Spice Girl Mel B to give ‘brutally honest’ talks in Leeds and London, answering audience questions
Eva Rinaldi/Creative Commons Spice Girl Melanie Brown (‘Scary Spice’) will give two “in conversation” shows at the Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House on August 25, and at the Savoy in London on September 1, in support of Women’s Aid. Organizers promise Brown will be candid and reveal the truth behind the headlines, in […]
Behind the scenes with Lucire photographer Paula Sweet at the Ubud Village Jazz Festival
The typical offering of festival photographs usually includes moody musicians bathed in surreal light and smoke, enthusiastic crowds making the peace sign or holding lighters, and backstage views of musical instruments and equipment cases. Normally you don’t see the artistry from the photographer’s eyes. Lucire’s Paula Sweet covered the Ubud Village Jazz Festival and […]
Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Rian Johnson give clues on Star Wars: the Last Jedi red carpet
Daisy Ridley didn’t have as much time to train for Star Wars: the Last Jedi, with filming beginning right after the release of its prequel, The Force Awakens, she tells Celebrity Wire. Ridley, who plays Rey, said that she won’t necessarily be the lead in the new film, unlike in her earlier Star Wars […]
Ralph Lauren hosts a fall collection alongside his cars; Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid model
Ralph Lauren hosted an autumn–winter 2017–18 show with a difference, from his garage at his private home in Bedford, NY, showcasing some of the most stunning exotic cars in his collection alongside his clothing designs. Diane Keaton, Jessica Chastain, Nina Dobrev, Katie Holmes, Kevin Love, and Armie Hammer were among the celebrities attending, while […]
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 […]
Gal Gadot talks Wonder Woman, Criminal—video interview
Former Lucire cover girl Gal Gadot arrived in London as the actress of the moment, coming off the high of Warner Bros.–DC Comics’ Batman v. Superman, in which she plays Wonder Woman. Gadot spoke of her ‘interesting first day of shooting’ Criminal with Kevin Costner, who has both acting and directorial duties on the […]
Liselore Frowijn shows autumn–winter 2016–17 at Paris Fashion Week, inspired by Niki de St Phalle
Peter Stigter, via Liselore Frowijn Paris editor Lola Cristall is currently back in France to cover fashion week there, and a full recap will come later. Meanwhile, Dutch designer Liselore Frowijn has shown on day one, with an autumn–winter 2016–17 collection inspired by late French sculptor, painter and filmmaker Niki de St Phalle. […]
John Phillips David M. Benett One of our favourite science fiction films, Ex Machina, has taken home four accolades, including Best British Independent Film, at the 2015 Moët British Independent Film Awards at Old Billingsgate in London on Sunday. The film also won Best Director and Best Screenplay for Alex Garland, and Outstanding Achievement […]
Lucire TV on the red carpet: Helen Mirren, Lady Gaga, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Carey Mulligan
FX Networks Speaking on the red carpet at the première of Trumbo at the London Film Festival, Helen Mirren says that US culture is well known globally because of its film industry. The new film, about real-life US screenwriter and novelist Dalton Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, John Goodman and Mirren herself, and […]
Karl Lagerfeld has unveiled the 13th Chanel Métiers d’Art collection in Salzburg, Austria, recognizing its historical connection with Gabrielle Chanel (she got the inspiration for the Chanel jacket there, at the Hotel Schloss Mittersill, then owned by Baron Hubert von Pantz, with whom she had a fling). Lagerfeld discusses his collection in the video clip […]
