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Can’t have a team in Kolkata without Dada: SRK
Kolkata: After snubbing Sourav Ganguly completely in the IPL auction, Shah Rukh Khan, the Kolkata Knight Rider team owner said that he would like to have the former Indian captain in his team in a different capacity.
None of the teams vouched for Ganguly in the recently concluded IPL auction in Bangalore, not even his former team Kolkata Knight Riders. That undoubtedly, not only left the on-field King of Kolkata miffed, but also his supporters as they burned effigies of the Bollywood star.
One may call it a ‘damage control’ act or self-realization, Shahrukh said that it is impossible to think have Kolkata Knight Riders without Ganguly and that he wishes to rope in the cricketer in a managerial role.
“He (Sourav Ganguly) is an integral part of the team. It is difficult to think of having a team in Kolkata without him,” Shahrukh said.
When asked why he taught the other teams did not bid for Ganguly, Shahrukh turned to his diplomatic best and said, “I don’t think I should be commenting on that. There are ten teams and thus, there are ten different think tanks. There are various permutations and combinations which the teams try to work out. So it is difficult to say,” he said.
It has been revealed that KKR CEO Venky Mysore has already invited Ganguly to take up a managerial post in the team.
Shocked to not find any takers in the fourth season of the Indian Premier League, Dada said, “I don’t know what happened. It’s up to the teams to decide on the players but I didn’t expect to go unsold. It’s hard to believe that I don’t figure among the 100-odd cricketers.”
Clinical India thrash South Africa by 21 runs
| Durban: Indian came up with an all-round performance against South Africa in the one-off Twenty20 match to register a comprehensive 21-run victory over the hosts despite a valiant effort by Proteas wicketkeeper-batsman Morne van Wyk, who scored a dazzling 67. Defending a tricky total of 168/6, Indian pacers went for too many runs in the initial overs despite picking up a couple of wickets. Van Wyk gave South African innings the much needed impetus as he plundered runs at will. His 39-ball stay at the crease entertained the Durban crowd as he slammed 5 fours and an equal number of sixes. But once he got out, South Africa kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Their downfall started as soon as the Indian spinners took over the bowling duty from the pacers. Yusuf Pathan (3/22), Yuvraj Singh (1/20), Ravichandran Ashwin (1/33) bowled cheaply as well as picked up vital wickets in the middle overs which derailed the Proteas innings. Though Munaf Patel gave away to many runs, Ashish Nehra (2/22) bowled really well to guide India to a clinical win. Rohit Sharma slammed a brilliant quick-fire half-century before Suresh Raina blasted 41 to guide India to a challenging 168/6 in the on-off Twenty20 International against South Africa here on Sunday. Sharma, who was bought by Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians by a whopping amount yesterday, justified his worth by playing a brutal knock of 53 off just 34 balls. He took all the Proteas bowlers to the cleaners, hammering 5 fours and 2 sixes during his entertaining knock. After his departure, India lost three quick wickets which temporarily derailed their innings but it was ever-dependable Suresh Raina who kept the Indian innings on track and helped the tourists post a competitive total in the end. Raina’s 23-ball 41 consisted of two fours and three huge sixes. Earlier, winning the toss, India were off to a flyer as they crossed the 50-run mark in the 6th over of the innings. But they lost both the openers in quick succession. Despite losing them, India raced past the 100-run mark in the 11th over of the innings. Rohit Sharma departed for 53 when he tried to hit J P Duminy out of the park, holing out to Ntini at long-on. Immediately after his wicket, Yuvraj Singh was ran-out due to a terrible mix-up with Yusuf Pathan for 12. Yusuf Pathan also did not last long as he was bowled by Juan Theron for only 6 |
Home » Nation Indigenous supersonic fighter 'Tejas' to join IAF today
Bangalore: India’s first indigenously developed supersonic multi-role combat aircraft Tejas, meant to replace MiG 21s and MiG 23s, will join the Air Force on Monday for initial operational clearance. The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), considered to be the world’s smallest military aircraft with a single seat, will be among top eight aircraft in the world in technological design and performance terms.
Tejas, which was under development for nearly 28 years and beat US sanctions, will achieve the significant milestone today when Defence Minister A K Antony will give the release to service certificate to Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik.
The handing over of the service certificate will enable Indian Air Force fighter pilots to fly the LCA for final operational clearance by 2012.
