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Celebrity sex tapes that ‘accidentally’ leak? Yeah, right.

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Celebrity sex tapes that ‘accidentally’ leak? Yeah, right. The people who really do have sex on camera for a living dish on why these tapes are stupid—but inevitable. By Richard Abowitz. In 1855, when Walt Whitman wanted to rejoice in his body beautiful, he wrote “Song of Myself.” A little more than 150 years later, when Farrah Abraham, a marginal celebrity from reality shows, proclaimed a desire to “celebrate” her recently surgically augmented “awesome” body, she did so by making a sex tape with porn star James Deen. In recent years the celebrity sex tape has become a standard way for the fading D-List stars to cash in on a 16th minute. With “Farrah Superstar: Backdoor Teen Mom," Abraham joined an illustrious group that includes Nadya Suleman (aka Octomom), figure skater Tonya Harding, “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher, and WWF star Chyna.

Hottest Photos of Michelle Argyris

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Michelle Argyris is one Canadian triple threat who's hard to miss.

Serious Mistakes in Car Maintenance

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When a car does what it's supposed to do, it's pretty easy to take it for granted. But things can (and do) go wrong with no notice at all. Sometimes parts fail without any kind of warning -- without a grace period that

Paris, Prince Jackson testimonies shown in Jackson death trial

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Paris and Prince Jackson made their first appearances Tuesday in the wrongful death trial against their father's last concert promoter.

The last UK census found far fewer people in their 90s than expected,

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Where are the missing 90-year-olds?            By Ruth Alexander  BBC News

New start-ups and established players are turning digital to sell art online.

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New start-ups and established players are turning digital to sell art online. And the new development could be worth billions, reports Georgina Adam. In an appointment that astonished the art market, it has emerged that, Princess Eugenie, granddaughter of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, will work at an online auction house. Her arrival at Paddle8, which sells art over the internet, is the latest in a series of ambitious moves for the firm, which has recently landed $6m in funding from a series of investors, including big-name art world players Damien Hirst and Jay Jopling, owner of the leading gallery, White Cube.

Bigger Desk Can Make You More Dishonest

Body language experts sometimes advise those working in the world of business to appear more confident by adjusting their posture. (Don’t cross your arms; try to take up as much space as possible without looking awkward.) But a new study suggests that people who are able to spread out because they have a large desk or wide car seat, for example, are also more likely to cheat, steal money, or break traffic rules.