Controversy has surrounded on of the top three Living Goddesses of Nepal since she broke with tradition and traveled overseas to help promote a British documentary about her life.

Ten-year-old Sajani Shakya returned to Kathmandu on July 18th to a rapturous reception by family and worshipers alike. As of Friday, July 20th, the authorities have said they are reconsidering their threat to strip her of her title.

Sajani was chosen to be a Living Goddess when she was 2-years-old. She will remain one until she reaches puberty. They are considered virgin goddesses.

Under the living goddess tradition followed for centuries in the three ancient cities in the Kathmandu valley, young girls are selected by priests to serve as incarnations of Kali, the Hindu goddess of power.

They remain in their “divine” role until menstruation when they must retire and rejoin the family. A new girl is then chosen.

In Bhaktapur, Sajani lives a normal life with her parents in the house a few paces from the historic Durbar Square among narrow streets paved with red bricks.

“I have been fortunate to have her selected as the Kumari,” her 43-year-old father Nuchhe Ratna Shakya said, sitting on a bench in the inner courtyard of a two-storey brick-and-wood house in the old quarter of Bhaktapur, near Kathmandu.

“It has brought good fortune and luck to the family. We feel great about her,” said Shakya, who says he managed to get a job in a biscuit factory after his daughter was selected.

There are other living goddesses in Nepal.

The main Kumari lives in an ancient temple in Kathmandu and sticks to tighter religious schedules than her counterparts in Bhaktapur and the neighbouring town of Patan, which also has its own virgin goddess.

Of course, Western human rights activists are trying to pressure Nepal to stop this tradition citing that it abuses the girls’ human rights. No one in Nepal seems to be complaining, including the girls and their families.

She lives a normal little girl’s life, other than the yearly two-week festival in which she is carried around on a throne that rests on the images of two lions and people worship her and she blesses them. She plays with her brothers and sisters, likes instant noodles and biscuits and plays with toys and dolls.

She’s completely unaware of the controversy surrounding her trip. Instead, she is excitedly showing pictures and telling stories about her grand trip to foreign lands.

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Related: One of Nepal’s Living Goddesses Losses Her Status See more images of Sajani at this link.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor’s tenth husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, was found naked in his 2006 Rolls Royce and handcuffed to his steering wheel. He said he’d been robbed.

Access Hollywood is reporting:

According to a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department, they responded to a 911 call from the Prince at around 10 AM today, reporting a robbery. They arrived to find the Prince in the 10600 block of Bellagio Road behind the Bel Air Country Club.

The Prince claims that he was driving along, when “three white women” in a white Chrysler convertible with Florida plates pulled up next to him, told him they recognized him from TV, and asked him if he would taking a photograph with them.

Being the obliging royal that he is, he pulled over, and got out to take fan photos. Then one woman allegedly pulled a gun, held it to his neck and said, “Give us all your money!” They also reportedly relieved him of his jewelry, all of his clothes, and proceeded to handcuff him to the steering wheel of the car.

You probably remember von Anhalt from earlier this year when he jumped into the frey over who was Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daddy. No one took his claim seriously. He didn’t even seem to take it seriously. But he seriously seemed to enjoy the attention. Zsa Zsa didn’t comment on the incident as far as I remember.

An interesting piece of information about Anhalt is that he is not really a prince. He was born in 1943 in Germany and adopted as an adult by Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt. Anhalt claims that he was good friends with the Princess’ only son and when her son died adopted Anhalt to ease her guilt. Whatever the case, he was not born into the former German royal family and therefore, according to German law, can not hold the title of prince. The Anhalt family does not claim him as part of the royal family. He has been known to sell the Anhalt name for millions of dollars over the years.

Long story short, he seems to be something of a scumbag.

He has no problem telling people he didn’t marry Zsa Zsa for love and that he has affairs, including his claim to have had an affair with Anna Nicole Smith. All the same, they’ve been married 20 some odd years which is definitely the longest of all her marriages.

Well, that’s all beside the point isn’t it. Back on track. The police say they are investigating Anhalts robbery, but have little to go on to find the women who robbed him.

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Adeline, do you think it would be worth it to marry the untitled prince just so we can call ourselves princesses? I wonder if he has money?

