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A-listers Kylie Minogue, Jason Statham and others on the front row at Burberry show the brand is back on the fashion checklist: DINAH VAN TULLEKEN’s fashion verdict


If you want to predict how the next season is going to go for a designer, don’t look at the clothes on the catwalk, look at their front row – or frow to fashion insiders.
Celebrities don’t just bring glitz and glamour, they serve a far more important purpose – dressed in your brand, they are powerful ambassadors. And they’ve been sorely lacking at London Fashion Week for the past few years.

But this year they’re back and nowhere more in evidence than at yesterday’s Burberry show, held at north London’s Highbury Fields.
There aren’t many designers that can draw an A-list front row like Burberry can. Its creative director Daniel Lee didn’t disappoint with the guests for his first spring/summer collection for the heritage British brand.

It was stuffed with the coolest up-and-coming talent from the UK, alongside some of the most established names in the business – all dressed head-to-toe in its new season.
There was iconic Burberry model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who arrived in a signature beige trench and statement yellow sandals, on the arm of her fiance, the Hollywood star Jason Statham.

Actress Rachel Weisz opted for an oversized green version of the traditional belted coat while Kylie Minogue also went for green but in leather.
Model Jourdan Dunn was a vision in head-to-toe purple with a giant check pattern.

Actress Jodie Comer and model Georgia May Jagger also went for Lee’s new oversized check – Ms Comer in a strapless grey dress and Ms Jagger in a jacquard-knit rollneck and mini skirt in pink, lime and canary yellow.
Trendy newcomers bringing a level of London edge to proceedings included Irish actress Jessie Buckley, wearing a grunge T-shirt with giant red check shirt and matching trousers.
Meanwhile, singer Mabel opted for an oversized grunge T-shirt with blue check trousers. When it came to the catwalk show itself, the ‘new’ trench – a modern take on the old classic Burberry is famed for – dominated.
Lee’s take is belted low, cut slimmer and with exaggerated lapels. The familiar beige colour featured, but the focus was more on black, brilliant white and striking print. The traditional nova check made its comeback on the lining.
As well as the reimagined trench, there was a strong focus on leather accessories and footwear.
This comes as little surprise given Lee was previously at Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta and had season after season of hits when it came to accessories.
Almost every look included a handbag – oversized, cross-body, chain-strap, canvas and quilted.
There was also a brighter colour palette. The electric Burberry Blue was seen throughout its fall/winter 2023 collection and campaigns, and it was well represented here, cementing it as the brand’s signature colour.
Big names were on the catwalk too, with appearances from models Karen Elson, Liberty Ross, Neelam Gill and Adwoa Aboah.
If London is making a bid to regain its crown as a fashion capital, Burberry is leading the charge.

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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