‘FASHION FORWARD’ WINNER

The British Fashion Council today announces that designer Louise Goldin will receive Fashion Forward sponsorship for two seasons to show at February 2010 and September 2010 London Fashion Week. The shortlisted designers for this award included Basso & Brooke, Emilio de la Morena, Jean-Pierre Braganza, Osman and Todd Lynn.

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Mao Wins Nationals

Mao Asada won the women’s Japan Figure Skating National Championships on Sunday to secure a place in the Vancouver Olympic team.

Asada, first after the short program, began the free skate with a triple axel and was solid the rest of the way to finish with 204.62 points for her fourth straight national title.

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The American Akira

It’s official, Warner Brothers are making a live action feature of Akira. Get latest updates on this new Akira film at www.akira2019.com. The website that is dedicated to Akira. The American Akira is coming in 2011.

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Zena Marshall dies at the age of 83

The actress Zena Marshall was one of the first Bond girls in her role as Miss Taro, the Chinese double agent in Dr No (1962). Her character was a secretary at Government House in Kingston, who was working for the villain doctor.

Zena Marshall was born on January 1 1926 and died on 10th July 2009.

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Ghost of Michael Jackson

6th July 2009

Eagle eye bloggers are writing that the the ghost of Michael Jackson is moving around in his Neverland house after a footage from CNN with Larry King reporting on July 2nd revealed a strange shadow moving across in the background during an exclusive filming at his house. Msnbc.com did source the original footage and there was a shadow, but it turned out that the shadow belongs to Gary, the CNN lighting guy.

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Canadian Tour
4th July 2009

Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife, Empress Michiko, begin their 11-day tour of Canada on Friday.

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Harry Potter star diagnosed with Swine Flu!
4th July 2009

Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley Harry Potter, had reportedly taken days off from filming due to being diagnosed with Swine Flu during the filming of the Deathly Hallows. His publicist said “It has just been confirmed that Rupert Grint has taken a few days out of filming due to a mild bout of swine flu,” and “He has now recovered and is looking forward to joining his fellow cast members at the junket and premieres this week and will then return to filming directly afterwards.”

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Japan- Solar Eclipse on the 22nd
4th July 2009

The first full solar eclipse to be in Japan in 46 years will occur on the 22 of June and will be clearly visible from the southern islands such as Amami-Oshima.

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Farrah Fawcett dies at 62
25th June 2009

The Charlie’s Angels star has died at the age of 62 today, she was admitted into hospital in April this year and had been suffering from Cancer for the past 3 years.

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Michael Jackson dies in coma after suffering a cardiac arrest
25th June 2009

The 50 year old pop star was in coma after suffering a cardiac arrest at 12:00 pm (1900 GMT), its now been confirmed that he died at the UCLA medical centre in America.

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Oh my star!
17th June 2009

18 year old Kimberley from Belgium wanted 3 stars,
but woke up to find 56 stars mistakenly tattooed on her face.
Kimberly is reportedly suing the tattooist for £10,000 after having paid £55 for the unwanted stars.