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Women's rights and gender equalityGlobal developmentMexico’s lost generation of young girls robbed of innocence and educationStudy reveals rising number of Mexican girls in relationships and marriages with older men and casts fresh light on causes of child marriage in Latin America Hundreds of thousands of young girls across Mexico are being driven into relationships and marriages with older men, denying them a childhood and an education, new research reveals. Of the 320,000-plus Mexican girls between the ages of 12 and 17 who are cohabiting, nearly 70% are with a partner who is at least 11 years their senior, according to a report commissioned by the Ford Foundation.

Fourteen years after Martin Lawrence was banned from SNL for urging women to douche, co-head writer Michael Che got to do an entire desk piece about the joys of washing one’s ass. Bidet company Tushy had its ads banned from the NYC subway, and Che is not having it. “People need to know about bidets,” he said. “I just got one and it changed by life. It’s glorious.

Shorn of the dead: Simon Pegg's hairline appears to have shifted as he sports fuller head of hair By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 06:39 EST, 12 December 2011 Starring in a film with Tom Cruise, can't be good for any man's ego. But it seems Simon Pegg gave his appearance a little helping hand by amended his receding hairline. The Hot Fuzz star has been promoting Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol at various premieres this week, sporting a rather healthier head of head with a hairline that seems to have shifted a tad further forward.

Shortly after filing for divorce, Rose took to Twitter where she claimed that Khalifa was not faithful during their one-year marriage. "Please stop with the fake stories," she shared with her fans. "I would never ever ever cheat on my husband in a million years I think u guys know this...Unfortunately now my ex husband can't say the same." The rapper's latest tweets come the same day the couple's child Sebastian celebrated his second birthday.

Play video content ENDING THE JOYRIDE Two teens stole an SUV and went for a joyride in Florida, but they got into a wild, high-speed police chase and ended up under arrest. Sunday's dramatic pursuit was captured on aerial footage from a police helicopter as marked vehicles followed the juveniles in a red Toyota along the Tampa freeways, going at dangerous speeds. Earlier that day, the suspects had stolen the vehicle, which was left unlocked with the engine running in a driveway.

John is desperate: “It’s not a competition. Please, please it mustn’t be that.” Cue his girlfriend’s snapped retort: “Then what is it really?” Good question. As revealed by the climactic round of mutual cross-examination when John (Jonathan Bailey) brings his girlfriend (Jade Anouka) home to meet his boyfriend (Taron Egerton), Mike Bartlett’s deliciously vicious, knockout play “Cock” is not so much a battle of the sexes as a battle of the sexualities.

Jackie Chan has been married to the love of his life for more than four decades now. He met the Taiwanese actress Joan Lin in 1981, and after a year of knowing each other, the couple soon decided to tie the knot. A companionship this long certainly had some obstacles to go through. And Chan’s was no exception to that. But as a strong couple, they faced the hurdles together and broke through them.

Maluma is sharing his life story with the world. The 25-year-old singer -- whose real name is Juan Luis Londoño Arias -- may show fans a glimpse of his life on social media, but now, the Medellín native is taking it one step further with his new YouTube Originals documentary, titled MALUMA: Lo Que Era, Lo Que Soy, Lo Que Seré.   The 90-minute feature, directed by Jessy Terrero, traces the singer's journey from his humble origins in Colombia, his home and family life, the moment he decided to pursue a career in music, as well as his evolution to selling out stadiums worldwide.

It’s no secret that sometimes comedy is taken a bit too seriously. Comedy obsessives love not just the jokes, but the mechanics and emotions of the comedy world. There are a raft of comedy documentaries exploring comedy and comedians, but do they really have anything significant to add to the discussion? This series looks at comedy documentaries and whether they’re interesting, insightful, and possibly even…funny? In my experience, a lot of comedy documentaries consciously try to avoid the stereotypes of documentary filmmaking, possibly as a way to emphasize the “outsiderness” of comedy.