The new weekly show will put its contestants in a luxurious health farm in the western city of Cologne where, accompanied by health experts, they will share the frustrations of shedding the weight with a television audience. In a bizarre mix of style and taste, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler took the stage at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday with Florence Henderson, mother to the 1970s sitcom family The Brady Bunch. Henderson sang America the Beautiful, while Tyler sang the national anthem like an aging rock star who doesn't sing it often. Designer Oscar de la Renta says the fashion world is enjoying its golden days, with designers willing to offer clothes accessible to the masses. Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books compiled by Maclean's magazine.
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Broderick and Lane co-star in The Producers, which is up for 15 awards at the June 3 show. When they were asked to host the 55th edition of the show, the nominations hadn't been announced. The life and career of jazz pianist Oscar Peterson will be celebrated by the group that for more than a century has represented classical music training in Canada. The Royal Conservatory of Music will hold its fifth annual Royal Occasion fundraiser May 29, a gala dinner and special tribute to Peterson that will include performances by Diana Krall and Renee Rosnes. The mysteries are set in the 1940s and 1950s in the Manhattan townhouse of the eccentric, orchid-cultivating Wolfe.