
Coppola's 'Bling Ring' at home at decadent Cannes
Sofia Coppola was just 8 years old when she first came to the Cannes Film Festival. Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, was there to premiere a ...

Geneva auction sells huge diamond for $26.7M
A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana commanded an unearthly price of $26.7 million from Christie's auction house Wednesday amid the spring ritual of ...

Nicole Richie gets candid in new AOL web series
As the Twitterverse expands with millions of users, it can be hard to have a unique voice. Nicole Richie doesn't have that problem. Some examples: ...

Patriarch of fashion brand Missoni dies in Italy
Ottavio Missoni, the patriarch of the iconic fashion brand of zigzag-patterned knitwear that helped launch Italian ready-to-wear and turn Milan into ...

Kenya co. turns old sandals into colorful objects
The colorful handmade giraffes, elephants and warthogs made in a Nairobi workshop were once only dirty pieces of rubber cruising the Indian Ocean's ...

NYC school cancels workshop by John Galliano
Parsons The New School of Design in New York City has canceled a four-day workshop by the controversial fashion designer John Galliano. Galliano was ...

AP PHOTOS: Designers bling up Gulf women's garment
Just a few years ago, Gulf Arab women usually only felt comfortable showing off their fashion sense at ladies-only parties or family gatherings.

AP Photos: Met Gala fashion highs and lows
There were plenty of risk-takers on the Met gala red carpet. The Metropolitan Museum of Art fundraiser known as "the party of the year" had a red ...

Stars put punk edge in their Met Gala outfits
Miley Cyrus, Anne Hathaway and Cameron Diaz were among the celebrities to embrace the punk theme at Monday night's Met gala, the fundraiser at the ...

Wash. State graduate wears wedding gown under robe
With friends and family already gathered for her graduation from Washington State University, Cassie Dotts thought it would be a good time for another ...

Are you a tax cheat if you shop online tax-free?
Buy anything on the Internet lately without paying sales tax? In all but a few states, you're probably a tax cheat. That's right, even if Internet ...

AP PHOTOS: Big, bold Kentucky Derby hats
The Kentucky Derby is known as much for hats and high fashion as it is for fast horses. This year, rains are swamping Churchill Downs, but fans on the ...

Saudis allow some girls' schools to offer sports
Saudi Arabian girls will be allowed to play sports in private schools for the first time, according to a decision announced on Saturday, the latest ...

Shoppers face hurdles in finding ethical clothing
You can recycle your waste, grow your own food and drive a fuel-efficient car. But being socially responsible isn't so easy when it comes to the ...

Toll in Bangladesh building collapse climbs to 275
"Save us, brother. I beg you, brother," Mohammad Altab moaned to the rescuers who could not help him. He was pinned between slabs of concrete in the ...

Hilary Rhoda hosting glittery Met Gala red carpet
Red-carpet arrivals of celebrities such as Beyonce and Rooney Mara at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit in New York City will ...

In age of smartphone, watch makers focus on luxury
In an age when many people carry smartphones that can tell the time — on top of hundreds of other applications — watch makers are increasingly focused ...

John Galliano to teach master class at Parsons
John Galliano is continuing his path back to the fashion world with a planned stop at Parsons The New School of Design in New York City. The college ...

Rio delivers bikinis in mesh and rigid metal
Just how complicated can the Brazilian bikini, among the skimpiest iterations of the simple spandex triangle and string design, possibly get? Judging ...

Sarah Jessica Parker battles her twins for jewels
Sarah Jessica Parker loves her jewelry — but so do a pair of 3-year-old thieves. Parker's twin daughters Tabitha and Marion get to try on mom's ...

Transgender Pakistanis running for election
When Bindiya Rana, a transgender candidate in Pakistan's elections, went door to door in the Karachi slum she hopes to represent, few people seemed ...

Lenny's rise from garage to Brazil's bikini queen
Before she became Brazil's bikini queen, with an empire of chic boutiques and legions of VIP fans that include Hollywood A-listers and pop royalty, ...

Quinto trusts his instincts for good causes, Spock
Zachary Quinto might be headed into other worldly places this summer in "Star Trek Into Darkness," but he says a social issue that's near and dear to ...

Playoffs looming, and Wade thinking of a 3rd ring
Dwyane Wade was sitting with his mother after a pregame workout a few days ago, a rare quiet moment in a nearly empty arena that would soon be filled ...

Auction includes Parker's Carrie Bradshaw shoes
Sarah Jessica Parker is auctioning three pairs of shoes from her Carrie Bradshaw days to raise money for a New York high school. Her "Sex and the ...