Tips, tips, tips! Perfect your look with MAC’s face and lips tutorial

11th August 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

With smouldering, come-hither eyes – all that you need to complete your A-list look is flawless, perfectly sculpted skin. Forget unwanted shine, uneven foundation or ‘just tangoed’ bronzer and think porcelain, peachy and natural…

MAC make-up artist supremo, Neil Young, tells us how to get a peachy, even-toned complexion – with tips on everything from choosing the right foundation, to applying bronzer and blusher. Using just a few products, Neil creates a dewy, shimmering look that’s perfect for the red carpet. As he says, he is full of “tips, tips and tips!”.

For anyone looking to smoulder and glimmer like Angelina Jolie, Sienna Miller or Penelope Cruz these exclusive tips are not to be missed.

Got the smoky eyes? Now get the eyelashes with MAC

11th August 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

So you’ve got the smoky eyes – now all you need to complete your red carpet look is a pair of glossy, curled eyelashes.

MAC make up impressario Neil Young talks us through how to get dramatic curled lashes – whilst also helping us get over our chronic fear of eyelash curlers; giving us some great industry tips on how to stop our eyes watering!

Then, with a generous coat of mascara you are red carpet ready!

Get red carpet worthy with MAC smoky eyes makeup tutorial

11th August 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

As fascinating as award ceremonies, film premiers and A  list parties are – the real fun is predicting how the stars perfect their red carpet looks – are they wearing false eyelashes? Eye cream or powder? Lipstick or liner?

Well, t5m have teamed up with MAC make up artist extraordinaire Neil Young not only to dispel any beauty myths you may be harbouring, but also to give you a step-by-step guide to perfecting the holy grail of red carpet make up: the smoky eye.

Using just two products, Neil transforms our presenter Izzie into a true starlet with smouldering, sexy eyes to match.

Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn come to London’s Proud Central

30th April 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

It remains as one of the great dividers of womankind – who would you rather be, Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn? Sex appeal or gamine chic? Platinum blonde or chocolate brunette? Fortunately, to aid us all, London’s Proud Central gallery is exhibiting the ‘Sam Shaw’ collection – a definitive look at these two iconic women from one of Hollywood’s most prolific photographers.

The collection includes numerous unseen images of Audrey Hepburn, mainly shot in Paris during the filming of ‘Love in the Afternoon’ alongside Shaw’s best loved photographs of Marilyn – he was afterall, the man responsible for the infamous ‘Seven Year Itch’ shot of Marilyn’s skirt billowing as she stands on a subway grate.

Capturing both the vulnerability and strength of these women, the collection serves as a reminder of their legendary impact on popular culture and their iconic beauty. For anyone fascinated with either Audrey or Marilyn, or expert photography this exhibition is not to be missed.

Audrey & Marilyn at Proud Central, London WC2 from 30 April-26 July. www.proud.co.uk

Nick Van Bloss, pianist with Tourettes plays first concert since 1994

29th April 2009 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

London’s Cadogan Hall last night witnessed a note in history, as prodigal concert pianist Nick Van Bloss performed two concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra for the first time in 14 years.

An exceptionally gifted pianist, Nick also suffers from a chronic form of Tourettes Syndrome, so severe that he suffers from 40,000 ticks each day, forcing him into a life of isolation, living in a crumbling mansion in Lisbon and playing to no one but himself. Read more »

All plays and no work: playwright Benjamin Cooper on t5m

28th April 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

What would happen if you mixed the tradition of Marlowe, the variety of Shakespeare, Ben Elton’s comedy, the observational wit of Alan Bennett and macabre humour of Harold Pinter? We estimate something like Benjamin Cooper – playwright and now t5m regular, with his own dedicated channel.

Benjamin, whose writing credits include ‘Til I Die’, ‘Old Acquaintance’ and ‘Pigeons’, as well as his most recent adaptation of Faustus, will be our informative, expert voice on all things theatre related – be it reviews, updates on what he is working on, or whatever else he feels like writing about at the time.

Check out Benjamin’s first entry on theatre audiences on his t5m channel – and don’t forget to let us know what you think!

Ivor Novellos go pop with M.I.A, Duffy and The Ting Tings

24th April 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

The Ivor Novellos are the ‘musicians music awards’  – without the gossip column appeal of The BRITs or the obscurity of some of the Mercury nominees – the Novellos are the awards artists seem to enjoy the most. And we wouldn’t turn them down either, now in their 54th year the Ivor Novello awards are renowned for recognising genuine talent – be it big hitting names like Radiohead or the lesser known Cherry Ghost’s, awarding not only prizes but huge amounts of prestige and industry kudos.

The nominees for this year’s awards are out now out – and t5m aren’t the only ones who have noticed that this year’s categories are full of much more mainstream acts than previous years – with Dizzee Rascals ‘Dance wiv me’ up for Best Contemporary song alongside nu-rave poster children The Ting Tings who also nominated for Best Album. Add to this M.I.A, Duffy and Coldplay who are all up for awards, and the Novellos begin to look a lot like the other music ceremonies we’ve seen this year. Read more »

Beth Ditto rocks Evans making Sir Philip Green ‘very proud’

23rd April 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

Beth Ditto is single-handedly taking over the fashion industry; it has been concluded. The Gossip front woman, modern-day icon and BFF of Kate Moss was omnipresent at Paris Fashion Week, having been photographed with everyone from Karl Lagerfield to Kanye West and Thandie Newton and pouring herself into an Herve Leger bondage-dress. She then flew back to the UK to be photographed naked, albeit for an orange wig and a feather boa, for the front cover of new-style bible, Love. Read more »

Myleene Klass pitches it perfectly at Classical Brit nominations

21st April 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

The great and the good of classical music were out in force last night, as the nominees for this year’s Classical Brit Awards were announced at London’s Mayfair Hotel.

And while we know it is all about the music, t5m couldn’t resist sizing up all the outfits on show and deliberating over which dress we would quite like to wear if we were ever to grace the red carpet of a glittering awards ceremony. Would it be Katherine Jenkins’ black and white lace asymmetric gown with peep-toe shoes and Bardot-worthy hair? Or, New Zealand’s premier soprano Hayley Westenra’s knee-length flirty pastel dress with adorable silver sandals?

And of course, special mention should go to Britain’s Got Talent prodigy Faryl Smith, who at the tender of age of 13 was snapped up with a £2.3million record deal, making her one of the fastest rising stars in opera and definitely one to keep your eye on. Faryl looked ever inch the star last night, with her midnight-blue prom dress and metallic pumps, and a very impressive blow dry.

But ultimately, the prize for best dressed star has to be the one and only Myleene Klass, who flew the patriotic flag wearing a voluminous, wet-look Vivienne Westwood wrap-dress, incredible Stephen Jones Union-Jack  mini-top hat and vertiginous Yves Saint Laurent Tribute heels. Injecting some fun and energy into the proceedings, the evening’s host Myleene was by far the most fashion-forward of the bunch, opting out of the high-maintenance, uber-groomed preserve of many red carpet stars and go for something far more chic and daring.

While not everyone appreciated Myleene’s outfit, we all think she looked fab and cannot wait to see what Ms. Klass will be wearing on the 14th May!