The LCA has been developed by the state-run Aeronautical Defence Agency (ADA) and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) in Bangalore. The project was started in 1983 with a budget of Rs. 560 crore and was named ‘Tejas’ in 2004.
The project was delayed due to various factors, including sanctions by the US in wake of nuclear tests conducted by India in May 1998, which resulted in rise of cost to Rs.5,778 crore from the initial estimate of Rs.3,300 crore.
ADA director PS Subramanyam said that they are developing a new variant of the present LCA by 2014-15 and the fighter jet will be fully indigenous in five years time.
The HAL is manufacturing eight aircraft for clearance flights and will take up the IAF’s initial order to deliver 20 jets to form the first Tejas squadron, which will be based at the Sulur air base near Coimbatore.
The Air Force has also placed an additional order of 20 more Tejas for the second squadron in 2010. It will be raised at Kayathir near Tuticorin. The IAF may finally have around 200 LCAs (10 squadrons) in its fleet.
'Sexercise' for that slim figure
New Delhi: Forget treadmills, long walks and Atkins diet, an expert has come up with a new way of staying in shape-and it has nothing to do with cutting out on carbs - it's indulging in plenty of sex. Yes, you heard it right, "sexercise" makes a person slimmer - if you do enough of it. Combining sex and fitness is like killing two birds with one stone. Sex gets you fit. And being fit makes you want to have more sex. This is, in large part, because of all of the benefits a good sexercise routine offers, like: improved blood flow in strengthening your heart, better cholesterol, changing more of your bad cholesterol (LDL) to good cholesterol (HDL), weight control, better sleep and greater energy, including longer life and a better quality of life.
Arizona Suspected Gunman Passed FBI Background Check
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This March 2010 photo shows a man identified as Jared L. Loughner at the 2010 Tucson Festival of Books in Tucson, Ariz.
The suspect in Saturday's deadly rampage purchased a firearm legally after passing an FBI background check, the company's vice president of hunting operations told FoxNews.com on Sunday.
Jared Lee Loughner, a 22-year-old man with a troubled past who law enforcement say may have been influenced by American Renaissance, a pro-white publication, bought the gun from Sportsman's Warehouse's Tucson store in November.
Loughner, accused of killing six people, shooting Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and wounding 13 others, did not present a concealed weapons permit so he was required to pass an FBI background check. He did so"immediately and without incident," said Matt French, speaking from the Sportsman's Warehouse's Utah headquarters.
"To my knowledge, the firearm purchase was without incident," French said.
French could not confirm whether the gun purchased in November was the same gun allegedly used in Saturday's mass shooting, for which Loughner so far has been charged with five counts of murder and attempted murder. However, he said it was the only recent firearm purchase made by the suspect at their stores.
"Sportsman's Warehouse is cooperating fully with the authorities in investigating this horrible tragedy," he said. "Our sincere condolences go to those affected by this unspeakable incident."
New details are emerging about Loughner as a law enforcement memo based on information provided by the Department of Homeland Security and obtained by Fox News suggests he may have ties to the American Renaissance group, though it's unclear if he was directly affiliated with the publication or group.
The Southern Poverty Law Center describes the group as "white nationalist" whose leader, Jared Taylor, is "a kind of modern-day version of the refined but racist colonialist of old."
The memo states that there is "no direct connection" between Loughner and the group, "but strong suspicion is being directed at AmRen / American Renaissance. Suspect is possibly linked to this group. (through videos posted on his MySpace and YouTube account.). The group's ideology is anti-government, anti-immigration, anti-ZOG (Zionist Occupational Government), anti-Semitic."
The memo also includes information about the suspect's mother, who works for the Pima County Board of Supervisors and notes that Loughner has multiple arrests but no criminal record.
But Taylor, a 1973 graduate in philosophy from Yale University, told Fox News on Sunday that he had never heard of Loughner until Saturday and has checked the group's records going back 20 years and has not found any subscriptions for Loughner to American Renaissance publications.
He added he has no indication that Loughner ever attended any of the group's events, which have been held on the East Coast where the organization is based.
Taylor also denied references to the group as being "anti-ZOG."
"That is complete nonsense," he said. "I have absolutely no idea what DHS is talking about. We have never used the term 'ZOG.' We have never thought in those terms. If this is the level of research we are getting from DHS, then heaven help us," he said.
Loughner lives with his parents in a Tucson neighborhood that one neighbor described as part of an area that is notorious for "stash houses" for Mexican gangs to bring drugs into the U.S. and store them.
