To read the feature in full, see the May issue of Marie Claire July - on sale Thursday.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Lesley Evans : The Fourth Bee Gee
She called herself the fourth Bee Gee - but with a difference, only the most devoted fans know she even exists.
Lesley Evans, 67, has stayed in behind the scenes for most of the band's career - apart from one amazing performance standing in for her brother Robin at a sell-out gig in 1969.
As Lesley faces life with her only remaining brother Barry, 65, she has revealed some of her memories growing up in one of the most famous families in the world, and how she once came Robin's rescue, saving his life.
Still deeply grieving for her brother Robin, who died last Sunday, the dog-breeder revealed how she pulled Robin from a river when he was just 18 months old in the Isle Of Man.
She told The Sunday Mirror: 'Robin just fell in. I remember him floating along with his eyes staring up.
'I went in up to my waist and grabbed him under the arms until people came to help us both out of the water.'
And the mother-of-seven smiles as she recalls how a brotherly spat meant Robin refused to go on-stage in 1969 and she was forced to become his replacement.
As a new mother of two young children, she had to rehearse a month before the performance at the Talk of the Town.
Lesley said: 'I secretly became the fourth Bee Gee. It was amazing. I loved it on the night. I know Robin watched it and he said he felt very choked up about it.'
But Lesley was destined to be in showbusiness, instead she met her husband, an Australian salesman Keith Evans, and went on to have her children.
And since Robin's death her mind has been going back to her childhood and memories of her family.
She describes her childhood home as surrounded by music and love.
But Lesley says her brother Robin was far from chilled out.
'We all used to say, "Oh, Robin’s a stuffed shirt", because he was always very pompous. He never called me Lesley. It was always sister. I would not see him for 10 years and I could walk into a room and he would say, "Oh, hello sister. How are you?"'
The last time she saw Robin was in Sydney in 2010, just after he had emergency surgery and thought he looked extremely underweight.
Lesley said in the days before Robin's death Barry rang her and said her brother would not pull through.
And she adds her mother Barbara, 93, is devastated and can't understand how she has lost three sons so young.
Maurice died at 53 while Andy passed away at 30 from heart inflammation.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2150678/The-secret-fourth-Bee-Gee-The-heartache-unknown-Gibbs-sister-turned-fame.html#ixzz1w5OEMLdn
Lesley Evans, 67, has stayed in behind the scenes for most of the band's career - apart from one amazing performance standing in for her brother Robin at a sell-out gig in 1969.
As Lesley faces life with her only remaining brother Barry, 65, she has revealed some of her memories growing up in one of the most famous families in the world, and how she once came Robin's rescue, saving his life.
The Gibbs: Lesley said growing up in her household was 'brilliant', pictured here with Colin Petersen, Maurice Gibb and Barry Gibb
Treasured: Lesley Gibb said her brother was an incredibly 'deep thinker'
She told The Sunday Mirror: 'Robin just fell in. I remember him floating along with his eyes staring up.
'I went in up to my waist and grabbed him under the arms until people came to help us both out of the water.'
Gorgeous Gibb girl: Lesley said she shied away from the limelight
Devastated: Lesley said since her brother's death she has been consumed with memories of their family time together
As a new mother of two young children, she had to rehearse a month before the performance at the Talk of the Town.
Lesley said: 'I secretly became the fourth Bee Gee. It was amazing. I loved it on the night. I know Robin watched it and he said he felt very choked up about it.'
Famous household: Lesley shunned a life of fame to marry and have children, but said all four of the Gibb children had a 'brilliant' childhood
And since Robin's death her mind has been going back to her childhood and memories of her family.
She describes her childhood home as surrounded by music and love.
Superstars: The brothers pictured here in 1958
'We all used to say, "Oh, Robin’s a stuffed shirt", because he was always very pompous. He never called me Lesley. It was always sister. I would not see him for 10 years and I could walk into a room and he would say, "Oh, hello sister. How are you?"'
The last time she saw Robin was in Sydney in 2010, just after he had emergency surgery and thought he looked extremely underweight.
Lesley said in the days before Robin's death Barry rang her and said her brother would not pull through.
And she adds her mother Barbara, 93, is devastated and can't understand how she has lost three sons so young.
Maurice died at 53 while Andy passed away at 30 from heart inflammation.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2150678/The-secret-fourth-Bee-Gee-The-heartache-unknown-Gibbs-sister-turned-fame.html#ixzz1w5OEMLdn
Friday, May 25, 2012
Brian Banks : Wanetta Gibson Admits She Lied About The Rape !
http://seamusoriley.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/accuser-recants-accusation-of-rape.html
This undated image provided by the California Western School of Law shows Brian Banks, who is challenging his 2002 rape conviction during a hearing scheduled for Thursday May 24, 2012, after his accuser, Wanetta Gibson, recently recanted her testimony. (AP/California Western School of Law)
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The kidnap-rape conviction of a once-promising prep football star was dismissed Thursday following a recantation by his accuser.
