Rebecca Ferguson on the attraction of dual roles in Despite the Falling Snow
Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson talked to the media recently about her dual roles in writer–director Shamim Sarif’s Despite the Falling Snow. Sarif wrote the 2004 novel, set in two different times: 1950s Cold War Moskva, and 1992 in the same city and in London following the collapse of the Soviet Union. In 2013, the […]
On the International Day of the Woman, author and filmmaker Leslie Zemeckis invited famous friends and admirers to celebrate the life of groundbreaking stripteuse Lili St Cyr. Indeed, the ‘Goddess of Love Incarnate’ would have been proud! During her Lucire photo session, author and filmmaker Leslie Zemeckis observed that burlesque Lili St Cyr would […]
David M. Benett Messika, the Parisian diamond jeweller founded in 2005, launched its book published by Assouline at Maison Assouline in Piccadilly, joined by guests Alice Dellal, Hikari Yokoyama, Sai Bennett, Sarah-Jane Crawford, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Lady Mary Charteris, Jo Wood, Cora Corré, Portia Freeman, Max Cocking and Alice Naylor-Leyland. Representing Messika were founder […]
Classic and Sports Car—the London Show to celebrate Aston Martin with seven landmark models
Aston Martin might not have the freshest range out there as it readies its next generation of supercars, but its marketing machine is at the top of its game this quarter, with a celebration at Classic & Sports Car—the London Show from October 30 to November 1 at Alexandra Palace—days after its bespoke DB10 gets […]
Revved up for fall: Doris Bergman’s sixth annual Emmy Style Lounge & Party
Elyse Glickman Doris Bergman’s sixth annual Emmy Style Lounge & Party at West Hollywood Fig & Olive offered many of her familiar hallmarks, from a freshly prepared Mediterranean-inspired lunch (Cæsar salad, penne with shrimp, chicken with couscous) to ice cold Hint water to a bevy of respected talent (Emmy nominee Khandi Alexander [Scandal], Steven Bauer […]
Fan Phenomena: James Bond gives 007 fans more; while Sugoi invites you to the world of Bill Murray
In the year of a new James Bond movie, many books emerge. Invariably, there’ll be one on the films themselves, taking readers through the 50-plus years of the Eon Productions’ series, and, if it’s very comprehensive, the 1950s CBS TV version of Casino Royale, the 1967 spoof of the same name, and Never Say Never […]
Manfred Baumann International photographer Manfred Baumann (left) will have an exhibition of his celebrity portraits in New York in 2016, featuring Kristanna Loken, David Hasselhoff and his daughter Hayley, John Carpenter, Mark Hamill, Alison Eastwood, Evander Holyfield, Jorja Fox, Fran Drescher, Molly Parker, JoBeth Williams, Harry Hamlin, Trevor Donovan, Carlos Bernard and Annie Wersching. […]
Grey, the Fifty Shades of Grey sequel, disappoints
The highly anticipated sequel to E. L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey novel, Grey, as told through Christian Grey’s perspective, was released last week. I’m a fan of the first three books and I was excited to see how the events that helped us all fall in love with Mr Grey in the three […]
Auckland University Press explores New Zealand cultural identity through poetry
Two fantastic works exploring very different aspects of New Zealand culture and identity have come across our desks here at Lucire, from the Auckland University Press. Puna Wai Kōrero: an Anthology of Māori Poetry in English Earlier this year, the first anthology of Maori poetry in English was published featuring a wide collection of prominent […]
H&M celebrates 10 years of designer collaborations with new book launching November 6
Time has flown: it has been 10 years since Hennes & Mauritz began its designer collaborations, the first with Karl Lagerfeld. The company will release a book, The First Ten Years, coinciding with its Alexander Wang x H&M launch on November 6. At the time, Lucire called it a move toward ‘attainable luxury’: […]
