Porsche shows revised Boxster and Cayman at LA
Porsche has shown its new mid-engined Boxster and Cayman models at the LA Auto Show today. In some respects, this is a facelift for the cars, now looking more aggressive. Under the skin, the changes are more thorough, with new flat-six boxer engines and the new Porsche-PDK double-clutch gearbox. Below, videos of the new Boxster […]
New technologies from BMW at LA Auto Show
BMW will present a some of its new technologies at the Los Angeles Auto Show this year. The new shape some BMW fans will want to see will be the 7-series, which will also appear at the show as an Active Hybrid concept. We’ve video of some of the other technologies that BMW will be […]
Celebrating the US presidential election
It’s no surprise that some celebrities ranging from Peter Fonda to Heidi Montag got out in anticipation of an Obama win in the US presidential elections last night, and US west coast editor Elyse Glickman and correspondent Leyla Messian were out to cover them. While in most elections, people would stay at home, we noted […]
US Life on Mars successfully charts the mood of our times
The American version of Life on Mars débuted in the United States last night and while we are still waiting for rating figures at the moment, it looks like it will be a hit. However, it will be for different reasons, despite a script for the première episode that is remarkably close to the original. […]
Unpublished in 2007: Katharine McPhee, Diesel models
With less on the newswires today except for more Sarko and Bruni, we thought we’d put up a few of the unpublished images from our server. Here are two that didn’t make publication for one reason or another: American Idol’s Katharine McPhee (mentioned by Summer Rayne Oakes in Lucire 20) at a skin cancer benefit […]
The Miranda Kerr v. Paris Hilton incident actually happened in 2005
Quite a few people will have caught the gossip that Miranda Kerr, the Australian model, was upset when Paris Hilton waltzed in to a Heatherette show in 2005 and chose a pink dress that Kerr was scheduled to wear on the catwalk. The organizers obliged and Kerr decided she would leave the matter to karma. […]
The Kin hit the Troubador with Josh Kelley and the Pat McGee Band
[Cross-posted] It’s not all the time I hit the clubs. There are musicians who can attest to that—mostly because of deadlines or time frames of when they are going on and the distance I have to drive. Recently the Kin toured with Josh Kelley and the Pat McGee Band for well over a month […]
