Boxer Rob Newbiggin is preparing for the biggest challenge of his life—and we're not talking about his next fight.

Newbiggin, 44, has announced that he will undergo a sex change to live his life as a woman named Mercedes.

The August 14 against Michael Gomez fight was his last one as a man, reports Boxing Fanhouse. While sports bloggers are having fun quipping lines like, "You wouldn't hit a girl, would you?" Newbiggin, with his wife and kids, is struggling with the trauma the sex change will inflict on them. Indeed his wife Emma is sticking by him; … Read More

At YourTango's Celebrity Love we are so caught up in chasing love-life developments of the stars that only recently have we checked out GOOP.com, that Gwyneth Paltrow website where she tells us what we have to do to be more like her. Gwyneth Paltrow GOOPing Up Her Marriage?

Last week we heard buzz about Gwyneth using GOOP to promote some juice diet that seriously cleaned her out. So it's only natural that this week, she follows by offering love advice. We visited the site this morning, … Read More

It was a big week for Brits in Hollywood: Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe said he thinks Robert Pattinson is a handsome chap (um, who doesn't), Posh and Becks spent hundreds of thousands on one weekend holiday (see below), and Daniel Craig got engaged to Bond girl Gemma Alterton. Our mates from across the Atlantic are seriously dominating our headlines—and we Celebrity Love it. Here's our list of sexy super-faves where we asked in our best English tongue, "What's your relationship stay-tus?"

Daniel Radcliffe This little love wizard put a crazy spell on us this week … Read More

This video supposedly documents the true story of Christian who, as a baby lion, was put up for sale at Harrods Department Store. A couple named John Rendall and Ace Berg pitied poor Christian when they saw him in his little cage and decided to bring him home. Eventually, Christian got too big for their flat. Rendall and Berg realized they had no choice but to reintroduce him to Africa so that he could live a proper lion life. But after a year, they missed Christian as only two bleeding heart British humans can miss a department store … Read More

The country that brought loopy eyeliner, messy beehive hairdos and people named "Posh" and "Becks" to American culture has finally come up with something reasonable.  Let's hope this one gets imported -- right, mate?  

Sex education will now be obligatory for public school students in Britain in order to address the teen pregnancy rate, says Schools Minister Jim Knight.  Britain, which has the highest teen pregnancy rate in Western Europe, decided nine years ago to cut the teen pregnancy rate in half by 2010.  Compulsory sex ed is one step in its master plan -- and … Read More

He'll seduce with his dicing skills? Yes, the new breed of man works wonders with a whisk. "Gastrosexuals," professional chefs and amateurs alike, are turning women on, according to The Daily Mail. The stats:

According to the study by food company PurAsia 48 per cent of people say being able to cook makes a person more attractive to them and 23 per cent of 18-34 year old men say they cook to potentially seduce a partner.

The report also shows 60 per cent of British men now regularly cook for friends and family, favoring complicated foreign dishes over … Read More

I came across an absolutely befuddling story in London's Daily Mail today. "Sorry, but marriage and sex DON'T go together" is a profile of Carrie Jones, author of the forthcoming memoir Cutting Up Playgirl: A Cheerful Memoir of Sexual Disappointment. Jones is a self-described middle class mother of two who professes not to have had sex with her husband, Hal—"a good man and a great dad"—for the past four years. Moreover, she's pledged to remain celibate until her children are grown—at which point she plans to leave the marriage. … Read More

What woman hasn't dreamed about being whisked away by a noble prince, living out the rest of her days in a beautiful castle? Make your fantasy a reality by planning a stay in a royal-residence-c*m-hotel. These luxe locales will transport you to old world romance without skimping on modern amenities. So pack your bag (and your tiara!) and these palatial destinations will do the rest—all you have to do is provide your own prince. Who says dreams don't come true?