Quacking idea Nov 22, 2009
BBC News - Hustings held for Tory candidate in 'duck island' seat. Page last updated at 16:18 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
British actors dominate TV Globes Nov 22, 2009
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Eradicating polio Nov 22, 2009
BBC News - Presenter Konnie Huq joins Indian campaign to end polio. Page last updated at 00:28 GMT, Sunday, 22 November 2009. (BBC News -- South Asia)
The myth of the happy hooker Nov 21, 2009
Belle de Jour's story has been blog, book, and TV drama ... The unmasking of Belle de Jour makes us think of a litany of brilliant courtesans, writes Clive James in his weekly column ... For several years, the true identity of Belle de Jour, author of a blog called Diary of a London Call Girl, had been a mystery. (BBC News -- UK)
Prostitute-blogger actually a scientist Nov 18, 2009
Brooke Magnanti, a cancer specialist at a university in western England, unmasked herself in a British newspaper as the woman behind "Belle de Jour," the salacious online diary of a high class call girl ... Last month John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, said on his Web site that "fiction" like "Belle de Jour" created a "myth" that sex workers were "independent women, empowered by the hold they have over men.". (CNN)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Nov 17, 2009
The father of the woman who has unmasked herself as the high-class call girl Belle de Jour said he has been left "broken-hearted" after discovering the truth about his only child's secret life. Ken Ober, the American presenter of MTV's Remote Control game show, has died aged 52. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Infotainment Nov 17, 2009
The employers of a 34-year-old British scientist who wrote a racy best-selling book about being a prostitute defended her Monday, after she outed herself as Belle de Jour. Doctor Brooke Magnanti, who works for The Bristol Initiative for Research of Child Health, revealed herself at the weekend as. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
British scientist says she penned call-girl blog Nov 17, 2009
Internet star blogged about the experience in the guise of Belle de Jour ... LONDON - A British scientist says she is Belle de Jour, the anonymous blogger whose accounts of life as a call girl were turned into books and a TV series ... She blogged about the experience in the guise of Belle de Jour, a legal secretary who moonlights as a sex worker. (MSNBC -- Technology)
'Secret' is out Nov 17, 2009
A British scientist has re vealed that she is Belle de Jour, the anonymous blogger whose accounts of life as a call girl were turned into the cable TV series " Secret Diary of a Call Girl." ... The identity of the Belle de Jour has been a literary mystery ever since it first hit the Web four years ago ... A British scientist has re vealed that she is Belle de Jour, the anonymous blogger whose accounts of life as a call girl were turned into the cable TV series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'Blogging Call Girl' Really High Class Scientist Nov 17, 2009
Belle de Jour, U.K.'s Famous Prostitute, is a Well-Known Scientist - ABC News ... Belle de Jour Unveils Her True Identity as a Highly Regarded Scientist ... Belle de Jour, the high-class hooker whose popular blog inspired Showtime's hit TV series, "Secret... Belle de Jour, the high-class hooker whose popular blog inspired Showtime's hit TV series, "Secret Diary of a Call Girl," has revealed her true identity as a well-known British scientist. After six years of anonymity, Dr. Brooke Magnanti... (ABC News)
Feminist icon? Nov 16, 2009
Belle de Jour drops her anonymity ... Belle de Jour drops her anonymity. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Stars donate to Darfur aid sale Nov 16, 2009
Belle de Jour drops her anonymity. UN in talks on global food prices. (Yahoo News -- Philanthropy and Volunteerism)
Life on the brink Nov 16, 2009
Belle de Jour drops her anonymity. The child of Auschwitz's Kommandant. (BBC News -- Americas)
Cientfica britnica revela ser prostitu... Nov 16, 2009
La cientfica escriba bajo el seudnimo de Belle de Jour, que hace referencia a la pelcula de 1967 del espaol Luis Buuel en la que un ama de casa, interpretada por Catherine Deneuve, trabaja secretamente como prostituta durante el da ... Ella escriba sobre su experiencia como Belle de Jour, una secretaria que trabaja de noche como prostituta ... Sin embargo, esto llev al debate sobre si la autora era real o ficticia y algunos acusaron a Belle de Jour de hacer lucir a la... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Ex-prostitute and blogger Belle de Jour reveals her true identity Nov 16, 2009
Belle de Jour drops her anonymity ... Dr Brooke Magnanti wrote under the pen name Belle de Jour to describe the encounters she had as a high-class call girl while earning money for her PhD. ... She told the newspaper "I don't want this massive secret over me any more," and that she feared an ex-boyfriend might reveal the true identity of Belle de Jour. (BBC News -- Europe)
Somalis appeal for pair's release Nov 16, 2009
Belle de Jour drops her anonymity. Obama presses China over rights. (BBC News -- UK)
Belle de Jour: scientist reveals herself as anonymous call girlblogger Nov 16, 2009
Belle de Jour: scientist reveals herself as anonymous call girl blogger ... Belle de Jour: scientist reveals herself as anonymous call girl blogger ... A British scientist says she is Belle de Jour, the anonymous blogger whose accounts of life as a call girl were turned into books and a TV series. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
How Hollywood glamorises the trade Sep 4, 2009
Belle de Jour (1967) Luis Bunuel's erotic and disturbing masterpiece where the staggeringly beautiful Catherine Deneuve plays a bored bourgeois housewife who spends her afternoons as a prostitute known as Belle de Jour. Pandora's Box (1929) No actress taking on the role of a prostitute on film has benefited career-wise as much as Louise Brooks, who played Lulu in the remarkable German movie by director G.W. Pabst. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Is Craigslist World's Biggest Bordello? Mar 7, 2009
She asked to be identified in the article as "Catherine," after the actress, Catherine Deneuve, who played the role of a young housewife moonlighting as a prostitute in the film "Belle de Jour.". Taking issue with Dart's portrayal, Catherine argued that Craigslist provided a safety net for her and other sex workers who use the service to screen out prospective clients who may be violent. (CBS News)
Reader poll: What movie has the best fashions? Feb 28, 2009
"Belle de Jour" Mick LaSalle, movie critic ... com readers chronicle critics " Belle de Jour " Mick LaSalle, movie critic " Breakfast at Tiffany's " Peter. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Is it porn or is it art? Feb 28, 2009
Every few years, a woman writes a book that reminds us that older women like sex (Jane Juska's A Round-Heeled Woman), that call girls like sex ( The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl, by the pseudonymous Belle de Jour), that even French women get lonely and crave a bit of action ( The Sexual Life of Catherine M., by Catherine Millet). Now, we learn that horny, proudly scabby German teens like sex. (Globe and Mail)
Secret Diary Of A Call Girl Feb 16, 2009
This is the big boo-boo Belle makes tonight, in the season opener of this entertaining, if somewhat forced, serial adaptation of the famous London blog Belle De Jour. Confusing Alex-her-client for Alex-the-doctor who just happens to be sitting in the same bar, Belle inadvertently kick-starts the worst of all possible things for a call girl: a proper relationship. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
