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Helen Mirren, 74, finally reveals the story behind THAT viral bikini snap

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It was the bikini snap that drove thousands across the globe wild and cemented her reputation as a sex symbol.  And Helen Mirren, 74, has now detailed the story behind the image of her incredible beach body on an Italian beach which surfaced in 2008.  Speaking to KTLA's Sam Rubin, the actress revealed that she was just trying to 'suck in her stomach and her cheeks to look good' for an impromptu snap taken by her husband Taylor Hackford, when she suddenly noticed a paparazzi flash in the distance. Read More...

How fake breasts, nipples, penis transformed Pam & Tommy stars Lily James, Sebastian Stan into iconi

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“Nobody wanted to take the short cut or compromise on anything,” Jason Collins, special make-up effects designer for Pam & Tommy, says. “It’s one of those rare projects where everybody is firing on all cylinders and lightning strikes.” Emulating Anderson and Lee is a tall order when you consider how their looks are fixed in the public consciousness. Most people of a certain age can conjure the image of Anderson in her Baywatch one-piece, so Lennox knew the correct cut and colour would be vital for the one they created. Read More...

Myth busters: Thai scientists debunk sweating crystals, boiling oil and other superstitions

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To Jessada Denduangboripant, though, this “miracle” is yet another instance of unscrupulous monks preying on gullible Thais, whose capacity for believing in an endless variety of superstitions seems boundless. It wasn’t real magic; it was a trick, Jessada, a biology lecturer at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University realised. So he set out to prove it. The monk’s pot, he noticed from watching a video of the event, was oddly shaped, with a large, flat rim attached to a round bowl, resembling an upturned flying saucer. Read More...