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Love match for William and Kate at Wimbledon

Wimbledon is supposed to be about the tennis, but all eyes were on William and Catherine yesterday.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took seats in the royal box to watch Britain’s Andy Murray play Spain’s David Ferrer.

Catherine certainly dressed for the occasion, donning a tennis-style Alexander McQueen dress that she last wore during her tour of Canada last year.

It was an extremely tense afternoon for Catherine, who was obviously desperate for Andy Murray to win, which he fortunately did.

William and Catherine were the centre of attention in Centre Court.

The royal couple seemed relaxed and happy.

Catherine, an avid tennis player, took the match very seriously.

The Duchess was desperate for Brit Andy Murray to win.

Catherine was completely engrossed in the game.

At times she appeared worried Murray would be defeated.

The stress often became too much for the Duchess.

William was also heavily invested in the outcome of the match.

William and Catherine were thrilled when Murray triumphed.

The royal couple.

William and Catherine in the royal box.

Catherine looked the part in an Alexander McQueen dress.

Catherine at the tennis.

Catherine wore the same dress on the couple’s tour of Canada last year.

Catherine in Canada in 2011.

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Katie will do whatever it takes to fight for Suri

Katie will do whatever it takes to fight for Suri

Katien Holmes with daughter Suri Cruise.

Katie Holmes has broken her silence on her impending divorce from Tom Cruise, telling a reporter from theNew York Daily News, “I’m alright. Thank you.” But when it comes to fighting for sole custody of six-year-old Suri, she is playing hardball.

Stepping out in public on the Fourth of July holiday for only the second time since she announced she was divorcing Tom, 50, Katie tried to keep Suri’s life as normal as possible.

Katie, 33, and Suri stepped out in New York to pick up some groceries, including ground beef, hamburger rolls and strawberries, and also made a visit to a nearby ice-cream parlour (See the pictures and video here) .

“She’s been miserable for a long time, but the last couple of weeks, she’s been happy ? like she’s been set free,” an unnamed insider toldUs Weekly.

Meanwhile, theDawson’s Creekactress has instructed her lawyers to file for an emergency custody and child support hearing in New York, where she has recently rented an apartment after moving out of the home she shared with Tom. “Paperwork regarding Suri’s custody was filed yesterday,” an insider told Rader Online.

While both have hired top lawyers, Katie’s choice of top divorce attorney Allan E Mayefsky is said to be a tactical move.

“She’s making it clear she’s going to play tough,” legal analyst and author Lisa Bloom told the Daily Beast.

“Cruise is more of a high-profile celebrity than she is, so he has a greater distance to fall if grievances are aired. Everyone has dirty laundry they don’t want aired. She’s saying, ‘Play fair with me or else’,” she said.

“Of course she would choose an experienced and tough lawyer. But the fact that she’d choose someone who’s been known to go to media in the past signals that she might have hired him for that reason.”

Tom’s team of lawyers led by one of LA’s top divorce attorneys, Dennis Wasser, is said to have already brought on a New York firm to coordinate the case, Radar Online reported.

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Katie and Suri stop for ice-cream

There’s no doubt she has been through a tough few years, but it looks like Katie Holmes is finally smiling again.

On the day that she could have been celebrating her husband’s 50th birthday, Katie stepped out with her six-year-old daughter Suri to enjoy some late-night ice-cream at Sundaes and Cones in the East Village, New York.

The pair, who are obviously extremely close, were joined by close friends who Katie joked and laughed with — a far cry from her usual miserable mood.

Katie and Suri are all smiles in New York.

Katie hold on to her daughter as they arrive at the ice cream parlour.

Suri enjoys an ice cream.

Suri cuddles into her mum as they leave.

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The changing face of Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise has one of the most famous faces in the world - but you'd be surprised to see how much it has changed over the years.
Tom Cruise young

Tom Cruise has been in more blockbuster movies than any other actor but for the past 15 years, his career has been overshadowed by one thing: Scientology.

The bizarre religion has killed his love life and earned him endless bad publicity but it has also masked another thing – his remarkable physical transformation.

In his 30 years in the spotlight Tom has experimented with just about every look there is, wearing everything from short shorts and a ponytail to aviator sunglasses and a crew cut.

