Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz promote Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides in London
Some movie news from London, rather than Cannes: Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz are promoting their new film, Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides, the fourth in the Disney series. Gone are Keira Knightley, who had had enough of a series that dominated her life from 17 to 22, and co-star Orlando Bloom, […]
Alexandra Owen introduces the jewellery of Alexandra Dodds
Alexandra Owen is a great connoisseur of all things quirky and unique, and constantly has an eye for the beautiful and new. Her latest find and a perfect fit for her Wellington store is the hauntingly beautiful jewellery of Wellington-based artist Alexandra Dodds. Dodds’s work calls upon her fine arts’ background, which helps […]
Jean Paul Gaultier creates 2011 Piper-Heidsieck bottle, to be revealed at Cannes
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier has created a new design for Piper-Heidsieck’s cuvée brut champagne, to be unveiled at a dinner at the Festival de Cannes on May 13. It is Gaultier’s second collaboration with the champagne house, the first in 1999. The design has been inspired by the can-can. ‘This is the […]
Rachel McAdams, Uma Thurman, Gong Li, Lady Gaga glam up Cannes Film Festival
Stéphane Kossmann/Renault/Getty Images The Festival de Cannes—the Cannes Film Festival—has got off to a very glamorous start. Robert de Niro and Jude Law, on the Cannes jury, were spotted earlier in the day, as were those opening the Festival’s first film, Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, with stars Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams. French […]
OPI releases Pirates of the Caribbean nail lacquer range
OPI celebrates the latest film in the Pirates of the Caribbean quadrilogy. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has inspired its new 2011 Brights nail lacquer collection. The limited-edition Brights collection embodies the film’s ‘warm tropical setting, with a classic nautical influence’, according to the company. The collection comes in shades of lavender, […]
Feedback is positive for Cheryl Cole after day one on The X Factor
It does appear we are going to get a blow-by-blow on how things are going for Cheryl Cole on The X Factor. ITN summarizes that Cole is not sitting next to Simon Cowell, as she does on the original version—Paula Abdul takes that seat—and that all but two contestants had an issue understanding a […]
Chanel Top Blake Lively at the Chanel VIP dinner celebrating the house’s cruise 2011–12 collection. Above Vanessa Paradis and Chanel mæstro Karl Lagerfeld. As reported yesterday, Karl Lagerfeld has launched the Chanel cruise 2011–12 collection on the French Riviera, at the Hôtel du Cap on the Cap d’Antibes. The atmosphere was far more relaxed […]
Getting Stolen Girlfriends’ Club’s hairstyles: Greg Murrell and KMS’s tips
While we’re preparing our report from Rosemount Australian Fashion Week in Sydney, our friends from Stolen Girlfriends’ Club and KMS have shared with us behind-the-scenes hair images and a how-to. Greg Murrell of Ryder directed the hair for Marc Moore, Luke Harwood and Dan Gosling’s latest collection, The Big Comedown. Stolen Girlfriends’ Club […]
Cheryl Cole reveals her new look on US X Factor; Paula Abdul confirmed
Now that the four-judge line-up to the US version of The X Factor has been unveiled—with Paula Abdul filling the fourth role—the media are watching how the new show unfolds. By the time the show hits the US airwaves in the autumn, Cheryl Cole and Steve Jones will be known in the country—and Cole […]
Karl Lagerfeld creates The Tale of a Fairy film for Chanel cruise 2011–12
Chanel mæstro Karl Lagerfeld has made a short film to promote the house’s cruise 2011–12 collection, called The Tale of a Fairy. It will screen at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc at the Cap d’Antibes today (May 9) and will be available at Chanel.com on May 10 at 9 p.m. GMT. Below is the trailer […]
