PHOTO OF THE YEAR: 'Celebrities Without Makeup'

Kim Kardashian. Source: http://complex.com

Pamela Anderson.

Jennifer Lopez.

Kirsten Dunst.

Cameron Diaz.

Anna Kournikova.

Nicole Richie.

Kirsten Stewart. 

Khloe Kardashian.

Jessica Biel.

AnnaLynne McCord.

Nicole Scherzinger. 

Jessica Simpson

Kate Hudson.

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MOVIES: ‘It was surreal’: Jessica Gomes reveals all about working with Hollywood director Michael Bay and how she prepared her body for role in Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction

She's one of Australia’s top model exports, and now Jessica Gomes is making her first foray into Hollywood.

The Sports Illustrated beauty has spoken about seeing herself on the big screen for the first time in Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction - her first official acting role.

'It was just awesome – it was surreal,' the 28-year-old of Chinese and Portuguese descent said speaking to Daily Mail Australia.

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Hollywood beckons! Gorgeous Australian model Jessica Gomes has just made her big-screen debut in the blockbuster, Transformers: Age of Extinction, alongside Hollywood heavyweight Mark Wahlberg

'It was so much fun. You wait so long for these things to come out so yeah, it was very exciting.'

The Perth-born babe plays a KSI spokeswoman for the kinetic industries in the blockbuster, and despite director Michael Bay's reputation for being difficult to work with - he famously had a public spat with former Transformers star Megan Fox - Jessica had nothing but good things to say about him.

'He was awesome, so positive and just so much fun to work with. He is full of so much energy. Awesome is the word.'

The face of David Jones has a very specific health and fitness regime which she sticks to so she can maintain her catwalk figure.

She says it was this that helps her get film ready.

'I feel like I am pretty consistent with my diet and my exercise regime. I pretty much continue with that all the time because I have to be ready at all times.

'The Paleo diet, eating healthy. I do regular training including boxing and Pilates. I like to mix it up.'

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Lady in red: The David Jones face has become famous for her incredible curves which she often shows off in swimsuit and lingerie shoots, especially for the department store

The Transformers franchise launched the acting careers of Megan Fox and Rosie Huntington-Whitely, and Jess said her part in the Hollywood blockbuster has motivated her to pursue her acting career further.

'It’s given me the drive to do other things, I look forward to seeing what’s coming my way,' she said.

One person she says she would really like to work with is Charlize Theron who Jess says: 'is really cool.'

The model and budding actress says she intends to keep going with both of her career paths as she finds it hard to separate them.

She said: 'I love what I do and I feel like it all just moulds into one. It is a creative outlet and I love what I do. I think it is all kind of connected. I am keeping it open I am keeping my future open.'

Based in Los Angeles, the swimsuit model is due back in Australia next month for the David Jones Spring/Summer 2014 Fashion Launch.

'I love coming home to David Jones, it’s so much fun.'

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Former leading lady: Jessica also follows Megan Fox who stared in Transformers and its sequel, Revenge of the Fallen

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Copy cat: The 28-year-old follows in the footsteps of fellow model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who landed a major part in Transformers: Dark of the Moon back in 2011

Jessica Gomes tells her story about growing up in Australia

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CELEBRITY NEWS: Top 15 Longest Celebrity Marriages

We often hear of fast and fleeting celebrity marriages, but it would be really nice to mention some of the longest celebrity marriages. Maybe you call me old fashioned, but I think that marriage is special and we need to know more examples of people treating it so. That’s why I decided to compile a list of some of the longest celebrity marriages. These stars prove that not all celebrity marriages last for a short time and family is something they greatly appreciate. Read on and see what secrets you can learn from these famously-in-love couples!

1. Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks

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Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks have been married since 1988, and that is nearly 25 years! With a marriage over two decades long, they’re thought of by lots of people as the perfect celebrity couple in the world. Rita and Tom have two sons, Truman and Chester, and Tom also has two children from his first marriage, Colin and Elizabeth.

Love is still in bloom for this couple, and it’s obvious to everyone! Once Rita Wilson told Piers Morgan in the interview that Tom had said to her that she never has to change anything about herself in order to be with him. It is so gorgeous, isn’t it?

2. Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn

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Russell and Hawn first met when Goldie was 21 and Kurt was 16 before reconnecting on the set of Swing Shift in 1983. Even though not officially married, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn have been together for more than 25 years and they are still going strong. Goldie’s daughter Kate Hudson considers Kurt Russell as her dad; even though he isn’t her biological father, he has often accompanied Kate to premiers and supported her work. They also have a 26-year-old son, Wyatt.

3. Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker

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Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker have been married since 1997 and have 3 kids together. With 15 years of marriage behind them, this is certainly one of the best and longest celebrity marriages.

Sarah and Matthew are a bright example of how to succeed in Hollywood as popular movie stars while managing a loving household at the same time. But they say that money cannot buy happiness, so there should be something else that has made this celebrity couple so unique.

4. David and Victoria Beckham

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David and Victoria Beckham got married in 1999 and had only 29 guests at their ceremony. No matter whether you are a fan of this couple or not, I think everyone can agree that for the number of public scrutiny David and Victoria Beckham are always under and how she seems to smile – this couple seems to have a really solid marriage.

5. David and Iman Bowie

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Models and rock stars seem to be a perfect relationship combination, David and Iman are the most famous of such celeb couples. The English rock musician and Somalian supermodel got married in 1992. They have a beautiful daughter, Alexandria Zahra.

David and Iman Bowie is a beautiful couple. When asked about what their secret is Iman once said that she still fancy David, he is a curious person and he always makes her laugh like no one else does. I love this couple!

6. Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon

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Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon have been married for over 22 years. Kevin Bacon is certainly connected to his wife. Recently he shared his secret to a long, happy marriage, saying “I think you have got to keep fights clean and sex dirty.”

7. Tim Mcgraw and Faith Hill

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This couple has been married since 1996 and has 3 kids together. Tim Mcgraw and Faith Hillrecently traveled together and arranged the dates around their children’s school timetables.

8. Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani

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Sexy musicians, Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani, have been married since 2002 and now have 2 little boys together. Stefani said in a recent interview that having children with Gavin is “the ultimate collaboration.” How sweet it is!

9. Sarah Michelle Prinze (Gellar) and Freddie Prinze Jr.

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The marriage of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. has been going strong since 2002. Freddie and Sarah met on the set of 1997 thriller I Know What You Did Last Summer, but they didn’t start dating until 2000. Sarah changed her last name to Prinze on their 5th wedding anniversary.

10. Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas

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Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones have been married since 2000. In a recent interview Michael Douglas said that he and his wife Catherine are doing well, that Catherine is the best wife and he supports her with everything.

11. Bono and Ali Hewson

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Ali Hewson, Bono’s wife, admits that being married to her husband has not always been easy, but their shared memories keep their relationship strong. Bono and Ali have been married since 1982 and they have two beautiful daughters, Jordan and Memphis Eve, and two handsome sons, Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q and John Abraham. Despite all rumors, Bono and Ali are still happy together!

12. Denzel and Pauletta Washington

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Denzel married Pauletta, whom he met on the set of the film “Wilma,” on June 25, 1983. The couple has 4 wonderful children together: daughter Katia, son John David, and twins Olivia and Malcolm. Pauletta and Denzel renewed their wedding vows in South Africa, in 1995; their ceremony was officiated by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Despite the latest divorce rumor,Pauletta and Denzel Washington are still together and they still look happy after many years of marriage.

13. Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson

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In 1980, Samuel L. Jackson married LaTanya Richardson who was a famous sports channel producer and a wonderful actress. They welcomed a beautiful baby girl Zoe in 1982 who is a successful freelance film and TV producer now. Despite numerous rough patches in the relationship over the years, their love has endured even till now. Jackson has always adored LaTanya’s great love of life, an amazing sense of humor and a great love of people around her.

14. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne

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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are one of Hollywood’s longest standing couples. Ozzy met Sharon when she was 18 and he was still married to his first wife. He married Sharon on 4 July 1982 and he said that he did it deliberately on Independence Day so that he could never forget his anniversary. Although the couple nearly split a few times in their early years together due to Ozzy’s drug and alcohol abuse and physical violence, they have one of the most enduring relationships in Hollywood. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have three children – Aimee, Kelly and Jack.

15. Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman

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One of the funniest and longest-lasting couples in Hollywood that I personally like is Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman. The couple married on January 28, 1982 and they have a son Jacob and two daughters Lucy and Grace. In 2012, fans and industry watchers were shocked when Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman announced their separation after 30 years of marriage. Fortunately, they have reconciled and they are still together. They don’t believe rumors and they really love each other. Perhaps, it helps them to be one of Hollywood’s most enduring couples.

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Some celebrity couples divorce as simple as you change your order at a restaurant. But it’s glad to know that there are some longest celebrity marriages. Do you know other long lasting celebrity marriages? Share your thoughts, please!

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WORLDCUP UPDATE: injured Neymar out of World Cup

Brazil forward Neymar has been ruled out of the World Cup with a broken bone in his back sustained in the 2-1 quarter-final win over Colombia.

He fractured a vertebra in his spine when kneed in the back by Juan Zuniga in a challenge that went unpunished.

Neymar, 22, was in tears when he was carried off on a stretcher before being taken to hospital in Fortaleza.

Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said: "Neymar was going to be hunted. For three matches that has been happening."

Team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar told Brazil's SportTV: "Unfortunately, he's not going to be able to play. He is very, very sad.

"It's not serious in the sense that it doesn't need surgery, but he'll need to immobilise it to recover."

Lasmar added that he expected the recovery period to take at least a few weeks.

Neymar recovered from thigh and knee injuries sustained in the second-round win over Chile to play against Colombia.

The Barcelona forward has featured in all five of Brazil's matches at the 2014 Fifa World Cup and is their top scorer with four goals.

Neymar at the World Cup
Matches played5
Minutes played457
Attempts on target72.2%
Goals scored4
Assists1

Neymar had a quiet game on Friday and was replaced in the 88th minute after Napoli defender Zuniga challenged him for a header, with referee Carlos Velasco Carballo taking no action.

Scolari said: "Not even a yellow card, nothing.

"People think Germany, these or the others, only they are hunted, but not Neymar."

Zuniga insisted: "I never meant to hurt a player. It was a normal move.
"I was playing for the shirt from my country, not with the intent to injure. I was just defending my shirt."

Thiago Silva's early goal and a stunning David Luiz free-kick in the second half set up victory for Brazil, who withstood a late Colombia onslaught that saw James Rodriguez score an 80th-minute penalty.

Brazil committed 31 fouls during a scrappy game while their South American rivals made 23.

Hosts Brazil meet Germany in the semi-final in Belo Horizonte at 21:00 BST on Tuesday.

Brazil captain Silva will also miss that game through suspension after picking up a second booking of the tournament against Colombia.

The final will be held at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, 13 July.
Brazil v Germany will be live on BBC One on Tuesday, 8 July from 20:30 BST

Neymar was challenged by Napoli defender Juan Zuniga late in the game

The forward was in obvious pain after the incident

Brazil will be without top scorer Neymar and suspended captain Thiago Silva against Germany

Brazil fans gathered outside the hospital where Neymar is being treated

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GREAT DISCOVERY: 7 Of The Most Frighteningly Bizarre Ocean Creatures

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Bizarre Ocean Creatures: The Hatchetfish

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Bizarre Ocean Creatures: The Blobfish

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More gelatinous than your grandma’s pudding, the blobfish’s strikingly jiggly appearance has captivated the attention of millions over the past several years. So unmistakable is the finned jello mold that it was deemed the world’s ugliest animal in 2013. Why such a flabby appearance? As the blowfish calls the high water-pressured bottom of the ocean home, its skin has become about as dense as water over time.

You might think that the blobfish’s lack of muscle tissue would prove disadvantageous, but you’d be wrong. Imagine a world in which all you had to do to enjoy a fantastic meal was open your mouth and let gravity do its trick. For the blobfish, such a sweet dream is a daily reality. When it comes time to feast, the blobfish’s lack of density means that it doesn’t have to expend any energy in order to eat. Instead, it simply opens its mouth and floats about, noshing on any sea critters that enter its path. Nice life.

Blobfish Being Held

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Blobfish Bizarre Ocean Creatures

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The Fangtooth

Consider the fangtooth fish the underwater equivalent of a supposedly menacing pitbull with a heart of gold. Despite its threatening appearance, the fangtooth is incredibly benign–especially as its poor eyesight means that if the fangtooth wants to make like a predator and hunt, it quite literally has to bump into its prey in order to find it.

