Fresh from winning the Leakey Prize, for scientists who have “transcended their disciplines, the now-legendary Jane Goodall spoke to Salon about her life, her philosophy, and about the great apes with which she spent so much of her life. Asked why  Louis Leakey had chosen, in the 1960’s,  three women to  conduct the great primate studies, Goodall gives one meta-reason…

Doing more than protest: When management at Britain’s Channel 5 asked Selina Scott, 57, if she’d be available to cover for anchor Natasha Kaplinsky’s maternity leave, she said yes and marked her calendar. When instead the channel tapped Isla Traquair aged 28 and Matt Barbet aged 32, Scott did more than complain. She hired a lawyer:  “TThe Channel and the…

The Foursome Returns: The long-awaited “Sex and the City” movie opens at midnight tonight. Bob Thompson of The National Post interviews Kim Cattrall, 51, about reprising her character, Samantha: As usual, Cattrall’s Samantha tells it like it is — just as she did on the show, elevating the status of the single professional woman from uncool to very hip. “In…