Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot, one-time French screen goddess turned animal rights activist, wants the European Union to institute a "Vegetarian Day" as part of the battle against global warming. In a letter this week to European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barrosoa, Bardot said "a few weeks before the Copenhagen climate summit, I would like to draw your attention to the need to question cattle-farming, whose effects on the environment are of concern." Quoting studies by the World Bank and the UN food agency FAO, Bardot said in the letter which was released Friday that cattle-raising not only caused high carbon emissions but also polluted soils and ... Read Full Story

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