Brigitte Bardot

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, 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

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

Brigitte Bardot, the screen goddess who became a symbol of feminism and sexual liberation, turns 75 on Monday with her native France again honouring her with a first exhibition on her life. Now a virtual recluse who walks on crutches because of arthritis, Bardot will neither attend the Tuesday launch of "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." An icon of the 20th century, the little girl who loved stuffed animals and ballet dancing ... 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