Brigitte Bardot

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A 50 year-old Russian coal miner suffering from lung disease is seeking a buyer for his prized possession, a signed photograph of sultry Brigitte Bardot, to pay for an operation, a popular tabloid reported on Wednesday. Unlike many of her fans, bachelor Vladimir Komarov fell in love with "BB" only a few years ago after watching the French siren's 1956 debut film "Et Dieu crea la femme" (And God created woman), he told the Tvoi Den paper. "There was just no one else like her," said the thick-set, double-chinned miner from the industrial city of Chelyabinsk in the Ural mountains, about ... Read Full Story

MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - A 50 year-old Russian coal miner suffering from lung disease is seeking a buyer for his prized possession, a signed photograph of sultry Brigitte Bardot, to pay for an operation, a popular tabloid reported on Wednesday. Unlike many of her fans, bachelor Vladimir Komarov fell in love with "BB" only a few years ago after watching the French siren's 1956 debut film "Et Dieu crea la femme" (And God created woman), he told the Tvoi Den paper. "There was just no one else like her," said the thick-set, double-chinned miner from the industrial city of Chelyabinsk in the Ural mountains, ... Read Full Story

Vladimir Komarov always cherished his signed photo of French actress Brigitte Bardot, but has cashed it in to pay for an operation, the popular Russian daily Tvoi Den reported Wednesday. The 50-year-old miner from the Ural region wrote a love letter to the blonde star of "And God Created Woman" when he was a boy, receiving an autographed picture from Bardot in return. Suffering from a lung disease, Komarov put his prized possession up for sale to pay for the surgery, getting 61,000 rubles (around 1,400 euros, 2,100 dollars) in return. "Without this operation I will die. I would never have wanted to sell ... Read Full Story

Brigitte Bardot, the 1950s sex goddess who became a feminist icon and symbol of sexual liberation, turns 75 on Monday with her native France at her feet and a very first exhibition in her honour. Now a virtual recluse who walks on crutches because of arthritis, Bardot will neither attend the Tuesday launch of the giant exhibit -- "Brigitte Bardot: The Carefree Years" -- nor appear on camera. But in a voiced comment on French television she said: "I am proud to have an exhibition, to be recognised for what I've done with my life." One of the 20th century's last living icons, the ... Read Full Story

Brigitte Bardot turns 75 on Monday but she does not rue her past as a sultry screen goddess, symbol of feminism and sexual liberation, who threw up everything. "I regret nothing," she said in an interview with AFP to mark her special day. Ostracised in recent years for comments about Islam, Bardot is back in the public eye with France holding its first ever exhibition in her honour. A virtual recluse who walks on crutches because of arthritis, Bardot will not be attending the launch of "Brigitte Bardot: The Carefree Years" on Tuesday. Since abandoning her film career in 1973, aged just 39, Bardot ... Read Full Story