• Shailene wasn’t interested in 50 Shades

    Shailene Woodley has revealed she “wasn’t really interested” in playing Anastasia in Fifty Shades of Grey as she goes topless in a new photo shoot.

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    • 3 Filipinas in Forbes top 50 businesswomen in Asia

      Three Filipinas are included in Forbes Asia’s power businesswomen list this year. These women, said Forbes, are active in the upper echelons of the business world, wield significant power and have access to robust financial resources.Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. Chairman Helen Yuchengco Dee;…

      Manila Bulletin

      • New cable show offers sex in a box as therapy

        A relationship therapy TV show that premieres Friday gives most participating couples the same prescription: Go into a modular, windowless room onstage and have sex while the studio audience waits until they're done. Not surprisingly, "Sex Box" has attracted some negative attention. The Parents…

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        • Floyd ready and fit at fight time – Pacquiao

          Manny Pacquiao believes that Floyd Mayweather won’t make the mistake of underestimating him the way the US fighter did when he faced the rugged Argentine puncher Marcos Maidana last year. Mayweather encountered rough sailing when he met Maidana during their first fight in May but won handily in the…

          Manila Bulletin

          • IS executioner 'Jihadi John' named as London graduate

            "Jihadi John", the masked Islamic State group militant believed responsible for beheading of at least five Western hostages, has been named as Kuwaiti-born computing graduate Mohammed Emwazi from London. "Jihadi John", nicknamed after Beatle John Lennon due to his British accent, is believed to be…

            AFP News

            • The story behind ‘A Thousand Years’ and why it almost got snubbed by ‘Twilight’

              The singer-songwriter behind the hits “Jar of Hearts,” “Human,” and “A Thousand Years” spoke to Yahoo Philippines ahead of her March 5 concert at the Big Dome and confessed about her biggest break to date—the song that easily became the "Twilight" anthem.

              Yahoo Southeast Asia Newsroom

              • 7 killed as Army Scout Rangers clash with Abus

                Two Army Scout Rangers and five bandits were killed and 23 others were wounded following a shootout between government troops and the Abu Sayyaf  in the mountains of Patikul, Sulu yesterday morning. Fourteen of the wounded were Abu Sayyaf bandits and nine were Scout Rangers and Army Special Forces…

                Philippine Star

                • Former contestant on 'America's Next Top Model' killed

                  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — She was a Serbian-born model and self-described "wild-child" who said she began walking runways in her new North Carolina hometown at age 12.

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                  • Johansson: Travolta isn’t strange

                    Scarlett Johansson insists there’s “nothing creepy” about John Travolta. The 30-year-old actress was pictured posing on the red carpet at the Academy Awards on Sunday when John came up behind her and planted a kiss on her cheek. “It was an unfortunate still-frame from a live-action encounter that…

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                    • To manage diabetes, eat breakfast like an athlete, dinner like a sloth, study suggests

                      Type 2 diabetes patients should eat a high-energy breakfast and a low-energy dinner for optimal control over their blood sugar, according to researchers hailing from Sweden and Israel who conducted a small-scale study. In the new study, published in the journal Diabetologia, they worked with eight…

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                      • Cavaliers vs. Warriors: Five things to watch

                        Here are five things to keep an eye on when two of the best teams in the NBA square off on Thursday night.

                        Ball Don't Lie

                        • Movies Not to Miss: March 2015

                          "Chappie", "Insurgent", "Cinderella" and the movies you shouldn't miss this March!

                          Cinema Online

                          • ‘Noy angered by previous SAF failures to get Marwan’

                            Supt. Raymund Train, who led the SAF team that killed Marwan in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on Jan. 25, recounted in a sworn statement the meeting he and senior SAF officers had with Aquino in Malacañang on Nov. 30. Train said among the senior officers who attended the meeting were then PNP chief…

                            Philippine Star

                            • Nike unveils city-specific floral Air Max Ultra 1s

                              Nike is one step ahead this spring with a new capsule collection featuring floral redesigns of its Air Max Ultra 1 running shoe inspired by six world cities. The brand, which has been working on positioning itself as the go-to for the style-conscious urban runner for some time, is zoning in on…

                              AFP Relax

                              • Police say sex crime inquiry into singer Cliff Richard expanding

                                By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - British police investigating allegations of historical sex crimes against Cliff Richard, one of Britain's best-known entertainers, have said their inquiry into the singer had "increased significantly in size". Officers raided the home of Richard, 74, in…

                                Reuters

                                • Sinkhole swallows S. Korean couple

                                  Concerns about public safety standards in South Korea have been fuelled by shocking CCTV images of a young couple being swallowed up by a sinkhole that opened at their feet on the sidewalk in Seoul. The footage, which has gone viral on social networking sites, shows the couple plunging through the…

                                  AFP News

                                  • Kindergarten kids with 'AK-47s' cause outrage in Russia

                                    Pictures of young Russian children posing with mock AK-47 rifles and other weapons at a kindergarten have provoked a storm of controversy, but some defended them as patriotic education. The controversial photos were taken last week during a "patriotic class" at a kindergarten in the second city of…

                                    AFP News

                                    • Leonardo 'was Rihanna's teen crush'

                                      Rihanna has reportedly always thought Leonardo DiCaprio is a hunk.

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                                      • Rodgers: Lovren to blame? I feel sorry for him!

                                        Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers admitted that he felt sorry for Dejan Lovren after he missed the decisive penalty as they crashed out of the UEFA Europa League to Besiktas. Having led 1-0 from the first leg, Liverpool were pegged back thanks to Tolgay Arslan's second-half strike on Thursday at…

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                                        • The pursuit of happy-ness: Liz Uy's beauty secret

                                          The celebrity stylist lets us in on how she maintains her happy glow.

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