Singer and actress Selena Gomez, 18, has kicked off her tour, performing in Los Angeles to promote her new music and new film, Monte Carlo, which Gomez says is a turning point in her career. The film is a romantic comedy which may bridge the gap between Gomez’s Disney image and older roles. […]
Bulova Accutron creatives, with Sir Richard Branson, shown
At the recent BaselWorld 2011 watch and jewellery show, fine watchmakers Bulova Accutron announced Sir Richard Branson as their brand ambassador. Sir Richard’s appointment is part of a company growth strategy for Bulova, which follows the opening of four new divisions in the last year. As a highly recognized global innovator and entrepreneur, Sir […]
J. R. and Sue Ellen return: Dallas stars promote Larry Hagman and Mary Martin auction
To commemorate an auction of memorabilia owned by I Dream of Jeannie and Dallas star Larry Hagman, the actor and former Dallas co-star Linda Gray took to riding on horseback down Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California. Hagman, 79, and Gray, 70, promoted the Larry Hagman Collection, being auctioned both online and by Julien’s […]
Scarlett Johansson, Archbishop Tutu and others highlight food crisis forecast by Oxfam
Scott Weiner/Calvin Klein Cosmetics If recent food price rises have families in shock, Oxfam has a worse outlook in the next 20 years if urgent action is not taken to change the system, says the charity charged with fighting global poverty. Oxfam’s Growing a Better Future report forecasts that maize and other key staples […]
AmFAR auction brings out Naomi Campbell, Janet Jackson, Gwen Stefani, Kiera Chaplin
The AmFAR Cinema Against Aids function held on Thursday was the social highlight this week. Celebrities at the event, hosted at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, included supermodel Naomi Campbell, Janet Jackson, Kiera Chaplin, Gwen Stefani, Goldie Hawn, Michelle Yeoh, Milla Jovovich, Patrick Dempsey, Harvey Weinstein, Jane Fonda, Donatella Versace, Brooke Shields, Freida […]
Lady Gaga guest-edits Metro newspaper in London
Lady Gaga, 2010’s (and 2011’s) mistress of publicity and fame, has stepped in to the editor-in-chief’s chair at Metro UK, as guest editor for a day. The singer wore a choker, bra top and black pants as she took the editor’s chair. She then led an editorial meeting where she discussed LGBT and equality […]
Nuptials are in the air as new book, Weddings and Movie Stars, released
John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Getty Images Ernst Haas/Getty Images Above Brigitte Bardot, and the wedding of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, are among the topics covered in Reel Art Press’s Weddings and Movie Stars, already released in the UK and awaiting release in the US mid-month. Reel Art Press is releasing a movie lover’s 288 pp. encyclopædia […]
Gisèle Bündchen increases lead in Forbes’s 2011 top-earning models’ list
Steven Meisel Above Lara Stone was the surprise in Forbes’s 2011 list of top-earning models, buoyed by her Calvin Klein campaign, among others. Forbes has released its 2011 list of the world’s top-earning models, with a substantial (30 per cent) rise for the top three: Gisèle Bündchen, Heidi Klum and Kate Moss. Bündchen leapt […]
Harvey Nichols shows Alexander McQueen to coincide with Costume Institute exhibition
Harvey Nichols is offering its London customers a chance to feel a part of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, with its McQueen-themed windows. The Harvey Nichols windows feature pieces that could not make it to New York due to customs’ regulations, according to Janet Wardley, […]
Royal Wedding recap: the dress, designed by Sarah Burton
As predicted by many, and originally denied by the Alexander McQueen company, Sarah Burton was the designer of Kate Middleton’s wedding gown. The choice of Burton stemmed from ‘its craftsmanship and its respect for traditional workmanship and the technical construction of clothing,’ according to an official statement. It continued, ‘Miss Middleton wished for […]
