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Oprah Winfrey has revealed that she and her longtime partner Stedman Graham no longer exchange Christmas gifts, while hinting that he may not have the best taste when it comes to picking out her presents.  For the latest episode of OprahMag.com's ongoing video series, The OG Chronicles, the media mogul, 65, and her best friend Gayle King, 64, tackled readers' questions about navigating the holiday season. One woman wanted to know the best way to tell her husband that the 'terrible' gifts he proudly gives her are just not her taste, and Oprah made it clear that she could relate.  Wise women: Oprah Winfrey, 65, and her best friend Gayle King, 64, tackled readers' questions about navigating the holiday season on their latest episode of The OG Chronicles Keeping it real: One woman wanted to know the best way to tell her husband that the Christmas gifts he proudly gives her are just not her taste, and Oprah could relate  Without specifically naming her … [Read more...] about Oprah reveals that she and longtime partner Stedman don’t exchange gifts anymore because he is bad at picking things for her – as she and Gayle King dole out festive advice to fans

A pet for Christmas? Certainly not in Germany, if the country's largest animal shelters have anything to say about it. From around December 15 anyone turning up to shelters in major cities such as Berlin, Hanover or Bremen to adopt will be turned away and asked to return in January. "The temporary stop is there so that animals do not end up under the Christmas tree, because animals simply are not presents," Arvid Possekel, from the Hanover Animal Shelter, told DW. "Ideally they become members of the family and you just don't give family members as presents." Already abandoned on Christmas Eve Many animal shelters opted for the temporary adoption ban out of necessity, says Gabriele Schwab of the Bremen Animal Shelter. A cat in the Berlin Animal Shelter Some people buy animals as ill-considered gifts, without speaking to their families first and often because of a lack of other ideas. In such cases animals' fates can be tragic. Once the novelty of having the animal wears off the … [Read more...] about German animal shelters halt Christmas and New Year adoptions

The singer’s face is barely visible in the inky darkness of the vocal booth, but the voice that fills the adjacent control room at SARM West Studios in London is very familiar. The song is one of irony and loss — “Ma ma ma babe/Look at your hands/You’ve got two fat children and a drunken man/Betcha don’t like your life/Betcha don’t like it.” There is, however, an unmistakable virile quality to the singer’s emphatic delivery, a sensual self-confidence that meshes perfectly with the taut erotic bounce of the guitars underneath. His occasional bursts of lusty falsetto — “Whooo!” — are also a dead giveaway. “Ma ma ma babe,” he continues, leaning harder into the song’s heartbreak scenario. “Look at your hands/You should have been my woman when you had the chance/Betcha don’t like your life/Betcha don’t like it/Betcha don’t like your life now.” Then the voice in … [Read more...] about The Second Coming of George Michael

On the evening of Friday, December 5th, 1980, John Lennon spoke to Rolling Stone editor Jonathan Cott for more than nine hours at his apartment on New York’s Upper West Side and at the Record Plant recording studio. Three nights later, Lennon would be murdered as he was returning home from a mixing session. The interview had originally been scheduled to run as the cover story of the first issue of 1981, but after Lennon’s killing, Cott instead wrote an obituary for Lennon and ended up using very little from their conversations. In fact, he never even fully transcribed his tape. On the 30th anniversary of Lennon’s death, we present, for the first time, the full text of Lennon’s last major print interview: the joyous, outrageously funny, inspiring, fearless and subversive conversation Lennon shared with us that night, as he was preparing to jump back into the limelight after five years of private life with Yoko and their young son, Sean. “Welcome to the … [Read more...] about John Lennon: The Last Interview

BARBIE has proved she's got brains as well as beauty with a high-flying new job Everyone's favourite doll has become a robotics engineer - and she's got a great new look to go with it. The surprisingly youthful-looking 59-year-old has piled her platinum hair up into a high ponytail for her new role. After all, she doesn't have the time to obsess over perfecting her long tresses any more. And wearing it down just wouldn't be practical for work. The last thing any engineer wants is their hair getting caught up in the machinery.Barbie's also gone for a no-nonsense outfit - a white T-shirt, skinny jeans, white trainers and a denim, jacket. The $14 dollar doll, which hasn't hit shelves in the UK just yet, comes in four skin tones with a pair of safety glasses completing Barbie's new look. Also in the box is a toy laptop and a robot. The new dolls are part of manufacturer Mattel's aim to encourage more girls into science jobs.In Barbie's native US, only 24 per cent of science and … [Read more...] about There’s something revolutionary about the new Barbie…. and you’ll never guess what it is

AS the stars of Channel 4’s Escape To The Chateau, Dick Strawbridge and Angel Adoree are now living the dream of starting a new life in a beautiful country house. But the duo, who are seen renovating their pile in France “on a shoestring”, are coining it in thanks to the soaring profile of the 45-bedroom mansion. Dick and Angel paid £280,000 for it in 2015 and transformed it into an upmarket wedding venue valued at £2million. Now the pair charge huge fees for ­couples to tie the knot in the moated property in Pays de la Loire. The typical cost of a wedding for the maximum 80 guests allowed is more than £34,000 — and it’s booked up for the next two years. An insider said: “Dick and Angel like to give the impression that they do everything on a shoestring but the business has grown hugely since they first moved to the chateau.“They are running the hottest wedding venue in France and they are coining it in. “The TV show … [Read more...] about TV couple Dick Strawbridge and Angel Adoree rake in millions from their hit C4 show Escape To The Chateau