Topic: Lauren Booth

Heartbreaker: movie review

In the chic French comedy 'Heartbreaker,' a father hires a professional to bust up the impending nuptials of his daughter.

Top Picks: 'Toy Story' soundtrack, Lollapalooza, singing for Congo, and more recommendations

Randy Newman's 'Toy Story Favorites' on CD, Chicago's Grant Park music festival, raising awareness of violence in the Congo through music, and more top picks.

Tour de France 101: Who’s favored to win?

The obvious pick for the 2010 Tour de France winner is last year's victor Alberto Contador. But youngster Andy Schleck, a consummate climber, could do well on this year's especially hilly course.

British hear prejudice in US tone on BP oil spill

The BP oil spill is exposing cross-Atlantic differences on the best public face to present amid crisis. Britons – tens of thousands of whom are BP shareholders – appreciate stoicism, but Americans want emotion and contrition.

American crosses English Channel in chair tied to helium balloons

American Jonathan Trappe set the world record for the first successful cluster balloon flight across the English Channel today.

Kelley Blue Book: top 10 green cars of 2010

Kelley Blue Book announces its picks for the top 10 green cars of 2010. Despite recent recall woes, the Toyota Prius is at the top of the list.

Sarah Palin nature series ruffling environmentalist feathers

An environmental group is mounting a campaign to get TLC’s corporate parent to drop Sarah Palin and her new nature series. But has the group watched any of the channel’s other programming lately?

Dubai assassination puts tough-talking cop Dahi Khalfan Tamim in spotlight

The expanding investigation into the Dubai assassination of a Hamas official – with Britain alleging this week that Israel forged passports used by the alleged killers – has drawn attention to the methods and style of Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai's longest-serving police chief.

Ben Stiller scores big in 'Greenberg'

'Greenberg' might just be Ben Stiller's finest work.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

The Beatles getting better all the time, the humor in politics on zolitics.com, Brit pop singer Gary Go, and more.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

National Geographic's most unforgettable portraits, cooking 'Avec Eric' on PBS, a snappy primer on money basics, and more.

In Tour de France, Lance back on track for podium

Armstrong says he will join a new team sponsored by RadioShack next year and is still gunning for podium finish in Paris.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

James Morrison's newest CD of love songs, Disney's delightful 'Bolt' now on DVD, a fascinating PBS documentary on two pioneers of women's cosmetics, and more.

Classic review: Pompeii

My transition to becoming a Brit

I realized I had officially embraced my wife’s native country when I no longer giggled at pictures of Prince Charles opening a butcher shop while waving a mutton chop like a broadsword.