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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Women have won the war for equality but it has left many of them imprisoned and exhausted, a pioneering feminist has claimed.
Campaigner Erin Pizzey, who founded the world's first refuge for battered women in 1971, claims the idea of women happily combining a career and a family has proved to be a myth.
The 70-year-old said women's 'freedom of choice' to have both has left them with less spare time than they had before.
But she added that many now did not understand what they had lost.
Speaking as part of a BBC programme about the role of women in the workplace, she said many are mothers who are having to juggle jobs at the same time.
She said: 'There's been a subterranean war between men and women which has been won by women and they don't actually understand what they've lost.'
The campaigner added: 'I don't think anybody foresaw that what a freedom of choice would do is imprison many. 'Many women, they don't have a choice now, they have to work, they have to work hard, and I just see an exhausted generation of women trying to do it all.'
Her comments feature on the first episode of BBC2's The Trouble With Working Women, which is to be screened in June. The programme looks at why men still dominate the top jobs and on average earn £369,000 more than women across their career. Miss Pizzey's comments come days after the publication of Labour's Equality Bill which gives employers legal powers to discriminate in favour of women and ethnic minorities.
Campaigner Erin Pizzey, who founded the world's first refuge for battered women in 1971, claims the idea of women happily combining a career and a family has proved to be a myth.
The 70-year-old said women's 'freedom of choice' to have both has left them with less spare time than they had before.
But she added that many now did not understand what they had lost.
Speaking as part of a BBC programme about the role of women in the workplace, she said many are mothers who are having to juggle jobs at the same time.
She said: 'There's been a subterranean war between men and women which has been won by women and they don't actually understand what they've lost.'
The campaigner added: 'I don't think anybody foresaw that what a freedom of choice would do is imprison many. 'Many women, they don't have a choice now, they have to work, they have to work hard, and I just see an exhausted generation of women trying to do it all.'
Her comments feature on the first episode of BBC2's The Trouble With Working Women, which is to be screened in June. The programme looks at why men still dominate the top jobs and on average earn £369,000 more than women across their career. Miss Pizzey's comments come days after the publication of Labour's Equality Bill which gives employers legal powers to discriminate in favour of women and ethnic minorities.
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The front door has barely opened before she comes running towards me beaming.
'What's this?' she asks, forming fingers and thumbs into a pointy shape and peering through the gap.
Before I can answer she declares: 'Equilateral triangle. Three sides the same`.
'What's this?' she asks, forming fingers and thumbs into a pointy shape and peering through the gap.
Before I can answer she declares: 'Equilateral triangle. Three sides the same`.
Of course it is. I should have known. But then I'm not a child genius with a startlingly high IQ.
And Elise Tan-Roberts - aged two years, four months and two weeks - is.
She has just become the youngest member of Mensa, with an estimated IQ of 156.
That puts her two points higher on the scoreboard than Carol Vorderman, and comfortably in the top 0.2 per cent of children her age.
Here's the best bit, though. She seems to be a sweet little girl with charming parents who simply want her to be happy.She was recommended for Mensa and accepted. Only those with an IQ of 148 and above - the top two percent - qualify. The average IQ is 100.
Professor Freeman concluded that Elise's 'superb memory' was the source for her 'excellent learning and progress'.
Reassuringly for mum and dad, she added that they were doing everything right.
Yesterday as Elise danced happily in the sunshine at her local park, Edward, a 34-year-old motor consultant and car-buyer, told me: 'Our main aim is to make sure she keeps learning at an advanced pace...
And Elise Tan-Roberts - aged two years, four months and two weeks - is.
She has just become the youngest member of Mensa, with an estimated IQ of 156.
That puts her two points higher on the scoreboard than Carol Vorderman, and comfortably in the top 0.2 per cent of children her age.
Here's the best bit, though. She seems to be a sweet little girl with charming parents who simply want her to be happy.She was recommended for Mensa and accepted. Only those with an IQ of 148 and above - the top two percent - qualify. The average IQ is 100.
Professor Freeman concluded that Elise's 'superb memory' was the source for her 'excellent learning and progress'.
Reassuringly for mum and dad, she added that they were doing everything right.
Yesterday as Elise danced happily in the sunshine at her local park, Edward, a 34-year-old motor consultant and car-buyer, told me: 'Our main aim is to make sure she keeps learning at an advanced pace...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
She's the holder of this year's Oscar for Best Actress and an acknowledged beauty.
