News about Jackie Collins

What's the secret to never being ditched? For the first time, I don't believe it's just down to my appearance, my height, my general loveliness, and my unshakeable optimism. No, I'm sure the reason why men see in me is that, quite simply, I'm a good husband and wife material. On more than one occasion, I've been referred to as the 'whole package.' The truth is, I know what guys really want in a marriage and how knowing it will keep the woman in control. For starters, I don't shy away from examining the sexes' differences. Men love to channel their inner caveman, whether that means carrying the suitcase for international jaunts or setting a fire in a holiday cottage. And why would I rain on their parade like so many of my contemporaries do in the name of equality?

Someone recently posted a snapshot of me on Instagram from 20 years ago. I was dressed in an expensive designer jacket, with immaculately blonde-streaked hair, and dripping with pearls in my mid-30s with seven bestsellers under my belt. I analyzed the photos closely, wondering how it was so bittersweet to see myself so young and gynical, but still so full of self-doubt. In fact, I barely recognized myself, and not because of time; my whole demeanor is different. Despite the coiffed appearance and confident smile, I was looking at a woman who was dressed to impress because she looked so insecure. I concealed my overwhelming lack of self-worth behind a jacket of gleaming armour back in the day. I thought I had to imitate glamorous, fast-looking writers like Jackie Collins and Barbara Taylor-Bradford. Mainly because I had no idea who the true'me' was really was. This photo makes me realize that my abiding lack of confidence has resulted in me inhabiting many different avatars in two decades.

Joan Collins said her late sister Jackie Collins did not have mammograms and that a lump on her breast would simply 'go away'. In 2015, the bestselling author died of breast cancer at the age of 77 and chose to keep her battle against the disease private for years. On Thursday's episode of Loose Women, Joan, 90, who only found out her sister was sick six weeks before her death, mourned her passing.

The Missus, E. L. James' latest book, focuses on the misogynistic union between a British aristo (Maxim) and his sex-trafficked Albanian cleaner (Alessia). While women should avoid anything that smacks of obedience to a male figure, feminist writer Lisa Hilton claims that while reading about it is enthralling.

When Helen McGinn was invited onto the British quiz show 'Celebrity Mastermind,' she said she felt sick.' She won't announce the findings yet, but she has confirmed that you will not want her on your quiz team. However, the thing that terrified her more than anything was getting the basic of questions wrong.

Dame Joan Collins, 89, was seen enjoying dinner at Craig's hot spot Percy Gibson, 57, on Friday. The Dynasty symbol was as glamorous as ever, wrapping a black fur-lined jacket over an elegant white tunic with frilled sleeves. Percy, a dapper figure dressed in a perfectly fitted midnight blue suit, was seen gallantly assisting his wife out of the car ahead of their wedding date.

An oval pendant with a jade buddha at the center and encrusted with 2.25 carats of brilliant cut diamonds is expected to sell for $1,100 (top right), although a pair of 2.05 carat diamond drop earrings are expected to sell for $610 (bottom right). A pair of lavender jade and diamond ear studs, as well as a black topaz dress ring are included in the collection.

Author India Knight's absolute favorite book as a child was Der 35 Mai (or The 35th of May), which is considered a children's masterpiece in France. Shirley Conran and Jilly Cooper were all in love with Judith Krantz, Jackie Collins and her staccato sentences.

SHIRLEY CONRAN: My mother told me that having money was rude for a woman. We were middle-class with no financial worries - my father had a dry-cleaning business, but she didn't have to give my two sisters or me pocket money. Husbands didn't want wives who were too concerned about financial matters. I realized this was just another way of keeping women short of money – and therefore power – as I grew up; it sparked a rash of anger in me that persists today; in the week of my 90th birthday, the topic of women and wealth has me fuming; My campaigning spirit is as good as when I led a flaming, torchlit march of 700 women to No. 10 in 1969, demanding equal pay. The Equal Pay Act of 1970 was the result. I spent 30 years learning about money; two years in post-divorce penury; 20 years on a single overarching cause - improving women's lives. I want women to get richer and stay richer. Some may find this objectionable; we are also allergic to the idea of women earning a lot of money.

TOM LEONARD: Elinor Glyn, a novelist, invented the 'It Girl,' and is often credited with inventing the Hollywood sex scene. Despite the fact that her later life resembled one of her books' more improvable plots, Glyn - author Hilary Hallett of Inventing The It Girl - began as a respected member of the Home Counties landed gentry who was largely insecure about her passionless Edwardian marriage, expressing a great deal of sexual apprehension.