 | Straughan credits Bafta
honour to late wife
WHEN Peter Straughan picked up the
Bafta for best adapted screenplay for
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, he paid tribute
to his late wife and co-writer,
Bridget O´Connor. "She wrote all the
good bits, I made the coffee," he said. O´Connor died of
cancer in October.
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| | A serene Mafia Island
off Tanzania
beckons tourists |
 WHEN seen on
arrival by air,
Mafia Island
d o e s n ´ t
appear to be
much more than a crescentshaped
splash of green off the
eastern coast of Africa.
Slightly smaller than New
York City, the verdant island,
32 kilometres from mainland
Tanzania, is densely covered
in coconut trees, with nothing
but green flora visible in the
interior and just a few intermittent
stretches of white
sand breaking up the coast.
With just a few thousand
annual visitors, Mafia Island
is hardly a tourist hot spot,
and has few of the high-end
accoutrements that draw
hordes of honeymooners to
other Indian Ocean isles like
the Seychelles, Mauritius and
Zanzibar. Over the past
decade, though, it has ... | | | Couples still friends
after breakup |
 KIM Kardashian and her former beau
Reggie Bush recently showed that a
breakup doesn´t mean a relationship
has to come to an end. Here´s a look
at other celeb couples who have also
remained friends even after they broke up.
Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush: She
may be still be smarting after ending her 72-
day marriage to NBA basketballer Kris
Humphries, but reality TV star Kim
Kardashian hasn´t let that stop her from
spending time with her ex, NFL player Reggie
Bush. It has been reported that Kim and
Reggie have been spending a lot of time
together, most recently catching up for lunch
over the weekend. Kim and Reggie dated on
and off ... | | | Salvatore Ferragamo
HQ to host Sonam |  AFTER Priyanka Chopra and Abhishek
Bachchan, actress Sonam Kapoor is set
to be hosted by Salvatore Ferragamo
as their special guest at Palazzo Spini Feroni,
the historic Florentine headquarters of the
leading luxury brand. She will visit the label´s
headquarter on February 22 as part of the
"Shoes for a Star" project, and get a special,
customised pair of Ferragamo shoes of her
choice.
The daughter of Slumdog Millionaire
actor Anil Kapoor, will also get to sit in the
front row at the autumn-winter 2012 fashion
show in Milan on February 26.
The VIP treatment to be given to the actress
will match the treatment once meted to yesteryear
Hollywood ... | |
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