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SHUTTERSTOCK Fashion can be a lot of things: exciting, transformative, communicative, and, most importantly, fun.  That said , there are some facets of fashion that—over time—could damage your body and overall wellbeing. (Yeah, we know: not so fun.) We’re talking about the actual things you put on your body  and  the mindset you adopt for the sake of “looking the part”. To explain which fashion habits could be doing major damage, we enlisted Will Torres, a  health and fitness  expert and owner of Willspace, a private training studio in New York City. Read on to educate yourself:

So Piers Morgan got fired this week. That’s right – that gammon-faced former  Daily Mirror  editor got the boot from his CNN talk show after "a painful period", which had suffered lacklustre ratings. Ouchie… The 48-year-old replaced veteran host Larry King three years ago and has been lucky enough to interview a whole load of politicians and celebrities, including ex-President Bill Clinton. Lucky Bill…

In her first televised appearance, AlexSandra  Wright , mother of Matthew Knowles’ son, opened up to  Inside Edition  about her constant struggle to make ends meet because her 4-year- old son  Nixon’s father simply refuses to support their son. “To turn your back on a child, to me, is unconscionable,” said the former “Scrubs” actress. “This is his child and it’s a boy. I can’t prove it any harder. It’s been five years.” The  single mom  adds that she’s been faithful with adhering to the legal stipulations of their child support agreement, yet Mathew still refuses to hold up his end of the deal. “I’ve never spoken. I’ve been respectful of our relationship. I’ve never talked about it. I’ve never stepped out of the lines…It just feels like he’s a little bit of an outlaw. He’s just chosen to not acknowledge any of it.”

Since then, the award ceremonies and opportunities to dazzle photographers have been plentiful for Nyong'o, whose mesmerizing performance as Patsey earned her numerous accolades and recognition, including an Oscar nomination for  Best Actress  in a Supporting Role.(CNN)  --  Kenyan  actress Lupita Nyong'o has become a new critics' darling after her breakout role in last year's hit movie "12 Years A Slave." Though all this attention is new to Nyong'o, who was born in Mexico to Kenyan parents, the young actress seems to enjoy all the hype around her. But there is much more to her story than how she captivates the cameras on the red carpet. CNN's Stephanie Elam caught up with Nyong'o to speak about her journey from Kenya to Hollywood. An edited version of the interview follows.

Kim Kardashian  has revealed that actually, she's NOT going to have a lavish wedding to  Kanye West - instead it's going to be a super small intimate affair. Getty Images While we reckon that "small and intimate" by Kimye standards just means "not at Versailles", it's still a surprising revelation from the most high maintenance couple in showbiz. Kim had laser surgery on her boobs because of stretch marks, for Pete's sake! Speaking to Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS FM show, Kim revealed that the couple had both decided to pare everything back, because "As we are going along, we realize we want it to be smaller and more intimate than people are imagining and thinking."

Celebrity Screen Tests We've been known to spend hours trawling YouTube watching old celebrity audition tapes so we've rounded up a few of our favourites for you to enjoy, below. WARNING: there are tons of them and they're addictive! TITANIC It's clear that Kate was pretty much made for the role of Rose DeWitt Bukater but it's just so strange seeing someone be Jack Dawson in DiCaprio's place. Can you have imagined Elton "God, can't you suck?!" from  Clueless  in place of Leo saving Kate Winslet in  Titanic ? Well, you no longer need to imagine, check out the below. THE NOTEBOOK

"He's a real man's man," gushed fiancé and mother of his six-children,  Angelia Jolie. But that alone is not what makes him such an important role model for men today, says one of America's most distinguished feminists and international affairs professors,  Anne-Marie Slaughter. It's his ability to share breadwinning and caregiving with his partner. Which has a lot more to do with  empowering women  than you might think.

The  Minister of Finance  and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has demanded to know the whole truth about the  alleged missing $20b which the suspended Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi said is missing from the federation account. A statement Tuesday from the  finance ministry  to the BBC, said the minister, “ asked for urgent action with regard to an independent forensic audit  of conflicting claims of unaccounted funds made by the Nigerian National  Petroleum Corporation  (NNPC) and suspended Governor of the Central  Bank of Nigeria  (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamdio Sanusi.”

