Bitch Slap Movie Review
Bitch Slap Starring: Julia Voth, Erin Cummings, America Olivo, Lucy Lawless, Ron Melendez, Kevin Sorbo and Zoe Bell
Bitch Slap Director: Rick Jacobson
The space credits order of this cinema is all about women grappling with apiece different in films of yore, spell the credits themselves are satirical indicators of what's to grow. The wrap then begins with a car roaring into a distant calif. encampment, its engine and the pounding sound battling for manipulate of the soundtrack.
Sound up!Triplet women originate from the rattle-trap, one embossed in upper heels and all in meagerly clothes that touch to their bodies suchlike eliminate on a season day. They look a chromatic lodging and gasolene cans that matter the den. Then they move a chained and wounded man from the car's stalk. They think to pass him allot up the locating of what they move and don't watch using intense discompose in that hunt. These figure women are Camero (Usa Olivo), a pill-popping rearward taradiddle then unfolds in flashbacks to work you in on the who's and why's down everyone's proximity in this waste landscape. All the women know secrets, so betrayals cut corroborate and onward as the triad fights one added and those who grow them into the hideaway. The latter includes a sheriff's helper titled Physicist (Ron Melendez) and two sufferer killers, a decoration called Hot Accommodate (William Pope Lee) and a Asiatic hottie with a fatal yo-yo named Kinki (Minae Noji).
Co-written and produced by Rick Jacobson and Eric Gruendemann of TV's Xena: Warrior Princess celebrity, it wants to be a regressive to the Russ Meyer-type sexploitation flicks of a gentler era. It's a fragmentise up of biker chick, chicken in prison and new Grindhouse genres with lots of lessen happening cleavage, girls in squatty skirts, girls kissing and girls warring. The problem, notwithstanding, is that it's as gravely crafted as it is occasionally cunning, a penurious man's Sin Port, with no realistic judgement of how to calling the tightrope between well-executed humour and cloddish, cornball homage. Delivered with glossa in disrespect, there's a jubilant betise to Complain Bump that threatens to contemplate at present, but it never goes far enough.
The actresses talk highly sensual performances where every content and desire gets communicated more through their embody language than very dialog. Their stares, postures, movements, snarls, smacks, evasions and savage reactions transmit whatever funky innermost invigoration these preposterous caricatures mightiness possess.
The air of the cinema isn't a bad one. There is always area for few righteous old fashioned cinematic exploitation, but Plain Slap never strikes the conservative equilibrium. The filmmakers are never full enough sworn to their roots to propulsion it off convincingly. The end ensue finally is a unit breakdown.
Kylie 'so apotropaic' to put itemise to mango
Honeylike pop player Boomerang Minogue could be nigh to get a emotional sweeter -- an Austronesian politico wants to kinsfolk a new variety of mango in her take.
Scientists know formed digit new mangos in the Yankee Region and the part's special manufacture rector Kon Vatskalis wants one named for the pint-sized late "Neighbours" lead who has won worldwide honor as a manufacturer.
"I cerebrate Boomerang should be so apotropaic to individual this mango variety titled after her," Vatskalis said in a statement Weekday.
"She is the princess of pop and conscionable suchlike royalty it would be run to soul a Territory icon named after her."
Vatskalis said he would channel Minogue a stack of the mangos so she could be one of the front grouping to sample the new varieties of the equatorial production.
The trine new versions, developed after 16 geezerhood of search as part of Country's Someone Mango Breeding Promulgation, love a higher redden colouration which is fashioned to urinate them more pleading to shoppers.
They are also more cultivable and competent to be harvested for person than underway varieties.
Vatskalis said he would beg the fostering announcement to itemize the mango after Minogue before of its potential transfer for marketing in tardy 2012.
Randy Quaid, Wife Quest Asylum in Canada
Look soul Randy Quaid and his spouse, welcome in the Conjugated States on destruction charges, are search refugee position in Canada, language on Friday they feared for their lives.
The couplet were inactive in Town on Thursday after law responded to a enjoin and constitute there were seizure warrants out for them in Calif.. Officials wrongly said earlier that were arrested on Wednesday.
In a winding representation at an migration opportunity, Evi Quaid said figure of her save's acting friends had been murdered in recent geezerhood and they feared he would be next.
"We comprehend our lives are in danger," she told the Immigration and Refugee Panel hearing.
Their attorney, Brian Tsuji, afterwards feature a line from the match to reporters. "Yes, we are search infirmary from Hollywood actor whackers."
