Nike withdraws Run Club app from mainland China
Nike says it will cease to operate its Nike Run Club app in the mainland Chinese market from July 8. The app, which tracked exercise activity and allowed users to compare their figures to their friends’, had over 8 million users in the People’s Republic of China. Nike says it will replace the app with […]
Nepal earthquake advice and list of aid agencies
The horrors of the earthquake in Nepal will be known to most readers by now, with the latest death toll at 3,700 at the time of writing. The news has hit home more as one of the juniors on our team, Kayla Newhouse, was in Kathmandu on Saturday. She remains there with water and […]
Miss France 2014 your top story, and Princess Madeleine your favourite newsmaker
Bruno Ehrs/Kungahuset Above HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden was the person you searched for the most this year. We’ve told you who we thought 2013’s newsmakers were. But who did you want to read about this year? In first place: HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden. The younger of HM King Carl XVI Gustaf’s daughters […]
Vittorio Missoni and his wife missing after plane disappears from radar in Venezuela
Cheryl Gorski Above A design from the Missoni 50th anniversary retrospective, which Lucire covered in 2003. Reports from Venezuela indicate that Vittorio Missoni, his wife Maurizia Castiglioni, two friends, whom Italian media have identified as Elda Scalvenzi and Guido Foresti, and two crew have gone missing after their plane disappeared from radar on Friday morning. […]
Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Lucian Capellaro/Paramount Pictures Top and above Sacha Baron Cohen, in character as Adm Gen Aladeen, promotes The Dictator with models Elisabetta Canalis and Sasha Volkova. The hijinks at the Festival de Cannes kicked off with Sacha Baron Cohen promoting The Dictator, in character as Adm Gen Aladeen of the fictional republic of […]
Boucheron’s haute joaillerie, Mister’s womenswear, and travel to Israel
The news section hasn’t been updated for a day since, at least in our world, it’s been a bit quiet for news. We made a call that Lucire readers don’t want to know the winner of The Apprentice UK (or Lord Sugar talking about ‘elf and safety’) or what Jennifer Aniston has to say about […]
William and Kate: the Movie stars have UK promo tour
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 […]
New footage from Michael Bublé and Luisana Lopilato’s wedding
Footage from singer Michael Bublé and actress Luisana Lopilato’s civil wedding ceremony in Buenos Aires has emerged, in the below report from ITN. Lopilato wore a pleated, violet mini-dress, while Bublé donned a grey suit. The couple’s wedding took place on March 31, and is one of three ceremonies they will have. […]
As she leads up to a My Fair Lady remake, Keira Knightley’s in the Zeitgeist
Above Keira Knightley, styled and photographed by Tom Ford, on the cover of Elle UK, March 2011. ‘Katharine Hepburn and Vivien Leigh are my heroes. Not because of their ability, but because of their perseverance.’ Gracing the covers of Vogue Italia and Elle UK, Keira Knightley is back in the Zeitgeist. Following her recent […]
UK firm creates Naomi Campbell blood diamond game
For most of the trial of the dictator Charles Taylor, who is facing war crimes’ charges in Den Haag, we decided not to cover supermodel Naomi Campbell’s bit-part in the case. The main reason was that it trivialized the Taylor case. The man is accused of serious crimes against humanity, including murder, the use […]