But inside Kate Winslet says she still feels like the fat schoolgirl who was nicknamed Blubber and locked in the art cupboard.‘I was bullied for being chubby. Where are they now!’ she tells this month's Marie Claire. I had, “No one will ever fancy me!"... well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.'\
But inside Kate Winslet says she still feels like the fat schoolgirl who was nicknamed Blubber and locked in the art cupboard.‘I was bullied for being chubby. Where are they now!’ she tells this month's Marie Claire. I had, “No one will ever fancy me!"... well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.'\
'I do think it’s important for young women to know that magazine covers are retouched. People don’t really look like that.
'In films I might look glamorous, but I’ve been in hair and make-up for two hours; someone’s been lighting a scene for three hours.
'With the nudity in The Reader, for example, even I was like, “Damn, I look good.” And that was the lighting – it was a bit of body make-up. I don’t believe in pretending those things don’t go on.’
'In films I might look glamorous, but I’ve been in hair and make-up for two hours; someone’s been lighting a scene for three hours.
'With the nudity in The Reader, for example, even I was like, “Damn, I look good.” And that was the lighting – it was a bit of body make-up. I don’t believe in pretending those things don’t go on.’
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Ako pogledamo današnji tipski lik Njuročanke i za trenutak se osvrnemo se na Sex and City modni i edukativni kult oba pola tek proteklih 90 ih, otkrićemo 4 zacrtana Manhattan tipa neverovatno elegantnih urbanih žena u potrazi ili bolje rečeno u borbi za svoje mesto u haotičnom miljeu njujorške stvarnosti. Carrie kao neko ko je možda svima jako blizak- žena kao prijateljski i senzitivni posmatrač, koja doživljava, preživljava i razmišlja kroz šta prolazi. Samantha kao žena sa muškim mozgom, nezasiti sexožder, uspešni PR borac - gladijator medju najvećima, Miranda – žena sa karijerom i vidno ispoljenim feminističkim shvatanjima porodice i društva i naravno krhka Charlotte, kao što i samo ime sladunjavo navodi –žena udavača, veoma bliska junakinjama realne i cinične Jane Austen, ona koja daje sve za prezime i brak, čak i svoju sopstvenu veru. Sve 4 su tako različite i tako slične po svojim shvatanjima muškog roda i sve su u potrazi za svojim Mr. Big-om. Candance Bushnell ih je tako lako opisala jer i sama pripada svetu Kipa slobode.... I tako dok su u toj potrazi, one su precizno opremljene NY up –town high-fashion stilom i ne ostavljaju mnogo prostora za bilo kakvu analizu svog kompletnog outfita. Postale su formula jednog vremena i načina života koji nas je zatekao na prelazu dva veka. One su moderne replikacije Holly Golightly. Ono što Holly razlikuje od 4 njuroške ikone jeste vid sponzoruše srednjeg sloja sa isključivom idejom bogate udaje. Njujorška puka egzistencija se ne svodi na redovno obezbedjivanje namernica, već na broj poznanika i pozitivnih i negativnih tračeva oko vas samih. Ako njih nema, nema ni vas. NY dama ne želi nikada da ima nešto-dolazi u obzir samo SVE. Novac je njena ideja i motiv i samo normalno funkcioniše kada ga ima. Da bi ga imala ona je uvek u centru pažnje i njeni krugovi prijatelja i poznanika su sve veći...
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There were smiles and kisses when Carla Bruni met Princess Letizia of Spain yesterday.
But, make no mistake, there was also more than a hint of rivalry as Europe's First Ladies came face to face in Madrid.
Miss Bruni's husband Nicolas Sarkozy is on a mission to soothe ruffled feathers after reportedly describing Spanish premier Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero as 'not very smart'.
But, make no mistake, there was also more than a hint of rivalry as Europe's First Ladies came face to face in Madrid.
Miss Bruni's husband Nicolas Sarkozy is on a mission to soothe ruffled feathers after reportedly describing Spanish premier Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero as 'not very smart'. Home Mail
Saturday, April 25, 2009
The more he talks about his life and career, though, the more it doesn't sound like a happy coincidence that he is playing such roles. He became a grandfather for the first time six months ago and is quite tickled by the role. 
