Philips Aurea Ambilight

On August 30, 2007, "There's Only One Sun", a short film Wong Kar Wai scripted and directed for Philips' Aurea HD Flat TV, starring Amélie Daure, premiered at the IFA in Berlin.

Needless to say that my favourite filmmaker succeeded once more to tingle my senses. He combined my two beloved art forms, movies and advertising design.

Truly beautiful and I feel this sudden urge to buy a Philips Aurea Ambilight...

Apple iMac

Apple on Monday updated its iMac family with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn mobile processors and the most powerful graphics ever available in the all-in-one desktop line.

“The iMac’s gorgeous aluminum and glass all-in-one design has been an incredible hit with our customers and is just one of the reasons Mac sales are growing three and a half times faster than PC sales,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With the latest Intel processors, a faster new graphics option and more memory, customers now have even more reasons to love the iMac.”

A preferred model, the new 20-inch 2.66 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,499 (US), includes:

- 20-inch widescreen LCD display
- 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 1066 MHz front-side bus
- 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB
- 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm
- a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB GDDR3 memory
- built-in iSight video camera
- built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately)
- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
- the Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote.

The new iMacs further Apple’s commitment to environmental progress with highly recyclable and durable materials including scratch-resistant glass and professional grade aluminum. Each new model is rated EPEAT Silver, the company said, adding that the power-efficient systems also meet the stringent Energy Star 4.0 requirements for power consumption.

Ray Ban Wayfarer

An absolute not to be missed fashion item this 2008 is the Ray Ban Wayfarer, earlier the classic Aviator was the standard. Obviously it's a revival of another classic.

Worn by starlets Mischa Barton, Sienna Miller, Lindsay Lohan, Ashlee Simpson, Kate Moss and Adam Brody.

Bob Dylan

Risky Business

Blues Brothers 2000

Terry Richardson

Talking about Terry Richardson's photographs, here's his portfolio: http://www.terryrichardson.com/

Really simplistic and raw pictures, but very poignant. Great expressions of several stars. Favourites are the ones of Johnny Knoxville, Will Ferrell and Lindsey Lohan.

As for some extra bubblicious Jessica Alba... yum.

And of course the cover art of J.T.'s great album, Future Sex / Love Sounds, a very sexy and ideal dance record. An unforgettable experience I have with "What Comes Around... Goes Around" will be etched in my memory forever.

GQ Magazine: Robert Downey Jr.

In the latest edition of GQ (May 2008) Robert Downey Jr. is featured. I've seen Iron Man already quite early during a press screening, a week before the official release. And I must admit that is was very enjoyable, even though a certain car maker made its product placement quite obvious through the wonderful variety of Audi automobiles. My rather extended review in the dutch language can be found at 9lives: http://www.9lives.be/cinemareviews/110038/iron-man

Terry Richardson was the photographer of this extravagant series of pictures. The GQ article with Bob Juniors interview is here: http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?&id=content_6763