Instagram round-up, April 24: whatever you do, don’t mention the pandemic
There’s a lot happening around this time of year, including the Orthodox Easter, Earth Day, the start of Ramadan, and ANZAC Day, and over the last week, celebrities have been Instagramming in a more positive way, even though the COVID-19 pandemic is very much with us. Natalia Vodianova (@natasupernova) showed off her dining table […]
The lockdown continues: celebrity Instagram round-up, April 10
As the COVID-19 lockdown continues in many parts of the world, many celebrities and models are keeping their spirits up, especially to their Instagram audiences. Winnie Harlow (@winnieharlow) showed photos of her on a New York rooftop with paints in the background, with a positive message: ‘If you can see the light over the […]
Assembly Label marks first international store, opening in Auckland
About to start its second decade, Australian brand Assembly Label will open in New Zealand on Saturday, March 14, with its first international retail store at Shop S241, Level 2, Westfield Newmarket, Auckland. The brand’s minimalist æsthetic is present, the store having been created with We Are Triibe, who noted: ‘The concept for Assembly Label’s […]
Hollywood celebrates Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics at Gold Meets Golden
Hollywood has long been inspired by the sports industry and vice versa, but rarely do these two worlds have the chance to mix and mingle. Los Angeles welcomed many of the world’s greatest athletes to celebrate during one of the year’s most golden weekends. The seventh anniversary Gold Meets Golden event, on Saturday, January […]
Kylie Minogue leads ill-timed Christmas campaign to entice Brits to Australia
Tourism Australia’s Philausophy campaign might have got off on the wrong foot as far as social media were concerned in October, with its A$38 million price tag and a coined word, but as it kicked off in the UK for the winter, the expense becomes more apparent. Kylie Minogue leads the campaign for the […]
Double WOW: Rinaldy Yunardi wins World of Wearable Art Supreme Award for the second time
Stephen A’Court Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Above: Rinaldy Yunardi’s The Lady Warrior nets the designer his second Supreme Award at WOW. Indonesian designer Rinaldy Yunardi becomes the third person—after last year’s sisters Natasha English and Tatyanna Meharry—to win the Supreme Award at the World of Wearable Art awards (WOW) in Wellington tonight. In the 32-year […]
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to perform Skyfall score to coincide with Bond 25 release
Danjaq LLC/United Artists/Columbia Pictures As far as James Bond scores go, I don’t regard Thomas Newman’s one for Skyfall to be a classic. It has some decent cues—the Shanghai ones of ‘Brave New World’ and ‘Shanghai Drive’ come to mind—but for those of us raised on the music of John Barry, which you can listen […]
Demasking the torture of Julian Assange
David G. Silvers/Wikimedia Commons Above: The author, Prof Nils Melzer I know, you may think I am deluded. How could life in an embassy with a cat and a skateboard ever amount to torture? That’s exactly what I thought, too, when Assange first appealed to my office for protection. Like most of the […]
Hugh Jackman announced as R. M. Williams ambassador
R. M. Williams Actor Hugh Jackman is the new ambassador for bootmaker R. M. Williams of Australia, the company announced earlier this week. Jackman was introduced to R. M. Williams’ 300 staff at its Adelaide, South Australia workshop. He will appear in the company’s Undeniable Character campaign that breaks next month, promoting R. M. […]
Aloha and mahalo, 2019: Secret Room Events’ Golden Globes’ suite
J. C. Olivera Celebrities attending Secret Room Events’ Golden Globes’ nominee lounge: 2019 winner Patricia Arquette, Leland, Soulja Boy, and 2019 winner Linda Cardellini. The Golden Globes hit landfall sooner than usual after the holidays, but Rita Branch and the crew at Secret Room Events were ready for the first wave of nominees and VIP […]
