Actress Kate Winslet will author a book of celebrity self-portrait photos by Ben Stiller, Jude Law, Meryl Streep and others to support the treatment of autism, Simon & Schuster said Thursday.

Winslet organized the collection of self-portrait photos for the book, "The Golden Hat," after becoming inspired by an HBO documentary she narrated called "A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism" that aired last year.

The film shows Keli Ericsdottir, an Icelandic boy who suffered from severe nonverbal autism, eventually being able to communicate. He now composes poems, including one describing a magical hat that enables an autistic boy to communicate.


The book, which will be released this year, derives its name from Ericsdottir's poem and tells the story of Winslet's relationship with the Ericsdottir family as well as Keli Ericsdottir's poetry and writings.

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Kate Middleton Praised by camilla Duchess of Cornwall
CAMILLA Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, has spoken publicly for the first time bout her relationship with Kate Middleton and revealed the family’s excitement as the royal wedding approaches.
Camilla — who has taken the 29-year-old to lunch and attended the ballet with her — has given Middleton the big thumbs up.
“Kate’s a lovely girl. We’re very lucky. I’m very much looking forward to it,” she said.
Camilla also spoke about the role her granddaughter, Eliza Lopes, 3, will play on the April 29 wedding day — as a bridesmaid.
“She’s only three, and it will be quite nerve-wracking for a little one. But she will enjoy it,” she said.

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UNC's Barnes responds to Jordan's taunt

North Carolina freshman star Harrison Barnes said Thursday he knows Tar Heels legend Michael Jordan was only kidding when he told him to wear "Jordans" instead of Lakers star Kobe Bryant's Nike shoe.
The video made the rounds earlier this week, showing Jordan talking to the Tar Heel players in Charlotte, N.C., where the team was playing in the NCAA Tournament.

"If I see you in them Kobe Bryants, man, I'm gonna cut you right off," Jordan somewhat joked to Barnes on the video shot by Rivals.com. "I don't care if your feet kill you, you're gonna wear them Jordans."

The Charlotte Bobcats owner then told Barnes he could wear whatever shoes he wanted as long as the team won, but pointed out "you got killed" against Duke in the ACC Tournament final.


"I didn't think it was a big deal," Barnes said Thursday afternoon at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., site of UNC's game with Marquette in the Sweet 16 on Friday. "My teammates all asked if I was going to get cute and wear the (other) Nikes. I know he was only joking, and I'm really comfortable around him."

Barnes came to Carolina with as much fanfare as any previous player in the program's fabled history, including Jordan, whose clutch shot as a freshman gave the Tar Heels the 1982 national championship. The irony is that Barnes has been compared to Jordan since before he signed with North Carolina in 2009, which is something he has embraced with open arms. His affinity for all things Jordan has been documented, and is real.

The Iowa native might be only 19 years old, but he grew up watching videos of Jordan that his mother spent years taping. He studied Jordan, from his mannerisms to his professionalism, and has aspired to discover the same level of intensity and focus that carried Jordan to six NBA world championships, five MVP awards, and a wildly successful business career off the court.

"I grew up watching his games on tape," Barnes said. "I really didn't watch cartoons or a lot of kids shows, I watched basketball, mostly tapes of his games. I think I eventually started connecting with them."
For a while in high school, Barnes, who is nearly 6-foot-9, listed himself as 6-foot-6 because that was Jordan's height during his days with the Chicago Bulls.

After all was said and done, Jordan promised the team he would get them his rare brand of shoe, Air Jordan 11 Retro "Cool Greys" if they advance to the Final Four. As the school's contracted shoe provider, everything would fall within NCAA rules.

Barnes said Jordan changed his mind after the camera stopped running.

"He said Final Four, but then he said if we beat Washington, and we beat Washington, and I haven't seen them," Barnes said. "So, if I ever see him again, I'll ask him about them (the shoes)."

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Kelly Brook announces she's expecting a baby girl with retired rugby ace boyfriend Thom Evans
Model and actress Kelly Brook has made the surprise announcement that she's expecting a baby girl with her boyfriend Thom Evans - just months since they started dating.

The 31-year-old beauty confirmed the news on Twitter last night revealing: 'Thom and I are happy to announce we are expecting a baby girl. We are delighted XXXX.'

Kelly met 25-year-old former rugby international Thom in November and they have been seeing each ever since.

They were first seen together during Kelly's London birthday celebrations in late November last year at The Dorchester, Mahiki and the May Fair Hotel. This will be the first child for both of them.
A source close to the couple confirmed to Mail Online that Kelly has now had her three month scan and that both baby and mother are healthy.

