56-Year-Old Woman Dies 7 Days After Giving Birth to Twins

56-year-old Lisa Swinton McLaughlin wanted children more than anything, but died on Jan. 4 from a “bowel obstruction”, just 7 days after giving birth to twin boys.

Lisa McLaughlin lived in Baltimore and was in “significant pain” when she left the hospital and went home on New Year’s Eve. She thought the pain she was experiencing in the days after giving birth was caused by the incision of the cesarean section she’d had.

Plus-Size Model Tess Holliday Starts Hashtag - #EffYourBeautyStandards

Tess Holliday, real names Tess Munster, is 5-foot-5, and a size 22. But she's also a fashion model, and widely regarded as the first of her size and height to be signed to a major agency. Tess was discovered on Instagram, read here, after posting unapologetic pictures of herself in whatever she liked to wear and feel comfortable in.

Tess, who was named one of the top plus-size models in the world by Vogue Italia and Refinery 29, was signed by MiLk Model Management. This coming after she was told she was too short and too heavy to work as a model after she attended a casting session as a teen.

Omotola Visits Stella Maris College Abuja After Kickstarting World Tour

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde kicked off her Omotola @ 20 world tour with a dinner on Saturday January 24, 2015. The Nigerian superstar has continued the celebration by visiting Stella Maris College, Abuja.

Awarded as a Nollywood icon by both the AGN in Nigeria and Time Magazine USA, Omotola says her love for the school dates back to the time she was working on Ije, with Chineze Anyene. Anyene is from the family that owns the school and her film had received funding from the school.

The students described Omotola as a living legend and confessed to being inspired by her success story. In her speech, Omotoal encouraged the students to believe in themselves.

Benedict Cumberbatch Calls Black People 'Colored' On TV - Tenders Apology After Outcry

Benedict Cumberbatch has got into some hot water after referring to black actors as “coloured” during an interview with Tavis Smiley on PBS a few days ago. The Oscar nominated actor used the phrase during a debate about the diversity problems that black British actors face in the UK compared to the US, which he argued has been more open to casting them.

“I think as far as coloured actors go, it gets really different in the UK, and a lot of my friends have had more opportunities here [in America] than in the UK, and that’s something that needs to change.”

Happy Birthday Ellen DeGeneres - Talk Show Host Clocks 57

A day before Ellen DeGeneres celebrated her birthday on her show yesterday with Vice President Joe Biden and Keith Urban, she spent some quality time with her wife Portia de Rossi taking a walk on the beach. Both Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi were makeup-free in the selfie which Ellen later shared on Twitter with the caption;

"My last sunset of 56 with my favorite person." 

Banky W Releases 2 New Music Videos For Unborn Child and Lowkey

Banky W recently graduated from a 6-month course at the New York Film Academy where he studied film making with special focus on music videos. Following the release of 'Mercy', his first music film from his time at the film school, the Nigerian musician has now released two more - Unborn Child and Lowkey.

The music film for Banky W's "Unborn Child" (featuring Lynxxx) was written by Banky W, and co-directed by Banky W & Jonathan Whittaker, while Banky was in NYC studying filmmaking. It was co-produced by Banky W & The New York Film Academy.

Fanny Neguesha On Break Up With Mario Balotelli - 'I Wanted My Own Career'

Belgian model, Fanny Neguesha was one of Mario Ballotelli's longest relationships, the couple even got engaged and were together from March 2014 before they officially broke up in September 2014. Now the footballer's ex fiancee has opened up on why she broke things up with the Liverpool and Italy striker.

Speaking on Italian TV, Fanny explained that Mario Balotelli wanted to end her glamour modelling career. He was jealous of other men seeing her semi-nude phots I guess.

Family Time - PSquare Take Wives And Kids On Weekend Getaway

After their respective court weddings which took place a day apart last week - see photos here and here - Peter and Paul Okoye took their beautiful wives, Lola Omotayo, Anita Okoye and their lovely kids to a beachfront venue for some relaxation over the weekend. Lola, Peter and Paul shared the photos from the family fun-time on Instagram. More photos below...

Annie Idibia Responds To Kissing Photos of 2Face And Babymama?

Yesterday, the photos above surfaced showing 2face having a good time and kissing another woman, whom some say is one of his other baby mamas, Pero Adeniyi. One could easily wave this off as old news, except that 2 face can be seen wearing his wedding ring in the photos, proving he was already married and this happened in the last 2 years.

Neither 2Face nor Annie Idibia have released official statements on the photos, but the mom of two hinted in a recent interview that it was not a bed of roses being married to a man with other women in his life as the mother of his children. Several of her posts on Instagram a few days ago also talk about the devil using some "born again Christians" to distract her, saying; "may their "2faces" "2lives" not b exposed.." Is she referring to 2Face himself or any of his babymamas? See the full posts below...

'Soludo Is Confused' - Fani Kayode Goes on Personal Offensive Rather Than Facing Facts

Femi Fani- Kayode, the Director, Media and Publicity of PDP Campaign Organisation, has responded to former CBN governor Charles Soludo who calls on President Goodluck Jonathan to stop campaigning on the platform of economical gains to the country. Soludo had explained in an earlier article how the incumbent president had failed woefully in that regard. Read article.

Reacting in a public press statement however, Fani Kayode goes on a personal offensive and makes no reference to the facts and figures used by Soludo, only pointing to a couple of reports listing Nigeria as a growing economy. He accuses Soludo of having lost touch with reality, of being partisan and supporting Buhari. Read the cringe-worthy rebuttal below...