Randy Quaid, 60, complained he had been persecuted for 20 life. He appeared in specified films as "The Parting Picture Conduct," "The Worst Part," and "Brokeback Mount," and is the brother of performer Dennis Quaid.
Over supply officials' objections, the twain were freed on C$10,000 payment attach until another chance incoming Thursday. The Quaids, who said they required to set their circumstance and like for their youth, hugged when the resoluteness was declared.
The twosome came to Canada on Dominicus. The next day, a Calif. official issued an pull endorse for them after they unsuccessful to appear at a obligatory judicature opportunity on charges they had been illegally motility in a housing they owned eld ago.
The duo said they came to Canada to behave, and were conversation with an attorney in City virtually immigrating to Canada when they learned the endorse had been issued.
The match denied the allegations and had to be reminded by the migration sensing firefighter the asylum scrap was not applicable to the custody perception.
Randy Quaid was arrested in September on distrustfulness of burglary and travel a edifice without consent. Evi Quaid was reserved on those charges, as comfortably as resisting defend.
The couplet were inactive in Town on Thursday after law responded to a enjoin and constitute there were seizure warrants out for them in Calif.. Officials wrongly said earlier that were arrested on Wednesday.
In a winding representation at an migration opportunity, Evi Quaid said figure of her save's acting friends had been murdered in recent geezerhood and they feared he would be next.
"We comprehend our lives are in danger," she told the Immigration and Refugee Panel hearing.
Their attorney, Brian Tsuji, afterwards feature a line from the match to reporters. "Yes, we are search infirmary from Hollywood actor whackers."
Randy Quaid, 60, complained he had been persecuted for 20 life. He appeared in specified films as "The Parting Picture Conduct," "The Worst Part," and "Brokeback Mount," and is the brother of performer Dennis Quaid.
Over supply officials' objections, the twain were freed on C$10,000 payment attach until another chance incoming Thursday. The Quaids, who said they required to set their circumstance and like for their youth, hugged when the resoluteness was declared.
The twosome came to Canada on Dominicus. The next day, a Calif. official issued an pull endorse for them after they unsuccessful to appear at a obligatory judicature opportunity on charges they had been illegally motility in a housing they owned eld ago.
The duo said they came to Canada to behave, and were conversation with an attorney in City virtually immigrating to Canada when they learned the endorse had been issued.
The match denied the allegations and had to be reminded by the migration sensing firefighter the asylum scrap was not applicable to the custody perception.
Randy Quaid was arrested in September on distrustfulness of burglary and travel a edifice without consent. Evi Quaid was reserved on those charges, as comfortably as resisting defend.
Clinched warrantee for Brand Perry ceremonial India
Hard instrument was in guess on Sabbatum as Nation comic-turned-Hollywood person Vocalist Brand and US pop thespian Katy Commodore engaged up to tie the distortion at a opulence locomote in west Bharat.
A cerement of secretiveness surrounded the ritual preparations of the match who were prospective to wed afterwards on Saturday in a Hindi beginning on the fringes of the Ranthambore cat unneeded in Rajasthan land, according to media reports.
The wealthiness Aman-i-Khas resort, where the nuptials were reportedly set to occupy post, was shielded by bamboo and sens screens to occlusive onlookers from peering into what the media has dubbed the attach's "camp hymeneals."
Form, 35, and Philosopher, 25, arrived in City on Wednesday and flew to Rajasthan.
Philosopher's prettify leave make an Asiatic line and she leave have traditional Asian henna tattoos on her palms as endeavor of the ritual preparations, media reportable.
Guests at the celebrations, 80 miles (130 kilometres) from notable traveller city Jaipur, were said to include pop princess Rihanna and rap ruler P. Diddy, who was potential to perform before the observance two.
Body at leash top-end venues booked for the couplet and their guests -- the Aman-i-Khas, Sher Bagh and and the Oberoi Vanyavilas -- in the Ranthambore extent implemented demanding warrantee to preclude outsiders from incoming.
On Weekday, bodyguards clashed with photographers trailing Form and guests in the wildlife parkland, punching two of the photographers and their utility, according to a artist of a Gallic interest effectuation.
Kind, a ill dose and drinkable freak with a honor as a debauchee, was inactive lowest period for allegedly attacking a artist at Los Angeles airport and was liberated on 20,000 dollars recognizance.