The neighbor, who asked only to be identified as Jon, said he volunteered at a phone bank for Giffords' 2008 congressional campaign. He said none of the neighbors seem to know any member of the Loughner household, which on Sunday was cordoned off. Two run-down jalopies outside the house along with a front walkway littered with empty paint buckets and a garden hose blocked the walkway and door while the entire front yard is covered in a tangled cactus tree.
Nothing like this has ever happened in this neighborhood. "We've had a number of good DEA busts," Jon said. "It's a shock, it really is. ... It's sad, it's been a sad day."
Another neighbor directly across from the home also did not want to give his name, but said a mother, son and father live at the house.
"They weren't real friendly," said the neighbor who described himself as 60 and retired. They mostly didn't talk to anyone and mainly stayed inside. "Loners," he called them.
Another neighbor, Anthony Woods, who was three years behind Loughner in school, said the father in the household was argumentative.
Woods said the dad would complain about everything from neighbors' trash cans on the street to standing too close to his property by the fence. Woods said law enforcement interviewed the mother and father at the Loughner house Saturday night.
"They confiscated a lot of things" from the house, he said.
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Saturday that Loughner had "a troubled past."
"I'm not a psychiatrist so I have no reason to believe the person was insane. Was he unstable? I would agree with that," he said.
Loughner was kicked out of Pima Community College following a series of run-ins with school officials and police at the colleges where he frequently caused disruptions in classrooms and elsewhere on campus, according to The Arizona Republic.
The tensions with school officials led to Loughner's production of a YouTube video in which he declared the college illegal, the newspaper reports.
The college said Loughner could only return if he received mental-health clearance, according to The Arizona Republic.
Loughner is suspected of posting a series of YouTube videos that show a focus on literacy and currency -- as well as his distrust in the government.
"Hello, my name is Jared Lee Loughner," one of the videos says, in words appearing on the screen. "This video is my introduction to you! My favorite activity is conscience dreaming; the greatest inspiration for my political business information. Some of you don't dream -- sadly."
The video, posted Dec. 15, later turns more political.
"The majority of citizens in the United States of America have never read the United States of America's Constitution. You don't have to accept the federalist laws," the video's titles say. "In conclusion, reading the second United States Constitution, I can't trust the current government because of the ratifications: the government is implying mind control and brainwash on the people by controlling grammar. No! I won't pay debt with a currency that's not backed by gold and silver! No! I won't trust in god!"
Loughner's last writing on his MySpace page was just hours before the shooting.
"Goodbye friends," he wrote. "Please don't be mad at me."
Loughner was rejected from enlistment in the U.S. Army because he failed the Army urinalysis, a military official told Fox News.
Records obtained from the Pima County, Ariz., criminal database also show Loughner was arrested in 2007 for possessing drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor charge. The records suggest that Loughner paid a $20 fee and completed a court-ordered program for drug offenders.
Three months later he was cited for running a stop sign, according to court documents.
Another record shows a 2008 arrest for what’s described as a "local charge" in Marana, Ariz., 20 miles northwest of Tucson. The non-criminal charge was dismissed.
FBI Director Robert Mueller said that the gun used in Saturday's massacre was a Glock semi-automatic 9-mm. gun with extended magazine.
Ford Unveils Its First Electric Car
NEW YORK – Ford's new Focus compact car isn't even on sale yet, but the automaker has revealed plans to add an electric version by the end of 2011. The Focus Electric is a pure, zero-emissions battery-powered car similar in concept to the recently launched Nissan Leaf.
Unlike the uniquely designed Leaf, the Focus Electric is nearly identical to the conventional version of the car, save for a slightly different front fascia and a charging input located behind the driver's side front fender, along with the requisite "Electric" logos. Five passengers will fit in an interior that is also largely unchanged, although part of the battery system encroaches on cargo space in the form of a large box behind the seats measuring about one foot high by one foot deep.
Ford says that the 23 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack developed with LG Chem can be fully charged in just 3-4 hours using a 240-volt outlet, about half of the time that it takes to fill up the one in a Leaf. The main difference between the two is that the Nissan pack is air-cooled while the Focus has a more complex, liquid cooled and heated system that facilitates the use of a higher wattage on board charging system, 6.6 kW vs 3.3 kW, without causing damage to the battery.
