First official image from Skyfall, 23rd James Bond film, released
Copyright ©2012 Danjaq, LLC, United Artists Corporation and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. The first official image from Skyfall, the 23rd Eon Productions James Bond picture, has been released on the movie’s website at 007.com. The photograph sees Daniel Craig as James Bond, in a scene set in Shanghai. The film […]
Steffi Graf opens Longines’ NYC flagship store
Longines has opened a store in New York, with brand ambassador, tennis star Stefanie Graf—better known to us as Steffi Graf—doing the ribbon-cutting on January 24. The shop, inside leading US watch retailer Tourneau, includes the latest Longines watches, including the Longines Master Collection Retrograde Moon Phases, the DolceVita, and the Column-Wheel Chronograph. […]
Top Diane Krüger is one of the VIPs at the Versace Étoile de la Mer eyewear launch. Above Donatella Versace and Anna Wintour. Versace hosted a dinner at Restaurant Lasserre in Paris on January 23 to unveil its spring–summer 2012 eyewear collection, dubbed Étoile de la Mer. The capsule collection features two sunglasses and […]
Vanessa Paradis, Alice Dellal, Elizabeth Olsen and other celebs at Chanel spring ’12 haute couture
Chanel Top Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey. Above Diane Krüger. As expected at the Chanel haute couture show, plenty of celebrities showed up wearing their favourites from the label, and staying very much of the moment. Vanessa Paradis wore a jacket from the ready-to-wear spring–summer 2012 collection with Chanel shoes. Her make-up was by Chanel. Cameron […]
The US will vote on internet censorship: why this will matter to many of you
How appropriate that the 2,000th entry in the ‘Insider’ section of the Lucire website would be devoted to something very important to the internet. On January 24, the US will vote on internet censorship, despite the opposition of the majority of American citizens, with the Protect-IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop […]
Miss France and Scarlett Johansson among our most popular articles in ’11
TF1 Above Delphine Wespiser soon after being crowned as Miss France. Our article on her win was the most-read this year. Last year, quite a few readers were interested in the most visited news articles on the Lucire website. This excludes the features we have on the main part of the site. Nevertheless, it gives […]
One Tweet, and media speculate Britney Spears is engaged again
Amazing how one Twitter post has the world’s media speculating that Britney Spears has become engaged to her former agent, Jason Trawick. The Tweet read, ‘OMG. Last night Jason surprised me with the one gift I’ve been waiting for. Can’t wait to show you! SO SO SO excited!!!! Xxo’. A later one six hours […]
Madonna learned of W. E.’s Golden Globe nominations when checking her Blackberry in the morning
Singer-turned-director Madonna has revealed that she learned of the two Golden Globe nominations for her film, W. E., when she woke up in the morning and checked her Blackberry ‘for exciting breaking news’. ‘I’m really proud that my movie was recognized in any category,’ she told ITN. Abel Korzeniowski scored the film, earning […]
Daniel Craig never called the Kardashians ‘idiots’: media continue to fuel the story
In another media “he said, she said”, Daniel Craig has denied ever calling the Kardashians ‘idiots’, in a brief red-carpet Q&A with our colleagues at ITN. The actor, promoting the remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, wonders how he could have ever given them a label, considering he has never seen their […]
Public interest in Miss France increases over rival pageant
TF1 Top Delphine Wespiser with her first words upon being crowned as Miss France: ‘36-37’, the number for France’s Téléthon. Above Christelle Roca, Miss Prestige National 2012, crowed at Divonnes-les-Bains in Ain. While Sunday was a record day for traffic this year at the Lucire website, thanks to the Miss France pageant, Monday remained relatively […]