Brian Banks collapsed in sobs on the counsel table during a court hearing where a prosecutor quickly conceded the decade-old case and moved for the dismissal.
In the summer of 2002, Banks' future looked bright: He was a 17-year-old high school football star being heavily recruited by a number of colleges. But in a single day that changed with the accusations of kidnapping and rape by a female student.
He maintained there was no rape and their sexual contact was consensual, but his lawyer urged him to plead no contest rather than risk a sentence of 41 years to life in prison if convicted. He followed the advice and went to prison for six years, shattering his dreams of gridiron glory.
Lawyers for the California Innocence Project were prepared Thursday to argue he should be exonerated.
In a strange turn of events, the woman who accused him a decade ago friended him on Facebook when he got out of prison. Wanetta Gibson explained she wanted to "let bygones be bygones."
According to documents in the case, she met with Banks and said she had lied; there had been was no kidnap and no rape and she offered to help him clear his record.
But she subsequently refused to repeat the story to prosecutors because she feared she would have to return a $1.5 million payment from a civil suit brought by her mother against Long Beach schools.
She was quoted as telling Banks: "I will go through with helping you but it's like at the same time all that money they gave us, I mean gave me, I don't want to have to pay it back."
Change of pronouns noted. Pronouns do not make mistakes. If this quote is accurate, she did not act alone.
Justin Brooks, a lawyer who heads the innocence project, said that Banks has remained on probation, under electronic monitoring, has had to register as a sex offender and has had trouble getting a job.
He said Banks continues to train for what he hopes will be a future chance at a football career
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/24/onetime-top-football-prospect-seeks-exoneration/#ixzz1vtKy9niz
Procter & Gamble FALSE Cosmetic Claims Lawsuit!
A San Joaquin County woman is suing Procter & Gamble Co. over its Olay Regenerist line of anti-aging products. (Procter & Gamble / May 25, 2012)
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-olay-suit-20120525,0,3788506.story
Henna Crowns :Helping Cancer Victims Come To Terms With Hair Loss.
A photographer is on a mission to transform the bald heads of women with cancer and genetic alopecia using the ancient art form of henna.
Frances Darwin launched Henna Heals last year, where artists hand-paint intricate designs onto women's scalps with a natural plant-based paste, giving them back their femininity, confidence and power.
Using a hairless head as a canvas, 'the designs are customized and one-off works of art,' Ms Darwin told Today, who wants to empower cancer sufferers to feel beautiful again.
Henna has been used since antiquity in countries such as Pakistan, Morocco, Somalia and India for decorative purposes, to bring the wearer luck, joy and enhanced beauty.
Known as henna crowns, the designs are not tattoos, involving no needles or pain, and last up to two weeks - offering women who suffer hair loss, and the lost sense of self, femininity and confidence it brings, a chance to feel beautifully adorned while at the same time also inviting dialogue about a sensitive subject.
Ms Darwin was inspired to start Henna Heals when she first saw the henna crown's power to transform.
While taking pictures of a breast cancer patient whose head was adorned with a henna crown, the woman told Ms Darwin she had never felt as beautiful, even before she had cancer.
Ms Darwin knew she wanted to continue empowering women to feel beautiful and confident, while at the same time helping to de-stigamatize hair-loss.
Each design take between 60 and 90 minutes for the artist to create, which cost about $100. Ten per cent of profits also go into a fund to assist people who would like a henna crown but are unable to afford it.
Ms Darwin said: 'For cancer patients, the henna crowns really are a healing experience. This is all about them reclaiming a part of themselves that would normally be perceived as ill or damaged or not nice to look at and making it more feminine and beautiful.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2149916/The-stunning-henna-crowns-helping-cancer-victims-come-terms-hair-loss.html#ixzz1vuEIdaKQ
Frances Darwin launched Henna Heals last year, where artists hand-paint intricate designs onto women's scalps with a natural plant-based paste, giving them back their femininity, confidence and power.
Using a hairless head as a canvas, 'the designs are customized and one-off works of art,' Ms Darwin told Today, who wants to empower cancer sufferers to feel beautiful again.
Henna Heals: Tara Schubert, who has Stage 3 breast cancer, models her intricate design by Henna Lounge
Known as henna crowns, the designs are not tattoos, involving no needles or pain, and last up to two weeks - offering women who suffer hair loss, and the lost sense of self, femininity and confidence it brings, a chance to feel beautifully adorned while at the same time also inviting dialogue about a sensitive subject.
Henna crowns: The designs offer women suffering hair loss, and the lost sense of femininity it brings, a chance to feel beautiful - as Sandee Waite discovers with her design by Tarquin Singh
Painted canvas: Kelly, who only gave her first name, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 and recently finished her last chemotherapy treatment, believes the Henna crowns are a healing experience
Ms Darwin knew she wanted to continue empowering women to feel beautiful and confident, while at the same time helping to de-stigamatize hair-loss.
