PIERS MORGAN: Plastic surgery is the Devil's Curse. It draws people in on an enticing promise of a better life, then commits them to a living Hell. Dr Brandt played God with them, and they played his willing, devoted, and desperate disciples.

Rodney Todd Sr (left), 36, and his seven children between the ages of 6-16 (four pictured top right) were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning inside their home in Princess Anne, Maryland, on Monday afternoon. Todd's mother and stepfather said the CO poisoning was caused by a generator the family were using to keep warm after the local power company had cut off their electricity because of an outstanding bill. The alarm was raised by colleagues of Mr Todd, who worked at the University of Maryland as a utility worker, when he failed to show up to work this week.

Sabrina Broadbent Tetzner gained full custody of her four children last week, but ran into troubles when she tried to pick them up from the fundamentalist Mormon sect in Arizona where they lived. FLDS cult members surrounded her car and her children in an attempt to keep her from taking the kids away. Tetzner, 32, left the FLDS cult eight years ago and has been fighting to get her children ever since.

NEW Latoya Tilson (left), 33, took out a .25-caliber handgun and fired several times into the feuding crowd in College Park, Georgia, on Saturday night after she was hit in the face by someone, police said. But while one bullet struck a 17-year-old boy in the buttocks, another hit Tilson's 15-year-old son, Pierre (right), in the head. Pierre died from his injuries on Monday night. Tilson was arrested on several charges, including aggravated assault and cruelty to children, following the incident. Her charges are now expected to be upgraded. Inset: Police at the scene of the shooting.

Donny Ray Williams on Friday was given a suspended sentence and 5 years probation for two 2010 sexual assaults. Prosecutors spared Williams jail time largely because of his severe medical issues stemming from an unrelated 2013 acid attack. Williams was once a staffer for the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs disaster recovery subcommittees.

Candice Bergen's competition for her dad's affection was not with a sibling - it was with his iconic sidekick dummy Charlie McCarthy (top left). 'Charlie had his own bedroom next to mine - and his was bigger,' she writes in new memoir. She reveals that she would sit on one of her father's knees at the breakfast table and Charlie McCarthy sat on the other.' A gentle squeeze on the back of my neck was my cue to open and shut my mouth so he could ventriloquize me. Charlie and I would chatter together silently, while behind us Dad would supply the snappy repartee for both of us'. Emmy winning actress Bergen, now 68, also confesses that she was the highest paid actor in television for a lot of years after playing the title role in the hit CBS sitcom, Murphy Brown that ran for ten years starting in 1988.

Don't let her smile fool you. Fans say Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer was so rude at the recent children's book-signing event at Barnes & Noble in Los Angeles, before the night was over people were dragging their kids out of line, demanding refunds on the books and storming out of the store in disgust. Octavia said 'no touching, no coming around the table to take a photo.' She would not engage with fans. They had to tell the assistant their name, which she would then write on a sticky and hand it to the actress. When a man approached with a photo of Octavia for her to sign she said, 'I'm NOT doing that.'

Duke University and coach Mike Krzyzewski won their fifth NCAA title during the championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Monday night. It is the Blue Devils' fifth NCAA title. Duke freshmen Tyus Jones and Grayson Allen were the night's top scorers with 23 points and 16 points, respectively.

The 'crazy' American tourist caused carnage when she drove the wrong way down a busy highway in the Pattaya region of Thailand, smashing into cars and motorbikes and injuring two motorcyclists. Local media said the woman, aged 29, played 'demolition derby' on the road. When police stopped the car (left) by shooting her tyres, an angry mob formed around the tourist and she refused to get out of the vehicle, leading officers to smash open the driver's door and take her to their car (right; inset).

Meet the British women who have shunned modern living and designed their homes around their favourite decade. From Claire Nugent (bottom right), who spent £400 on a 1940s loo, to Emma Edwards (left), who at one stage had six 1950s cocktail bars in her home, and Ursula Forbush (top right), who loves everything kitsch - these homes really are a blast from the past.

Stella Schaefer (left and right) is being cared for in a Bali prison by Heather Mack (right), who allegedly murdered her own mother Sheila Von Wiese-Mack, together with boyfriend Tommy Schaefer (inset), 21. While Stella was being cared for by a friend outside court today, a blanket fell away, revealing the child's face to the world for the first time. The little girl was kept outside Denpasar District Court while her parents appeared briefly, but separately, before a panel of three judges. Lawyers for both Americans said they rejected the premeditated charges that had been laid upon them.