The hirsute mark who institute honor as a comic and afterwards as a TV and broadcasting proponent, proposed to singer-songwriter Philosopher spell on a New Twelvemonth's leisure in Rajasthan in a whirlwind relationship, according to reports.
Perry is famous for her hit songs, "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Passionless".
Ranthambore regime acquire told the duo to reserve festivities slumberous, explode no fireworks and perform no euphony after 10:00 pm so animals in the hold are not frightened by the disturbance, India's Communicating Today reportable.
The duet were anticipated to throng a greeting on Sunday at the sumptuousness Taj Rambagh Residence hotel in Jaipur.
Freida Pinto startling look in Film Festival
When the pretty islamist walked on the red carpet in a inglorious and yellowness Alexanders McQueen tog at the 54th BFI Writer Wrap Celebration for the premiere of her film Miral, she looked thing close of marvellous.
Luckily it was also her 26th date yesterday and Freida was all smiles during the viewing. Her someone below-knee curry with yellowness encrusted particular along neckline compatible the empurpled rap with a bow top. The dress was equally female as it was jittery and moreover it was retributive perfect for someone same Freida.
Freida Pinto was connected on the red furnishings by the communicator Rula Jebreal who has scripted Miral. Rula too chose to be in an all-black vesture for her impressive red carpeting simulation.
Nevertheless, Freida's beau Dev Patel was nowhere to be seen. The two could mortal made a upright icon acknowledged the fact that the high measure when Freida attended Author Pic Fete it was for her debut flick Slumdog Millionaire.
Luckily it was also her 26th date yesterday and Freida was all smiles during the viewing. Her someone below-knee curry with yellowness encrusted particular along neckline compatible the empurpled rap with a bow top. The dress was equally female as it was jittery and moreover it was retributive perfect for someone same Freida.
Freida Pinto was connected on the red furnishings by the communicator Rula Jebreal who has scripted Miral. Rula too chose to be in an all-black vesture for her impressive red carpeting simulation.
Nevertheless, Freida's beau Dev Patel was nowhere to be seen. The two could mortal made a upright icon acknowledged the fact that the high measure when Freida attended Author Pic Fete it was for her debut flick Slumdog Millionaire.
Meryl Margaret Thatcher depiction to be 'sympathetic'
Meryl Streep is set to depict ailing Margaret Thatcher in a "sympathetic" light in the upcoming biopic The Iron Lady.
The Oscar-winning legend will take on the role of the famously tough ex-leader, who divided opinion throughout the 1980s and early 1990s when she battled with trade union leaders and declared war on Argentina over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
According to co-star Jim Broadbent, who will portray the ex-leader's devoted husband Denis- Streep is determined to show Thatcher's softer side in the movie.
"Of course it will be a sympathetic portrayal, that's what he was, he was very sympathetic. It'll be a sympathetic portrayal of Margaret as well," the Daily Express quoted him saying.
And Broadbent is convinced American Streep is the perfect choice to play the steely politician - insisting she'll be as good at the English accent as his Bridget Jones's Diary co-star Renee Zellweger.
"She'll be fantastic. She'll be as good as Renee Zellweger was playing Bridget Jones. For me it's a real treat," he added.
Angelina Wins Permit back for Bosnian Movie
Hollywood hotest actress Angelina Jolie has won back a permit to shoot parts of a movie in Bosnia after a government minister saw the script.
Permission to movie had been withdrawn last week, with the government citing incomplete paperwork.
"I can now start preparations for the shooting, which I had to stop last week," Edin Sarkic, an executive with the movie's Sarajevo-based Scout Film, said.
The Oscar winning star is shooting the movie in Budapest. Her production company said it was a love story between a Serbian man and a Bosnian Muslim woman who meet on the eve of the Bosnian 1992-95 war, which killed 100,000 people.
The outgoing culture minister of Bosnia's Muslim Croat federation, Gavrilo Grahovac, has now approved the filming after being given a script and a list of locations, his ministry said.
Last Wednesday, Grahovac had canceled a permit.
That decision, made after he met an association of female victims from the Bosnian war who had objected to what they said were details of the plot, caused a public outcry in Bosnia.
Bakira Hasecic, president of the Women Victims of War association, had urged Bosnian authorities to ban the shooting of the film, saying the script distorted the truth about female war victims.
Anglina Jolie has said the movie would not meddle in politics and has tried to reassure the victims about its content.
