Beyoncé Knowles talks 4; Transformers 3 hits Shanghai
Paramount Pictures/Getty Images Beyoncé Knowles talks about her growing up, provides some footage of her performing as a child, and shows some of the behind-the-scenes preparations for her album, 4, in the clip below. The album is still holding on to its number-one slot for the second week. The name is derived from Knowles’s […]
Global round-up: international fashion; Japanese inspiration; Jessica Alba talks motherhood
The main part of the Lucire website has had some international fashion round-ups. Not only have fashion editor Sopheak Seng and Paris editor Lola Saab made their picks from the New York fall collections (with more to come), but Joanna Mroczkowska has filed her report from Fashion Philosophy Fashion Week in Poland, and, importantly, Yuka […]
Entertainment news: Zhang Zi Lin on modelling; more from Fashion for Relief; Oprah’s farewell
Stéphane Kossmann/Renault/Getty Images China’s biggest model at present, former Miss World (2007) Zhang Zi Lin, one of L’Oréal Paris’s many faces, talks about her early aspirations, her career in modelling, and her Elie Saab (‘one of my favourite designers’) dress that she wore to the première of Tree of Life at the Festival de Cannes. […]
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt walk the red carpet, while Naomi Campbell puts on a charity show for Japan
Stéphane Kossmann/Renault/Getty Images Tree of Life’s première at the Festival de Cannes brought out star Brad Pitt and his wife, Angelina Jolie (in a strapless mocha-coloured Atelier Versace gown in silk mikado), probably the most recognized actress in the western world at the moment. Joining them on the red carpet were fellow stars Sean Penn […]
Ian Gavan Top Roger Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon and John Taylor of Duran Duran. Above Vanessa Hudgens attends the Belvedere Red party at Cannes. Last year it was Cheryl Cole and de Grisogono, but this year, Duran Duran rocked the audience at a private party for Belvedere Red at the Festival de Cannes […]
Gong Li discusses career, beauty, and L’Oréal
With Gong Li the most searched-for celebrity yesterday on this website, here’s an interview with the famed Chinese actress from Cinémoi, recorded at the Festival de Cannes on day one. Through an interpreter, Li, wearing Lanvin, discusses her career, her aim to have control over her roles (‘I choose the film I love the […]
Citroën announces DS5 crossover at Auto Shanghai
Citroën has announced its DS5 at Auto Shanghai, the Shanghai Motor Show. Originally touted as a crossover (blending saloon, coupé and off-roader), the result is more a sleek all-wheel-drive hatchback that carries on the design theme of the smaller DS3 and DS4. The DS5 features Citroën’s Hybrid4 diesel technology: 200 PS, four-wheel drive, electric […]
Volkswagen globally launches next-generation Beetle with more ‘masculine’ design
Volkswagen has débuted the new Beetle with simultaneous launches in Shanghai (which is having its motor show), New York and Berlin. The launch reflects the most important markets for the car: the growing Chinese market, where Volkswagen has a leadership position with ventures in both Beijing and Shanghai; the US, which has always had […]
CK One unveils global advertising campaign for spring ’11
Steven Meisel Calvin Klein, Coty (the fragrance licensee) and Warnaco (which runs Calvin Klein Underwear and licenses the brand for jeans and swimear) have unveiled the spring advertising campaign for CK One. The campaign, created by Fabien Baron in cooperation with Calvin Klein’s internal ad team, breaks its teasers on February 23 globally, leading […]
Calvin Klein’s new Melbourne shop; ShopSavvy ’11; Sopheak Seng’s top picks; and travel in Asia
Calvin Klein has opened a new jeans’ store at the Crown Entertainment Complex in Melbourne, Victoria. According to Calvin Klein, it’s the second-largest free-standing Calvin Klein Jeans store in Australia, with 131 m², selling the brand’s designer jeans, accessories, underwear, watches and jewellery. Meanwhile, ShopSavvy has published its 2011 guide in New Zealand. ‘By […]
