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reportedly followed this depending on your age,
?diet?, claiming that it made health and lifestyle, fasting
him more creative and could be dangerous. If you
improved his voice. want to go down the fasting
route, it is important to
What ?s it al l about ? The 6:1 choose an evidence-based
diet involves eating like you plan and consult a medical
usually do for six days and professional to ensure that
then for one day a week, this is done in a healthy and
some followers of this diet safe way.
completely fast, meaning they
don?t consume any food for GREENJUICES
24 hours.
Cel ebrit y Link: Rosie
Verdict : Hungry for attention Huntington-Whiteley, Blake
or just plain hungry? Lively and Gwyneth Paltrow
Completely fasting unless reportedly consume ?green
properly managed is likely to juices?.
lead to a lack of
concentration, tiredness and What ?s it al l about ? Another
low mood, which isn?t going means of ?detoxing?and
to make you more productive. weight management, green
There is no evidence that a juices are essentially juices
diet like this would make you
more creative either, and 50

or smoothies made up of various 150ml per day.
fruits, vegetables, powders etc.
Fans claim benefits ranging from Speaking about these and other
detoxing to rejuvenation and fad diets, Sian Porter,
weight loss. consultant dietitian and
spokesperson for the BDA, said:
Verdict : Juice-less! The body is
perfectly capable of detoxing ?We hear it all when it comes to
itself without the aid of these the latest way to shed pounds
green liquid concoctions. Adding from the good to the bad, and
a green juice to an unhealthy at times, even the down-right
diet is never going to make up dangerous!
for poor choices when it comes
to food. In addition, people add "It seems that as a nation we
in ingredients like nuts, coconut are constantly on the search for
oil and whole avocadoes to their that magic bullet approach to
green breakfast juices too ? losing weight, wanting a quick
meaning these juices can add up fix, taking things on face value
to as much as 400 kcal per glass. and trusting anyone when it
If you are still eating your comes to nutrition, food and
normal breakfast on top of this, di et .
you are more likely to gain
weight from consuming more "The truth is, if something
calories, rather than lose weight. sounds too good to be true, it
A green juice is not a magic fix! probably is. Ask for evidence
Keep your veg and fruit whole and get your advice from
and limit juice/ smoothies to someone properly qualified
and regulated with nothing to
sell or promote.

?Make small sustainable
changes you need to make
forever. An eating pattern for
life should be the one you can
stick to in the long term, not a
quick fix. Enjoy a rich variety of
foods in appropriate portion
sizes ? moderation is key as
well as being physically active.

Read more: www.bda.uk.com

FASHION

STELLAMCCARTNEY
CHRISTMASLIGHTS

BY
TAMARADUMAS&
JOEALVAREZ

The annual Christmas lighting
of the Stella McCartney
Bruton Street store in London
was hosted by the designer
and featured British comedian
and actress Catherine Tate;
who entertained the crowd in
a comedic sketch as her
famous character ?Nan.?

Guests that joined Stella
McCartney and Catherine Tate
at the event included Natalia
Vodianova, Ronnie Wood,
Basement Jaxx, Jeff Wootton,
Pamela Anderson, Sam
Rollinson, Mary McCartney,
Charlotte Wiggins, Eve Delf,
Victoria Pendleton, Paul
Whitehouse, Aluna Francis,
Carmen Jorda, Alex Gregory,
and many more.

Guests enjoyed holiday treats
such as mince pies, Christmas

Pamela Anderson, Stella McCartney

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cookies, hot chocolate, pink

popcorn, roasted chestnuts,

Nyetimber sparkling wine and Natalja Vodyanova, Ronnie Wood, Guests

Ciroc Vodka cocktails.

The annual switching of the
Christmas light event
powered by Ecotricity is in
the thirteenth year and has
previously featured
performances by comic acts
including Absolutely
Fabulous, Steve Coogan,
Dame Edna Everage, Little
Britain, Peter Kay, Paul
Whitehouse and Vic Reeves.

Stella McCartney

Katherine Tate

CELEBRITYINSIDER BEAUTY&

MELODY
SPA
LAUNCH
PARTY

BY
IKON
LONDON
SHOWBIX
REPORTER

PASCAL
CRAYMER
54

A new beauty salon that has stars
and VIP's including Laura
Pradelska, Anna Williamson, Olivia
Lee and Sarah Harding among its
clients has celebrated the launch
of it's fourth spa salon.