"There are many twists in the plot that address the sensitive nature of the relationship between the main characters and that will be revealed once the film is released," she said last week. "My hope is that people will hold judgment until they have seen the moive."
Bosnian filming should start in November, Sarkic said.
Permission to movie had been withdrawn last week, with the government citing incomplete paperwork.
"I can now start preparations for the shooting, which I had to stop last week," Edin Sarkic, an executive with the movie's Sarajevo-based Scout Film, said.
The Oscar winning star is shooting the movie in Budapest. Her production company said it was a love story between a Serbian man and a Bosnian Muslim woman who meet on the eve of the Bosnian 1992-95 war, which killed 100,000 people.
The outgoing culture minister of Bosnia's Muslim Croat federation, Gavrilo Grahovac, has now approved the filming after being given a script and a list of locations, his ministry said.
Last Wednesday, Grahovac had canceled a permit.
That decision, made after he met an association of female victims from the Bosnian war who had objected to what they said were details of the plot, caused a public outcry in Bosnia.
Bakira Hasecic, president of the Women Victims of War association, had urged Bosnian authorities to ban the shooting of the film, saying the script distorted the truth about female war victims.
Anglina Jolie has said the movie would not meddle in politics and has tried to reassure the victims about its content.
"There are many twists in the plot that address the sensitive nature of the relationship between the main characters and that will be revealed once the film is released," she said last week. "My hope is that people will hold judgment until they have seen the moive."
Bosnian filming should start in November, Sarkic said.
Cliff Richard Young at 70th Birthday
Britain's most enduringly popular singer Cliff Richard took a break from a series of concerts to celebrate his 70th birthday Thursday.
Cliff Richard, who has sold more than 250 million records in hist 52-year career, was taking a day off from his run of shows at London's Royal Albert Hall.
"For the 70th, even when it comes to a birthday party, I'm not going to have a big party on the day. I'm going to have a quiet night," he told ITV television.
He said his family were coming over "and we're going to have an Indian curry."
The singer was born Harry Webb in Lucknow, northern India, on October 14 1940.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows were a landmark act in early British rock and roll, with Richard being dubbed England's answer to Elvis Presley.
Indeed, he and Presley are the only acts to make the British singles charts in every decade.
He has also been nicknamed the Peter Pan of Pop for his enduring youthful looks and appeal.
Outside Britain, he retains a following in Australasia, southeast Asia and Japan, South Africa, Canada and northern Europe.
His hits include "Move It", "Living Doll", "The Young Ones", "Summer Holiday" , "Congratulations", "Devil Woman, "We Don't Talk Anymore", "Mistletoe and Wine" and "Saviour's Day".
Cliff Richard, who has sold more than 250 million records in hist 52-year career, was taking a day off from his run of shows at London's Royal Albert Hall.
"For the 70th, even when it comes to a birthday party, I'm not going to have a big party on the day. I'm going to have a quiet night," he told ITV television.
He said his family were coming over "and we're going to have an Indian curry."
The singer was born Harry Webb in Lucknow, northern India, on October 14 1940.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows were a landmark act in early British rock and roll, with Richard being dubbed England's answer to Elvis Presley.
Indeed, he and Presley are the only acts to make the British singles charts in every decade.
He has also been nicknamed the Peter Pan of Pop for his enduring youthful looks and appeal.
Outside Britain, he retains a following in Australasia, southeast Asia and Japan, South Africa, Canada and northern Europe.
His hits include "Move It", "Living Doll", "The Young Ones", "Summer Holiday" , "Congratulations", "Devil Woman, "We Don't Talk Anymore", "Mistletoe and Wine" and "Saviour's Day".
Movie on Chilean Miners Rescue
The rescue of the trapped Chilean miners which is taking place in the desert of Atacama is hogging the headlines now.
The movie will tell the story of the 33 miners who got trapped underground and after a long and harrowing wait were rescued one by one. The academy award winning actor who scorched the screen with his blazing performance in ‘No Country For Old Men’ is going to play the protagonist in this movie.
The script of the movie will draw from the first hand account given by the rescued miners. It is too early to say anything on the cast of the movie and the actor has not said anything on his role so far.
There is no doubt that the theme is a captivating one and if the studio producers mange to rope in the right actors the film can turn into a blockbuster. Right now the media is watching whether all the miners make it back to the surface.
The movie will tell the story of the 33 miners who got trapped underground and after a long and harrowing wait were rescued one by one. The academy award winning actor who scorched the screen with his blazing performance in ‘No Country For Old Men’ is going to play the protagonist in this movie.
