Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: July 25, 2008
Randy Pausch, a popular college professor whose “last lecture” became an Internet sensation, died at age 47 on July 25 in Virginia following a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer in September 2006. In August 2007, the cancer had spread, and Pausch was [...]
Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: July 17, 2008
Angelina Jolie’s obstetrician was intimidated by her superstar status, saying Jolie and partner Brad Pitt’s fame added a lot of pressure to their twins’ birth. With the world following every detail of Angie’s pregnancy, “for sure [I felt nervous],” says Dr. Michel Sussmann. “It wasn’t pressure on a medical level, but there was pressure [...]
Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: July 17, 2008
Angelina Jolie’s newborn twins, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, are “so cute!” says her doctor, Michel Sussmann, in what has to be the understate- ment of the decade. Sussmann, 56, also says Jolie was a model patient. “She is so, so nice and never complained about anything,” he says. “There are negative things sometimes written [...]
Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: May 3, 2008
Americans value free time to more money, according to a new report. A whopping 67% of the 2,400 people surveyed by the Pew Social & Demographic Trends Project ranked free time as their top priority–placing it above professional success, getting married or having kids. The remaining 13% of survey said being rich was their biggest [...]
Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: April 16, 2008
Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon had breast cancer two years ago, she revealed Tuesday on Good Morning America. Nixon said she has a family history of cancer (her mom overcame two bouts of the disease), so when a routine mammogram in 2006 detected a small growth, she immediately had it treated with a [...]
Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: April 10, 2008
Randy Pausch, a 47-year-old college professor whose “last lecture” became an Internet sensation, will have a new platform to share his story: a book. The Last Lecture is now being published by Hyperion, after a bidding war that reportedly resulted in a $6.7 million deal. In Sept. 2006, Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, [...]
Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: March 6, 2008
If having money guaranteed happiness, it’s obvious we wouldn’t see the epidemic of drug and alcohol abuse among rich and famous celebrities, and the wealthy wouldn’t have the same problems the rest of us do. But there must be a connection, right? Otherwise, why would people spend so much time and effort trying to acquire [...]
Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: March 5, 2008
My wife is a neat-freak and an organizer. Sigh! I think it was passed down through the gene pool. On the other hand, I am a bona fide spreader. I confess, currently there are two empty coffee cups, two plastic water glasses, and a half empty soda can in my office. I suppose you have [...]
Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: March 3, 2008
As a society, there’s no doubt that we’re obsessed with looking good. And because nature abhors a vacuum, cosmetics companies are only [...]
Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: February 28, 2008
Intimacy lies at the core of every significant relationship. Cultivating intimacy takes a lot of work. Many people, particularly men, get sexuality confused with intimacy. Sexuality should be viewed as a manifestation of the quality of a couple’s relationship, not an end goal. Renowned author and therapist James Krehbiel discusses what distinguishes sexual closeness from [...]