With its luxurious interior design
by Versace Home, the Beauty and
Melody spa had more to offer to
celebrities than the tour to it's
treatment rooms. TV personalities
and VIP's including Pascla Craymer,
Chloe Paige, Farah Sattaur, Joe
Alvarez, Tamara Orlova Alvarez,
Imani and Sue Evans were treated
to champagne and black caviar
canapes, while the show-stopping
performance by the opera singer,
and - surprise surprise - the
synchronised swimming
performed in the main swimming
pool of the spa. Sure enough,
judging by the great presentation,
the owner Elena Hachaturianc will
be accepting her first VIP's in M by
ElMenoanHtcaaclhmatHuoritaenl,fHoerltehnwaiBthu.bnova, Pascal Craymer, Sua and Emani Evans

CREDCARPET

BY
JOE
ALVAREZ

LONDONPREMIERE

The A-list co-stars, who were other a high five before
plagued by romance rumours heading in to watch the film.
after Pitt?s split from Angelina
Jolie in September, put on a Not shying away from the
united front as they walked cameras, Pitt and Cotillard
the red carpet in Leicester greeted each other with a
Square on Monday night. friendly hug and a kiss before
posing for the cameras.
Just a few days after pregnant
actress Cotillard, 41, admitted Although Brad did try to speed
that she ?wasn?t concerned?by through the press area, and
the speculation, the stars we had to call him back -with
touched down in the UK to the aid of the PR- to pose for
promote their new film. us properly.

After doing their bit on the red Cotillard, who is expecting her
carpet and chatting to the second child with partner
multitude of fans who had Guillaume Canet, spoke
turned out in the rain to see candidly about rumours about
them, the co-stars gave each her relationship with Pitt last
week. ?I never take anything

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Marion Cotillard, Brad Pitt, August Diehl, KatiyaJones

personally when it scenes in the film.
doesn't concern me,? Thinking of Brad
she said on the Today rehearsing love
Show. scenes day in day out
was too much for her.
?So, I didn't take it But, we heard that
personally because I the scenes were
had nothing to do choreographed (!) to
with those rumours make them less
or situation.? She 'awkward'.
added: ?No, I don't
give energy to this. Speaking about the
"It was a wonderful, sex scenes, Cotillard
w onderf ul said: ?We rehearse
experience working and had a very
with such a visionaire det ermi ned
director and an choreography, and
amazing actor, and then it allows you
that's all that freedom. "When you
mat t ers.? know exactly what
your body will do,
Cotillard became the then you can act and
subject of rumours as you can be free to
she was starring give the emotions
opposite Pitt at the and give the feelings
time of his split from because you won?t
Jolie back in think, ?What am I
September. The pair going to do next? Am
star as lovers in I going to go on top
Robert Zemeckis?s of him??It?s an
new World War II awkward situation.?
film about an Pitt and Cotillard
intelligence officer have been promoting
who meets a French the film all over the
Resistance fighter world in the last few
behind enemy lines. weeks, jetting from
La Jolie was said to the US to Europe for
have been furious at the Paris premiere on
the steaming sex Sunday.

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BY
TAMARADUMAS

UKMODELAGENCIES
FINEDFORPRICE
FIXING

The Competition and Markets pricing.
Authority (CMA) has found
that the agencies ? FM In addition, the AMA and the
Models, Models 1, Premier, agencies sought to influence
Storm and Viva ? and their other AMA members by
trade association, the regularly issuing email
Association of Model Agents circulars, known as ?AMA
(AMA), colluded instead of Alerts?, urging AMA members
competing on prices for to resist the prices offered by
modelling services. This took customers on the grounds
place from at least April 2013 they were too low.
until March 2015.
The CMA?s investigation
According to the CMA, parties concerned a wide range of
regularly and systematically modelling assignments ?
exchanged information and from fashion magazine
discussed prices in the shoots offering model fees of
context of negotiations with a few hundred pounds to
particular customers. In some advertising campaigns
cases, the agencies agreed to offering over £10,000. The
fix minimum prices or agreed conduct did not, however,
a common approach to extend to the services of
so-called ?top models?.