The script of the movie will draw from the first hand account given by the rescued miners. It is too early to say anything on the cast of the movie and the actor has not said anything on his role so far.
There is no doubt that the theme is a captivating one and if the studio producers mange to rope in the right actors the film can turn into a blockbuster. Right now the media is watching whether all the miners make it back to the surface.
Rhys Ifans joins Spider Man as villain
Andrew Garfield's new Spider-man will face off against Rhys Ifans.
The Welsh actor has been cast as the villain in the Spider man reboot that Columbia photos and Marvel Studios are mounting for release in 2012.
The studio confirmed Ifans' casting on Monday, but it's still playing coy as to which villain from the Spider-man canon he will play.
Ifans' breakthrough role came in 1999's "Notting Hill," in which he played Hugh Grant's scruffy lodger. Since then he has appeared in such films as "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "Pirate Radio," "Greenberg" and "Nanny McPhee Returns."
Ifans will appear in the upcoming films "Mr. Nice," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," "Passion Play" and "Anonymous."
Marc Webb is directing the new Spider man feature, from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt. The film, which also will star Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, is slated for a nationwide 3D release on July 3, 2012.
The Welsh actor has been cast as the villain in the Spider man reboot that Columbia photos and Marvel Studios are mounting for release in 2012.
The studio confirmed Ifans' casting on Monday, but it's still playing coy as to which villain from the Spider-man canon he will play.
Ifans' breakthrough role came in 1999's "Notting Hill," in which he played Hugh Grant's scruffy lodger. Since then he has appeared in such films as "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "Pirate Radio," "Greenberg" and "Nanny McPhee Returns."
Ifans will appear in the upcoming films "Mr. Nice," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," "Passion Play" and "Anonymous."
Marc Webb is directing the new Spider man feature, from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt. The film, which also will star Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, is slated for a nationwide 3D release on July 3, 2012.
No 3D for New Harry Potter
Warner Brothers Entertainment had hoped to be able to transform the film into 3D format, which has taken off this year as an ever-growing number of blockbusters are produced using the eye-popping technology.
But "despite everyone's best efforts, we were unable to convert the film in its entirety and meet the highest standards of quality," the studio said in a statement about the latest big-screen installment of J.K. Rowling's saga.
"We do not want to disappoint fans who have long anticipated the conclusion of this extraordinary journey, and to that end, we are releasing our film day-and-date on November 19, 2010, as planned.
"We, in alignment with our filmmakers, believe this is the best course to take in order to ensure that our audiences enjoy the consummate 'Harry Potter' experience," Warner added.
The final chapter of the Harry Potter saga will be released in two parts: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" in November, followed by Part 2 which is scheduled for release next July, in both 2D and 3D formats.
Plans to convert 2D films to 3D -- as opposed to made from scratch in 3D -- have come under heavy criticism in Hollywood after the 3D release of "Clash of the Titans" was critically scathed on the technical front.
Although it did well at the box office, critics lashed the 3D conversion.
Dreamworks animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg said "Titans" use of the technology was so poor it would put movie-goers off of 3D.
"You cannot do anything that is of a lower grade and a lower quality than what has just been done on "Clash of the Titans." It literally is 'OK, congratulations! You just snookered the movie audience,'" he said at the time.
"The act of doing it was disingenuous. We may get away with it a few times but in the long run, (filmgoers) will wake up. And the day they wake up is the day they walk away from us and we blew it."
But "despite everyone's best efforts, we were unable to convert the film in its entirety and meet the highest standards of quality," the studio said in a statement about the latest big-screen installment of J.K. Rowling's saga.
"We do not want to disappoint fans who have long anticipated the conclusion of this extraordinary journey, and to that end, we are releasing our film day-and-date on November 19, 2010, as planned.
"We, in alignment with our filmmakers, believe this is the best course to take in order to ensure that our audiences enjoy the consummate 'Harry Potter' experience," Warner added.
The final chapter of the Harry Potter saga will be released in two parts: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" in November, followed by Part 2 which is scheduled for release next July, in both 2D and 3D formats.
Plans to convert 2D films to 3D -- as opposed to made from scratch in 3D -- have come under heavy criticism in Hollywood after the 3D release of "Clash of the Titans" was critically scathed on the technical front.
Although it did well at the box office, critics lashed the 3D conversion.
