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dailymail-These were taken a few days ago-Noemie was doing an M&S shoot
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I can't get enough of Noemie's treasure eyes.
Wow, Noeme is a beach babe in white.
Wow, Noeme is a beach babe in white.
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The girl is Myleene Klass.
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^Just to be basic, Noemie is a walking bombshell. I would literally have dizzy spells if she came my way looking like that.
I really like the basic swimsuit and striped shirt she's wearing. It's very Long Island Hamptons.
I really like the basic swimsuit and striped shirt she's wearing. It's very Long Island Hamptons.
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^^Is she hiding brass knuckles in that jacket?
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^Her face appears to be a bit leaner and stronger in that pic
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Marks & Spencer's Steve Sharp, the man behind the phenomenally successful "Twiggy" campaign, has been named the UK's top marketer at this year's prestigious Marketing Society Awards for Excellence.
Mr Sharp - the M&S executive director of marketing - came top of a shortlist that included some of the UK's top names including Carphone Warehouse's Charles Dunstone, Andy Duncan of Channel 4, ex-Honda marketer Simon Thompson and Friends Reunited's Tim Ward.
Mr Sharp joined ailing M&S in 2004, alongside long-time business partner Stuart Rose, to engineer a turnaround of the retailer as it attempted to fend off a hostile bid from Philip Green.
It has been widely recognised that since that time marketing has driven the recovery of the brand - backed by a product overhaul.
Mr Sharp's first move was to replace the failed "I'm normal" campaign, which showed a British woman of average size and weight running naked up a hill.
"Previously, the ad strategy had been very confusing with the various business units such as food, men and women all doing their own separate campaigns," said Mr Sharp.
Sharp introduced the "Your M&S" tagline to allow the marketing of the various divisions of the company under a uniform umbrella proposition. It is now being trialled as high street store signage.
"We introduced "Your M&S" because it is such a colloquial phrase which many people, me included, were born and raised with," he said.
"We were looking for a handle, a name, that could market the business and have meaning for customers, staff and shareholders."
Launched in September last year, the "Twiggy" ads, developed by Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, were the retailer's first in five years to promote womenswear, using well-known models from different eras and including Laura Bailey, Erin O'Connor and Noemie Lenoir.
The first sector to be specifically promoted under Mr Sharp was food, through a campaign using the line "Not just food, M&S food". Launched in April last year, it was designed to promote M&S's complete food range and led to sales of a chocolate pudding featured in the ad rise by 3,300%.
In August, M&S used comedians Bob Mortimer, Jimmy Carr and The Office star Martin Freeman to promote its Autograph menswear range.
More recently, the brand has been focusing on its quality and ethical credentials with a campaign called "Look behind the label". However, Mr Sharp was quick to point out that the turnaround has been about much more than ads.
He put a lot of the credit down to the work of the head of clothing, Kate Bostock, who came on board from George at Asda in 2004.
"There is nothing without product, the ads are just 10% of my job," said Mr Sharp.
He pointed out that this year there is a £520m-£570m in overhauling 60 to 70 stores.
Now in its 22nd year, previous winners of marketer of the year include Mark Palmer of Green & Black's last year, Cafedirect's Sylvie Barr in 2004 and Nestlé Rowntree's Andrew Harrison in 2003.
This year's finalists were: Neil Campbell, PepsiCo; Christian Cull, Waitrose; Simon Darling, eBay; Chris Dempsey, Scottish Executive; Roisin Donnelly, Procter & Gamble; Andy Duncan, Channel 4; Charles Dunstone, Carphone Warehouse; Martin Hall, Premier Foods; David Magliano, ex-London 2012; Tim Ryan, AOL; Tim Seager, Scottish & Newcastle; Steve Sharp, Marks & Spencer; Russ Shaw, O2; Phil Smith, Camelot; Simon Thompson, ex
Marks & Spencer's Steve Sharp, the man behind the phenomenally successful "Twiggy" campaign, has been named the UK's top marketer at this year's prestigious Marketing Society Awards for Excellence.
Mr Sharp - the M&S executive director of marketing - came top of a shortlist that included some of the UK's top names including Carphone Warehouse's Charles Dunstone, Andy Duncan of Channel 4, ex-Honda marketer Simon Thompson and Friends Reunited's Tim Ward.
Mr Sharp joined ailing M&S in 2004, alongside long-time business partner Stuart Rose, to engineer a turnaround of the retailer as it attempted to fend off a hostile bid from Philip Green.
It has been widely recognised that since that time marketing has driven the recovery of the brand - backed by a product overhaul.
Mr Sharp's first move was to replace the failed "I'm normal" campaign, which showed a British woman of average size and weight running naked up a hill.
