Movies » Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Actor James McAvoy is rumoured to be the top contender to portray James Bond author, Ian Fleming, in a $40 million biopic currently in development by Palmstar Entertainment and Animus Films.
The story will specifically focus on his younger years as a playboy growing up in the shadow of his famous family and his real-life exploits during WWII which served as inspiration for the character of 007.
Matt Brown (“Ropewalk”) wrote the screenplay which is based on Andrew Lycett’s book Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond. A director is currently being sought.
Source: Empire Online
Portrait of model Cory Bond by Gregory Vaughan.
Advertisement for Dolce & Gabbana’s Light Blue featuring model David Gandy. We should all be so lucky.
Jamie Dornan and Lara Stone photographed by Alasdair McLellan for i-D magazine.
Model Robert Perovich is the new face of Jean-Paul Gaultier’s Le Male.
Robert was born in British Columbia, Canada on January 1st, 1976 and is 6′2″ tall. How do say *sigh* in french? Oh yeah, ooh la la!
See him in action at jeanpaulgaultier.com. Photo by Jean-Baptiste Mondino.
Society » Monday, October 26th, 2009
We don’t want to say we told you so, but we did.
Back in June 2007 Gotham Journal reported that Donald and Ivana Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, had been getting cozy with Jared Kushner, publisher of the New York Observer. Well kids, today came official word that Ivanka, 27, married Jared, 28, in a ceremony held at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., on Sunday.
Among the 500 guests were: Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, Barbara Walters, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Regis Philbin, who sang for the new couple.
Ivanka, who got engaged on July 15, wore a Vera Wang gown inspired by Grace Kelly and is said to have converted to Judaism in order to marry Jared, who is Orthodox Jewish.
The newlyweds are planning to honeymoon in Africa.
Source: People
Above: male models share a room in Chinatown.
From an article in NY Mag:
“Financially speaking, male modeling is not unlike being a straight-male porn star: The men have always made less than the women, and very few become big names. For most magazine work, models are paid less than $250. Twenty percent of that goes to the agency, which also bills models for their board and expenses.”
The Sundance Channel is featuring is the first online exhibition of the films and photographs of acclaimed filmmaker and photographer Bruce Weber.
The exhibition features clips from Weber’s award winning documentaries and shorts culminating with the August 20th, 2009 premiere of Weber’s latest short film, “Liberty City Is Like Paris To Me.”
More at sundancechannel.com
Remembering Jacqueline “Jackie” Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) on her 80th Birthday.
Grey Gardens is getting some new tenants -and no, unlike many of the Beale’s acquaintances, the cats and raccoons are not making their way out of the woodwork to get a piece of all the recent Grey Gardens action.
WWD reports Grey’s current owners, Sally Quinn and her husband Ben Bradlee, have signed a five-year lease with popular Manhattan socials Boykin Curry and Celerie Kemble, who along with their clan will be residing at the iconic East Hampton estate come September.
“Ever since the couple bought Grey Gardens from Little Edie Beale in 1979, they have rented it out, save for the month of August when they use the home. The last inhabitants, Quinn said, lived there for 12 years. Curry and Kemble’s five-year contract is the lengthiest that’s been issued. Neither party disclosed the rental price, but in May it was rumored Quinn and Bradlee were asking $30,000 for Aug. 28 through Sept. 7 alone.”
Read the rest of the article at WWD.
