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Members of the global dating site might think twice in the future before indulging in devouring sugary, fatty holiday spreads, after the site's administrators kicked off more than 5,000 members for appearing too heavy in post-holiday photos. The online dating site, which launched in Denmark in 2002 before going global in 2009, announced this week that it expelled thousands of "fatties" in an effort to maintain its status as "the sexiest Web site in the world."   "Five thousand members have been let go," said Miki Haines, a spokeswoman for the site, which asks on its home page, "Do you want to guarantee your dates will always be beautiful?" "Basically they all posted photographs on the site between November and the New Year, and these photographs were a little less flattering than their previous photos," said Haines. While membership on BeautifulPeople.com is free, Haines said that people who wish to join must upload photogr

It's the latest trend in social connection – speed recruiting to find the perfect babysitter. Once or twice a week groups of up to 10 mothers and prospective carers meet in a suburban hall. They have a maximum of five minutes to get to know each other before a bell rings and it's on to the next candidate.   Desperate parents juggling longer hours in the workplace and scarce child-care places have turned to the Meet a Sitter founder Mei Koon for help.   The 34-year-old from Rozelle and her husband Paul Nicodem, 46, had trouble getting a place in child care for their son James, 1, despite putting their names on waiting lists when she was just three months pregnant. With busy work schedules – she was a marketing executive and he is an aircraft engineer – Ms Koon could not devote weeks to interviews with potential candidates found through ads or employment agencies. "The moment they walked through the door and I saw them face-to-face, I would know they weren'

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/30/2010 – “I’m a hopeless romantic,” says Seducing Cindy star Cindy Margolis. “On the show I fall in love with more than one person, which I never would have thought possible. Every date was something out of a fairy tale. Everything was so beautiful…waterfalls and roses and chocolate fountains and candles, date after date. I never wanted to leave.” In Seducing Cindy, 25 men are faced with a series of challenges to compete for Cindy’s heart. Margolis is the spokesperson for the charity Resolve, the national fertility association. “I did a challenge with the guys right off the bat,” says Margolis. “I had them give me their sperm samples. You want to see shock on a person’s face? ‘Hi. How are you? Here’s my Playboy and here’s a cup. I want your sperm sample.’ I had my fertility doctor there and a microscope and was able to look at their sperm and see who was the most potent.” Margolis is the author of the book How to Have a Baby when the Old Fashioned W

This is a story with a happy ending, and like most stories with such endings, it comes from nontraditional beginnings. Elmus Honeycutt found his new bride, Gladys Sue Balch, on ChristianMingle.com last summer, and they married Thursday afternoon in a small ceremony in Rainbow City. It would be your typical, run-of-the-mill, 21st-century court-ship story of boy meets girl through an Internet dating site — except in this case, boy and girl are both 86, and they were married in Elmus’ retirement community at Regency Pointe.   “I’ve never even heard of anyone 86 years old getting married,” Elmus said, laughing at the unusual circumstances surrounding his courtship and wedding. “But she’s in good health, and mine, as far as I know, is perfect.” “It just goes to show you’re never too old to try new things,” said Michael Porter, Sue’s 13-year-old great-nephew from Huntsville, who was a guest at the wedding. Although Elmus and Sue said they don’t have any friends their age who have u

After a three-year legal fight, the popular dating web site eHarmony has agreed to settle a class action civil rights lawsuit by fully opening the door to gays and lesbians. The Internet dating firm, among the largest on the web, also agreed to pay more than $500,000 that can be claimed by a collection of about 130 plaintiffs from California.   “We are delighted that eHarmony has chosen to make its remarkable technology available to the gay and lesbian community in a way that is welcoming and inclusive” said Todd Schneider of Schneider Wallace Cottrell B rayton Konecky LLP, co-lead counsel for the plaintiff class. The legal settlement, which remains subject to approval by Superior Court Judge Ann I. Jones in Los Angeles County on Feb. 3, comes at a time of intense debate over the rights of gays and lesbians in California, as the state Supreme Court argues the merits of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage in California. eHarmony did not admit any wr