From ashes to ammunition, and more

From ashes to ammunition

An Alabama company is offering to turn dead people’s ashes into ammunition that loved ones can fire as a final tribute. “It’s about celebrating life,” said Thad Holmes, co-owner of the company, Holy Smoke. The firm packs the deceased’s ashes into shotgun shells or rifle cartridges, which can then be shot into the air or at targets. “We know how strange it sounds to people who aren’t comfortable around guns,” said Holmes, “but for those who are, it’s not weird at all.”

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Cameron Diaz has been told to stop working out if she wants to keep being cast as a romantic lead. Sources tell ShowbizSpy​.com that the 39-year-old actress is “very aware that she is not getting any younger” and has been spending hours in the gym every day. But her physique is now so thin and muscular that it may be costing her jobs. “Nobody wants to see the leading lady with bigger biceps than her male co-star,” says the source.

The art of giving birth

A New York artist is planning to give birth before an audience in an art gallery, as part of a performance piece titled The Birth of Baby X. Artist Marni Kotak is now living in a “birthing room” at the Microscope Gallery, where an audience will soon witness her first child emerge. Kotak says going into labor in front of a crowd will prove that “real life is the best performance art.” In previous shows, she staged re-enactments of attending her grandfather’s funeral and of losing her virginity in a blue Plymouth.