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Kelly Brook

Kelly Brook, the British model and actress, has been turning heads in Italy during her trip to the Ischia Global Film and Music Festival. Brook is reportedly looking to raise her profile in the acting world, and was spotted frolicking with Hollywood star Eli Roth this week, according to the UK's Daily Mail. The model was "the soul of the party" at an event near her Naples hotel, where she spent much of her evening with the horror movie director. Roth, who also starred in Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglorious Basterds', joined Brook for a paddle in the sea despite being fully clothed. The model's rugby star boyfriend Thom Evans was nowhere to be seen, and her spokesman said, "She's gone out with her U.S. agent but will be back at the weekend and no, Thom isn't joining her as it's a quick trip" Roth, who reportedly enjoyed a recent fling with Peaches Gelfof, later performed for guests at the party by grabbing the microphone for an impromptu...

Archaeologists Hunt for Mona Lisa Model

Italian archaeologists are digging the remains of Lisa Gherardini, a 16th-century woman who is widely believed to be the model for the famous portrait Mona Lisa, AFP reported on Wednesday. The team of historians say they will try to find the remains using geo-radar equipment and then try to re-create a likeness of what the woman, Lisa Gherardini, would have looked like to compare her to Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Gherardini (1479-1542), also known by her married name as Lisa del Giocondo, was the wife of a Florentine silk merchant and is widely believed to have been the model for the  portrait that now hangs in the Louvre in Paris. But the issue has never been settled definitively and mystery still shrouds the model's enigmatic expression and other details of the portrait.