The Aussie actress Essie Davis who was the pregnant wife in Girl with a Pearl is now starring in the west end in a play by Tom Stoppard “Jumpers’.
Uma Thuman will star in the sequel to Get Shorty called ‘Be Cool’.
Everyone is talking about 2 new documentaries: “Super Size Me’ about a guy who eats only McDonald’s for a month .”Director Morgan Spurlock had the bright idea that he would eat at McDonald’s three meals a day for a month and see what happens. The outcome is not a pretty picture, but thanks to Spurlock’s oversized and buoyant personality and some pretty nifty filmmaking, the results are as entertaining as they are sobering. (http://www.supersizeme.com )and the other completely different subject “Heir to an execution” is about the Rosenbergs “whose trial and execution embody the hysteria fueled by the Cold War and McCarthy’s red scare. Fifty years after their electrocution, their granddaughter, Ivy Meeropol, conducts a gripping search to uncover the humanity of her grandparents”. Fascinating.
Matte and Shiny” is the bone china collection by Nobu Matsuhisa “This frosty-white dinnerware features organic shapes, enhanced by the two surface textures”.
Prada last week opened its Hong Kong flagship and plans another 13 stores in China
Shabby Chic will be doing a collection of upscale sleepwear and a fifth book, “Shabby Chic: Sumptuous Settings and Other Lovely Things,” Lovely things.
Disney, the studio that owns Miramax, has officially decided to prohibit Miramax, from distributing Mike Moore’s new film, Fahrenheit 9/11.Outrageous.
Pablo Picasso’s 1905 painting “Boy with a Pipe” sold for $104 million at Sotheby’s,.
The biggest free standing aquarium in the world (25m) with a million litres of water and 2500 exotic fish has been built at The Radison SAS Hotel in Berlin.
When you are in Florence you should stay at the Villa la Vedetta, the 5 star villa which is now a hotel run by the Ferragamo family (800 euros a night).
When in Hong Kong on the way to Italy check into the Phillippe Starck designed “Jia serviced apartments” for some 5 star service and free massages.
The Bulgari hotel has opened in Milan.
The Zetter is a cool new Hotel housed in a 19th century warehouse, in Clerkenwell London (http://wwwthezetter.com).
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