1938: German race car driver Bernd Rosemeyer drives his Auto Union streamliner to the unheard-of speed of 268.432 mph on a stretch of autobahn between Frankfurt and Darmstadt. Never before has anyone driven so fast, and never again has someone gone so fast on a public road.
Rosemeyer was behind the wheel of an Auto Union, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Monaco’
Jan. 28, 1938: The Passing of the Silver Comet
January 28th, 2011 |
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Charlotte Casiraghi: Riding High
December 29th, 2010 |
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Troy is a stallion; Tintero is a gelding,†says the slight young woman with the startlingly recognizable face. Troy is wearing fabulous headgear, and Tintero, her sweet-faced gray, has huge eyes that look like they were made up with a kohl pencil. “He is my best horse, my number one—he’s so clever,†says Charlotte Casiraghi, [...]
Sir Tom Jones’ £3.1m charity concert makes him top earner for single gig
August 3rd, 2010 |
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Welsh singer Sir Tom Jones has been paid 3.1 million pounds for a one-and-a-half hour charity concert for the Red Cross. The whopping payment made Sir Jones the top earner for a single gig at 103,332 pounds per song. “It was a wonderful evening. Tom and his band played some of his greatest hits, including [...]
Prince Albert Wedding July 9, 2011
July 22nd, 2010 |
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Eternal bachelor Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancee Charlene Wittstock have settled on a wedding date.A religious ceremony has been set for July 9, 2011, while the civil wedding is to take place the day before at the palace, the Palace of Monaco announced Thursday. Albert, 52, has been linked to a string of [...]
Joss Stone: Bond Girl For The Gamer Circuit
July 19th, 2010 |
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Joss Stone has been cast as a Bond Girl in a new video game. The award-wiinning soul singer will appear as Nicole Hunter in James Bond 007: Blood Stone, written by GoldenEye screewriter Bruce Feirstein.Blood Stone will feature the digital looks of the English songbird. Joss even joined the Eurythmics frontman Dave Stewart in penning [...]
Grace Kellyâ€s exclusive dresses on display in London
July 16th, 2010 |
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The exclusive wardrobe of Hollywood star Grace Kelly, who was also the wife to Prince Rainier of Monaco, has been put on display in a museum in London. The exhibition named, ”Grace Kelly: Style Icon,” in the Victoria and Albert museum in South Kensington explores the style of Kelly who was Alfred Hitchcock”s muse too. [...]
Prince Albert, Confirmed Bachelor, Marries
June 25th, 2010 |
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It was officially declared to PEOPLE by the palace of Monaco, that Prince Albert II of Monaco is going to marry Charlene Wittstock, a former swimmer from South Africa. So, ladies, this eligible confirmed bachelor will soon change his marital status. According to the palace Press Service, everybody is extremely happy. The 52-year-old prince and [...]
Prince Albert Of Monaco Engaged To Marry Charlene Wittstock
June 23rd, 2010 |
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Prince Albert II of Monaco and former South African Olympic swimmer and model Charlene Wittstock have announced their engagement. The son of Prince Rainier III and late Hollywood icon Grace Kelly, 52, will wed Wittstock in a ceremony later this year, the prince’s office said in a statement Wednesday. Wittstock, a teacher, represented South Africa in [...]
Monte Carlo Gathers Stars in Paris
June 23rd, 2010 |
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It has become known that Katie Cassidy, Leighton Meester, Corey Monteith and Selena Gomez are playing roles in a romantic comedy called Monte Carlo which will be released next year. One of the sources informed PEOPLE that this film has already been shot for seven weeks by Budapest studios. During this quite a long period [...]
Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy Frolick On Set Of “Monte Carloâ€
June 22nd, 2010 |
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Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy had a blast on the Paris set of their new comedy Monte Carlo on Monday. The film follows two college coeds and a recent high school grad posing as wealthy women vacationing in Europe. The FOX 2000 production is being produced by Nicole Kidman and directed by Tom Bezucha. [...]
Jennifer Lopez Wedding Singer: $2 Million
June 18th, 2010 |
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She once played a big screen wedding planner in a hit movie. Now almost a decade later, JLo is stepping into the role of real-life wedding singer! Rush Limbaugh reportedly paid Elton John $1 million to perform at his recent wedding reception, but the conservative chatterbox would have needed to dig a little deeper [...]
