The longest-running animated series, The Simpsons, will celebrate its 500-episode landmark on February 19. Creator Matt Groening recalls how viewers of the Fox network’s The Tracey Ullman Show liked the brief cartoons that filled the gaps in each episode—and The Simpsons was spun off into its own half-hour show in 1989. For some, […]
Whitney Houston dead at 48, police confirm; stars pay tribute
Updated February 12, at 6.15 a.m. and 12.21 p.m. GMT; videos added 12 p.m. GMT; Sir Elton John tribute video added February 13, 10.08 a.m. Phil McCarten/PictureGroup A. Turner/J Records/PR Newswire/Newscom Top Whitney Houston (left) pictured with Kim Burrell, performing on the 11th Annual Celebration of Gospel in 2011. Above Whitney Houston with music mogel […]
V&A’s Unveiled wedding gown exhibition débuts at Te Papa
Top Gwen Stefani’s wedding dress, by John Galliano. Above Dita von Teese’s wedding dress, by Vivienne Westwood. Experience the world of wedding fashion with 200 years of extraordinary wedding fashion on display at Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, on loan from London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. The exhibition, Unveiled, displays everything […]
We’ll Take Manhattan: the impact of David Bailey and Jean Shrimpton revisited
Bailey, copyright ©1965 by the Condé Nast Publications (UK) BBC/Kudos Compare the pair. Top Jean Shrimpton, as she appeared in Vogue shot by Bailey in 1965. Above Karen Gillan and Aneurin Barnard as Jean Shrimpton and David Bailey in a publicity shot for We’ll Take Manhattan, which aired last week on BBC4. The visitor stats […]
Aston Martin to show first production V12 Zagato at Kuwait Concours d’Élégance
The first production Aston Martin V12 Zagato will début at the Kuwait Concours d’Élégance on February 15–18, the company announced today. The V12 Zagato is the latest collaboration between the famed English firm and the Italian styling house. The first DB4 GT Zagato, of which 19 were made, was introduced in 1960, with subsequent […]
The US will vote on internet censorship: why this will matter to many of you
How appropriate that the 2,000th entry in the ‘Insider’ section of the Lucire website would be devoted to something very important to the internet. On January 24, the US will vote on internet censorship, despite the opposition of the majority of American citizens, with the Protect-IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop […]
Harry Potter Tour to open next March at Leavesden, Herts.
The Harry Potter Tour will open next March at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, north of Watford, where the films were made. Tickets are already on sale. The tour will last for three hours and visitors can see sets, costumes and props from all eight films. Diagon Alley, Hogwarts’ Great Hall, the […]
Madonna learned of W. E.’s Golden Globe nominations when checking her Blackberry in the morning
Singer-turned-director Madonna has revealed that she learned of the two Golden Globe nominations for her film, W. E., when she woke up in the morning and checked her Blackberry ‘for exciting breaking news’. ‘I’m really proud that my movie was recognized in any category,’ she told ITN. Abel Korzeniowski scored the film, earning […]
BBC releases first pic of Karen Gillan as Jean Shrimpton in new bio-pic
BBC/Kudos The BBC has released its first official image of Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) playing Jean Shrimpton, in the BBC Four bio-pic, We’ll Take Manhattan. Welsh actor Aneurin Barnard stars alongside Gillan as photographer David Bailey. We’ll Take Manhattan focuses on a Vogue photo shoot in New York in 1962 and how iconic […]
Summer Rayne Oakes’s Extinction shown in full, online, for a limited time
Summer Rayne Oakes, who has a long association with Lucire, tells us that her short film, Extinction (eXtinction to give its official capitalization) can be viewed for a very limited time (a total less than two days from the time of this post) on Dailymotion. You can view the film at this link or […]
