Saturday, 2 May 2015

20 Surprising Female Celebrity Smokers

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via Jenny Novac
We all have our dirty little secrets, but when you’re a celebrity there is no such thing as secret. These female celebrities are bold, beautiful and incredibly talented…OH, and they’re smokers. Some of them smoke regularly and others stress smoke or social smoke. Either way, you’ll be surprised by some of these women who can’t kick the nicotine.













20. Cameron Diaz

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This Charlie’s angel is maybe more Bad Teacher than we suspected.
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via hollywood rooster
Smoking almost fits Mila Kunis’ spunky, trouble-maker character she tends to play. Still though, she looks too young to be smoking so heavily.

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via health
Like mother like daughter. Hudson might be using smoking as a way to relieve stress as she tries to plan her wedding with 3-year-long fiancé, Matthew Bellamy.

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via popular smokers
Heigl is one of Hollywood’s more avid smokers. If she isn’t actually smoking, she is puffing an electronic cigarette.

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via fanpop
They’ll ride and die together…and smoke together. Yes, these two child stars grew into the smokers you see here today. Damn it, Michelle.
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via rolling out
This is no secret. Rihanna flaunts her sexy attitude with pictures of her smoking on Instagram, Twitter, magazine covers, albums and everything else.
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via popular smokers
One of the most famous voices in today’s music culture is a smoker – go figure.
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via gopixpic
This girl-next-door isn’t quite as innocent as maybe everyone thinks.
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via cool spotters
Again, Kirsten Dunst comes across as the innocent girl in majority of her roles – but don’t be fooled. Even she enjoys her cigarette.via obaxuxo
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via babble
You’d think after Titanic she wouldn’t be as risky with her life.

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via linkservice
It’s been speculated that Knightley’s dramatic weight fluctuation can be attributed to her smoking habits.

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via daily mail
This model has discussed her efforts to quite smoking but claims it’s harder than not drinking.

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If Perry isn’t careful, her voice will sound much more like a “Rooaar” in a few years.

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via Jenny Novac
This Victoria’s Secret model doesn’t hide her smoking habits, but we are all surprised to see her puffing cigarettes.

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via babble
Even after her husband’s battle with throat cancer, Catherine Zeta-Jones is still smoking. Talk about addiction.

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via posh24
This model is notorious for lighting up whenever she gets the chance.

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via au ibtimes
Lana Del Rey considers smoking to be one of her guilty pleasures. She doesn’t hide it at all – in fact, she is constantly lighting up on stage to have a smoke while performing.

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via mtv
Yep, Aniston is a smoker too. She has since quit but back in the day it was no surprise to catch her lighting up.

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via shefinds
Much like Peggy on the series Mad Men, Moss enjoys her nicotine in real life.













Friday, 24 April 2015

Bangladesh chase 142 for first T20 win against Pakistan

Photo: mustafiz mamun/ bdnews24.comBangladesh are on a roll as Pakistan lost their third wicket in quick succession in the one-off T20 match in Mirpur.

Thursday, 23 April 2015

Bangladesh-born Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur removed over electoral fraud

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An east London mayor has been removed from office and a poll declared void after he was found guilty of electoral fraud.An Election Commissioner concluded Bangladesh-born Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman breached election rules and must vacate his post immediately.Four voters alleged he used "corrupt and illegal practices" in last year's election, which must now be re-run.
Rahman, who denied any wrong-doing, has been banned from standing again.At the special High Court hearing, Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey also ordered Rahman to pay £250,000 in costs.One of Rahman's aides Alibor Choudhury was also found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices.Tower Hamlets First,  Rahman's party, said the judgement was a "shock" and it was seeking further legal advice in relation to a judicial review.

'Ruthless ambition'

Mawrey - who sat as a judge - said the mayor had "driven a coach and horses through election law and didn't care".He added that Rahman, who had been elected for a second term in the borough, would be "incapable" of standing in the new election.In the Election Court judgement, Mawrey said the effect of his ruling that Rahman's election was void meant that that it was as if the election "had never taken place" and he had not lawfully been mayor since that date.Mawrey also added: "The evidence laid before this court... has disclosed an alarming state of affairs in Tower Hamlets."This is not the consequence of the racial and religious mix of the population, nor is it linked to any ascertainable pattern of social or other deprivation."It is the result of the ruthless ambition of one man."Mawrey also described Bangladesh-born Rahman as an "evasive and discursive witness whose evidence was untruthful on occasion" and suggested he had played "race" and "religious" cards.
 Rahman ran a "ruthless and dishonest campaign to convince electorate his rival John Biggs was a racist", Mawrey said.After the ruling, Labour London Assembly member Biggs said: "By setting out to break the rules and going to extraordinary lengths to win last May's mayoral election, Lutfur Rahman and his allies robbed the people of Tower Hamlets of the free and fair mayoral election they deserved and betrayed everyone in our community who trusted and voted for him."BBC London's political correspondent Karl Mercer said it was likely that a new mayoral election would be held in June.

'Deliberately false allegations'

The group of voters who brought the action was headed by Andy Erlam, who stood as a councillor.He said: "It is a fantastic result for democracy. There will have to be a new election of mayor.  Rahman cannot stand."The four voters mounted the legal challenge under the 1983 Representation of the People Act.Their lawyers made a series of allegations, including "personation" in postal voting and at polling stations and ballot paper tampering.
BBC News correspondent Sarah Campbell said the Election Commissioner had upheld a number of the allegations, including:Voting fraud: ballots were double-cast or cast from false addresses
  • False statements made against  Rahman's rival  Biggs
  • Bribery: grants approved to organisations which  Rahman favoured, most of which were run by Bangladeshi groups
  • Treating: providing free food and drink to encourage people to vote for  Rahman
  • Spiritual influence: voters were told that it was their duty as Muslims to vote for Rahman.
Lawyers for Rahman, who was re-elected for Tower Hamlets First last May, described the claims as "invention", "exaggeration" and "in some cases downright deliberately false allegations".
However the Election Commissioner said that Tower Hamlets First was "never really a party but the alter ego of Lutfur Rahman".The Election Judgement said Choudhury, who was also found guilty of illegal practices, must immediately vacate his seat as a councillor and a new by-election must be held in the Stepney ward.In a statement, Tower Hamlets First said: "Today's judgement has come as a shock - the Mayor strongly denies any wrongdoing and had full confidence in the justice system, and so this result has been surprising to say the least."Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said the Election Court's judgement justified his decision to send commissioners into the council last year to take over some operations.
He said: "This judgement vindicates our action to intervene."He added that the judgement against Rahman could mean extra powers being handed to commissioners and added the Met Police "also need to take steps to stop further corrupt practices".Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "I'm very glad that justice has taken its course and that a cloud has been lifted from Tower Hamlets."

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