New James Bond title confirmed: Quantum of Solace
There’s always some speculation every few years on what the next James Bond movie will be called and now, it’s official: Quantum of Solace. It’s one of the few Ian Fleming title names left, this time from one of the late author’s short stories in the For Your Eyes Only anthology. Some fans […]
The look of the StarNow modelling competition winner
Lucire editor Laura Ming-Wong, Miss New Zealand 2007 Laural Barrett and I will be among the judges of the StarNow 2008 Australian Model Search. Each time I judge a competition, I get asked what I am looking for. The requirements of a fashion magazine for models include talent that can look different each […]
I still think of Katherine Heigl as the girl I should have tried harder to secure a cover with, because she’s now huge in 2008. Prior to that, Katy came into conversation as she was a classmate of a Lucire team member, and I had probably seen Under Siege 2 more times than I should […]
Join in the Project Runway–Levi’s 501 Design Challenge through Lucire
Readers will notice the Levi’s 501 Design Challenge graphic on our home page today, which is tied to the Project Runway competition on TV. The challenge: to create iconic looks based on pairs of Levi’s 501 jeans and the trucker jacket. But now, you can join in the fun. On the Design Challenge page at the Levi’s […]
Australian actor Heath Ledger, 28, found dead
Australian-born, Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger, 28, has been found dead in a Soho, New York apartment. The New York Police Department has confirmed his death. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger was found by a housekeeper at 3.26 p.m., who went to tell him that a masseuse had arrived for an appointment. ‘We don’t know the cause of the […]
Sarkozy, Royal spent tens of thousands on campaign grooming, make-up
Echoing the expense that President Clinton was once known for (an infamous expensive haircut at LAX), a commission in France examining the make-up, hair and related expenses of its presidential candidates in 2007 revealed that the Socialist Party’s Ségolène Royal spent €53,581during her campaign. Nicolas Sarkozy, who won the presidency, spent €34,445. The commission would […]
Readers may notice a rise on this site in the number of PSAs for the Heart Truth Campaign, which we are running in association with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in the US. Fashionistas will know the campaign from the Red Dress show that we have regularly covered over the years. February 1 […]
New Corvette and Caddy are hardly gas misers
General Motors’ latest video is pretty unconvincing. While it has alternative-fuel cars at the Detroit Auto Show on this week, the ones that are ready for sale are, for want of a better term, gas guzzlers. And they need to be promoted. The Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 and Cadillac CTS-V look the business, and GM says that it’s […]
James Bond star, Sir Roger Moore, working on memoirs
Sir Roger Moore, star of The Saint and The Persuaders, and who played James Bond seven times between 1973 and 1985, is to publish his memoirs this year. The 80-year-old star of Live and Let Die and The Spy Who Loved Me said: ‘The time is right to tell my story.’ The book, called My Word […]
Bendon Sport’s 2008 begins with a new design, the Action Crop, which is a crop-top style with flexi-underwire support and a mesh back for breathing. Meanwhile, the popular Max Out design (left), with B to DD cups, has a new Sunkist Coral colour way, with the white–silver and black–silver combinations continuing. […]
