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Ioan Gruffudd and wife Alice Evans trying for baby

London, Nov 12 : After a year of marriage, Hollywood actor Ioan Gruffudd is trying for a child with wife Alice Evans.

The ‘Fantastic Four II’ actor has even stopped drinking and has begun taking DIY instead in a bid to become a father pretty soon.

“We’ve been married for over a year now so the next step is starting a family, putting down roots. We are trying to get pregnant,” The Daily Express quoted Gruffudd, as saying.

Ioan is busy building a family nest for wife and the awaited one at their L. A. home.

“I’m busy doing up the house,” Ioan said.

Cologne longing for "Prince Poldi" as carnival gets underway

Hamburg - The carnival season is underway in Cologne and many locals would like to see it capped by the return of their football prince Lukas Podolski.

Plenty of revellers dressed in Podolski's Germany jersey with the number 20 and even mayor Fritz Schramma got involved once the carnival action started at 11:11 local time on Tuesday.

"Poldi is just the striker we need next to Milivoje Novakovic. We need a personality like Lukas on the pitch. He is the one who delivers what we need: Goals! Poldi and Cologne belong together," the Bild daily on Wednesday quoted Schramma as saying.

Schuster given ultimatum by troubled Real Madrid

Madrid - Bernd Schuster has reportedly been told by Real Madrid to win in Valladolid on Saturday or start packing his bags.

Madrid sports dailies AS and Marca said on Wednesday that Real have lost confidence in their controversial German coach after a shock cup elimination against third division side Union Irun the previous night.

Real beat Irun 4-3, with three goals from veteran captain Raul Gonzalez, but went out on away goals since they lost 3-2 in the little Basque port two weeks ago.

A 90th minute goal from Irun striker Eneko Romo silenced the Estadio Bernabeu - and completed the biggest upset in the 106-year history of the King's Cup.

Brad Pitt caught in a spin between bodyguard and the paparazzi

American actor Brad PittWashington, Nov 12: American actor Brad Pitt got a shocking reception at the premiere of his latest movie ‘The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button’ when he was grabbed and spun around by a guard.

The incident took place on November 10, as Pitt, who arrived 30 minutes early for the glitzy event at the city''s Bruin Theatre, made his way along the red carpet in Los Angeles.

He was pounced upon by hordes of celebrity snappers, say reports.

Secular candidate elected Jerusalem mayor

Nir BarkatJerusalem - High-tech entrepreneur Nir Barkat, who billed himself as the "secular candidate" was elected mayor of Jerusalem, results from Tuesday's municipal elections, announced early Wednesday, showed.

Barkat won 52 per cent of the vote, compared to 43 per cent for ultra-Orthodox politician Meir Porush, following tallies from all 707 polling stations in the city.

Controversial Russian-born billionaire Arkady Gaydamak garnered only 3.6 per cent of the votes, in part because East Jerusalem Palestinians, whom he especially canvassed in his campaign, largely boycotted the election.

Susan Sarandon has no body issues during an orgasm

London, Nov 12: American actress Susan Sarandon has revealed that her body issues are the last things on her mind when she is having an orgasm.

Sarandon had been asked about her deepest thoughts for new TV show 1 ‘Giant Leap - What About Me?’

“In the middle of an orgasm, do I think ‘do I have too much flab around my middle?’” the Sun quoted her as saying.

“I mean when you are really in an ecstatic place and you look at your child’s face and you are completely happy and you have your family around you – you certainly don’t think about that!” she added.

Jamie Catto from Faithless and Duncan Bridgeman, who have travelled across 50 countries and 5 continents, recorded the show.

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