The FiFi Report 142

In Paris everyone should stay at Hotel Amour, the new Hotel by the Costes Brothers. www.hotelamour.com/Hotel%20Amour/Hotel%20Amour%20Paris.html
Then pop in to the Antiques Biennale at the Grand Palais at the Louvre www.biennaledesantiquaires.com/index1.html
For a classic luxury hotel stay here in Paris. www.l-hotel.com/index2-e.php
In New York go and see the new Tom Stoppard play The Coast of Utopia – a nine hour drama - at The Lincoln Centre. nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2006/theater/19719/
Please stay here at this palazzo in Italy www.castellodiverduno.com/
Or buy a condo designed by Armani Casa in New York 20pine.com/
This is a cool travel website “dohop.com searches more than 660 airlines around the world for the best flights and connections. Find the fastest route, check the latest price, find links to airlines and travel agents’. www.dohop.com
For New York Fashion Week Prada has invited The Raconteurs, Jack White’s new band, which most recently performed with guest vocalist Lou Reed at the VMAs, to play at its SoHo store.
While the works of art at London’s Royal Academy of Arts might have escaped damage in a fire at the museum last week, the blaze has forced the shows of brands such as Allegra Hicks, Gardem Paris and Alice McCall to be relocated. The shows were to be part of the On/Off schedule, which holds shows and static exhibitions in a space behind the Royal Academy.
Dame Helen Mirren’s performance as the Queen was the toast of the Venice Film Festival. Helen Mirren, who has just won an Emmy for her title role in the mini-series Elizabeth I, had the unusual task of portraying a living monarch in the film
Rachel Weisz has defended her latest film after it was booed by critics at Venice Film Festival. The Fountain, directed by Weisz’s fiance Darren Aronofsky features three parallel stories spanning 1,000 years.
Madonna is thought to be planning to sing at a private party for the house of Louis Vuitton in Prague on September 8, fuelling rumours that she is about to be the new face of the house. WWD
American Idol” founder Simon Fuller hopes he’s found his next big hit in Roland Mouret.