Cleverly chic: Tara Schubert models another design by Henna Lounge, promoting positive conversations and interactions during such a challenging time
Healing team: Henna Heals artists and participants (from left to right) Holly Monster, Luma R. Brieuc, Sandee Waite, Frances Darwin, Meg Montgomery, Sunni Rochelle, Nadia Bukhari and Tarquin Singh
Ms Darwin said: 'For cancer patients, the henna crowns really are a healing experience. This is all about them reclaiming a part of themselves that would normally be perceived as ill or damaged or not nice to look at and making it more feminine and beautiful.'
Read more:
- Frances Darwin Photography: Frances Darwin Photography
- HennaHeals.ca | We are a team of artists based in the Greater Toronto Area. We specialize in professional henna-art and photography services for people who are experiencing complete hair loss from Cancer or Alopecia
- TODAY Health: After chemo hair loss, 'henna crowns' help heal
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2149916/The-stunning-henna-crowns-helping-cancer-victims-come-terms-hair-loss.html#ixzz1vuEIdaKQ
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Japanese Face Supporter - Don't Waste Your Money.
Facial Compression Garments are used after neck and facelift surgery. The masks are used to help the skin bond and reshape your face , usually worn for around two weeks day and night. Wearing them for a longer period of time will not strengthen the effect of your face lift. The Japanese face supporter looks fun but do not expect it to tighten and firm up your skin , only surgery will do that.
It may look like piece of protective headgear fashioned for the sportsfield. But the Pin Up! Face Supporter Mask is in fact the latest innovative beauty product from The Japanese Trend shop.
The Tokyo-based lifestyle website first came into the public eye with its wacky range of massaging gadgets that looked more like instruments of torture than relaxation devices.
And now it has unveiled a £70 tight-fitting helmet which claims to firm up your complexion and reduce sagging as you sleep.
A description says users must bind the accessory taut around their head before relaxing for a peaceful night's slumber.
For the waking hours there is also an exercise mask that aims to tighten cheeks.
According to the seller, ten minutes a day of exercising by opening and closing the mouth will work wonders.
An instruction reads: 'The Houreisen Face Exercise Mask is a clever way to tighten up those sagging cheeks without shelling out on expensive surgery.
'Simply fasten the straps behind your ears and give your face a work out! Don't worry, this isn't going to tire you out. Just open and close your mouth for ten minutes each day and you will notice the results.'
Some have noted that the headgear looks uncannily like the protection used by rugby players or Peter Cech, the hero Chelsea keeper who saves a series of penalties to help win the Champions League.
Other amusing plastic surgery alternatives offered by the company include the Hana Tsun nose straightener, which has two silicone prongs that are inserted into the nostrils and the Beauty Lift High Nose, which applies vibrations to help push the nose higher and make it firmer.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2149388/Wacky-Japanese-firm-reveals-70-helmet-claims-ward-signs-ageing-sleep.html#ixzz1vrSnjvMw
It may look like piece of protective headgear fashioned for the sportsfield. But the Pin Up! Face Supporter Mask is in fact the latest innovative beauty product from The Japanese Trend shop.
The Tokyo-based lifestyle website first came into the public eye with its wacky range of massaging gadgets that looked more like instruments of torture than relaxation devices.
And now it has unveiled a £70 tight-fitting helmet which claims to firm up your complexion and reduce sagging as you sleep.
Users must wear the headpiece tight (left) and for the waking hours there is an exercise mask (right)
For the waking hours there is also an exercise mask that aims to tighten cheeks.
According to the seller, ten minutes a day of exercising by opening and closing the mouth will work wonders.
Before and after shots show how the Pin Up! Face Supporter Mask can help your complexion
'Simply fasten the straps behind your ears and give your face a work out! Don't worry, this isn't going to tire you out. Just open and close your mouth for ten minutes each day and you will notice the results.'
Some have noted that the headgear looks uncannily like the protection used by rugby players or Peter Cech, the hero Chelsea keeper who saves a series of penalties to help win the Champions League.
Other amusing plastic surgery alternatives offered by the company include the Hana Tsun nose straightener, which has two silicone prongs that are inserted into the nostrils and the Beauty Lift High Nose, which applies vibrations to help push the nose higher and make it firmer.
OTHER WACKY BEAUTY PRODUCTS FROM THE JAPAN TREND STORE
Roll up: Perk up the skin instantly with the Dual Roller Platinum Body massager for use on the face, neck, arms or legs
Healing hands: This pillow uses a mould of real therapist's hands to 'straighten' the neck vertebrae
Hospital therapy: This model may look like they've broken their legs but in fact this is a relaxing leg massager
Headache: Makers claim this scalp massager will erase tension and get those creative juices flowing
Hook, line and sinker: The Senakanbow Shiatsu Back Massager targets those hard to reach areas
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2149388/Wacky-Japanese-firm-reveals-70-helmet-claims-ward-signs-ageing-sleep.html#ixzz1vrSnjvMw
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