Hazel, if I wanted to call myself a princess, I would just do it. I don’t need a prince for that. As far as “Prince” what’s-his-name, he probably faked the whole robbery thing so he could get some more attention. You are right - during the Anna Nicole baby daddy business, he seemed about as sleazy as they come. I don’t know how Zsa Zsa tolerates him. See ya - Adeline

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck showed off her pregnant belly on The View today. TMZ.com has the story and the video:

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The toxicology report is in for Chris Benoit, WWE wrestler who killed his wife, child and himself last month.

The Detroit Free Press

DECATUR, Ga. — Investigators said Tuesday they found steroids and other drugs in the body of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed his wife and young son last month before hanging himself in the family’s home.

Besides steroids, Benoit’s body contained the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and the painkiller hydrocodone, according to a statement from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The GBI said Benoit tested negative for blood alcohol.

Benoit’s wife, Nancy, tested positive for Xanax, hydrocodone and the painkiller hydromorphone.

The son, Daniel Benoit, had Xanax in his system, the agency said. The GBI said it could not perform tests for steroids or human growth hormones on the son because of a lack of urine.

None of this comes as any big surprise. I found it suspicious when the WWE claimed he had clean drug screens. Drug screens are easy to beat if you are a good addict. Especially if the organization taking the drug screen isn’t anxious to find any drugs in your system.

Dr. Phil Astin, Benoit’s personal physician and friend, has been charged with improperly prescribing drugs to other patients. He has been in trouble before for the same prescribing habits. His office has been raided several times by investigators who have seized his medical records. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.

The WWE has vehemently denied claims that steroid use is the norm for that organization. All you have to do is look at Benoit to tell he is, was, a steroid user. The same is true for many in the spot light of the sports world.

So who is at fault? Is it the drugs fault or Benoit’s for taking the drugs? Is it the fault of the doctor who prescribed the drugs? Is it the fault of the WWE that encourages unnatural strength and then tells it’s athletes to not take steroids with a wink and a nod? Or is it the public that demand more and more violence, strength and endurance to be entertained?

Or is it just a perfect storm of all of the above?

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“The Apprentice” will happen again, but this time it will have a twist. This time celebrities will be the contestants. Here’s the story from AOL News:

Celebs to Compete on Revived ‘Apprentice’

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (July 16) - Check your publicist at the boardroom door - NBC is inviting celebrities to try to wow Donald Trump in the next version of “The Apprentice.”

And while it would make for a marquee matchup, don’t expect Rosie O’Donnell to be among them

It will never happen in this lifetime or beyond,” said Cindi Berger, O’Donnell’s spokeswoman.

The network announced Monday that the game show will be back in the middle of next season with the celebrity twist, the winner donating proceeds to charity instead of going to work for The Donald.

NBC had canceled “The Apprentice” due to low ratings when it announced its next season schedule in May. But the network hired Ben Silverman as its new entertainment chief shortly thereafter, and he called on Trump and executive producer Mark Burnett to revive the show.

No contestants were named in NBC’s announcement. The network said it was looking for people with entreprenurial abilities in the areas of sports, entertainment and fashion.

Which, of course, raised the question of O’Donnell, Trump’s nemesis, maybe getting involved.

“It would be great to have Rosie on `The Apprentice,”‘ Silverman said at a morning Television Critics Association news conference. “Donald personally told me to extend an invitation to her.”

NBC entertainment co-chairman Marc Graboff echoed Silverman’s comment, saying “we’d love her” to be on the show.

O’Donnell’s spokeswoman, however, quickly put a freeze on the idea. She did confirm, though, that the former talk host and “The View” panelist was in talks with NBC about other projects.

What celebrities would add a little spice or interest to the show? Here’s my choice of a lineup:

Jessica Simpson - the Chicken of the Sea perspective
Nicole Richey - the anorexic look
George Clooney - the cool-for-the-cameras perspective
Chris Rock - some edginess
Elizabeth Hasselbeck - some common sense
Jack Nicholson - the “I-don’t-give-a-shit” perspective
Angelina Jolie - the ho/madonna perspective
Kim Cattrall - party girl view
Matthew McConaughey - gotta have one hunk in there
Sanjaya Malakar - comic relief - plus he’d be required to have a different hairdo every day

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According to People, Britney Spears went to a Bel Air pet store, spent less than 30 minutes and plunked down $3,000 for a Yorkie that she named London.

