Deliriously happy! Eddie Murphy and leggy girlfriend Paige Butcher giggle together on morning coffee run

It has become a daily ritual and Eddie Murphy seems to love it.

The 52-year-old Delirious superstar smiled from ear to ear as his stunning girlfriend Paige Butcher showed off her toned legs in dark short shorts as the lovebirds grabbed an early coffee in Beverly Hills on Thursday.

The 34-year-old Australian model seemed happy too as she wore a yellow and black top with her dark denim shorts and black baseball boots as she held hands with her famous guy.

Smiles all round: A beaming Eddie Murphy and his girlfriend Paige Butcher grabbed a coffee in Beverly Hills together on Thursday

The usual: Eddie and Paige held hands while going for their daily coffee fix

Eddie dressed casually on the warm morning by wearing white jogging pants and a matching vest with white sneakers plus a large crucifix chain around his neck.

The pair seem smitten with one another and love to stick to their routine which is keeping the cash registers ringing at their local Coffee Bean.

Going strong: Despite their 18 years age difference the couple seem to have a lot in common

Eddie and Paige visited the same spot the previous day and he dressed down in a pair of red Addidas tracksuit bottoms and a white vest top and the well-known actor looked very relaxed.

Beside him Paige appeared to have put more effort into her coffee-stop look, no doubt aware that she is photographed every day.

Showing off her slim legs the Australian model wore a short denim dress which was cinched in at the waist. 

Cool and casual: While Eddie opted for a pair of tracksuit bottoms, Paige went for a denim dress as the pair popped out on Wednesday

Her long blonde hair was worn loose in a centre parting while like Eddie she covered her eyes with sunglasses.

The pair, who were holding hands as they arrived, didn’t just pick up coffees but also what appears to be flavoured ice frappes. 

It was recently reported that Eddie will be reprising the role of Axel Foley almost 20 years after the last Beverly Hills Cop movie was released, so the pair may be making the most of their free time while they have it. 

Déjà vu: Coffee dates are part of Eddie and Paige's daily routine

The Paramount Pictures film is 'moving fast' and Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec - the screenwriting duo behind Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - have been hired to write the script, according to Deadline.com.

The trio of comedies about a wise-cracking Detroit cop who moved to LA previously grossed $750 million collectively.

Paige meanwhile seems to work rather sporadically and hasn’t been seen to do much since meeting the Nutty Professor actor on the set of Big Momma’s House 2. 

Aside from that she has graced the covers of  Maxim and Fitness magazines, as well as doing various other modelling jobs since signing to IMG Models when she was 15 after winning a Covergirl cosmetics supermodel search.

Romania's King of the Gypsies is laid to rest in 'air conditioned' coffin as thousands of Roma turn up for four-mile funeral march through his Transylvanian hometown

• Florin Cioaba was the 'King' of the Romanian Roma community
• The 58-year-old died of a heart attack while on holiday in Turkey
• He famously married off his daughter when she was 12 years old

Thousands of Roma turned out for the funeral of their self-styled King as he was laid to rest in his hometown in Transylvania today.

Florin Cioaba, 58, who had taken to wearing a king's crown as the leader of the minority community, became famous around the globe for arranging a marriage for his 12-year-old daughter.

After watching her storm out of the church to avoid becoming a child bride, 'King' Cioaba became an advocate for education for Roma girls and began preaching that girls should not marry before the age of 16.

Royal farewell: Mourners, including 'King' Florin's sons and his wife Marita, stand around the glass-roof air-conditioned coffin, during a religious service at the 'King's home

March of the Roma: Thousands of Romani gypsies followed the truck heading for the cemetery to honour their leader

Tears for the king: Female relatives of late 'Gypsy King' mourn during his funeral in Sibiu, northern Romania

The royal guard: Bodyguards stand near the glass-covered coffin during the funeral procession on Friday

This despite the fact that his dutiful daughter Ana-Maria had returned to the church moments later and was indeed married off to a 15-year-old boy of her father's choice.

Cioaba died of a heart attack while on holiday in Turkey last week, and received the sendoff worthy of a royal.

His body was carried in an air-conditioned glass covered coffin down a four mile route in Sibiu, Transylvania.

A banner emblazoned with his crowned visage was draped across an apartment building in his hometown. Stonemasons have been carving his tomb in black marble for the last week.

‘He cared very much about his Roma community and he helped it a lot. He integrated it into Romanian society, he sent the members of the community to school,’ his relative Ion Rudaru said.

Crown lost: Mourners gather around a truck carrying the coffin of Florin Cioaba, the self-styled 'King' of the Roma community, who died last week aged 58

Community loss: The body of the 'King' was taken on a four mile funeral cortege followed by thousands of Roma

Next in line: The two oldest sons of King Florin; Dorin, right and Daniel, left, greet mourners in Sibiu

Controversial: King Florin, seen on a large banner on an apartment block in Sibiu, became a household name after forcing his daughter Ana-Maria to marry when she was 12 years old

Last journey: 'King' Florin later gained a reputation as an activist for improved communication between the Roma and the Romanian community and promoted education for young Roma girls

Regina of the Roma: 'Queen' Marita stands next to her husband's cross placed outside their residence in Sibiu, 118 miles northwest of Bucharest

The last journey: The casket of 'King' Florin Cioaba is carried by pallbearers in the cemetery at the end of the funeral march

Before the funeral, his elder son Dorin was crowned ‘the international king of Roma,’ while his younger son Daniel was crowned ‘the king of Romanian Roma,’ succeeding him as the heads of Europe's largest Roma community.

Cioaba himself took over the mantle in 1997 from his father Ion Cioaba, who was deported during the Holocaust to the Soviet Union.

