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As you wend your way to Nicco House amid the mundane buzz of the Dalhousie office para to meet an advocate, you probably conjure up the image of some austere women you remember from the court scenes of Bollywood potboilers. So, you?re probably not ...

Actor Mickey Rourke, who has won acclaim for his starring role in 'The Wrestler,' says he's ready to rumble with a professional wrestler in real life.

'Gossip Girl' actress Leighton Meester can't resist 'dark and bad' men. The 22-year-old star, who plays high school queen bee Blair Waldorf in the hit US TV show, has something in common with her character - they are both attracted to wild men.

Dancing is not only a way of expressing emotions, it can become a way of life. In the latest Center

Kelly Clarkson will set pop chart records in America on Thursday (29Jan09) when she makes the largest leap to number one in Billboard Hot 100 history. ...

CouplesThe book that catapulted Updike onto the cover of Time magazine, Couples is about the sex lives of ten people from the fictional town of Tarbox, New England, who enjoy what one character calls 'the post-pill paradise'. 'It's fantastic,' says John Mullan, professor of English at University College London. 'You've got to have it.' 'It's an incredibly shocking book,' adds author and English professor John Sutherland, 'not just for its sexual explicitness . but it was also pretty libellous about people who lived in that area of New England.' Readers are already rushing to get their hands on the novel: previously languishing at 53,195 on Amazon's books chart, it has shot up to 37 in the last 24 hours.Odd JobsA huge compilation of book reviews, essays and speeches, this fourth collection of Updike's non-fiction sees him taking on Kafka, Roth, Calvino and Melville, among others. Updike was a lead reviewer for The New Yorker for three decades and widely respected for his learned takes

John Updike wrote that his favorite sensation was 'being out of the rain' — but only just — on a porch, say, where you could feel the spray and know the bad weather you weren't in. Author David Lipsky remembers a man who, for half a century, acted as America's umbrella, transcribing the 'middleness' of human life, with all its 'grits, bumps and anonymities.'

American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson is set to break a Billboard chart record today when her new single makes the biggest-ever jump to number one.My Life Would ...

In an exclusive statement to ET's Cheryl Woodcock, original Daisy Duke Catherine Bach speaks out about the recent media buzz surrounding Jessica Simpson's new look. "I think it's a shame that Jessica has been viciously attacked for superficial reasons," Catherine says. "It sends a bad message to our young girls that in order to fit in, you have to be skinny and your outfits better make you look skinny, too. What I hope my daughters are learning from me is to respect themselves, honor their bodies, and show compassion and kindness towards others." Recent photos of the singer made headlines for showing off a new, curvier look. Jessica played Daisy Duke in the 2005 film 'The Dukes of Hazzard' -- a role Catherine played in the popular late '70s/early '80s television series by the same name.

'The Wrestler' actor Mickey Rourke is getting in the ring with a WWE superstar to wrestle for real this time!The Golden Globe winner is scheduled to take on Chris Jericho at "Wrestlemania 25" in Houston's Reliant Stadium on April 5, the Associated Press reports.According to AP, Rourke said at Sunday night's Screen Actors Guild Awards that he planned to toss Jericho "around the ring like a tossed salad."