GOP Candidate Squeezes in One Last Offensive Remark on the 'Rape Thing'

Though it's likely you're already suffering from Republican rape outrage fatigue, there's one extremely late entry into this election's collection of misogynistic quips. At a fund-raiser on Sunday, a liberal activist asked Washington Congressional candidate John Koster if there's any case in which he'd support abortion. In an audio recording posted online, Koster says, "When a mother's life is in danger, I'm not going to make that decision," — though there are other instances in which he is comfortable making that call. "Incest is so rare, I mean, it's so rare," says Koster, saying that as for the "rape thing," he knows one rape survivor who had her child, put it up for adoption, and is now pro-life. He adds, "But on the rape thing, it's like, how does putting more violence onto a woman's body and taking the life of an innocent child that's the consequence of this crime, how does that make it better? You know what I mean?"

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Black Breast Cancer Patients May Have Higher Death Risk in First 3 Years

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Black women with breast cancer are much more likely to die within three years of diagnosis than white women with the disease, researchers have found.

The risk is especially high among black women with estrogen receptor-positive tumors, according to Erica Warner, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.

She and her colleagues looked at data from more than 19,000 U.S. women who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 2000 and 2007 and followed for an average of about seven years.

Overall, black patients were 48 percent more likely than white patients to die of breast cancer in the first three years after diagnosis, and had a 34 percent higher risk afterward, the investigators found.

Asian breast cancer patients were 40 percent less likely to die than white patients. There was no difference in death risk between Hispanic and white patients, the study authors noted.

The findings were presented Sunday at an American Association for Cancer Research meeting about cancer health disparities, held in San Diego.

The study also found the black patients with estrogen receptor-positive tumors were more than twice as likely to die within three years of diagnosis than white patients with that type of breast cancer.

In addition, black women with luminal A and luminal B breast cancer subtypes were also much more likely to die within three years of diagnosis than white women with those cancer subtypes.

"This finding is important because these are the types of tumors that we traditionally think of as more treatable," Warner said in an association news release.

There were no differences in death risk between black women and white women with estrogen receptor-negative, basal or HER2-overexpressing tumor subtypes, the investigators noted.

"The results of this study emphasize that clinical management and follow-up for patients with breast cancer, particularly black women, is important in the first few years after diagnosis," Warner said.

Because this study was presented at a medical meeting, the data and conclusions should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

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Evan Rachel Wood Wore A Carolina Herrera Wedding Dress To Marry Jamie Bell

UPDATE: It's true! Jamie Bell and Evan Rachel Wood DID get hitched. The actress's reps have confirmed the pair tied the knot in a 'small ceremony' held at an undisclosed location in California. 'The bride wore a custom dress by Carolina Herrera. It was a small ceremony with close family and friends,' they told People. Ooh, please let there be photos!

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Well, perhaps they didn’t want to steal Justin and Jessica’s thunder as it seems Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell might have got married in secret recently. Never ones to flaunt themselves in the limelight the couple were spotted over the weekend at LAX both wearing bands on their ring fingers. Exciting much?

Rumours started swirling that Evan and Jamie might be set to wed in January when Evan was pictured with what looked like an engagement ring on her finger. It was then reported earlier this month that they had been seen going to the Beverley Hills city marriage licence office to pick up… A MARRIAGE LICENCE. Now it looks like they may well have gone and done the actual deed.

Evan and Jamie have had a bit of an on-off relationship having first met on the set of a Greenday video in 2005 – they even got matching tattoos (the international symbol of ever-lasting love). They seemed like loves young dream but split after only a year together not rekindling their romance until 2010.

Lest us not forget in all our excitement though that Evan actually has been engaged before. To odd-ball (yeah, it’s an understatement) rocker Marilyn Manson. In fact it was only shortly after they broke up in 2010 that she and Jamie got back together. We wonder what he would have to say about all this eh?

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Rihanna's 'Styled To Rock' axed?

Rihanna's television venture Styled To Rock has reportedly been axed after just one series following poor ratings.

The Sky Living show, which pitted wannabe designers against one another, was hosted by designer Henry Holland and Girls Aloud member Nicola Roberts, with executive producer Rihanna making brief appearances for a few of the 10 episodes.

