PHOTOS: World's Tallest Man, Sultan Kosen Gets Married In Turkey

IT IS a good thing that opposites attract, otherwise Sultan Kosen might've had a hard time finding a woman of similar proportions to share his life with.

The world's tallest man is 2.51 metres high, which is a good two feet and seven inches taller than his new bride, Merve Dibo.

The Turkish farmer was married in a ceremony at the weekend, after previously almost giving up hope he'd ever find love, the Daily Mail reports.

The Turkish farmer has married his lady love, Merve Dibo, from Syria. Source: AFP

He's one of only 10 people in recorded history to top the eight feet mark. And he also holds the current Guinness World Record for the largest feet and hands on the planet.

Kosen's gigantic wedding suit needed to be custom made, obviously. And his celebrity status in his home country meant the nuptials were a who's who of Turkey.

Kanye West Planning Extravangant Wedding With Fight Jets Next Year

Kim K’s third wedding will be as extravagant as her second wedding if her fiance Kanye has his way. Kanye, in a radio interview yesterday with Power 106′s morning radio show, hinted at an extravagant wedding to take place next summer.  

 

When asked for a hint about his upcoming wedding, Kanye said;

“Two words: ‘fighter jets’” He went further to explain “Kim knew I was eventually going to ask her to marry me. I just had to get that ring right. I worked with four different jewelers. Three rings were made and only one hit the ringer and that was Lorraine Schwartz’s. ‘I actually changed the ring the night before. The ring was less than four hours old when I gave it to her.’

“I wanted to marry that girl from the first time I saw her,’ he said. ‘Kim and I are the perfect balance.’‘I had to wait through a bunch of other relationships to finally get the chance

50 Cent Avoids Jail Time as Domestic Violence Charge Gets Dismissed

Rap star Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson avoided five years in prison and around $46,000 in fines on Monday, October 28, when the domestic violence and vandalism charges filed against him for assaulting his ex-girlfriend Daphne Joy Narvaez got dismissed. The charges stem from a June 23 argument inside Narvaez' condo, when the "Street King Immortal" artist allegedly started destroying about $7,100 worth of her property, which included broken furniture and chandeliers throughout the place, a broken TV and a broken lamp and a ransacked bedroom closet.

The dismissal came after he agreed with the Los Angeles City Attorney in a Van Nuys, California court to plead guilty to one of the four counts of misdemeanor vandalism that were filed against him. That count deals with the door of the condo which Jackson kicked down after Narvaez locked herself in her bedroom, the door technically being under the ownership of the landlord.

Jackson was instead sentenced to three years of unsupervised probation and ordered to render 30 days of community service and attend counseling. He must also pay $7,100 in restitution to Narvaez, with whom he has fathered a child.

A restraining order preventing Jackson from coming close to Narvaez remains in place, with the rapper needing to maintain a 100 feet distance from her and whom he is also disallowed to contact while the case is active. He is also instructed to surrender any weapons in his possession.

Source: Ace Showbiz

HEALTH: Obesity May Be Caused By 'Hunger Gene'

Some people are able to tuck into chocolate every day and not gain weight, while others struggle to keep their weight down regardless of what they eat. Exactly why this is has been unclear, but now researchers point to a genetic mutation as the cause.

Researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK say that mutation of a gene called KSR2 may cause continued hunger pangs in patients who are obese, as well as slow their metabolism - the rate at which the body burns calories.

These findings could provide some explanation for the increase in childhood obesity. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled in the US in the past 30 years. The increase has prompted researchers to identify possible obesity causes and interventions.

Previous studies have demonstrated that deleting the KSR2 gene in mice caused them to develop obesity. This highlighted KSR2 as an important factor in regulating energy balance and metabolism.

But until now, it has been unclear as to whether this gene has the same effect in human subjects.

Kim Kardashian to Take Kanye West's Last Name After Wedding

Kim Kardashian said that she wanted to take Kanye West's last name after getting married. The 33-year-old reality star made the revelation on the red carpet of her birthday party at Tao in Las Vegas last week, telling E! News that she would make Kardashian her middle name.

The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star also talked about her surprise engagement which took place at San Francisco's AT&T Park on her birthday. "I cried afterwards. I was shaking. And when you're like, 'Is this really happening?' But you're just shaking... I honestly had no idea, none whatsoever," she said.

"I knew we were going to San Francisco for my birthday, because he had a show there the next night. So I thought it was just a birthday dinner," Kim continued. "My eyes were closed and then I got up and I still the whole time I didn't think it was a proposal. I thought it was dinner on the baseball field and we had a nice orchestra. I still didn't get it... when he got on his knee, I kind of figured out what was going on," the mother of one, who admitted that she left the wedding plan to her baby daddy, added.

