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Montag, Pratt ‘to tie the knot at sunset on Saturday’

Montag, Pratt ‘to tie the knot at sunset on Saturday’Washington, April 21: Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt will reportedly tie the knot on April 25 in California.

The couple had eloped to Mexico to marry on November 20, but their marriage was yet to be legal in the US, since they failed to obtain a marriage license.

The ‘Hills’ stars would allegedly put an official mark on their wedding at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pasadena.

According to Us magazine, the pair would recite their vows in a sunset ceremony, reports Contactmusic.

Pregnancy hormone offers protection against breast cancer

Pregnancy hormone offers protection against breast cancerWashington, Apr 21: Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Centre have found that pregnancy hormone hCG protects against breast cancer even in short-term treatments.

Lead researcher Dr Johana Vanegas showed that presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a hormone produced by the placenta to maintain the early stages of pregnancy offers protection against breast cancer.

She said that even a much shorter exposure to hCG could prevent breast cancer in rats.

Presence of healthy food can lead to unhealthy choices

Presence of healthy food can lead to unhealthy choicesPresence of healthy food can lead to unhealthy choicesWashington, Apr 21: A new study has shown that even in the presence of healthy food people are likely to opt for unhealthy choices.

Simon Pegg calls ‘Star Trek’ UK premiere 'geek dream’

Simon Pegg calls ‘Star Trek’ UK premiere ''geek dream’Washington, Apr 21: English actor Simon Pegg called his experience of new Star Trek film premiere at London''s West End a ‘geek dream’.

The 39-year-old actor, who plays Scotty in the sci-fi series, came wearing a kilt as homage to his Scottish character.

Pegg said the premiere was "very special".

"It''s the Empire Leicester Square. I saw films here as a child... it''s a geek dream come true," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

Lindsay in talks to star in topless ‘Peepshow’

Lindsay in talks to star in topless ‘Peepshow’Washington, Apr 21: Actress Lindsay Lohan is said to be in talks for a part in the topless Las Vegas Strip show “Peepshow”.

Lohan, 22, flew from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on April 19 on the private plane of the producer of Mel B and Kelly Monaco''s “Peepshow” to attend the grand opening of the sexy striptease production.

But the trip was also official as she had a meeting scheduled with director and Broadway bigwig, Jerry Mitchell.

Earliest backboned land animals had different life histories

Earliest backboned land animals had different life historiesWashington, April 21: In new discoveries by researchers from Uppsala, Cambridge and Duke Universities, it has been shown that the earliest backboned land animals had different life histories.

The researchers studied fossil upper arm bones from the two so-called “four-legged fishes”, Ichthtyostega and Acanthostega, from Greenland.

These animals, which lived during the Devonian period about 365 million years ago, were among the earliest vertebrates (backboned animals) with fore- and hindlimbs rather than paired fins.

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