AGE might be just a number but women often are shamed for dating someone younger than them. One proud cougar even revealed that she been called ‘damaged goods’ by trolls, but that hasn’t stopped he
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar.This week: a senior account manager who makes $113,000 per year and spends some of her money this week on an iPad. Occupation: Senior account managerIndustry: Healthcare Age: 36Location: Queens, New YorkSalary: $113,000Assets: Savings: $1,500Debt: $133,000 (three personal loans,...
Released on 11 June 1981, Céline Dion's first single, "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" ("It was only a dream" in English) introduced us to a 13-year-old girl with round cheeks and long brown hair featured on the sleeve. With light makeup applied to her lips and eyelids, the young Quebecoise gazed timidly into the distance. What does she see beyond the infinite horizon? Are her dreams just illusions, as she sings on side A? Does she already know that “L’amour viendra" (“Love will come") as she sings on...
A MUM-OF-12 has opened up about how she affords to fund her lifestyle with so many children. Britni Church, who is from the US, explained that not only does she and her husband alternate the times
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It’s been eight years since I started, and I’m now 44 metres in. It’s taken its tollI first set eyes on the Bayeux tapestry thanks to a wrong turn. My husband was driving us across France, missed an exit, and we accidentally ended up in the town of Bayeux.I live in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, but having grown up in Sweden, I’d only been vaguely aware of the tapestry. I knew 1066 was a significant date for the English, but history lessons had bored me at school. I’d always had a love of needlework,...
Alphabet has announced its first dividend and a $US70 billion ($A107 billion) stock buybuck, cheering investors who sent the stock surging nearly 16 per cent after the bell. The Google parent is returning capital while spending billions of dollars on data centres to catch up with rivals on generative artificial intelligence. The dividend will be […]
Change to civil code will bring Japan into line with other G7 countries, amid concerns existing law inflicts psychological harm on childrenDivorced couples in Japan will for the first time be able to negotiate joint custody of their children after parliament voted this week for changes to laws permitting only sole custody.Under Japan’s civil code, couples must decide which parent will take custody of their children when their marriage ends – a requirement that critics say causes children...
These days, everything Ryan Gosling wears turns to menswear gold (or, in the case of Ken, maybe a light shade of spray-tan orange). The bomber jacket he wore in Drive is a now-infamous grail. The high-end running sunglasses he wore on a recent press blitz sold out faster than you can say “on your marks”. And his obsession with King & Tuckfield’s polos helped turn the brand into one of Hollywood’s premier knit whisperers. So when Gosling appeared in a promo video for last week’s episode of...
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar.This week: a researcher who makes $60,060 per year and spends some of her money this week on rubber gloves. Editor’s Note: This is a follow-up diary. You can read the original Money Diary here. Occupation: ResearcherIndustry: Museums/librariesAge: 24Location: Brooklyn,...
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Celine Dion is living with Stiff Person Syndrome – but the point is, she’s living. In an interview with Vogue … Celine Dion’s Living For Her Return To The Stage: I’m ‘Determined’ was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.