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LONDON: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has taken flying lessons after realising her son Maddox (8) enjoys watching planes. “When Maddox was one-and-a-half,we used to go to the airfield,have lunch and watch the planes. And it dawned on me,I could fly. So I promised him I would fly by his second birthday,” said the 35-year-old actress,according to Contactmusic.

Keith Vaz gifts belt to UK mayor whose pants came off

LONDON: Indian-origin Labour MP Keith Vaz has gifted a belt to the Lord Mayor of Leicester,whose trousers came loose and fell down at an education event for children last week. The incident made headlines when the portly mayor Colin Hall’s trousers came loose and fell down. He later apologised and attributed the “malfunction” to a weight loss diet he was on.

Andrew Garfield to be cast as new Spider-Man

Actor Andrew Garfield is to play comic book superhero Spider-Man in the next outing of the film series. Former Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi departed the franchise after making three films. The 26-year-old actor will begin work on the new movie in December,the BBC reported. His previous works include The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus alongside the late Heath Ledger.