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The French cinema star whose sexy, liberated style outraged and inspired in equal measure is about to turn 75. Agnès Poirier finds out how the pinup girl became an existentialist iconAfter the internation uproar and scandal provoked by the 1956 film And God Created Woman, Brigitte Bardot said she wished she had never been born. Now, as Bardot - 'the French export as important as Renault cars' according to Charles de Gaulle - turns 75 on Monday, exhibitions at national museums and private galleries, alongside tributes at fashion weeks in Paris, London and New York, are throwing the spotlight back on to one of the last living icons of the 20th century.When she retired in 1973, aged just 39 but with more than 50 films under her belt, Bardot withdrew to her beloved Madrague, her retreat in St Tropez where she could dedicate herself to animals and a barefoot Mediterranean life. She would only leave her home to protest about animal rights and make some ill-advised comments about immigration

Michael Jackson's family are said to be keen for Omer Bhatti, thought by some to be the late singer's son, to take the lead in a planned biopicA 25-year-old Norwegian man who some believe is Michael Jackson's son, looks set to play the late singer in a new film, according to reports.Omer Bhatti is alleged by The Sun to be the result of a brief relationship between Jackson and Bhatti's mother, Pia, in 1983. Rumours were fuelled further after Bhatti sat next to Jackson's siblings at the singer's memorial service last month, and is said to be staying at the family home in California while he seeks a DNA test. In July, Joe Jackson appeared to confirm that Bhatti was his grandson. Separate sources, however, suggest Bhatti has denied being related to the singer, and is simply a lookalike who lived, along with his family, at the Neverland estate between 1997 and 2004. The Mirror suggests they met after Bhatti impressed the singer with his dance moves while on holiday in Tunisia in 1996. The

This guide offers you a dozen ways to save hundreds of dollars on your electric bill. These are simple tips that any family can use and are easy to implement. Free up some extra needed cash by reducing your electric bill.Contributor: Samantha KempPublished: Sep 21, 2009

Film Reviews: Pic is a bracingly loopy exercise that lives up to its Toronto fest billing.

Music News: U.S. club, theater shows to commence in L.A. -- In a move designed to tap the urban concert audience, concert promoter Live Nation and BET Networks have partnered to produce a series of U.S. club and theater tours.

Mya, singer and contestant on this season's "Dancing with the Stars," went to the hospital last night after sustaining injuries. Read on for details... The beauty tweeted the following message on her Twitter page on Monday: "Went 2 the hospital late last night 2 get stitches. Deep cut from glass. Only caught 2 hours of sleep but feel great. Must be adrenaline." Just last week, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay revealed his 'Dancing' injury via his twitter page, writing: "No stress fracture! It is a pre-stress fracture. I live for another day."

A list of all of our favorites and most memorable reality show couples. Their quirkiness and unigueness somehow endeared us enough to track them throughout their daily lives and drama.Contributor: Heather BernardPublished: Sep 21, 2009

The best new reality series of the fall, Brick City, debuts tonight on Sundance Channel at 10 p.m. ET, airing one episode every night all week long, and the whole series is currently available On Demand on most cable systems. The series follows the city of Newark, New Jersey, and four key residents who are dealing with crime and trying to revive their community: the mayor, Cory Booker, the police chief, and a Crip and a Blood who happen to be in a relationship and act as youth mentors. Critics will try to call it a documentary, but producer/directors Mark Benjamin and Marc Levin told me earlier this summer that Brick City was planned to be a series from the start. Mark Benjamin said they wanted to 'invent a hybrid genre-buster' and create a 'new way of presenting reality. ... We don't have interviews, we don't have a narrator, we don't have a locked-off camera, we don't have lights to make you think you're watching a video live show. It does feel cinematic because of the style we shot

Lily Allen once performed live despite having chronic diarrhea. The 'It's Not Fair' singer's worst on-stage experience was when she fell ill with a stomach bug during a show in the US.

The AP's Alicia Quarles takes you inside The Oprah Winfrey Show's live taping in New York's Central Park. Guests included Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman