Washington, Mar 4 : Supermodel Milla Jovovich, who gained a mammoth 70lbs while pregnant with her first child, has revealed the secret behind her now svelte figure.

"Diet and lots of exercise, I worked my big, little butt off," Fox News quoted the stunner, who gave birth to a girl in November 2007, as telling Pop Tarts at the recent Montblanc Signature for Good Gala at Hollywood's Paramount Studios.

"It's been a lot of work and I've been working with Harley Pasternak and his 5-Factor program, they actually have diet food sent to my house.

Washington, March 4: ‘Slumdog Millionair’ director Danny Boyle is said to have no plans to direct the next James Bond flick, despite the fact that he is a huge fan of the 007 franchise.

The British filmmaker was reportedly offered to direct the upcoming sequel to Danniel Craig-starrer ‘Quantum of Solace’, after his most recent flick ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ became an Oscar sensation.

Washington, Mar 04 : Hollywood actor Paul Giamatti and Reese Witherspoon are all set to team up with comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for a flick about miniature people.

The flick aptly titled `Downsizing' will be directed by Alexander Payne, who earlier worked with Giamatti in `Sideways', reports Variety magazine.

Giamatti will portray a poor man who decides to undergo surgery in a bid to shrink himself, after getting convinced the operation will radically improve his life.

Washington, Mar 4: Microsoft founder Bill Gates has banned his family from using Apple''s iPhone and iPod gadgets.

In an interview to Vogue magazine, Melinda Gates has revealed that Bill has barred in three kids, Jennifer, 13, Rory,
10 and Phoebe, 7 from using any of the Apple products.

"There are very few things that are on the banned list in our household. But iPods and iPhones are two things we don''t get for our kids," the Telegraph quoted her as saying.

Washington, Mar 4: Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has got a new member in her family-a puppy-which she and her long-time beau Stedman Graham have adopted recently.

A representative for PAWS Chicago shelter, Lisa Nowak, has confirmed that the couple took home an eight-week-old blonde-coloured cocker spaniel on March 1.

"(The dog) is really cute. Oprah saw her and fell in love with her! She was very excited," Us magazine quoted Nowak as saying.

Although the shelter staff named the pup-one of a litter of six-Amanda, Nowak has no idea whether Winfrey has renamed her.

Washington, Mar 4: A new study has found that gifted children shape their personalities according to social stigma.

They know from a young age what they want to be when they grow up, but when asked why they made those choices they cannot explain.

"Society identifies the gifted child with high intelligence and is often hasty to identify this intelligence with specific subjects, especially exact or prestigious sciences,” said Dr. Inbal Shani of the University of Haifa, who carried out this study under the supervision of Prof. Moshe Zeidner.

“The maturing children are quick to adopt this identity, renouncing the process of building self-identity," she added.