Singapore leads wealth recovery, becomes ‘Monaco of the East’
June 11th, 2010 |
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Singapore and Malaysia led a recovery of global wealth to pre-crisis levels as the number of millionaires grew by about 14% last year, the Boston Consulting Group said.
The number of millionaire households increased to 11.2 million, according to the annual study released yesterday by the Boston-based firm. In 2008, the number of millionaire households fell about 14% to 9.8 million.
Superfund shuts 6 offices including S’pore, Sydney, Dubai
June 11th, 2010 |
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Austrian hedge fund manager Superfund said it has shut six international sales offices and laid off staff as part of cost-saving measures amid a tough business environment.
Superfund has closed its sales offices in Singapore, Dubai, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Liechtenstein and Monaco and will now manage its operations out of Vienna, Hong Kong and New York, the firm said in a statement.
Peter Andre ‘hoping to woo Kim Kardashian with Bee Gees collaboration’
May 20th, 2010 |
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Singer Peter Andre is to write a romantic song with Bee Gees legend Robin Gibb to crack America and woo Kim Kardashian, according to sources.
Andre, 37, and Gibb, 60, are fixing dates to write the song, and the Australian singer is hoping that it will attract 29-year-old Kardashian’s attention.
Andre and Gibb had met at the [...]
Jennifer Lopez Diva Demands Raise Eyebrows At World Music Awards
May 20th, 2010 |
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Breaking News: Jennifer Lopez is a diva! Jenny From The Bronx can bark off bizarre orders with a sense of entitlement that would make Mariah Carey burst with pride. The aging diva agreed to perform at the World Music Awards in Monaco Tuesday, but not before laying down a list of ‘necessities’ — including a $5,000 [...]
J.Lo’s list of demands for WMA includes diamond-encrusted headphones!
May 20th, 2010 |
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Latino Singer Jennifer Lopez has agreed to sing at the World Music Awards but that has come with a huge price.
As part of her demand list, she has asked for a helicopter ‘on stand-by’.
She has also demanded a custom-fitted speedboat – complete with love seat, faux leather seats and a champagne fridge.
The 40-year-old has also [...]
Kim Kardashian and Lost Beauty Team
May 18th, 2010 |
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Missed luggage when flying is barely one matter. But lost styler, make-up artist and hair hairstylist?
That is what occurred to Kim Kardashian present weekend while ash from the Icelandic volcano set off her Monaco flight – just after her cosmetic team addressed the “glam squad” – had left before her on additional flight.
Vogue Catch: Kardashian [...]
Louis Ducruet Uncommon Public Appearance
May 15th, 2010 |
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As a womb-to-tomb supporter of AS Principality of Monaco, Louis Ducruet is a lot more than habitual to taking in the on pitch activity from the safety of the by-lines.
That week, although, Princess Stephanie and previous Palace guard Daniel Ducruet’s better-looking son made an uncommon appearance in the highlight – participating in a charity football [...]
10 Hottest Young Royals of 2010
April 30th, 2010 |
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Their powers may have faded from the glory days of Imperial, old-world Europe, but what today’s royals lack in governing power they make up for in sheer class and style. The young royal ’set’ can often be found partying across the nightspots of the globe, from St. Tropez to Rio, London to Ibiza – just [...]
Eaten away
March 18th, 2010 |
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A ban on the trade in bluefin tuna is rejected
IT WAS a moment of some drama when delegates assembled in Doha came to vote on a ban in the trade in bluefin tuna on March 18th. The previous evening many representatives of the 175 member nations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) had been at a reception at the Japanese embassy. Prominent on the menu was bluefin tuna sushi. On the agenda the next day at the CITES meeting was a proposal to list the bluefin tuna as sufficiently endangered that it would qualify for a complete ban in the trade of the species (The Economist supports such a ban).
The complex proposal called for further discussion of the bluefin tuna’s plight. Europe, the United States, Monaco and Norway were hoping to move to an adjournment, which would have allowed a proper investigation of the issues over the weekend. Kevern Cochrane, the representative from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), agreed. He also acknowledged that the official FAO panel had decided that the species met the scientific criteria for listing as a sufficiently endangered species qualifying for a trade ban–the bluefin tuna population has dropped below 15% of its maximum historical level. …