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 […]
Beyoncé, Eva Longoria to début fragrances
Looks like 2010 will begin with more celebrity fragrances. As revealed earlier this month, Beyoncé Knowles’s Heat, for Coty, will launch in February, with hints of red vanilla orchid, magnolia, neroli and blush peach. From being a L’Oréal Paris face to having a scent of her own, Eva Longoria-Parker will launch Eva by […]
Volvo gives more info on electric C30 hatchback
Volvo showed an electric C30 some time ago. Still a concept, the company is showing more details, with a test fleet promised for 2010. The cars can run on electricity on a single charge for 150 km—which means it suits 90 per cent of European drivers. Our video below has comments from Volvo, as […]
First official pic of the next Project Runway cast
Barbara Nitke One of the fashionistas’ favourite TV shows, Project Runway, returns on January 14, 2010, 10 p.m. EST/PST on Lifetime Television. The show returns to New York with Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and 16 new designers as they vie for a place at New York Fashion Week. You may also […]
Michaela Savic is first finalist of Panos Emporio Model Tour
Above Panos Papadopoulos, founder of Panos Emporio, and Michaela Savic, who won the first heat of the swimwear company’s model tour. Like Hennes & Mauritz, which tended to employ celebrities before shifting to lesser known models, Swedish swimwear label Panos Emporio is taking the search for its next face to the people of Sweden with […]
Naomi Campbell to get modelling reality show?
The British media are speculating that Naomi Campbell (left) could get her own X Factor-style show based around the modelling industry, with the supermodel at the helm. A spokesperson said that Campbell, 39, has been approached with an offer. Nothing has yet been confirmed, though Campbell has been reported as wanting to start […]
Miss Normandie, Malika Menard, crowned Miss France 2010
In France, where beauty pageants still command big television audiences and capture the public’s imagination, Malika Menard, Miss Normandie, has been crowned Miss France 2010 in Nice tonight. Menard, 22, is a third-year law student, and is 5 ft 9 in (176 cm) tall. She cites her interests as cinema, travel and reading. […]
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 […]
David Bailey selling exhibition to open at Bonhams in March
Above Jean Shrimpton, a.k.a. the Shrimp, as photographed by Bailey in British Vogue. A selling exhibition, Pure Sixties, Pure Bailey, of David Bailey’s iconic images of the 1960s will be hosted by Bonhams at 101 New Bond Street from March 7 to April 7, the company announced yesterday. In celebrating the 50th anniversary of […]
First videos: new BMW 5-series saloon revealed
For those who lamented the disappearance of the elegant BMW 5-series, or 5er-Reihe in German, lament no more: the new 5 was unveiled today, and we have the first videos of the car. It’s a far more attractive vehicle than the outgoing saloon, taking cues from the larger 7-series, and putting them into a […]
