Miss Universe New Zealand 2010: an afternoon at the mall
Monday was the first full day for the Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 contestants at the Museum Hotel, beginning with interviews with Laura McQuillan of the NZPA and their first choreography class with Sarah McIntyre. During the daytime, the highlight was heading to Johnsonville Shopping Centre for a parade, arranged with the help of […]
Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 contestants arrive in Wellington
These are a few quick cellphone snapshots from the fun today at Miss Universe New Zealand 2010, made during the shooting of the official photographs at the Museum Hotel. Jin Cowan photographed the official images, and the contestants were posing for them in these shots. Contestants began arriving Saturday, with the bulk of them […]
A positive feeling for this year’s Miss Universe New Zealand contest
Miss Universe Above Katie Taylor, Miss Universe New Zealand 2009. The author says he looks forward to a strong competition in 2010 as he and his fellow judges find Taylor’s successor on June 5 in Wellington. Last year, the Miss Universe New Zealand pageant was one of the best natured ones I’ve judged here. What […]
Renault, Mercedes-Benz make pushes in film
Getty Images Above Melissa Theuriau and Mathilda May at Cannes, stepping out of Renault Vel Satises. Craig Blankenhorn Above Carrie and co. with the new Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse cabriolet and the Maybach limousines. Two car companies really pushed their marketing last week. Renault has had fairly good exposure for its poor-selling Vel Satis saloon as the […]
Cannes closes with more glamour, and Emmanuelle Béart in a suit
We are as guilty as many media for covering a lot of the opening of the Festival de Cannes, but less of the closing. On the last few days, we spotted Mary J. Blige and Camilla Belle in Gucci, while at the closing ceremony last night, jury member Kate Beckinsale wowed us in Nina Ricci […]
Milla Jovovich, Miles Aldridge and Philip Treacy collaborate on Mercedes fashion campaign
Mercedes-Benz has released a video on the making of its latest visuals for the spring–summer 2011 fashion season, featuring Milla Jovovich. The company, which sponsors over 50 fashion events worldwide, commissioned photographer Miles Aldridge and milliner Philip Treacy to work on its latest campaign. Jovovich is paired with the new Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse cabriolet, […]
From Cheryl Cole to the fitness “boot camp”
Sean Gallup for de Grisogono/Getty Images For those of you catching up with Lucire on your RSS feeds, a little note to say that we were among the first media to get you pics from Cheryl Cole’s performance at the de Grisogono dinner party, where she entertained some of the stars at the Festival de […]
Some of our favourite dresses (so far) at the 63rd Festival de Cannes
Getty Images Venturelli/WireImage Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Tony Barson/WireImage Olivier Borde/Getty Images Getty Images Giorgio Armani We promised readers late last week that we would have some images from the Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) that were not from Giorgio Armani, who had sent us quite a few ahead of the other designers. […]
Aishwarya Rai turns heads at Festival de Cannes
Giorgio Armani Many regard former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, 36, as the most beautiful woman in the world. She is certainly a positive, modern and relevant symbol of India. As mentioned yesterday, Giorgio Armani Privé supplied her with her Festival de Cannes dress for the event’s second day. Rai wore a black evening dress […]
Armani shows its Cannes opening ceremony outfits
Giorgio Armani Here are some of the Armani-designed outfits from yesterday’s opening ceremony at the Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival). As revealed earlier this week in Lucire, Robin Hood star Russell Crowe wore a black one-button shawl collar microfibre Giorgio Armani tuxedo. His wife, Danielle Spencer, wore a Giorgio Armani Privé white silk […]