"Previously, the ad strategy had been very confusing with the various business units such as food, men and women all doing their own separate campaigns," said Mr Sharp.
Sharp introduced the "Your M&S" tagline to allow the marketing of the various divisions of the company under a uniform umbrella proposition. It is now being trialled as high street store signage.
"We introduced "Your M&S" because it is such a colloquial phrase which many people, me included, were born and raised with," he said.
"We were looking for a handle, a name, that could market the business and have meaning for customers, staff and shareholders."
Launched in September last year, the "Twiggy" ads, developed by Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, were the retailer's first in five years to promote womenswear, using well-known models from different eras and including Laura Bailey, Erin O'Connor and Noemie Lenoir.
The first sector to be specifically promoted under Mr Sharp was food, through a campaign using the line "Not just food, M&S food". Launched in April last year, it was designed to promote M&S's complete food range and led to sales of a chocolate pudding featured in the ad rise by 3,300%.
In August, M&S used comedians Bob Mortimer, Jimmy Carr and The Office star Martin Freeman to promote its Autograph menswear range.
More recently, the brand has been focusing on its quality and ethical credentials with a campaign called "Look behind the label". However, Mr Sharp was quick to point out that the turnaround has been about much more than ads.
He put a lot of the credit down to the work of the head of clothing, Kate Bostock, who came on board from George at Asda in 2004.
"There is nothing without product, the ads are just 10% of my job," said Mr Sharp.
He pointed out that this year there is a £520m-£570m in overhauling 60 to 70 stores.
Now in its 22nd year, previous winners of marketer of the year include Mark Palmer of Green & Black's last year, Cafedirect's Sylvie Barr in 2004 and Nestlé Rowntree's Andrew Harrison in 2003.
This year's finalists were: Neil Campbell, PepsiCo; Christian Cull, Waitrose; Simon Darling, eBay; Chris Dempsey, Scottish Executive; Roisin Donnelly, Procter & Gamble; Andy Duncan, Channel 4; Charles Dunstone, Carphone Warehouse; Martin Hall, Premier Foods; David Magliano, ex-London 2012; Tim Ryan, AOL; Tim Seager, Scottish & Newcastle; Steve Sharp, Marks & Spencer; Russ Shaw, O2; Phil Smith, Camelot; Simon Thompson, ex
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Carla Campbell lands in Essence, Marie Claire & V magazines
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Pulse's Sports Illustrated swimsuit supermodel, Carla Campbell is featured in eight pages of June's Essence magazine and six pages of French Marie Claire. She is also featured in May's V magazine in a shoot singled out by models.com as a fashion highlight of the month.
Carla Campbell lands in Essence, Marie Claire & V magazines
Carla, rated the sexiest new supermodel by Esquire magazine last September, continues to make a hot fashion statement around the world. This weekend she is off to Florida where she will show designer collections at Miami Fashion Week.
Carla presents an ultra sophisticated image in Essence, something of a departure from the super sexy image that has been her signature throughout her career. Shot by top photographer Carlo Dalla Chiesa under the direction of Essence beauty director and cover editor Mikki Taylor, the Essence spread reportedly gave Carla an opportunity to reinvent herself, which she has effected with consummate skill.
Carla is one of five Pulse supermodels endorsing this year's bmobile Caribbean Model Search. Jaunel McKenzie, Nell Robinson, Kimanee Wilson and Nadine Willis are the others. They will be giving modelling tips to the contestants as well as participating in several events and activities throughout the competition. The supermodels will also appear as guests on the TV show. Carla was herself discovered in Pulse's Model Search, before the event went Caribbean.
Carla's career has been studded with one success after another, chief of which has been her unprecedented success as a Sports Illustrated swimsuit star. It is every model's ultimate hope to be included in the coveted Sports Illustrated swimsuit editorial.
Carla made history as the first model from the Caribbean to appear in the US sports magazine's highly popular swimsuit edition. She is also one of a handful of black models to be so featured, joining Noemie Lenoir, Lorraine Pascale, Georgianna Robertson, Roshumba Williams, Jessica White and Tyra Banks
With a svelte 'new' body, Carla Campbell elevated her star status in 2005. She copped a couple of super editorials for Cosmopolitan and shot Victoria's Secret.
She currently counts among her clients L'Oreal, Nike, Essence, Avon, Seventeen magazine, Smooth, SHE magazine, Skywritings, Ekcored, Footlocker, Miller Beer, Maxim, Target and Fubu.
Carla was inducted into the Pulse Fashion & Beauty Hall of Fame last summer.
