London, Dec 3 : If you’re bored of the regular beers served in pubs and parities, then get ready for another variety of the alcohol that promises a ‘heavenly’ taste – Japan has recently unveiled the world’s first "space beer" cultivated from barley grown in a laboratory orbiting the earth.

The new ‘extra-terrestrial’ beverage comes after a five-month mission, in which barley was grown for the first time in a Russian laboratory on board the International Space Station (ISS).

And then Sapporo Breweries, one of Japan''s major breweries, used the space-grown crop of barley to create 100 litres of a 5.5 per cent proof beer.

London, Dec 3 : American actor Sean Penn is said to h

London, Dec 3 : Even though social networking sites have their advantages, they can prove hazardous at times, as a family found out when they posted an invite on Facebook for their daughter''s 16th birthday.

The party was based on the MTV reality show My Super Sweet 16, faced 400 ''Facebook gatecrashers'', who vandalised the family''s one million pound listed townhouse.

Georgina Hobday''s parents, Sylvia, an advertising executive, and Michael, a professor at Sussex University, had agreed to hold the party at their home in Brighton, East Sussex.

London, Dec 3 : Mexican/American actress Salma Hayek has been chosen to be the face o

London, Dec 3 : English actress Kate Beckinsale got a first hand lesson in entertainment journalism after she took a job with a U. S. newspaper to prepare for a film role.

Beckinsale, 35, plays the role of a reporter in the new movie ‘Nothing But The Truth’, and to get her part right she spent her time shadowing journalists on the Los Angeles Times.

For the Van Helsing actress, trying to learn the trade has given her an enlightening experience.

“We are slightly sort of under the ''us and them'' thing. It''s a little like enemy lines - but when I was there I found it was amazingly similar to acting. It was quite nice to go, ''I kind of get it more than I thought I would’,” the Daily Express quoted her as saying.

London, Dec. 3 : Manchester United and Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo has said that winning the Ballon d’Or award will not put added pressure on him to perform.

The winger was handed the prestigious award yesterday to crown a phenomenal 12 months in which he scored 42 goals last season to help his club retain the Premier League title and win the Champions League.