Police seized a painting of Russias president and prime minister in womens underwear from a gallery in St Petersburg,saying the satirical display had broken unspecified laws. The police said it had taken paintings from the Museum of Power gallery on Monday after receiving reports they were illegal. One painting showed President Vladimir Putin wearing a tight-fitting slip and brushing the hair of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev,who is wearing knickers and a bra. Gallery owner Alexander Donskoy said officers had removed the paintings from the exhibition titled Leaders. Reuters Octavia Spencer sues diet company The Help star Octavia Spencer is suing the bosses of Sensa Products,accusing them of breaching contract and insisting they owe her for endorsing their products. Spencer alleges she agreed to promote a healthier lifestyle as part of a $1.25 million deal. After honouring her side of the agreement and actually losing weight,Spencer claims the campaign flopped and the company attempted to cut her from the deal. They alleged that their celebrity spokeswoman was in breach of contract for insisting upon adding the hashtag #spon at the end of her tweets for the diet product company. PTI Obama tears up watching The Butler President Barack Obama says he teared up watching a movie about an African-American man who served for 34 years at the White House during the tumultuous time of the civil rights movement. Lee Danielss The Butler is loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen,who served presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. I teared up thinking about not just the butlers who have worked here in the White House,but an entire generation of people who were talented and skilled,but because of Jim Crow (segregation laws),there was only so far they could go, Obama reportedly said. Reuters