Kent-born Kelly has been in Los Angeles since the start of January, working on a number of modelling assignments and campaigns, including her swimwear range for New Look and a new collection of trainers that she is endorsing for Reebok.

The curvy star and lad's mag favourite has been capitalising on her increasing profile in the States since her bikini-clad appearance in successful schlock-horror Piranha: 3D last year.

Former Scotland international star Thom is a former teammate of Kelly's ex Danny Cipriani. He joined Kelly in the U.S. shortly after they met and has been taking acting classes, the Mail Online can reveal.

Evans played for the London Wasps with Cipriani from 2004 to 2006.

However, the Zimbabwe-born sports hunk was forced to quit his career as a professional rugby player after he suffered a horrific spinal injury. He is now hoping to become an action movie actor.

Thom, formerly known as the 'pin-up of Scottish rugby' was almost paralysed when he collided with Welsh player Lee Byrne during a rugby union match in February 2010.

Despite a series of operations, he was forced to accept that he would never regain match fitness and retired from the game the following July.

Thom's brother Max still plays for the Scottish national team and the brothers are cousins of Radio Two DJ Chris Evans.

The DJ revealed live on air how he and his family had been keeping the pregnancy a secret for some time.

Kelly split from Thom's former teammate Danny in June last year after two years together. He now lives in Australia playing for the Melbourne Rebels.

She was spotted out on a couple of dates with Glee star Matthew Morrison over the summer and was seen in a cab with comedian Jack Whitehall.

But nothing came of either flirtation and Thom has been her first relationship following her split with Danny - despite the fact that until the announcement of the pregnancy last night, the pair hadn't officially confirmed that they were together.

Kelly has remained friends with Danny and last night he revealed his ex Kelly had told him she was expecting two months ago.

Cipriani said: ‘Kelly told me in January that she was expecting. I’m really happy for her - she will be a great mum.’

Miss Brook’s announcement came after she recently posed nude for a French arthouse magazine.

She also received £250,000 to appear naked in Playboy last year.

As well as her various advertising and promotional campaigns meanwhile, Kelly is gearing up to appear on the small screen back in the UK again this weekend.

Kelly presents Celebrity Naked Ambition, about stars such as herself who have dared to bare on camera before, on Channel 4 on Saturday at 9pm.

She's hoping to bounce back on the nation's screens after she was sacked from Britain's Got Talent following barely a week on the judging panel in January 2009.

The star was given the boot almost as soon as it was revealed she was taking her place on the show alongside Amanda Holden, Piers Morgan and Simon Cowell.

TV said the show's format was too complicated with four judges.

But a lack of a warm welcome is thought to be the real reason behind Miss Brook's departure.

The show's hosts Ant and Dec were reportedly angry about being told of her appointment at the last minute, while Simon and Amanda felt she did not fit in.

The former pop singer Sinitta, who works closely with Cowell, hinted at the time that Kelly had been axed due to her lack of presenting skills and even her onscreen personality.

The 42-year-old said: 'Well, the show wasn't scripted, so she had to be herself.'

A contestant who appeared in front of the panel meanwhile labeled Kelly as 'hopeless'.







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'I work out seven days a week... but I still have jiggly thighs and cellulite,' admits Kim Kardashian
Reality star Kim Kardashian has admitted that she still has jiggly thighs and cellulite - despite an intensive exercise regime.

In a new interview, the reality star reveals she usually manages to exercise seven days a week - but says she still has hang-ups about her enviable figure.

And Kim, who was pictured dining out in West Hollywood last night with RnB star Ciara, admits that her weakness is her love of food.

'Of course I struggle with insecure moments,' she tells U.S. fitness magazine, Self. 'I wish I didn't. But I love to eat! Especially sweets.'

'And I'll say it. I think my thighs are jiggly and I have cellulite. Now let's move on!

'Because when I put the time in at the gym, I'm confident. You have to feel good to look good.'

Kim, who is famed for her curves, says her motivation for staying trim is seeing herself in a bikini.

'On days when I need extra motivation, I just think: 'Bikini, bikini, bikini!'' she says.

Whether or not she's motivated Kardashian says she makes it to the gym seven days a week when she is in Los Angeles.

Last year she admitted that she put on weight while she was filming in New York. But she says that her life is different when she is on the West Coast.

She says: 'When I'm in LA I exercise every day, I'm in the best shape of my life.

'Of course, I'm a perfectionist, so there's always room for improvement.

'I lift weights with my trainer, Gunnar Peterson, in the morning three days a week.

'After working out, I see a difference in my butt and thighs and my clothes fit a little differently, too.

'I'm also really proud of how toned my arms are.'

