Ashley Greene dazzles in a tight mini-dress as she gets her chance to shine at Twilight: Eclipse premiere

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Legging it: Ashley Greene shimmers in a silver mini dress and heels at the London premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse


With Twilight's main stars controversially absent from the UK premiere of Twilight Saga: Eclipse tonight, their lesser known co-star Ashley Greene was free to steal the limelight.

The 23-year-old actress, who plays vampire Alice Cullen in the blockbuster film franchise, was the main attraction at the Leicester Square screening last night in her silver mini-dress.

While she opted for a sweeping traditional red carpet gown at the Los Angeles premiere last weekend, she decided to sex up her look in a figure-hugging L'Wren Scott mini and grey satin Brian Atwood heels.


Pasty: Greene as vampire Alice Cullen in the film franchise


With her long light brown hair and tanned skin, the actress looked a far cry from her character Alice, who is a typical vampire with her pasty white skin and dark hair.

Although the film's leading couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart and their co-star Taylor Lautner were absent from tonight's screening, the hundreds of 'Twi-hard' fans crowded into Leicester Square were happy to see Greene and her co-stars.

Also providing some glamour was Greene's equally stunning co-star Nikki Reed, who plays blonde vampire Rosalie Hale, who wore an asymmetrical peach Alberta Ferretti dress and Brian Atwood heels.

They were joined at the premiere by co-stars Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen), Xavier Samuel (Riley Biers) and Alex Meraz (Paul).

There was a good celebrity turnout at the premiere, with TV presenter Holly Willoughby, singers Kelly Rowland and Duffy and Sugababe Heidi Range getting dressed up for proceedings.


Pretty in pink: Twilight star Nikki Reed (left) in an asymmetrical pink dress, while singer Kelly Rowland wore a shimmering black number


Twilight heart-throbs: Kellan Lutz (left) and Alex Meraz attended instead of Robert Pattinson


Perhaps having a blonde moment forgetting most premiere carpets were red, both Willoughby and Range turned up in red dresses, blending into the carpet.

Earlier today, some fans protested at Pattinson, Stewart and Lautner's non-attendance by wearing T-shirts with the word 'Robbed' on the front in anger that they had come down to the capital for nothing.

Others made it clear how long they had waited for tonight's proceedings, with one banner reading: 'To be first in line we camped for 34 hours for Eclipse'.


Colour clash: Holly Willoughby (left) and Sugababes singer Heidi Range blended into the carpet with their red dresses


Pattinson, 24, who plays vampire heartthrob Edward Cullen, Stewart, 20, who plays Bella Swan, and Lautner, 18, the hunky werewolf Jacob, have cited prior filming commitments as the reason for missing the screening.

And according to Stewart, the decision not to go was out of their hands.

She said: 'We don’t get to choose where we go. We’re told which premieres we are attending. We don’t have a say in it. There is nothing we can do.'

Instead, she, Lautner and Pattinson have recorded a video message for fans instead.


Can we be extras? Singer Paloma Faith (left) and Dancing On Ice star Emily Atack looked like they were auditioning for the next film in the saga


Glamour: Strictly Come Dancing star Ali Bastian (left) and socialite Chloe Madeley


Stewart was backed up by her co-star Anna Kendrick, 24, who plays Bella's human classmate Jessica Stanley.

Anna, who was nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Up In The Air alongside George Clooney, found that she too was left off tonight's guest list at the Odeon Leicester Square.

She said: 'It's not like I was asked to come to the UK premiere. I think it's a crazy, crazy press tour so they just put a couple of the major characters through that kind of whirlwind.


The new Gavin and Charlotte? Welsh singer Duffy arrived with her rugby player boyfriend Mike Phillips


Who needs Pattinson: (L-R) Meraz, Booboo Stewart, Reed, director David Slade, Lutz, Greene and Xavier Samuel


'Nobody's snubbing anybody but certainly it's not like, "I choose not to turn up" or something.'

Eclipse is the third film in the Twilight saga and focuses on Bella forcing to choose between her love for Edward and Jacob and in turn, deciding whether to stay mortal or become a vampire.

But even as sworn enemies, the vampires and the werewolves must also unite as red-headed vampire Victoria, played by Bryce Dallas Howard, seeks to exact revenge on Edward by killing Bella in revenge for the death of her lover James.


