Kimberly Walsh loves her body

Singer-songwriter Kimberley Walsh loves her toned up body and credits her participation in dance reality show "Strictly Come Dancing" for it. "The best piece of advice I could give anyone who wanted to lose weight and tone up would be: Go on 'Strictly...'! I've spent many years putting myself under the spotlight but now, in my 30s, I've accepted my body," dailystar.co.uk quoted Walsh as ...

Lydia Davis wins $93K Man Booker International Prize

Lydia Davis, an American writer of short stories --some of them just a single line long -- has won the 60,000 ($93,230 Cdn) Man Booker International Prize. She was named the winner in London Wednesday, coming out ahead of nine international contenders. Davis, 65, has written nine collections of short stories and one ...

Jolies aunt has breast cancer

Angelina Jolie had extra reason to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer – her aunt is currently battling the disease. The Salt star underwent the preventative surgery in February after she tested positive for the "faulty" BRCA1 gene, which increases a woman’s likelihood of contracting breast and ovarian cancer, the latter of which ...

The Zervos Picasso Catalog Is Resurrected

Staffan Ahrenberg, a Swedish collector of contemporary art, was walking along Rue du Dragon in Paris one day in 2010 when he noticed Cahiers ...

Television Review Does Someone Have to Go on Fox

Perhaps the least expected and appreciated gift of reality television is its capacity for redemption. Sure, people go on TV to get their hearts broken or to fight over meaningless things, but for every villain, there are many more heroes. And if individuals can be lionized by reality television, then why not companies? In this way, ...