Ginger trouble is afoot!

Much like Rebekah Brooks face slightly resembles a foot!


I kid, i kid.


maybe.

She does seem to be getting a lot of heat, but it seems that while she was in charge, she isn't directly responsible.  Come on, Rebekah, keep your reporters in order!  For the name of ginger!


LONDON (AP) — Media baron Rupert Murdoch says embattled executive Rebekah Brooks will continue to lead his company in Britain despite calls for her resignation amid a burgeoning tabloidphone hacking scandal.

Murdoch supported Brooks as politicians called Wednesday for her to step down because of the tabloid's actions when she was its editor. She now heads News International, part of Murdoch's global News Corp. empire.

Murdoch's News of the World tabloid had reportedly hacked into the cell phone of missing 13-year-old Milly Dowler in 2002, deleting messages and giving her parents and police false hope that the girl was still alive. She was found murdered six months later.

Elsewhere, actor Hugh Grant told Sky News he has been called as a witness by London police into the hacking scandal.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

LONDON (AP) — Britain's prime minister demanded inquiries into a burgeoning phone hacking scandal as allegations mounted Wednesday that a tabloid eavesdropped on missing schoolgirls and the families of terrorist bombing victims as well as celebrities and royals.

The scandal sparked an emergency debate in Parliament, where lawmakers vented outrage at the alleged phone hacking by the News of the World tabloid. It also posed the greatest threat yet to Rupert Murdoch's global media empire, as a growing number of companies pulled their ads from the tabloid in disgust and calls mounted for Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch's top executive in Britain, to step down.

"We are no longer talking here about politicians and celebrities, we are talking about murder victims, potentially terrorist victims, having their phones hacked into," Cameron said. "It is absolutely disgusting, what has taken place, and I think everyone in this House and indeed this country will be revolted by what they have heard and what they have seen on their television screens."

Cameron called for inquiries into the News of the World's behavior as well as into the failure of the police's original phone hacking inquiry, which did not uncover the allegations now emerging. The tabloid is part of News International, the British arm of Murdoch's News Corp. media empire.

London's Metropolitan Police, meanwhile, confirmed they were investigating evidence from News International that some officers illegally accepted payments from the tabloid in return for information.

Labour legislator Chris Bryant, one of dozens of prominent Britons who believe their phones were hacked, called the paper's actions "the immoral and almost certainly criminal deeds of an organization that was appallingly led and had completely lost sight of any idea of decency or shared humanity."

Still, Cameron said any inquiry into the News of the World would have to wait until the police investigation was concluded.

U.K. tabloids have a long history of harassing royals, sports stars and celebrities, eavesdropping and paying sources for information about stars' sex lives and drug problems. But News of the World is now accused of possibly interfering with police investigations into missing girls who were eventually found murdered.

A lawyer for the family of murdered teen Milly Dowler has accused the News of the World of hacking into the cell phone of the missing 13-year-old in 2002, deleting messages and giving her parents and police false hope that the girl was still alive.

British media also reported that the parents of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, 10-year-olds murdered by a school caretaker in 2002, had been informed by police that they were investigating whether the News of the World also hacked their telephones.

The hacking case then broadened to terror victims, with revelations that the tabloid's operatives are also suspected of hacking into the phones of victims of the July 7, 2005 terrorist attacks on London's transit system that killed 52 people.

Graham Foulkes, father of one of the victims, said police told him he was on a list of names of potential hacking victims.

"I just felt stunned and horrified," Foulkes told The Associated Press. "I find it hard to believe someone could be so wicked and so evil, and that someone could work for an organization that even today is trying to defend what they see as normal practices."

Foulkes, who plans to mourn his son on Thursday's anniversary of the attack, said a completely independent investigation is needed because new information that surfaced Wednesday shows the police were compromised by accepting "bribes" from the tabloid.

"The police are now implicated," he said. "The prime minister must have an independent inquiry and all concerned should be prosecuted."

Foulkes said Brooks, the one-time News of the World editor who is now chief executive of News International, must resign immediately. Brooks has said she didn't know about the hacking and will remain in charge.

"She's got to go," Foulkes said. "She cannot say, oops, sorry, we've been caught out. Of course she's responsible for the ethos and practices of her department. Her position is untenable."

Foulkes said he wants to meet Murdoch in person about the scandal but added "I doubt he's brave enough to face me."

Simon Greenberg, the News International spokesman, told the BBC that a meeting was "something we would consider."

