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Weather Girls in Cannes 2008-06-02 01:30:49 My friends Donna Spangler and Richie Benveniste have been in contact with Donna’s new TV comedy, Weather Girls
. They’ve just come back from Cannes
, as Weather Girls has sold in Europe.
Donna produces, and stars with Lynne Langdon (who also wrote and directed the première episode) and Simona Fusco Stratten.
The Cannes première screened at the [...]
Yves Saint Laurent, fashion legend, dies 2008-06-01 19:13:32 Yves SaintLaurent
, arguably the world’s most famous fashion designer, has died in Paris on Sunday, 11.10 p.m. local time, aged 71, according to the Pierre Bergé–Saint Laurent Foundation.
Born Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent in Oran, Algeria on August 1, 1936, he had a childhood fascination for clothes, often teased and bullied for them [...] Read more:Yves Saint Laurent
Glamour UK announces star-studded 2008 award winners 2008-06-03 18:23:59 The Spice Girls are the band of the year, in the Glamour UK Women of the Year awards (‘the Glammies’) held Tuesday at Berkeley Square Gardens, London.
The rest of the winners were popular choices, as can be expected from a reader poll-based award ceremony: Kate Moss is the magazine’s entrepreneur of the year; Joanna Page [...]
A jewellery designer to watch out for 2008-06-08 06:03:17 We always like seeing these success stories. Scarlett Lanson of Sedona, Ariz. might have missed out on the top three placings in the Swarovski Create Your Own Style design contest last year, but as she’s 17, she has plenty of opportunity to make her mark in years to come.
And even a fourth placing means [...] Read more:watch
Lovely legs the focus for winter 2008-06-08 05:25:49 It really does seem that tights and knee-high leggings are back in a big way for the southern winter
. Voodoo, from Pacific Brands, is a new entrant that we’re covering at Lucire in the next print edition.
We did predict this at the turn of the century but we didn’t expect legs to remain such a [...] Read more:Lovely
Welcome to Planet Green 2008-06-06 05:32:12 On June 4, 2008, we said, ‘Welcome
,’ to Planet Green
, Discovery’s new channel replacing Discovery Home. And the welcome is felt extra-strongly because one of the channel’s personalities and board advisers is none other than Lucire editor-at-large Summer Rayne Oakes.
She tells me that there is a Wasted show that is based on the one from [...]
The ’60s had it 2008-05-29 06:24:44 The swinging ’60s, birthplace of the miniskirt, kinky boots, the Beatles, Mini Cooper and Twiggy, has been voted the decade that gave Europeans the most timeless styles, according to a survey conducted by LG Electronics, which commissioned the survey to coincide with the launch of its new third Black Label Series handset, the LG Secret.
[...]
Reese Witherspoon in Japan, highlighting breast cancer issues 2008-06-12 09:11:46 Academy Award-winning actress ReeseWitherspoon
, in her capacity as Avon Global Ambassador and honorary chairman of the Avon Foundation, visited Japan
and was the guest of honour at a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, where she met breast cancer survivors.
The Foundation is focused on breast cancer, domestic violence and emergency relief. As part of Witherspoon’s programme, [...] Read more:Reese Witherspoon
The Midori martini 2008-06-12 08:50:30 With the splendid northern weather, it’s time for another great recipe from Midori, the famous melon liqueur: the Midori martini.
15 ml (½ oz) Midori
30 ml (1 oz) gin or vodka
dash of dry vermouth (optional)
Shake, then garnish with red cherry. Keep an eye on Lucire, where we’ll bring you even more this summer.
A birthday surprise: Adriana Lima engaged to Marko Jarić 2008-06-13 08:33:26 People magazine reports that model Adriana Lima
and basketball player Marko Jarić are engaged.
Jarić’s publicist, James Weir, says that the proposal was on Thursday night, on Lima’s 27th birthday.
The pair had been dating for nine months.
Lima, who hails from Salvador, Brazil, is one of the world’s most recognizable models and a star on [...]
Midori champagne 2008-06-13 07:33:28 As it’s Friday, here’s another great recipe from Midori, the melon liqueur, to celebrate the weekend: the Midori champagne.
15 ml (½ oz) Midori
top with dry champagne
Method: build.
Enjoy your Friday night!
When institutionalization is troublesome 2008-06-15 07:54:24 [Cross-posted] One theme that has been emerging—or I am reading way too much into it—is institutionalization. In the casual posts I put on to my personal blog over at Vox, the theme has come up a couple of times: once in a post about oil consumption dropping (really—see graph at left), and once in the [...]
Cuchi, cuchi, Lucire 2008-06-15 03:59:32 There’s a ‘Scene’ extra online today at Lucire. Elyse Glickman and Karen Loftus check out the Hollywood scene and notice that it’s still lively despite the thought of a looming recession. Meanwhile, Sonia Yee goes to a dinner hosted by couture label World in Wellington, New Zealand, at the Ambeli restaurant. A highlight from these [...]
The Midori Sour 2008-06-14 01:18:53 This is an intriguing Midori cocktail for the weekend: the Midori Sour. It mixes the melon liqueur’s taste with the distinctive tang of a sweet and sour mix.
30 ml (1 oz) Midori
60 ml (2 oz) sweet and sour mix
Method: shake. Then garnish with orange slice.
Midori Melonball 2008-07-02 23:48:39 Here’s another inventive recipe from our friends at Midori, the famous melon liqueur.
60 ml (2 oz) Midori
30 ml (1 oz) vodka
Top with orange juice
(or pineapple or grapefruit)
Build over ice. Enjoy it this summer!
