Panos Emporio has announced that one of the contestants in next week’s Top Model Sverige will become its new model for 2013. In next week’s episode on Sweden’s TV3, the 10 models will be photographed by Nigel Barker, with one winner being adopted by the swimwear label for a future campaign. Filmed at […]
Kylie Minogue sings in 2013 as Sydney launches fireworks’ spectacular
As previewed last week, Kylie Minogue sang in the Gregorian New Year in Sydney. The singer pushed the button to launch the fireworks’ display, which had been planned and designed by the Foti Fireworks company. Seven tonnes of fireworks, worth some A$6·6 million, were launched into the Sydney night sky, ushering in 2013 two hours […]
Psy takes home four Mnet Asian Music Awards on ‘Gangnam Style’ wave
Psy, a.k.a. Park Jae-sang, took home four awards at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong on Friday, thanks to his hit ‘Gangnam Style’, which has surpassed even Justin Bieber in YouTube views, now numbering 850 million. He performed the song at the awards’ show and won awards for Song of the Year, […]
Christian Louboutin in an in-depth interview with CNN: a preview
Our colleagues at CNN have provided us with two videos featuring the legendary Christian Louboutin, who recently spoke with Sara Sidner for Talk Asia. Louboutin discusses how he had no formal training, his trade-mark battle with Yves Saint Laurent, and the most ‘outrageous’ shoe he has ever made, a ruby-encrusted sandal. On his […]
Lady Gaga’s fans have lookalike contest before her Hong Kong concerts
Lady Gaga, who has four shows in Hong Kong as part of her Born This Way Ball tour, was the subject of a lookalike contest in the Chinese city. Pink Kwok, 23, a film student, made her own outfit and won the competition. Kwok said she admired Gaga for working hard for her […]
WOW founder Suzie Moncrieff becomes Dame; Russell Brand and Katy Perry divorce
World of Wearable Art (WOW) founder, Suzie Moncrieff, becomes a Dame in the New Zealand New Year honours’ list today. Her honour comes on the same day as a similar award for businesswoman Rosanne Meo, and knighthoods for former All Blacks’ coach Graham Henry, former TV chef and Wellington City Missioner Des Britten, Todd […]
Clearing out those virtual cobwebs
Hopefully, after three hours of tidying up and link-checking, we’ve weeded out the dead links in our magazine links’ section. If you have any good suggestions for new links who are willing to swap with us, please let us know—we ask that they not be content mills or filled with affiliate links, but contribute something […]
The Peninsula Hotel Shanghai’s gala opening
As covered in the main part of our site today, the Peninsula Hotel Shanghai opened its doors with a gala event on March 18. Below is a six-minute video featuring some of the entertainment at the opening, including speeches from Sir Michael Kadoorie and David Wang, whose companies own the new property. You may also […]
A media opportunity as Sarah Palin, aided by Oprah, goes to the mainstream
American readers will get to see Oprah Winfrey interview Sarah Palin today, in what is widely tipped to be a casual, feel-good special to promote the former governor’s book, Going Rogue. Some media have tipped this as the launch of ‘Sarah Palin 2·0’, one who is now free from the Republican Party machine and […]
Hong Kong Fashion Week opens, with sizeable exhibits
Hong Kong Fashion Week—more a trade fair than the fashion weeks that Lucire traditionally covers—opened at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 6, with 1,100 exhibitors taking part for the spring–summer 2010 season. We have some sights from the exhibitions and sound bites from this spectacular, and very comprehensive, event. The event […]
