It’s splitsville for Winslet, Mendes
LONDON ,BRITISH ACTRESS Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes announced their separation after nearly seven years of marriage on Monday.
Their lawyer, Keith Schilling of legal firm Schillings, which specialises in safeguarding the reputations of international corporations, brands, celebrities and high-profile business people, said the couple had separated earlier in 2010. “Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year.
The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement,” the firm said in a statement on behalf of the couple. Winslet, 34, and 44-year-old Mendes got married in May 2003 and have a six-year-old son, Joe. Winslet also has a daughter, nine-year-old Mia, from her first marriage to assistant director Jim Threapleton.
“Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children. They ask that the media respect the privacy of the family,” the statement added.
Both Winslet and Mendes were born in Reading, Berkshire, and both are Oscar winners, Winslet won the Oscar for best actress in 2009 for her role in The Reader.
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‘Hair loss cuts prostate cancer risk’
London: Here’s some good news for bald men at last, hair loss almost halves the risk of developing prostate cancer, says a new study.
An international team has carried out the study and found that men who start going bald at a young age are up to 45 per cent less likely to fall victim to prostate cancer later in life.
Although half of all men suffer significant hair loss by the age of 50, the scientists have linked the high levels of testosterone in those who go bald earlier to a lower risk of tumours, the Daily Mail reported.
For their study, the scientists analysed 2,000 men aged between 40 and 47, half of whom had suffered prostate cancer. The team compared the rate of tumours in those who remembered their hair thinning by the age of 30 with those who didn’t suffer hair loss. Men who had started to develop bald spots on the top of their heads as well as receding hairlines had the least risk of cancer, the findings revealed.
Baldness is caused when hair follicles in the scalp from which hair grows, become exposed to too much dihydrotestosterone, or DHT. This is a chemical produced by the male hormone testosterone. —PTI
Their lawyer, Keith Schilling of legal firm Schillings, which specialises in safeguarding the reputations of international corporations, brands, celebrities and high-profile business people, said the couple had separated earlier in 2010. “Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year.
The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement,” the firm said in a statement on behalf of the couple. Winslet, 34, and 44-year-old Mendes got married in May 2003 and have a six-year-old son, Joe. Winslet also has a daughter, nine-year-old Mia, from her first marriage to assistant director Jim Threapleton.
“Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children. They ask that the media respect the privacy of the family,” the statement added.
Both Winslet and Mendes were born in Reading, Berkshire, and both are Oscar winners, Winslet won the Oscar for best actress in 2009 for her role in The Reader.
AGE CORRESPONDENT
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‘Hair loss cuts prostate cancer risk’
London: Here’s some good news for bald men at last, hair loss almost halves the risk of developing prostate cancer, says a new study.
An international team has carried out the study and found that men who start going bald at a young age are up to 45 per cent less likely to fall victim to prostate cancer later in life.
Although half of all men suffer significant hair loss by the age of 50, the scientists have linked the high levels of testosterone in those who go bald earlier to a lower risk of tumours, the Daily Mail reported.
For their study, the scientists analysed 2,000 men aged between 40 and 47, half of whom had suffered prostate cancer. The team compared the rate of tumours in those who remembered their hair thinning by the age of 30 with those who didn’t suffer hair loss. Men who had started to develop bald spots on the top of their heads as well as receding hairlines had the least risk of cancer, the findings revealed.
Baldness is caused when hair follicles in the scalp from which hair grows, become exposed to too much dihydrotestosterone, or DHT. This is a chemical produced by the male hormone testosterone. —PTI
