Time for a Brucie Bonus: compère extraordinaire Forsyth turns 80
Showbiz legend Bruce Forsyth, CBE has celebrated his 80th birthday. To mark the occasion, the Strictly Come Dancing host held a press conference at London’s Dorchester Hotel, followed by a lavish party for family and friends. In an interview last week, Forsyth insisted that he has no intention of retiring just yet. […]
Behind the scenes at New York Fashion Week
Odds and ends from New York Fashion Week, prior to our big articles in print: ?rst, our own Ashleigh Berry was interviewed by Re?nery29, in its ‘Style & People’ section. Go Ash! She managed to get to the Karen Walker show—her must-see for the week, being a fellow New Zealander—and the nice folks at Re?nery29 interviewed […]
New James Bond title confirmed: Quantum of Solace
There’s always some speculation every few years on what the next James Bond movie will be called and now, it’s official: Quantum of Solace. It’s one of the few Ian Fleming title names left, this time from one of the late author’s short stories in the For Your Eyes Only anthology. Some fans […]
I still think of Katherine Heigl as the girl I should have tried harder to secure a cover with, because she’s now huge in 2008. Prior to that, Katy came into conversation as she was a classmate of a Lucire team member, and I had probably seen Under Siege 2 more times than I should […]
Australian actor Heath Ledger, 28, found dead
Australian-born, Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger, 28, has been found dead in a Soho, New York apartment. The New York Police Department has confirmed his death. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger was found by a housekeeper at 3.26 p.m., who went to tell him that a masseuse had arrived for an appointment. ‘We don’t know the cause of the […]
James Bond star, Sir Roger Moore, working on memoirs
Sir Roger Moore, star of The Saint and The Persuaders, and who played James Bond seven times between 1973 and 1985, is to publish his memoirs this year. The 80-year-old star of Live and Let Die and The Spy Who Loved Me said: ‘The time is right to tell my story.’ The book, called My Word […]
Two Bond girls announced: Gemma Arterton, Olga Kurylenko in next film
James Bond has two new Bond girls. British actress Gemma Arterton and Ukrainian model Olga Kurylenko will co-star in the latest instalment of the 007 franchise opposite Daniel Craig, Columbia Pictures announced. Craig made his début as Bond in 2006’s Casino Royale, which co-starred French actress Eva Green as Vesper Lynd, an enigmatic spy […]
Shu Uemura passes away, aged 79
Shu Uemura, the cosmetics pioneer known for his scienti?c approach to beauty, died from pneumonia December 29 in Tokyo aged 79. Uemura was born in Tokyo in 1928. He attended a beauty school and was the only man in his class, according to Reuter. In the 1950s, he began his career as an assistant on a […]
Gavin Newsom proposes to Jennifer Siebel
We congratulate our friend Jennifer Siebel on her engagement to Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco. While I haven’t personally heard from Jen yet, the good news is on the newswires presently. Gavin proposed while they vacationed in Hawai’i over the weekend and she accepted, according to the Associated Press. Lucire ?rst encountered Jen in […]
Keira Knightley’s Atonement dress voted best film costume
It’s 2008 and two of the three Lucire ‘Insider’ entries are about Keira Knightley. It looks like 2007 was very much Miss Knightley’s year, if all these polls are anything to go by. From the Press Association: ‘The emerald green dress worn by Keira Knightley in Atonement has been voted the best film costume […]
