Reuters: Lifestyle

Taiwanese tear-jerker wins "Chinese Oscar"

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:04:44 -0500

TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) - Taiwan director Leon Dai's harsh real-life drama "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti" won best feature on Saturday at the Golden Horse Film Awards, regarded as the Oscars for Chinese-language film.

Paris evolution sale: from dinosaurs to space diapers

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:47:24 -0500

PARIS (Reuters) - From entire dinosaur skeletons and fossilised bugs alive more than 400 million years ago, to modern space paraphernalia, there is something for every pocket in a Paris evolution-themed auction next month.

Welcome to the generation of million dollar kids

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:05:54 -0500

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Think your children are costing you a lot? You're right, with an Australian study finding that the average child now costs $1 million (US$917,000) to raise, taking into account toys, holidays and other activities.

Videogames find ways to help real CSI solve crimes

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:51:15 -0500

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters Life!) - In hit TV crime drama show "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation," and its two spin-offs, the criminologists use the latest technology to solve grisly murders and other crimes.

Brits rate Thai hospitality top, French last: survey

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:02:33 -0500

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britons think France is the least hospitable country in which to go on holiday, according to a new online survey of 1,412 Britons.

Second top Italian chef spurns Michelin stars

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:14:22 -0500

ROME, Nov 27 (Life!) - One of Italy's greatest chefs has caused controversy in the culinary world by becoming the second of the nation's top cooks to give back his Michelin stars.

Australia welcomes two giant pandas from China

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:22:00 -0500

ADELAIDE, Australia (Reuters) - Australia welcomed on Saturday two giant pandas from China zookeepers said they hope will become the first breeding pair in the southern hemisphere.

Confusion surrounds Robbie Williams "proposal"

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:02:22 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Robbie Williams "proposed" to his actress girlfriend, Ayda Field, live on Australian radio on Friday, but his spokesman then said it was a joke.

Luc Besson says the French are his harshest critics

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:29:50 -0500

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - French film director Luc Besson, known worldwide for blockbusters like "The Big Blue" and "The Fifth Element," says his movies face the toughest criticism at home where they are seen as not quite "French enough."

Auctioneers and owners bank on Russian recovery

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:24:15 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - Auction houses are banking on a recovery at next week's series of big Russian art sales in London, at which they expect to show that the market dominated by new money is through the worst of the recession.