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One Direction boys follow their nose: band to release fragrance in fall 2013

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 07:53 AM PST

British boyband One Direction earlier this year. — AFP-Relaxnews pic

LOS ANGELES, Dec 3 — The boys from the band One Direction are planning a new perfume set for a fall 2013 release, following the celebrity scent trend set by stars including Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Justin Bieber.

According to Vogue UK, the pop megastars have reportedly inked a licensing deal with Olivann Beauty, the luxury fragrance division of Fusion Beauty.

Details on the name of the perfume will be released early next year, but NY Mag has already taken a humorous look through the band's back catalogue to find potential clues. The scent is set to roll out first in markets where the band is touring, according to Dana Kline, president of Olivann Beauty, and will then hit department stores in the fall.

The Anglo-Irish band has scored a series of hits with two number-one albums within the space of a year, Up All Night and Take Me Home. Formed on the UK version of the X Factor in 2010, the band was quickly signed to Universal and has now sold 15 million records worldwide. — AFP-Relaxnews

‘Twilight’ clings to top N. America box office slot

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:33 AM PST

'Twilight' clings to top N. America box office slot

Still from 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2'. — AFP-Relaxnews pic

LOS ANGELES, Dec 3 — The final "Twilight" vampire movie held on for a third week to the top spot at the North America box office, narrowly holding off the latest James Bond effort, preliminary estimates said yesterday.

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2," the fifth and final installment of the wildly popular series, took US$17.4 million (RM52.2 million), said industry tracker Exhibitor Relations, pushing the film's three-week total past US$250 million.

The previous four films, based on novels by Stephenie Meyer and starting in 2008, earned a colossal US$2.4 billion.

In second spot was the Bond movie "Skyfall," which earned US$17 million on its fourth weekend - it has grossed more than US$246 million since its US opening.

Tied for third place were Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis, and "Rise of the Guardians," DreamWorks's latest animated offering, featuring Jack Frost. Each earned US$13.5 million in box office receipts.

Day-Lewis has been tipped as a likely Oscar nominee for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in the critically-acclaimed biopic of the assassinated 16th president of the United States.

Holding on to fifth place, 3D fantasy "Life of Pi" by Oscar-winning Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee, based on a Booker prize-winning novel about an Indian boy adrift on a lifeboat in the Pacific, took in US$12 million.

Also tied, for sixth place, "Wreck-It Ralph," the animated Disney film about a video game villain aspiring to be a hero, and new entry "Killing Them Softly," directed by and starring Brad Pitt as a mob enforcer. Each took in US$7 million.

In eighth place was "Red Dawn," an updated take on a 1984 movie, about a group of teenagers who look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers. It took in US$6.6 million.

And at number nine was "Flight," starring Denzel Washington, who is also drawing Oscar buzz for his role as a crash-landing hero pilot with drink and drug problems. It pulled in US$4.5 million.

Rounding out the top 10 was horror flick "The Collection," about a man who escapes the vicious grip of a serial killer and is blackmailed to rescue a girl from the killer's clutches, which debuted with US$3.4 million in ticket sales. — AFP-Relaxnews

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Isnin, 3 Disember 2012