Carla Campbell lands in Essence, Marie Claire & V magazines
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Pulse's Sports Illustrated swimsuit supermodel, Carla Campbell is featured in eight pages of June's Essence magazine and six pages of French Marie Claire. She is also featured in May's V magazine in a shoot singled out by models.com as a fashion highlight of the month.
Carla, rated the sexiest new supermodel by Esquire magazine last September, continues to make a hot fashion statement around the world. This weekend she is off to Florida where she will show designer collections at Miami Fashion Week.
Carla presents an ultra sophisticated image in Essence, something of a departure from the super sexy image that has been her signature throughout her career. Shot by top photographer Carlo Dalla Chiesa under the direction of Essence beauty director and cover editor Mikki Taylor, the Essence spread reportedly gave Carla an opportunity to reinvent herself, which she has effected with consummate skill.
Carla is one of five Pulse supermodels endorsing this year's bmobile Caribbean Model Search. Jaunel McKenzie, Nell Robinson, Kimanee Wilson and Nadine Willis are the others. They will be giving modelling tips to the contestants as well as participating in several events and activities throughout the competition. The supermodels will also appear as guests on the TV show. Carla was herself discovered in Pulse's Model Search, before the event went Caribbean.
Carla's career has been studded with one success after another, chief of which has been her unprecedented success as a Sports Illustrated swimsuit star. It is every model's ultimate hope to be included in the coveted Sports Illustrated swimsuit editorial.
Carla made history as the first model from the Caribbean to appear in the US sports magazine's highly popular swimsuit edition. She is also one of a handful of black models to be so featured, joining Noemie Lenoir, Lorraine Pascale, Georgianna Robertson, Roshumba Williams, Jessica White and Tyra Banks
With a svelte 'new' body, Carla Campbell elevated her star status in 2005. She copped a couple of super editorials for Cosmopolitan and shot Victoria's Secret.
She currently counts among her clients L'Oreal, Nike, Essence, Avon, Seventeen magazine, Smooth, SHE magazine, Skywritings, Ekcored, Footlocker, Miller Beer, Maxim, Target and Fubu.
Carla was inducted into the Pulse Fashion & Beauty Hall of Fame last summer.
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M&S sees its profits hit a nine-year high
Clothes show: Models, from left, Laura Bailey, Erin O'Conner, and Lizzy Jagger wear the Marks & Spencer autumn/winter collection which has proved a big hit with shoppers. PA
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IT may have cost over £60m, but Marks & Spencer's high profile advertising campaign has more than paid for itself following a huge increase in half year profits.
The award-winning ads starring Mick Jagger's daughter Lizzy and 60s icon Twiggy have appealed to women of every generation and won back millions of disgruntled shoppers.
The turnaround at M&S is the work of retail guru Stuart Rose, who took over the chain two years ago after it lost its way.
Under Mr Rose, M&S has introduced new ranges of stylish, well-made, classic, affordable clothes – its former trademark.
The ads encouraged an extra 19 million visits to its stores and these visits translated into an 11 per cent increase in sales to £3.93bn during the six months to September 30.
The group reported its best profits in nine years with pre-tax profits up 32 per cent to £405.1m.
Yesterday the shares closed up 6 per cent at 698p – more than double their level in September 2005 and well above the 400p a share offered by Sir Philip Green in a failed takeover in 2004.
Strong sales of womenswear have been the main force behind the group's improvement. The group's share of the highly competitive womenswear market rose from 9.4 per cent to 10.5 per cent.
Mr Rose said that a red £35 jersey dress worn by model Lizzy Jagger had sold out in days.
"It flew out the stores. In fact, it flew out so quickly we didn't even see it. The advertising campaign may have attracted more customers, but the more important news is that it is converting into more sales," he said.
While Lizzy Jagger appeals to the group's teenage shoppers and Twiggy to the over 50s, women in their 20s, 30s and 40s have been attracted by the group's other models, Erin O'Connor, Laura Bailey and Noemie Lenoir.
The group recently signed up Dame Shirley Bassey to front its new Christmas campaign.
The advert is filmed in a spy movie style and features the other five models as undercover agents on a secret mission. Dame Shirley has provided the soundtrack for the 90-second film.
During the six months to September 30, like-for-like sales rose by 7.3 per cent, including a 9.2 per cent increase in general merchandise (which includes womenswear) and a 5.3 per cent increase in food.
Sales over the past five weeks have shown similar levels of growth and Mr Rose said the group was well-positioned for the all-important Christmas period.
"We had a good first half. We have delivered better product, better service and a better store environment. We have gained market share in all areas in which we trade," he said.
In addition to better womenswear sales, lingerie increased its market share from 24.1 per cent to 25.6 per cent and menswear market share rose from 8.3 per cent to 9.0 per cent.
