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Hit & Run: First lady of fashion
Michelle Obama has divided fashion pundits with her bold choices and individual sense of style, but here's the definitive proof that she's sartorially savvy: she's landed a much-coveted spot on the cover of the world's most influential fashion magazine. The Annie Leibovitz portrait, taken for the March issue of American Vogue, was leaked earlier this week on The Washington Post's fashion blog ahead of its official debut today. "Change was the clarion call of Barack Obama's election campaign," writes Anna Wintour in her editor's letter, "though I don't think any of us at Vogue initially realised that would include the difference that was going to be made by First Lady Michelle Obama's wardrobe."
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Hit & Run: A very tall story
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Saturday is Valentine's Day, the 20th anniversary of the day Ayatollah Khomeini issued his fatwa against Salman Rushdie for writing The Satanic Verses. And while enlightened commentators pick over the significance of the novel, the row, and the ramifications for Islam and the West, how is the author coping with this reminder of his near-death experience? Oh, look – he's at a party with a sultry actress.
Hit & Run: Going for a bong
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
What is it about bongs all of a sudden? Once upon a time, it was only students and hippies who owned the water-cooled smoking devices. But nowadays, the world of mainstream celebrity has embraced the bong: in the past week, both the American swimmer Michael Phelps and Chloe Madeley, the 21-year-old daughter of Britain's king and queen of daytime telly, Richard and Judy, have been photographed taking "hits" from bongs.
Hit & Run: Welcome to the dark side
Thursday, 5 February 2009
There comes a point in every blonde's life when she suddenly becomes acutely aware of the easy, cheesy, compliant and bland signals her hair hue is transmitting. And Scarlett Johansson, it appears, just had that epiphany.
Hit & Run: Satisfaction guaranteed
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
How much would you pay for a three-course dinner in decent city-centre restaurant? At the Little Bay in Farringdon, London, Peter Ilic has scrubbed the food prices from his menu. "You can leave £50 or nothing, it doesn't matter," he says. "I'll treat you just the same." Ilic insists his pay-what-you-like policy is not merely intended to get diners biting during the credit crunch.
Hit & Run: Brother bother
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Barack Obama can count himself lucky. His much younger half-brother George has caused a flutter by getting arrested for marijuana possession. But on the Richter scale of sibling embarrassments, this one is a barely discernable tremor.
Hit & Run: Not an heir out of place
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
As a couple, Brangelina are worth far, far more than the sum of their parts. So what do you get when you factor in their travelling caravan of six children? Well, it may not be the most scandalous paparazzo shot, but to celebrity watchers, the shot you see here is worth lingering over. It's not often that you get to see the whole clan, in the same place, so unguarded. But yesterday, as they made their way through Tokyo's Narita Airport, none of the Pitt-Jolies had been left with the nannies. It gives us an opportunity to learn a little about looking effortlessly cooler than anyone else in the world ever.
Hit & Run: Chelsy – just too good to be royal
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
It is a curious feature of the modern British monarchy that, on the rare occasions it chances upon a new recruit who appeals to the less prudish elements of the public imagination, it does all it can to cast them aside, and banish them from the Royal court.
Hit & Run: Sarko's sexercise class
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Nothing diminishes a man's self-esteem more than a feeling of comparative sexual inadequacy.
Hit & Run: In-and-out club
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Blimey, that was quick. It seems only five minutes ago that the actress-model Kelly Brook joined the panel of TV's Britain's Got Talent.
Hit & Run: I'm with Mr Gorgeous
Thursday, 15 January 2009
The perils of going out with someone better-looking than you are numerous: the anxiety that they’ll realise that they could do better; the contempt of those who think you’re superficial for apparently choosing a partner for their looks alone; fighting off the numerous rivals who become hypnotised by your lover’s obvious attractions. It’s bad enough when your other half is simply blessed with a great body or nice smile, but when it’s their professional duty to look gorgeous, things get even harder.
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