2 kids die at school camp
Only moments after being photographed in a river pool, two schoolgirls drowned as their teacher turned to photograph other pupils. [Read More]
Penalty shoot-out, vuvuzelas usher in launch of stadium
Cape Town Stadium came alive with vuvuzelas yesterday as it was officially opened to 20 000 fans in an event hailed as a resounding success. [Read More]
Southern Cape fires under control
At least six fires broke out in mountain and wilderness areas across the Southern Cape last week but by noon yesterday several fires had been extinguished and others were contained. [Read More]
Bill Gates Rocks Out At Sundance
Hollywood stars aren’t the only ones enjoying the festivities at Sundance.
A source on the scene told Access Hollywood that billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates was rocking out at John Legend and the Roots’ performances at the Bing Lounge in Park City, Utah, on Saturday night.
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Adam Lambert On Going International: ‘I’ll Be As Touristy As Humanly Possible’
Adam Lambert may be an “American Idol” runner-up, but the singer is ready to branch out internationally.
“I want to go to France,” he told AccessHollywood.com’s Laura “Dish of Salt” Saltman at the Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet at the Shrine Auditorium in LA on Saturday night. “I want to see Paris, I’ve never been.”
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Angelina Jolie was so jealous of Jennifer Aniston: So will Brad Pitt go back to his ex?
The Brangelina story has fascinated the world ever since Brad left Jennifer Aniston six years ago to be with Angelina, his co-star in Mr And Mrs Smith. [Read More]
Coney Island High
Last night at the Box, burlesque beauties were out and downtown hipsters were in when Sophomore’s Chrissie Miller screened a new short film by her friend and frequent collaborator Cass Bird (for a teaser, click here). Shot on the Coney Island boardwalk, the movie is a cool-kid confessional-cum-lookbook, with Leo Fitzpatrick reminiscing about his “childhood of capers,” Virgins frontman Donald Cummings cussing left and right, and long-legged ladies modeling Miller’s signature denim cutoffs and tank tops.
“I’ve shot Chrissie’s lookbook for a few years now, but we wanted to do something bigger and better,” Bird said at the party, which drew pretty types like Vanessa Traina, Jessica Stam, Jen Brill, and Shoshanna Gruss. Miller, who has always prided herself on being one of the queens of the downtown scene, was quite pleased with the project. “I’m done with street cred. I’m ready to sell out, baby!” she laughed. “Look! I basically made an art house Jersey Shore!”
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Borrowing From Your Boyfriend: Anastasia Barbieri’s Tailored Menswear Look
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Life Under the Big Top
It was hello, goodbye at the CFDA’s pre-fashion week cocktail party last night at Diane von Furstenberg’s headquarters in the Meatpacking District. A laundry list of New York’s top designers turned out to celebrate next September’s migration of runway central to Lincoln Center and to bid adieu, as many of them prepare to show there for the last time, to Bryant Park.
According to von Furstenberg, the city forced the change of venue. “They didn’t want us anymore, so we found a better place,” she shrugged. “The only way to deal with rejection is by shining.” Key to that process will be Lincoln Center’s new fashion director, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who got an official welcome midway through the evening. Most of the room seemed happy to have her bringing New York’s high-culture center into the fashion fold, and vice versa. “I think it’s going to elevate fashion week by having it there,” posited Vena Cava’s Lisa Mayock. (”What she said,” echoed her partner, Sophie Buhai.) Speaking of artistic synergy, Tory Burch revealed that her new, Picasso-inspired collection is “a lot about painting—the artistry of it, the colors.”
Despite all the giddy talk about world-class opera and ballet stages, the tents are actually moving to Damrosch Park, which—news flash—is known as Lincoln Center’s circus venue. “Totally appropriate,” von Furstenberg quipped. According to the CFDA’s Steven Kolb, a multicolored pavilion with sawdust floors isn’t necessarily out of the question. “Anything’s possible,” he said.
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Engineers ‘can learn from slime’
The way fungus-like slime moulds grow could help engineers design computer and communication networks, say researchers. [Read More]
Motorola in Blackberry complaint
Motorola has asked US regulators to stop Blackberry owners, Research in Motion, from sales in the US. [Read More]