Several companies hastily pulled ads from the News of the World. Virgin Holidays canceled several ads due to run in the Sunday newspaper this week. Car makers Ford UK and Vauxhall and Halifax bank also said they had suspended advertising in the tabloid.

Bloggers have urged advertisers to boycott the News of the World and all other media outlets of its owners. Mumsnet — a popular online community for mothers — on Tuesday removed ads from broadcaster Sky after its members complained.

Glenn Mulcaire, a private detective employed by the News of the World, and former royal reporter Clive Goodman have already served prison sentences for hacking into the phones of royal officials. Mulcaire issued an apology Tuesday to anyone who had been hurt by his actions, but said there was no intention of interfering with a police investigation.

"Working for the News of the World was never easy. There was relentless pressure. There was a constant demand for results," Mulcaire said.

The intense attention on the News of the World comes at a sensitive moment for Murdoch, who is seeking British government clearance to launch a full, multibillion-pound takeover of British Sky Broadcasting.

Britain's Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has insisted he will decide the issue purely on competition grounds, without regard to the behavior of the News of the World. But some members of Parliament are linking the two issues and demanding that Hunt block a takeover.

Cameron on Wednesday again rejected calls to refer — and thus delay — any BSkyB takeover by referring the issue to the Competition Commission. Cameron and his wife are friends with Brooks/

The rapidly expanding phone hacking case is also an embarrassment for London's Metropolitan Police, who essentially accepted the paper's claim that Mulcaire and Goodman were simply rogue employees whose actions did not reflect company policy.

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Jill Lawless, Danica Kirka and Meera Selva in London contributed to this report.

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The (second) prettiest in pink

Molly Ringwald has come a long way from her days in the Brat Pack, and now she's talking about her philosophy for aging beautifully in a new book, Getting the Pretty Back. I got the chance to speak with Molly at a recent Benefit event, and she talked about everything from her morning beauty routine to wearing less makeup now than she did in her John Hughes days.

On her morning beauty routine: "Because I wear so much makeup in the work I have to do, I'm pretty simple and pared down in real life. I try to focus on keeping my skin in good shape, and I wear in a ponytail most of the time. It makes my life easier, because I can navigate the world and not draw a lot of attention to myself. Oh, and a venti, nonfat extra-shot cappuccino—which is a beauty product, if you think about it." 
On wearing less makeup as she gets older: "When I was a teenager, I used to wear a lot of makeup, and it's weird, but wearing a lot of makeup when you're older makes you look older. You have to get a little craftier about the way that you put it on. It's not that I don't wear makeup; I just have to apply it with a lighter touch. There's also a certain amount of confidence that comes with getting older. When I was a teenager, I would just put on every color up to here — it was the '80s. But getting older and getting more confident in my face has made me want to wear less makeup." 

On the best secrets she's been given by a makeup artist: "The makeup artist that worked on Pretty in Pink told me that when you put your base on, always go like this [looks down, drops chin] so you get your chin. So many people get their face, but they forget their neck and don't blend. Somebody also told me a trick today about cheeks. She said to think of them like Neapolitan ice cream sandwiches: vanilla, strawberry, chocolate. So white on top, pink on the apples, and shading on the bottom. Then blend, blend, blend." 

On her new book: "I wanted to write about being an 'It' woman instead of an 'It' girl, and I wanted to write a book where people felt good reading it and empowered. We get to our 40s, and it's the time we take control of our lives; everything happened to me after 40. When you turn 40 is really when you become a woman." 

On whether redheads have more fun: "I think redheads get a pass, because redheads are more uncommon. So they always say things like, 'She's got that fiery personality, because she's a redhead.' You can get away with a lot when you're a redhead. There's a group of people that prefers blondes, there's a group that prefers brunettes, and there's a small group of people that prefer redheads. But they are so rabid, and they love redheads so much. My husband adores redheads, so I sort of lucked out there. " 

On her biggest beauty mishap: "Once, I set my eyelash curler down on a set of hot rollers; I was in a rush, so I used them. Immediately, my eyelashes fell out. So I didn't have eyelashes for a while — only on one eye, of course.

In my book, I also write about shaving off half my eyebrows. My mother said "Don't over-tweeze your eyebrows because they'll never grow back." Of course, if she hadn't said that I probably wouldn't have done it. So I shaved them and they really don't grown back. I mean they did eventually — it took about three years — but they just weren't the same."

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