London, January 10 : Considering digital heroine Lara Croft's waning popularity in the United States, video games publisher Eidos has decided to give the fictional character a makeover.

The company is planning to revise the look and play of her Tomb Raider adventures, which may see efforts to make her more female-friendly.

The decision has been taken with an eye on reviving the sales of games starring the pneumatic archaeologist.

London, January 10 : As the credit crunch continues to bite people's pockets, consumers are turning to "rented lifestyles" to fulfil their urge for luxury during the sad times.

Various websites have witnessed soaring visitor numbers since the recession, and continue to offer deals that allow consumers to temporarily have posh items like designer handbags, cars - and even pets at affordable prices.

According to Clinton Patterson, from Erento. co. uk, number of transactions on the site, offering a wide range of items including cars, handbags, holiday cottages and pets, had hone up by approximately 25 percent every month.

London, Jan 10 : British socialite Peaches Geldof, 19, may end up at the same hotel where troubled singer Amy Winehouse is staying.

Peaches is expected to jet into the Caribbean for a winter break with her hubby Max Drummey next week, and she has been thinking about checking into the same luxury resort on St Lucia.

Winehouse, 25, has already received a lot of complaints from the guest staying at the resort, and she has extended her stay at the hotel for a fourth week.

"Guests here are already at breaking point with Amy's behaviour. The last thing we need is another celebrity with a wild-child reputation," the Sun quoted a source as saying.

London, Jan 10 : Listening to a beautiful voice does not mean that you could ask the person to keep on talking, as a BT call handler in India discovered.

The call handler had been sending amorous messages to a British customer, and is now facing disciplinary action for it, the telephone company has confirmed.

The incident took place after the female customer from Portsmouth set up a new landline with BT last month, the Scotsman reports.

London, Jan 10 : Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke hated his character in `The Wrestler' because it reminded him of his traumatic past.

The 52-year-old star had a traumatic childhood and battled drug addiction for many years. He also underwent a therapy.

Rourke revealed that he hated his character in The Wrestler when he first read the script, but was adamant to play it to address his real life traumas.

London, January 10 : Remains of a destroyed wind turbine, alleged to be the work of UFOs, have been sent to Germany for forensic examination.

Locals in Conisholme, Lincolnshire, UK, had claimed to see a weird tentacle-shaped UFO above a local wind farm, on the night before the wind turbine was mysteriously wrecked.

While the residents continued to blame that a flying saucer hit and destroyed the turbine, experts hoped to find an explanation as to how one of the 290ft-high generator's
65ft blades was shredded.