When Alyson Stoner was nine, a wardrobe assistant on the set of a TV show noticed the child actor’s dark leg-hair and told Stoner it was “dirty and unladylike”, and …
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My husband treats me as his dirty little secret – and won’t have sex at home | Life and style
My husband and I never have sex at home, only at our friends’ places or in hotel rooms. We’ve lived together, improbably, for four years now. When we hooked up …
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Francis Ford Coppola had a plan—or seemed to have one, at least. When the famed director of The Godfather walked onto the stage of San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts …
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My husband always dreamed of distant oceans. With a volunteer crew, I gave him a sailor’s farewell | Life and style
I feel the ocean swell beneath the keel as we leave the Mooloolaba harbour entrance training walls, heading out to sea. I was right here 44 years ago, our course …
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A new start after 60: I read out my old diaries online – and my youthful secrets went viral | Life and style
Betsy Lerner doesn’t see herself as a TikTok star – though the New York Times described her as one – or an influencer. That means payment and swag – all …
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The kindness of strangers: drunk, alone and lost, a legendary drag queen helped me get home safe | Life and style
I grew up in the English countryside, watching Queer as Folk on TV and dreaming about the day I’d move to the city and get to be part of the …
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After a strenuous day of running or hiking, there’s nothing quite like slipping your aching feet out of muddy shoes and into a breezy pair of sandals. From Nike and …
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Sally Lindsay: ‘The last time I cried? I’m perimenopausal so about two minutes ago’ | Life and style
Born in Stockport, Sally Lindsay, 52, began her career in theatre and standup, and appeared on television in The Royle Family, Fat Friends and Phoenix Nights. For five years she …
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‘We are obsessed with weight’: Bob Harper on life as a trainer on The Biggest Loser | Television
In Netflix’s new documentary about The Biggest Loser, Joelle Gwynn, a contestant on the televised weight-loss competition, has a message for her former fitness trainer: ‘Fuck you, Bob Harper.’ Gwynn …
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What links Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Ariana Grande? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Which singer was officially declared a national hero of Barbados in 2021?2 What made a landfall on 29 August 2005 near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana?3 Which film immortalised the …