Author: FABUK Magazine

Named by VANITY FAIR as one of the “Best TV Characters,” Golden Globe award and Critics’ Choice award nominee Jaime Camil plays “the scene-stealing comedic bright spot,” ‘Rogelio de la Vega’, the supremely vain, but totally well-meaning, famous telenovela star and Gina Rodriguez’s father on the critically acclaimed CW (in the USA) and Netflix (internationally) series “Jane the Virgin”, currently airing Season 4.  Camil also stars in the blockbuster Diney/PIXAR animated film COCO, currently in theatres worldwide.   Disney/PIXAR’s COCO, which has an outstanding 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, follows the journey of young aspiring musician ‘Miguel’ who, when confronted with…

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Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp chatted to Ronan Keating and Harriet Scott on their Magic Radio Breakfast Show about his role as ‘bad guy’ Captain Hook in upcoming festive pantomime – Peter Pan: Christmas in Neverland. Considering Martin’s string of villainous acting roles including Eastender’s Steve Owen, the Child Catcher in musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Reggie in The Krays, the musician admitted that he’d always placed himself as the ‘bad guy’ if he were to star in a pantomime.  Talking of his role as Captain Hook in ‘the biggest pantomime ever staged’, Martin said: “He’s the bad guy…

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• 45% of chart music goes above “safe” rate of beats per minute for driving • 71% of drivers have had a “near-miss” due to being distracted by music or phones • The latest cover by Elbow, “Golden Slumbers”, is named one of the safest songs to drive to • Changing songs, radio stations or the volume leads drivers to take hands of the wheel once every 3 minutes Although the clear majority of drivers choose to listen to music during their commute, recent research has revealed that 45% of what is in the current music charts is potentially unsafe…

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New research reveals why measuring matters to millennials when it comes to making positive lifestyle changes – from fitness trackers to smart meters  New research reveals the impact of tracking technology on young people Millennials are tracking a variety of areas from fitness, to sleep and mindfulness Fitness blogger Zanna van Dijk takes on a two-week challenge to ‘get energy fit’ by tracking her energy use with a smart meter Smart meters mean for the first time ever, millennials can accurately track energy use, and they’re available to both renters and home-owners at no additional cost Zanna van Dijk shares…

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Online sellers of potentially dangerous slimming pills containing withdrawn pharmaceutical ingredients are putting desperate dieters’ health at serious risk by seducing them with the promise of quick-fix weight loss and discreet deliveries that bypass discussions with their GP and pharmacist, new research reveals. One in three slimmers have tried slimming pills purchased online, according to the joint #FakeMeds survey of 1,805 slimmers by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and Slimming World. Since April 2013, the Agency has seized nearly £4 million worth of dodgy weight loss pills. Three quarters of slimmers (77%) were enticed by promises of rapid…

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Sitting on the sofa next to your nan, raising a glass of sherry and watching yet another Christmas TV special may be as glamourous as it gets for most of us over the festive season. But for the less financially challenged, December presents a veritable pick and mix of pine-clad cosy ski resorts and delectable desert islands. Here we discover 2017’s favourite festive playgrounds of the rich and famous. Chamonix, Mont-Blanc Hosting the first ever Winter Olympics back in 1924, Chamonix Mont-Blanc has been revered as the home of alpinism. With its superb mix of nursery, intermediate and advanced runs…

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London’s new experiential retail space in the heart of Shoreditch. Located across the road from the infamous Ace hotel in East London, Not Just Another Store is a new concept store curated by UTTER and MARR, two independent companies, who through creative collaborations with artists, illustrators, photographers and more, want to break the norm of a traditional retail space. Not Just Another Store forms a community retail space that detaches from all the restrictions, rules and norms placed upon existing retail spaces. With collaborations at the heart and core of the concept, Not Just Another Store is partnering up with…

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Successful fashion show in honour of the great idol “ Gianni Versace” An unforgettable triumph for Versace’s catwalk, which has left everybody enchanted and deeply moved in commemorating the memory of the idol dead 20 years ago, who continues to live in every season thanks to Donatella, as if he was an immortal being floating freely in his own world. A magical opening for the runway show collection s/s 2018 that blends with notes of colours and profound love, rediscovering in the archive famous prints, such as the ones of ’90  with black and gold baroque motifs, butterflies,…

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ELISABETTA ROGAI A  story about EnoArte The EnoArt project started in fall 2010 in Florence (Italy) when italianpaintressElisabettaRogai discovered a brand new way to paint using red wine instead of colors. The result is that paintings’ colours change on canvas after a few months, moving from typical young wine’s colors to olders.From that moment on, mrs.Rogai painted almost 30 paintings and showed them in Italy (Tuscany, Veneto, Lombardia, Lazio) and abroad (Los Angeles and Hong Kong, in 2012, Greece and Venezuela in 2013), both in wine and artistic occasions. In Los Angeles she was invited as special guest in the second edition of “VivaVinoLA”…

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Team England has selected its triathlon squad which will compete at the next Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, in April 2018. The squad of 10 athletes across the able bodied and para events will compete for Team England’s first medal of the Games on 5th April. Reigning Commonwealth champion and double Olympic gold medallist, Alistair Brownlee, will be making his return to the Commonwealth stage in an aim to defend his title. Alistair will compete alongside his brother, Commonwealth gold and silver medallist and two-time world champion, Jonny Brownlee. Alistair Brownlee said: “It’s a great honour to be…

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