Washington, Oct 29: Hollywood actor Justin Long, who’s well known as Drew Barrymore''s ex-boyfriend, has revealed that he was once arrested in the middle of the night by cops who mistook him for an Asian criminal.
The Hollywood hunk was only released when he convinced the officers he wasn''t the man they were looking for.
"There was banging on the door at one in the morning. I woke up and opened the door and there were three police officers on my doorstep. They grabbed me, put me in handcuffs and arrested me,” Contactmusic quoted him, as saying.
"They were shining a light back and forth from my face to an ID.
Washington, Oct 29: With Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama expected to win the Nov 4 poll, his rival John McCain’s campaign managers are learnt to have now adopted a “damage limitation strategy” while privately conceding defeat.
The Republican National Committee has bought advertising in Montana and West Virginia, states won by George W Bush in 2000 and
2004, after their polling indicated John McCain could be heading for a defeat.
Washington, Oct 29 : Though American singer Jessica Simpson’s movie “Major Movie Star” never opened in the United States, it has become a hit in Russia.
Washington, October 29: A court in Los Angeles has granted Britney Spears’ attorney request to remain under permanent conservatorship until the singer recovers completely.
Following the 26-year-old’s tumble down the agony road, her father Jamie Spears had taken control over her assets, estates and business affairs, reports TMZ.
With the new order, dad Spears is now set to have a long-term hold on Britney’s fortune while her mental health will be under close supervision of the experts.
Washington, Oct 29: Emotional memories of a traumatic experience in life often persist in our minds. Now, researchers from The University of Queensland shed light on how we remember traumatic events.
The team found uncovered a cellular mechanism underlying the formation of emotional memories, which occurs in the presence of a well-known stress hormone.
They showed how noradrenaline, the brain''s equivalent of adrenaline, affects amygdala- the brain area associated with emotions- by controlling chemical and electrical pathways in the brain responsible for memory formation.