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The Tata group has been particularly active in Italy of late, perhaps recognizing the country’s style. First Jaguar became involved with Italian rowing, and now, jazz singer and pianist Chiara Civello has been announced as the new ambassador for the Range Rover Evoque.
   Civello will use the Evoque during the Festival della canzone italiana (Festival of San Remo) this year, from February 14 to 18. She is competing at the festival.
   Land Rover sees a fit with Civello: she is young and becoming more famous and recognized, qualities that it associates with the Range Rover Evoque.
   ‘Chiara Civello conveys the free personality and dynamicity of the latest Range Rover model. But also its elegant and refined character, qualities Chiara’s music possesses,’ the company said in a release.

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In entertainment news today, Russell Brand and Katy Perry have parted in an amicable fashion, according to reports.
   Perry signed her divorce documents with her trade-mark smiley face, while Brand is not making any claim on his ex-wife’s fortune. The couple did not have a prenuptial agreement.
   Forbes had reported that between May 2010 and May 2011, Perry had made $44 million, while Brand made $7 million.
   The couple were married for 14 months.
   Meanwhile, So Solid Crew’s MC Harvey has backtracked over his claim in a Now interview that he had had a relationship with Britain’s sweetheart, Cheryl Cole.
   Cole then launched into a Twitter argument with Harvey after reading the interview.
   Since lawyers have been involved, Harvey has stated on Choice FM that the relationship was email-based but had never happened offline.
   He told DJ Max, ‘I will 100 per cent say that we had a communication relationship, but have I been out with her? No I haven’t.’
   Cole is now suing Now. A statement reads, ‘Cheryl Cole has today commenced legal proceedings in London against the publishers of Now magazine as a result of its two articles about her alleged “secret romance” with Michael Harvey.
   ‘Cheryl’s lawyers have asked to see Mr Harvey’s alleged emails which the magazine says are “proof” of the “romance” but it claims not to have them in its possession. Mr Harvey’s claims are denied by Cheryl and she looks forward to seeing both him and the magazine in Court at the very earliest opportunity.’

Life doesn’t stop for Nicole Scherzinger: right after finishing the US version of The X Factor, hair care brand Herbal Essences has announced that she is its new global ambassador.
   Commercials featuring the former Pussycat Dolls singer will break in July, in print and online formats. It is expected that some of her music will feature in them.
   Herbal Essences’ marketing director Kevin Crociata said in a release, ‘Nicole is such a beautiful, talented woman who lives every aspect of her life to the fullest. Her sense of self and her zest for life is a terrific fit with the spirit of the Herbal Essences brand.’
   Procter & Gamble’s Herbal Essences line features shampoos and conditioners, as well as styling products. The company says the brand is about innovative technology, performance ingredients and fragrance.
   In New Zealand, Herbal Essences Botanicals (RRP NZ$6·12) are available nationally. For more information, visit www.clairol.co.nz.

The Heart Truth campaign has seen the Coca-Cola Company create newly designed packaging for Diet Coke to commemorate the soft drink manufacturer’s fifth-year support of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) campaign, to promote heart disease awareness. Diet Coke has also participated in numerous awareness-raising programmes to aid the campaign over the last few months.
   Lucire has covered many of the Heart Truth’s Red Dress shows since their inception in 2002, and the latest, for fall 2012, will see five Diet Coke fans join the celebrity models on February 8.
   Diet Coke ambassador Minka Kelly (above) will be on the catwalk this week in a custom Diane von Furstenberg red dress.
   Fans had showed their support on Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram, hashtagging photographs of themselves with #ShowYourHeart. The five best photographs were selected, and Kelly chose one grand prize winner—who got a shopping spree with a style expert—from them.
   Extending the Twitter campaign, Coca-Cola will donate $1 to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) for every re-Tweet of the Diet Coke Heart Truth post on February 8, with an upper limit of $100,000.
   Coca-Cola will release a special Diet Coke package for February featuring a promotional graphic (left), while over 6,000 million packages will feature the Heart Truth logo through the year.
   Von Furstenberg has also created a limited-edition collection of Diet Coke aluminium bottles, featuring her prints, for sale at her stores and at dvf.com through February. Proceeds go to the FNIH, in support of the Heart Truth and women’s heart health research and educational programmes.
   Diet Coke will also promote heart health programmes with Subway, which will donate $50,000 toward heart health research and educational programmes. Subway will donate up to an additional $50,000, for every photograph uploaded to Twitter with the hashtag #SubwayHeartTruth.

