:: John Campbell Crawford Owner of new Zealand label Insidious Fix, has been charged with cultivating cannabis and allowing a premises to be used for the purpose of cannabis cultivation.
:: Fifteen never before seen pictures of Lady Diana have been unveiled and are on display at Kensington palace. Taken by Mario Testino for Vanity fair the pictures were the last official portraits taken of Diana before she died.
“Diana, Princess of Wales by Mario Testino” will run at the Kensington Palace state apartments from 24 November 2005 until spring 2007.
Testino said …

Possibly pregnant Halle Berry has taken on a new role as the face of Versace for their up and coming print campaign. Following in the footsteps of Madonna and Demi Moore, Halle as agreed a lucrative deal with the Italian fashion house.
Apparently her shoot with photographer Mario Testino was a visual success. According to a set insider, quoted by America’s New York Daily News newspaper:
“The shoot was beautiful. Portrait shots, slightly messy hair and a wind machine - very glamorous.”
We’ll keep you updated….
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Published just one month after John Lennon’s death this Rolling Stone cover has been named the top US magazine cover of the past 40 years. Demi Moore at the height of her pregnancy on the cover of Vanity Fair came second and 1968 Esquire featuring Muhammad Ali with arrows in his body came third.
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Its been talked about, but now it’s confirmed, Demi Moore will be the new face of Versace. Photographer Mario Testino will shoot six images of the actress which will hit the magazines in August.
According to femalefirst.co.uk
Donatella Versace told Women?s Wear Daily:? I have known Demi Moore for many years and never has she been as beautiful as she is now

Interesting article about photographer Kim Yong-ho.
When asked about his main career as a photographer, which he stumbled upon, rather than dreaming of being one, he becomes more serious. “Fashion photography is not just about taking a picture of clothes or models. It requires an eye to read the dream, mind and philosophy embedded in them,” said Kim. “Photography fascinates me in that it allows me to create something rather easily thanks to that machine. I also like the unintended outcome that I can get with automatic cameras,” he added.

FASHION photographer Francesco Scavullo, who shot covers for Cosmopolitan magazine for more than 30 years, has died of heart failure, his companion said. He was 81.