Obama Says World Is Watching Sudan Referendum
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Jan 9, 2011: Helen Dembite, center, who came all the way from Queensland, Australia, just to vote cheers with her ink stained finger in the air next to Polling Staffer, Gisma Dabura, right, during the referendum vote on whether South Sudan will become independent from Sudan at St. James Catholic Church in Glendale, Ariz. The polling place in Glendale was one of only eight in the entire country. The ink stained finger shows that an individual voted and ensures the individual cannot vote again.
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Sunday the world is watching as voters in southern Sudan go to the polls in a weeklong referendum that's expected to split the troubled African nation into two parts and create the world's newest country.
Writing in The New York Times, Obama said that not every generation has the opportunity to "turn the page on the past and write a new chapter in history."
"Yet today, after 50 years of civil wars that have killed 2 million people and turned millions more into refugees, this is the opportunity before the people of southern Sudan," he said.
The south, which is mostly Christian, is expected to secede from the mainly Muslim north, dividing Africa's largest country in two.
Obama said the vote and the action of the leaders of Sudan will help determine whether Sudan will "move toward peace and prosperity, or slide backward into bloodshed."
The referendum, he said, will have consequences not only for Sudan, but also for sub-Saharan Africa and the world.
Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan who's facing charges for alleged genocide and war crimes in the western Darfur region, has vowed to honor the outcome of the vote and let go of the oil-rich south. His government tried for years to derail the referendum now taking place under massive international scrutiny.
"Now, the world is watching, united in its determination to make sure that all parties in Sudan live up to their obligations," Obama said. "As the referendum proceeds, voters must be allowed access to polling stations; they must be able to cast their ballots free from intimidation and coercion."
The south is one of the poorest regions in the world and the people who live there have long accused the northern Arab-dominated government of taking their oil revenues and not putting anything back.
"A successful vote will be cause for celebration and an inspiring step forward in Africa's long journey toward democracy and justice," Obama said.
But, he cautioned, lasting peace in Sudan will demand far more than a credible referendum.
He said the peace pact agreed to in 2005 must be fully implemented and that border disputes need to be peacefully resolved.
He said the peace pact agreed to in 2005 must be fully implemented and that border disputes need to be peacefully resolved.
Obama also said there can be no lasting peace until the situation in Darfur is resolved. He said that the government of Sudan must live up to its obligations and stop the attacks on civilians in the region.
`True Grit' Wins Big at Weekend Box Office
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In this undated film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Jeff Bridges, left, and Hailee Steinfeld are shown in a scene from "True Grit."
LOS ANGELES -- "True Grit" seized the reins at the weekend box office with $15 million, taking the No. 1 spot and becoming the first Western to top the $100 million mark since the 1990s, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
The Paramount release starring Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon bumped off Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller's comedy "Little Fockers," which was No. 1 for the previous two weekends. Released by Universal, "Little Fockers" slipped to second with $13.8 million, raising its total to $124 million.
"True Grit," which was directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, lifted its total to $110.4 million.
Among newcomers, Nicolas Cage's supernatural thriller "Season of the Witch" opened at No. 3 with $10.7 million. Distributed by Relativity Media, the movie stars Cage as a knight in the Middle Ages escorting a suspected witch to her trial.
Gwyneth Paltrow's country-music drama "Country Strong" premiered at No. 6 with $7.3 million. The Sony Screen Gems release casts Paltrow as a boozy singer trying to get her act straight after rehab.
"True Grit" is a new take on Charles Portis' novel, previously adapted in a 1969 version that earned John Wayne an Academy Award. Bridges stars as lawman Rooster Cogburn, hired by a 14-year-old girl to track down her father's killer.
In Wayne's day, Westerns were a fixture in Hollywood, but the genre fell out of favor over the last 40 years. There was a small surge of $100 million Western hits in the 1990s, including Oscar best-picture winners "Dances With Wolves" and "Unforgiven."
The past decade brought the cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" and the modestly successful Westerns "Open Range" and "3:10 to Yuma," but none approached the earnings of "True Grit," which also is the first $100 million hit for the Coen brothers.
While "True Grit" rides high, Hollywood's overall revenues continued a slide that persisted through the fall and holiday season. Ticket sales this weekend totaled $112 million, down 30 percent compared to the same period last year, when the science-fiction sensation "Avatar" led with $50.3 million.
The post-holiday period typically is a quiet time at movie theaters, but "Avatar" did blockbuster business last January, backed by such hits as "Sherlock Holmes" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel."
