BBC releases first pic of Karen Gillan as Jean Shrimpton in new bio-pic
BBC/Kudos The BBC has released its first official image of Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) playing Jean Shrimpton, in the BBC Four bio-pic, We’ll Take Manhattan. Welsh actor Aneurin Barnard stars alongside Gillan as photographer David Bailey. We’ll Take Manhattan focuses on a Vogue photo shoot in New York in 1962 and how iconic […]
Cara Delevingne and Eddie Redmayne appear in Burberry’s spring–summer ’12 campaign
Mario Testino/Burberry, copyrighted Cara Delevingne and Eddie Redmayne appear in the Burberry spring–summer 2012 advertising campaign, creative-directed by Christopher Bailey and photographed by Mario Testino. The two British models have appeared in previous Burberry campaigns. Delevingne appeared in the spring–summer 2011 campaign for the brand, and for the Burberry Beauty range. She also appeared […]
Daphne Guinness for MAC range unveiled
MAC Cosmetics has revealed its Daphne Guinness-created range, available in Australia and New Zealand from January 2. Guinness, one of the heiresses in the aristocratic Irish family, has long been connected with fashion and beauty, having collaborated with the likes of Comme des Garçons and NARS Cosmetics. The new line of colours has […]
Daniel Craig never called the Kardashians ‘idiots’: media continue to fuel the story
In another media “he said, she said”, Daniel Craig has denied ever calling the Kardashians ‘idiots’, in a brief red-carpet Q&A with our colleagues at ITN. The actor, promoting the remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, wonders how he could have ever given them a label, considering he has never seen their […]
New beauty releases from the Jojoba Company, Weleda and OPI
The Jojoba Company skin care range has been crafted with environmentally sensitive minds, promoting the concept of an all-natural way of replenishing and revitalizing your skin. Its latest trio of Hydrating Day Cream, Firming Eye Balm and Intense Overnight Renewal Crème maintain the iconic qualities bought forth with the golden Australian jojoba and with scents […]
BMW adds four-door Gran Coupé to 6-series; Montblanc offers Ingrid Bergman-inspired pens
BMW has unveiled a four-door version of its 6er-Reihe coupé, outlining its intentions to grow each series with multiple body styles. Called the Gran Coupé, the new variant of the 6-series joins the existing cabriolet and coupé. If the current 5-series is already considered svelte, the new 6er-Reihe Gran Coupé takes that further. […]
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol has German première alongside BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images/Paramount Pictures We haven’t followed the press juggernaut for Tom Cruise’s new film, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (notice the shift of the colon from the original Mission: Impossible title in everything but the official logo) as it made its way from the Far East to western Europe, but the German première at BMW […]
L’Oréal Paris and Hearst announce 2011 Women of Worth winners
L’Oréal Paris and Hearst have held their sixth annual Women of Worth awards’ ceremony, with L’Oréal spokeswomen Andie MacDowell, Julianna Margulies and Aimée Mullins among the celebrity presenters. Gayle King, Nina Garcia and Katie Cassidy also presented, along with former Women of Worth winners. The following received $10,000 each for her charitable cause: Ann […]
Summer Rayne Oakes’s Extinction shown in full, online, for a limited time
Summer Rayne Oakes, who has a long association with Lucire, tells us that her short film, Extinction (eXtinction to give its official capitalization) can be viewed for a very limited time (a total less than two days from the time of this post) on Dailymotion. You can view the film at this link or […]
Public interest in Miss France increases over rival pageant
TF1 Top Delphine Wespiser with her first words upon being crowned as Miss France: ‘36-37’, the number for France’s Téléthon. Above Christelle Roca, Miss Prestige National 2012, crowed at Divonnes-les-Bains in Ain. While Sunday was a record day for traffic this year at the Lucire website, thanks to the Miss France pageant, Monday remained relatively […]