The group is a third of the way through its store refurbishment programme and a further £800m will be spent on modernising the
estate this year.
It hopes to increase selling space by 15 to 20 per cent over the next five years by opening new out-of-town stores, a higher presence in retail parks and improvements to its city centre operations.
In addition it will open 15 new international stores in the second half in places such as India, Russia and Dubai
M&S sees its profits hit a nine-year high
Clothes show: Models, from left, Laura Bailey, Erin O'Conner, and Lizzy Jagger wear the Marks & Spencer autumn/winter collection which has proved a big hit with shoppers. PA
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£60m ad campaign proves big success
Ros Snowdon
Deputy City Editor
IT may have cost over £60m, but Marks & Spencer's high profile advertising campaign has more than paid for itself following a huge increase in half year profits.
The award-winning ads starring Mick Jagger's daughter Lizzy and 60s icon Twiggy have appealed to women of every generation and won back millions of disgruntled shoppers.
The turnaround at M&S is the work of retail guru Stuart Rose, who took over the chain two years ago after it lost its way.
Under Mr Rose, M&S has introduced new ranges of stylish, well-made, classic, affordable clothes – its former trademark.
The ads encouraged an extra 19 million visits to its stores and these visits translated into an 11 per cent increase in sales to £3.93bn during the six months to September 30.
The group reported its best profits in nine years with pre-tax profits up 32 per cent to £405.1m.
Yesterday the shares closed up 6 per cent at 698p – more than double their level in September 2005 and well above the 400p a share offered by Sir Philip Green in a failed takeover in 2004.
Strong sales of womenswear have been the main force behind the group's improvement. The group's share of the highly competitive womenswear market rose from 9.4 per cent to 10.5 per cent.
Mr Rose said that a red £35 jersey dress worn by model Lizzy Jagger had sold out in days.
"It flew out the stores. In fact, it flew out so quickly we didn't even see it. The advertising campaign may have attracted more customers, but the more important news is that it is converting into more sales," he said.
While Lizzy Jagger appeals to the group's teenage shoppers and Twiggy to the over 50s, women in their 20s, 30s and 40s have been attracted by the group's other models, Erin O'Connor, Laura Bailey and Noemie Lenoir.
The group recently signed up Dame Shirley Bassey to front its new Christmas campaign.
The advert is filmed in a spy movie style and features the other five models as undercover agents on a secret mission. Dame Shirley has provided the soundtrack for the 90-second film.
During the six months to September 30, like-for-like sales rose by 7.3 per cent, including a 9.2 per cent increase in general merchandise (which includes womenswear) and a 5.3 per cent increase in food.
Sales over the past five weeks have shown similar levels of growth and Mr Rose said the group was well-positioned for the all-important Christmas period.
"We had a good first half. We have delivered better product, better service and a better store environment. We have gained market share in all areas in which we trade," he said.
In addition to better womenswear sales, lingerie increased its market share from 24.1 per cent to 25.6 per cent and menswear market share rose from 8.3 per cent to 9.0 per cent.
The group is a third of the way through its store refurbishment programme and a further £800m will be spent on modernising the
estate this year.
It hopes to increase selling space by 15 to 20 per cent over the next five years by opening new out-of-town stores, a higher presence in retail parks and improvements to its city centre operations.
In addition it will open 15 new international stores in the second half in places such as India, Russia and Dubai
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Soccer: Makelele is free to make his choice
Rob Hughes
Published: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2006
LONDON: When soccer historians come to write the book of Claude Makelele they will have an intriguing tale to tell about some of the self-important people who think of themselves as his keeper.
The Makelele story already suggests its own title: "I, Claudius - No Soccer Slave."
Born in Africa, raised in the suburbs of Paris, discarded as a workhorse by Real Madrid, a winner in London with Chelsea - Makelele is now possibly more the master of his destiny than those who try to bend his will to their purpose.
Makelele is where he wants to be, in Clairefontaine, near Paris, preparing for two Euro 2008 qualifying matches for France against Georgia and Italy.
Those are the first exacting contests of the post-Zinédine Zidane era. The first is still scheduled for Georgia's national stadium in Tbilisi on Saturday despite workers' being evacuated after a bomb threat to the 65,000-capacity arena at the start of this week.
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second is an emotional rerun at the Stade de France of July's World Cup final in Berlin, where Italy won on penalty kicks.
With Zidane retired, albeit deified rather than disgraced by the French after his head-butt in that final, his country needs to call on every man, every ounce of experience and leadership it can.
