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Britney Spears’ Son Jayden James Lands MAC Cosmetics Campaign & Says He’ll Release Music ‘When He’s Ready’
Jayden James Federline, the 19-year-old son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, has been named the cover star of MAC Cosmetics’ relaunched digital publication MACzine, marking another step in his emerging modelling and creative career. The campaign, revealed on 25 August, builds on a breakthrough year for James, who also made his runway debut alongside…
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How ‘The Pitt’ Production Designer Expanded the Emergency Room for Season 2
Production designer Nina Ruscio has significantly expanded the emergency room set for the second season of HBO’s “The Pitt,” adding new locations and practical lighting to make the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center feel larger and more immersive without losing the look established in Season 1. The changes were designed to be felt rather than seen,…
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33 Years Later, Magic’s Head Designer Reveals One of His Biggest Regrets
Magic: The Gathering’s head designer Mark Rosewater has admitted that, if he could redesign the trading card game from scratch, he would merge artifacts and enchantments into a single card type. Writing in a two-part “Big-Picture Questions” column, Rosewater explained that the distinction between the two — once based on artifacts being usable by any…
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Preserving glow-in-the-dark art and fashion for future generations
Conservators and chemists are studying the unstable pigments used in glow-in-the-dark and fluorescent art and fashion, including works by punk-era designer Stephen Sprouse, to understand why the colours fade and how they might be preserved. The research, presented this week at an American Chemical Society meeting in Chicago, matters because these bright pigments have been…
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A-list fashion designer who had luxury Richard Mille watch ‘cut from wrist outside Mayfair restaurant’ tells jury: ‘I couldn’t believe that something like this would happen in London’
Catalin Botezatu, the Romanian fashion designer who has worked with Vogue and Versace, gave evidence at Southwark Crown Court describing how three men allegedly ambushed him outside the Mayfair restaurant Amazonico and cut a diamond-encrusted Richard Mille watch from his wrist. He told jurors he “couldn’t believe” a robbery of this kind could happen in…
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Sussex couple set for UK return with Spencer family backing
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are reportedly preparing an imminent return to the United Kingdom, with plans advancing for their arrival within the coming days. While Prince Harry remains distant from key members of the
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Graduate jobs slump, Burnham escalates Russia tensions in Kyiv, Harry and Meghan mull UK return
Adzuna data shows graduate vacancies at a ten-year low; Andy Burnham’s Kyiv trip and Ukraine’s Scalp missile deal have deepened the Russia rift, plus Malaga drone chaos, China’s aborted Moon launch and Maradona’s Hand of God ball fetching £2.5m.
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Forget Paris v Milan, it’s North West fashionistas at war as Cheshire Fashion Week takes legal action against organisers of small town event
Cheshire Fashion Week Limited, the company behind the established Cheshire Fashion Week, has taken legal action against Knutsford Town Council after the council staged its own “Knutsford Fashion Week” earlier this year. The dispute, centring on a trademark infringement claim, has gone before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court; the company’s initial claim was dismissed but…
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Fast-fashion giant Shein lowers value to $27bn for Hong Kong IPO
Shein, the China-founded fast-fashion retailer, has cut the valuation it is seeking for its long-delayed Hong Kong stock market listing to around $27bn (£19.8bn), a sharp drop from the near-$100bn it was worth at its 2022 private funding peak. The reduced price reflects mounting pressure on the company, which reported a $99m loss in the…
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UK flights to Spain forced to divert due to unidentified drone spotted close to airport runway
Flights from the UK and Ireland to Spain were diverted on Sunday night after a drone was spotted near a runway at Malaga Airport, forcing air traffic controllers to suspend landings for over 50 minutes. The disruption affected services from London, Birmingham, Bristol and Cork, highlighting growing concerns about drone incursions disrupting European airspace and…