The fangtooth’s chompers certainly paint a different portrait, though. An orthodontist’s worst nightmare, the fangtooth has the largest teeth of any fish in the ocean relative to its actual size. Good luck catching a glimpse of the sharp-mouthed animal with your own eyes: the fangtooth resides as far as 16,400 feet beneath the sea. For comparison’s sake, that’s about the length of 55 consecutive American football fields.

The Sea Cucumber

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The continued existence of these icky echinoderms is somewhat mind boggling. Lacking a true brain and any semblance of sensory organs, the sea cucumber is endowed with the same mental capacity as the food for which it is named. Nevertheless, the colorful cuke constitutes a vital part of the oceanic ecosystem, as it breaks down detritus and recycles any and all nutrients that come its way.

Unlike the cucumbers we like to put over our eyes and into our salads, the sea cucumber is incredibly flexible due to its collagen levels. For instance, if the sea cucumber needs to wedge itself into a tiny crevice, its collagen will loosen and the sea cucumber will effectively liquify itself to seep into its desired locale. When situations get truly dire, sea cucumbers can also engage in self mutilation by violently contracting their muscles and expelling some of their internal organs out through their anus to ward off predators. Don’t try this at home the next time you have an unwanted guest, though; unlike sea cucumbers, your internal organs won’t grow back.

Deemed by some scientists as a “living fossil” and tragically overshadowed in pop culture by its flashier shark counterparts, the goblin shark leads a relatively mysterious existence deep below the ocean blue. The only extant survivor of a 125 million-year old family of sharks, the goblin is truly unique…and ugly. But apart from its most salient features (re: its long, flattened snout, protruding jaws and claw-like teeth), the goblin is relatively unremarkable.

Most scientists speculate that in the underwater world, the goblin shark plays the role of elderly next-door neighbor. Why? Just like your elderly neighbor, the goblin shark’s general flabbiness conveys the fact that it’s not exactly moving around that much, and further, that it doesn’t even need to in order to survive. Unlike your elderly next-door neighbor, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll ever see a goblin shark in your lifetime. While they were discovered in the 19th century, goblin sharks are incredibly rare and prefer to confine themselves to the ocean’s lower depths–not the public eye. In fact, when one was brought to an aquarium in Japan a few years ago, it died soon after.

The Angler Fish

The angler fish is perhaps one of the most fascinating and bizarre sea creatures known to man. Not only known for its wily predation techniques (re: possessing a spine that grows its own glowing fleshy mass, which the fish wiggles about to lure in other predatory sea creatures that it will ultimately devour), the angler fish’s mating habits are rather unique.

When scientists first discovered the angler, for instance, they noticed that almost all of those observed were female…and that these specimens had what appeared to be some sort of parasitic growth attached to their lower parts.

Turns out that those “parasites” were actually just greatly reduced male angler fish, whose puny size means that the male angler fish’s sole objective in life is to find and mate with a female. Once they do find a female partner, male anglers quickly bite into the female’s skin and thus fuse them together–so much so that all that is discernible of the male angler fish are two globular growths on the female’s skin: its gonads. From this point on, the male’s life literally depends on its female host, as they share a circulatory system. And, well, just about everything else. When the female is ready to mate, the male pays his dues by providing her with sperm on the spot so that she might impregnate herself.

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7 Of The Most Frighteningly Bizarre Ocean Creatures

September 27, 2013

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Bizarre Ocean Creatures: The Hatchetfish

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Given the extreme depths to which scientists must go to find these frightful–and tiny–fish, little is known about the hatchetfish. A prime source of worldwide model envy, the morose-looking creatures derive their name from how razor-thin they are, no extreme dieting required.

Anatomically speaking, the hatchetfish’s silver-colored thorax resembles a hatchet’s blade. Its name is somewhat deceiving, though; measuring a mere one to five inches in length, the hatchetfish is hardly imposing, let alone deadly. It’s just, well, pretty terrifying to look at.

The marine hatchetfish is endowed with bioluminescent properties, which allow it to evade predators lurking in the depths below. If you absolutely must see one for yourself, you’ll need to slip on your scuba gear and head to the Pacific, Indian or Atlantic Oceans and swim at least 50 meters below the oceans’ surface, as that’s where the hatchetfish calls home.

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