Saint Laurent expected to retire
Paris French fashion great Yves Saint Laurent, whose name has been synonymous with haute couture for decades, is expected to announce his retirement Monday, newspaper reports said.
Saint Laurent, 65, called a news conference for Monday. The daily newspaper Le Monde and the weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche said he will announce the end of his 44-year career as a fashion designer.
The Associated Press called his Paris office seeking confirmation of the report. A man answering the telephone declined comment and said all questions would have to wait until the following day.
Saint Laurent rose to prominence in the fashion world in 1958. Then aged 21, he drew immediate acclaim with a line for the House of Dior prompting newspapers to say he was a worthy successor of French fashion king Christian Dior, who had died three months earlier.
Chelsea takes in N.Y. nightlife
New York Chelsea Clinton has been turning heads at some New York City's hot spots while home for the holidays.
Clinton, who turns 22 next month, has been spotted dining with friends at Sushi Samba 7, partying at Eugene and dancing at Suite 16, the Daily News reported Sunday.
"She's down to earth. She was very genuine. I didn't expect that," said Matthew Johnson, co-owner of Sushi Samba, where Clinton and her friends ordered spicy tuna rolls, yellowtail and ceviche.
"Everyone in the restaurant wanted to take a look at Chelsea," Johnson told the Daily News. "We get a lot of celebrities Kevin Spacey was here the night before, but she got the most notice."
Clinton was home on break from her studies in Oxford, England.
The O'Reilly factor: Killing, dying and Boar's Head
Who'll replace quick-draw Charlton Heston as head of the National Rifle Assn.? Bill O'Reilly sounds like he'd be a great choice.
"You can't ever wipe out evil," Fox News Channel star O'Reilly tells the new issue of Esquire. "But it's like if someone comes to your house bent on killing you or your family, what do you do? You don't negotiate with them. You don't try and understand why they're coming in to kill you and your family. You kill them."
O'Reilly, who was just blasted by Sean Penn as being "worse than Osama bin Laden," isn't afraid to die himself.
"Americans never want to die," he tells Esquire. "They're afraid to die. Everybody thinks that if they eat sandwiches with sprouts in them, they are going to squeeze out another three or four years. You know what? I'd rather die three or four years earlier than eat the sprouts. I don't go for that California stuff. I get the Boar's Head. Have them slap that ham on there. I'll go for lettuce and tomato once in a while, but you gotta get my permission."
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