READ: Still Styled to Rock? Henry Holland and Nicola Roberts take our style challenge

The Daily Mail reports that ratings of below 79,000, as well as logistical problems surrounding Rihanna's hectic schedule - which prevented the pop star from appearing on the show as much as originally planned - meant the much-hyped show never quite met expectations.

"Rihanna's diary was manic, and to be honest, after it struggled for viewers it was always going to be difficult to get her to agree to do another series," a source told the paper.

The winner of the series - which whittled down 12 wannabe fashion designers through a number of high-profile design commissions for world-famous music acts like Kanye West - got to dress Rihanna for her performance at this summer's Wireless Festival.

READ: Rihanna: the biggest fan of London street style

A Sky Living spokeswoman said that it is currently "far too early to make a decision if the show would return for a second series."

Despite the reported axing of the London-based show from the Sky Living channel, it has apparently been sold to the US Style Network without Rihanna on board, although there is no word on whether Roberts and Holland will continue as hosts.

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Sandra Bullock's "Toy Story" Trick-Or-Treating with 'Buzz Lightyear' Louis

Treating her too cute tot to a fun-filled holiday, Sandra Bullock opted to go with a "Toy Story" theme for this year's Halloween happenings in Los Angeles, CA..

Fresh off of scooping her young son up from his Studio City school, the "Blind Side" beauty costumed up as the Pixar classic's cowgirl Jessie while little Louis adorably assumed the role of Buzz Lightyear.

As previously reported by GossipCenter, the 48-year-old actress recently appeared on "Chelsea Lately" to give pal Chelsea Handler some tough love.

Approaching her naked in the shower, Sandra scolds Chelsea, "You have a responsibility to be a role model -- a role model to young girls and gay and questioning youth. And you need to lay off the booze. Lay off the booze. Lay off the booze!"

Enjoy the pictures of Sandra Bullock spending the Halloween holiday with Louis (October 31).

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Mariah Carey & Family are Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Getting the whole family in on the Halloween spirit, Mariah Carey and her brood dressed as Goldilocks and the Three Bears on Wednesday (October 31).

Hubby Nick Cannon even got in on the fun as he donned a papa bear costume while Mariah was (of course) dressed as Goldilocks.

The couple's one-year-old twins Morrocan and Monroe were adorable in their own brown bear costumes.

Sharing the fun with her over 8 million Twitter followers, the 42-year-old diva tweeted, "Happy Halloween everybody!" with a link to the photos.

Enjoy the pictures of Mariah Carey and her family in their Halloween costumes (October 31).

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Will Angelina Jolie Wear A Wedding Dress By L'Wren Scott?

If you've picked up the new issue of Grazia (out now), you'll already have seen the latest whisperings surrounding the much-anticipated Brangelina nupitals. It’s been six months since the most famous couple on planet earth – that's Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie - announced their engagement. But, despite our incessant hankering for information, there’s been very little info to go on, let alone the small matter of THE DRESS. Until now that is...

Last week, Grazia learned there’s a serious contender for the role of wedding dress designer – L’Wren Scott. There are rumours that Angelina has had ‘several meetings’ with the model turned designer and girlfriend of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger.  ‘Angelina wanted to go with someone who is not so obvious for designing wedding gowns,’ said a friend, ‘She’s been courted by some of the hottest designers on the planet, but having a big name isn’t important to Angelina. She wanted someone she could trust and she most definitely trusts L’Wren.’

Apparently, L’Wren and Angelina originally bonded over their similar body shapes. ‘L’Wren is famed for designing clothes to suit taller, thin women like herself,’ said a source. ‘Of all the people she’s met with she feels L’Wren is the one that understands her body the most.’

L'Wren Scott's bridal-esque designs

In 2008, the actress wore one of L’Wren’s designs to the premiere of Brad’s film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in LA. She also wore a strappy red number to the 2011 Moneyball premiere in Tokyo. It can’t help but be handy that the pair are neighbours too. Brad and Angelina moved into a house next door to Mick and L’Wren’s in Richmond in April – which would make popping over for dress fittings pretty easy, wouldn’t you say?

Despite rumblings that the wedding could happen sometime soon, at the time of going to press Brad, 48, and Angelina were yet to set a date. Angelina is currently wrapping up filming her new film Maleficent, whilst Brad is spending his time looking after their six children (and filming obscure adverts for Chanel).

When Grazia contacted L’Wren’s publicist, they refused to comment on whether she would be designing Angelina’s wedding gown. 

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