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Poppy Burge, 7, received a ?6,000 breast implant voucher for her last birthday and a voucher for a ?7,000 liposuction as a Christmas gift this year from her mother, Sarah Burge. The gifts have sparked outrage from those who view the gifts as inappropriate considering Poppy's young age.

Actress Ellen Barkin went on a Twitter rant early New Year's Day, claiming that she had been pushed by an NYPD officer just for walking down the street to her West Village townhouse in the midst of an Occupy Wall Street protest.

Legendary singer Aretha Franklin has become engaged to her long-time friend William Willie Wilkerson at the age of 69, according to reports. Here are five things to know about the Queen of Soul's third marriage.

At first shiver, visiting Montréal out of season may seem crazy, but cast your fears aside and you'll find this French Canadian hub really heats up in the dark days of winter.

Reports are that a very pregnant Beyonce, who was seen on New Year's Eve, could possibly be giving birth on Wednesday Jan. 4. However, the location of the birth is being kept a secret.

Former Miss Russia Anna Malova has been released from jail after her fellow drug rehab patients agreed to have her back in the group. The catch: she can't talk to them for a month.

Supermodel Irina Shyak posed semi-topless for the February 2012 issue of Esquire UK but insists that she would never bare it all for Playboy.

Mel Gibson, who enjoyed a solid film career and longstanding popularity with audiences until very public personal and legal problems cast him as something of a Hollywood pariah, is 56 years old.

All that glitters in Spring 2012 in fashion gold.

Bridesmaids was a surprise nominee in the Theatrical Motion Picture category

Get ready for celebrity babies galore.

Demi Moore is set to star in the upcoming film Lovelace as feminist icon Gloria Steinem.

Ex-contestants Pooja Bedi and Pooja Mishra are being kept away from the reality show's finale after the pair slammed both Bigg Boss 5 and host Salman Khan. As Bedi and Mishra take to Twitter to protest, and as Hrithik Roshan is rumored out as well, sources within the show explain why the women are being kept out.

The 2012 HGTV Dream Home is a ranch style abode located in the mountains of Utah and is perfect for nature lovers. Check out what inside and how to enter. Watch the house being built in a minute.

Meryl Streep's latest movie The Iron Lady, a biopic on the UK's first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher, saw positive sales during the first weekend of its limited release.

Is Ricky Martin finally going to tie the knot with his long-term partner? Not so fast... Spanish language newspaper El Nuevo Dia reported on Sunday that Ricky Martin will marry his boyfriend Carlos Gonzalez Abella on Jan. 28 in New York City, according to a source close to the singer.

The U.S. Transportation Department to Airlines: advertise your taxes.

Fans of TLC's Next Great Baker were saddened to learn that one of its contestants, Army Sgt. Wesley Durden, had committed suicide last October. They didn't know that Durden had passed until he was voted off the show one Monday night and saw the memorial note after the episode. Here are some interesting facts about Wesley Durden.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's weight is in question after the Victoria's Secret supermodel paraded a super-skinny frame in Miami over the weekend.

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Olympic skater Johnny Weir is officially off the market. The figure skating champion married his boyfriend, Georgetown Law graduate Victor Voronov on Dec. 30.

Scientists are monitoring a remote Alaskan volcano after it belched out an ash cloud that quickly dissipated. Officials said on Monday airline flights over the region had not been disrupted.

French champagne sales managed to weather the economic crisis in 2011, expecting to show 3.5 percent growth thanks to exports to the United States and emerging countries, but a slowdown is in sight, the champagne trade association said on Monday.

From farmers who swapped fields for cash to 20-something CEOs that inherited the family business, hot new money is flooding India's luxury car market as roaring sportscar engines announce the country's growing wealth on its roads.

Van Halen announced a 2012 tour. Before tickets go on sale Jan. 10, the band will perform in NYC on Jan. 5. There is a new album on the way, expected for a Feb. 7 release.

Light artist Gerry Hofstetter projected the Swiss cross, along with other images, on to the north face of the Jungfrau (a mountain in the Bernese Alps) on Jan. 1, launching the start of the celebrations of Jungfrau Railways' centenary year.

Brandi Glanville says her impulsive marriage to Mixed Martial Arts manager Darin Harvey, was a result of intoxication and it will not be made official.

Paris-based Louvre Museum has reinstated its position as the most-visited art museum in the world with a record 8.8 million visitors last year.

It's almost been two months since Aishwarya Rai gave birth to her baby girl, but her and her husband Abhishek Bachchan are yet to name their daughter.