Rosario Dawson, Eva Longoria-Parker, Jessica Alba oppose Arizona immigration law
Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com/Getty Images Above Eva Longoria-Parker speaks out against Arizona’s new immigration law. Rosario Dawson has brought together fellow celebs Eva Longoria-Parker, Jessica Alba, Wilmer Valderrama and musician Common to stand against Arizona’s immigration law in a PSA for Voto Latino and Telemundo’s Mun 2. ‘I haven’t made it a secret that I’m strongly […]
Playboy does a non-nude website
Perhaps realizing that smut doesn’t always translate into sales, Playboy Enterprises has launched The Smoking Jacket, a safe-for-work men’s website—which we take to mean something positioned between a typical lads’ magazine and GQ. ‘TheSmokingJacket.com is the ultimate safe-for-work internet experience for men, and a one-stop shop for all that is cool online,’ said Jimmy […]
Reality show on Wayne Cooper wins international award in LA
The WC, the comedic reality series about British-born Australian fashion designer Wayne Cooper, has won the Next TV award for Branded Entertainment from the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) in Los Angeles. The series examines what running an international fashion label is really like. It is directed by Kostas Metaxas and produced […]
Twilight film studio sues Bella Swan jacket designers
Above left The BB Dakota jacket at the core of the lawsuit. Above right Kristen Stewart, as Bella Swan, wearing the jacket. Summit Entertainment LLC, the studio behind the Twilight film franchise, is filing suit against BB Dakota, Modcloth and Metropark. BB Dakota created the jacket worn by Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan character in the […]
Lucire’s summer ’10 travel specials
Last week was, by all accounts, a slow news week. We glanced at the wires, and the sort of articles that might have piqued the interest of Lucire readers just weren’t arriving. However, that did mean we could pull out our summer travel specials, penned by our industrious west coasters, travel editor Stanley Moss and […]
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 […]
The final of Ashes to Ashes: a cultural phenomenon
Above Keeley Hawes as DI Alex Drake and Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt in Ashes to Ashes, concluding tonight on BBC One. Tonight on BBC One, the final of Ashes to Ashes airs in the UK. Of all the TV shows we have covered in Lucire, Ashes to Ashes seems to be one […]
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 […]
Lady Gaga: from American Idol to ballet
Lady Gaga seems to be in the Zeitgeist this week. First, we receive word from Giorgio Armani that it has designed the singer’s outfit for American Idol. Not really a show we take in, and we noted the dramatic design from the Italian company: ‘Lady Gaga will wear a silk mesh bodysuit with embroidered Chantilly […]
HP, GHD launch Sex and the City 2 products
As hype about Sex and the City 2 begins to build, beauty and technology companies—along with the original book’s author—are beginning to cash in, collaborating on must-have new products, and a must-read prequel. The GHD Colour Collection, which launches today, features four brightly coloured straighteners—one for each of Sex and the City’s leading ladies. […]
