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London, Nov 3- Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has passed the first part of her helicopter flying exams just months after starting a series of lessons and her tutor insists she is a natural in flight.

‘Gisele hasn’t finished her license yet, but she did pass her written exam. Now, there is one more step along the way, the practical exam, which is coming up in another week,’ starpulse.com quoted Shoreline aviation president Keith Douglass as saying.

‘She has been doing an excellent job. She is very dedicated. She flies at least three days a week. Flying a helicopter isn’t easy – it is a handful, because you can’t stop flying and just cruise but she is doing great,’ he added.

At the same time Douglass admits that Bundchen’s huge baby bump is making her time in the cockpit tricky, as the 29-year-old supermodel is due to give birth to her first child with her American football player husband Tom Brady next month.

‘We have pilots that fly right up to the end of pregnancy. She doesn’t go very high, maybe 500 feet or 1,000 feet, which is nothing. She is always close and can get down quickly if she needs to. She is feeling great and looking great,’ said Douglass.

‘She has been doing an excellent job. But she is almost to a point where she is too big to be flying,’ he added.

London, Nov 3 – Singer Rihanna has finally spoken out about the night her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown attacked her.

‘This happened to me. It can happen to anyone,’ contactmusic quoted Rihanna as saying.

The ‘Umbrella’ singer who was left battered and bruised after Chris assaulted her in February at a pre-Grammy party admitted it was hard to come to terms with it because of the feelings she had for the rapper.

‘He was definitely my first big love. So it was very difficult for me,’ said Rihanna.

London, Nov 3 – British actress-model Elizabeth Hurley has turned her back on London living for the sake of her young son Damian.

The ‘Austin Powers’ star has lived in the British capital for years and bought a sprawling estate in Gloucestershire, England in 2003 so that she, husband Arun Nayar and her seven-year-old son could spend weekends and holidays in the countryside but now Hurley has made a permanent move to the property because Damian thrived away from city life, reports imdb.com.

‘I bought a farm about six years ago. We used to do London in the week, with my son at school there, and go every weekend but we got very stressed by it and in the end we just thought, ‘It’s so beautiful and Damian’s so much happier down here’. He loves the fresh air and running around outside, because he was so cooped up in London, so we made the big decision last Easter and moved down there full time,’ she said.

The 44-year-old initially struggled with the move but she’s convinced it was worth it.

‘It’s a big chance for a city girl, but I love it. It’s where my son’s supposed to be. It’s a little harder for me and my husband but it’s worth it,’ she said.