Cape Town (South Africa), Mar. 18: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson’s girlfriend Jessica Bratich is keen to make a bid for world karate titles again.

The 27-year-old gave up the sport when she left Perth to be with Johnson in Queensland, but the pair moved back to the West Coast last year and she is ready for another assault on the world titles, reports news. com. au.

Bratich was the first Australian woman to win a medal at the karate world titles in more than a decade with a bronze in

London, March 18 : Shilpa Shetty has her fingers crossed hoping to see her cancer-stricken Brit friend Jade Goody, after she jetted to her place to say goodbye one final time.

The two had patched things up after terminally ill Jade was accused of racist bullying against the Indian actress while on Brit reality show `Celebrity Big Brother'.

Shilpa had been unable to attend the 27-year-old's fairytale wedding with jailbird hubby Jack Tweed owing to her previous professional commitments.

Washington, March 18: Enrique Iglesias will keep his distance from British alcohol after a traditional Christmas drink left him with diarrhoea.

The singer revealed that he was left red-faced after trying mulled wine, a heated and spiced red drink, for the first time during his visit in the U. K. last year.

"When I go out I get in trouble. I can''t handle alcohol that well,” Contactmusic quoted him as telling British chat show host Paul O''Grady,

New York, Mar 18 (ANI): Cosmetic surgery industry in New York is getting nipped and tucked by the declining economy, show figures.

"We''ve had a dropoff just because of the economic environment," The New York Daily News quoted Manhattan cosmetic surgeon Lawrence Milgrim, as saying.

"Some of the larger procedures have dropped off more than some of the smaller procedures. I think today the gestalt is, ''Don''t change me, just make me look better than I am now,''" he added.

According to a study, cosmetic surgical procedures have dipped 15 percent in the past year, and nonsurgical procedures are down 12 percent.

Tel Aviv - It could all be so easy in the Middle East. That, in short, is the message by songstresses Noa and Mira Awad, Israel's entry for the annual Eurovision Song Contest in May.

"What is possible between two people must be possible between two peoples," remarked Noa on Tuesday in Tel Aviv. A descendant of Yemenite Jews, she has been collaborating artistically for eight years with Awad, a Christian Arab who has become a close friend. "We want complete peace between Israelis and Palestinians," Noa said.

San Francisco  - Actress Natasha Richardson was in serious condition at a Montreal hospital Tuesday after suffering head injuries Monday afternoon in a skiing accident, according to Canadian news reports.

The British actress, 45, is a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty and the wife of Liam Neeson. She suffered the injury at the Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec, according to People magazine online.