"This time a year ago, that little film called `Avatar' was just pumping up the box office in a huge way and a totally unexpected way for January," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com.
Even the No. 4 movie from the same weekend last year, the vampire tale "Daybreakers," did $15.1 million, more than this weekend's No. 1 film.
Hollywood may get a box-office jolt this coming weekend with Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz's action tale "The Green Hornet" and Vince Vaughn and Kevin James' comedy "The Dilemma."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.
12:00am - FASHION’S NIGHT IN: OVER AND OUT
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Thank you again - and see you next year.
Christmas Giving
When I was a 22-year-old fashion student living in Rome, I became a temporary stepmother figure to my much older boyfriend’s two little sons Tao, eight, and Bartolomeo, five. I made various attempts to win their affections including English puddings and reading them bedtime stories from the Old Testament, which may sound weird but was something I really enjoyed when I was a child. It didn’t seem to put them off as we are still close and I am ecstatic if they ever come to London, which Tao did last week.
Tao is now married to the ravishingly beautiful actress Olivia Wilde, who is so cool she dyes her platinum blonde hair brown. She is the star of Tron, Disney’s new mega blockbuster which also features Jeff Bridges (I shook his hand in the foyer of Claridges!) and we were invited to the premiere. Before we went I hung out in their room and took this photo of them wearing their matching presents – luckily for me Tao is slender enough to fit my size large jumper. Happy Christmas.
A Cinematic Trip
I have spent the last two weekends in Portugal being on the jury of the Estoril Film Festival. The festival was created by Paulo Branco, a charismatic, easygoing man with a huge Peckinpah-esque moustache. He is a friend of John Malkovich, which is why I was invited, as they showed the three short films we made together: Strap-Hanging, Lady Behave, and Hideous Man (you can see them all on my website www.bellafreud.co.uk). John also did a little fashion show with his spring/summer 2011 collection, modelled by the actors from the latest Raoul Ruiz film Les Mysteres de Lisboa. His clothes are really good, properly “fashion”. I find it impressive that in the little spare time that he has between making films and directing his operas he manages to produce exquisite, beautifully made menswear. And on top of that his drawings are masterpieces, praised by no less than my dad. I have taken photos to show you.
When I arrived in Portugal the temperature was 24 degrees and my hotel suite was of the highest luxury with a multitude of windows and a balcony over looking the sea.
Friday evening started with an exhibition of Lou Reed’s photographs, in the presence of Lou himself. The pictures were beautiful: landscapes with incredible light, some with almost psychedelic shades of green or yellow – all achieved by doctoring the camera and being a fiendish perfectionist.
The next morning after drying my hair in the sun, I went to a three-hour documentary called Ceauşescu Autobiography, almost entirely made with Ceauşescu’s own propaganda films, with clips of him meeting everyone from Nixon to Queen Elizabeth. It was interesting in a sinister way but I couldn’t help nodding off rather a lot. That night there was a screening of On Tour, written, directed and starring the genius actor from Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, Mathieu Amalric. After, at midnight, a group of us went to Lisbon to listen to Fado music which I was slightly dreading - but it was incredibly good, all sung by really young people in a little club that had been a chapel. Got to bed at 5am.
Sunday there was an exhibition by Spanish photographer Alberto Maria-Alix and a documentary he had made. In spite of being in Spanish, which I don’t understand, it was the most gripping and moving film and I rushed off to the airport on a high. The endorphins must have befuddled me as I lingered rather too long in the Club lounge and managed to miss my flight!
Florrie The Muse
Please have a look at the film Willem Jaspert and Stephan Langmanis directed for the collection Susie Bick and I designed together. It stars Florrie, who is the most beautiful creature. She looks like a French actress and a gazelle. The music is by Grinderman and the film is named after their song When My Love Comes Down. I found this poem that I had written years ago instead of a press release for one of my collections; it could have been written about Florrie.
Don't have mercy on me Baby,
In your Exterminating Angel dress
With its tiny white spangled sleeves,
Your look is such a success.
So Belle de Jour this afternoon,
Faux - formal in your cotton pique Cherry suit,
Posed in that sparkling pink Showbiz Jacket,
And those slinky, nude-beige tailored Straights.
When I came to meet you at 7 o'clock
You wore a dress you called The Number,
Almost demure in black crepe with slashed chiffon sleeves
Madame Claude would have admired your finesse.
