Pregnant Padma Lakshmi goes nude

Padma Lakshmi dares to bare it all for a photo spread to be featured in the latest issue of a magazine.

Featured on the publication's cover, the Top Chef presenter strikes a pose bending both of her knees to cover the front part of her body while offering sharp look to the lens through her right shoulder.

In a photo featured inside the magazine, Padma is seen impersonating Miley Cyrus' notorious pose for Vanity Fair.

Padma recently declared her love for the naked form, saying, "I like me better naked."

The pregnant host, who refuses to reveal the father, insists upon the purity of the natural form. "I don't mean that in a vain way. When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on,” the New York Post quoted her as saying.

"Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide," she added.

Padma also discusses her pregnancy weight, divorce to husband Salman Rushdie and some other personal issues in the magazine. The particular edition will go on sale on December 3.

Padma Lakshmi was married to Salman Rushdie, who is an award-winning author, from April 2004 to July 2007. In October this year, Padma had her representative publicly announcing that she is pregnant. Not much information is shared about her pregnancy though, leaving her due date and the identity of the baby's father in question.

Michael Jackson in India Unseen Rare Photos,Pics

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Last Pics Of Michael Jackson Alive!

These pictures show MICHAEL JACKSON on stage in LA just two days before the singer died at his home on June 25.

The 50-year-old star was busy practicing for his “This Is It” tour that was due to start in London on 13 July, 2009.

Despite looking thin and frail, the singer struck his famous pose at the Staples Centre in LA, and seemed to be thrilled to be back on stage after so long.

Michael Jackson leaves behind huge financial debt

Reuters: Michael Jackson leaves behind huge financial debt

Along with a vast musical legacy and legions of adoring fans, pop superstar Michael Jackson leaves behind a mountain of debt and an unfulfilled comeback many hoped would rake in millions and erase his financial troubles, according to Reuters News Service. The King of Pop died suddenly on Thursday at the age of 50, after a career spanning 40 years that included the biggest-selling pop album of all time, "Thriller."

Despite taking in hundreds of millions of dollars as one of the most successful pop musicians of all time, Jackson racked up about $500 million of debt, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal earlier this month. His top assets, however, including copyrights to his own songs and a stake in the Beatles' song catalog, are worth more than $1 billion, according to a music industry source. Jackson's career and image were tarnished by his mounting financial and legal troubles in recent years.

Known for huge shopping sprees for toys and antiques, Jackson was accused by an accountant during his 2005 trial on child molestation charges of spending $20 million to $30 million more than he was bringing in per year. The lavish lifestyle was made possible in part by a $200 million loan secured by his stake in the Beatles catalog. Jackson owned the music in a joint venture with Sony Corp known as Sony/ATV. Jackson refinanced those loans in 2006 in a bid to stave off insolvency.

In addition, Jackson last November had to hand over the title on his Neverland estate in California to a company made up of himself and Los Angeles-based real estate investment trust Colony Capital LLC, the firm that holds his $23 million loan on the property. Colony Capital has been sprucing up the ranch and planned to sell it, according to the Journal. Colony Chief Executive Tom Barrack told the newspaper last month the estate could fetch $70 million to $80 million, or more if Jackson's career were revitalized. In a statement on Thursday, Barrack said he was "deeply saddened" by Jackson's death, but did not comment on the impact on Colony's business. To help turn around his financial fortunes, Jackson was planning a major comeback in London this summer, 12 years since his last tour. AEG Live, which was promoting the 50-concert run at the 02 Arena, stands to lose as much as $40 million if its insurance is not substantial enough to cover what it has already spent on the production, Billboard reported, and one attorney said the company would not be able to recover any of those costs from Jackson's estate. "The concert promoters can't sue the estate," said Bob Rasmussen, dean of the Gould Law School at the University of Southern California.

"Once he dies, he doesn't have any obligation to perform." AEG, wholly owned by privately held Anschutz Co, will also certainly miss out on the $400 million the company estimated it could raise through a 3 1/2-year plan to work with Jackson.

