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As a man and a movie lover, the "Twilight" films have annoyed me to no end. That is, until I saw a recent article by a woman about why she loves Robert Pattinson and his character, Edward Cullen, so much. It was telling, both about the films but more importantly about our culture. There is a hunger for real courtship in which the man is a true gentleman in the medieval sense. Women of all ages appear to be longing for what both Edward the vampire and Jake the werewolf offer.

What can we learn from celebrity relationships, specifically Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore?  I think we can learn a thing or two from married movie stars, especially when they break up. Their profession requires them to display their personalities to the public, and we get to watch a relationship unfold in all of its glorious, flawed humanity.  Some Hollywood actors try very hard to keep their relationships private, but not Demi and Ashton.

Today I saw the preview for the soon-to-be-released documentary, “Born to be Wild”.  The film, as reviewed by Robert Levin, “depicts the work and passions of Dr. Biruté Galdikis and Dame Daphne Sheldrick, the former a Bornean scientist and an advocate for orangutans, the latter a Kenyan conservationist and expert in raising elephants.

Every now and again you're surprised by something you learn about something you encounter or even work with every day. Maybe you have found that effect in the courses of Women's Happiness Magazine.