The US has released a special postal stamp in honour of Mother Teresa, acknowledging the diminutive nun’s unrelenting humanitarian service for the sick and destitute for nearly 50 years.
The US Postal Service issued the stamp during a special ceremony held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Sunday. The 44-cent stamp features a portrait of Mother Teresa, who received a Nobel prize in 1979, painted by award-winning artist Thomas Blackshear II of Colorado Springs. Blackshear II was also in attendance at the event. Teresa, who died in Kolkata on September 5, 1997, and is buried there, was awarded honorary US citizenship in 1996. —PTI
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A toilet dedicated to Butler
London: Scottish actor Gerard Butler has a toilet in his name in Michigan. Contactmusic.com reports the fans of The Bounty Hunter star have reportedly dedicated a toilet in a store in Michigan to the actor after he relieved himself there.
“Turns out the place where the locals go to have a brush with fame is located in the back room of the Ace Sprinkler Company — and it’s the store’s one and only toilet! Gerard, who’s in the Detroit area shooting Machine Gun Preacher, stopped to use the restroom one day and later posed for pictures with the owner’s two daughters,” said a source. —IANS
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Pamela offers love scene as prize for winner
London: Baywatch beauty Pamela Anderson is offering to shoot intimate scenes with the lucky winner of a new online contest.
The actress, who became a household name after she appeared in TV soap as lifeguard CJ Parker, has agreed to be filmed frolicking in bed with the winner of phone firm Nokia’s latest competition, Contactmusic reported.
The short movie The Commuter, is to be shot in high definition on the company’s N8 mobile handset and premiered in London next month. Another cameo role opposite Gossip Girl actor Ed Westwick, to be shot in an elevator, is up for grabs in the contest. —PTI