Megan Fox grabs headlines for spring–summer ’10
Mert & Marcus Above Megan Fox is the latest celebrity to front a fashion label’s campaign. In the main part of the Lucire site this week, Samantha Hannah makes her first 10 style picks for ’10, for the southern summer in New Zealand. Elyse Glickman, meanwhile, discovers there’s more to choosing jewellery for the bride, […]
Tyra Banks to end talk show in the spring
Tyra Banks has announced that her daytime talk show will end, with the last episodes to be made in the spring. Even after the end of production, the show will continue to air for 2010–11, though with best-of episodes, says Variety. The Tyra Show began in 2005, and has won Daytime Emmys in […]
Today on the site: dining out in Chicago
Elyse Glickman Things didn’t slow down over the past week, though there was less news to report. However, we do have Elyse Glickman’s special on Chicago dining online today—fitting, given it’s President Barack Obama’s former state. A few shots didn’t make it in to the layout, and we showcase them here. Crab cakes at […]
A great finalé for the Palin book tour
[Cross-posted] Looks like the Palinomenon has continued, this time on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, where the former governor got her own back against William Shatner, who had lampooned two of her speeches and excerpts from her autobiography. Judging by the audience applause, the response to Sarah Palin—you know, the Sarah Palin with […]
Mike Simcoe on an ‘aspirational’ Daewoo
Mike Simcoe is probably GM’s best North American design boss for years, and the way he gave Holden a sense of style is to be commended. However, as all bosses must do, he must defend things that were started by other GM staffers. (I remember well when Ian Callum of Jaguar had to talk up […]
A&E launches The Jacksons: a Family Dynasty in LA
Christopher Polk/Getty Images Top Jackie Jackson and Jermaine Jackson. Above Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Marlon Wayans, Jermaine Jackson and Shawn Wayans. A&E’s bash at Boulevard3 in Los Angeles on Wednesday to launch its new six-episode The Jacksons: a Family Dynasty saw celebrities including Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Tito Jackson, Shawn and Marlon Wayans, […]
Buick shows Regal sedan at Los Angeles Auto Show
Buick has finally shown its Regal in the US, as a 2011 model at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Built in Germany, the Regal is essentially a badge-engineered Opel Insignia, which was the European Car of the Year for 2009. A softly sprung version of the same car is already in sale in China. […]
Volvo XC60 wins US truck award
The International Car of the Year jury has voted the Volvo XC60 as its Truck of the Year. It’s a model we’ve also tested at Lucire, and we commend the jury’s choice. Safety features such as collision avoidance, and fairly good fuel economy from the diesel, impress us, too. There’s a misnomer over how […]
University professor puts Twilight: New Moon into context
The University of Denver is an unlikely institution to get on board the Twilight movie phenomenon, but Lynn Schofield Clark, associate professor of mass communication and journalism, puts it into context. Dr Schofield Clark says that Twilight appeals to teenage girls, and their mothers, because of its empowering message. ‘Who wouldn’t want to be […]
Twilight’s Christian Serrato appears nude in PETA’s latest campaign
Christian Serratos’s new poster for PETA, one of the long-running ‘I’d rather go naked than wear fur’ series, is well timed to promote the new movie, Twilight: New Moon. The youngest actress to have appeared in one of the advertisements—Serrato is 19—her poster has imagery intended to remind audiences of the vampire flick, right […]
