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Stunning sinkholes - beautiful and dangerous

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Photo courtesy of iStock / JoseIgnacioSoto Sinkholes are found around the world Sometimes, what looks like solid ground suddenly collapses to create some of the world's most spectacular natural sights: sinkholes, blue holes and cenotes. These fascinating natural phenomena are both beautiful and dangerous. Photo courtesy of E+ / Mlenny Great Blue Hole | Belize The nearly perfect circular sinkhole known as the Great Blue Hole has become one of the  world's top dive sites . The 1,043-foot-wide hole came to be after an above-ground cave collapsed some 15,000 years ago. Today, it's a UNESCO World Heritage site and a great spot for beginner divers. Photo courtesy of iStock / Dreamframer Blue Holes | Palau Found next to the beautiful Blue Corner in Palau, Blue Holes is a large, deep cavern beloved by adventurous divers. There are four holes in the reef that enter the cavern, which is home to wire corals, sea fans and leopard sharks. Photo courtesy of iStock / gappino Ik Kil | Yuca...

Welcome to Sydney with this breathtaking photo tour

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  Photo courtesy of iStock / Yiran An Welcome to Sydney There’s a lot to love about Sydney, from its iconic harbor to its beautiful beaches. Come along with us as we take a closer look at some of the city’s top attractions and hidden gems. Photo courtesy of Sydney Opera House An Australian icon No building in Sydney is quite so immediately recognizable as the Sydney Opera House, a UNESCO World Heritage site with its sail-like wings rising above the harbor waterfront. When the opera house is open, visitors can take guided tours of the building, attend a live performance or grab a bite to eat from the Opera Kitchen restaurant. Photo courtesy of Destination NSW Beach culture Sydney enjoys some of the world’s best urban beaches, none quite as stunning (or as famous) as  Bondi Beach . Surfers take to the waves from early in the morning, and surf schools along the sand offer lessons for those new to the sport. Photo courtesy of Destination NSW Swimming on the edge Few swimming pools...

Interview: Legendary Guest Star, Joan Collins

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Joan Collins’s face is Touche Eclat perfect. Her wig doubles the size of her head and she’s wearing a huge black-and-white shagpile coat. Sitting across from the 83-year-old actress in Claridge’s, I feel the most drab I’ve ever felt in my life – and I’m even wearing shiny shoes. In a career spanning six decades and five marriages, Collins has done serious films (‘ Decadence ’), saucy films (‘ The Bitch ’ and ‘ The Stud ’) and is most famous for playing super-bitch Alexis Colby in ’80s TV show ‘Dynasty’.  She also took on another spiky character in ‘The Time of Their Lives’, a film comedy about a former actress breaking out of an old people’s home. In real life, Collins is like a glam aunt you want to sink a bottle of pinot with. She’s cutting, but in a way that’s an adrenaline rush rather than a kick in the guts. When I ask if we can take a picture together she inspects the photos then insists we do it again on her phone. When I ask how a recent dinner with friend David Hockne...

Jamie Foxx Transforms into Mike Tyson for Upcoming Biopic: 'The First but Biggest Task'

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© Jamie Foxx/instagram; Focus on Sport/Getty Images   Jamie Foxx (L); Mike Tyson Jamie Foxx  is bulking up in a big way for his latest film project. On Friday, the actor shared a series of photographs of himself sitting atop a short flight of stairs, showing off an impressive set of arm muscles. In the caption, he said the bulging bicepts are part of his "transformation" into legendary boxer   Mike Tyson   for the upcoming biopic  Finding Mike . "A few months ago we started the journey … The first but biggest  task is to transform the body  ... with a regiment of pull-ups dips and push-ups we are off to a pretty good start," wrote Foxx, 52. "We have a ways to go but God willing." "Yesterday on my good friends  @markbirnbaum  show I shared these early pics of the process ... like I said we have a ways to go … But I am prepared to get there!" he added. Many celebrities left supportive comments.  Justin Timberlake  left a strong-arm an...

Gerard Butler Reuniting With 'Angel Has Fallen' Director on 'Kandahar'

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© Lionsgate Gerard Butler is adding another action thriller to his belt, reuniting with his  Angel Has Fallen  and  Greenland  director Ric Roman Waugh on  Kandahar . Waugh will direct from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell LaFortune. Based on LaFortune’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at the time of the Edward Snowden leaks, the film will see Butler star as an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East whose classified mission and covert identity are exposed. Stuck in the heart of hostile territory, he must fight his way out of the desert alongside his translator to an extraction point while eluding the elite special forces hunting them. Kandahar  is being produced by Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, G-Base’s Alan Siegel and Butler, and Capstone Group’s Christian Mercuri. Rob Moran will executive produce along with Brendon Boyea and Jonathan Fuhrman...