On The Bus
On a freezing snowy night, I went to the last of the Royal Academy's three annual GSK Contemporary exhibitions, which focuses on the connection between Art and Fashion. Susie MacMurray's Cruella de Vil's ballgown, made entirely from dress makers pins, is genius. A dinner followed hosted by Lucy Yeomans in the Library at Sketch. I haven't been there for a while and the room and food is as great as ever. It was gone 1am when I left and I asked the doorman to get me a cab. He told me that, due to adverse weather conditions, there weren't any and in defiance I stormed off out into the snow. He was right, of course, there were no cabs. So I hopped onto a night bus and, let me tell you, it was rocking. The passengers in true Christmas party spirit were dancing in the aisles and I was sorry to get off.
Erdem and Andrew Logan.
Bodil.
Stella's Shop
The Stella McCartney shop.
Surprised passengers on the top deck of buses driving down Bruton Street got the best view, as Catherine Tate switched on the Christmas lights at Stella McCartney's shop. Guests crowded outside, serenaded by Santa Claus and then warmed up with glasses of Champagne or Guinness and wondered around the beautiful store.
Sandro has just opened in Westbourne Grove and gave a fab launch party. Lots of brilliant party outfits and it's dangerously close for me to pop in regularly.
Catherine Tate and Mary McCartney.
Virginia and Mary Fellowes.
Arrived at the glamourous opening of Dior in Bond Street and then had a hideous fashion moment when I felt one of my heels snap under me, thought at first I was sinking into the thick pile of the carpet. I then spent the entire evening on demi point. After my embarrassment, limped round the corner to Dover Street Market to ogle over Gaia Repossi's jewellery. Assistants wearing white gloves were showing intricate rings to a client, I was green with envy.
Julie And Me
Francine and Chris Corbin.
At Waddington Galleries Cork Street, Peter Blake has selected 10 artists and produced five works in homage to each of them. The show is titled Homage 10x5 Blake's Artists and has to be viewed. The opening party was a very jolly affair, everyone loving the work, and we all left with a smile. Leslie Waddington hosted a dinner for Peter and Chrissy at the Ivy and guests paid homage to Peter Blake, icon of Brit-Art and national treasure. Driving home in the early hours, I had a chance to look at the Christmas lights, which are fantastic this year; love Regent Street and Claridge's is positively to die for.
Peter and Chrissy Blake.
Virginia, Alan Yentob and Miranda Davies.
Julie's, celebrating 40 years of eclectic style, gave a fantastic party. Ruby cocktails, delicious canapés - and a Brazilian dance troupe sambaing through the restaurant and bar - was the perfect formula for the perfect night. Guests reminisced; everyone had a "Julie's" moment in their lives. Somehow I ended up pole-dancing with my neighbour Debbie, I guess this could be another Julie's moment.
Virginia and Debbie.
Antony Price and Judith Watt.
At Waddington Galleries Cork Street, Peter Blake has selected 10 artists and produced five works in homage to each of them. The show is titled Homage 10x5 Blake's Artists and has to be viewed. The opening party was a very jolly affair, everyone loving the work, and we all left with a smile. Leslie Waddington hosted a dinner for Peter and Chrissy at the Ivy and guests paid homage to Peter Blake, icon of Brit-Art and national treasure. Driving home in the early hours, I had a chance to look at the Christmas lights, which are fantastic this year; love Regent Street and Claridge's is positively to die for.
Peter and Chrissy Blake.
Virginia, Alan Yentob and Miranda Davies.
Julie's, celebrating 40 years of eclectic style, gave a fantastic party. Ruby cocktails, delicious canapés - and a Brazilian dance troupe sambaing through the restaurant and bar - was the perfect formula for the perfect night. Guests reminisced; everyone had a "Julie's" moment in their lives. Somehow I ended up pole-dancing with my neighbour Debbie, I guess this could be another Julie's moment.
Virginia and Debbie.
Antony Price and Judith Watt.
Liberty's American Dream
I love my new cushions - I am a huge fan of everything Jan Constantine does, but particularly her "American Dream" collection - perfect for my beach cottage in Malibu!!
A Stella Wish List
My daughter Skyla and I took off to Stella's store on Beverly Blvd for some Christmas cheer - mulled wine, hot chestnuts, gingerbread house decorating, Santa, snow and most importantly shopping. We both picked a few pieces to add to our Christmas wish list. We love this little kids jacket and naturally at this time of year I am a magnet to all things sparkly so fell in love with these kicks and her sequined leggings!
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