Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Prevents diabetes, improves heart health: 7 reasons to add chia seeds to your diet





THESE TINY nutrition-dense seeds have multiple health benefits, so if you haven't already added the superfood to your shopping list here are seven reasons why you should...


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Alcohol, Valium addiction and living in a fantasy world: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee





A new biography reveals what made the singer terrified of being alone, how she got through four husbands and why she hated Barbra Streisand


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Jerry Lee Lewis: In His Own Words is an 'engrossing page turner'





PULITZER Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg traces the life of the controversial rock 'n' roll singer and showman


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Anything Benedict can do... Geri Halliwell announces her engagement in national newspaper





GERI Halliwell has copied Benedict Cumberbatch and announced her engagement to Christian Horner in The Times today.


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All white on the night! Keira Knightley dazzles at Chanel's The Imitation Game screening





SHE RARELY puts a foot wrong and Keira Knightley ticked all the right fashion boxes in a dazzling white dress, last night.


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'Yankee Diva' live streams from Carnegie Hall

NEW YORK (AP) " She's the "Yankee Diva" from Kansas who sang the national anthem at last week's World Series " invited after fans clamored for her voice in a social media campaign that went viral.Joyce DiDonato's beloved hometown...


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Citing illness, Dunham postpones book tour stops

NEW YORK (AP) " Citing illness incurred from her weeks-long book tour, Lena Dunham has postponed two appearances in Europe until early December.In a statement issued Tuesday through her publisher, Random House, Dunham said stops...


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Playing Hawking a complex equation for Redmayne

TORONTO (AP) " Time is relative, especially for young actors tasked with playing brilliant theoretical physicists.Eddie Redmayne estimates that the euphoria of being cast as Stephen Hawking for the film "The Theory of Everything"...


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NPR's 'Car Talk' co-host Tom Magliozzi dies

BOSTON (AP) " Tom Magliozzi, a mechanic with an MIT degree who became an unlikely radio star as part of the brother duo that hosted "Car Talk," one of American public radio's most popular show's ever, died of complications from Alzheimer's...


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Many Broadway shows offer kids-for-free program

NEW YORK (AP) " Forget paying for a baby sitter. Why not take the kids to Broadway?Theater-loving parents early next year will get a financial break with the annual program that lets children and teens aged 6-18 see a Broadway shows...


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Shakespeare on demand: Globe puts plays online

LONDON (AP) " Theater fans can now stream some Shakespeare, if they have the bandwidth for the Bard.Shakespeare's Globe, London's reconstructed Elizabethan playhouse, is making its productions available for download through a video-on-demand...


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Jennifer Lawrence suffers wardrobe malfunction in her daring white dress





SHE'S used to experiencing embarrassing moments in public, so it was no surprise to see Jennifer Lawrence laugh off her latest wardrobe malfunction.


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Soap opera exporter Brazil shows 1st African soap

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) " Brazil's own prime-time soap operas have long appeared on African television networks from Tunisia to South Africa. Now it's about to import an African soap opera for the first time.The state-run Agencia Brasil...


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Review: Ruhl deals with reincarnation in new play

NEW YORK (AP) " Would a 21st-century American mother really consider giving her 3-year-old son to a Tibetan monastery because he was allegedly a reincarnated Buddhist monk?Melding modern Western life with ancient Tibetan spirituality...


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Shy bladder group protests Rob Lowe ad

NEW YORK (AP) " Shy bladder sufferers want to stop the airing of a television ad where a "painfully awkward" Rob Lowe says that he can't urinate in public.The satellite TV company DirecTV suggests its critics should be able to take...


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50 Shades of Red: Follow Taylor Swift's lead and rock a bright lip





IN HER new music video for Blank Space Taylor Swift wears a variety of crimson, cherry and fuchsia-coloured lip shades. Make-up artist Beth Margetts reveals how to find the perfect red for you


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Miranda Lambert vs. the men at 2014 CMAs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) " In one corner you've got the starring members of the country boys' club: The veteran George Strait; the Australian guitar player who rocks the shaggy bangs, Keith Urban; the best-selling party boy Luke Bryan;...


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Miranda Lambert is 'All About That Bass'

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) " Blake Shelton isn't the only person Miranda Lambert is texting these days " she's also been chatting it up with breakthrough singer Meghan Trainor.The country star, who will perform with the "All About...


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'Dancing with the Stars' set to go on tour

NEW YORK (AP) " "Dancing with the Stars" is packing up its ballroom and hitting the road.The long-running ABC television dance competition show, which pairs celebrities with professional dancers, is launching a 33-city tour called...


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Mexican wrestling, reimagined, comes to weekly TV

LOS ANGELES (AP) " It was a meltingly hot October day outside the East Los Angeles warehouse converted to a wrestling ring. Inside, things were about to get equally torrid.In match after match, as about 200 fans cheered and whooped,...


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