Boardwalk Empire is the winner of a leading seven trophies handed out at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Justin Timberlake earned TV comedy series guest-star honours. Miss Paltrow was recognised for Glee and Timberlake for hosting Saturday Night Live. Mr Timberlake shared in another Emmy for co-writing his opening monologue, in which he crooned about not wanting to sing.

Loretta Devine was honoured as best guest actress in a drama series for Grey’s Anatomy, with Paul McCrane earning the category’s best actor award for Harry’s Law.

Boardwalk Empire, which stars Steve Buscemi as a Prohibition-era politico in Atlantic City, New Jersey, earned trophies for categories including art direction, picture editing and makeup.

The ceremony for technical and other achievements in television will air on September 17 on ReelzChannel. The main Emmy show, hosted by Jane Lynch of Glee, airs live on September 18 on Fox. (PA)

‘Nude Blacks’

Stripping a defence took on a whole new meaning as an enthusiastic crowd gathered to watch the “Nude Blacks” on Saturday ahead of the World Cup clash between Argentina and England.

The Nude Blacks, a side made up of amateur players from New Zealand, do, as their name suggests, play with no clothes on.

Hundreds of spectators, of all ages and both sexes, gathered in Dunedin’s Kettle Park on Saturday to watch the Nude Blacks play their second game of the season following a win against a team from Fiji, who had taken the field in traditional grass skirts.

Saturday’s opponents in a sevens match were the Spanish Conquistadors, an all-female side made up of six women from Barcelona bolstered by a friend from Catalonia and a New Zealander with bunches in her hair.

This “battle of the sexes” came about after the Conquistadors won a place to take part in a “rugby on ice” tournament in New Zealand after posting a video of themselves playing on a beach in Barcelona. (AFP)

Steps to the bus

Commuters who catch buses to work walk nearly 300 miles a year, a new report has revealed.

Passengers walk an average of 0.8 miles each day to and from bus stops between their homes and offices, according to a study of more than 400 journeys across Britain.

Dr David Lewis, who carried out the research, commissioned by Greener Journeys, a body representing Britain’s biggest bus companies, said: “Someone who travels by bus daily will walk almost 460km (286 miles) per year – that’s equivalent to walking 11 marathons.” (PA)

Glowing cats

Green glowing cats have been created by gene scientists working on the Aids virus.

The spooky-looking moggies had their DNA modified with a gene from a fluorescent jellyfish and when placed under blue light, their fur, claws and whiskers emit an eerie green glow.

The purpose of the study was to show how a natural protein that prevents macaque monkeys developing Aids can do the same in cats which are susceptible to their own version of the HIV virus that triggers Aids, called FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus). (PA)

Listing ‘no joke’

A restaurant listed in the phone book under “Animal Carcass Removal” was the butt of a Jay Leno joke earlier this year.

But it is no laughing matter to the owner of Bar 3 Bar-B-Q in Bozeman and Belgrade, Montana.

Hunter Lacey says his restaurant’s reputation has been damaged and he is suing Dex Media Inc which published the 2009 directory, alleging a Dex employee deliberately published the listing after Mr Lacey declined to buy an advertisement. (PA)

Bus Stop moved

A school bus stop has been moved following complaints that it was situated outside a strip club.

Parents in South Carolina complained when they found out children had to wait in the car park of the club in Atlantic Beach to catch the school bus.

One mother, Misty Umphries, claims she had to explain the meaning of “topless” to her four-year-old child. (PA)

Captain Jihad

The story of a man who went from terrorist to peace campaigner has been turned into a comic book in Indonesia.

Nasir Abas went from helping train Islamic extremists to informing police about the Jemaah Islamiyah network and joined a government programme to convince convicted terrorists that killing unarmed civilians in the name of their faith is wrong.

The star of I Found The Meaning of Jihad said: “I want children to learn from my experience. I don’t want them to make the same mistakes.” (PA)