Sex toys executive gets her own TV show

January 25, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

CINCINNATI — A woman whose Cincinnati company sells sex toys through home parties will soon star in her own reality TV show.

The TLC network says “Mother Knows Sex” chronicles the touching and often hilarious struggles faced by Patty Brisben and her family as she runs her business.

Brisben founded Pure Romance in 1993; the company’s Web site says it has grown into a multimillion dollar business with 80 full-time employees. Pure Romance relies on a sales force of independent consultants who organize in-home parties where the products are sold.

TLC plans to broadcast the one-hour program at 10 p.m. on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1. It will be repeated three times in early February.

ABBA women dismiss rumors of fights

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The two women members of 1970s hit group ABBA have rejected long-standing rumors that they are bitter enemies.

In a rare joint interview published Friday, Agnetha Faltskog, 58, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 63, took a chance to set the record straight.

“A lot has been written about how Agnetha and I fought and quarreled with each other. There is absolutely no truth in that,” Lyngstad was quoted as saying by tabloid Aftonbladet. “Of course we competed, but to good effect.”

Lyngstad and Faltskog formed ABBA together with male members Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.

The band has sold more than 370 million records and is famous for hits like “Waterloo” and “Dancing Queen.”

After ABBA split in 1982, rumors of fights between Lyngstad and Faltskog swirled in articles and books about the band.

Today’s birthdays

Blues singer Etta James is 71. Actress Leigh Taylor-Young (“Peyton Place,” “Soylent Green”) is 64. Actress Ana Ortiz (“Ugly Betty”) is 38. Guitarist Matt Odmark of Jars of Clay is 35. Singer Alicia Keys is 28.