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UNESCO adds 46 traditions from around the world cultural heritage list in Nairobi, Kenya.

Flamenco Dance of Spain, the French food and gingerbread Croatia have been added in the UN list of cultural heritage.

On Tuesday, the National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which is known to preserve the beauty of these sites by adding 46 grand tradition of the world cultural heritage list in Nairobi, Kenya.

UNESCO calls the Spanish flamenco dance as “identity for a number of communities and groups” in particular gipsies. The dance commonly danced in the province of Andalusia, southern Spain, and is a blend of expressive music lyrics, guitar and clapping of hands that fast and dramatic dance.

French Cuisine, or “culinary gastronomy” is described as “emphasizing a sense of togetherness and enjoyment.” UNESCO calls for preservation of food “with a standard structure” which begins and ends with wine drinking liquor, and in the middle interspersed at least four consecutive meals, combined with appropriate wines for each food.

Hereditary tradition making gingerbread in Croatia, an art that requires skill and speed and has been handed down from generation to generation, are also conserved in the list UNIESCO it.

Apparently, Desperate Housewives’ star Eva Longoria found hundreds of short messages from the wife of her husband’s teammate, Tony Parker.

Tony Parker played in the NBA basketball league for the San Antonio Spurs. The news about the hundreds of short messages for Tony was actually revealed itself by Eva to her friend Mario Lopez on Extra TV show, as quoted by the People, Thursday (18/11).

Eva, 35, finally filed for divorce on Wednesday amid rumors that Tony, 28, was having an affair with another woman. The letter only mentions the cause of divorce is”a difference that can not be united.” Eva also requested the right to receive financial support from the former spouse.

To Lopez, Eva says that Tony was the first who betrayed her in their marriage. Once caught, Tony did not immediately stop them and even touch with her through Facebook.
“She wants us to know that she was very disappointed and distressed,” said Lopez. “But she is a strong woman.”

The lawyers for the heirs of the late British author, Adrian Jacobs, Wednesday, said, Rowling as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in June against Bloomsbury Publishing PLC for copyright infringement, according to a statement issued by representatives of expert inheritance, which is based in Australia.

The lawsuit, filed in a London court, said Rowling’s book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to copy the parts of Jacobs’s 1987 book, The Adventures of Willy the Wizard-No 1 Livid Land. Jacobs’s heirs also said that many other ideas from Willy the Wizards are copied to the Harry Potter books. Jacobs died in London in 1997.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) is the fourth book of Rowling’s Harry Potter series, published in July 2000. Agent Max Markson in Sydney, representing the Jacobs, said, Rowling added to the lawsuit after the estate trustee Jacobs, Paul Allen, knowing that the validity period for the demand it has not been passed, as previously thought.

“I consider this a case of billions of dollars,” Markson said Thursday.

JK Rowling said the claim was completely untrue.

“I feel sad that there is one more claim that I have taken material from other sources to write a Harry,” she said. “The fact is I have never heard about the author or the book before the first lawsuit by those who have anything to do with the author’s heirs in 2004, I never read the book.”

“The claims that were made were not only baseless, but also absurd and I’m disappointed that I, and my British publisher Bloomsbury, placed in a position to have to defend ourselves,” said Rowling who will ask the court to reject the case.

Last June, Bloomsbury said allegations that Rowling took from the work of Jacobs are unfounded, can not be proved and not true. Bloomsbury said, the beneficiaries of Jacobs was first approached the company in 2004 with its claims, but could not say where the text in the Harry Potter books copied from Willy the Wizard.

TOGETHER with Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz was filming Pirates of the Caribbean 4 or its official title Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. This action adventure film genre certainly requires the physical scene. Meanwhile, Cruz is pregnant.

Pregnancy of Cruz has made a worry on the set of Pirates 4. Today, the representative of Cruz in Spanish announces that her pregnancy is 4.5 months.

According to Life & Style magazine, the producer of the Pirates a 4 worried about the pregnancy condition of Cruz, so he would make the shooting fast in order not to endanger the womb of Cruz. ”Companies concerned with the movie shooting schedule and pregnancy of Penelope. Finally, they speed up filming of some scenes of Cruz, “said a source.

Cruz and Bardem were married last July in secret in the Bahamas .

Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy who arrested Mel Gibson for drunk while driving in 2006 sued his department on Tuesday (7 / 9). The officer admitted since then he has been boycotted and jump in the promotion of the institution where he works.

In its legal claim, the officer, James Mee tried to sue because he lost his income, profits, medical expenses and emotional stress and mental suffering. James, of Jewish descent, claimed he was forced by his superiors to eliminate reference to anti-Semitic statements made by actor-director during the arrest. Part of the report which contains a statement is leaked to TMZ.com celebrity networks, which also first reported the lawsuit.

James admitted that he was transferred after he arrested Mel and not had been promoted to the position of traffic investigator. This motorcycle officer suffered from discrimination. The claim is stating that the police department violated its policy by taking a four-year investigation into the leak so that it is harmful for James’s promotion.

A spokesman of Los Angeles Police department, Steve Whitmore denied that allegations. James joined the police department in May 1989.

After a vacation in the Bahamas Beach which is in the same location with his former girlfriend, Caitlin Beadles, Justin Bieber was rumored to be back in a relationship with Caitlin. Finally, this phenomenal singer issued a statement to his fans on the subject.

Bieber’s visit to Caitlin Beadles’ place in the Bahamas late last month has sparked gossip, and made Justin fans disappointed. His great looks and charm are sucking up the attention of teenage girls and makes them go crazy.

“I’m single and ready to Mingle!” he said. Justin’s post the statement in his Twitter is telling the world that he is still single. And of course after hearing this news, Justin’s fans will be excited and breathes sigh of relief.

QUEEN Oprah Winfrey’s talk show is back at the top position of the world’s wealthiest celebrities for the fourth time in the survey business magazine Forbes.

With revenues $ 315 million this year, Oprah, 56 years old, who next year plans to have the TV station her self, get rid of this year’s Angelina Jolie who slumped to 18th position.

In the second position there is a rising Beyonce Knowles 2 position from the previous year with revenues $ 87 million. Beyonce got a lot of money from the fashion business and so many gigs. Then, director James Cameron occupies third position after his film, Avatar huge success.

Cameron gets $ 210 million.
This ranking, Forbes said, as quoted by AFP on Tuesday (29 / 6), based on revenues of the star during the 12 months yesterday, as well as the reference name in the web, media coverage, and major magazines displaying their faces.

In the fourth position occupied by the new pop sensation Lady Gaga. With many tours to various countries, singer and fashion icon from New York is getting $ 62 million during the year.

Tiger Woods still gets a lot of money though get in trouble so the affair was revealed. For a year it generates $ 105 million, despite six months of them leave the game.

At position 10 there is also great Britney Spears in position 6 and the Irish group U2 rock band in seventh position. Then, an Oscar winner Sandra Bullock earned $ 56 million in eighth position, actor Johnny Depp was in ninth position, while Madonna is down 7 ranks from the position last year ranked 10th this year.