Kate Moss requested USD 380,000 just to watch parade in Rio September 29, 2008

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – The controversy model ‘top’ English Kate Moss requested a trademark Brazilian 380,000 U.S. dollars only to witness a fashion show of summer that will be held in November in Rio de Janeiro and without even getting on the catwalk, reported local media on Monday.

According to information from column social Ooops!, Published by the site’s Internet provider UOL and media and broadcast by local agencies, demanded that Moss’ Cache ‘to be present at the parade of Cia. Maritime, one of the participants of the Rio Summer event that takes place between 5 and November 8 next.

It was indicated that Cia. Maritime had sought contact with Moss (34 years) three weeks ago through a modeling agency based in the United States, to negotiate the model that closed its parade in Rio Summer with two outings to the gateway.

In return, the Brazilian grifa would give 380,000, plus airline tickets in first class, five-star hotel and a limousine.

However, the response came from managers of the local firm that was that Moss would accept payment only by being in the parade, but without even participate, so the level of Maritime Co. abandoned.

Moss, one of the banners of the modern models of figure thinnest, senior caches and star of several controversial for its nightlife, including for his ill-fated courtship with the English rocker Pete Doherty and photos disclosed in the press in 2005 in which it appeared consuming cocaine.

According to the column, the Brazilian players of the agency in the United States received last Thursday the latest photos of Moss for a cocktail at Fashion Week in London and found “total loss” of his physical condition, so it forwarded to the The Maritime Co. with the comment “see what we run away …”.

Paris decks for the spring-summer 2009 collections September 29, 2008

PARIS (AFP) – An Egyptian designer and the new star of British fashion first presented their work during the week of Parisian fashion, which has seen parading on Saturday for nine days collections of ready-to-wear for the season Spring-summer 2009.

One of the events in Paris this week of fashion will be held on October 1, the 40th anniversary of the house Sonia RYKIEL with a big party in the gardens Saint-Cloud (Paris outskirts).

From Dior to Gaultier, passing Lacroix, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Hermes, Chanel, all the big names in fashion will present their collections, but with them also new faces.

Among them, the Egyptian Marie Bishara, artistic director of Bishara, firm undertaking the conquest of the European market. In his first parade outside Egypt, Marie Bishara “will not propose an ethnic fashion,” but a “collection much more European.” This is the first time an Egyptian parades mark in the Parisian catwalks.

Another newcomer to these gateways is the taiwnesa Shiatzy Chen, who is “at the crossroads of East and West.” It will also be the first parade of parsino Gareth Pugh, 27, one of the creators of the most promising British fashion, which until now presented their collections in London.

For his part, the Colombian Esteban Cortazar, 23, will present his second collection for the house Emanuel Ungaro.

Several brands are returning to the calendar of ready-to-wear, which were absent from the past seasons. Including the Thai Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana, Guy Laroche and Cacharel.

The Dutch Viktor & Rolf opted for a virtual presentation, “a show filmed in the halls of your virtual house”, visible through the internet.

The week will also see the latest collection of Ivana Omazic for Celine. The Croatian designer has just been replaced in the signing by Britain’s Phoebe Philo, former artistic director of Chloé, which returns to the scene of fashion after nearly three years of absence.

Sonia RYKIEL the house, created in May 1968, will hold its forty years with 500 guests, who will attend a dinner, followed by the parade and a feast. Numerous personalities from the world of cinema, art and fashion aplaudirán collection designed by fashion designer Gabrielle Greiss under the supervision of the founder of the brand. The parade will also include silhouettes created by thirty-renowned designers in tribute to Sonia RYKIEL.

Pierre Cardin, originally scheduled on the agenda Parisian decició last minute to present his collection on October 6 at his mansion on the French Riviera

The tobacco companies hired stars smoking in movies September 29, 2008

PARIS (AFP) – The major tobacco companies paid millions to the Hollywood stars of the first half of last century that they appeared to smoking in movies, according to a group of researchers who had access to some of those contracts.

Clark Gable, Spencer Tracey, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and John Wayne were some of the mythic movie stars used by the industry’s snuff, after payment of millions of dollars, to provide an image of ‘glamor’ cigarette, according to the researchers reported .

