Bond girl Denise Richards is reportedly rekindling her romance with Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, four years after they first split. The couple, who dated for around a year before splitting in 2007, have decided to give their relationship another go and have been on several romantic dates, Femalefirst reported. “They’re very happy and are dating. They never stopped caring for each other,” a source said.
Richards, 40, has always had feelings for Sambora. “Richie and I shared an easiness I hadn’t before had. We were able to be open, honest, and completely authentic with each other, with no judgement. I don’t regret my relationship with him. I learnt hard lessons from our journey together. My heart may have been bruised, but it was pure. Richie is a wonderful man,” Richards wrote in her memoir.
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Joe Jonas gets lap dance from Britney Spears
London: Pop heartthrob Joe Jonas received a lap dance from Britney Spears during her performance of Lace and Leather in London. The See No More hitmaker held his eyes shut as the 29-year-old singer handcuffed his hands behind his back and wrapped her legs around him during her track Lace and Leather on October 31, Contactmusic reported.
“What a great night! LONDON! you rule! what a way to end the Britney Spears tour. (sic). And ... Britney Spears thanks for the strip tease.. ;) (sic),” he posted on Twitter.
Spears has previously performed the lap dance section of her show on male members of the audience brought on stage for the occasion. — PTI
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Chimps understand language?
London: If you believe speech perception is a uniquely human trait, think again — chimpanzees may also have the ability to understand language, says a new study. The new research with a 25-year-old chimp named “Panzee” showed that the “well-educated” animal can understand over 130 English words and can even recognise words in sine-wave form, a type of synthetic speech that reduces language to three whistle-like tones.
This shows that she isn’t just responding to a particular person’s voice or emotions, but instead she is processing and perceiving speech as humans do, DiscoveryNews reported. “The results suggest that the common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans may have had the capability to perceive speech-like sounds before the evolution of speech, and that early humans were taking advantage of this latent ability when speech did eventually emerge,” lead researcher Lisa Heimbauer, at Georgia State University’s Language Research Centre, said. — PTI