Los Angeles,-Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez's
toy boy lover, Casper Smart, could be sent to jail for 90 days
in relation to a number of speeding and traffic-related
charges.
The 42-year-old 'Waiting for tonight' hitmaker began
dating dancer Smart a few weeks ago and it has now been
revealed the 24-year-old has racked up a number of
charges, reported E! online.
According to police records, they include speeding over
100 miles per hour and illegal drag racing. He was also
charged with driving without a valid license in 2004, 2006 and
2007 while in 2005 he allegedly evaded electronic toll
charges. In 2004 and 2005 he also reportedly exceeded speeds
of 65 miles per hour.
Smart posted USD 26,000 in relations to the charges,
which are still pending and in March he pleaded no contest.
He is now scheduled to appear in court on January 5, 2012
and must complete 10 days of community service before then. If
found guilty he could be sent to jail for 90 days and pay a
USD 500 fine.
When he appears in court, it is unclear whether Lopez
will be supporting him as she is said to be treating the
relationship as a "fun fling" and is enjoying getting to know
Smart.
"They are dating and having a good time. They've been
getting more open with their flirting for weeks. It's a fun
fling. It's not meant to turn into anything more," a source
said.
Lopez has three-year-old twins, Max and Emme with
estranged husband Marc Anthony.
Gaga isn't ready to settle down
Los Angeles,-Pop sensation Lady Gaga says
she is not ready to buy a house as she finds it too much of a
commitment.
The 25-year-old 'Edge of Glory' singer has been touring
for the past two years and says she has no desire to settle
down in a place at the moment, reported Radar online.
"I'm not ready to buy a house. It feels like marriage or
something. It's like such a commitment. I don't like it. I do
love being with my parents, but I also just really fear
domestication. I just don't have a home. I actually sleep at
my best friend Bo's, in her apartment a lot. She kicks her
boyfriend onto the couch and it's really funny. We stay up and
watch movies," she said.
Gaga is also releasing her new book 'Lady Gaga x Terry
Richardson', which was shot by the famed photographer over the
last year and says she wants her fans to be able to get an
insight into her life.
"This is me in my most completely vulnerable state. Terry
was with me during break-ups, during get-togethers, during
party times, sad times, landmark moments in my career. When I
wake up in the morning, going to sleep. he was there during
these completely unadulterated, unmanufactured, completely
authentic moments," she added.
Pitt praised by ex-girlfriend
London,-Singer Sinitta who dated Brad Pitt
for two years in the past says the actor was amazing.
The 80s pop star, who dated the Hollywood star during the
late 80s, had a great time with the 47-year-old hunk, though
she remained coy over some of the details, reported Daily Mail
online.
"He was beautiful with the most amazing body. I saw
him for two years. He was fun, he was young and very sweet,"
she told her fellow contestants on UK reality TV show 'I'm A
Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'
Sinitta also said that she ran into difficulties with
some of Pitt's fans over the romance.
"Some ardent fan gave me a slap when I came out of a
supermarket over that relationship! It was before he made
'Thelma and Louise' but even I saw that movie and thought, oh
my God, what have I done," she added.
Shock therapy can ease Alzheimer's
disease: Scientists
London,-Stimulating the brain with bursts of
electricity can reverse shrinkage of the region linked to the
memory-robbing Alzheimer's disease, a new study has found.
In a small-scale study, researchers at at Toronto Western
Hospital in Ontario, Canada, found that regular fleeting
pulses of electricity helped stop the shrinkage of the brain
region associated with the disease.
"In Alzheimer's disease it is known that the brain
shrinks, particularly the hippocampus," Andres Lozano, who led
the study, was quoted as saying by the NewScientist.
In addition, brain scans show that the temporal lobe, the
region which contains the hippocampus, and another region
called the posterior cingulate, use less sugar than normal,
suggesting they have slowed or shut down, Lozano explained.
To try to reverse these degenerative effects, Lozano and
his team turned to deep brain stimulation. It involved sending
electrical impulses to the brain by inserting electrodes into
the brains of six people diagnosed with Alzheimer's at least a
year earlier.
The electrodes were placed next to the fornix, a bundle
of neurons that carries signals to and from the hippocampus
and left them there, delivering tiny pulses of electricity 130
times per second.
Follow-up tests a year later showed that the reduced use
of glucose by the temporal lobe and posterior cingulate had
been reversed in all six people, the researchers reported in
the journal Annals of Neurology.
They also saw hippocampal shrinking in four of the
volunteers, the region grew in the remaining two participants.
"Not only did the hippocampus not shrink, it got bigger
by five per cent in one person and eight per cent in the
other," said Lozano. "It's an amazing result."
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