Study reveals 38 per cent of men cannot see their manhoods
A Jenny Craig study has revealed that 38 per cent of Australian men cannot see their manhood when looking down, while Kiwis, too, need to watch themselves over the Christmas period. Angela Berrill (left), Jenny Craig’s weight management expert, says, ‘New Zealand is one of the fattest nations in the world, which is frightening. […]
Volvo gives more info on electric C30 hatchback
Volvo showed an electric C30 some time ago. Still a concept, the company is showing more details, with a test fleet promised for 2010. The cars can run on electricity on a single charge for 150 km—which means it suits 90 per cent of European drivers. Our video below has comments from Volvo, as […]
Bentley lends its name to skis
Bentley has extended its brand again, this time to hand-made skis from Switzerland. The skis, poles and ski bag have been created by Zai with input from Bentley’s Styling Studio. The Zai skis are made in a limited edition of 250 numbered pairs, and début a new type of carbonfibre dubbed Zaiìra. The […]
‘Iranian Cyber Army’ hacks Twitter
Above The Iranian Cyber Army’s page, which has replaced the Twitter one at this time. For those trying to get on to the Twitter website presently, one need not bother: a group calling itself the Iranian Cyber Army claims to have hacked the site. Users on the micro-blogging service were presented with a new […]
First official pic of the next Project Runway cast
Barbara Nitke One of the fashionistas’ favourite TV shows, Project Runway, returns on January 14, 2010, 10 p.m. EST/PST on Lifetime Television. The show returns to New York with Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and 16 new designers as they vie for a place at New York Fashion Week. You may also […]
The Aston Martin V8 Vantage is my car of the decade
Chelfyn Baxter Above The author with the Aston Martin V8 Vantage in 2006. [Cross-posted] Autocar is currently talking about what was the car of the decade. I remember in 1989, the magazine ran a series on the most beautiful cars of each decade, and named the most significant. That decade, the Ford Sierra was the […]
Miss Sweden, Azra Duliman, attends COP 15
Miss Sweden 2009, Azra Duliman, is presently in København to attend COP 15, after being chosen by Green Cross, the environmental organization founded by Mikhail Gorbachev. Duliman, a law student, was chosen as Miss Sweden earlier this year based in part on her record of working on human rights’ issues. Duliman says in […]
Watchdog says Marks & Spencer ad, featuring Philip Glenister, not sexist
A Marks & Spencer Christmas 2009 TV commercial has been cleared by the Advertising Standards’ Authority after complaints about sexism. Ashes to Ashes star Philip Glenister, best known for his portrayal of politically incorrect DCI Gene Hunt, says toward the end of the advertisement, ‘Oh come on, it’s Christmas—that girl prancing around in her […]
David Beckham highlights progress made on HIV issue in Cape Town
During a visit to South Africa last week, footballer David Beckham went to a UNICEF-supported clinic in Khayelitsha Township, Cape Town, where he met and spoke to pregnant young women and new mothers who are living with HIV. As an ambassador for UNICEF, Beckham wanted to highlight the progress that has been made around the […]
Michaela Savic is first finalist of Panos Emporio Model Tour
Above Panos Papadopoulos, founder of Panos Emporio, and Michaela Savic, who won the first heat of the swimwear company’s model tour. Like Hennes & Mauritz, which tended to employ celebrities before shifting to lesser known models, Swedish swimwear label Panos Emporio is taking the search for its next face to the people of Sweden with […]