Here’s the story:

Britney Buys a New Dog
It really turned out to be a dog day afternoon for Britney Spears. The pop star and her bodyguard headed to Pets of Bel Air in the Glen Center in Bel Air on Friday – and left with a new puppy, a source tells PEOPLE.

An “excited” Spears walked into the store and right up to the dog section where she asked to see one dog in particular – a $3,000 Yorkie, says a fellow shopper. “She picked up the dog and loved it right away, she was incredibly nice and very pleasant.”

Pleasant and fast: The pop star gave the cashier her credit card and headed out with her new dog in hand after spending less than a half-hour in the store.

Click HERE for the rest of the story.

I don’t know. Brittney hasn’t shown the best of judgment as a mother to her two young sons. Does she really need yet another responsibility?

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Two brothers from Ohio got up close and personal with the horns of a bull during the nine-day running of the bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain.

You can read the full story HERE. Okay, I feel sorry for the two brothers. That must be an awful experience. However, I have to say, that’s one hell of a funny photo!

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Amy Polumbo, Miss New Jersey, has made news recently because of being blackmailed by someone threatening to release photos that Miss New Jersey found embarrassing. Apparently, the would-be blackmailer got the photos off Miss Polumbo’s Facebook page.

This morning, Ms Polumbo sucked it up and released the photos. The pictures were shown on NBC’s Today show and Ms. Polumbo correctly refers to them as showing her ‘not in a ladylike manner.’ They are just what she said they were, a bunch of school friends out acting goofy.

As you can see from the photos below, she is fully dressed and acting stupid with a bunch of friends. I can see why they would be embarrassing for a public figure. But really, what college students haven’t acted like that.

It seems to me that it’s much ado about nothing much …..

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It’s getting a little old - and sad. Rosie O’Donnell can’t seem to let go of her resentment against Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Donald Trump. Here’s her most recent comment about her former “The View” buddy, Elizabeth Hasselbeck:

“Her only fucking credit was Survivor. Come on!”

Apparently a person must have what Rosie considers acceptable “credit” to be considered a worthwhile person. And Rosie’s comment about Elizabeth was made after she drew horns, tail and a goatee on a photo of Elizabeth. The immaturity and childish words are almost sad - but not quite. She’s goes after Donald Trump again, too.

Here’s the clip:

I’d like to see Rosie on Survivor. Well, not really. I wouldn’t watch it. The point, though, is that Rosie wouldn’t make it through the first few days of Survivor. She’s such a petty and embittered woman. If she weren’t so annoying, it would be sad.

I checked Rosie’s website - just to see what it was like, and I was interested to read about how tolerant and accepting Rosie is of “almost everyone.” Rosie, enjoy your GLBT cruise and give up your mean-spirited comments. Your childish outbursts only diminish you further. Let it go, and move on.

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I saw this story, and there WAS NO PHOTO of the building! Or rather no photo of a drawing of what the building will look like after it’s built.

Architect: Building Is ‘Very Phallic’
AP
Posted: 2007-07-09 16:51:05
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The developer said his design for a 40-story resident tower proposed as a gateway to downtown San Diego looks like a flower. A city consultant said it looks like a giant phallus.

“With its rounded forms and swelling of the uppermost floors…this building structure is very phallic,” wrote Gwynne Pugh, a Santa Monica architect hired by the downtown redevelopment agency to review building designs.

San Diego-based Sandor Shapery’s proposal for a 160-unit hotel and condominium tower was expected to go before the redevelopment agency for initial feedback this month. Instead Shapery has asked for more time to “revisit” and perhaps “tone down” the design because he does not want to offend anyone.

“If it looks like a phallic symbol, someone has a strange perception,” said Shapery, who was trying to create an “organic form.” “You can find sex anywhere if you want to…There’s just some sick people out there.”

The building’s architect C.W. Kim of La Jolla said the goal was to create a unique building.

“You know, it’s the mediocre buildings that anyone can do,” he said. “Anyone can do a square building.”

I want to see the building, but then again - once you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. Or so they say.

Hazel, I’ll bet you could PhotoShop an interesting “phallic” building. Will you accept the challenge? It sounds possibly hilarious…

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