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Prince Philips succumbs to call of nature at royal shooting party

Prince PhilipsLondon, Nov 3 : Prince Philip, who has a long history of provoking embarrassing moments, found himself in another jiffy after getting caught short on a shooting party.

The 87-year-old royal was leading the party at Sandringham, the Queen’s Norfolk estate, when he undid his trousers and let nature take its course in full public view.

“It was an amazing sight. Those dark glasses didn’t fool anyone and he was caught red-handed with his finger on the trigger,” the Daily Star quoted a passer-by as saying.

“I guess you’ve got to go when you feel the urge – even if you’re a royal.

Lindsay Lohan axed as World Music Awards host

London, Nov 3 : Lindsay Lohan has been dropped as host of the World Music Awards in Monaco next weekend.

At the last moment, bosses of the show panicked over whether she was actually up to the job.

When the 22-year-old actress presented the 2006 awards at Earls Court, she botched up all her lines and called Beyonce to the stage while she was still getting her hair done.

Desperate organisers had drafted in Jesse Metcalfe to give her some back up for the all-star show.

However, that didn''t go down well with the ‘Mean Girls’ star and now she''s been replaced at the 11th hour by Denise Richards.

Mariah Carey and hubby spotted looking ‘love-struck’ in Miami

Mariah CareyNew York, November 3 : Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have apparently defied speculations claiming that the couple wouldn’t last long – with their still going-strong marriage.

The celebrity couple, who wed each other at Carey''s private estate on the Bahamas in April this year, were reportedly spotted still love-struck in Miami, reports the New York Post.

Both the American rapper and his singer wife were seen “embracing lustfully like love-struck lovers” at a BlackBerry party at Prive, according to a spy.

Silver-screen audio trick can smooth jerky videos on cellphones

London, Nov 3 : Researchers suggest that an effect used since the early days of cinema to make the action appear smoother can actually help in improving our perception of jerky videos sent to cellphones.

Earlier, fast music helped to create an illusion of motion in movies that could make the action appear smoother.

The research team led by Salvador Soto Faraco at the University of Barcelona, Spain recruited 15 people and showed them films of flashing discs of light that increased or decreased in size.

When the discs flashed rapidly, they appeared to move forwards or recede.

At lower flash rates, they only appeared to move when accompanied with beeps that increased or decreased in volume, reports New Scientist magazine.

Sexual harassment still ''a serious problem'' at Australian workplaces

Melbourne, Nov 3 (ANI): One in five Aussie women has been sexually harassed at work, a new survey by the country''s Human Rights Commission has found.

According to the survey, many others have endured unwelcome touching or offensive jokes in the office, but don''t think of it as harassment.

The survey also revealed that five per cent of men have confronted sexual harassment on the job.

The new findings are better from the results of a similar poll five years ago, when 28 per cent of women and 7 per cent of men said they were sexually harassed at work.

Lactating Traci Lords refuses to do topless scene

Traci LordsWashington, Nov 3 : Former X-rated star Traci Lords reused to do a topless scene in Kevin Smith''s new comedy ‘Zack And Miri Make A Porno’ - because she was breastfeeding at the time.

Lords, who plays a porn actress called ‘Bubbles’ in the outrageous film, signed for the role just after giving birth to her son Joseph in October 2007.

However, when Lords was asked to give a topless scene, she refused because she felt she wasn''t ready to expose her famous breasts.

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