The première of Madonna’s new single ‘Give Me All Your Luvin’’ in Piccadilly Circus did not go particularly well: not only was the video late, but it ran without sound.
   The music video, which features Nicki Minaj and MIA in cheerleaders’ outfits, was directed by Megaforce. It makes references to a lot of Madonna’s past work and is meant to be tongue in cheek.
   Despite the malfunction in London, fans were generally very positive toward the new video when it hit the internet.
   Less contentious is the news that Back to the Future might head to Broadway. Broadway has, in recent years, been very kind to film-to-stage adaptations, including The Producers and Xanadu, which arguably did better there than in the cinemas in 1980.
   Writer–director Robert Zemeckis is in negotiations to pen a new script for the stage, according to ITN.

Top Beth Ditto with John Demsey, Group President, the Estée Lauder Companies Inc., in Paris. Above The Feeling Alive collection from Jane Iredale.

Beth Ditto is MAC’s latest collaborator, with her collection to be released in June. Along with Vanessa Paradis, Catherine Deneuve, Dita von Teese, Christian Louboutin, Juliette Binoche and Grace Jones, Ditto attended the Gala Sidaction dîner de la mode in Paris on January 26 as part of the MAC Aids Fund’s work, and to make the partnership public.
   Jane Iredale is launching a make-up collection called Feeling Alive, with two eye glosses, two Lip Plumpers, a lip-defining pencil and a rosy bronzer available from March. It’s a perfect beauty collection for the winter months.
   We’re wondering how many ‘unique’ shopping events Auckland can take later in February. In the spirit of Vogue’s Fashion Night Out—we’ve already been covering New York, Tokyo and Berlin editions—an event called Shop One Night hits New Zealand from February 23 at 5 p.m., running till midnight in the Britomart precinct, and has been realized by ShopWhatsNew.co.nz.
   The following evening, to kick off the New Zealand Fashion Festival, a shopping event called First Light takes place at Auckland’s High Street, O’Connell Street and the surrounding lanes. Karen Walker reveals her spring 2012 collection, while Ruby launches its Liam collection, all complemented by a shopping experience in the area. More details are at www.highstdistrict.co.nz.
   The winner between these two events: shoppers, who get more fashion than they would normally get on two days in Auckland.
   Finally, we hear that Bodyhaven Spa in the James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor in Wellington is offering a Valentine’s couple’s massage for NZ$160 per couple for an hour, with bubbly and a copper tub soak, or pamper yourself for NZ$99. Call 64 4 495-3255 extension 8542 or visit www.bodyhaven.co.nz.

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[Updated with photographs, official quotations] As revealed last year, Hennes & Mauritz is launching a line of David Beckham underwear. The range has just been launched in London, with Beckham himself there for the proceedings.
   The footballer went to H&M’s Regent Street store to launch the David Beckham Bodywear line, which will hit 1,800 physical stores and the internet on February 2.
   The range will feature briefs and vests, but also T-shirts and pyjamas. New items will be released each season.
   In the evening, Bianca Jagger, Emma Bunton, Jessica Ennis and other celebrities toasted the launch at a separate event. Live music was provided by the James Pearson Trio, followed by a set from DJs Mani from the Stone Roses and the Queens of Noize.
   ‘I am very proud to launch my Bodywear collection for H&M in London. It was amazing to see the product at the in-store launch after so many months of development and meet with fans. I loved the pop-up gentlemen’s club, which felt both traditional and brand-new. It’s the same mix I hope men will find in the Bodywear collection. It was an amazing evening to launch my new collection,’ said Beckham in a release.
   ‘The début of David Beckham Bodywear is a very special moment for us at H&M. It marks the beginning of a new kind of long-term partnership for H&M, one based on quality and excellent design to H&M prices. I am very excited to see how our customers will receive the David Beckham Bodywear collection,’ added Karl-Johan Persson, CEO of H&M.
   ‘Lots of people have worked with H&M, so why not David Beckham? I think it’s a really good idea. It means that now everybody can have a bit of him,’ said the International Herald–Tribute’s Suzy Menkes.
   The David Beckham brand was developed by Beckham and business partner Simon Fuller in 2011.

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The first official image from Skyfall, the 23rd Eon Productions James Bond picture, has been released on the movie’s website at 007.com.
   The photograph sees Daniel Craig as James Bond, in a scene set in Shanghai.
   The film sees Craig joined by Javier Bardem, Dame Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Ben Chaplin, Albert Finney, and Ralph Fiennes. Sam Mendes directs.
   The plot is a closely guarded secret, but the official statement from Sony, released in January, read: ‘In Skyfall, Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.’
   Regular scriptwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, with Gladiator’s John Logan, penned the script, which has no connection to an Ian Fleming novel.
   The James Bond films celebrate their 50th anniversary this year. In 1962, Dr No, the first big-screen Bond movie, was released, starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress and Joseph Wiseman.
   Skyfall will be released October 26 in the UK and Éire, and November 9 in North America.