Thursday, April 5, 2012

Jessica Paré


Why is She famous
If Jessica Pare -- Hollywood’s newly-minted “It Girl” -- is experiencing deja vu, it’s because the striking Montreal-born actress has been here before. After breaking out on the big screen 10 years ago in Canadian auteur Denys Arcand’s Stardom, followed by her Hollywood debut in Wicker Park, Pare was a consensus actress-to-watch. It wasn’t a case of if she made it, but when.

Heavily Spiced High-fat Meals Are Less Unhealthy

Triglycerides -- compounds in the bloodstream that store unused calories -- are one measure of overall heart health (anything under 150 mg/dL is considered normal).

Sale: A bottle of whisky for $200,000

Johnnie Walker only made 60 bottles of Diamond Jubilee, a whisky intended to celebrate the 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The whisky was distilled in 1952, the year of the queen's coronation, and comes in a decanter that features a half-caret diamond and the royal coat of arms. The bottles were initially sold by invitation only and were priced at 100,000 pounds in Britain (about $160,000). The Singapore bottle is part of a larger show (called Master of Spirits II) whose collected offerings total over a million dollars, including a bottle of Glenfiddich 1973 Cask No. 9899 and a Hennessy liquor chest topped with glass Murano pearls.

Toyobaru


Few cars have elicited as much praise and anticipation as the Scion’s upcoming FR-S sports coupe and its fraternal Subaru twin, the BRZ. These “Toyobarus” are dynamic, daring machines, designed to revamp their respective manufacturers’ brand images from sensible to aspirational. Though these vehicles have yet to hit American shores, the FR-S/BRZ have already established themselves as the most desirable sports cars of 2012. We will be fortunate enough to get firsthand