Take a look at Tom’s changing appearance in this collection of photos.

Tom Cruise in 1981, 2003 and 2012.

Before he was a star in 1970.

Baby-faced in August 1981.

Tom in Los Angeles in 1981.

Tom looking extremely serious in 1982.

Tom in September 1983.

Tom with his *Risky Business* co-star and girlfriend Rebecca De Mornay in 1983.

Tom with his Risky Business co-star and girlfriend Rebecca De Mornay in 1983.

Tom wore his hair long and wild in 1985.

Tom and his *Top Gun* co-star Kelly McGillis in 1986.

Tom and his Top Gun co-star Kelly McGillis in 1986.

Tom with first wife Mimi Rogers in 1987.

Tom in 1987.

Tom, his short shorts and wife Mimi in 1987.

Tom and his second wife Nicole Kidman in January 1992.

Rocking some bad fashion with Nicole in 1993.

Tom and Nicole in 1993.

Tom and Nicole in June 1993.

Looking like Keanu Reeves in 1994.

Looking dapper in March 1994.

With girlfriend Penelope Cruz in November 2000.

Experimenting with a shaved head in August 2001.

Looking extremely hairy in July 2003.

Channelling Ashton Kutcher in November 2003.

Tom in New York in 2004.

The actor in Tokyo in December 2004.

Taking hair inspiration from Justin Bieber in Rome in 2007.

Tom at a Golden Globes after-party in January 2010.

Tom in Mexico in 2010.

Tom at *The Kennedys* premiere in March 2011.

Tom at The Kennedys premiere in March 2011.

Tom at a premiere in Los Angeles in June.

Tom at the *Rock of Ages* premiere in London last month.

Tom at the Rock of Ages premiere in London last month.

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Doting dad Chris Hemsworth

If you're already a fan of Chris Hemsworth, get ready to swoon! Take a look at the new dad doting over his adorable daughter India Rose Hemsworth.

If you’re already a fan of Chris Hemsworth, get ready to swoon! Take a look at the new dad doting over his adorable daughter India Rose Hemsworth.

Chris and his wife, Spanish actress Elsa Pataky, were spotted taking a walk with their eight-week -old bundle of joy through Madrid on July 2 and in London a few days earlier.

So who does Chris turn to for parenting advice? His older brother Luke, who has two daughters, revealed he has helped his brother out.

“I actually made him a little video on how to wrap her up so that she can’t get her arms out of the blanket,” Luke told Entertainment Weekly. “He had a bit of trouble with her.”

Chris Hemsworth cradles baby India.

Chris and his wife, Spanish actress Elsa Pataky.

Chris and his mother-in-law Cristina.

Chris and Elsa take a stroll with baby India in London.

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Why I won’t let cancer take my breasts

Why I won't let cancer take my breasts

British model and actress Sally Farmiloe-Neville.

Most women would do anything to be rid of breast cancer, but British actress Sally Farmiloe-Neville has refused a mastectomy because she can’t bear to lose her “best assets”.

Sally, 57, — who starred opposite Bob Dylan in 1987 filmHearts on Fire— was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer in May.

She was told a mastectomy was the best way to treat the life-threatening disease, but asked for a lumpectomy instead because she feels her breasts are a “vital” part of her personality.

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Sally has written about her choice in new bookMy Left Boob: A Cancer Diary, defending her decision to try to save her breasts.

“Although I am anxious to be rid of it, I do not want to lose a breast along with the malign tumour,” Sally writes.

“I cannot bear the thought of a mastectomy because my bosom is so vital a part of my personality that to forfeit half of it would be to relinquish part of my very being.

“At a 36B cup, I’m not particularly well-endowed; neither are my breasts perfect, but I’ve grown terribly fond of them over the years.

“A mastectomy, I believe, would have compromised my femininity, jeopardised my career and turned me into a woman remote from the fun and flirtatious one that I am.”

Sally goes on to accuse doctors of being too quick to encourage mastectomies, claiming lumpectomies and radiation treatment can be just as effective.

She says she felt “bullied” into a mastectomy, and thinks doctors should make breast cancer sufferers aware of all the treatment options available to them.

