| Good on you Kylie! It's the Frenchman's loss
GOOD on you Kylie! This was the secret chorus that greeted the vision of Kylie Minogue arriving at the Victoria and Albert Museum this week, looking dazzling in a purple Dolce & Gabanna evening gown and serious jewels. Never mind surviving cancer, Kylie has now triumphed over her love rat of a boyfriend. Someone stick the Gloria Gaynor on and crack open the Lambrini. This girl is now a heroine to the sisterhood. The best bit about seeing Kylie out on the razz on Tuesday night wasn't simply that it's the best she's looked in months - the break-up diet does wonders for the face and figure - but the news of what she did with the stuff belonging to "The Frenchman", as she now apparently waspishly refers to Olivier Martinez. Kylie is said to have gathered up all his belongings from her homes in London and Sydney and Fed-Exed them to him.
Man kills three for Rs 2.2 cr ruby
Vadodara, Feb 8: Like the blood diamonds, the lure of a Rs 2.2 crore ruby seems to have driven a man to murder three people in neighbouring Panchmahal district.Jayanti Pateliya, a teacher, confessed to killing Mihir Thakar, Darshan Thakar and Balkrishna Patel and committing the crime to own the gemstone, City Police Commissioner Pritamsinh Thakur said here today.He was arrested from Himatnagar highway in northern Gujarat yesterday and the bodies of the three dug out from Jodhpur village in Panchmahals and sent for post-mortem, Thakur said.The officer said Pateliya, Mihir Thakur, his brother Darshan Thakar, Balkrishna Patel and a woman Jyoti Shah bought the stone from an antique dealer and decided to get it valued in Jaipur in Rajasthan.When it was found to be worth Rs. 2.2 crore, Pateliya became greedy and suggested it should be revalued and the others except Jyoti Shah decided to visit Jaipur again.On December 6 last year, Pateliya visited Jodhpur village and hired five contract killers to eliminate the three.As planned, they left for Jaipur in a car and halted at Sarvottam Hotel near Halol, during which the hired killers bludgeoned Mihir, Darshan and Patel to death, Thakur said.
Boom in Art Puts a Gloss On Antiques
It's Old Masters season in New York, and antiques are coming along for the ride. Collectors snatched up period drawings and paintings at a series of auctions this week. At Sotheby's Old Master paintings sale yesterday, the tally was $96,902,400; Rembrandt's " Saint James the Greater" sold for $25.8 million, making it the second highest price ever paid for a work by the Dutch master. Christie's sold $7,884,040 in Old Master drawings yesterday. The rising tide of the art market is spurring sales of complementary antique furnishings. Meanwhile, collectors buying at the Winter Antiques Show, being held until Sunday at Park Avenue's Seventh Regiment Armory, have also been strong. "Once collectors have their drawings, they want to upgrade their furniture," Helen Fioratti, who presides over L'Antiquaire & the Connoisseur gallery on Madison Avenue, said.
Visitors enjoy antique show
The Antique Show will be held February 17-18 at the Globe High School gymnasium in conjunction with the Globe Historic Home Tour and the Quilt Show at the Center for the Arts.Doors will open at 9 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Doors will close at 5 p.m. on Saturday and at 4 on Sunday.There is no admission charge and refreshments will be served .
Hicks on Six
Mike Yasinski is a successful publican whose Gateway Entertainment Group (the Hudson pubs, the Ranch, Union Hall) seems to open a new watering hole every month. Mo Blayways is president of the Old Strathcona Hospitality Association as well as partner in Whyte Avenue's Attic and Savoy clubs. That those two were invited to be part of the campaign shows the regard in which they are held by the city constabulary. Naeem Ladhani and Sydney Pearson represent youth. Naeem is a student leader at U of A. Sydney attends Ross Shep High School. SUPER BOWL OVERTIME Remember, go to edm-features@edmsun.com to enter the Hicks on Six Super Bowl Contest. Tell us the name of the former Stampeders quarterback who took his NFL team to the Super Bowl quarter-finals.
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