He had two daughters – Nikki, born in 1958 during his first marriage to actress Patricia Haines, and Natasha, now 35 – but 'never a son', so he is inordinately chuffed to now have a grandson. He says little Taylor, whose father is property developer Michael Hall, likes to sit on his knee and watch football.He does that, at six months? 'Absolutely. We watch Sky Sports together. I like looking after him. I'm pretty good with him, too. I feed him. I carry him. I have pushed the pram a little –only around the house, mind, not in public. But I like it. I like being with him.
We get on.'
He demonstrates holding little Taylor, in the way one might hold a Ming vase. I say he looks like a man who hasn't held many babies recently.
'I am a little afraid, yes. I'm always scared I'm going to drop him. I only hold him if there is a carpet underneath. I wouldn't hold him over a stone pavement or anything. Silly, really. I never dropped my own children.'
What about the business of nappy changing? He looks distinctly horrified. 'Oh no, no. Are men expected to change nappies these days? Really? I wouldn't do that. I haven't got the fingers for the safety pins these days, anyway.'
He had two daughters – Nikki, born in 1958 during his first marriage to actress Patricia Haines, and Natasha, now 35 – but 'never a son', so he is inordinately chuffed to now have a grandson. He says little Taylor, whose father is property developer Michael Hall, likes to sit on his knee and watch football.He does that, at six months? 'Absolutely. We watch Sky Sports together. I like looking after him. I'm pretty good with him, too. I feed him. I carry him. I have pushed the pram a little –only around the house, mind, not in public. But I like it. I like being with him.
We get on.'He demonstrates holding little Taylor, in the way one might hold a Ming vase. I say he looks like a man who hasn't held many babies recently.
'I am a little afraid, yes. I'm always scared I'm going to drop him. I only hold him if there is a carpet underneath. I wouldn't hold him over a stone pavement or anything. Silly, really. I never dropped my own children.'
What about the business of nappy changing? He looks distinctly horrified. 'Oh no, no. Are men expected to change nappies these days? Really? I wouldn't do that. I haven't got the fingers for the safety pins these days, anyway.'
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
You don`t mind seeing my pics for a change? :)
Lake Ohrid is one of Europe’s deepest and, according to most experts, the oldest lake in Europe, preserving a unique aquatic ecosystem with more than 200 endemic species that is of worldwide importance. The importance of the lake was further emphasized when it was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1979.
They have always denied that their on-screen romance spilled over into real life.
But if Freida Pinto and Dev Patel really are just friends, as they claim, then they are very close ones. The Slumdog Millionaire stars were spotted enjoying an intimate lunch together in Israel, where Miss Pinto is filming on location. Sources said that Patel, 18, had flown all the way
out there for just a quick visit with her.
An onlooker at the lunch said: 'They looked very close. They sat side by side and looked into each other's eyes. At one stage, Freida leaned in towards him and rested her head on his shoulder.' The Indian actress, 24, is starring in filmmaker Julian Schnabel's latest project Miral. The pictures of her lunch with Patel add weight to comments made by their Slumdog co-star Anil Kapoor, who said earlier this year that the young couple had a 'magical chemistry'.
Asked on a radio show if there was any romance going on while they were in India, he said: 'As I matter of fact, when I meet them I feel there is something happening.'
'She says I have to look after him and I have to babysit him and that kind of stuff, [but I think] this is the beginning of something exciting happening. They definitely make a great pair. Both of them look very good together.' Friends and colleagues have said that the pair became closer as they toured the world promoting Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning film.
But if Freida Pinto and Dev Patel really are just friends, as they claim, then they are very close ones. The Slumdog Millionaire stars were spotted enjoying an intimate lunch together in Israel, where Miss Pinto is filming on location. Sources said that Patel, 18, had flown all the way
out there for just a quick visit with her.An onlooker at the lunch said: 'They looked very close. They sat side by side and looked into each other's eyes. At one stage, Freida leaned in towards him and rested her head on his shoulder.' The Indian actress, 24, is starring in filmmaker Julian Schnabel's latest project Miral. The pictures of her lunch with Patel add weight to comments made by their Slumdog co-star Anil Kapoor, who said earlier this year that the young couple had a 'magical chemistry'.
Asked on a radio show if there was any romance going on while they were in India, he said: 'As I matter of fact, when I meet them I feel there is something happening.'
'She says I have to look after him and I have to babysit him and that kind of stuff, [but I think] this is the beginning of something exciting happening. They definitely make a great pair. Both of them look very good together.' Friends and colleagues have said that the pair became closer as they toured the world promoting Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning film.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Country music superstar Faith Hill poses as herself and three other iconic blondes in the May 2009 issue of Redbook, on stands Tuesday, April 28.
On actress-turned-princess Grace Kelly: “Grace is probably the one that I relate to the most in my life and the one that I have most in common with. I have this seemingly high-profile life, like Grace did, and we were both the mother of three children. She epitomizes the all-American girl with a quiet class and inner strength. She was like everybody’s girl—seemingly comfortable and accessible—yet untouchable.”
On actress-turned-princess Grace Kelly: “Grace is probably the one that I relate to the most in my life and the one that I have most in common with. I have this seemingly high-profile life, like Grace did, and we were both the mother of three children. She epitomizes the all-American girl with a quiet class and inner strength. She was like everybody’s girl—seemingly comfortable and accessible—yet untouchable.”
On ’60s supermodel Twiggy: “It was hard for me to look at myself as Twiggy. I think she was in her late teens when the original photo was taken. And there’s a very big difference between a teenager and a 41-year old!”
On French model/actress/singer Brigitte Bardot: “To be completely candid, I felt least like Brigitte of all three of the women. To me, sexuality is very different from sensuality. And Brigitte possesses this sensual essence that is so powerful. If I could possess that kind of sensuality, I would want to possess it like she does.”
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Polar bears Bill, right, and Lara react, at their first meeting, at the Zoom Erlebniswelt zoo, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Friday, April 17, 2009. Polar bear Bill came from the zoo in Bruenn, Czech Republic, as a new partner for female polar bear Lara. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Some celebrity couples shy away from the limelight and are fiercely protective of their privacy.
But when Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were spied by the 'kiss cam' at a basketball game in Los Angeles, they were only too happy to oblige the expectant crowd.
With their faces flashed up on the big screen for all to see, Justin took off his glasses, clambered on top of his girlfriend and gave her a long and lingering kiss. The giggling couple then pulled apart and Justin fanned himself down dramatically. Their passionate embrace came shortly after actor Dustin Hoffman gave his wife an extra long kiss on camera.
But when Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were spied by the 'kiss cam' at a basketball game in Los Angeles, they were only too happy to oblige the expectant crowd.
With their faces flashed up on the big screen for all to see, Justin took off his glasses, clambered on top of his girlfriend and gave her a long and lingering kiss. The giggling couple then pulled apart and Justin fanned himself down dramatically. Their passionate embrace came shortly after actor Dustin Hoffman gave his wife an extra long kiss on camera.
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A beauty queen who told America that marriage should be between a man and a woman says God was testing her faith in the row. Hilton asked her: 'Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalise same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit. Why or why not?' Prejean paused for a moment before replying: 'Well, I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage.'
She continued: 'And you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman.
'No offence to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised and that’s how I think it should be - between a man and a woman. Thank you very much.'
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The world's first television advertisement was broadcast July 1, 1941. The watchmaker Bulova paid $4 for a placement on New York station WNBT before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. The 10-second spot displayed a picture of a clock superimposed on a map of the United States, accompanied by the voice-over "America runs on Bulova time."
It seems an unlikely place to find such a symbol of romance. But Mother Nature chose this bleakly beautiful Arctic landscape to leave her mark in the form of a stunning heart-shaped lake. It has emerged as climate change melted the glacier that covered the area. Blocks of ice trapped during the glacier’s retreat caused the ground to cave in, creating a heart-like hollow, some 120ft by 90ft, that then filled with rainwater or snow melt.The picture was taken by French photographer Bruno Mazodier on Spitsbergen, the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago.
The Norwegian island 620 miles from the North Pole is the most northerly inhabited-place on Earth, although people are outnumbered by polar bears.
Dr Bryn Hubbard, of Aberystwyth University, said: ‘The glaciers all through this island chain have receded, but the heart shape is an anomaly. You would do well to find another.’
Dr Bryn Hubbard, of Aberystwyth University, said: ‘The glaciers all through this island chain have receded, but the heart shape is an anomaly. You would do well to find another.’