It is no surprise that Raymond Domenech, the French national team trainer, called up Lilian Thuram and Makelele for this double encounter. Thuram, having moved on from Juventus to Barcelona after the World Cup, declared himself ready, willing and able to add to his record 121 caps even though, at 34, he had said Berlin would be his final fling with Les Bleus.
Makelele, a mere junior at 33 and with just 50 international appearances, said if his country wanted him, he was happy to rescind his own retirement statement and do his duty.
"There was agreement after the World Cup for me to quit the national team," Makelele conceded this week. "But I talked with the national coach. He believes I am still able to bring something, and for me the French team remains something huge."
Why would it not be?
He was born in Kinshasa, where his father was a national team soccer player for the Democratic Republic of Congo. They moved to the Parisian suburbs of the Seine-et-Marne district when Claude was 4, and he did not leave there until Brest and then Nantes took him as a promising player in his teens.
His girlfriend, Noémie Lenoir, is a French model, their son Kelyan a French citizen.
The country has a great call on the man, and when Domenech exercised that call human nature dictated that, for the second time, Makelele answered yes.
Unfortunately, his Chelsea paymasters do not give him their blessing. And unfortunately, Chelsea's objections were nor made directly to the player, but over the airwaves of a television broadcast, and on the club Web site.
"Makelele is not a football player," complained José Mourinho, the Chelsea coach, on Sunday evening. "Makelele is a slave."
Mourinho, speaking on Sky television, the British satellite network, immediately after Chelsea had won an English league match at Blackburn,continued: "He played in the biggest game you can, the World Cup final, and he wrote a letter to their federation and told the manager he doesn't want to play more for France."
Mourinho went on, saying thatDomenech "has been very objective - very objective - and said you have to play Georgia and you have to play Italy. Makelele wants to retire but the national coach won't allow him to retire.
"The law is clear. If he misses one game in the national team, he misses two games for Chelsea. If he misses two, he gets suspended for four matches for Chelsea. He has to go."
This interpretation is Mourinho's own. FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, confirmed Monday that while a club that fails to release a player for national team duty is indeed barred from using the player for two matches (a rule intended to prevent the cynical ploy of clubs pretending players are injured), there is nothing to stop a player retiring from his national team, or stating that he does not wish to play for it.
Mourinho chose on Sunday to ignore that.
"We know the rules," he said. "You are a slave, you have no human rights, you cannot choose. No liberty, no freedom, no democracy, no human rights!"
The player, however, does have a right to speak for himself. And even as Chelsea posted on its Web site that it was seeking FIFA intervention, the "slave" Makelele spoke up on a French TV station, TPS Star.
Soccer: Makelele is free to make his choice
Rob Hughes
Published: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2006
LONDON: When soccer historians come to write the book of Claude Makelele they will have an intriguing tale to tell about some of the self-important people who think of themselves as his keeper.
The Makelele story already suggests its own title: "I, Claudius - No Soccer Slave."
Born in Africa, raised in the suburbs of Paris, discarded as a workhorse by Real Madrid, a winner in London with Chelsea - Makelele is now possibly more the master of his destiny than those who try to bend his will to their purpose.
Makelele is where he wants to be, in Clairefontaine, near Paris, preparing for two Euro 2008 qualifying matches for France against Georgia and Italy.
Those are the first exacting contests of the post-Zinédine Zidane era. The first is still scheduled for Georgia's national stadium in Tbilisi on Saturday despite workers' being evacuated after a bomb threat to the 65,000-capacity arena at the start of this week.
The
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Illness behind him, Federer keeps rolling on
Back to form, Ronaldo brings magic to Milan
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second is an emotional rerun at the Stade de France of July's World Cup final in Berlin, where Italy won on penalty kicks.
With Zidane retired, albeit deified rather than disgraced by the French after his head-butt in that final, his country needs to call on every man, every ounce of experience and leadership it can.
It is no surprise that Raymond Domenech, the French national team trainer, called up Lilian Thuram and Makelele for this double encounter. Thuram, having moved on from Juventus to Barcelona after the World Cup, declared himself ready, willing and able to add to his record 121 caps even though, at 34, he had said Berlin would be his final fling with Les Bleus.
Makelele, a mere junior at 33 and with just 50 international appearances, said if his country wanted him, he was happy to rescind his own retirement statement and do his duty.
"There was agreement after the World Cup for me to quit the national team," Makelele conceded this week. "But I talked with the national coach. He believes I am still able to bring something, and for me the French team remains something huge."
Why would it not be?
He was born in Kinshasa, where his father was a national team soccer player for the Democratic Republic of Congo. They moved to the Parisian suburbs of the Seine-et-Marne district when Claude was 4, and he did not leave there until Brest and then Nantes took him as a promising player in his teens.
