Rebecca Winters
February 2, 2004 12:00 AM EST
For celebrities, dressing for court is always a trial. Ever since shoplifter Winona Ryder wore those demure headbands, stars’ accessories have been making case history.
When MARTHA STEWART arrived at her federal trial on obstruction-of-justice and securities-fraud charges last week, court watchers tittered that her pricey purse made her look elitist. Stewart carried an Hermes Birkin bag, which starts at $6,000. But really, shouldn’t Stewart’s jury pool be concerned with weightier questions, like how the brown Birkin pairs with an orange jumpsuit? Read More...
Profession: Noblewoman
Biography: Borgia was a Spanish-Italian noblewoman, born of the House of Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. Unusually she ruled as Governor of Spoleto, whereas usually this position had been held by cardinals. She was renowned for her excellence in poetry and oration as well as her for her administrative prowess.
Her political career was aided by several arranged marriages, but also for her having had a full education in an age when most women were educated solely at convents. Read More...
There’s a secret to winning your March Madness pool that Vegas doesn’t want you to know: All you have to do is enter 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 brackets, and you are certain to pick perfectly. Once.
There are 63 games in the NCAA tournament, not including the four play-ins. Filling out a bracket involves making an up-or-down decision for each one. Of course, after the first round of 32 games, not everyone guesses the outcome of the same remaining 31 matchups since it depends on who you’ve predicted will advance. Read More...