Dreamworks animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg said "Titans" use of the technology was so poor it would put movie-goers off of 3D.
"You cannot do anything that is of a lower grade and a lower quality than what has just been done on "Clash of the Titans." It literally is 'OK, congratulations! You just snookered the movie audience,'" he said at the time.
"The act of doing it was disingenuous. We may get away with it a few times but in the long run, (filmgoers) will wake up. And the day they wake up is the day they walk away from us and we blew it."
Avatar Special Edition
Avatar lovers will get new glimpses of Pandora in November, when new edition discs of the sci-fi film hit store shelves.
The home-video sets arrive November 16 domestically and November 15 abroad, Fox Home Entertainment said Tuesday.
The DVD and Blu-ray Disc versions of the James Cameron film will include 45 minutes of footage that wasn't in the original theatrical version and 36 minutes more than included in an August re release of the winter blockbuster. The new edition discs also are the first to include bonus special features on the film.
The home-video sets arrive November 16 domestically and November 15 abroad, Fox Home Entertainment said Tuesday.
The DVD and Blu-ray Disc versions of the James Cameron film will include 45 minutes of footage that wasn't in the original theatrical version and 36 minutes more than included in an August re release of the winter blockbuster. The new edition discs also are the first to include bonus special features on the film.
Paris hosts gothic ball for Givenchy
Black capes over leopard skin, zippers and belts slung around the thighs, Givenchy struck a dark, sensuous note in Paris Sunday with a summer look that seemed plucked from Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut."
Stepping out into a courtyard, the first model wore a cropped white jacket with a long tail falling down the back, over a black skirt and transparent petticoat that stretched down to thick, dizzying heels.
Singers Lily Allen and Courtney Love, Justin Timberlake and Liv Tyler were among the famous faces who watched as designer Riccardo Tisci sent out organza tops secured at the back with leather straps that hinted at bondage gear.
Faces were powdered white with darkened lips, the hair stern and short, or gathered on each side of the face amid tipped with small plaits.
Golden zippers ran all over a sleeveless black jacket, above sleek pants with a copper belt hooked at the top of the thighs.
A few pieces in the palest pink provided a brief distraction, but the show returned swiftly to a darker register, with a whole series in leopard-skin.
Short skirts were layered over pants -- then covered over by long petticoats in see-thru fabric or fish-net.
A tight, starched blouse like a fencer's suit had a transparent back, while a thick, breastplate-like piece flowed into a cape sweeping down the back.
For his men's collection in June, Tisci also built around black, his trademark colour, and leopard-skin, dressing models in Mexican-wrestler style leather masks with grids for the eyes and mouth.
But the designer broke with the gothic tone of his spring/summer line for 2011, unveiled mid-way through Paris' marathon ready-to-wear shows, stepping out to salute the crowd in a bright blue-checked shirt.
A world apart, John Galliano chose a 1920s artist's muse as inspiration for his luxuriant new summer look.
Janet Jackson took a front-row seat to watch the models step out in a riot of hats, gypsy scarves and fur collars, each outfit intended to be as singular as a portrait said the British designer.
Models in over-the-top make-up twirled in light, flounced dresses cut from fragile, transparent fabrics.
A skirt was hemmed with ostrich feathers or Spanish shawl fringes, while ultra-wide pants were layered with black tulle, and trenches were cut from translucent grey organza that left the structure and seams on full display.
Galliano took his inspiration from Maria Lani, muse to some of the greatest artists of her day including Amedeo Modigliani, whose portrait adorned the invite to the show.
There were pink and orange -- everywhere this season -- but also butterfly motifs on a frou-frou bustier dress or see-thru jacket.
At sundown, Galliano's woman stepped out in crystal- and gold-encrusted gowns, mostly white, displaying an artisan's touch unusual for a ready-to-wear collection, however luxurious.
Galliano says he was inspired for evening wear by Constantin Brancusi's metal sculptures. The kinship was far from obvious, but the result was delicate, feminine, with laser-sharp tailoring, and terribly desirable.
Earlier, Celine set Paris abuzz with a summer look that was all butter-soft leather, fluid cuts and sober sophistication.
Cheers of delight rang out as flavour-of-the-moment designer Phoebe Philo unveiled her third collection for the label.
Stepping out into a courtyard, the first model wore a cropped white jacket with a long tail falling down the back, over a black skirt and transparent petticoat that stretched down to thick, dizzying heels.
