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An Australia-US study has found that animals with higher metabolisms tend to exercise more than their low-metabolism counterparts and also exhibit more dominant characteristics, including a higher sex drive. In pictures: Walking with the stars University of New South Wales senior lecturer Dr Peter Biro and Professor Judy Stamps, from the University of California, Davis, […]

Did you ever watch a Disney film and find yourself empathising with the baddie? Seeing a bit of yourself in Cruella de Vil? Understanding Maleficent? M.A.C has cottoned on to this and brought out the new deliciously devilish, Venomous Villains range. M.A.C has chosen classic dark ladies Cruella de Vil, Snow White‘s Evil Queen, Maleficent […]

Eating generous portions of protein as you get older equates to a reduced risk of hip fracture, researchers from the Harvard University said in a study published in Osteoporosis International. They looked at the eating habits and risk of hip fractures in 946 older men and women and found those who ate less protein had […]

Myrna Colley-Lee has reportedly pocketed around US$400 million in cash and assets after her 26-year marriage to actor Morgan Freeman came to an end in 2009. In pictures: Most expensive divorces Early whispers put the figure at US$175 million, but US magazine The National Inquirer has claimed the figure is much higher. The settlement includes […]

When video footage emerged of Katherine Heigl talking to police outside her Los Angeles home wearing nothing but a tiny gold bikini, it seemed no-one could explain the bizarre scene. Online sites reported that the incident was due to a noise complaint but that didn’t explain why both Katherine and her husband Josh Kelley answered […]

Finding it hard to make it through the day without a bar of chocolate to top up your energy levels? There are better ways to keep your brain active throughout the day, all involving our diet and the way we eat. Master the menu To keep you body and brain powering through the day, focus […]

In spring salvias bloom red, blue, purple and yellow. They have enormous bushes, taller than I am, with spires of flowers and dozens of eastern spinebills and other birds sipping at the nectar. By midsummer there are great banks of rich purple flowers that keep giving a stunning show all summer long. At Christmas the […]

It looks like Keira Knightley is bringing the bob back. The chic star was spotted sporting her new ‘do at the Chanel show during Paris Fashion Week recently. The 25-year-old actress is one of the most recent celebrities to have trialled the tailored look. From Victoria Beckham to Anne Hathaway, many celebrities have chopped and […]

After 60 successful years in showbiz, Joan Collins has slammed today’s Hollywood actresses saying that classic Hollywood beauty is over and the public are “starved of gorgeous people”. In an interview with Hello! magazine the 77-year-old said the faces on today’s silver screen have changed dramatically over the years. “When I was young, everybody on […]

Australia’s most famous opera singer, Dame Joan Sutherland, died in Switzerland on Sunday aged 83, after a long battle with illness. “The family of Dame Joan Sutherland … wishes to let all her friends and admirers know that she passed away very peacefully in the evening of October 10 at her home in Switzerland after […]