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The Scandal actress Kerry Washington, who has Isabelle, four, and Caleb, two, with husband Nnamdi Asomugha believes it is her job to "grow and evolve" into being the right sort of parent to fit with the needs of her kids and is constantly "challenging" herself to support them.

She said: "There's a writer that I love, Dr Shefali Tsabary. She writes about conscious parenting, and her paradigm is that we think about it all wrong. We think children come into the world and it's our job to mould them and create them and teach them who to be so that they can be the best version of themselves, but it's actually completely upside down."

She added, "We get sent by God the kids we need so we can grow in order to be the parents they need us to be. The children I got sent came in perfect, and I have to figure out how to grow and evolve so that I can support the truth of them."

Dolly Parton used to stop business meetings "for a minute" so that the men could stare at her boobs.

The 9 To 5 hitmaker understands that "everyone" wants to look at her bulging bosoms and, in a bid to stop potential clients from spending her whole pitch gazing at her chest, she would kick off the meetings by giving them 60 seconds to get their fix before they had to give her their full attention.

Speaking to the Daily Mail newspaper's Event magazine, she said: "I would say in a business meeting: 'I'll give you a minute to look at these but then I want you to listen to what I have to say because I'm here to make money for all of us.' "

And the 72-year-old country singer is not afraid to go under the knife to keep her perky assets and youthful looks because she believes her appearance is what keeps her famous.

Justin Bieber is renting a new mansion in Los Angeles for US$100,000 a month.

The Sorry hitmaker may have a wedding coming up that he needs to cough up for, but that hasn't stopped him from splashing out on a new home as he has reportedly signed a lease for a 6,000 square foot house in San Fernando Valley.

According to TMZ.com, the home, which has lakefront views, comes with four bedrooms, seven bathrooms and is decorated in a Mediterranean-style.

The 24-year-old pop star opted to rent because he wanted to have a home for when he and his soon-to-be wife Hailey Baldwin are in California for work, but he doesn't feel ready to splash out on a permanent abode just yet.