Taken in ISIS' northern stronghold of Mosul, the photographs show four men being interviewed by the terrorists (top right) before they are dragged before bloodthirsty crowds eager to see their executions (bottom right). The savage punishment (main image) is significantly more extreme than ISIS' usual punishment for theft - which typically sees the accused having their right hand hacked-off by machete-wielding jihadis who pump the men full of drugs to numb the limb before severing it from the victim's body.

An Israeli geologist has conducted a battery of chemical tests to link the James Ossuary (pictured) with the long disputed 'Jesus Family tomb' in Jerusalem's East Talpiot neighbourhood. The research has huge ramifications as it suggests that Jesus was married and fathered a child and that a physical resurrection didn't happen.

Breaking records for the largest suite in Los Angeles, the Westwood-designed penthouse at The London West Hollywood hotel is set to open next month, and it will cost a eye-watering $25,000 (almost £17,000) a night. The suite overlooking LA can hold 300 people for a private function and is part of the hotel's $25 million (approximately £17 million) renovation project. One of its best features is a 5,000 square foot private outdoor roof terrace, boasting breathtaking panoramic city views.

Melvin the giraffe had gotten his head stuck in a fence when he was attacked by an eland antelope walking in the same enclosure at Kristiansand zoo, around 200 miles south of Oslo. Zoo vets rushed to the scene, but were unable to save the five-year-old giraffe, who died in front of around 30 people, many of them children. Melvin was a firm favourite among young visitors, having been named in a readers' competition in a national newspaper when he was born at the zoo in 2010.

The Swedish furniture shop has banned visitors to their Chinese shops taking off their shoes to nap on their display beds and sofas, after the problem became widespread across China. Sleepy shoppers regularly fall asleep on the beds and couches, with some even getting under the display covers, since IKEA opened its first store in Beijing in 1999. Fed-up bosses have had enough and announced new rules to tackle the problem.

The black and white ads, which were shot by photographer Cass Bird, star famous full-figured models Ashley Graham, Marquita Pring, Candice Huffine, Victoria Lee, Justine Legault and Elly Mayday, who are posed in pieces from the brand's Cacique lingerie collection. 'Our #ImNoAngel campaign is designed to empower ALL women to love every part of herself [sic],' Lane Bryant CEO and President Linda Heasley said in a statement.

The woman had walked to the Kosciuszko Bridge shortly before noon on Monday, climbed over a railing and stood on a section of metal piping just wide enough to fit her feet. A witness said the woman was a 44-year-old Polish mother-of-one who was distraught over her troubled marriage.

This mansion, which has incredible 360-degree views across the mountains in Vail, Colorado, has now gone on the market for a tidy $29.5 million. Homeowner Dick Rothkopf, a former toy company chief, chose the location to build the estate because his family enjoyed hiking in the nearby hills. But the eight-bedroom, nine-bathroom property is so remote that it took two years, a team of engineers and $1 million to build the 1.5-mile driveway from the roadway to its front door, the Wall Street Journal reported. From 2008, it took two years, a team of engineers and $1 million to build the 1.5-mile driveway that snakes 700 feet from the roadway below.

CCTV footage captured the tragic moment little Nurhayada Sofia, who was out shopping with her mother, suddenly disappeared through a gap (right) and plunged five floors at Kenanga Wholesale City mall in Pudu, Malaysia. She was killed on impact after suffering horrific head injuries. The six-year-old had with her sister at the top of the escalator (top left) and playing with the handrail (bottom left) when the tragedy occurred.

Hazel the Bulldog is captured on video jumping onto a washing basket and landing inside. After leaning up against the side of it, the dog falls out and sprawls across the floor with some clothes. Later the puppy, who is a star on both YouTube and Instagram, chews on the basket and stares at the camera.

Getting a selfie with a celebrity appears to be the latest craze, but two scuba girls from California prefer to take their photos with some more colourful creatures. Divers Margo Sanchez and Stephanie Adamson have been snapping exotic underwater life for nearly a decade.

Shinto Kanamara Matsuri - the Festival of the Steel Phallus - started as a small tradition in Kawasaki, Japan, but has grown into a popular a tourist attraction, with participants praying to a god of fertility, child birth and protection from sexually transmitted infections. Tourists and locals watched as participants carried three giant phalluses modelled after a mikoshi portable shrine. In addition to the parade there are performances and music, and the festival itself raises money and awareness for HIV research.