Nicole Kidman was the first to sign a United Nations movement to prevent violence against women, saying, "Think of it, actually being a woman puts you at risk. " "One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics of our time," Kidman said.

Opposition leader Kevin Rudd has finally acknowledged the video which apparently showed him picking and eating his own ear wax in parliament, saying he wished his behavior could have been "more ideal. " The video, played in YouTube. com and circulated via email around the world, showed a younger Rudd doing the ear-dig thing during his earlier years as a member of parliament.

It was in invitation no thief could ever refuse. The organizers of the Basel Shift Festival found this out when a thief ran off with the book titled "Steal this Book. "

Ten internet users landed movie roles after auditioning on the social networking site MySpace. Producers asked people to audition online and had 500,000 MySpace users chose the movie's director and several cast members.

A pro-family political party in Australia has expelled one of its members reportedly over pornography scandals. Victorian Senator Steve Fielding's Family First party has recalled the endorsement of Andrew Quah, 22, on Saturday.