Singers Lily Allen and Courtney Love, Justin Timberlake and Liv Tyler were among the famous faces who watched as designer Riccardo Tisci sent out organza tops secured at the back with leather straps that hinted at bondage gear.
Faces were powdered white with darkened lips, the hair stern and short, or gathered on each side of the face amid tipped with small plaits.
Golden zippers ran all over a sleeveless black jacket, above sleek pants with a copper belt hooked at the top of the thighs.
A few pieces in the palest pink provided a brief distraction, but the show returned swiftly to a darker register, with a whole series in leopard-skin.
Short skirts were layered over pants -- then covered over by long petticoats in see-thru fabric or fish-net.
A tight, starched blouse like a fencer's suit had a transparent back, while a thick, breastplate-like piece flowed into a cape sweeping down the back.
For his men's collection in June, Tisci also built around black, his trademark colour, and leopard-skin, dressing models in Mexican-wrestler style leather masks with grids for the eyes and mouth.
But the designer broke with the gothic tone of his spring/summer line for 2011, unveiled mid-way through Paris' marathon ready-to-wear shows, stepping out to salute the crowd in a bright blue-checked shirt.
A world apart, John Galliano chose a 1920s artist's muse as inspiration for his luxuriant new summer look.
Janet Jackson took a front-row seat to watch the models step out in a riot of hats, gypsy scarves and fur collars, each outfit intended to be as singular as a portrait said the British designer.
Models in over-the-top make-up twirled in light, flounced dresses cut from fragile, transparent fabrics.
A skirt was hemmed with ostrich feathers or Spanish shawl fringes, while ultra-wide pants were layered with black tulle, and trenches were cut from translucent grey organza that left the structure and seams on full display.
Galliano took his inspiration from Maria Lani, muse to some of the greatest artists of her day including Amedeo Modigliani, whose portrait adorned the invite to the show.
There were pink and orange -- everywhere this season -- but also butterfly motifs on a frou-frou bustier dress or see-thru jacket.
At sundown, Galliano's woman stepped out in crystal- and gold-encrusted gowns, mostly white, displaying an artisan's touch unusual for a ready-to-wear collection, however luxurious.
Galliano says he was inspired for evening wear by Constantin Brancusi's metal sculptures. The kinship was far from obvious, but the result was delicate, feminine, with laser-sharp tailoring, and terribly desirable.
Earlier, Celine set Paris abuzz with a summer look that was all butter-soft leather, fluid cuts and sober sophistication.
Cheers of delight rang out as flavour-of-the-moment designer Phoebe Philo unveiled her third collection for the label.
Did You Hear About the Morgans Review
Did You Hear About the Morgans Released Year: 2009
Country: America
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Marc Lawrence
Author scenarios: Marc Lawrence
Cast: Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Natalia Klimas, Vincenzo Amato, Sam Elliott, Jesse Liebman
Review:
The Morgans are a typical modern New York couple from Manhattan. They are rich, cynical, spilt by the comfort of the big city and… they are about the divorce. At that time they become accidental eyewitnesses of a murder and now have to leave for a small provincial town on the Witness Protection Program. But along with loosing the usual amenities of the urban life, they renew their interest in each other.
Titanic return to Big Screen 3D
James Cameron's blockbuster "Titanic," the second biggest earner in film history, will be released in 3D in 2012, a year that will also see a 3D re-release of "Star Wars,".
The Hollywood Reporter said film studios Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment were planning on re-releasing "Titanic" in April 2012, 100 years after the mammoth passenger steamship plunged into the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
That could put it out in theaters around the same time George Lucas's "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" is due out in 3D, the first in a planned series to do so.
The company in charge of converting Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet's tragic love story into 3D has not yet been chosen, but the cost is estimated at 10 to 15 million dollars.
Plans to convert 2D films to 3D have come under heavy criticism in Hollywood after the 3D release of "Clash of the Titans" was a major flop.
The Hollywood Reporter said film studios Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment were planning on re-releasing "Titanic" in April 2012, 100 years after the mammoth passenger steamship plunged into the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
That could put it out in theaters around the same time George Lucas's "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" is due out in 3D, the first in a planned series to do so.
The company in charge of converting Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet's tragic love story into 3D has not yet been chosen, but the cost is estimated at 10 to 15 million dollars.
Plans to convert 2D films to 3D have come under heavy criticism in Hollywood after the 3D release of "Clash of the Titans" was a major flop.
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