His girlfriend, Noémie Lenoir, is a French model, their son Kelyan a French citizen.
The country has a great call on the man, and when Domenech exercised that call human nature dictated that, for the second time, Makelele answered yes.
Unfortunately, his Chelsea paymasters do not give him their blessing. And unfortunately, Chelsea's objections were nor made directly to the player, but over the airwaves of a television broadcast, and on the club Web site.
"Makelele is not a football player," complained José Mourinho, the Chelsea coach, on Sunday evening. "Makelele is a slave."
Mourinho, speaking on Sky television, the British satellite network, immediately after Chelsea had won an English league match at Blackburn,continued: "He played in the biggest game you can, the World Cup final, and he wrote a letter to their federation and told the manager he doesn't want to play more for France."
Mourinho went on, saying thatDomenech "has been very objective - very objective - and said you have to play Georgia and you have to play Italy. Makelele wants to retire but the national coach won't allow him to retire.
"The law is clear. If he misses one game in the national team, he misses two games for Chelsea. If he misses two, he gets suspended for four matches for Chelsea. He has to go."
This interpretation is Mourinho's own. FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, confirmed Monday that while a club that fails to release a player for national team duty is indeed barred from using the player for two matches (a rule intended to prevent the cynical ploy of clubs pretending players are injured), there is nothing to stop a player retiring from his national team, or stating that he does not wish to play for it.
Mourinho chose on Sunday to ignore that.
"We know the rules," he said. "You are a slave, you have no human rights, you cannot choose. No liberty, no freedom, no democracy, no human rights!"
The player, however, does have a right to speak for himself. And even as Chelsea posted on its Web site that it was seeking FIFA intervention, the "slave" Makelele spoke up on a French TV station, TPS Star.
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Urban music channel getting its start in the United States
By David Bauder
ASSOCIATED PRESS
2:07 p.m. July 15, 2005
NEW YORK – During overseas travel, Richard Wayner would look out cab windows and see youngsters decked out in American urban wear.
"But when I turned on my TV at the hotel I would never see anything," the former Goldman Sachs executive said Friday. "That was consistent from country to country. The 'a-ha' light went on in my head."
With partners in Paris, Wayner founded Trace TV, a network devoted to urban music and culture, in 2003. After piping music into 40 million homes in 62 countries, Trace makes its U.S. debut this month in homes with Dish TV.
Like feisty Fuse, Trace TV will try to break the music market stranglehold of Viacom-owned MTV, MTV2 and BET.
Trace TV will keep its international flavor initially, and some of its programs will even be shown in French. Its most popular program, "Code," features supermodel Noemie Lenoir as host.
With its concentration on urban music, Trace has been able to find a niche in several countries between local channels and MTV's international channels, which lean more toward pop music, he said.
"Country to country, pop music is very different," said Wayner, president of Alliance Trace Media. "But country to country, urban music tends to be very consistent."
Trace mixes popular artists such as 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys in with people like Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee, the French dancehall act Admiral T from Guadeloupe and the African dance act Magic System. Along with videos, it will broadcast documentaries, interviews and awards shows, like the Music of Black Origins awards presented in South Africa.
Urban music channel getting its start in the United States
By David Bauder
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2:07 p.m. July 15, 2005
NEW YORK – During overseas travel, Richard Wayner would look out cab windows and see youngsters decked out in American urban wear.
"But when I turned on my TV at the hotel I would never see anything," the former Goldman Sachs executive said Friday. "That was consistent from country to country. The 'a-ha' light went on in my head."
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With partners in Paris, Wayner founded Trace TV, a network devoted to urban music and culture, in 2003. After piping music into 40 million homes in 62 countries, Trace makes its U.S. debut this month in homes with Dish TV.
Like feisty Fuse, Trace TV will try to break the music market stranglehold of Viacom-owned MTV, MTV2 and BET.
Trace TV will keep its international flavor initially, and some of its programs will even be shown in French. Its most popular program, "Code," features supermodel Noemie Lenoir as host.
With its concentration on urban music, Trace has been able to find a niche in several countries between local channels and MTV's international channels, which lean more toward pop music, he said.
"Country to country, pop music is very different," said Wayner, president of Alliance Trace Media. "But country to country, urban music tends to be very consistent."
Trace mixes popular artists such as 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys in with people like Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee, the French dancehall act Admiral T from Guadeloupe and the African dance act Magic System. Along with videos, it will broadcast documentaries, interviews and awards shows, like the Music of Black Origins awards presented in South Africa.