Roma sociologist Ciprian Necula described Cioaba as a moderate leader and a mediator who used his pulpit to deliver many of his messages, including urging Roma not to beg on the streets, calling on them to wait until age 16 to be married and demanding more rights for the minority.

‘When I greeted him “I kiss your hand, Your Majesty,” he replied, “Stop that nonsense!”,’ Necula said Friday.

Fit for a king: The specially made coffin was allegedly air -onditioned for the Roma 'King'

New King: Dorin Cioaba, the new King of the Gypsies, kisses the hand of his mother Marita next to his father's coffin, after the crowning ceremony

Gypsy leader: Roma Gypsy women in traditional dress at wake for their late King this week

His people: An elderly Roma man takes part in the funeral of the 'King' a title Florin Cioaba had held since 1997 after his own father's death

Close-knit: Women gather at the mourning preparations in the Cioaba family home with guests arriving and visiting Florin Cioba's coffin for the last time

International leader: Musicians play in honour of 'King' Florin, praised for standing up to former French President Nicolas Sarkozy whom he denounced for repatriating Romanian Roma from France

Tradition: A Roma man throws coins for children at the funeral of 'King' Florin Cioaba in Sibiu

Cioaba was strongly influenced in his policies by his wife, Marica, whom he married when they were both 14 and with whom he had four children, Necula added.

He could be critical of European leaders, including former French President Nicolas Sarkozy whom he denounced for repatriating Romanian Roma from France.

There are officially some 620,000 Roma in Romania, but many do not declare their ethnicity due to widespread discrimination. Roma leaders say there are between one and three million Roma in the country.

How Children Born In Kirikiri Prisons Live

In the cell block reserved for nursing mothers and pregnant inmates at the Kirikiri Female Prison, Lagos, toddlers clung to their mothers’ chests. They observed newsmen, when they visited last week Saturday, with a bemused expression on their young faces.

By Kunle Falay

They are in prison because their mothers are inmates. Apparently, they weren’t aware of a better life out there. They probably thought it was normal to be confined only to the four walls of the prison. No friends, no birthday parties, no relationship at all with other children outside the prison walls. They are victims of circumstances and will remain so until they are 18 months old.

These children – nine of them – were born within the walls of the prison. They live a regimented life; one brought about by the fact that in prison, rules are meant to be obeyed. When to sleep, when to eat, when to wake up, when to switch off the light and when to put it on are all regulated by prison authorities and this is the life these children have been born into.

The children are all below 18 months, so they could not interact verbally with our correspondent during the visit, which was aimed at shedding light on their lives.

“When the children are a year and half old (18 months), the mothers have to let them go. That is the regulation. Families of the inmates take the children away and take care of them till the mother gets out,” spokesperson of the Nigerian Prisons Service in Lagos, Mr. Biyi Jeje, had explained to Saturday PUNCH.

When the gate to the main yard of the prison swung open on the day our correspondent visited, dozens of inmates were seen doing their laundry on the grassy open ground.

Chattering while some were laughing, the inmates (the prison officials forbade them being called prisoners) were cheerful. An official of the prison told Saturday PUNCH why.

“They have the opportunity of doing their laundry once in a week. It is like a social time for them. They are able to wash their clothes and beddings and interact more,” the officials said.

A prayer and counseling session was ongoing in another part of the prison. A dozen inmates in white prison-style gown clapped and sang in a small hall, thanking God for life and good health.

Our correspondent was ushered into the cells of the nursing mothers.

A couple of them shared a small cell with bunk beds and the others shared a bigger one.

Twenty five-year-old Shade (not real name) had her five-month-old baby boy in her arms when our correspondent entered the cell she shared with five other nursing mothers. Prison officials were also in tow.

It was not eating time, so newsmen could not observe how the children were fed.

“You can ask them any question so far as it has nothing to do with why they are here and you protect their identities. We don’t want trouble from their lawyers,” an official said.
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I Didn’t Sleep With Beverly – Angelo

Though it is widely believed that the South African housemate, Angelo, had sex with the Nigerian housemate, Beverly, in the ongoing Big Brother Africa reality show, the dreadlocked guy has denied it. He said they were ‘just kissing’.

Speaking to Saturday Beats on the phone earlier in the week, after being evicted from the show, Angelo said, “We didn’t have sex. We talked about it. There were some things I said I wasn’t going to do in the house.

I respect my mum so much. Before I got into the house, there were things I told my mummy I wasn’t going to do. I wasn’t butt naked. It looked as if we were having sex in that bathtub. We were just kissing. I couldn’t take advantage of Beverly because I respect her so much.”

Respect is not the only thing Angelo has for the Nigerian lady. Angelo also confirmed that he is in love with her and intends to pursue the relationship.

“We will try and work things out and see how we can make our relationship work. At the same time, I hope the people of Nigeria don’t hate Bev. I would love to come to Nigeria and experience Nigerian culture and take lots of pepper,” he said.

Now that he is out of the house, so many people feel the South African will go back to the girlfriend he left behind before BBA. But he said he wasn’t in any relationship before he got into the show.

“I didn’t have a girlfriend before I got into the house, but I had someone I told to wait for me so that we would see what would happen when I get out of the house. I will be focused on what I want to do as a person and then focus on my relationship with Bev and see where we will take it to,” he said.

No matter his feelings for Beverly though, Angelo said he hopes Melvin, the other Nigerian housemate, comes out tops in the show.

“Melvin is very humble and he is not a selfish person. I wish he wins. I think he is a stronger competition than Beverly,” he said.

Meanwhile, the show ends tomorrow with Elikem, Cleo, Dillish, Melvin and Beverly as the finalists
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