“There are a multitude of good reasons why ‘Off with her breast!’ should not be the battle-cry of doctors faced with women who have cancerous tumours,” she says.

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“Lumpectomies are cheaper, less invasive and far quicker to recover from. I hope, and intend, to be back to work swiftly after mine.

“There are glamorous dresses to model, black-tie balls to attend, red carpets to teeter along — and I have drawers crammed with lacy lingerie which must not be allowed to languish unworn.

“I intend to turn heads. I’ll wear a lavish dress cut daringly low, hold aloft a glass of champagne and toast the health of my loved ones — including, of course, the imperfect but cherished pair of breasts I hold so dear.”

Sally does admit she would have a mastectomy if there were no other options and it should be noted that in many cases, mastectomies get the best outcomes for breast cancer patients.

Your say: Would you have a mastectomy if you had breast cancer, or would you prefer to seek less invasive treatment?

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Is porn an excuse for rape? This judge thinks so

Is porn an excuse for rape? This judge thinks so

Judge Gareth Hawkesworth.

A UK schoolboy who raped a five-year-old girl he was babysitting has escaped jail after a judge ruled he had been “corrupted” by pornography.

The 14-year-old boy — who cannot be named for legal reasons — blindfolded the girl before forcing her to perform an indecent act on him last December.

The boy appeared in Cambridge Crown Court on Monday, where Judge Gareth Hawkesworth sentenced him to three years of community service, blaming “the world and society” for exposing the teen to hardcore pornography.

“You have not shown any particular sexual interest in children,” the judge said. “I’m satisfied it was impulsive and I believe you have become sexualised by your exposure to and the corruption of pornography.

“Your exposure at such a young age has ended in tragedy. It was the fault of the world and society.”

The judge said the teen’s crime could have seen him jailed for more than six years.

The teen had been paid to babysit the girl — who lived in a nearby house in Cambridge, east England — when the attack occurred shortly before Christmas last year.

He was caught after the girl told her father about the assault. In his first interview with police, the boy admitted to regularly watching pornography online.

He pleaded guilty to one count of raping a girl under 13.

The boy’s lawyer Julia Flanagan said her client regretted his actions and was no threat to any other children or women.

“We have a very frightened and remorseful boy who is very ashamed of what he has done,” Julia told the UK’s Daily Mail.

“He knows it will follow him for the rest of his life. He is marked to some as a sexual deviant for ever.”

In addition to his three-year community service order, the boy is also banned from accessing pornography of any kind.

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Nicole Kidman: “I took six years to get over Tom Cruise”

Few people know what Katie Holmes is going through right now, but Nicole Kidman is one of them.
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman on the red carpet in 2000.

Few people know what Katie Holmes is going through right now, but Nicole Kidman is one of them.

Eleven years ago, the Australian actress was in the middle of her own divorce from Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise, which left her feeling like she had “nothing left to give” anyone else.

Though she is now happily married to Keith Urban, Nicole admits it took her longer than expected to get over Tom.

“I took a long time to heal, put it that way,” Nicole told The Australian Women’s Weekly during an interview last year.

“I was just very cautious. When I met Keith, for the first time in what had been quite a few years, my heart was open. And there were people before who had tried to date me and I was like, ‘No, wrong girl’.

“I just really wanted to spend time alone so I could heal and that took me almost six years, which is unusual I know, but that was just how it was. It had to do with me not having anything to give to anyone else.”

Nicole met Tom in 1989 on the set of their movie Days of Thunder and they married the following year.

They adopted two children, daughter Isabella and son Connor, and Nicole was reportedly pregnant with their first biological child when Tom filed for divorce in February 2001.

Nicole suffered a miscarriage shortly afterwards, but went on to have two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith, with Keith Urban.

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Katie’s transformation: How she changed for Tom

All loved up

Just weeks after leaving her then fiancé Chris Klein, who she had dated for five years, Katie Holmes began dating actor Tom Cruise in 2005.

Marriage bliss

On June 17, 2005, Tom proposed to Katie at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The pair were married on November 18, 2006, in a Scientology ceremony.