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A star-studded cast of actresses hailing from Australia to China to Nigeria are to turn out at next month's Cannes film festival, the official sponsors of the event, L'Oreal Paris, said today.
Amid the glitter and glam of the opening ceremony on May 14, Andie MacDowell of the United States will represent the cosmetics firm along with French actress Laetitia Casta and model Noemie Lenoir.
Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia, Russian model Natalia Vodianova and film stars Catherine Deneuve and Virginie Ledoyen of France will be on hand for L'Oreal during the 12 days of festivities in the Riviera town of Cannes.
And Chinese megastar Gong Li, along with Nigerian beauty queen Agbani Darego - Miss World 2001 - and French actress Judith Godreche will attend the closing awards ceremony on May 24, including the prestigious Palme d'or for best film.
A star-studded cast of actresses hailing from Australia to China to Nigeria are to turn out at next month's Cannes film festival, the official sponsors of the event, L'Oreal Paris, said today.
Amid the glitter and glam of the opening ceremony on May 14, Andie MacDowell of the United States will represent the cosmetics firm along with French actress Laetitia Casta and model Noemie Lenoir.
Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia, Russian model Natalia Vodianova and film stars Catherine Deneuve and Virginie Ledoyen of France will be on hand for L'Oreal during the 12 days of festivities in the Riviera town of Cannes.
And Chinese megastar Gong Li, along with Nigerian beauty queen Agbani Darego - Miss World 2001 - and French actress Judith Godreche will attend the closing awards ceremony on May 24, including the prestigious Palme d'or for best film.
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International acclaim for L’Oréal Fashion Week
Friday, 8 August 2003, 4:12 pm
Press Release: Loreal New Zealand Fashion Week
International acclaim for L’Oréal New Zealand Fashion Week line-up
Early US feedback positive; registrations open at web site
New York and Auckland, August 8 (JY&A Media) As the designers for L'Oréal New Zealand Fashion Week (LNZFW) were announced Tuesday, Lucire ( http://www.lucire.com) had already begun cooperation with some of its fellow sponsors of the event such as L'Oréal Paris, L'Oréal Professionnel and the Hilton Auckland, and had been actively helping in other countries. SEARCH NZ JOBS
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In addition to the local buzz surrounding the re-appearance of Zambesi, Nom D, World, Trelise Cooper, Kate Sylvester, DNA and Nicholas Blanchet, and Karen Walker showing for the first time, there has been positive international feedback to the event. After hearing of the line-up, Brian S. Long, Vice-President of Apropo Press of New York and Los Angeles, was thrilled at the prospect of returning Down Under.
'I am so excited to have received an invitation to attend this year's LNZFW in October,' he said. 'Since I first attended this event last year, I have had the wonderful opportunity to grow the many amazing relationships that I made both personally and professionally during the week.'
Long Beach, California-based Stevie Wilson, beauty editor of Lucire, had nothing but praise for New Zealand designers and the raw beauty of their work.
'Definitely not to be missed, New Zealand designers are here to stay. With a nod to retro, a healthy dose of vision and some great fabrications, New Zealand fashions are something that we in the US need more of!'
Their comments are indicative of the higher profile of the 2003 event.
Lucire had already been working behind the scenes during the year, such as a promotional Los Angeles event where Ms Wilson drummed up extra Stateside support and guests, complementing efforts from Apropo Press, with its expertise in fashion PR, and Pieter Stewart, Managing Director of LNZFW.
With its non-New Zealand readership running at 93 per cent, Webby Award-nominated Lucire is an ideal vehicle through which LNZFW can increase its international profile.
Features planned by the magazine, as official internet partner to the event, include travel articles and a new autumn-winter shoot, and stronger cooperation with sponsors.
Online registrations have now opened at the official web site, , and international advertising promoting the event begins running at Lucire this weekend.
Images Images for this release may be downloaded at .
About Lucire Lucire, the global fashion magazine, is one of the world’s leading fashion titles online. Founded in 1997, it covers fashion, beauty, travel and lifestyle, with a global perspective for today’s woman. It is known for providing in-depth, quality journalism. The magazine is targeted at the woman who is tired of the offerings from established fashion players, and chooses to be herself. Lucire is available at .
In 2003, Lucire received a Webby Award nomination—the only New Zealand site to do so that year—and became the first fashion industry partner of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, ).
According to Alexa, Lucire is one of the top-ranked pure-play fashion titles in the world.