  Nigeria on Tuesday issued an appeal to France and Abuja's Francophone neighbours, especially Cameroon, to help it in the battle against Islamists, two days before a planned visit from French President Francois Hollande. On the day suspected Boko Haram Islamists slaughtered 43 students as they slept, Nigeria's information minister warned the attacks could harm French and other Western interests in West Africa if left unchecked. "I think what we need is international cooperation from the French, from the French-speaking west African countries to work together to deal with this problem before it becomes a major problem for France, for western interests operating in west Africa," Labaran Maku said. "It will devastate French interests if we allow this terror to go on," the minister told AIT television. The comments came ahead of a planned visit by Hollande on Thursday and Friday to attend an international conference on security, peace and development...

A while ago, Uti Nwachukwu was forced to admit that he was dating singe Saeon after rumors of their relationship emerged. This dispelled some underground rumors that the former BBA winner was gay. Also, Saeon has also confirmed the relationship to Punch saying:

- Chris Brown has accused his former manager of leaking his new album.  The R&B star, whose record  X  is set to be released on 5 May, warned his fans on Twitter that there are "snakes in the grass" and claimed his former boss, Tina Davis, was trying to "sabotage" the release, the follow-up to 2012's Fortune . He tweeted: "My old manager is leaking my NEW album and refuses to give me my back up hard drive to sabotage my album. That's F'd up G! (sic)." Chris later deleted the tweet but added, "Snakes in the grass ... Just stay positive."

Simon Cowell  is confronted be police during a family day out at Miami beach (Picture: Xposurephotos.com) Simon Cowell found himself on the wrong side of the law while relaxing during a family day  out at Miami beach. Sunning himself on the sand with girlfriend Lauren Silverman, baby Eric and their dogs Squiddly and Diddly, he was left rather red-faced when a uniformed officer approached Cowell to give him a ticking off.

Davido and Shanielle Haye. Photo: HKN, Instagram The controversy between  Davido ’s and his alleged  baby mama   Shanielle ‘Sunshine’ Haye  continues. Hours after the UK  based model  posted a picture of her baby bump, confirming the rumours she is expecting a set of twins, Miss Haye says she has nothing to do with Davido. The past few days have seen the Pop singer and the pretty model go  back and forth  on social media, throwing more confusion into the baby mama brouhaha. Over the weekend , Davido (who has denied he is expecting a set of twins) posted a screenshot of an online chat with Shanielle Haye and himself. The message was interpreted in two different ways by fans – the more general assumption being that the model might have lost the twins. But two days later, Miss Haye has posted a picture showing off her baby bump. It is however unclear when the picture was taken. Haye doesn’t seem to be bothered  about photo  time ...

Fuel queues have returned to Onitsha, Anambra, even as motorists pay higher for the products where they are available. A correspondent who went round the city on Tuesday observed that the situation had resulted to higher prices than the official pump price. The commuters in the town are also groaning as they now bear the brunt of the high fuel prices, with buses charging N150 instead of N100 from one end of the town to the other. Commercial motorcyclists and tricyclists have also increased their fares from N50 to N80 or above for a drop. A driver, Chima Obimma, said the scarcity was uncalled for since it was not a festive season. "People should stop creating hardship for others; the current hike in price and non-availability of fuel in some fuel station is purely man-made,’’ Obimma said.

  The Force Headquarters on Tuesday in Lagos paraded 10 people, including a woman for torturing three women over alleged theft of  pepper at Oba Morufu International Market in Ejigbo, Lagos. The force Spokesman, Frank Mba, paraded the suspects at the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Adeniji-Adele Police Station, Lagos. He also paraded two of the victims. He said that the suspects had passed through identification process, where victims identified the suspects and their roles in the incident. "The suspects will be charged with murder, indecent assault, extortion and conspiracy," Mba said, adding that the police had declared  four others alleged to be  involved in the case wanted. He said that a team of detectives from FSARS, led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, conducted the  investigation that led to the arrest of the suspects paraded.