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Monday, April 20, 2009
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Heidi Klum is less than four-months pregnant with her fourth child, reports E!.The 35-year-old supermodel and her husband, singer Seal, already have two sons together, Henry, 3, and Johan, 2. Heidi also has a daughter, Helene “Leni”, 4, from her relationship with Italian racecar team manager Flavio Briatore.
Congrats to the happy couple!!!
The sixth season of Project Runway will air this summer on Lifetime network. The show’s wardrobe plans were what gave her pregnancy away and tipped off media.
An insider reveals to In Touch, “Sketches leaked online of her in redesigned couture gowns to make room for a bump, but were quickly taken down! She plans to announce her pregnancy when she wears the dress to the event.”
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Među najnovijim žrtvama globalne ekonomske krize našle su se i ljubavnice bogatih preljubnika, piše "Dejli Telegraf" (Daily Telegraph). Istraživanje agencije Prince and Associates, specijalizovane za imovinu, potvrdilo je, naime, da je 80 odsto bogataša na razne načine ukinulo troškove za "drugu ženu".To istraživanje, koje je naručio britanski dnevnik, pokazalo je da se skoro polovina menadžera, berzanskih trgovaca... sprema da se oslobodi svojih ljubavnica, tako da je za "devojke za uživanje došlo loše vreme"."Slično kao luksuzni automobil i ljubavnica iziskuje mnogo vremena i para. Zato, kad bogati muškarci moraju da štede - ljubavnica obično zauzima jedno od prvih mesta na spisku mera štednje", rekao je Džoš Spero iz agencije za istraživanje.Ako bogataš, ipak, neće da se odrekne ljubavnice, ona u teškim vremenima ne može da očekuje luksuzne poklone."Dejli Telegraf" podseća da se "na glavu te gospode nedavno sručila oštra kritika zbog bogatih finansijskih bonusa i visokih plata koje su primili, iako su se njihove firme borile za preživljavanje".I tako, u strahu za svoje mesto i život na visokoj nozi svoje porodice, ukidaju sve vanredne troškove, a prve žrtve mera štednje zato, logično, postaju upravo ljubavnice.Istraživanje koje je prošle godine sprovedeno u Americi je pokazalo da tri četvrtine bogatih preljubnika namerava da troši manje novca na poklone za ljubavnice, dok će 82 odsto njih potpuno ukuniti redovna novčana davanja. 
Istraživanje je obuhvatilo 191 bogataša sa imovinom od najmanje 15 miliona evra, koji su priznali da imaju vanbračnu vezu.U SAD je izdat čak i priručnik za notorne preljubnike sa uputstvom kako štedeti u vreme krize. Čak i u Parizu, gradu gde je neverstvo opšteprihvaćeno kao sastavni deo života, hotelijeri su registrovali neuobičajenu prazninu u vreme obično namenjeno "toj vrsti zabave".Radi se, naime, o vremenskom periodu koji nije precizno definisan, od kada muškarac napusti svoju kancelariju, pa dok ne sedne sa usmehom na licu za porodičnu trpezu, piše "Dejli Telegraf".
Istraživanje je obuhvatilo 191 bogataša sa imovinom od najmanje 15 miliona evra, koji su priznali da imaju vanbračnu vezu.U SAD je izdat čak i priručnik za notorne preljubnike sa uputstvom kako štedeti u vreme krize. Čak i u Parizu, gradu gde je neverstvo opšteprihvaćeno kao sastavni deo života, hotelijeri su registrovali neuobičajenu prazninu u vreme obično namenjeno "toj vrsti zabave".Radi se, naime, o vremenskom periodu koji nije precizno definisan, od kada muškarac napusti svoju kancelariju, pa dok ne sedne sa usmehom na licu za porodičnu trpezu, piše "Dejli Telegraf".Izvor: mtsMONDO
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Audrey Hepburn has often been called one of the most beautiful women of all time. Her fashion styles also continue to be popular among women. Contrary to her recent image, although Hepburn did enjoy fashion, she did not place much importance on it. She preferred casual, comfortable clothes. In addition, she never considered herself to be very attractive. She said in a 1959 interview, "you can even say that I hated myself at certain periods. I was too fat, or maybe too tall, or maybe just plain too ugly... you can say my definiteness stems from underlying feelings of insecurity and inferiority. I couldn't conquer these feelings by acting indecisive. I found the only way to get the better of them was by adopting a forceful, concentrated drive."