Mariah Carey Unveils Sexy Single Cover for 'The Art of Letting Go'

Mariah Carey has shared the artwork for her next single, "The Art of Letting Go". The sexy picture features the diva posing in a creme, one piece swimsuit with a plunging v-neck while kneeling on the beach during the sunset.

"The Art of Letting Go" is set to be premiered on Carey's Facebook on November 11 at 11:00 A.M. EST. Last week, the former "American Idol" judge teased the follow-up to Miguel-assisted "#Beautiful" with a video.

In the black-and-white clip, Carey is seen having a recording session with Jermaine Dupri, Rodney Jerkins and composer Larry Gold. She also can be heard talking about her new song and how music has affected her life.

Drake Previews Unreleased Track 'Trophies' at New York Concer

Drake gave fans a special surprise when bringing his "Would You Like a Tour?" tour to New York. The Canadian rapper previewed an unreleased track called "Trophies" when he hit the stage at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Monday night, October 28.

Backed by some brass horns, Drake played a little part of the song. He can be heard rapping, "I hear records on my demo, did y'all boys not get the memo?/ I do not stay at the InterContinental, and anything I got is not a rental/ I own that muthafucka."

Produced by Hit Boy, the song was featured in a promo trailer for Drake's latest release, "Nothing Was the Same". Rumors suggested that the song was originally expected to be included in the rapper's third studio album. Fans are hoping that the full version of the track will be released soon.

Drake is not the only artist who recently previewed an unreleased track during a tour. Kanye West has been treating fans with snippets of a new tune entitled "I Am Not Here" when hitting several cities across the U.S. for his "Yeezus" tour.

Justin Timberlake Gets Knocked Out by Riley Keough in 'TKO' Music Video

Justin Timberlake has released the visuals for his newest single, "TKO". The seven-minute clip sees the pop star trying to fix his heartbreaking relationship with his on-screen girlfriend played by Elvis Presley's granddaughter, Riley Keough.

Directed by Ryan Reichenfeld, the clip gives some glimpses at Keough giving Timberlake the cold shoulder when he tries to seduce her. He apparently thinks that he has everything under control after forcing his girlfriend to have a streamy make-out session on the kitchen counter.

Timberlake later figures out that he's been tricked. His heartless girlfriend hits him with a frying pan and drags him through the desert on the back of a truck.

Produced by Timbaland, "TKO" is the second single off "The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2", Timberlake's latest album that debuted at No. 1 on Billboard 200 back in October. The new record serves as the second installment of "The 20/20 Experience", which also hit the chart's top slot after being released earlier this year.

Source: Ace Show Biz

HEALTH: Peer Pressure Likely Influences Food Choices At Restaurants

If you want to eat healthier when dining out, research recommends surrounding yourself with friends who make healthy food choices. A University of Illinois study showed that when groups of people eat together at a restaurant at which they must state their food choice aloud, they tend to select items from the same menu categories.

"My conclusion from the research is that people want to be different, but not that different," said U of I food economist Brenna Ellison. "We want to fit in with the people we're dining with. It goes against the expectation that people will exhibit variety-seeking behavior; we don't want to be that different from others."

Ellison analyzed the lunch receipts from a full-service restaurant in Stillwater, Oklahoma, for a period of three months. One section of the restaurant was the control group, with guests receiving menus with the item and price only. Another section received menus with calorie counts for each entrée. And a third section had both the calorie count and a traffic light symbol that indicated caloric ranges: green traffic light items contained 400 calories or less, yellow light items had between 401 and 800 calories, and red light items contained more than 800 calories.

Van Vicker - Stop Abusing Women During Auditions

Top Ghanaian movie actor Van Vicker who celebrated his 10th wedding anniversary with his wife Adjoa on November 16th , has lamented that he hopes in the future, movie makers will stop taking advantage of women who want to act so it will not discourage women from coming forward for auditions.

He made this revelation at a time he was addressing the media on his 7th movie production. In a chat with him, he told Flex Newspaper that he is preparing to shoot his 7th self-produced/directed movie which will star, Regina Anne–Dei Van Helvert, 1st Runner-Up of Miss Malaika 2012 pageant who was recently named face of new cosmetic range #Gm1623, and Nasara of Ghana Most beautiful.

He added that he will be using most of the upcoming stars from his movie school, and upcoming discovery talents. Van Vicker, who was recently a judge on Miss Malaika 2014, stated that lots of women who go for beauty pageant are very talented and can be good movie stars but the reasons why they are not being discovered is the fact that though they really want to act, they don't show much interest in it by going for auditions.

