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| The Saab 9X Air Premieres in Paris |
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The 9-X Air concept is a design vision
exploring what a future open-air Saab could
look like. It features a unique Canopy Top
and the close-coupled proportions of a sports
car, as well as four-seat accommodation.
Tags : saab cars 9X Air Paris Autoshow |
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Affichage : 82855
Durée : 99 s |
| Square Premieres Presents: Sex And The City - Part 1 of 2 |
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Russell was at the world premiere tonight
with Dan on camera and they've captured the
moment -- 20 minutes worth of star footage --
so much that we've delivered it in two parts
and here's the first.
To the surprise of many, the disappointment
of New York and the delighted glee of UK
fans, the Sex and the City world premiere was
held in London. It's a city occasionally
blessed with big premieres but few of this
scale and rarely anticipated with such
fervour. In the sport of premiere-watching
world premieres are the acme, the zenith, the
cup finals. The profound thrill of global
exclusivity brings with it hordes of media, a
higher calibre of celeb attendees and of
course absolutely huge rubbernecked crowds.
And that makes it a contact sport. A very
close-contact sport indeed. Sort of like
rugby league for sardines. For a usual
premiere you can arrive in the early
afternoon reasonably confident of grabbing a
front row view of the carpet and stars. But
by lunchtime the majorly female crowd was
four or five rows deep at least. People
happily standing for 6 hours in sweltering
heat, whilst nervously jostling for better
positions. By the time the stars started
arriving there were people hanging out of
nearby windows and peering over fences just
to get a glimpse of proceedings. The
Leicester Square streaming cam had choked but
mercifully the tension and frenzy didn't
descend into complete chaos as has been known
to happen at the very biggest of premieres.
(Pirates of the Caribbean). That said when
the four girls arrived, in turn they were
each greeted by a deafening roar of shrieking
adulation. Sections of the crowd hysterically
chanting their names in fierce competition
for attention. Madness, utter
madness.Premiere crowds are mostly populate
by autograph collectors and bemused
mild-mannered tourists, but today the Square
was invaded by an army. A wild mob of girls
and women desperate to be close to four of
the most iconic female characters in modern
culture. Each clinging to the hope that some
Manolo Blahnik shod Cosmopolitan magic would
rub off on them. Perhaps merely to say "I was
there!". The pervasion of the publicity and
the series' throng base lingered at least
till the next lunchtime. I personally was
separately approached by three female
colleagues enquiring if I'd been there. Maybe
it was just the faint hint of pheromone that
lingered on me. The fans had to battle hard
to pry the four main stars away from hundreds
of TV crews and the lure of the paparazzi's
flash guns but to their credit all four
ladies did sign for many sections of the
teeming masses that cried out for them. In
particular it was nice to see Kim Catrall
signing at all, when she allegedly has a
reputation for serious fan dodging. Very few
fans were fortunate enough to get autographs
from all four, although most people on the
very front row seemed to get at least one or
two, giving them that magic memento they were
hoping for - to the instant envy of those
watching from a few rows back and afar. As
for the celeb spotting. I was surprised there
weren't a few more A-listers on show for a
premiere this big. Kelly Rowland of Destiny's
Child and hip hopper Nelly were unexpected
guests which certainly seemed to delight
certain sections of the crowd. Beyond that it
was mostly British celebs, Martine
McCutcheon, Sugababes, Keely Hawes, Davina
McCall, Vivienne Westwood and Michelle Ryan
that pulled on the pretty and not so pretty
frocks for the occasion. Not quite the
glittering heights of a Harry Potter or a
James Bond premiere but still all in all one
of the most electric atmospheres for many
months.
Stars in attendance:
Sarah Jessica Parker
Kim Catrall
Cynthia Nixon
Kristin Davis
Mario Cantone
Celebs spotted:
Gok Wan
WAG Alex Curran
Gary Lineker
Roisin Murphy
Andrea McLean
Jenni Falconer
Kirsty Gallagher
Loose Women
Lisa Snowdon
Michelle Ryan
Patricia Field
Shiree Murphy
Nicky Clarke
Vivienne Westwood
Andreas Kronthaler
Paul O'Grady
Tags : Sex And The City Vivienne Westwood Paul O'Grady Gary Lineker Loose Women Michelle Ryan Leicester Square London Premiere |
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Affichage : 19773
Durée : 559 s |
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