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How Meghan Markle will embrace Australian fashion during royal visit

10/14/2018, 12:39:43 AM
Fashion pundits are in a flutter about which designers the Duchess of Sussex will wear, given strict protocols around dress standards and the fact the palace buys the clothes for the royals. ✔ One fashion PR insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity, recalled a time when an order for a dress by a top-name Australian designer arrived through its online shop, to be sent to M Markle at Buckingham Palace ✔ I think that comes from being an actress, being in Hollywood, Nea said ✔ Her style has changed a lot since becoming a royal but she still knows how to enhance her own figure ✔ For more information on Frocktober, visit ocrf.com.au


How wearing camel and champagne will make you look ‘rich’

10/14/2018, 7:58:44 AM
Earthy tones and nude palettes have been spotted all across the catwalks and on celebrities this season, with fashion expert Lucas Armitage telling Femail the colour can 'make you look rich'. ✔ 'Essentially you're showing the world you have no reason to wear more practical darker colours which do not show up the wear and tear of everyday commuter life.'  Lucas added: 'Wearing champagne can be tricky to pull off and obviously you have to make sure you are not too clumsy with your morning coffee and avoid any spillages


Catherine Tyldesley oozes glamour in sleek black gown

10/14/2018, 1:16:09 AM
The actress, 35, was dressed to impress for the occasion, modelling a sleek black dress with a plunging neckline. ✔ She's been on focusing on her family since leaving Coronation Street this summer ✔ The actress posed up a storm on the red carpet, cutting a stylish figure in the statement number ✔ The actress, 31, put on a dazzling display in a metallic silver gown with a daringly high thigh-split as she made her way into the event


Paris Hilton stuns in floral dress at Rock the Runway in Hollywood

10/14/2018, 7:09:59 AM
The heiress showed her support for the kids by attending the Rock the Runway event in Hollywood on Saturday. She took to Instagram on Saturday night, sharing a video from the event. ✔ Paris Hilton showed her support for the kids by attending the Rock The Runway event in Hollywood on Saturday ✔ 'It is clear that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is a very special place where miracles are made every day.' 'I knew I wanted to give back and do more to support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, she added


Mel B 'makes dig at Victoria Beckham over Spice Girl reunion plans'

10/14/2018, 1:06:25 AM
The singer reportedly launched into a foul-mouthed dig at Victoria Beckham, reportedly rowing over Spice Girl reunion plans. ✔ Spice Up Your Life: Mel has revealed that she wants Katy Perry to replace Victoria on the Spice Girls tour To which Mel said: 'Katy Perry would be good, wouldn't she.' The America's Got Talent judge  also went on to reveal about the tour: '100 percent it's happening,' while she added that three other band members are 'for sure' joining her back on stage


Jessica Simpson says her kids baby questions 'constantly' crack her up

10/14/2018, 7:10:01 AM
'They want to know every detail — like how milk comes out of mommy, how the baby will actually get here and if my belly button is a speaker to communicate with the baby,' the singer revealed. ✔ It was only a year ago she revealed she had no plans of having a third child, and was even on the highly effective contraceptive, the IUD ✔ Proud parents: Jessica and her husband Eric Johnson played with their children, Maxwell Drew and Ace Knute, in 2014


Fake tan disasters which have to be seen to be believed

10/14/2018, 12:10:27 AM
THIS fake tan fan is clearly on something of a losing streak. She was left with bizarre lines down her cheeks and neck after something went awry in the tanning booth. But at least her bronzing boo-… ✔ She was left with bizarre lines down her cheeks and neck after something went awry in the tanning booth ✔ Another woman was left with geometric lines across her arms and chest, while a third looked like an oompa loompa ✔ There's tan, and then there's orange, and what's with the eyes


