Lady Gaga has canceled the rest of her tour dates due to a hip injury.Live Nation Global Touring said in a news release Wednesday that Lady Gaga has a tear in her right hip that will require surgery, followed by a recovery period.The pop star's website showed 21 dates through March 20 remaining on her "Born This Way Ball" tour schedule. Fans who have already bought tickets will receive a refund beginning Thursday.Lady Gaga postponed four dates on Tuesday after experiencing difficulties Monday during her concert in Montreal. The singer's show is high energy with non-stop dancing. She explained to fans on Twitter that she'd hurt herself while performing some time ago.
She wrote: "I hid it from my staff, I didn't want to disappoint my amazing fans. However after last nights performance I could not walk and still can't".A news release announcing postponements Tuesday said the 26-year-old singer, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, was suffering from synovitis, an inflammation of the joints. She underwent tests Wednesday morning that showed she had a labral tear in her right hip, however. The labrum is a layer of muscle that helps holds the ball-shaped hip joint in place. The news release says the surgery will require strict downtime.
It appears to be a Valentine's Day miracle for Kate Upton admirers who have been dreaming about the bombshell ever since she wowed on the cover of last year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition.The model, who also graces the cover of this year's swimsuit issue, told Fox 2 Detroit that she's single.After months of rumors about a relationship with Detroit Tigers' pitcher Justin Verlander, spottings of the two and seeming confirmation by their family members, it seemed pretty certain that the covert celebs were a couple. But not according to Upton.
"Actually, I'm single right now," Upton told the local news affiliate in response to a question about her possible beau. She said she spent her New Year's in Melbourne, Fla., despite a report by the New York Post that she vacationed in St. Thomas with Verlander for the holiday.Hear it straight from Upton in the video above, and get some advice on writing a perfect love poem to win her over.
Lena Dunham is the latest Rolling Stone cover girl, and she doesn't look much like her "Girls" character Hannah Horvath: She's donning a white tank, lacy black bra and sporting her newly-signature pixie cut."It's funny to me that I'm writing a show that people consider to be the voice of twentysomething people," Dunham says in Rolling Stone's Feb. 15th issue. "Because I don't feel that connected to it all the time."This won't be the first time Dunham has addressed being the voice of twentysomethings ... or, more accurately, "the voice of a generation.""I don't think I ever imagined that it would haunt me the way it is," Dunham said in a recent interview. "The character was on opium! I think the 'voice of a generation' concept was lost with beatnik literature. Because of globalization and increasing populations, my generation kind of consists of so many different voices that need so many different kinds of attention. But if my writing can show what it's like to be young, I'm happy.
A married huntmaster was cleared yesterday of shooting his showjumper ex-lover after their five-year affair.Brian Fraser, 63, was found not guilty of the attempted murder of Louise Leggatt, 55, and also of causing her grievous bodily harm with intent.He was alleged to have been enraged at the end of his romance with Louise - who the court heard was known in hunting circles as ‘Leg-Over Leggatt’.The verdicts came after a jury spent five and a half hours deliberating, following a two-week trial at Maidstone Crown Court.But Fraser had already admitted possessing a firearm without a licence and was warned by the judge he could still be sent to prison.Judge Charles Byers said: “You are at risk of serving a custodial sentence.“I have never come across such a lackadaisical and irresponsible attitude towards firearms, particularly for someone who is described as a countryman.”He bailed him him to return to court on March 18 to be sentenced over that matter.The judge also told Fraser not to have any contact with Louise or her two grown-up sons Ben and William, saying: “I am considering a restraining order which even in the face of an acquittal I can make.”Fraser showed no emotion as the verdicts were delivered but there were cheers and cries of ‘Yes’ from his family and friends in the public gallery, including his forgiving wife Nanette who looked tearful.Louise, who was in court, held her head in her hands and looked shattered.
She was shot outside her secluded rented farmhouse home in Benenden, Kent, in March last year, as she went to tend her horses.She suffered shotgun injuries to her pelvis and leg, and underwent surgery to remove some of the pellets.Two months earlier, Louise’s home, The Pippins, was destroyed in an arson attack, forcing her to rent the next door property Bramleys, where she was shot.Nobody was ever convicted for the arson.Fraser and Louise met through the Ashford Valley Hunt in Kent in 2000 and became lovers in 2001.He moved into her home and they had a five-year affair before Fraser returned to his wife of 26 years in October 2011, at their farm in Shadoxhurst.Fraser denied he tried to rekindle their romance and was angry when she rejected him.Giving evidence during the trial, twice-divorced Louise sobbed as she relived the “terrifying” moment she was shot in her front garden by a hidden gunman.She said: “First of all, I heard a sound and then I just had the most horrendous pain in my leg and hip.“I couldn’t use my right leg at all but I managed to get inside and drag myself across the floor to where the phone was to dial 999.“I was absolutely terrified, I had never been so terrified in all my life."I was really, really scared that whoever had done this was going to come back in and I couldn’t get back to the door to lock the door.”During the trial one of Louise’s ex-husbands, Philip Gorringe, admitted he had heard of her being referred to as ‘Leg-Over Leggatt’ in hunting circles.
