Who will be Forbes’ top-earning models for 2013?
Above Gisèle Bündchen, who has returned to model for H&M, first appeared in 2000 for the company’s summer swimwear. In a few weeks’ time, Forbes will release its table of the world’s top-earning models for June 2012 to June 2013. Lucire didn’t report on the numbers last year, but if we did, we would […]
Forbidden fruit that’s fresh as ever
Literature that’s long been ripe for the picking (or picking-on) is harvested in earnest for the PEN Center, a literary organization advocating the freedom of expression around the world. Hollywood risk-takers like director John Landis, literature critic Tom Lutz, novelist Natasha Dean, and actors Rénée Felice Smith, Julian Sands, Kevin McKidd and Illeana Douglas […]
Jennifer Lawrence, Doutzen Kroes, Cheryl Cole, Eva Longoria at day four of the Cannes Film Festival
Updated with Jennifer Lawrence video on May 23, 2013, 2.06 p.m. GMT Ian Gavan/Getty Images Above In what must be her year, Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence was in Cannes to promote her new film, Catching Fire. It was another evening of celebrities at the 66th Festival de Cannes, the Cannes Film Festival, yesterday, with […]
Daniel Day-Lewis, David Gandy and Yasmin Le Bon on Jaguar’s team for the Mille Miglia
Updated May 17, 2013, 12.09 p.m. GMT with Italian TV report on Thursday’s incident involving Gandy and Le Bon’s Jaguar XK 120 Tullio M. Puglia Jaguar is participating in this year’s Mille Miglia from May 16 to 19, 2013, fielding a total of 24 cars, including six from Jaguar Heritage Racing. Its team includes […]
Companies behind Wellington label Starfish appoint liquidators
Above From Starfish’s heyday: the summer 2010–11 collection, Free Radical. The companies behind Starfish have appointed liquidators, according to public notices placed in metropolitan newspapers today. Both Starfish Retail Ltd. and Starfish Wholesale Ltd. went into liquidation as of May 8, with creditors expected to make their claims with Price Waterhouse Coopers in Wellington, […]
Lamborghini fans descend on Milano to start its 50th anniversary convoy, the Grande Giro
Above A preview of some of the locations in Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary convoy. Cars for a convoy commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lamborghini arrived at Milano today. The Grande Giro, with 350 models from the Italian supercar maker’s stable, will pass through Lombardia, Toscana, Lazio, Umbria and Emilia Romagna, stopping over in Forte dei Marmi, […]
Updated May 17, 2013 at 12.46 p.m. GMT with videos from Jennifer Keishin Armstrong In the 36 years since The Mary Tyler Moore Show ended, we’ve had snippets of information here and there: TV specials celebrating various anniversaries, articles when the release of the disappointing Mary & Rhoda TV movie appeared, and retrospectives when Mary […]
Copyright © Chanel Top Gabrielle Chanel, Seen by Karl Lagerfeld, original drawing by Karl Lagerfeld. Above An Imaginary Meeting Between Coco Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, original drawing by Karl Lagerfeld. In our round-up of news from ‘The Scene’: as part of Chanel’s celebration of the jacket, the house has released a new video (below) featuring […]
Video: Madame Tussauds unveils four Whitney Houston figures, celebrating her life
Almost a year after the passing of Whitney Houston, Madame Tussauds has unveiled four wax figures of the late singer, in the presence of her family, in New York. Her sister-in-law and former manager Pat Houston did the unveiling. The four figures represent different points of Houston’s life, spanning three decades, from her […]
Jean Paul Gaultier unveils his specially designed train, as part of Kunsthal exhibition in Rotterdam
In addition to haute couture and costumes, Jean Paul Gaultier has already designed a Coca-Cola bottle and recycling bags. And now he turns his attention to trains. Thalys, the ticketing organization run jointly by the French, Belgian, Dutch and German railways, teamed up with Gaultier for this latest venture. As an official partner […]