In demand: Pattinson, Stewart and Lautner attend the Los Angeles world premiere of Eclipse - but according to Stewart, they weren't invited to London







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Go Metro to Mummies of the World Exhibition

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By Daily Mail Reporter

'The Detmold Child' a Peruvian child mummy in a remarkable state of preservation and dated to 4504-4457 BC


More than 6,500 years ago in Peru, this tiny baby's brief battle for life finally came to an end.

The child, no more than 10 months old, had a serious heart defect and suffered from growth problems.

After contracting pneumonia and then suffering circulation failure the sick child died and was wrapped in linen and buried with an amulet hung around its neck.

Now the baby's mummified corpse, known as the Detmold child, is to go on display in the biggest exhibition of mummies in the world.

'Mummies of the World' will display 45 mummies and 95 artifacts from 15 museums in seven countries in a show that opens today at the California Science Centre.

The Detmold Child itself is on loan from the Lippisches Landes museum in Detmold, Germany.

Another set, the Orlovits family, was with a group of mummies found in 1994 in a forgotten church crypt in Vac, Hungary.

And another on display is a 17th-century nobleman, Baron von Holz, who apparently died during the Thirty Years' War in Sommersdorf, Germany.

The mummies also include a South American woman with a tattoo on each breast and one on her face, a woman who had tuberculosis, a child who had a heart condition and a youngster with a facial tumor.

The mummies are both natural and intentional and they often come with as many questions as answers, said Heather Gill-Frerking, an anthropologist and forensic archaeologist.


The mummified remains of Johannes Orlovitz, one of the Vac mummies, is displayed at the new Mummies of the World exhibit


A visitor looks at the 18th century Hungarian mummy of Michael Orlovits


Some curators agreed to contribute to the exhibition so that scientific tests could be conducted on remains, said Diane Perlov, senior vice president for exhibits at the science centre.

One mummy is that of an Egyptian woman, her arms crossed over her chest like royalty and her fists closed. Noninvasive tests revealed that in each clenched fist, she clutched the tiny tooth of a child. It was not immediately known why.

Another mummy, also from Egypt, was found to have a number of teeth stuffed in a head cavity. 'One theory is that in order to reach the afterlife, you have to be a complete body. These may have been his teeth and they needed to be reacquainted with the body.

Many of the tests - CT scans, X-rays, radio carbon dating, MRI, mass spectrometry, isotope analysis and DNA tests - were conducted as the mummies were being readied for shipment.


The mummy of an Egyptian man dated around 408 B.C


The exhibit is based on the work of the German Mummy Project, a group of experts from 15 European institutions based at the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim, Germany.

Beside human mummies, there is a mummified bog dog, lizard, fish, rat, hyaena, cat, squirrel, falcon and a howler monkey from Argentina.

Mystery, history and curiosity will lure what Corwin expects will be record-breaking crowds.

People are naturally curious and they often ask questions you don't anticipate, Gill-Frerking said. 'Did kids go to school 5,000 years ago? Maybe. Possibly. Probably not in the way we think about it,' Gill-Frerking said.


A 13th century mummy of an adult female from ancient Peru


People also have come to expect a lot out of DNA, she said. 'Ancient DNA questions come up a lot. It works brilliantly on 'CSI,' but it doesn't always work on mummies.

First of all, it can be destructive. And it doesn't always give us answers.'

Because the exhibit is playing to a sophisticated audience, 'Mummies of the World' has ramped up its multimedia displays, allowing people to learn what a mummy feels like, view a mummified tooth under a microscope and look at a photo of a 3-D body scan, among other things.

No matter how many tests are invented, there are going to be answers that went to the grave with some mummies - such as the woman tattooed with ovals containing small circles.

'It's clearly got some kind of meaning and it had a purpose - I'm willing to bet,' said Gill-Frerking.

The show will embark on a three-year tour across the U.S.


An adult male mummy from the Pre-Columbian Atacama Desert in present-day Chile

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Meet DustCart: The intelligent 'bin on wheels' robot that will come to pick up your rubbish when you call

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A resident in the Italian town of Peccioli gets to grips with DustCart during the trial


It might seem like something out of a 1960s, Jetsons-style vision of the future.
But this handy little robot could end the row over fortnightly bin collections once and for all.

Researchers have developed an intelligent robot that can navigate itself around a city’s streets and collect resident’s rubbish on demand.

An EU-funded project has resulted in a human-sized robot, called DustCart, that balances on a Segway base and can navigate itself to stop outside your door when summoned.

