The Disney Cruise Line has unveiled new images of its forthcoming vessel, the Disney Dream.
Scheduled to launch on January 26, 2011, the Dream is the first of two new liners under construction for Disney.
She will be captained by Captain Tom Forberg, pictured above. Booking will be available from November 9.
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This was filmed in Dubai over 5 days and nights by Philip Bloom. Beautiful!
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Mariah Carey is launching her own champagne, weeks after giving a loopy five-minute acceptance speech at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Soon after her tipsy proclamations at the event, the star updated her Twitter account to announce her very own line of rose champagne, christened Angel!
“Didn’t realize they put the champagne on the tables, So we WOULDN’T drink it! LoL,”. “No, seriously ANGEL CHAMPAGNE (ROSE) by MC coming soon!”
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Belgian-based Emocean Yacht Design has unveiled a rendering of a 200-metre gigayacht which if completed would be the world’s largest yacht by far.
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Scarlett Johansson is once again starring in the new Mango campaign, this time for the new Spring Summer 2010 season.
On this occasion, the photo shoot took place in New York city, where the actress modeled the new designs of the Spanish fashion firm.
The British Library announced January 26 that it will display the “largest book in the world” for the first time to the general public as part of its summer exhibition Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art.
Measuring in at nearly six feet (1.8 meters) tall, the book is a 1660 atlas made for Charles II of England.
Johan Maurits of Nassau is credited with creating The Klencke Atlas, which Amsterdam merchant Johannes Klencke apparently presented to Charles II of England upon the king’s restoration to the throne in 1660.
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Loving the Hermes spring/summer 2010 ad campaign featuring Karlie Kloss, shot by Paolo Roversi and styled by Jacob K.
She manages a gorgeous pose sleeping on a pile of pillows, each covered with a different Hermes scarf.
Each picture have a disney’s story : Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Little Mermaid & Genie of the lamp in Aladdin !
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London’s Mirror reports that the ruler of Dubai offered Victoria Beckham $40 million to help design a luxury hotel.
Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum personally wrote Beckham an email explaining his offer, the story says.
He reportedly asked her to put her name on the hotel and consult on the choice of room design and furnishings.
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The IWC iPhone application is officially live. The app is available for free download on iTunes and has the capabilities to showcase the entire collection.
By holding the iPhone up to your wrist, users can even virtually wear the different IWC models with the “try it on†function.
Another feature of the “IWC App” is the possibility to locate to the closest IWC Boutique or IWC Authorized Retailer.
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Bell Helicopter of Texas has just begun deliveries on its $5 million 429 GlobalRanger, quite possibly the most advanced light twin all weather (IFR) chopper ever created.
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A dealer in the Netherlands has this light blue Bugatti Veyron up for sale on Jameslist with a matching Mercedes Atego car transporter for a total of €895,000.
The trailer is even decorated with Bugatti logos, so everyone on the highway will know exactly what you’re towing around.
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled the iPad, a large touch-screen device for reading, browsing the internet, listening to music and playing games.
The iPad is a super thin design that’s half an inch thin and features a 9.7 inch screen, 3G, 802.11 WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, 16-64GBs of storage, and an incredible 10 hours of battery life.
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Madonna, the queen of reinvention, is refashioning herself once again for the Spring/Summer 2010 Dolce & Gabbana ad campaign.
Her heaving bosom features prominently in a couple of the shots, in which Madge plays an Italian housewife.
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Longchamp has released pictures of Kate Moss’s first range for the brand, which will be launched at The Ritz during the haute couture week in Paris.
Moss worked with Sophie Delafontaine to create the bags, which center around the three themes of Rock’n’Casual, Rock’n’Travel and Rock’n’Glam.
The collection comprises models ranging from party clutches to shoppers and travel bags, all in red and black leather as well as zebra prints.
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One hundred Alfa Romeo MiTos, produced exclusively for Maserati’s service network will soon be circulating on roads throughout Europe.
For Maserati, the Alfa Romeo MiTo is the perfect “Courtesy Car†for customers who clearly appreciate Italian style and unique products.
Alfa MiTo for Maserati comes with a unique Maserati Ocean Blue body color and gets the best engine of the range which is a 1.4 MultiAir Turbo petrol with 170 hp.
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A city in central China has renamed a mountain after the US blockbuster movie “Avatar,” which set a Chinese box office record.
The majestic peak in Hunan province previously known as “Heaven and Earth Pillar” or “South Sky Pillar” has been officially renamed “Avatar Hallelujah Mountain,” the Zhangjiajie city government said in a statement.
The statement said the peak was believed to have inspired a floating mountain, one of the most dramatic images in the movie, set on fictional Pandora.
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Molecular gastronomy maven Ferran Adria has announced that he will close his famed Catalonian restaurant El Bulli for all of 2012 and 2013.
The three Michelin star El Bulli, tucked away on the Catalan coast, was last year named the world’s best restaurant by Restaurant magazine in Britain.
“El Bulli is not closing down. I need time to decide how 2014 is going to be . . . I know that when I return it will not be the sameâ€
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A woman who was taking an art class at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has accidentally fallen into a $130million Picasso painting and damaged it.
The painting called The Actor sustained a vertical tear of about six inches (15cm) in the lower right-hand corner.
The woman was attending an adult education class last week when she lost her balance and fell against The Actor, damaging the lower right corner.
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The sound of whinnying horses and thundering hooves set the scene for Christian Dior‘s haute couture show for next summer on Monday, with its opening sequence of riding habits, a personal favourite of Monsieur Dior.
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Travel comparison and booking site Trivago has published a list of the most popular European five-star hotels with rates under £50 (€57).
According to Trivago, the average rate at a five-star hotel in the top 50 European cities is £165 (€189).
However, the site has compiled ten destinations where guests can enjoy the trappings of five-star luxury for half that price.
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The winners of the European Yacht of the Year Award have been unveiled at the boot Düsseldorf show.
The Luxury Cruiser award went to Halberg Rassy’s 372, an 11.35-meter performance yacht that was praised for being “surprisingly fast” and having “fantastic performance in rough seas.”
Boasting five deck hatches for access to the luxurious interior, the craft marries “quality in materials with modern taste for light interiors” according to the judges.
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