CHARLIZE THERON HATES PRETENTIOUS ACTORS

CHARLIZE THERON detests fellow actors who take their craft too seriously, insisting she finds it infuriating when performers behave as if they are "curing cancer".

 

The star has crafted out a hugely successful career in Hollywood, mixing independent movies with blockbusters, and picked up a Best Actress Oscar for her turn as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster.

But despite her talent garnering critical and commercial acclaim, the blonde beauty admits she can't stand "pretentious" actors - and only likes working with low-key co-stars.

Israel's fight against sex trafficking

BBC Thousands of foreign women have been trafficked for sex in Israel Marina rarely leaves her two-room home in northern Israel these days. She is in hiding - wanted by the Israeli authorities for being an illegal immigrant, and by the criminal gangs who brought her here to sell her into prostitution. Marina - not her real name - was lured to Israel by human traffickers. During the height of the phenomenon, from the beginning of the 1990s to the early years of 2000, an estimated 3,000 women a year were brought to Israel on the false promise of jobs and a better way of life. "When I was in the Ukraine, I had a difficult life," said Marina, who came to Israel in 1999 at the age of 33 after answering a newspaper advertisement offering the opportunity to study abroad.

Lesbian couple can file for divorce in Maryland, court rules

Washington (CNN) -- Maryland's highest court has ruled that a lesbian couple married out of state can legally file for divorce, even though Maryland's own same-sex marriage law does not take effect until next year.

The issue is whether states without legalized same-sex marriage can recognize gay or lesbian weddings outside their borders. The appeal involved a Prince George's County couple, Jessica Port and Virginia Anne Cowan.

Facebook sets $28-$35 price range for IPO

NEW YORK >> Facebook, the company that turned the Web social, has set a price range for an initial public offering of stock that values the company at up to $95 billion.

Facebook's IPO would be the biggest ever for an Internet company. Facebook disclosed the price range of $28 to $35 per share in a regulatory filing Thursday.

At the high end, Facebook and its current shareholders could raise as much as $13.58 billion. That happens if the underwriters sell extra stock reserved for overallotments, which they will likely do given the excitement surrounding the IPO.

That's much higher than the 2004 IPO for current record-holder Google Inc., which raised $1.9 billion including the overallotment. The IPO valued the company at $23 billion. Google is now worth about $200 billion.