Swimming

Bruce Willis seeks action on his Beverly Hills estate

2013-06-14 21:10:00

Actor Bruce Willis has entered the fray in the Westside's action-packed housing market, listing his Beverly Hills mansion at $22 million. The walled and gated estate includes a 1928 Spanish-style house with a porte-cochere, a swimming pool surrounded by...

Poetry Foundation names Kenn Nesbitt its children's poet laureate

2013-06-13 09:02:00

The Poetry Foundation announced Tuesday that "Revenge of the Lunch Ladies" author Kenn Nesbitt will be its next children's poet laureate, a position the foundation created in 2006 to recognize that "children have a natural receptivity to poetry and are...

What's that on your swim trunks? Oh, the Paris Review. Of course.

2013-06-13 14:18:00

Writers of literary fiction are not typically known for their fashion sense, but maybe they can learn. Or maybe the fashionable can be turned onto literary fiction, given the opportunity. Enter Barney's. It has paired the Orlebar Brown clothing line...

Pooling resources to keep everyone safe in the water

2013-06-08 00:00:00

Jerry Huang left his wheelchair at the side of the pool before gliding through more than 400 meters of water at this year's Coast 2 Coast Swim Challenge. From beginners to experts, people of all abilities swam laps to raise money for free swimming lessons...

'Dexter' star opts for a home with killer views in Los Feliz

2013-06-07 19:27:00

Michael C. Hall of "Dexter" fame has bought a restored home in Los Feliz for $3.825 million. The updated 1920s Spanish Colonial and guesthouse have killer views of the surrounding hillsides and cityscape. Features include archways, beam ceilings,...

Yosemite visitors reflect on deadly mistakes along a fabled trail

2013-06-09 18:59:00

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — The two sisters boarded the morning bus to the Happy Isles trail head, ice cream cones in hand. For 50 years, their tradition has been to start a day on Mist Trail with some mint chocolate chip. Before they left on...

Reader Tips: Avoid eye contact with vendors

2013-06-08 07:00:00

When getting off a bus at a major tourist attraction in India, forge ahead and try not to make eye contact with the vendors who will swarm you (unless you really want one of those trinkets). Sometimes, the vendor will try to place the object on your body,...

Esther Williams, a 'Bathing Beauty' like no other

2013-06-06 15:15:00

Even her dog could swim. That's one of my favorite memories from interviewing swimmer-turned-movie-star Esther Williams at her house in Beverly Hills in 1984. Williams, who died Thursday morning at the age of 91, was delightful talking about her...

Sarah Jessica Parker launching shoe collection with Blahnik exec

2013-06-07 07:57:00

Sarah Jessica Parker, who brought the shoe-loving Carrie Bradshaw to life on "Sex and the City," is reverting to type: She is launching a shoe collection in collaboration with George Malkemus, longtime head of Manolo Blahnik.�“In a silly way, I...

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi buy Montecito mansion

2013-05-31 21:19:00

Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, actress Portia de Rossi, have bought a 13-acre estate in Montecito that had been listed at $26.5 million. The purchase price has not yet appeared in the public record. The restored Tuscan-style villa and...

Esther Williams dies at 91; athletic star of aquatic musicals

2013-06-07 00:00:00

The water, Esther Williams once quipped, was her favorite costar. With her beauty, sunny personality and background as a champion swimmer, Williams shot to stardom in the 1940s in the "aqua musical," an odd sub-genre of films that became an enormous hit...

Esther Williams, star of MGM 'aqua musicals,' dies at 91

2013-06-06 10:41:00

Esther Williams, a swimming champion known for the MGM “aqua musicals” of the 1940s and '50s that turned her into a major Hollywood star, died early Thursday in her sleep, her longtime publicist, Harlan Boll, announced. She was 91. Her films...

Jacob Pereboom, of the Webster Swim Team, comes up out of the water to start the backstroke portion of the boys 12 and under 200 LC Meter Individual Medley Friday at the Summer High Point Swim Meet at the Aberdeen Aquatic Center. photo by john davis taken 6/14/2013

2013-06-14 21:34:00

Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel prepares to dive from Marina Hemingway in Havana, on June 12, 2013. McCardel will attempt to become the first to cross the Florida Straits swimming through the shark-infested sea without a protective cage.

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Imperial High School Swimming Pool

2013-05-29 14:26:00