Carol Ann Duffy is named first female Poet Laureate

As Andrew Motion comes to the end of his term as Poet Laureate it appears hotly tipped Manchester based Carol Anne Duffy will step into his shoes. " Carol Ann Duffy is to be named as the new Poet Laureate, the first woman to be appointed in the 341-year history of the post. ...

Grug Books coming in June 2009

The Grug series is being reprinted by Simon and Schuster and will be available in Australia after June 1, 2009. Stay tuned for more updates! Pre-order available!From Friday May 1st 2009, pre-orders for Grug books can be made. Delivery will not be until early June. An email...

Russian Fashion Week opens in Moscow

Local Russian fashion talent as well as designers from France, Spain, Italy and Eastern Europe will showcase their fall/winter 2009-2010 work at the Russian Fashion Week, which opened at the Congress Hall of the...

Lady GaGa Never Wears Pants, But May Launch a Pants Collection

Lady GaGa, who has made a name for herself for her wacky fashion choices and distaste for wearing pants (in addition to topping music charts with poppy singles such as "Just Dance"), is reportedly in the works...

Hilary Duff to Co-Design Femme for DKNY Jeans Collection

Multi-platinum singer Hilary Duff is teaming up with DKNY to co-design the Femme for DKNY Jeans collection, which will be marketed towards young, edgy women.  The collection will feature a mish-mash of...

NFB makes films free online

This is really exciting news. The archive at the National Film Board of Canada (the NFB) is pure gold and has up until now been fairly inaccessible. "The National Film Board of Canada has launched a new project to allow Canadians to see its films through online streaming....

Love Is Strange

"Courtney Love has a large collection of designer clothes, which just goes to prove that there are people in this world who believe that they can send out bits of cloth and by doing so, polish a turd. But Courtney...

Vick dogs featured on wine labels

The Dog Lovers Wine Club has teamed with Best Friends to create the signature wine series – a special two-case collection celebrating the 22 dogs who were rescued from Michael Vick’s dog-fighting operation and...

Patricia Field SATC-Inspired Collection for M&S is Tacky and Cheap

The Patricia Field collection for retailer Marks & Spencer was unveiled today to mixed reviews, most of which were unfavourable.  The 35 piece "Destination Style New York" collection ranges from 50-125£...

Lindsay Lohan Launches 6126 Holiday Leggings

Lindsay Lohan celebreated the launch of her latest 6126 leggings collection last night at Henri Bendel in New York, where a percentage of sales were donated to Ovarian Cancer Research.""I love to wear leggings,...

The Met's Costume Institute Collection of 30,000 Now Available Online

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has transformed one of the world's largest collections of clothing and accessories, The Costume Institute, into a digital format which is now available to view online within the...

Vicar jailed over child porn crimes

The Reverend Richard Hart, who became notorious in the UK after 56,000 images of child pornography were discovered on his computer, has today started his prison sentence. On the same day, a charity has used the opportunity to warn that child pornography is currently growing...

Armani Breaks his No-Fur Promise

Armani's unveiling of his new collection at Milan Fashion Week has many people up in arms, as the designer pledged last year that he would stop using fur in his designs."Last year Armani told Time magazine that...

Contador Wins Cycling's Triple Crown in Record Time

Spain's Alberto Contador won on his home soil, taking the Vuelta a España with a time of 80 hours, 40 minutes, and 8 seconds. The 25-year-old Spaniard is one of a handful of cyclists to have won cycling's three...

Custo Barcelona Spring 2009 Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week

It was with a veritable atom-bomb explosion of color that brought Custo Barcelona back to life after a disappointing show last season.  With a mod 60’s vibe present in the teased hair and some of the...

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