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Ian McKellen to Play Gandalf Once More

The actor will appear in the film "The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum", the events of which unfold between Bilbo Baggins's 111th birthday and Gandalf's return to the Shire, just as Saruman's sleuths were searching for Gollum. It is

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He Was Simply Watching Reels

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A pauper in Istanbul: your friend after Malkoçoğlu Balı Bey, the man from her DMs, suddenly turned out to be a mere shawarma seller

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Hugh Jackman at the Cathedral of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God, in front of the monument to Minin and Pozharsky

Hugh Jackman at the Cathedral of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God, in front of the monument to Minin and Pozharsky. Wave to the gentleman, children

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Hugh Jackman in Revolution Square

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Glenn Martens sends models down the Margiela runway wearing jewelled lip retractors as facial adornments

Glenn Martens sent models down the Margiela runway wearing jewelled lip retractors as facial adornments. I do not know whether the new accessory will go on sale or was made for the show alone. The idea is that these are Margiela's signature four stitches, only laid over the

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Highlights from Art Basel, and Not Without Picasso

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And she bears you away, and she bears you away Into the ringing snowy distance, The great owl, oh, the great owl: Giraffe, remember me

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I swear I had never heard the word VVIP, but such things do happen now

Very-very important persons I am sure that many would be prepared to pay a serious sum for such a designation

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Alarm: a statuette of 1925 is impersonating Renata Litvinova

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In November Sotheby’s and Christie’s Will Put Major Private and Museum Collections Under the Hammer

Sotheby’s will offer for sale the collection of the Ertegun family, founders of the record label Atlantic Records. The principal lot is Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait of 1940, estimated at $40 million. Also on offer will be works from the collection of the billionaire Leonard Lauder, founder of

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It looks as though the new Dumbledore's Aguamenti charm has got out of hand

Let us hope that at least Protego Maxima SPF 100 held up. With tears in our eyes, we await the release of the Harry Potter series