Photographer to sue Spears
Britney Spears threw a baby bottle and threatened two photographers after they took pictures of her leaving a Las Vegas spa, AP reports.
Spears yelled “I am going to kill you!” and cursed at Andrew Deetz, a photographer who says he was beaten by Spears’ bodyguard on Thursday, according to a statement released by Deetz’s lawyers.
Deetz, 24, is preparing to sue. The other photographer involved was Kyle Henderson, 23. The men were taking pictures of Spears, 25, as she and her children — 22-month-old Sean Preston Federline and 10-month-old Jayden James Federline — left the spa accompanied by two bodyguards. One bodyguard pushed Henderson against the wall. Afterward, Spears ran toward Henderson but was stopped by security, and then threw a baby bottle at him, it said.
Man wins lottery twice by mistake
A lottery winner doubled his share of the jackpot to nearly 1 million pounds after he mistakenly bought two lucky tickets for the same draw, Reuters reports from London. Derek Ladner, 57, from Cornwall, and his wife Dawn, 60, won with their usual numbers in the mid-week draw, sharing the 2.4 million pounds jackpot with four other tickets.
A week later, he found a second identical ticket in his wallet and realised he had absent-mindedly entered twice.  Their double-share of the jackpot is worth just under a million pounds.
The pair have handed in their notice at work and are taking a break to decide how to spend their windfall.
UAE mosque gets jumbo carpet
The world’s largest hand-woven carpet is all set to roll in a mosque in United Arab Emirates, IANS reports from Tehran. The 45-tonne green carpet, custom-made for Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, will be transported in two airplanes.
The manager of Iran Carpet Company said that 1,200 weavers and scores of experts were involved in weaving the four-piece rug, which took one year to complete at an estimated cost of $8.5 million.
Hilton sells her mansion
Celebrity socialite and hotel heiress Paris Hilton is devastated after the sale of her lavish Hollywood mansion but says it was the only way she could regain her privacy, IANS reports from New York. The troubled star now plans to purchase a more secluded spot where she can escape the intruding eyes of the press and paparazzi.
She says: “I feel like a lot of people know where I live so it’s time to move. I’m really upset because I love my house so much. I put so much work into it. It’s totally me. But I’m looking for something else right now.”
Johansson not playing porn star
Rumours that Scarlett Johansson was playing a porn star in her forthcoming movie have been dismissed by the actress. It was reported she was to star as Jenna Jameson, based on Jenna’s autobiography How To Make Love Like a Porn Star.