Archive for April 23rd, 2008
Well they must not be paying her by the word: Miley Cyrus just inked a deal to write her *choke, gag* memoirs – for what’s being called a “seven-figure” deal.
15-year-old Miley will recount the portion of her life for which she has been a sentient human being for the Disney Book Group. MC says she hopes to “motivate mothers and daughters to build lifetimes of memories together.” Yawn, but if those saucy snaps are any indication, Volume Two should be a hell of a lot hotter.
Miley made $18.5 million last year.
Eli’s Honeymoon Audible Picked Off
So Eli Manning thought he’d be so clever and QB-sneak off to a “secret” location in Mexico with his bride. Didn’t work.
The New York Daily News reports that Eli and Abby MacGrew were supposed to hang out at their Cabo wedding resort for a few days – but abruptly shipped off to a place they thought they could be alone. Someone forgot to tell the paparazzi, who still got shots of them getting all unnecessary roughness … with some reading material, especially Abby’s book on Darfur.
“Gossip” Gay — Biggest. Anticlimax. Ever.
So you thought that the big outing of a character on “Gossip Girl” was going to be, like, an art-maybe-imitating-life-type thing involving Chace Crawford?
Not so much. Kelly Rutherford, who plays Blake Lively’s mom on the show, blabbed to Us about who would be outed this season – and it’s (watch out, spoiler …) her son, Eric, played by Connor Paolo. Apparently he’s a troubled type, and it’s not the only thing he’s dealing with. But you knew that already.
Party Favors: Kanye and Fiancee – Not Really Finished? … Pacino Got $9 Mil for Terrible Fake Tan … Kid Forces Grandma to Go Gangsta
Kanye West and his fiancée Alexis Phifer may have told the world that they’re history as a couple, but the Chicago Sun-Times says that it might not quite be curtains. A close friend says, “I’m not convinced they are truly, totally over.” … The L.A. Times takes Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro to task for the string of perfunctory paydays they’ve been pumping out recently – like Pacino’s “88 Minutes,” for which he got paid $9 million. … A Florida teen made his borderline senile grandma act in a gangsta rap video, holding a semiautomatic pistol, and he’s been arrested for it, reports the Palm Beach Post.
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How much a mother eats at the time of conception may influence whether she gives birth to a boy or a girl, a new report shows.
The sex of a child may depend on a mother’s eating habits. (Paul Hilton for The New York Times)
The report, from researchers at Oxford and the University of Exeter in England, is said to be the first evidence that a child’s sex is associated with a mother’s diet. Although sex is genetically determined by whether sperm from the father supplies an X or Y chromosome, it appears that a mother’s body can favor the successful development of a male or female embryo.
The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, shows a link between higher energy intake around the time of conception and the birth of sons. The difference is not huge, but it may be enough to help explain the falling birthrate of boys in industrialized countries, including the United States and Britain.
The reason food intake may influence the development of one sex of infant rather than another isn’t fully understood. However, in vitro fertilization studies show that high levels of glucose encourage the growth of male embryos while inhibiting female embryos.
It may be that male embryos are less viable in women who regularly limit food intake, such as skipping breakfast, which is known to depress glucose levels. A low glucose level may be interpreted by the body as indicating poor environmental conditions and low food availability, the researchers said.
The data is based on a study of 740 first-time pregnant mothers in Britain who didn’t know the sex of their fetus. They provided records of their eating habits before and during the early stages of pregnancy, and researchers analyzed the data based on estimated calorie intake at the time of conception. Among women who ate the most, 56 percent had sons, compared with 45 percent among women who ate the least. As well as consuming more calories, women who had sons were more likely to have eaten a higher quantity and wider range of nutrients, including potassium, calcium and vitamins C, E and B12. There was also a strong correlation between women eating breakfast cereals and producing sons.
New C-SPAN channel on YouTube
Posted on: April 23, 2008
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As the 2008 election progresses, more and more voters are tuning into YouTube to stay on top of the action. Our You Choose ’08 platform now features content from candidates, news organizations, and voters, and we’ve made it easier than ever to see where the candidates stand on each of the major issues in this election. The next big stop on the campaign trail is Pennsylvania, so we’re partnering with C-SPAN to collect videos from voters across the country who will answer the question, “What is the most important issue to you in this election?”
This is our fourth voter video program. We started in Iowa, went on to New Hampshire, and then went national on Super Tuesday. With C-SPAN, we’re adding a new twist: in the week leading up to the Pennsylvania primaries on April 22, we’ll be on the C-SPAN election bus throughout the state, collecting videos straight from the campaign trail.
. In a way, YouTube politics has given voters everywhere the opportunity to create their own “C-SPANs” and make the election all the more transparent and accessible to voters everywhere. And that’s a fundamentally good thing. So tune into C-SPAN’s YouTube channel in the coming days to check out the videos we’re getting from voters — and to submit your own.
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