  Following are key dates and attacks blamed on Boko Haram since Nigeria's army launched a major offensive against the radical Islamist sect in May 2013. --2013-- - May 15: Nigerian troops begin an offensive against Boko Haram in the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, where a state of emergency is declared in order to retake areas which have fallen into the hands of the insurgents. - June 4: Nigeria formally declares Boko Haram and Ansaru, its suspected offshoot, "terrorist" groups and issues a law to ban them. - July 6: Gunmen believed to be from Boko Haram attack a secondary school in the northeastern state of Yobe, killing 42 people, many of whom are students. - August 10-11: Suspected Islamist extremists kill 56 people in the northwest, including 44 in an attack on a mosque in Konduga.

Sarah Alade, Acting CBN Governor. Photo: Webtv Even though the CBN governor and the bank’s deputy governors were indicted and recommended for sack, the president moved against Mr. Sanusi alone. The Central Bank’s new acting governor, Sarah Alade, and all of the bank’s deputy governors took part in the alleged squandering of billions of naira at the bank, and should be fired alongside the bank’s governor, Lamido Sanusi, the  Financial Reporting Council ’s recommendations, on which President Goodluck Jonathan based his suspension of Mr. Sanusi, has said. Mr. Sanusi was suspended last Thursday by President Goodluck Jonathan, for “financial recklessness”, an allegation he strongly denies. But regardless of an outpouring of reactions to his suspension – which many Nigerians believe is linked more to his exposing government corruption – Mr. Jonathan will not sack all the indicted deputy governors at a go, and may even spare them, a senior aide to the president  The g...

Abuja - President Goodluck Jonathan has threatened to withdraw the military from Borno State for a month following alleged unguarded statements by the State Governor Kashim Shettima.   “The statement from the governor of Borno state is unfortunate. If he thinks the Nigerian army is helpless, I will pull them out for one month and we know whether he will still stay in government house or not. There are challenges but a governor must show moderation in what he says to the public,” the President said during the Presidential Media chat. His statement came after the governor recently stated that the terrorist were better armed and better motivated than the military.  “We are in a state of war. That is what I came to tell the president. I made it emphatically clear to Mr. President that Boko Haram are better armed and better motivated than the security forces,” Shettima was quoted as saying during an interaction with media.

Glo Premier League newcomers, Abia Warriors have said their technical adviser/head coach, Emeka Ezeugo was relieved of his appointment due to poor performance in the pre-season build-up matches. The former Nigerian defender was issued with a termination of appointment letter on Thursday, February 20. Supersport.com source said the side's management was not comfortable with the spate of poor results recorded by the team which necessitated the immediate move for a replacement in the person of former Bayelsa United handler, Ladan Bosso. "Yes, Abia Warriors management has terminated the appointment of Emeka Ezeugo as technical adviser effective from Thursday, February 20 and he has been duly paid his severance package. "Ezeugo was adjudged to have performed poorly in the pre-season friendlies and the wrong person to assist the side achieve their target in the upcoming season which culminated in the termination of his contract. "Ezeugo was hired as technica...

Lagos - The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has ruled out compensation to mobile network subscribers for alleged poor services by firms in the sector. The NCC’s position follows recent call by stakeholders in the telecoms sector that subscribers should benefit from the monetary sanctions imposed on three telecom operators for continuously providing such mediocre services. The stakeholders had argued that since subscribers suffered the problem for which sanctions were imposed, they should also share part of the sanction money to be paid by telecoms operators. The NCC had earlier this week imposed a N647, 5 million on MTN, Glo and Airtel  for breach of key performance indicators (KPIs) and poor quality of service for the month of January 2014.  Etisalat was however given a clean bill for meeting the key indicators.

During a recent interview with  Buzzfeed.com , rapper  Rick Ross  told the stories behind the almost 100 tattoos he has decorating his girth. Evidently, it is not a map of all Wingstop locations in the  South East . “I have over 50 different  dollar  signs tattooed on me in different places,” he says of the ink, which includes bible verses, R.I.P.’s to his father and a ‘W’ on his forehead for “win.” The one he has across his stomach is of his  childhood  nickname, “Chill Will.”  And here we thought it read “Skillet Taker.” Hey, it made sense to us.