Martina Navratilova

Recently, Martina Navratilova was in news for closed out her competitive career on September 9 in fitting fashion: a mixed doubles championship at US Open for her 59th Grand Slam title.

Navratilova teamed with Bob Bryan to beat Kueta Peschke and Martin Damm by 6-2, 6-3 before an appreciative crowd that stood and cheered throughout the final game. The mixed doubles final was played at Arthur Ashe Stadium right after Maria Sharapova beat Justine Henin-Hardenne for the women's singles title.

At this occasion, Martina said that she thought she could've played another 5 years at a top level, adding, "I'm quitting because I want to, not because I have to." Navratilova left the sport in 1994 after winning 167 singles titles. She returned for doubles in 2000, and insisted before this tournament that it would be her last.

Navratilova won 6 straight Wimbledon singles titles from 1982-87. She teamed with the likes of Billie Jean King and Chris Evert in doubles over the years. Navratilova recalled her first pro win, in singles at a tournament in Orlando in 1974.

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston was in news recently because of dreaded terrorist, Osama bin Laden's latest lust. Osama bin Laden had a crush on Whitney and wanted to make her his wife after killing her husband Bobby Brown.

Sudanese poet and novelist Kola Boof, who claims to have once been Osama's sex slave, writes this in her autobiography- Diary of a Lost Girl. “He told me Whitney Houston was the most beautiful woman he`d ever seen. He would say how beautiful she is, what a nice smile she has, how truly Islamic she is but is just brainwashed by American culture and by her husband- Bobby Brown,” Page 6 quoted her as saying.

According to her, Osama often talked about killing Brown, and couldn`t stop talking about his favorite singer for whom he had “lofty plans”.

But, she adds, the 9/11 terror mastermind hated Whitney`s hairstyle, saying. "Why do you wear your hair braided? Only monkeys did that.” As he had a liking for the white skin, Osama was also dismissive of black women. According to her, he used to say to her: "African women are only good for a man`s lower pleasures. What need do you have for a womb?"

Bridget Jones

A bedroom scene from 2001 hit 'Bridget Jones' Diary' has topped a poll of UK’s 10 favorite bed scenes.

The moment where hapless singleton, played by Renee Zellwegger, answers the phone, saying "Bridget Jones, wanton sex goddess, with very bad man between her thighs... Dad . . . Hi . . . ” has been voted the best bed scene, beating other memorable favorites from films such as 'Basic Instinct' and 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory'.

Second place went to Basic Instinct’s ice-pick murder scene, while the portrayal of a possessed teenager lying on a bed in 1970s horror film 'The Exorcist' came in 3rd. Fourth in the poll, commissioned by bed manufacturer Silentnight on over 3,000 people, was all four grandparents in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lying top-to-toe in bed, followed by the Pink Ladies sleep over and the rendition of Sandra Dee in 1960s hit flick Grease.

“The survey results were surprising as none of the bed scenes actually involved sleeping. That goes to show that people are starting to associate their beds with a lot of other activities,” The Sun quoted a Silentnight spokesman, as saying.