The Hollywood Reporter published its annual breakdown of the Highest-earning actresses in Hollywood topped by Reese Witherspoon. While the list only includes names that have dominated the screen for several years, a few promising stars are climbing up the pay scale, including Katherine Heigl, Rachel McAdams and Jennifer Garner.

A very nice selection of photos about photographers…

A businessman met a beautiful girl and agreed to spend the afternoon with her for $500. They did their thing, and, before he left, he told her that he did not have any cash with him, but he would have his secretary write a check and mail it to her, calling the payment “RENT FOR APARTMENT.”

On the way to the office he regretted what he had done, realizing that the whole event had not been worth the price So he had his secretary send a check for $250 and enclose the following typed note:

“Dear Madam:

Enclosed find check in the amount of $250 for rent of your apartment. I am not sending the amount agreed upon, because when I rented the place, I was under the impression that:

#1 - it had never been occupied;
#2 - there was plenty of heat; and
#3 - it was small enough to make me feel cozy and at home.

However, I found out that it had been previously occupied, that there wasn’t any heat, and that it was entirely too large.”

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The most high-tech residential tower in the world is being constructed in Dubai. Its futuristic design and smart-home interactive features gained a whole range of various awards, including CNBC International Property Awards presented in Las Vegas.

I would rather receive a letter like this one:

Dear John:

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart. I can be forever happy–will you let me be yours? Gloria

than like this one:

Dear John:

I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we’re apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be? Yours, Gloria

Yet, the only difference is the punctuation.

But try to never lose your head. Otherwise, this might happen…

Gmap users from Berlin have demonstrated their loyalty to the service by organising an unusual event.

This boy has all the potential to become Sumo World Champion! Is it what his parents look forward to?

Beautiful sculptures from the Ice Festival in Lake Placid. I’m an ice sculptor, last night I made a cube.

10 years worth of building and 1.6 million matchsticks later Michael Williams has this work of art to present to the world.

An Indian train driver came up with an original idea when the train he was driving broke down unexpectedly.

Rather than face the prospect of scores of frustrated passengers launching a chorus of complaints, the driver instead asked them to get out and push.

Many chose to get out of their seats and do just that, officials say.

It took them more than half an hour to move the electric train 12ft (4m) so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey.

Momentum

“In so many years of service in the railways, I have never come across such a bizarre incident,” Deepak Kumar Jha, a spokesman for Indian Railways, told the Reuters news agency.

Officials say the extraordinary display of passenger power occurred on Tuesday in the eastern state of Bihar after a passenger pulled the train’s emergency chain, bringing it to a halt in a “neutral zone”.

This is a short length of track where there is no power in the overhead wires.

Correspondents say that a train’s momentum usually allows it to continue moving through neutral zones.