How to spend 48 hours in Bologna, Italy

10/14/2018, 3:28:10 AM
Most people consider Rome, Venice and Florence for Italian city breaks, but sleepy Bologna makes for a perfect getaway for lovers of la dolce vita. ✔ EVENING  Enjoy a stroll along Viadell’Indipendenza, past the many fashion boutiques, to Via Voltuna and try dinner at Nino’s, a traditional pizzeria which also specialises in seafood – from delicious ravioli stuffed with shellfish, or mussels and shrimp spaghetti (ristoranteninobologna.it)


TALK OF THE TOWN: Malala joins Oxford's boozy debating club

10/14/2018, 12:06:40 AM
Katie Hind has heard that Malala (pictured) has become a regular at the infamous weekly Port and Policy meetings organised by Oxford University’s Conservative Association. ✔ He said: ‘This is excellent news and the right thing for Oxford University Conservative Association to do for an exceptional person.’ And Malala is in good company: as well as Mrs May, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a regular at Port and Policy events, as was BBC Today programme presenter Nick Robinson


ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN'S Notebook: It takes two to tango

10/14/2018, 1:06:18 AM
ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN'S Notebook: Within days of their Strictly Snog, Seann Walsh and Katya Jones were plonked on a television sofa to say sorry for their behaviour. ✔ At the next stop she left the bus and strolled away, a white-skinned young woman with heavy make-up, without even a headscarf, minus sunglasses – her dyed scarlet hair worn clipped up revealing a tattoo on the back of her neck ✔ Children are not nearly as daft as the fun police think


I Rewatched "Empire Records" As An Adult And It Was A Bit Of A Mess

10/14/2018, 6:14:02 AM
This movie doesn't make much sense, but I still love it. ✔ In this post series, I've been revisiting the movies I was obsessed with as a pre-teen and teen ✔ Here's how the experience of rewatching it went down.. ✔ Oh so Joe calls the cops on the shoplifter stealing a few CDs, but he still hasn’t properly reported the employee who stole 9 grand?! 41


Kanye West says he's 'the best living recording artist' in latest rant

10/14/2018, 7:09:48 AM
Kanye West had a lot to discuss when he went on a ten minute rant on Periscope on Saturday. The rapper began his spiel speaking about 'mind control' and touched on his 133 IQ and slammed Sony ✔ He's in Uganda, East Africa, to record his ninth studio album, Yandhi ✔ They told me I have the money to buy my publishing and it's just like the control.' 'Sony/ATV told me I couldn't buy my publishing ✔ The couple moved into their $60 million Hidden Hills home in December 2017 despite renovations still taking place


Gardening helped me through cancer and gave me a second chance at life

10/14/2018, 7:12:26 AM
Early this morning, when the roads of the capital were dark and empty, Naomi Miller got into her car and drove from her home in north London to New Covent Garden flower market. ✔ Trevor's gardenCredit:Rii Schroer Today, Horn’s garden is a riot of camellias, ferns, anemones and annabels, but back then, according to Miller, it was a little bit of a suburban, unloved garden ✔ But we now know that too much rest causes loss of muscle strength and low energy


We rate the creepiest fright-fests from all over the world

10/14/2018, 12:51:34 AM
GRAPHIC and X-rated – that’s how I would describe my language in the haunted houses at Universal Orlando. I’d held it together in the Stranger Things house, narrowly avoiding dropping the F-bomb wh… ✔ It was claustrophobic, panic inducing – and I loved it ✔ New zones include Terror At Amity High, above, a school over-ridden with vampire American footballers, wrestlers and prom queens ✔ If all the touchy-feely live action scares get too much you can sit down with some warm popcorn in the Screamplexx 4D cinema showing short indie horror films


PETER HITCHINS: On the elites hellbent on legalising marijuana

10/14/2018, 12:30:22 AM
This country faces a grim race, between a fanatical and sometimes greedy campaign to decriminalise marijuana at all costs, and the accumulating evidence that such a move would be an irreparable disaster. ✔ Just as modish elite opinion swings ever more swiftly towards legalising marijuana, shocking and undeniable new evidence of its grave and frightening harms comes to light ✔ If we do that… we’ll be using the issue as a red herring to give marijuana a good name.’ It must be the most successful red herring in history


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