He noted that these ladies who are scared to come for auditions because the directors and producers will take advantage of them, can also try and do one on one approach and if they are good materials for movies, he will make use of them.

HEALTH: How You Can Reduce Your Risk Of Breast Cancer

October has been designated as the Pink Month in a global effort to draw attention to issues relating to breast cancer. The ultimate goal is to educate everyone about the disease and, consequently, reduce to the barest minimum the incident of breast cancer.

Oncologists say breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, representing 16 per cent of all female cancers. Again, scientific studies have found that women have a 12 per cent lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, though individual risks may be higher or lower than that. “Individual risk is affected by many different factors, such as family history, reproductive history, lifestyle, environment, and others,” researchers say.

For instance, in terms of unhealthy lifestyle, research has shown that taking two alcoholic drinks a day could increase breast cancer risk by 21 percent. However, most people who develop breast cancer may be teetotalers.

The World Health Organisation Global Burden of Disease estimates that 519,000 women died in 2004 alone due to breast cancer, with the majority (69 per cent) of all breast cancer deaths occurring in developing countries such as Nigeria.

Why cancer kills

Ordinarily, experts say, being diagnosed with breast cancer does not necessarily mean that you’ve been handed a death sentence. But that only means your symptoms are diagnosed at the earliest stage and tackled headlong.

PHOTO: Wizkid chilling with his girlfriend, Tania Omotayo

Yes oh.... That's Starboy, Wizkid having a nice time with his girlfriend Tania Omotayo. Enjoy yourself bro.

Man Kidnaps Son, Demands N350,000 Ransom

The State Security Service, Lagos State Command, has arrested a 48-year-old man, Samson Adebayo, for allegedly arranging the kidnap of his nine-year-old son, Emmanuel, and demanding a ransom of N350, 000.

According to the SSS, Adebayo had solicited the help of his girlfriend, Kehinde Alonge, to kidnap Emmanuel from his residence at 2, Solomon Street, Ilu-Nla, Aradagun, Badagry.

The director, SSS, Lagos State, Mr. Ben Achu-Olayi, said Adebayo reported the incident to security agents, pretending to be distraught.

He said, “On October 7, 2013, the command received a report from Adebayo Samson, who complained that his son was kidnapped on October 3.

“Consequently, the command swung into action with the aim of rescuing the victim and arresting the culprits. Preliminary investigations confirmed the kidnapping by Alonge, who had demanded a N350, 000 ransom.

“She demanded that the ransom be paid into a United Bank of Africa account 2050908899, belonging to one Taiwo Faloye. Unknown to the suspects, we had set up a flag on the account with the bank’s cooperation and were alerted when N230, 000 was remitted.”

32yr Old Man Butchers Uncle For Allegedly Manipulating His Destiny

A man identified as Chinweoru Ugbo, 32, was weekend arrested by the Onueke Divisional Police Command, Ebonyi State for allegedly butchering his uncle, Mr. Ogbuleji Nwite, 78, with an axe.

The crime was allegedly committed at Nsokkara Community in Ezza South Local Government Area of the state over claims that the deceased was diabolically manipulating Ugbo’s destiny.

The suspect allegedly lured his victim to a lonely farmland near a neighbouring community in Amagu, under the guise of showing him (the victim) a piece of land he wanted to purchase.

He reportedly inflicted 27 cuts on late Mr. Nwite in the early hours of Saturday, unaware that some people saw him.

Vanguard gathered that the suspect was caught by the villagers at Igweledoha Nsokkara community, when he was packing his luggage to flee the community.

It was also learnt that the suspect, a trader resident at Owerri in Imo State, was said to have returned home on Friday night with the intention of killing his uncle.

Plane Crash Averted In Abuja

Nnamdi Azikwe Airport, Abuja

Another air disaster was averted at the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport, Abuja on Monday as a Med-View Airlines aircraft from Lagos suddenly took to the air again at the point of landing in Abuja.

The pilot told the passengers that he took to the air again to avoid a collision with another aircraft on the tarmac.

The airline Flight VL2104 took off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos at noon and was scheduled to land in Abuja at about 1.05pm.

The pilot had already announced final descent into Abuja and asked all passengers and cabin crew to fasten their seat belts but the pilot suddenly took off to the air again with barely 30 seconds to touch ground.

The plane had 150 passengers on board.

After about three minutes of gaining altitude, the pilot announced that he decided to take off again to avoid colliding with an aircraft that was on ground.

He said that after he had been granted clearance to land, it was later discovered that the other aircraft was not fast enough, hence his decision to take off.