Harry Potter Tour to open next March at Leavesden, Herts.
The Harry Potter Tour will open next March at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, north of Watford, where the films were made. Tickets are already on sale. The tour will last for three hours and visitors can see sets, costumes and props from all eight films. Diagon Alley, Hogwarts’ Great Hall, the […]
As London prepares for ’12 Olympics, Boris Johnson gives his thoughts about Christchurch
Top Kip Brook at the Royal Houseguards, 1 Whitehall Place. Above London mayor Boris Johnson. ‘Mind the gap between the train and the platform edge’—ah, the old London Tube message. Don’t you just love the place? London is one of the greatest cities of the world, with more than 300 languages spoken among her […]
Singer and actress Selena Gomez, 18, has kicked off her tour, performing in Los Angeles to promote her new music and new film, Monte Carlo, which Gomez says is a turning point in her career. The film is a romantic comedy which may bridge the gap between Gomez’s Disney image and older roles. […]
Pioneering Korean designer André Kim, 74, dies
André Kim, 74, one of South Korea’s greatest fashion names, died Thursday night, his son Kim Joong-Do announced earlier today. André Kim was being treated for pneumonia at Seoul National University Hospital. He was admitted to hospital last month, and was also being treated for his earlier colorectral cancer. Kim was less […]
Browns prepares winter ’10 ski wear
Browns Ski Shop in Queenstown and Auckland has brought in Kjus and Carbon from Norway and Canada respectively for its winter 2010 customers. ‘At Browns, we like to “cherry pick” only the best ranges and this winter is no exception. The store is packed with clean colours and beautifully structured ski and après-ski wear,’ […]
Brooklyn Decker is the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl
Brooklyn Decker, who appeared in a Lucire swimwear shoot by Jon Moe some years ago, has scored herself an even higher-profile accolade: the cover of the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The Ohio-born model appears on the cover in a shoot in the Maldives, photographed by Walter Iooss Jr. The issue also features […]
Bond girl Caterina Murino in Beijing
Bond girl Caterina Murino, who played Solange in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, and was best remembered in a scene riding a horse along a Bahamian beach, joined other celebrities in the Chinese capital as the Beijing Olympics drew to a close. Murino, sponsored by Omega, jokingly talked about a James Bond film […]
Question marks raised over He Kexin’s age
[Cross-posted] You’ve all heard the controversy over whether Red Chinese gymnast He Kexin is 14 or 16. A hacker has found documents in the Baidu (the Red Chinese search engine) cache that indicate she is 14. Some commenters have attacked the hacker, pointing out some potential errors in the search. A few point out that […]
