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Wellington has something for all senses: from a winemaker’s dinner to Wearable Art

May 26, 2011/1.36

World of Wearable Art Ltd. Above The promotional image for the Brancott Estate WOW Awards Show, featuring Dragon Fish by Susan Holmes of Auckland. The annual Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards twists conventional perceptions of both art and fashion and presents an unforgettable two-hour show, for which tickets are now available.    The […]

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Lady Gaga guest-edits Metro newspaper in London

May 17, 2011/0.38

Lady Gaga, 2010’s (and 2011’s) mistress of publicity and fame, has stepped in to the editor-in-chief’s chair at Metro UK, as guest editor for a day.    The singer wore a choker, bra top and black pants as she took the editor’s chair. She then led an editorial meeting where she discussed LGBT and equality […]

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Victoria’s Secret Angels reveal latest What Is Sexy? list

May 13, 2011/10.54

Victoria’s Secret’s Angels—Miranda Kerr, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Erin Heatherton and Candace Swanepoel—unveiled their What Is Sexy? list in Los Angeles Thursday.    The quintet wore mini-dresses at the Grove shopping centre as they kicked off their Bombshell summer tour, which will see them in various cities across the US and Canada.    They voted […]

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Feedback is positive for Cheryl Cole after day one on The X Factor

May 10, 2011/13.30

It does appear we are going to get a blow-by-blow on how things are going for Cheryl Cole on The X Factor.    ITN summarizes that Cole is not sitting next to Simon Cowell, as she does on the original version—Paula Abdul takes that seat—and that all but two contestants had an issue understanding a […]

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Cheryl Cole reveals her new look on US X Factor; Paula Abdul confirmed

May 9, 2011/10.42

Now that the four-judge line-up to the US version of The X Factor has been unveiled—with Paula Abdul filling the fourth role—the media are watching how the new show unfolds.    By the time the show hits the US airwaves in the autumn, Cheryl Cole and Steve Jones will be known in the country—and Cole […]

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Nuptials are in the air as new book, Weddings and Movie Stars, released

May 8, 2011/5.43

John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Getty Images Ernst Haas/Getty Images Above Brigitte Bardot, and the wedding of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, are among the topics covered in Reel Art Press’s Weddings and Movie Stars, already released in the UK and awaiting release in the US mid-month. Reel Art Press is releasing a movie lover’s 288 pp. encyclopædia […]

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Fox releases X Factor publicity shots of Cheryl Cole

/5.11

Fox has released images of Cheryl Cole in the wake of the announcement that she will be the third judge on the US version of The X Factor, alongside L. A. Reid and show creator Simon Cowell.    US media are speculating on the fourth judge presently, with Paula Abdul’s name currently being mentioned.   […]

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Cheryl Cole’s the topic at Esquire party, while Will Young speaks about next album

May 6, 2011/5.27

Men’s magazine Esquire was relaunched last night for the UK market at Sketch in London, with celebrities including Lily Allen, Jaime Winstone, Abbey Clancy, Jack Whitehall, Marina Diamandis, Margo Stilley, Will Young, Tali Lennox, Jameela Jamil, Jessica Lowndes and Ozwald Boateng.    According to ITN, the main topic of conversation was Cheryl Cole’s X Factor […]

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William and Kate: the Movie stars have UK promo tour

April 26, 2011/11.44

If only they had the budget to make the movie in the British Isles and not Los Angeles—but there are a few bob to send the stars to the UK to promote it. William and Kate: the Movie is having a UK promotional tour at the moment, with stars Camilla Luddington and Nico Evers-Swindell in […]

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Manfred Baumann shoots Carmen Stamboli, Miss Austria 2011

April 19, 2011/13.47

Manfred Baumann Manfred Baumann has photographed Carmen Stamboli, the winner of the Miss Austria 2011 competition, after having shot all the contestants as they approached the final last month.    Stamboli, a flight attendant, posed in lingerie for Baumann, with the photographs heading for both FHM International and local men’s magazine Wiener—which, we might add, […]

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