Catalina Island: a brief update
Stanley Moss The Airport in the Sky on Catalina Island got a facelift in the last month, with a smart retro font treatment and a shiny new coat of paint. It’s a lovely and warm welcome to visitors who arrive by air. We photographed the airport yesterday as an unusual and otherworldly fog drifted in, […]
Oscar nominations announced, with Lincoln, Life of Pi leading the nods
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln leads the 2013 Oscar nominations, announced Thursday in Los Angeles, with 12, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis. Ang Lee’s Life of Pi had 11 nominations, and Silver Linings Playbook and Les Misérables received eight each. Ben Affleck’s Argo, on the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, managed seven nominations, […]
News: Myleene Klass’s latest for Littlewoods Ireland; our London Fashion Week menswear live player
Myleene Klass has launched a spring collection for Littlewoods Ireland, with a range comprising tea dresses to statement gowns, says the company. The celebrity has designed the range herself and has modelled some of the items, including the citrus yellow wrap dress shown above, retailing for €62. The collection is available at Littlewoods […]
Hugh Jackman, Olivia Newton-John and Glenn Close present G’day USA LA black tie gala
Above Olivia Newton-John at G’day USA’s Los Angeles event in 2011. The 10th anniversary G’day USA Los Angeles black-tie gala, part of the annual event celebrating Australia in the US, will see Golden Globe nominees Hugh Jackman and Glenn Close join Olivia Newton-John at the J. W. Marriott at LA Live on January 12. Awards […]
Palm Springs Film Festival honorees give their thoughts on Oscar nominations
As the celebrities went to the 2013 Palm Springs Film Festival, it was the Oscar nominations, which will be announced on Thursday, that the media wanted to know about. Palm Springs honorees Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Dame Helen Mirren, Richard Gere, Sally Field, Naomi Watts and Tom Hooper were quizzed on the red carpet […]
Oscars pay tribute to 50 years of James Bond
Danjaq LLC/United Artists Corp. Above Instead of Switzerland, it’s Scotland, and Daniel Craig pays homage to Sean Connery in a Skyfall publicity photo. The 85th Academy Awards—the Oscars—will pay tribute to 50 years of the James Bond films, it was announced Friday. Show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement that […]
Like a high-concept fashion campaign: Formento & Formento’s photography shows at Lumas London
Copyright © Formento & Formento Top Lauren IV, by Formento & Formento. Above Rachele II, by Formento & Formento. Lumas London, part of the international network of 20 Lumas galleries, will present Formento & Formento: on the Road Again, by B. J. and Richeille Formento, from February 20 to March 10. The exhibition’s works […]
News round-up: protecting your Iphone at the beach, relaxing at Kingscliff, and scented candles
Occasionally, things come in, but, because it’s a heavy news day, we can’t get to it. For example, the EK Ekcessories’ items that went on sale in the UK late last year, but in fact, might be slightly more useful for the antipodean summer right now. Motorhead Ed Kalbach started a ski shop in […]
Bentley launches Continental GT Speed Convertible, world’s fastest four-seat drop-top
Bentley has released details of its Continental GT Speed Convertible, the world’s fastest four-seat convertible. It will make its international début at the Detroit Motor Show on January 14. Claimed top speed is 202 mph (325 km/h), with its W12 engine generating 625 PS (616 bhp). The W12, says Bentley, has a 15 per […]
Wordpress has summarized the year of this news section, and told us something we know already: that our story on Marine Lorphelin being crowned Miss France 2013 was the biggest of the year. This also correlates with our Facebook fan page numbers. It also put France as one of the top countries accessing Lucire […]
