On a show that will air on Friday, Oprah Winfrey cuts Oscar-winner, Hilary Swank’s hair for charity.

Swank, 33, is likely to end up with a short ‘do, as Winfrey reportedly cut some nine inches off her hair to donate it to Pantene Beautiful Lengths, an initiative dedicated to supporting and encouraging women who have lost their hair during cancer treatment.

“It’s taken months to get to this moment,” Winfrey says. “It involves a two-time Academy Award winner, a sharp object, and me.”

“I’ve been growing it for the last six months to donate my hair,” Swank says. “I’ve been taking a lot of vitamins and taking really good care of it, knowing that it would go to a woman in need.”

Also as part of Oprah’s Great American Haircut show, 100 viewers will get 100 makeovers in one hour.

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This was a great episode. Here are the highlights from today’s Live Regis and Kelly. All the costume changes were hilarious. Check it out!

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It seems that every day, there’s a new study with some information about cutting the risk of developing cancer. This one came from Good Morning America.

Guess what?

After five years of reviewing 7,000 medical studies, a team of top scientists from around the world has concluded that diet and weight directly affect whether you’ll get cancer.”

Yeah, that seems pretty obvious… Anyway, more interestingly, the researchers found that excess body fat is associated with the development of 6 different cancers including those affecting the breast, bowel and pancreas.

What else is linked to cancer?

• Alcohol consumption
• Red meat
• Processed meat

Again, even scientists are saying this isn’t so shocking:

“It should come as no real surprise that excess body fat is associated with cancer, as one additional chronic disease associated with obesity, since many dietary factors that protect against cancer are probably absent in the diet of an overweight or obese person,” said Daniel Hoffman, assistant professor of nutritional sciences at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J.

Still, there are all kinds of debates going on (including how the use of tobacco products fits into this equation). You can also find more information at www.dietandcancerreport.org.

In the meantime, here are some guidelines:

• Limit body fat. Your body mass index should be between 18.5 to 24.9. Weight around the waist is most dangerous.
• Limit red meat to 2.5 ounces a day. An additional 1.7 ounces a day increases cancer risk by 15 percent. That means an 8 ounce steak or a quarter-pound hamburger would be the limit for a week.
• Limit alcohol to two drinks a day for men, one drink a day for women.
• Limit salt intake to 2 grams a day. That’s about a teaspoon a day, instead of the teaspoon and a half that most people eat. To give you an idea of how much salt is in food — just one cup of cottage cheese has half the salt you should eat in a day: half a teaspoon. Processed foods are almost always higher in salt.
• Get nutrients from whole foods, not vitamin supplements.
• Mothers should breast-feed children.

To read the whole article, click here.

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Here are today’s top stories from Good Morning America:

• Soldier Survives 9-Inch Knife in Skull – Blade penetrated sergeant’s brain, but he survived with skills intact!
• Cheerleader Gets Sacked – Cali Kaltschmidt ended up with the most talked about hit of the football game.
• Noel Hits Cuba, Edges Toward Florida – The storm could pass over southern Florida over the next few days.
• Rivals Accuse Hillary Clinton of Flip-Flopping – Sen. Clinton’s rivals question her candor in Democratic debate in Philadelphia.
• Media Pushed Mills McCartney “to the edge” – Heather Mills McCartney said the frenzy has pushed her close to suicide.

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I had a good laugh when I saw that Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa had dressed like David and Victoria Beckham for Halloween this year. Hilarious!!! Here’s a screen shot. Hilarious!

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Oprah Winfrey’s best friend, Gayle King, has commented on the allegations of abuse at O’s $46 million school-for-girls in South Africa.

“We’re definitely working on it,” King told People on Monday as she entered the G&P Cancer Research Foundation Angel Ball in New York City. “There is still an investigation. We’re trying to figure out what is real and what isn’t.”

Students have reportedly accused multiple school employees at the South African Leadership Academy of physical and verbal abuse – allegations which Winfrey tearfully addressed Monday.

“It’s just heart wrenching that the situation even happened. It really is,” said King, adding that the two traveled to the school twice in one week. In fact, “Heart wrenching doesn’t do it justice,” she said.

I didn’t even know that there was a real question that there was abuse so I’m glad to hear that they are trying to get to the bottom of this whole sad situation.

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Wow!!!! Talk about poor taste! Early Show host, Harry Smith, made a joke about David Spade being the only one still alive from a cast photo from Saturday Night Live. Okay, not only is that not true (Adam Sandler and Chris Rock are pictured, for example) it’s also not funny!

Two of the cast members were the late Phil Hartman and Chris Farley – both known to be good friends of Spade’s.

To watch footage of this awkward moment, click on the photo:

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I’m going to be at the Blogworld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas next week and I would love to meet you guys! There’s going to be other b5media bloggers there and we will have a booth set up so that you can meet us all and win prizes. Good prizes? Yes! Relatively easy to win prizes? Of course!

Interested?

Here’s the info:

The Expo takes place on November 7th, 8th and 9th.

Poker Game

b5media will have a poker table in our booth where we will be giving away prizes like iPhones, Nintendo Wiis, iPods, Xbox’ and more! How do you win? By collecting b5 chips throughout the conference in several ways:

• Be seen wearing a b5media T-shirt – $1000 chip
• Answer b5media trivia – $500 chip
• Tell us our secret password – $500 chip
• Drop business card in box – $250 chip

Use your chips to play poker and win (or lose) even more!

*Beat b5media’s CEO, Jeremy Wright, and DOUBLE your chances*

Each day, we will have an auction in our booth (at 2:30 Thursday and Friday) and attendees can use their chips to bid on the prizes.

As noted, we will be doing a secret password. I will blog about the password (it will be updated a few times throughout the conference) so you will have to check the blog to see the new password! Participants only need to approach someone in our booth with the password to get their token. Today’s password is “b5alicious.”

I hope some of you can come! Visit blogworldexpo.com for more information!

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Bill O’Reilly is accusing Rosie O’Donnell of avoiding him and had one of his crew members ambush Rosie at her book signing. He also accuses her of comforting terrorists. Wow. This guy never ceases to amaze me.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt plus live vampire bats.

Wednesday – Martha reveals her Halloween costume! Also, comedian, actress, and author Rosie O’Donnell in her very first television appearance since “The View”. Plus, the Broadway Kids join Rosie for a musical number.

Financial powerhouse, Suze Orman is back to answer your urgent questions.

A couple with marital issues.

Halloween Mystery Trick-or-Treater – One of TV’s hottest stars is giving Rachael a scare!

It’s a ‘roaring’ good Halloween with live music, thrills and plenty of surprises

Halloween spectacular. Plus, the Backstreet Boys and Dr. Phil McGraw stop by.

Tyra changes lives with home makeovers!

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