The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are invited to a second emotional visit in Princess Diana’s footsteps, following their trip to Paris earlier this month. Top Venetian restaurateur, Eligio Paties, is officially inviting the Royal couple to visit Venice and dine at the same table Charles and Diana shared 32 years ago. An emotional … Continued
It has taken the artist Damien Hirst 10 years to prepare his new exhibition, which opens in Venice in April, but one of his most recent works is not included — it is hanging in a nearby restaurant. Hirst visited Giovanni Fracassi’s Da Ivo celebrit y restaurant last week and left him a sketch the … Continued
The battle of the Christmas adverts is already hotting up – as Marks & Spencer films its festive offering in the middle of summer. The high street giant sprayed streets with fake snow to transform a London square into a winter wonderland. Our exclusive pictures show how they even brought in a helicopter packed with … Continued
Fans may be dismayed but Wayne Rooney and Joe Hart have been dropped from the Englands quad to make way for new heroes Jamie Vardy, Harry Kane and the injured Danny Welbeck. Well, sortof. The new team is actually made up of lookalikes who appear in a new £5m Mars advert designed to inspire team and … Continued
Jennifer Lopez was beaten to the role of a Colombian drug cartel boss by Catherine Zeta-Jones in a forth coming film because she “doesn’t have the acting quality to pull it off”, its executive producer said. Zeta-Jones, who was born in Swansea, found herself at the centre of a discrimination row when she was cast … Continued
Anyone who thought it was M who gave orders to James Bond may need to reconsider: it is apparently 007’s wife. The actress Rachel Weisz will have a big influence on whether her husband, Daniel Craig, continues in the role because she is concerned about the physical toll that playing the character takes on his … Continued
Dame Helen Mirren prefers browsing the aisles of DIY stores to glitzy Hollywood events and rejected pleas to cash in on famous photographs of her wearing a bikini, according to her screenwriter nephew. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Simon Mirren said: “What Helen loves is going to Home Depot [an American DIY chain], … Continued
The cousin of a Jewish man killed in the Hyper Cacher terrorist attack in Paris one year ago revealed last week that the family was “dreading the anniversary”, after his brutal murder split them in two. Rachel Bourlier, whose first cousin Yohan Cohen, a part-time student, was shot dead by gunman Amedy Coulibaly in the … Continued