The conduct occurred in the
context of negotiations with a
range of customers, including
well-known high-street
chains, online fashion

retailers and consumer goods their approach to pricing and,
brands. in some instances, the
agencies agreed to fix
John Wotton, Chair of the minimum prices. This type of
Case Decision Group behaviour harms the
responsible for making the economy and deprives
decision, said: businesses and consumers of
the benefits of competition."
"Strong competition benefits
consumers, the economy and Anyone who has information
society. When businesses about a cartel is encouraged
collude rather than compete to call the CMA cartels
the ultimate losers are hotline on 020 3738 6888 or
customers. In this case the email
agencies and the AMA cart el shot l i [email protected] .gov.uk.
colluded with each other over
Read more

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CREDCARPET

BY
JOE
ALVAREZ

Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick
touched down in London on
Monday evening to attend the
London premiere of The
Account ant .

"The Accountant" is new film
written by Bill Dubuque and
directed by Gavin O'Connor. The
film, as one might have guessed,
is about an accountant, played by

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Anna Kendrick

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DAZZLINGTIARASAND19THCENTURY

RUSSIANARISTOCRATS' ENTERTAINMENT
DEBUTANTE
BALL

BY
IKONMAGAZINE
SHOWBIZREPORTER

68

It could have been a scene of a Traditionally, the débutante ball
War and Peace, shot in the was a way to introduce young
grand Ball Room of Grosvernor ladies from the 'upper class' or
House Hotel in London. 'aristocratic' families who had
come of age into society. They
Young women in long ball dressed in white gowns
gowns, dazzling tiaras and reminiscent of wedding dresses
elbow length gloves performed - a reminder that they were now
waltz rehearsed to the point of eligible to wed. Nowadays, the
complete synchronicity, tradition was revived by Dr
choreographed by Russian Elisabeth Smagin-Melloni. The
dance master Leonid Pletnev - heir of the Russian crown, HH
the Honorary President of the Princess Olga Andreevich
International Dance Union.. Romanoff is the patron of the
Escorted by the Officers from event that provides a 'friendly
two Royal Regiments - The Life social context' in which young
Guards and The Blues and men and women from all over
Royals - the Débutantes the world can 'form lasting
channelled the entertainment of friendships'. Indeed, in the
aristocracy of 19th century. rhythm of waltz, there can be no

Tamara Orlova-Alvarez, Joe Alvarez

Lana Holloway,
Olga Romanoff

Tamara Orlova-Alvarez,
Olga Romanoff

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GIUSEPPEZANOTTI FASHION

CELEBRATESTHELAUNCH
BYOFHISNEWSTOREINSTYLE

TAMARA
DUMAS
&JOEALVAREZ

Lady Marie Charteris, Giuseppe Zanotti, Winnie Harlow

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Lady Marie Charteris, Giuseppe Zanotti, Winnie Harlow
Tamara Orlova-Alvarez, Giuseppe Zanotti, Joe Alvarez

His stilettos regularly find their way
to the red carpet and pomp VIP galas
while his suede loafers and trainers
for men - studded with innumerable
spikes - can be spotted at FROW in
fashion shows and lavish parties.
Giuseppe Zanotti, the San Mauro
Pascoli-born Italian shoe icon has cel-
ebrated the launch of his new store
on Conduit Street, London.

Located just few minutes walking dis-

tance from Bond Street - the high Giuseppe Zanotti
fashion district of
London - Harlow, Donna
Guiseppe Zanotti Air, Millie Mack-
store has added intosh and
its Italian charm celebrity pho-
to the street tographer Joe
dominated by Alvarez were
cel ebrat ed among the
brands like guests celebrat-
Viviene West- ing the launch.
wood, D2, Y3 The Moet Cham-
and Moschino.

Mr. Zanotti flew to London to pagne was setting the at-
open the store in person. Always mosphere along with the
charismatic designer was looking best English music courtesy
sharp as his eyes scanned the of stunning Mary Charteris.
room from underneath his iconic The atmosphere was cele-
thick black frame glasses. And of bratory indeed as some
course, VIP guests from world of guests couldn?t hold them-
art and fashion couldn?t miss the selves back from dancing or
opportunity to congratulate the just tapping the beat with
host with the new milestone. the heel... and heels at the
Giuseppe Zanotti store were
Signer Fleur East, model Winnie many.