Katie’s baby bump

Katie proudly shows off her baby bump as the pair demonstrate plenty of love for each other on the red carpet.

Katie’s drastic change

Following the birth of the couple’s first child, Suri, Katie Holmes made a bold change to her appearance. She cut her signature long hair into a cropped bob.

Fears for Katie

Soon after, Katie hit the red carpet looking super-skinny, sparking reports she had an eating disorder.

At the time it was rumoured she was taking part in a Scientologist-approved vitamin detox program.

From fab to drab

Katie began caring less about her appearance stepping out in clothes that didn’t fit and stopped doing her hair and make-up.

Small smile

Despite starting to look like her old self, Katie could barely crack a smile on the red carpet of Elle magazine’s 16th annual Women in Hollywood event in October 2009.

Family time

The time that Katie, Tom and Suri spent together as a family began to look tense and the husband and wife began spending less time together.

Red carpet

Even the pair’s red carpet appearances began to look forced. Katie’s body language says it all.

Final appearance together

In what was their final red carpet appearance together, the pair tried their best to look happy.

But this is a far cry from their red-carpet moments earlier in their relationship.

Happier days

Just a few days before filing for divorce Katie seems more relaxed.

Katie and Suri are now living together in New York.

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Katie Holmes: Why she rebelled against Scientology

Katie Holmes: Why she rebelled against Scientology

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes spent time seperately in New York in early June, 2012.

As the details of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ marriage breakdown come to light, so too do glimpses of the future Suri Cruise could have if she is raised by her father, something that Katie is determined not to let happen.

Holmes, who is seeking sole custody of the pair’s six-year-old daughter, had reportedly been planning her escape from Scientology for years . And as details emerge of the organisation’s rules it’s not hard to see why she felt she couldn’t simply walk away.

Holmes’ carefully structured escape plan was reportedly cautiously put into action for fear of losing access to her child. Following her divorce from the Rock of Ages star in 2001, Nicole Kidman has limited access to her two adopted children with Cruise, Bella and Connor, who are both devoted Scientologists.

“[Bella and Connor] lived with their father and Katie during the marriage full-time. They aren’t that close to Nicole, and Katie is determined that she won’t be cut out of Suri’s life,” an unnamed source close to the situation told Radar Online.

“Bella and Connor are devoted to their father and Scientology, and Katie saw this firsthand, and this is one of the reasons she filed for sole custody.”

Meanwhile, details have emerged of the Scientology school that Cruise planned to send Suri to: the headquarters of Scientology’s higher order, Gold Base, a 200 hectare property in Gilman Hot Springs, California.

Here, members reportedly pledge their allegiance for 1 billion years, are banned from having children, are paid just $50 a week and can be punished by being thrown in “The Hole”.

Details have also emerged of the religion’s Sea Organisation — a subsection of the movement’s headquarters, which is heavily guarded and secured by motion sensors and razor-tipped wire.

Members are not permitted to leave the property, and if they do, face being hunted down by military style teams, US ABC News reported. In some cases members are subject to “voluntary punishment”, which can include isolation, manual labour, malnutrition and sleep deprivation. Reports by the New York Post in February state that the FBI have investigated the site and its associates for connections to human trafficking.

With the reality of her daughter attending a Scientology school in mind, Holmes was reportedly constantly careful with what she said during the Scientology audit sessions she took part in while married to Cruise.

“Katie wasn’t exactly forthcoming with information during her Scientology audit,” an unnamed source told Radar Online.

“Katie’s father, Martin, advised her to be careful with what she said during these sessions so that nothing negative could get leaked to the press or be used to make her look bad.”

Both Holmes and Cruise’s audit sessions, a practice that Scientologists believe clears them of negative influences while heightening spiritual awareness and enhancing their potential, were always recorded and videotaped and kept inside the church of Scientology.

Despite taking part in the sessions the source told Radar Online that Holmes’ heart just wasn’t in it.

“Look, Katie led a very ordinary and honest life before she met Tom and tried to continue to do so during the time she was with him. Katie is level headed and extremely smart,” the source said.

“She was never completely committed to Scientology, but she participated because she truly was in love with Tom and she knew it meant a lot to him.”

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