New Zealand’s Zumwohl Schnaps scores double win at World Spirits Competition
Zumwohl, the Wellington, New Zealand-based Schnaps brand, has won a Gold Medal for its Natural Schnapps and a Silver Medal for its Plum Schnapps at the World Spirits Competition in San Francisco. With 1,106 entries from 61 countries, the New Zealand brand stood tall at what is considered the world’s most reputable spirits competition. […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger as cartoon hero; UK media speculate over X Factor judging
There’s a constant buzz in the UK media not about the Royal Wedding, but The X Factor, with the latest surrounding whether Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh would return to judge the show. The report below is all very carefully worded to avoid certainty, and includes Tweets from a Murdoch Press tabloid reporter, and […]
Did L. A. Reid let slip that Cheryl Cole is the next X Factor judge?
Grammy Award-winning record exec L. A. Reid may have let slip that Cheryl Cole is the third judge in the American version of The X Factor, ending (mostly media) speculation on whether Britain’s sweetheart would appear Stateside. Reports ITN, Reid, who was confirmed as the first judge, said, ‘… Along with Simon Cowell and […]
First glimpses from the set of Wonder Woman on Hollywood Boulevard
We know from our direct contact that there are Wonder Woman fans among our readers, so here’s a little treat from ITN: Adrienne Palicki (Friday Night Lights) as Wonder Woman, running around on Hollywood Boulevard catching crims. The new Wonder Woman pilot will be out at the end of 2011, with Elizabeth Hurley as […]
Virgin Atlantic introduces red shoes for female uniformed staff
It’s not every day an airline talks about shoes for its cabin crew, but Virgin Atlantic has done just that. New red shoes will make their début on the airline’s Airbus A330 aircraft operating from Manchester, England to Orlando, Florida, and are now part of the look for female uniformed staff. There are […]
Why aren’t we happy that Jennifer Garner is the new Miss Marple?
Annie Leibovitz Above Jennifer Garner models the Gap’s Product Red parka—not really whom you’d expect to see as Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. There were two interesting casting decisions made this week in showbusiness. One was generally favoured and both we and British Vogue reported it: the casting Karen Gillan, Doctor Who’s Amy Pond, as […]
Karen Gillan to play 1960s’ supermodel Jean Shrimpton in BBC bio-pic
BBC Karen Gillan, who came to fame with her Amy Pond role in Doctor Who, will play Jean Shrimpton—‘the Shrimp’, one of Britain’s most iconic models of the ’60s—in a BBC film to be shown on BBC Four. We’ll Take Manhattan focuses on the four-year love affair between Shrimpton and photographer David Bailey. […]
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes promote The Kennedys, while Lady Gaga thanks fans for her birthday
Copyright ©2010 Kennedys Productions (Ontario) Inc. and Zak Cassar Leading celebrity news today: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have headed on to the red carpet to promote Holmes’s mini-series, The Kennedys. Holmes said she had some concerns when the mini-series was scrapped by the History Channel, but it will now be broadcast on the […]
Gucci helps with Grammy musical archives’ preservation efforts
The Image Gate/Getty Images for Gucci Gucci celebrated its partnership with the Recording Academy at Baselworld by showing off its Grammy timepiece and jewellery collection, and announcing a preservation project being handled by the Grammy Museum. Announced last October, the partnership sees Gucci supporting the Academy and, notably, this latest venture. Recently unearthed […]
Dame Elizabeth Taylor is late for her own funeral
Dame Elizabeth Taylor was late for her own funeral—at her own request. In accordance with her wishes, the 79-year-old actress’s service began 15 minutes after the publicized time. Dame Elizabeth has been laid to rest at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, after a private service held outside Los Angeles. […]