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JACK REDCARPET

2

LONDONPREMIERE

The red carpet at the BY
Leicester square London was JOEALVAREZ
in high demand this week.
The European premiere of
yet another mega box office
hit Jack Reacher: Never Go
Back, starring the venerable
Tom Cruise, has attracted the
attention of the media and
hundreds of onlookers. Not
surprisingly, Tom Cruise was
in fine fettle despite having
come straight from the
airport from a long Los
Angeles flight. Cruise's
eagerness might be
explained by the fact that
Jack Reacher is now
competing neck and neck
with most recent release of

Tom Cruise

The Accountant, starring Ben
Affleck and Anna Kendrick
which premiered in London
just two days earlier.

At the premiere Cruise kept it
cool as always and was
brilliant with the press and
fans as always. He was joined
on the red carpet by gorg
co-stars Danika Yarosh and
Cobie Smulders.

He is one of my favourite
actors and utterly professional
with the media giving exactly
what we need and on TIME.
The first film of the sequel,
Jack Reacher (2012), has seen
a relative success earning
$15.2 million. One can argue
that this sequel wasn't really
needed.

We have got a plethora of Tom Cruise
Tallia Storm 76
better Tom Cruise action-hero

films and this is a slight

disappointment in

comparison. It's all a bit too
earnest and humourless. And Cobie Smulder

this is all trying to

compete in an

oversaturated hero

movie market. We

have the suave James

Bond, Batman and the

zingy one-liner

machines as the

Marvel superheroes.

There's also zero

Danika Yarosh

Danika Yarosh

sexual chemistry between harassed couple ten years
the star and his leading too long into their marriage
lady despite Cobie and irked by everything
Smulders being a each other does.
wisecracking beauty in
real life. He and Smulders Despite that, Tom still
spend most of the film remains one of the greatest
acting like a weary, action actors of our time.

Cobie Smulder

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SCOTTCELEBRITYINSIDER
FITZGERALD
TRIBUTE

ATCLUB
ECLECTIQUE

LONDON

BY
IKON
LONDON
SHOWBIZ
REPORTER

Irina Liss, Lena Perminova

SCOTT
FITZGERALD
TRIBUTE

Pre-Christmas is a very nostalgic the Institute Of Directors for the
time - a myriad of cosy festive Russian ex-pats elite. The one
TV ads bring back memories of off performance was dedicated
past days as we are reminded of to the era of jazz and the life of
the importance of simple great American writer F. Scott
pleasures and good quality time. Fi t zgeral d.
The sales of theatre tickets peak
at this time of year as we The play ?There is no everyday
indulge ourselves in great life in jazz, is there??looked at
entertainment with friends and the life and love of one of the
family. And there was one last century?s best writers.
performance like no others - Accompanied by live piano
held in the pomp Club performance, the play was a
Eclectique, privy exclusively at mono-spectacle, played by
Russian actor Igor Beroev who
was selected by the play writers
as ?the best fit for the role.?

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The screen play co-writer - a
psychiatrist by day Yulia
Polivoda - admitted to Ikon
London Magazine that she
was drawn to the story of
Scott Fitzgerald for personal
reasons; his dear wife and
the only inspiration for his
work was diagnosed with
schizophrenia in early day of
their marriage. ?I know from
the experience how hard it
can be to handle a person
with mental health issues
and the fact that Scott
Fitzgerald not only looked
after his wife but also kept
working and creating his
best masterpieces, is truly
f asci nat i ng?.

The VIP?s and celebrities
including Joe Alvarez,
Tamara Orlova-Alvarez and
the billionaire Standard
owner?s girlfriend Lena
Perminova were treated to
sumptuous canapés with
black caviar and the
abundance of champagne.
The sexy elegant dresses
worn by models - Lena
Perminova and Irina Liss -
were kindly donated by
couture designer Julia
Yanina and were auctioned
on charity Iinstagram auction
run by billionaire?s girlfriend
hersel f .

Lena Perminova



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