The 2000 American made-for-television film, The Audrey Hepburn Story, starred Jennifer Love Hewitt in the title role. Hewitt also co-produced the film. It was well received with critics agreeing that Hewitt turned into a great performance .The film concluded with footage of the real Audrey Hepburn, shot during one of her final missions for UNICEF. Several versions of the film exist; it was aired as a mini-series in some countries, and in a truncated version on America's ABC television network, which is also the version released on DVD in North America. Emmy Rossum, in one of her first film roles, portrayed Hepburn as a young teen in the film.
Hepburn's image is widely used in advertising campaigns across the world. In Japan, a series of commercials used colorized and digitally enhanced clips of Hepburn in Roman Holiday to advertise Kirin black tea. In the US, Hepburn was featured in a Gap commercial which ran from September 7, 2006, to October 5, 2006. It used clips of her dancing from Funny Face, set to AC/DC's "Back in Black", with the tagline "It's Back - The Skinny Black Pant". To celebrate its "
Keep it Simple" campaign, the Gap made a sizeable donation to the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund. The commercial was popular, with approximately 200,000 users viewing it on YouTube.
The "little black dress" from Breakfast at Tiffany's, designed by Givenchy, sold at a Christie's auction on 5 December 2006, for £467,200 (approximately $920,000), almost seven times its £70,000 pre-sale estimate. This is the highest price paid for a dress from a film. The proceeds went to the City of Joy Aid charity to aid underprivileged children in India. The head of the charity said, "there are tears in my eyes. I am absolutely dumbfounded to believe that a piece of cloth which belonged to such a magical actress will now enable me to buy bricks and cement to put the most destitute children in the world into schools."The dress auctioned off by Christie's was not the one that Hepburn actually wore in the movie. Of the two dresses that Hepburn did wear, one is held in the Givenchy archives, while the other is displayed in the Museum of Costume in Madrid.
Hepburn's image is widely used in advertising campaigns across the world. In Japan, a series of commercials used colorized and digitally enhanced clips of Hepburn in Roman Holiday to advertise Kirin black tea. In the US, Hepburn was featured in a Gap commercial which ran from September 7, 2006, to October 5, 2006. It used clips of her dancing from Funny Face, set to AC/DC's "Back in Black", with the tagline "It's Back - The Skinny Black Pant". To celebrate its "
Keep it Simple" campaign, the Gap made a sizeable donation to the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund. The commercial was popular, with approximately 200,000 users viewing it on YouTube.The "little black dress" from Breakfast at Tiffany's, designed by Givenchy, sold at a Christie's auction on 5 December 2006, for £467,200 (approximately $920,000), almost seven times its £70,000 pre-sale estimate. This is the highest price paid for a dress from a film. The proceeds went to the City of Joy Aid charity to aid underprivileged children in India. The head of the charity said, "there are tears in my eyes. I am absolutely dumbfounded to believe that a piece of cloth which belonged to such a magical actress will now enable me to buy bricks and cement to put the most destitute children in the world into schools."The dress auctioned off by Christie's was not the one that Hepburn actually wore in the movie. Of the two dresses that Hepburn did wear, one is held in the Givenchy archives, while the other is displayed in the Museum of Costume in Madrid.
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Nicole Kidman touched down in her hometown of Sydney, Australia, with some very precious cargo - her daughter Sunday Rose.
The Hollywood actress, 41, looked every inch the doting mother as she planted a kiss on the nine-month-old's chubby cheek as they arrived at the city's airport.
The Hollywood actress, 41, looked every inch the doting mother as she planted a kiss on the nine-month-old's chubby cheek as they arrived at the city's airport.
The pair flew first-class from Los Angeles along with Keith Urban to spend Easter with Nicole's family and they headed straight for their newly renovated £3million rural retreat in Bunya Hill.Sunday, April 12, 2009
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The year was 1962 and Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were crazy in love. Fresh off the filming of “Cleopatra,” the couple reportedly needed a romantic hideaway. (Especially since Taylor was married to Eddie Fisher at the time.)
They rented all the rooms at the Old Drovers Inn, an English-style country manor with a bucolic landscape, 80 miles north of Manhattan. Set in a converted farmhouse built in 1730, the inn offered an idyllic and secret haven for the duo who ultimately married (and divorced and married and divorced).
