The 25th annual Raindance Film Festival announced its line-up this morning at London’s Vue Cinema in Leicester Square, and it includes world, international, European and UK premieres. The Festival will take place at the same cinema from September 20th – October 1st, 2017. The UK Premiere of Atsuko Hirayanagi’s Oh Lucy! (USA), starring Josh Hartnett is the opening night film. The film is a drama-comedy and tells the story of Setsuko Kawashima, a lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo who is past her prime and adopts an American alter ego. The Festival’s Closing Night film will be announced later in the month.Raindance received a record-breaking…
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‘I’ve always been a designer. Believe me, spending 20-years designing the perfect bra, means that I know a thing or two about design!’ – Lady Michelle Mone OBE Entrepreneur, author and public speaker Lady Michelle Mone OBE is thrilled to announce the official launch of her new Global business, Michelle Mone Interiors. Design and interiors have long been a big part of Michelle’s success, from the intricate design process of ‘the perfect bra’ with Ultimo, a best-selling jewellery range with QVC, to personally renovating the interiors of her own homes to an exceptionally high standard. Michelle’s move into the interiors…
Revitalise appeal now live – final radio broadcast on Thursday 17 August, 3.27pm Vice President of national disabled people’s charity and former carer tells moving story of Revitalise guests. National disabled people’s charity Revitalise’s BBC Radio 4 fundraising appeal is now live on iPlayer and will be broadcast on radio for the last time this Thursday 17 August at 3.27pm. The Appeal is presented by TV personality, writer and comedian Arthur Smith, a long-time Vice-President of the charity and a former carer himself. Arthur talks about his own experience as a carer for his mother Hazel, then goes on tell…
Event Cinema specialists CinemaLive are pleased to announce they are working in partnership with C-Major Entertainment to bring George Bizet’s Carmen on the Lake (Bregenz, Austria) to close to 300 cinemas in the UK on Thursday 14 September. This will be a uniquely staged spectacle under CinemaLive’s recently launched brand The World’s Most Spectacular Operas that showcases stunning operas from around the globe in cinemas, making them accessible to UK audiences. Seebühne (or floating stage), with its 7,000 seat open-air amphitheatre, is the location for the French composers most successful opera. With a set designed by British artist Es Devlin, who…
Can you give a back-story about Almasanta – how did it begin and why? Fashion has always been our passion it’s in our DNA and is a way of expressing yourself and communicating who you are to the rest of the world. Working for 7 years in Corporate Social Responsibility we saw the amount of big retailers that lacked transparency in their production, especially in the fashion industry. We use fashion to communicate ourselves but we cannot be transparent if we don’t know where the product comes from. Through this experience we decided to use the growing ecommerce industry to merge…
World record ticket sales, historic firsts, entertaining presentation and fun spectator experience lead to hugely successful IAAF World Championships London 2017 Organisers set an official Guinness World Record for number of ticket sales for an IAAF World Championships with over 705,000 sold Marathons and race walks broke new ground for the Championships with iconic locations and historic moments; over 150,000 people lined marathon course Official mascot Hero the Hedgehog dubbed the best Championship mascot ever after ten days of antics World record ticket sales, historic firsts, entertaining presentation and a fun spectator experience have all combined to help make the…
Day 10 13 August 2017 Session 14 ticketed at: 55,520 Today marks the first ever Festival of Race Walks in IAAF World Championships history, with four races: the men’s and women’s 50km and the men’s and women’s 20km all staged. The women’s 50km race walk is taking place for the first time ever at a Championships bringing parity with men’s events. The races are binge staged on The Mall with Buckingham Palace used as an iconic backdrop. Like the marathon, the medal ceremonies for the walks will all take place outside of the main stadium for the first time ever. H: 22 L: 13 The…
What: Tom of Finland Where: At a cinema near you Who: A film about the legendary artist who was most famous for his erotic drawings When: Opened in UK cinemas on Friday, August 11th Why: Excellent performances beef up a weak film that should’ve been a bit more exciting We all know who Tom of Finland was, but not many people know the real life story of the man behind the sexy images – Touko Laaksonen. The new movie ‘Tom of Finland,’ tells us about his fascinating, and interesting life. But it’s a bit of a shame because the film is not very exciting. It should…
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Movado was founded in 1881 and this collection pays homage to a proud heritage with watch designs for today’s contemporary, discerning consumer. Movado’s 1881 collection is designed with an eye for simple yet striking femininity, these luxuriously modern watches exhibit sophisticated style and elegant engineering. The 1881 collection features 3 models; stainless steel, rose gold and a rosegold/steel mix. All models are designed with a 28mm case with index markers on 2 in the range with the rose-gold model featuring 11 diamond markers. 1881 Museum Collection prices start from £650 Available at Ernest Jones, Selfridges and online www.movado.co.uk