Professor Paolo Dario, the coordinator of DustBot said: 'We've taken the very best and most advanced robotics components to build DustCart which solves a very real problem for waste authorities across Europe,' explains Professor Dario.

'Yes, it is a bin on wheels – there's the drawer in which you place your bag of rubbish or recycling – but there's a lot more to the robot than that.'


The robot is able to guide itself around narrow streets


The robot is mounted with cameras and other sensors so it can 'see' where it is going. It scans the path ahead and processes the information to avoid stationary objects.

It also picks out moving objects like pedestrians or bikes ad quickly computes their trajectory and alters its course to avoid a collision.

The visual images are also relayed to a control centre where human operators can check everything working properly and are able to intervene if necessary.

DustCart uses a clever triangulation system to navigate its way to a resident's home by interacting with wireless networks.

The network can pinpoint the robot, calculate optimal routes between pick-ups, and communicate this information to the robot.

Professor Dario said: 'It is the dream of every robotics research to develop a fully automated and intelligent system but we have chosen a different approach.

‘Here, we have a smart robot in a smart environment; the robot 'talks' to its surroundings and the surroundings communicate back. This means the robot has access to a lot more information and computing power.'

DustCart has three levels of intelligent control. First there are the autonomous, built-in systems including motion sensing, obstacle avoidance and user-interface functions including speech recognition.

It also uses 'intelligent' data processing to help it navigate it through the streets.

Finally, a human control centre monitors operations, but only intervenes in an emergency - if someone tries to steal the robot, for example - or where the technology fails.


Two DustCart robots sits eitherside of their counterparts DustClean and who is a street cleaner


Professor Dario said: ‘We have substantial information on the performance of the system and its safety. We have had no major failures yet and no safety breaches. The robot is supervised through CCTV.

‘And we also have insurance, which basically means that the insurer is satisfied that the robot is safe to use on the streets.'

In May, DustCart entered a two-month period of service in the small town of Peccioli in Italy – around 100 households being served by two DustCart robots.

The DustCart has performed demonstrations in six European locations, plus two in Japan and one in South Korea.

The developers say that if upcoming trials prove successful then a working commercial model could be available by the end of this year.

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Rain gets caked on his birthday

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Rain has laughed off getting caked at a concert in Japan.

On the 25th which was his 28th birthday, Rain got caked by his backup dancers at his concert in Japan.

The tour in Japan started on the 22nd and he’s already having a good time, judging from the released pictures. The cake was prepared by his fans but his dancers knew exactly what to do with it other than eat it.

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Kan Mi Yeon makes a Crazy comeback with Mir on M! Countdown

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Three long years have passed and it’s finally time for former Baby V.O.X. member Kan Mi Yeon to make her comeback as a soloist on M! Countdown.

After releasing a series of teasers for the past few days and finally the full MV just yesterday, Kan Mi Yeon is ready to show ya’ll that she’s still got it. With a little help from MBLAQ member Mir, she filled the stage some much needed sex appeal and powerful moves for her comeback single Crazy.

This track seriously grows on you, so be sure to give this performance a chance on your radars. Check out their sizzling act below!

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SISTAR pushes their way onto M! Countdown

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Although the ladies didn’t perform at Ocean World today, they did bring their game on M! Countdown with yet another catchy performance of Push Push.

SISTAR debuted a few weeks ago and have recruited a ton of fans since then with such a catchy song that most people are sure to enjoy.
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Introducing Ji Hae of Girl’s Day

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To further hype up the debut of the 5-member girl group Girl’s Day, DreamTea Entertainment has revealed more information about two more members, Ji Sun and Ji Hae.

While in their high school years, Ji Sun and Ji Hae were known as one of Korea’s best dancers and have been known for their highly appraised dancing skills which was revealed to the public a few years back.

DreamTea Entertainment said, “These two 1989ers have received numerous awards in dancing competitions during their junior and high school years.”

During Ji Hae’s high school years, she was rewarded second place and a special reward at an on-the-spot dancing competition held amongst other Korean teenagers hosted by a Culture Sightseeing Department.

She also snagged the grand prize in the modern dancing segment of a music competition held at a christian university in Seoul back in 2007.

Ji Hae who is 163cm tall and weighs 45kg and is currently majoring in dance at Sungkyunkwan University, has temporarily taken a hiatus from her status as a college student. From the description on Youtube, she will be the rapper.
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