Shrug off any inhibitions, and embrace the cold-shoulder, writes Paula Burns

AND YOUR starter for 10 is how many movie stars can you name from their photos on the walls of the gents’ toilets.

Retirement isn’t an option for the many well-known octogenarians living life to the full. Dave Kenny looks at the older people with a spring in their step, who believe age is no barrier to a full life.

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Jaguar has unveiled the XE in an audacious bid to challenge rivals BMW and triple sales by building cars more people can afford.

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The fashion industry is already excited about next year’s Pirelli calendar, but it’s a tradition that leaves many men bemused, says Tom Fordy

They may appear like they’ve had the Fr Ted treatment, but some of these vintage movie posters are testament to the social censorship of 1950s and 1960s Ireland.

Cork French Film Festival celebrates its 25th birthday in style, writes Colette Sheridan

Liam Gallagher is prepared to send the SAS in to "rescue" his two dogs from estranged wife Nicole Appleton.

AFTER overnighting in a chilled-out Irish-owned château, we began our journey in Port Cassafières near Béziers, on the “Flamingo Cruise”.

FOOTWEAR consultant and author William A Rossi says “most women prefer a trip to hell in high heels than to walk flat-heeled to heaven”.

Legendary photographer Terry O’Neill was at CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery last night for the launch of his first exhibition in Cork.

Regarding Brigitte Bardot’s efforts to save two Asian elephants from being euthanised, I commend animal rights activist and anti-euthanasia advocate Brigitte Bardot for her efforts to rescue the elephants allegedly suffering from tuberculosis in a Lyon zoo.

His first photography job was with the Beatles, and since then Terry O’Neill has worked with many of the biggest names in showbiz. As he prepares to return to Cork — his father’s birthplace — for a major exhibition, the legendary snapper tells Alan O’Riordan about life in the fame game.

Legendary photographer Terry O’Neill will present a major exhibition of his work in Cork in January.

EVERYONE loves a comeback, or do they? The mini-skirt, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, looks set to make a return and turn heads yet again.

BRIGITTE Bardot once remarked “It’s sad to grow old, but nice to ripen”. She’s right.

BACK in the day, fashion models were mostly refined young ladies taking a twirl on the catwalk before Mr Right swept them up the aisle to a life of privileged obscurity.

"Are you sure you’re not a Russian spy or something?” The man asking me this knows full well I can’t be, but he sounds hopeful all the same. I’m in a coffee shop on Paul Street in Cork and two guys I know socially have been staring at me for the last half an hour. I can’t say I blame them. The last time they saw me I was a crop-haired brunette, now they’re talking to a platinum blonde.

IF YOU remember Jean Harlow, you are old — the 75th anniversary of her death is on Jun 7. Harlow was dubbed the ‘original blonde bombshell,’ a phrase that has attached to a host of female actresses since, known as much for their appearance as for their acting skills.

Jennifer Saunders is writing an 'Absolutely Fabulous' movie set on the French Riviera.

IMMUNE as we have become to the pouty mouths, tilted hips and acres of bared skin that make up the fashion industry, few could fail to react to the photo-graphs of our latest supermodel.

BREEGE McSHANE is all set to take Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker’s prized handbag to the glitzy surroundings it is used to.

WHILE the Oscars is an overblown act of worship of Hollywood by Hollywood, where the stars and directors are perceived as gods, the Cannes Film Festival is a bit more European.

Chamel, Le Vernis Riva, €25

Kelly Brook thinks beautiful women should be “celebrated”.

BRIGITTE Bardot has threatened a close friend of French president Nicolas Sarkozy with a lawsuit if he does not stop boasting he once had an affair with the screen goddess, her lawyer said.

Cheryl Cole is the most photogenic woman ever.

FROM the country that gave the world Brigitte Bardot and topless sunbathing comes a fresh exposé of the human anatomy: man’s enduring fascination with bottoms.

Scarlett Johansson is continuing her foray into the music world by releasing a second album, which was recorded two years before her 2008 musical debut.

French film star Brigitte Bardot was convicted today of provoking discrimination and racial hatred by writing that Muslims were destroying France.

Legendary French actress Brigitte Bardot went on trial on Tuesday to face a charge of inciting racial hatred after making controversial comments concerning the religion of Islam.

A NUDE photo of the new high-profile wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy smashed its auction estimate as it sold for more than $90,000 (€57,532) in New York, Christie’s said.

Romania has launched a crackdown on stray dogs and wild foxes amid fears they may bite guests at its Nato summit which began today.

Pamela Anderson will deliver a letter from animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot to the Canadian ambassador in Paris to protest seal hunting.

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has a found an unlikely fan in Karl Lagerfeld - the fashion designer has likened the star to Brigitte Bardot and hailed her as a "style icon".

YOUR news item on the latest ‘ageing fashion poll’ (July 21) told us more about the ageist attitudes which persist in Ireland than about fashion trends. Who decides you are too old to wear a miniskirt at 28 or a bikini at 48?

CHRISTIE’S yesterday unveiled the masterpieces which could claim a new sales record in Europe.

Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock married on a yacht moored near Saint Tropez, France, on Saturday.

Brigitte Bardot, angered over what she called France’s insensitivity to the plight of minks, has threatened to move to Sweden.

A HEAVILY pregnant Britney Spears has posed in the nude for a magazine.

Screen siren Joan Collins has hit out at “graphic” magazines that are robbing girls of their childhood, it emerged today.

MORRISSEY has vowed not to play in Canada in protest at the country’s “barbaric and cruel” annual seal hunt.