New York, Apr 27: Cosmopolitan magazine’s new executive editor has created a stir by blaming Catholic nuns for ruining women''s sex lives.

Editor Nicole Beland was asked by a reader in her final April column, "My sexually repressed wife can''t even say ''sex'' without whispering. How can I help her open up?"

To which Beland replied, "It''s not easy to undo damage caused by years of exposure to Catholic-school nuns or overly conservative parents.

New York, Apr 27 : American actress Lindsay Lohan's recent weight loss has been put down as an attempt to gain her ex lesbian lover DJ Samantha Ronson's attention.

As per a source, Lohan, 22, wants Ronson to notice how hurt she is, and to pay her some attention.

"She is a self-destructive person," the New York Daily News quoted Lohan's friend as telling People magazine.

New York, Apr 27 : It looks like Mel Gibson's Russian lover is a good friend of Senator Ted Kennedy.

Oksana Grigorieva's, who also has a son with former 007 star Timothy Dalton, met the senator in Washington during a fund-raiser for Bill Clinton, and seems to have left good impression on him.

Just six weeks later, when her parents in Russia attempted to get a visa to visit her and their new grandchild, they were refused.

And it was Kennedy, who helped Grigorieva's parents get their visas.

New York, April 27 : Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are drawing plans to combat their former bodyguard, who is planning to pen his experiences while working with the couple.

The pair is said to be furious that Mickey Brett, with whom they once entrusted their lives and those of their kids, was planning to bring their private lives into the public domain with a tell all book.

The two have roped in top lawyers in the US and the UK to keep Brett from spilling the beans.

Washington - An illness that has affected abut 75 students at a private school in New York City is "likely" swine flu, said Thomas Frieden, the New York City health commissioner. The conclusion was reached after swabs were taken from nine students at St Francis Preparatory School in Queens on Friday.

The specimens were examined by the health department, which concluded they exhibited in Influenza A strain that was "likely" swine flu, Frieden said.

A confirmatory result was expected Sunday from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia.

New York, April 25 : Nadya Suleman, who became a history-making mum after giving birth to octuplets three months ago, is considering adding a pet to her house with
14 kids.

The single, unemployed mum, who uses the services of a non-profit agency to raise her brood, said she has been thinking of yielding in to her older kids'' demands for a family pet.

"For a couple of years, the kids have been asking for a dog. I''ve actually been looking into a pig, like a little one," the New York Daily News quoted her as telling Radaronline. com.