Refreshing images from YSL Beauté 2008-07-02 23:38:51 We seldom focus on a single product in the print editions’ beauty pages, unless it’s a special promotion on behalf of a client in an advertorial. But we couldn’t pass up these beautiful visuals for one of the products we are featuring in the next Lucire in New Zealand, the Flash Radiance Skincare Brush from [...]
Kylie Minogue due to collect her OBE today 2008-07-02 21:23:13 Singer KylieMinogue
, 40, who was awarded an OBE by HM Queen Elizabeth II in the New Year Honours’ List, is due to be invested at Buckingham Palace’s grand ballroom today.
With HM the Queen in Scotland, the presentations will be done by HH the Prince of Wales.
Minogue already has the Order of Arts and [...] Read more:Kylie Minogue
Quantum of Solace trailer released 2008-07-01 05:45:23 This is looking magnificent. I saw the last Bond film a day after its world première, in Los Angeles, and put some more money to the Broccoli family’s coffers by seeing it a second time when it débuted in New Zealand—then bought the DVD. So no surprise when I say I am looking forward to [...] Read more:Solace
‘Why?’ may be a futile question in Ruslana Korshunova suicide 2008-06-30 23:56:40 As some of you may have expected, the media are analysing why Kazakh model Ruslana Korshunova committed suicide. Part of it is because the analysis keeps the story alive. Another part is because people are fascinated by this fashion world, and why shouldn’t a newspaper, normally covering dull stories, have an excuse to put the [...] Read more:futile
Sam’s enjoying her time at Miss Universe 2008-06-30 23:18:24 Miss New Zealand, Samantha Powell, flew out to Vietnam a couple of weeks ago and the Fairfax Press gave her a bit of a boost yesterday in the local media. It’s in stark contrast to the hatchet job the same publishing group gave her predecessor, Laural Barrett, last year.
If you head to the Miss [...] Read more:Universe
, Miss Universe
Maria Sharapova, behind the scenes with her Designer Collection 2008-06-29 07:14:51 Complementing our new cover story for today on celebrity endorsements, MariaSharapova
features in videos for her range of cellphone accessories for Sony Ericsson. The Maria SharapovaDesigner
Collection hits stores worldwide in the third quarter. Below are views from the fashion show in London launching her line, interviews with Miss Sharapova on her inspirations [...] Read more:behind
, scenes
Mamma Mia! movie launches in Greece 2008-06-29 03:42:52 Today on Lucire: yesterday’s photo call in Athena, Greece
for the cast and some of the crew of one of the summer’s most anticipated films, Mamma
Mia!. At left, Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan take time out to chat—one of the more personal moments during the launch. More at the article page. Read more:movie
Renault’s better solutions to using petrol 2008-06-29 01:57:02 We have to admit to being a little sceptical of some hybrids. For example, 2007’s Honda Accord Hybrid managed to get a mileage of 1 mpg better
than the four-cylinder petrol model and 2 mpg than the V6, according to Consumer Reports. So when Tesla announced its roadster in 2006, we thought it’d be a [...] Read more:Renault
, solutions
Fiat 500 at the London Eye 2008-06-29 00:21:47 We’ve had several Fiat 500 videos on file for a while and with the publication of our Car to Be Seen in story online today, it seems to be a good time to share one. The following is from the January launch of the car in London.
Model suicide in Manhattan’s Financial District 2008-06-28 21:02:58 Above: Ruslana Korshunova as she appeared in a print advertisement for Vera Wang.
A woman committed suicide on Water Street in New York City’s FinancialDistrict
yesterday afternoon, and the Murdoch Press’s New York Post is reporting it was Kazakh model Ruslana Korshunova, 20.
The newspaper claims that Korshunova jumped from her ninth-storey apartment.
Korshunova had been modelli Read more:Manhattan
Uma Thurman, Arpad Busson engaged 2008-06-27 17:32:07 People and other sources have reported that Arpad Busson, former fiancé of Elle Macpherson and the father of her two children, is now engaged to actress Uma Thurman
.
The pair met last summer and have managed to keep their romance blossoming despite being based on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
The marriage will be Busson’s first, [...] Read more:Uma Thurman
It’s official: you can’t get Botoxed any more 2008-06-27 01:54:53 Just as Google—the company that parodies its own logo—sent out notices to the media in 2006 on how to use its name, and suffered a small backlash from some quarters, Allergan is trying to protect its Botox trade mark by doing something similar.
We received a letter from Allergan’s legal associate for the Asia–Pacific, Nicole Wilson, [...]
A day at Pukekohe: Audi launches three models 2008-06-26 06:45:09 Today was a fun day: flying to Pukekohe for the launch of three Audis.
The first was the Audi TTS—the TT with a turbocharged two-litre, replacing the V6 (which I drove last year) in the New Zealand market. I always said that the car could do with this powerplant, which is also in the S3—and [...] Read more:models
Espionage, high fashion—and a Camry 2008-06-22 07:59:33 If you ever needed proof that cars are fashion items today, look no further than this site. Depending on where you are, we’ve been informed there are ads for the Toyota Camry
(tying in with a campaign called If Looks Could Kill, above) and Volvo (S80, C30 and XC90 models) running on this site.
Toyota, [...]
Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, wins Miss Universe 2008 2008-07-13 23:20:27 Miss Venezuela
, Dayana Mendoza
, has won Miss Universe
2008, with Miss Colombia, Taliana Vargas, runner-up. Dominican Republic, Russia and México rounded off the top five.
Miss Mendoza, 20, hails from Caracas, and is already a model represented by Élite Model Management.
The 57th Miss Universe contest was held in the coastal town of Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam, during the [...
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