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Sunday, 13 April 2014

Jeremy Renner and Somali political waters

ImageJeremy Renner is an Avenger and Academy nominated actor and now he is producer who is developing a new political drama title Somali
Somali which will be developed by Jeremy's own production company The Combine Production  will about character who is an experienced pansy who somehow becomes the Prime Minister of the Sovereign East African country Somalia. The pansy PM does come to realisation that his exhilarating ascension into the second most powerful post as PM was manufactured as means to control him as pansy by those in power who made him in first placeImage. As movie goer you properly know what is next, now that he knows he is nothing more than puppet. The pansy grows backbone and decides to fulfill his role as PM rebuild the country that has been savaged by two decade old civil.
Now who would play the pansy PM...Jeremy?ImageFaysal Ahmed of Captain Phillips would be perfect candidateImage
This film... sound so intriguing and so unexpected. Perhaps Jeremy will play the PM and the whole films has

Saturday, 5 April 2014

Lupita's new seat in Lancome Pantheon

Stunning: Lupita Nyong'o has just been unveiled as a Lancome ambassadress where she joins the likes of Lily Collins and Julia RobertsAcademy Award winning actress, Lupita has signed with L'oreal owned high end cosmetic giant Lancome Paris. Lupita will be first black actress to front Lancome but not the first woman of colour to be Lancome ambassador. There has been few. ImageImageImageImage In 2003 Jamaican model Georgianna Robertson was the first woman of colour to become the face of Lancome Paris. She fronted Purple Rain and Colour ID campaigns. 
Georgianna fronted L'Oreal back in 1993 fronted L'oreal campaigns briefly againin noughties.L’Oreal, 1993  Model : Georgianna RobertsonImage Georgianna was replaced by American model Selena Breed. ImageImageImageImageSelena was replaced by Dominican model Arlenis Sosa.Arlenis Sosa for Lancome Teint VisionnaireImageImage Tunisian model and Isabella Rossellini look alike, Hanaa Ben Abdesslem was the brands first Muslim ambassador.Image
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ImageLast year Victoria's secret model Jasmine Tookes was announced as one of the new ambassadors of Lancome Paris with Anais Pouliot and Hilda Dias PimentelImage.
With growing Asian luxury cosmetics market, Lancome had a few Asian descendant ambassadors. Chinese-Canadian Mae Lapres and Japanese-American model Devon Aoki fronted campaigns back noughties
ImageImageLancome will be Lupita's first major cosmetic campaign and second campaign, she fronted Miu Miu.ImageBecoming Lancome Paris ambassador Lupita will be following in the footsteps of fellow Academy Award winners such as Julia Roberts, Juliette Binoche, Kate Winslet and Penelope Cruz. Anne Hathaway who all been Lancome ambassadors with fellow actress/model Isabella Rossellini,Uma Thurman, Emma Watson and Drew Barrymore.
ImageImageImageImageIsabella Rossellini was an Lancome ambassador in late 80's to mid 90'sImageImageImageImage.Isabella's daughter Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann followed her mother's footsteps by becoming Lancome ambassador in mid noughtiesImage
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Lancome has become an Pantheon of Hollywood's most beautiful and successful. Academy winners Julia Roberts, Juliette Binoche, Penelope Cruz and Kate Winslett just few of the actress who been Lancome ambassadors.
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ImageKate Winslet ImageImageImageImageImageImage Anne Hathaway fronted Lancome Magnifique Perfume.
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ImageDrew Barrymore was Lancome ambassador briefly back 2006, she went on to front CoverGirlImage Drew now has now created  her cosmetic brand, aptly named Flower.Image.
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ImageUma Thurman fronted Miracle perfume back 1999-2000
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ImageEva Green fronted Lancome perfume in 2006. Eva went on then to front Poison by Dior the following year
Click to view full size imageClick to view full size imageThese days albeit slowly, luxury brands are catering to the growing market of woman of colour who have money to spend and want quality luxury cosmetics.
ImageImageIn the 90's Pakistani-German model Yasmeen Ghauri was the only woman of colour fronting luxury cosmetic brand, Dior  and Givenchy perfume in her case.In 2003 East African model Liya Kebede became the first black woman to front Estee Lauder.Image Same year that Lancome Paris hired former L'Oreal front woman Georgianna Robertson as the first black woman to front the company.
ImageIn 2011 she was replaced by Puerto Rican model Joan Small and Liu Wen who became the first Asian model to front the brands products.
ImageImageDamaris Lewis fronted Yves Saint Laurent back in 2006 and Indian model Ujjwala Raut was first South Asian model to front Yves Saint Laurent cosmetics. Jourdan Dunn fronts Yves Saint Laurent beautyImage  Alyssah Ali fronted Chanel beautyImage
Tanzanian-Canadian model Herieth Paul fronted Tom Ford Beauty last yearImage Nigerian model Betty Adewole replaces Herieth as the new face of Tom Ford beauty.ImageTom had both Erykah Badu and Brazilian model Lais Ribeiro fronting his perfumes.
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Giorgio Armani Cosmetics had Chinese model Fei Fei Sun and Chadian model Anais Mali fronting his brand.ImageImage.