Creator of popular ‘Beehive’ hairdo dies at age 98

June 14, 2016 By publisher

(Reuters) – The Illinois woman who created the Beehive hairstyle, the cone-shaped coif popularized in the 1960s by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and actress Audrey Hepburn, has died at age 98, the funeral home organizing her burial said on Monday. Margaret Vinci Heldt, who fashioned the Beehive for a magazine cover in 1960, “passed away peacefully” of heart failure in Elmhurst, Illinois, on Friday, Ahlgrim Funeral Home in the same city said in a statement. “She had a zest for life, the most positive attitude,” said daughter Carlene Ziegler, 59.

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Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola to direct first opera in Rome

February 8, 2016 By admin

Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola will make her operatic debut in May, directing a new production of Giuseppe Verdi's romantic tragedy “La Traviata”, Rome's opera house said on Monday. Coppola, who won the gold statuette for the screenplay of the 2003 film “Lost in Translation”, was invited to direct the production by its patron, fashion designer Valentino Garavani, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma said in a statement. Garavani asked the American film director and producer to swap screen for stage after watching her 2006 historical drama “Marie Antoinette”, in which the theater said she balanced “the classic and the modern”.

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South Africa’s Truworths to buy majority stake in Office Retail Group

November 30, 2015 By publisher

South African fashion retailer Truworths International said on Monday it has entered into an agreement to buy an 88.9 percent stake in Britain's Office Retail Group for 5.5 billion rand ($382 million). The British retailer's management will retain an 11.1 percent stake in Office. Truworths has the option to buy that stake within 3 to 5 years, it said in a statement.

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South Africa’s Truworths to buy majority stake in Office Retail Group

November 30, 2015 By admin

South African fashion retailer Truworths International said on Monday it has entered into an agreement to buy an 88.9 percent stake in Britain's Office Retail Group for 5.5 billion rand ($382 million). The British retailer's management will retain an 11.1 percent stake in Office. Truworths has the option to buy that stake within 3 to 5 years, it said in a statement.

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