make Plus-Size Princesses in Disney Movies!” “I’m a plus-size young woman, and I know many plus-size girls and women who struggle with confidence […]

Russia's Winter Olympics have courted yet more controversy, this time subjecting female members of the national team to a bizarre lingerie shoot.

Russia's Winter Olympics have courted yet more controversy, this time subjecting female members of the national team to a bizarre lingerie shoot.

Monaco royals Andrea Casiraghi and Tatiana Santo Domingo have married (again) in the ultimate fairytale white wedding.

Police have said emergency services were called at about 3am “after concerns were raised for a man seen near a vehicle”. Upon arriving at the scene police spoke to Thorpe, who was sitting in a vehicle in the street, and he was then taken to hospital for assessment. “No official complaint has been made and no […]