“The Last Station” is an adaptation of the novel by Jay Parinia, based on the last years of “War and Peace” author Leo Tolstoy’s life. Parinia and Director Michael Hoffman, who also wrote the script for the film, will attend the London premiere on Tuesday January 26th, along with the rest of the star cast, which includes Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren and James McAvoy.

The Last Station is set during the last year of the life and turbulent marriage of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer)and his wife the Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren). The film depicts the savage rivalry for his attention and legacy between his redoubtable wife of nearly fifty years and his devious disciple, Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti) which, overshadowed the end of his life.

Unable to solve the conflict, Tolstoy, in his final days, makes a run for peace on a train with his physician, his daughter (Anne-Marie Duff) and Valentin Bulgakov (James McAvoy). Sofya and Chertkov follow, but, too ill to continue, Tolstoy stops at the tiny railway station at Astapovo. While hundreds camp outside awaiting hourly reports, it is here, at a remote railway junction, that Leo Tolstoy finds the peace he has been searching for.

 THE LAST STATION will be released in the UK by Optimum Releasing on
 February 19th, 2010

 Certificate: 15  Running time: 110 mins

Rouge COCO de CHANEL, the new revamped lipstick range for Chanel by Peter Philips, with warm natural colours is set to tempt even lip gloss lovers to the other side.  The range boasts subtle luxurious tones of pink, brown and red amid more traditional signature tones.  Combined with a new formula Rouge COCO provides 8 hours hydration, keeping lips nourished throughout the day.

Harking back to previous campaigns the new face of Rouge Coco is Vanessa Paradis, wife of Hollywood heart throb Jonny Depp.  In an elegant and evocative haute couture number Vanessa looks just as fabulous now as she did in earlier Chanel ads.

The new lipsticks bear all the hallmarks and individuality of COCO’s unique style, which is any girls favourite.  These luscious luxury lipsticks launch in March and are retailing at just £21.

The Beckhams are taking their notable fashion credentials and applying them to a very worthy cause this year by designing the charity t-shirt collection for the massive fundraising initiative Sport Relief.

The t-shirts, available in various styles, all feature the Beckhams for Sport Relief logo which is lovingly made up of the footprints of each family member. Indeed the Beckham brood fully took to the challenge, wielding spray paint upon canvas to create a unique design piece from the famous family. Victoria described it as a ‘fulfilling project for us to work on and incredibly special for us to have our children involved so we were able to educate them on how the money raised by all the Sport Relief activities will help so many disadvantaged people in the UK and overseas.’

Sport Relief is a massive philanthropic effort which involves the goodwill and might of many celebrities as well as thousands of members of the British public. The Beckhams’ t-shirts have been photographed on the bodies of Kelly Brook, Lisa Snowden and Danny Cipriani, whilst sporting challenges will be carried out by faces from the sports and entertainment worlds such as rugby legend Lawrence Dallaglio taking on a cycling tour of all Six Nations venues.

The Beckham-designed shirts are available exclusively from Sainsbury’s and TKMaxx, or online at www.sportrelief.com, with significant proportions of the RRP going straight to Sport Relief.

Seduced by scented moisturiser, glittering nail varnish and sparkling make up, the idea of buying ‘neck cream’ is normally lower down on people’s list of must-haves.  However, once this area is brought to our attention, there’s little wonder it inspired Nora Ephron to title her book “I feel bad about my neck.”

Dr Perricone, owner of Perricone MD the successful cosmetic line, has spent several years researching this common problem and his final components have a 97% clinical improvement record, as well as a 77% reported improvement in elasticity.  This new neck firming moisturiser softens neck creases as well as firming the skin.  Perricone combines both potent ingredients with science, such as Palmitoyl Carnosine, (which is supposed to extend the Hayflick Limit, allowing cells to increase their lifespan) Phospholipids, and Tocotrienols, (an advanced formula of Vitamin E which also reduces redness.)

It’s expensive, so you would expect results, but I noticed the difference within the first week of use. The cream is not only filled with powerful antioxidants which hydrate and repair the neck but they also thicken and enhance the skin’s texture, so the delicate area becomes more resilient.  I found the odourless cream easy to use and it delivered an instant visible improvement.

Firming Neck Therapy £75 for 59 ml

www.periconemd.co.uk

020 7734 2566

Avoid the wrong ring, wrong guy scenario…stylishly

Remember that infamous episode of Sex and the City, when Aiden gave Carrie the “wrong” ring? And that infamous discussion amongst the SATC girls over Cosmopolitans about how the “wrong ring” spells “wrong guy”? Ask any woman and she will tell you that jewellery is a very personal matter and always difficult to get right. So ladies, why on earth do we leave it down to the man in our life (who frankly, many of us are reluctant to let loose on the task of choosing wallpaper) to pick the most important ring of our lives, the one which hopefully we will wear forever?

Simulated diamond brand, Brilliant Inc has come up with a solution. They suggest you alert your man to the growing trend for men to circumvent the trauma of ring-picking on their own by purchasing a “holding ring” to propose with so the two of you can pick out, or design the (actual) ring at a later date.

The concept is not a new one of course – most of us have heard tales of romantic yet jovial gestures in the form of Hula Hoops, or Haribo rings…but Brilliant Inc are bringing a touch of style to the concept. Brilliant Inc offer a dazzling range of stunning solitaires perfect for this special occasion, at a fraction of the price of a natural diamond solitaire, yet with a sparkling quality unmatched by other diamond substitutes and ethical credentials that would keep the greenest of eco queens smiling.

And if you and your man do go on to pick a stonking natural diamond ring to be the “official” ring, why not keep the second one tucked away to take on holiday, to avoid the need for complicated travel insurance policies? No girl in her right mind is ever going to complain about having two dazzling rings in her jewellery box now, is she?!

Man gets girl. Girl gets TWO rings. Everyone happy.

www.brilliantinc.eu