Posts Tagged ‘ London ’

It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it

May 8, 2012
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It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it

A recruitment ad warns that you’ll need ‘a very thick skin’ if you want to be one particular model’s PA. So what might other celebrity job specs look like? Recruitment site Entertainmentcareers.net recently posted an ad for a supermodel’s PA. The caveat: that all applicants need “a very thick...

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The Olivier awards 2012 – in pictures

April 15, 2012
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Stars of the stage gather at the Royal Opera House in London for awards recognising excellence in professional theatre

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Darryn Lyons, boss of Big Pictures, revels in the paparazzi tag

April 6, 2012
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Darryn Lyons, boss of Big Pictures, revels in the paparazzi tag

Photo agency boss with pink hair and plastic surgery abs was among first in Fleet St to detect the emerging cult of celebrity Self-styled “Mr Paparazzi” Darryn Lyons is perhaps best known to the British public for his “fake abs” – plastic surgery that gave him a contoured “six-pack”...

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A brief history of Rimmel

January 23, 2012
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A brief history of Rimmel

Anna Chesters Who’s this then? Kate Moss has worked with Rimmel for over 10 years. Photograph: PR It’s another oldie this week. The brand goes back as far as 1834, when a teenage Eugene Rimmel became his father’s apprentice at his newly opened perfumery in London. By the age of 24, Eugene was an...

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The Saturday interview: Gillian Anderson

December 16, 2011
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The Saturday interview: Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson was cast as Dana Scully in The X-Files at 24, but since then she has specialised in tragic heroines. She next appears, bald and on fire, as the youngest-ever Miss Havisham ‘You’ve changed,” I tell Gillian Anderson. In 1996, she was chosen as the world’s sexiest woman...

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Ageing is not something to be defied | Janet McCabe and Deborah Jermyn

December 8, 2011
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Ageing is not something to be defied | Janet McCabe and Deborah Jermyn

Celebrities such as Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman and Helen Mirren are ageing and thriving. So why do the rest of us still worry about growing old? Diane Keaton has just published her memoirs, Then Again, reflecting on becoming an adoptive mother at 50 and kissing Jack Nicholson at 57....

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Bidisha’s thought for the day: fan fervour

November 15, 2011
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Bidisha’s thought for the day: fan fervour

John Lennon was shot by a ‘fan’. Tori Amos was raped by one. Madonna has recently been stalked in New York and London. What are fans seeking? “I have been in prison for 28 years and will shortly be released. I saw you in the paper and would like...

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Bidisha’s thought for the day: fan fervour

November 14, 2011
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Bidisha’s thought for the day: fan fervour

John Lennon was shot by a ‘fan’. Tori Amos was raped by one. Madonna has recently been stalked in New York and London. What are fans seeking? “I have been in prison for 28 years and will shortly be released. I saw you in the paper and would like...

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Bidisha’s thought for the day: fan fervour

November 14, 2011
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Bidisha’s thought for the day: fan fervour

John Lennon was shot by a ‘fan’. Tori Amos was raped by one. Madonna has recently been stalked in New York and London. What are fans seeking? “I have been in prison for 28 years and will shortly be released. I saw you in the paper and would like...

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Bidisha’s thought for the day: fan fervour

November 12, 2011
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Bidisha’s thought for the day: fan fervour

John Lennon was shot by a ‘fan’. Tori Amos was raped by one. Madonna has recently been stalked in New York and London. What are fans seeking? “I have been in prison for 28 years and will shortly be released. I saw you in the paper and would like...

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