Acting appealed to Stella Damasus because it helps her pretend to be someone else. The youngest in a close knit family of five daughters born to retired bankers, the 31-year-old actress, singer and compere embraced stardom at a young age. Today, she is an award-winning A-list actress and was on the first-ever African panel for [...]
Read the rest of this story »Every year, thousands of families are left in difficult financial situations as a result of their loved ones not having put in place adequate estate planning in the event of their death. In South Africa, it is estimated that as much as three quarters of South Africans admit to having no form of estate planning [...]
Read the rest of this story »Article By: Virginie Grognou Maria was beaten by her husband for years. Today, she has an emergency telephone just in case her ex gets too close. “The last time I lived with that person, I didn’t eat, I was locked in the dark, and I couldn’t get up from the sofa… “I think it was [...]
Read the rest of this story »Eating pork is at least as effective as popping a Viagra pill to spice up your sex life, according to Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, who claims to have tested the theory. “Pork consumption improves sexual activity,” Kirchner informed a surprised gathering of business people at a meeting at the presidential palace. “This is not a [...]
Read the rest of this story »By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS AS the residential real estate market in New York City continues to emerge from its deep freeze, sales at new condominium developments are starting to pick up. Enlarge This Image Tina Fineberg for The New York Times; Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times HARVEST TIME? The city’s condominium crop includes 80 [...]
Read the rest of this story »By LAURA M. HOLSON PERHAPS it is the pumpkin-colored sweater he wears, a choice better suited to an eccentric uncle than a New York gossip columnist. Or maybe it is the way his round glasses compete with his arched eyebrows and rubbery grin. But one way or another, Michael Musto — who has chronicled the [...]
Read the rest of this story »A Robert Stone character is often in a position to do harm or good, and his inclination is often to choose harm. This harm is as frequently to the protagonist himself as it is to others — the characters in Stone’s new collection, “Fun With Problems,” are, like many in contemporary fiction, dangerous mostly to [...]
Read the rest of this story »By ARIANNE COHEN MOTHS that thrive on wardrobes full of cashmere, wool, fur and other fabrics made from animal hair are a bane to many people. But there are plenty of ways to protect your clothes without resorting to mothballs. Cleanliness is the first — and best — line of defense, said Cheryl Ann Farr, [...]
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