A team led by Professor Stanton Glanzt, the Center for Research and Education on Tobacco Control at the University of California (United States) had access to contracts between producers of snuff and the great stars of Hollywood since the beginning Film spoken at the end of the 20s, until the arrival of television in the’50s.

The group of researchers found that Paramount and Warner Bros. were the studies with more promotional agreements with the tobacco companies, especially with Lucky Strike (American Tobacco) and Chesterfield (Ligget & Myers).

Only American Tobacco paid at the end of the 30 current equivalent to $ 3.2 million to movie stars and their relation to the Lucky Strike cigarettes. The big stars of the era promoted the brand image of Lucky Strike, Old Gold, Chesterfield or Camel, among others.

The researchers stress the synergy between the two industries: the producers of snuff earn a better “social acceptance” of cigarette and film studios are taking advantage of business strategies from the manufacture of snuff.

The presence of smokers in the screens is often denounced as an incentive to smoking in youth and adolescents. Those who oppose regulations on the presence of smoking in films argue that the representation of snuff is part of the artistic heritage of the film, citing classics like ‘Casablanca’ (1942) and ‘passing strange’ (1942).

The study, funded by the National Cancer Institute Grant, was released on Thursday by the British specialist journal Tobacco Control.

Tributes to Newman continue pending his funeral September 29, 2008

NEW YORK (AFP) – The tributes to Paul Newman, legendary Hollywood actor died of cancer on Friday to 83 years, continued this Sunday while awaiting his funeral, whose date has not yet been announced.

“Sometimes God creates perfect beings and Paul Newman was one of them,” said Sally Field, who coprotagonizó with Newman ‘Absence of Malice’ ( ‘Absence of Malice “). “I was fortunate to have known. He made me better person,” added the actress.

The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledged Newman in “the perfect dauntless hero, who wanted to look like men and that women loved.”

For Russell Crowe, New Zealand and Australian actor who received the Oscar for best actor in 2001 for ‘Gladiator’, Newman was an inspiration.

In Los Angeles, fans of the actor deep blue eyes came to place flowers on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, while the National Association of cinema, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), tributes his career. “We will remember him as an artist, a gentleman and a philanthropist whose career was exemplary only rival as an exemplary life even more,” said MPAA chairman Dan Glickman of.

Newman’s Own Foundation, which announced Saturday the death of actor, which occurred the day before at his home in Connecticut (northeast), there was no fixed date on Sunday of his funeral.

The thriller “Eagle Eye” topped the U.S. box office in its debut September 29, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – “Eagle Eye”, a futuristic thriller with Big Brother-style villain who infiltrates the telephone lines, televisions and computers, made his debut leading the box office with $ 29.2 million raised, according to industry estimates primaries disclosed on Sunday.

The film D.J. Caruso shows how a man, played by Shia LaBeouf, realizes that it is mistaken for a terrorist after the death of his twin brother.

The firm specializes Exhibitors Relations ranked in second place the romantic story “Nights in Rodanthe,” starring Diane Lane and Richard Gere, and filmed on the coast of North Carolina, remained in second place in its first weekend with a collection 13.6 million.

Third, with $ 7 million in sales in its second week, was located darker the thriller “Lakeview Terrace,” starring Samuel L. Jackson who plays a cop who haunts her neighborhood.

Fourth, with 6.5 million “Fireproof” shows the heroic efforts of a captain Firefighters rescued her by marriage.

The Coen brothers comedy “Burn After Reading” with George Clooney and Brad Pitt, retains fifth place after raising 6.1 billion, totaling 45.5 million dollars since his departure.

In sixth place with 5.5 million, the animation is ranked “Igor”.

In the seventh place, it was the police drama “Righteous Kill” with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino after raising $ 3.8 million (34.8 million since its release three weeks ago).

To continue this “My Best Friend’s Girl”, with 3.8 million; the work of Spike Lee ‘Miracle at St. Anna “, with 3.5 million and the drama” The Family that Preys “with $ 3.2 million .

For the first time in two and a half months, the Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” is not part of the classification, after reaping a half million dollars during the summer (boreal).