Fast sales and decent prices at London and Paris' contemporary art fairs show the market for the visual arts is recovering but the demand is still slow. The fairs held consecutively over four days at Europe's top art capitals show that the market is still alive.

Barbra's newest gold bling, "Love Is The Answer", is Streisand's 51st gold album, bringing the total number to 63. Not bad for the 67 year old blond Funny Girl turned Yentl, turned "Roz" Focker. Streisand is currently married to actor James Brolin. Barbra Streisand has one child, Jason Gould, whom she had with her first husband Elliot Gould.

Hard times are proving to be a boon to art collectors. As the recent sale of the art of collect of Lord and Lady Attenborough demonstrates, recently earning 4.6 million pounds at Southerby’s auction house.

An important forerunner in expressionistic art, Edvard Munch's (1863-1944) lithographic version of "History" has been stolen from his native Norway.

Precious isn't just another movie - it's been called a tragic and triumphant story. Oprah Winfrey appears in a new trailer for the film Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and when Oprah speaks highly of anything, people tend to listen. On Friday's Oprah Winfrey Show, the star of Precious, Mo'Nique, was Oprah's guest.

Jack Bishop (Simon Baker) has it all: a beautiful wife, a wonderful daughter, a good job at the bank and a strong faith deeply rooted in Satanism. Who can ask for more? This is the setting of 'Not Forgotten.'

Best selling St. Joan of Arc biography Maid of Heaven: The Story of Saint Joan of Arc is now available at Google Books for digital previewing online.

A four foot tall bronze statue of a woman carrying a water jar went decades unnoticed in the backyard of an Ohio resident. The work, however, is by a famous Egyptian artist from the 1930's.