These days Kardashian says she celebrates her best assets.

She tells Self readers: 'Find the one part of your body that you love and accentuate it. 'For example, because I have a small waist, a big butt and thin legs, belts work for me.

'You have to know what looks best on your body.

'Growing up I saw only skinny models and didn't relate. Salma Hayek and Jennifer Lopez prove you can be curvy and proud!'

In the interview, Kim also blasts rumours that she has had plastic surgery, saying that she has 'always had big lips,' and her nose and bum are natural.

'Rumours don't bother me anymore,' the Kourtney and Kim Take New York star says.

'I've read that I've had my lips done.

'I've always had big lips. Look at my baby pictures. It's ridiculous.

'Or they'll show one picture of me today and one tomorrow and say I've had my nose done in between.

'When? Didn't you see me yesterday?

'And how many times have I 'had my butt done'? People's logic is so weird.

'I don't know why they bother! You can't worry about all the gossip.'






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Kim Kardashian has often followed, intentionally or not, in the footsteps of fellow socialite Paris Hilton. Both women have privileged backgrounds, became well-known pop culture symbols, earned notoriety via sex tapes and used their fame into hit reality TV shows.

Now, Kim has set her sights on the music world. Last week, the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star dropped her first single, the self-released “Jam (Turn It Up),” produced by The-Dream.

In its first five days on sale, the bouncy dance number sold 14,000 downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan. That’s not enough to enable a debut on the 75-position Digital Songs chart — No. 75 this week is Nelly’s “Just a Dream,” with 26,000 sold.


How does that compare to Hilton’s start?


The hotel heiress had a more robust bow with her 2006 debut, “Stars Are Blind.” The Warner Bros. tune launched on the Digital Songs list at No. 10 with 52,000 in its first week and parlayed those sales into a No. 18 bow on the Billboard Hot 100.

Paris later went on to release her (so far) only album, “Paris,” in August of the same year. It entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 6 with 77,000 sold in its first week. To date, the set has moved 197,000 in the U.S.

Which one do you prefer?




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If Christina Aguilera's hit "Ain't No Other Man" sounds like a classic, that's because its infectious beat comes from a 43-year-old song -- and a new lawsuit claims Sony Music hasn't paid the rightful owner for the sample.
Take a listen ... Christina's song clearly samples from a 1968 latin soul tune called "Hippy Skippy Moon Strut" (aka "I'll Be a Lucky Man) by Dave Cortez and the Moon People. Gotta love that name.

According to the federal lawsuit, filed in New York, TufAmerica purchased exclusive rights to 'Hippy Skippy' in 2004 ... however Sony Music -- Christina's label -- made a deal with Codigo Music and the Clyde Otis Music Group to use the song.

TufAmerica is asking the court to declare it the rightful owner of the groovy '60s hit ... and to void the other publishers' claims on the song. The company also wants damages -- as in money.





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The 24-year-old actress Lindsay Lohan arrived at the court on February, 9 wearing a tight white mini-dress with oversized sunglasses and black patent leather pumps to her arraignment for a felony account of big theft. Though she was pleaded not guilty, the troubled actress might be guilty of yet more trendy crime i.e. her outfit. It seems that she wore all white for her court appearance in Los Angeles to indicate her innocence for jewelry theft charges. What do you think was it really hot or completely improper?

All eyes were stuck on the outfit she preferred to wear just after Lohan came out of her black SUV. Now the Lindsay Lohan’s infamous white dress designed by Kimberly Ovitz is selling out like a hot cake at every online store that carry Ovitz's designs with the price tag of $575 so people might surprise if Lohan was paid to wear and advertise the dress.
Just for 15 minutes Judge Keith Schwartz was in the courtroom before he revoked Lindsay’s probation for a grand theft charges that she stole a $2500 diamond necklace from a Venice Beach, California jewelry store on January 22. The bail of Lindsay was set at $40,000 and her next hearing is set for February 23.

Judge Schwartz strictly warned Lindsay saying, “You’re no different than anyone else, so please don’t push your luck, because I’m telling you, things will be different,” further added, “Do you understand what I’m telling you? Lindsay replied, “Yes, your Honor”.

Charlie Sheen has offered some advice to the UCLA baseball team. It’s also been reported Sheen has several gold teeth.

This week Britney Spears held a Q & A session with fans on Twitter. She told fans, “I'm really just a boring homebody who just loves staying home with my kids.”

Is Heidi Montag going to join the cast of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”?. Bravo executive Andy Cohen has responded to the rumors quite harshly.

Kate Middleton’s only sister, Pippa, will be her maid of honor when she marries Prince William. Her prince has also chosen his best man.