Young designer joins couture pantheon

By Isaac Brekken (AP)

Celebrities turned out Wednesday to donate to Darfur charities _ and to show their fellow stars just who the real card sharks were.

\"I\'m looking forward to whipping a lot of celebrity rear end,\" talk show host Montel Williams said before beginning play in a charity Texas Hold \'em tournament at the World Series of Poker. \"I tweaked my game, and my game is really solid.\"

Williams and 87 others, including such Hollywood heavy hitters as Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Alexander, George Lopez, Adam Sandler and Ray Romano, played in the no-limit tournament to...

By Isaac Brekken (AP)

Celebrities turned out Wednesday to donate to Darfur charities _ and to show their fellow stars just who the real card sharks were.

\"I\'m looking forward to whipping a lot of celebrity rear end,\" talk show host Montel Williams said before beginning play in a charity Texas Hold \'em tournament at the World Series of Poker. \"I tweaked my game, and my game is really solid.\"

Williams and 87 others, including such Hollywood heavy hitters as Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Alexander, George Lopez, Adam Sandler and Ray Romano, played in the no-limit tournament to...

By JACQUES BRINON (AP)

French designer Jean Paul Gaultier conjured neon birds of paradise heading to a high-class rave in his feathered-and-caged haute couture collection in Paris on Wednesday.

Models with their hair twisted into high cylinders paraded in flamboyant fur coats and sumptuous evening gowns topped with crinolines and corset cages in fluorescent yellow, orange and pink.

\"Women feel so free nowadays that they are wearing cages again,\" the irreverent designer told reporters after the show. \"It\'s the ultimate stage in women\'s liberation.\"

Gaultier said he was inspired by the...

By JACQUES BRINON (AP)

Luxury labels Christian Dior and Giorgio Armani fought for the hearts and minds of A-list actresses in Paris on Monday with glittering haute couture presentations of red carpet gowns.

Helen Mirren, Kerry Washington, Liv Tyler and Eva Mendes were just some of the celebrities who descended on the French capital for the first of three days of autumn-winter couture displays.

The Dior show should make even the notoriously icy U.S. Vogue editor Anna Wintour crack a smile.

British designer John Galliano delivered an ode to the magazine with his retro-flavored collection, and...

By Paul Schemm (AP)

A motley group of foreigners _ English teachers, students of Arabic, even a journalist _ gathered on a recent chilly night in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, brought together by a love of cinema, curiosity and a furtive hope of catching a glimpse of Omar Sharif.

Glamour, however, was in quite short supply for our band of film extras. Waiting around for hours in our 1940s period costumes, we slouched in the elegant wood paneled bar of a luxury hotel eating cold food from McDonald\'s, waiting to shoot a five-minute dining room scene. The lead actors had yet to even show...

By (AP)

The following recalls have been announced:

_ About 6,200 Taggies Sleep\'n Play infant garments, manufactured in China and imported by Rashti & Rashti, because the snaps can detach and pose a choking risk for young children. No incidents have been reported. The clothes were sold online and at Buy Buy Baby, Dillards, Nordstrom and specialty stores around the country between June 2007 and May 2008. Details: by phone at 888-594-3730; by Web at

http://www.rashtiandrashti.com

or

http://www.cpsc.gov

.

_ About 1,400 Redcat Racing FM remote-controlled vehicles,...