Miss America Is Ditching Its Swimsuit Competition
Even if your formal education in pageantry extends only as far as Miss Congeniality (and possibly Miss Congeniality 2), you’re probably aware that the swimsuit and evening gown portions—in which the contestants parade around the stage in order to showcase their talent of wearing things—are a pretty big deal. The tradition dates back almost 100 years, when the pageant was…
Angelina Jolie Went Full Kate Middleton at a Royal Event
Click Here: Italy Football Shop While we’re disappointed not to have any new photos of Jolie palling around with the queen, at lease we have old pictures to reminisce over from their previous meeting. Remember when Jolie called her a “really lovely lady who really cares about people around the world”)? WPA Pool Funny how Jolie…
Benedict Cumberbatch Is a Real-Life Superhero, Saves Mugging Victim in London
The real-life robbery attempt occurred on Marylebone High Street, around the corner from the fictional Baker Street home of Cumberbatch’s Sherlock in the BBC series. In an email to EW, a rep for the Metropolitan Police would neither confirm nor deny any individuals involved in the incident, but noted it took place last November. “One of the males…
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Were the Cutest Couple at a Friend’s Wedding
Wedding season is officially in full swing, which means it’s time to celebrate love through a whirlwind of love-filled weekends. It’s the same old routine year after year, and even celebrities aren’t exempt from the annual ritual. Case in point: Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton got their feet wet with their first wedding of summer 2018…
5 tricks to make your job application stand out from all the other hopefuls
When applying for jobs it is important to use every opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge, skills and experience and that means maximising every application space a company gives you to make sure you stand out from the crowd and be successful in reaching the next stage. Lengthy CVs and letters are not the answer, so…
5 proven ways to perfect your smile
There is little doubt that a genuine smile is a truly wonderful thing. However, despite laughing around eight times a day, the research shows that, a) a lot of us are self-conscious about our teeth and yet, conversely, b) we’re still not very good at actually looking after our teeth. A survey carried out by…
The best street style from the 2019 Lexus Melbourne Cup
On the tail of a trail of scene-stealing Derby Day street style looks comes the only day on the spring racing calendar that has the strong potential to sartorially out-perform it—the Lexus Melbourne Cup. Keeping racegoers on their toes, today’s race day took its preceding event’s monochromatic black-and-white dress code and turned it on its…
Freeze-dried supplements are here to make taking vitamins entirely fuss-free
Share 6th Nov 2019 Vmores, a relatively new NSW-based brand that prides itself on being the first and only freeze-dried beauty supplement brand in the Australian market, is here to make taking vitamins that much easier – and frankly, more enjoyable. Yes, you read that correctly, Vmores has brought freeze dry technology, traditionally used by…
How sustainable is recycled plastic, really?
Image credit: Getty images Recycled plastic is in fashion right now, whether it’s eco-trainers or ready-to-wear pieces by luxury brands. Prada has committed to using only recycled nylon by 2021; Stella McCartney has set a goal of using just recycled nylon by 2020 and recycled polyester by 2025; and Marni and Preen both used recycled…
Italian police break up counterfeit ring producing forged Modigliani and Lucian Freud paintings
Italian police have uncovered a clandestine workshop which was allegedly producing sophisticated counterfeit paintings by Modigliani and Lucian Freud. Police said that if the fake paintings and drawings had been accepted as genuine on the open market, they would have been worth “hundreds of millions of euros”. The allegedly counterfeit art works include nine paintings…