An owl with a distinctive whistle is a new species, experts have declared.The bird, whose whistling call is completely different to other owls, is only thought to live on the island of Lombok in IndonesiaAlthough the owl has been known for at least a century, it has only now been recognised as a new species.Previously experts had confused the bird, with brown and white feathers and biggolden eyes, with a similar looking owl.
Its official name is Otus jolandae but scientists are giving it the common name Rinjani Scops Owl.Two members of aninternational teamindependently recorded the signature whistle in 2003.Ornithologist George Sangster, from the Swedish Museum of Natural History, said: "It was quite a coincidence that two of us identified this new bird species on different parts of the same island, within a few days of being on the island."That is quite a coincidence, especially considering that no-one had noticed anything special about these owls in the previous 100 years."Comparisons with museum specimens and previous studies confirmed the discovery and indicated that the owl was confined to one island.Locals on the neighbouring island of Sumbawa appeared to be unfamiliar with the bird, said Mr Sangster."None of the locals recognised the songs from playback of recordings made on Lombok except for one man, but he was an immigrant from Lombok who knew the song," he said.The research is published in the online journal Public Library of Science ONE
An owl with a distinctive whistle is a new species, experts have declared.The bird, whose whistling call is completely different to other owls, is only thought to live on the island of Lombok in IndonesiaAlthough the owl has been known for at least a century, it has only now been recognised as a new species.Previously experts had confused the bird, with brown and white feathers and biggolden eyes, with a similar looking owl.
Its official name is Otus jolandae but scientists are giving it the common name Rinjani Scops Owl.Two members of aninternational teamindependently recorded the signature whistle in 2003.Ornithologist George Sangster, from the Swedish Museum of Natural History, said: "It was quite a coincidence that two of us identified this new bird species on different parts of the same island, within a few days of being on the island."That is quite a coincidence, especially considering that no-one had noticed anything special about these owls in the previous 100 years."Comparisons with museum specimens and previous studies confirmed the discovery and indicated that the owl was confined to one island.Locals on the neighbouring island of Sumbawa appeared to be unfamiliar with the bird, said Mr Sangster."None of the locals recognised the songs from playback of recordings made on Lombok except for one man, but he was an immigrant from Lombok who knew the song," he said.The research is published in the online journal Public Library of Science ONE
This is the first time any journalist has gained access to a factory working with horse meat since the scandal began.Our photo shows staff at Farmbox Meats cutting up and boxing horse meat as they were shadowed by officials from the FSA wearing boiler suits and face masks.Company owner Dafydd Raw-Rees, who had invited the Mirror into the factory, insists that his firm has done nothing wrong.But at 10.30am – half an hour after our picture was taken – the FSA dramatically ordered the butchers to stop work.The FSA officials shut the factory down while they continued their investigation which had begun the night before.On Tuesday evening 20 police and the FSA team swooped on the meat factory in the sleepy village of Llandre in Ceredigion.The agency is looking into allegations that meat products labelled as beef for kebabs and burgers was in fact horse meat.The FSA suspended operations on Tuesday, detained all the meat and seized paperwork.As the butchers were allowed to restart work yesterday, the FSA continued to pore over the facility, inspecting meat and taking photos.Dafydd Raw-Rees, of Farmbox Food Limited Crisis: Dafydd Raw-Rees says he's distressed for his staffWales News ServiceAnd it wasn’t long before the FSA ordered the workers out. Last night the government officials suspended Mr Raw-Rees’ licence until further notice and closed the factory down until tomorrow.
The FSA believes Peter Boddy Licensed Slaughterhouse, in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, supplied horse carcasses to Farmbox Meats near Aberystwyth.The Peter Boddy plant, which denies any wrongdoing, was also raided by the FSA and police on Tuesday.After opening his doors to the Mirror yesterday, Mr Raw-Rees, 64, denied he was using horse meat for burgers or kebabs.He says all the meat is destined for a client in Belgium. The landowner added the carcasses were delivered from an abattoir in Ireland.Mr Raw-Rees said: “I am very distressed at what is happening – this will ruin my reputation. This is a fully legitimate operation."All we do is cut the meat, we don’t process it or make it into burgers or kebabs.“I’m just trying to run a business and I feel like I have been dealt a very low blow.
She wrote: "I hid it from my staff, I didn't want to disappoint my amazing fans. However after last nights performance I could not walk and still can't".