“Celebrities looking for a place to escape the spotlight and have a romantic tête-à-tête will pick an intimate property that's off the beaten path, where they can truly connect with each other by disconnecting from the world,” explains Karen Schaler, author of the new book, “Travel Therapy” and creator of Traveltherapytrips.com. “This way they can truly relax and get off the papparazzi's radar.”
They rented all the rooms at the Old Drovers Inn, an English-style country manor with a bucolic landscape, 80 miles north of Manhattan. Set in a converted farmhouse built in 1730, the inn offered an idyllic and secret haven for the duo who ultimately married (and divorced and married and divorced).
“Celebrities looking for a place to escape the spotlight and have a romantic tête-à-tête will pick an intimate property that's off the beaten path, where they can truly connect with each other by disconnecting from the world,” explains Karen Schaler, author of the new book, “Travel Therapy” and creator of Traveltherapytrips.com. “This way they can truly relax and get off the papparazzi's radar.”
In fact, when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were filming “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” they often stayed in the presidential suite at the Pacific Palms Resort, 23 miles from downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and were mostly unnoticed. The 650-acre resort lies on top of a hill and a quarter mile above street level so it was hard to track them down.
But curiously enough, sometimes celebrities pick more popular terrain for their trysts. They find it works in their favor. “A celebrity might choose a more high-profile, well-known hotel because they believe that paparrazi will assume they’re not doing anything wrong,” says Samantha Daniels of SamanthasTable.com, a noted professional matchmaker and dating expert whose clientele includes celebrities.
“Because, if they were, wouldn't they be doing it in a more private spot? Some celebrities might think that by acting as if everything is normal, they might throw the press off their scent. The more obvious someone is, the more unlikely it seems that something is illicit.”
That may explain why the Beverly Hills Hotel, the celebrity watering hole, has been a notorious spot for famous hook ups for decades. During the 1930s, Carole Lombard secretly met a married Clark Gable in Bungalow 4. In 1960, when they filmed “Let’s Make Love,” French actor Yves Montand, who was married to actress Simone Signoret, entertained Marilyn Monroe in Bungalows 20 and 21. And during the '50s and '60s, longtime lovers Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy carried on in the hotel as if they were married. (He was legally married to his wife who refused to divorce him.) Hepburn took daily tennis lessons at the hotel while Tracy held court at the Polo Lounge.
That may explain why the Beverly Hills Hotel, the celebrity watering hole, has been a notorious spot for famous hook ups for decades. During the 1930s, Carole Lombard secretly met a married Clark Gable in Bungalow 4. In 1960, when they filmed “Let’s Make Love,” French actor Yves Montand, who was married to actress Simone Signoret, entertained Marilyn Monroe in Bungalows 20 and 21. And during the '50s and '60s, longtime lovers Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy carried on in the hotel as if they were married. (He was legally married to his wife who refused to divorce him.) Hepburn took daily tennis lessons at the hotel while Tracy held court at the Polo Lounge.
Famous people often find it imperative to enlist the hotel staff to help them. As Daniels notes, “People develop personal relationships with an executive at a hotel — the concierge, the room manager or the hotel manager — and the celebrity feels confident that he or she will be taken care of appropriately.” Not only does a room manager ensure that celebrity lovers can avoid the lobby by going straight from the garage to their rooms. Also, at a hotel like the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles, many staffers have been there for many years and are less apt to blab to the press.
Modern-day stars can be more demonstrative about their hotel dalliances. Last year, when they were first discovered as an item, John Meyer and Jennifer Aniston were discovered poolside at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami — canoodling like cute teenagers. The hotel proved the perfect backdrop to show the world that our indomitable Jen was recovering just fine, thank you. Vince who? Brad what?
So with the eyes of the world upon them, celebrities have flocked to these hotels in search of their love nests.
Modern-day stars can be more demonstrative about their hotel dalliances. Last year, when they were first discovered as an item, John Meyer and Jennifer Aniston were discovered poolside at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami — canoodling like cute teenagers. The hotel proved the perfect backdrop to show the world that our indomitable Jen was recovering just fine, thank you. Vince who? Brad what?
So with the eyes of the world upon them, celebrities have flocked to these hotels in search of their love nests.
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