Courtesy : Reuters

Michael Jackson's sudden death - Mystery Unsolved

One day after Michael Jackson's sudden death, speculation was already turning on Friday to what killed the 50-year-old "King of Pop" just weeks before his long-awaited series of comeback concerts. Jackson, a former child star who became one of the best-selling pop artists of all time before a descending into a strange and reclusive lifestyle, died on Thursday afternoon at a Los Angeles hospital, where he had been rushed in full cardiac arrest after collapsing at his nearby rental home.

Few details were known early on Friday about the circumstances surrounding his death, but the entertainer was reportedly unconscious and not breathing by the time he arrived at UCLA Medical Center, and doctors were unable to revive him. His body was flown by helicopter from the hospital to the coroner's office late on Thursday.

Brian Oxman, a spokesman for the Jackson family, told CNN on Thursday that the family had been concerned about his health and had tried in vain to take care of him for months. "Michael appeared at rehearsals a couple of times, he was very seriously trying to be able to do those rehearsals," Oxman said of Jackson's preparations for a series of 50 concerts that were scheduled to begin in London in July. "His use of medications had gotten in the way, his injuries which he had sustained performing, where he had broken a vertebrae and he had broken his leg from a fall on the stage, were getting in the way," Oxman told CNN.

Authorities have scheduled an autopsy for Friday. But they cautioned that it could take weeks to determine a cause of death, which will likely have to wait for the return of toxicology tests. Those tests will determine if Jackson had any drugs, alcohol or prescription medications in his system.
Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery Homicide division searched Jackson's home in the upscale Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles at the behest of Chief William Bratton. But they called the investigation an "every day" event.

The London concert swing was billed as a comeback for Jackson, who dominated the pop charts during the 1980s with such hits as "Thriller" and "Billie Jean" and was credited with turning music videos into a costly and cinematic art form. 750 MILLION RECORDS SOLD He is considered one of the most successful entertainers of the past century, with a lifetime sales tally estimated at 750 million records and 13 Grammy Awards.

Courtesy : reuters

Michael Jackson,King of Pop dead at 50 News,Pics,Videos

King of Pop Michael Jackson has died after a suspected heart attack at home in Los Angeles News in Picture : Jackson's body is taken off a helicopter following its removal from hospital

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The 50-year-old singer was rushed to the UCLA medical centre after paramedics were called to his Bel Air home on Thursday at around midday local time. The TMZ website reported that UCLA staff had tried to resuscitate Jackson on arrival at the hospital, but that he was "completely unresponsive". The singer was due to begin a series of concerts at London's O2 Arena on 13 July.

Michael Jackson,King of Pop dead at 50

Los Angeles – Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted "King of Pop" who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world's most influential singer and dancer before his life and career deteriorated in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. He was 50.

The person said Jackson died in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity. The circumstances of his death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told the newspaper.

Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage. His 1982 album "Thriller" — which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" — remains the biggest-selling album of all time, with more than 26 million copies. He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves, his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters. His single sequined glove and tight, military-style jacket were trademarks second only to his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.

As years went by, he became an increasingly freakish figure. His skin became lighter and his nose narrower. He surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, often wore a germ mask while traveling and kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions. In 2005, he was cleared of charges he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor at Neverland in 2003. He had been accused of plying the boy with alcohol and groping him. The case took a fearsome toll on his career and image, and he fell into serious financial trouble.

Let his soul rest in peace

Michael Jackson no more...

Michael Jackson, the pop sensation died of a cardiac arrest at the age of 50 at his Holmby Hills residence. According to reports, the musician made a 911 call at around 12:26 pm. But by the time the paramedics arrived at the scene Jackson had stopped breathing. Jackson neither responded to CPR in the ambulance, or to the efforts of the hospital staff to resuscitate him.

Michael Jackson, the only man who probably needs no introduction or nor a eulogy died leaving millions of fans grieving. Keeping aside the controversies he stirred in the last few years, the Micheal Jackson was definitely was an extraordinary artist, musician and a performer.

No one would forget the dance moves and the moon walks that he has epitomized. King of Pop who left behind heart touching songs such 'Earth Song', 'They don't really care about us', 'Black or White', and 'Heal the World' will not go missing in the pages of music history