About L’Oréal New Zealand Fashion Week L'Oréal New Zealand Fashion Week is designed to showcase to the world New Zealand's "defiantly different" fashion attitude. A number of new prominent, high-profile buyers and media will be invited to attend this year's event together with many who attended last year and are keen to come back. About L’Oréal L'Oréal Paris is a name known throughout the world that has no equal in the realm of beauty. It is a name that shines through its diversity, through well-known faces from all over the world: Claudia Schiffer, Milla Jovovich, Dayle Haddon, Andie MacDowell, Heather Locklear, Laetitia Casta, Virginie Ledoyen, Catherine Deneuve, Gong Li, Vanessa Williams, Diana Hayden, Noémie Lenoir, Jessica Alba, and Beyoncé Knowles. Present in 120 countries, L'Oréal Paris is based on a single philosophy: to provide the most innovative, high-quality and technologically-advanced products at the most affordable price best price for men, women, and children of all ages and ethnicities.
International acclaim for L’Oréal Fashion Week
Friday, 8 August 2003, 4:12 pm
Press Release: Loreal New Zealand Fashion Week
International acclaim for L’Oréal New Zealand Fashion Week line-up
Early US feedback positive; registrations open at web site
New York and Auckland, August 8 (JY&A Media) As the designers for L'Oréal New Zealand Fashion Week (LNZFW) were announced Tuesday, Lucire ( http://www.lucire.com) had already begun cooperation with some of its fellow sponsors of the event such as L'Oréal Paris, L'Oréal Professionnel and the Hilton Auckland, and had been actively helping in other countries. SEARCH NZ JOBS
Search Businesses FindA
Check Your SALARY Level
MORTGAGE Calculators
LATEST NEWS VIDEO
List of NZ SCHOLARSHIPS
In addition to the local buzz surrounding the re-appearance of Zambesi, Nom D, World, Trelise Cooper, Kate Sylvester, DNA and Nicholas Blanchet, and Karen Walker showing for the first time, there has been positive international feedback to the event. After hearing of the line-up, Brian S. Long, Vice-President of Apropo Press of New York and Los Angeles, was thrilled at the prospect of returning Down Under.
'I am so excited to have received an invitation to attend this year's LNZFW in October,' he said. 'Since I first attended this event last year, I have had the wonderful opportunity to grow the many amazing relationships that I made both personally and professionally during the week.'
Long Beach, California-based Stevie Wilson, beauty editor of Lucire, had nothing but praise for New Zealand designers and the raw beauty of their work.
'Definitely not to be missed, New Zealand designers are here to stay. With a nod to retro, a healthy dose of vision and some great fabrications, New Zealand fashions are something that we in the US need more of!'
Their comments are indicative of the higher profile of the 2003 event.
Lucire had already been working behind the scenes during the year, such as a promotional Los Angeles event where Ms Wilson drummed up extra Stateside support and guests, complementing efforts from Apropo Press, with its expertise in fashion PR, and Pieter Stewart, Managing Director of LNZFW.
With its non-New Zealand readership running at 93 per cent, Webby Award-nominated Lucire is an ideal vehicle through which LNZFW can increase its international profile.
Features planned by the magazine, as official internet partner to the event, include travel articles and a new autumn-winter shoot, and stronger cooperation with sponsors.
Online registrations have now opened at the official web site, , and international advertising promoting the event begins running at Lucire this weekend.
Images Images for this release may be downloaded at .
About Lucire Lucire, the global fashion magazine, is one of the world’s leading fashion titles online. Founded in 1997, it covers fashion, beauty, travel and lifestyle, with a global perspective for today’s woman. It is known for providing in-depth, quality journalism. The magazine is targeted at the woman who is tired of the offerings from established fashion players, and chooses to be herself. Lucire is available at .
In 2003, Lucire received a Webby Award nomination—the only New Zealand site to do so that year—and became the first fashion industry partner of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, ).
According to Alexa, Lucire is one of the top-ranked pure-play fashion titles in the world.
About L’Oréal New Zealand Fashion Week L'Oréal New Zealand Fashion Week is designed to showcase to the world New Zealand's "defiantly different" fashion attitude. A number of new prominent, high-profile buyers and media will be invited to attend this year's event together with many who attended last year and are keen to come back. About L’Oréal L'Oréal Paris is a name known throughout the world that has no equal in the realm of beauty. It is a name that shines through its diversity, through well-known faces from all over the world: Claudia Schiffer, Milla Jovovich, Dayle Haddon, Andie MacDowell, Heather Locklear, Laetitia Casta, Virginie Ledoyen, Catherine Deneuve, Gong Li, Vanessa Williams, Diana Hayden, Noémie Lenoir, Jessica Alba, and Beyoncé Knowles. Present in 120 countries, L'Oréal Paris is based on a single philosophy: to provide the most innovative, high-quality and technologically-advanced products at the most affordable price best price for men, women, and children of all ages and ethnicities.
