British-born model and courtroom regular Naomi Campbell has again managed to piss off a bench full of judges and prosecutors. Campbell was recently ordered to give evidence at the war crimes trial of Liberia’s ex-president, Charles Taylor. The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, based in The Hague, issued a subpoena forcing Campbell to appear... »
Hailey Coleman is a rising star in Toronto’s galaxy of young entrepreneurs. Her company Damn Heels is “dedicated to saving women from their (beloved) damn heels.” The idea is simple; she sells bagged fold-up ballet slippers that women can slip on when their stilettos become too painful to wear, thus saving them from limping... »
This morning I found Paddy rooting through my makeup portfolio photos. When I asked him what he was doing he said he was looking for photos to submit to the latest lenzr photo contests. “There are four running right now,” he said. “We should be able to win at least one or two.” “Take the... »
It is time to scrap Metro’s prostitution task force, or, at the very least, fire its chair, Metro Councillor Judy Sgro. The task force was supposed to bring interested parties together to work toward finding reasonable solutions to Metro’s prostitution problems. Instead Sgro has turned the task force into a one-woman show to promote... »
A printed silk gown ca. 1912 attributed to French designer Paul Poiret (1879-1944). Measurements: Bust approx 92cm (36 in), Waist 72 cm (28 in). The current estimated value of this dress is between 9,200 CAD to 12,300 CAD. The pencil sketch depicts a similar Poiret model, ca 1912. Paul Poiret was born in Paris in 1879. He worked for... »
Depending upon who is collecting the statistics, there are anywhere between 5,000 to 25,000 regular heroin users in Toronto. Most of these people have one thing in common, they’ve thought about kicking the habit. They may even have tried a couple of times. Others, like myself, were motivated enough to break the habit on the... »
About a year ago we wrote about Do Over Day for Angelina’s Wings, the journal that became the forerunner for Alexandra Highcrest Magazine. At the time we announced that we were going to renovate our Toronto offices and bring in an intern to help with the workload. Well, we’ve done it and AHM is... »
It was during an editorial meeting, while we were all sitting around making excuses for why it had been so long since anyone had published a story, when Paddy, our intrepid intern, said, “We should get the toaster a blue tooth.” “What!” exclaimed Angelina, Karen rolled her eyes, and I said, “Why, I hate those... »
As sports and pop culture commentators laid bare Tiger Woods’s cheating heart, and the parade of cocktail waitresses, porn actresses and prostitutes booked their tell-all interviews with the gutter press in order to collect their 30 pieces of silver, Tiger copped the usual plea for a celebrity caught with his pants down. He asked... »
I was a child the first time I flew in a commercial airliner. My mother and I traveled from central Ontario to Toronto, a short flight by the standards of the day, in mid-August. We flew in an Air Canada Vickers Viscount and I thought the she was beautiful; all decked out in her... »
Nicole Kidman probably hasn’t had to apply her own makeup for at least twenty years. The Academy Award winning actress has her pick of makeup artists so there’s no excuse for this paparazzi dream slap that she wore to the premier of the movie “Nine” in New York on the night of the 15th. Nicky... »
Kyla Ebbert is the sort of woman who would never rate media attention unless she was involved in a serious crime or tragedy but she made national news in the US by committing a questionable fashion crime. In the summer of 2007 Miss Ebbert, a 23-year-old college student and Hooters waitress, boarded a Southwest... »
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