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24 October 2011 Last updated at 07:27 ET

A man has denied conspiring to murder soul singer Joss Stone.

At Exeter Crown Court, Kevin Liverpool, 34, also denied conspiring to harm and rob Miss Stone.

Junior Bradshaw, 31, appeared in court charged with conspiring to harm and rob Miss Stone, but did not enter any pleas.

Both men, of St Stephens Close, Manchester, were remanded in custody and the case was adjourned until December.

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A trial was scheduled for 6 August 2011.

Miss Stone, 24, was not in court to see the men but her mother Wendy was in the public gallery.

The two men were arrested in the Devon town of Cullompton in June near the home of the singer.

The singer is best known for hits including Super Duper Love and Fell In Love With A Boy.

She was also recently cast as a Bond girl in a new James Bond video game and has an estimated £9m fortune.

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Article by Gen Wright

They may be healthy for the eyes and make driving safer by reducing glare, but let’s face it, a lot of us buy sunglasses for completely non-practical reasons. Long associated with luxury, fame, the sun-drenched days of summer, and more than a little all-around glamor, sunglasses are purchasable “cool.” The sales of millions of both cheap and expensive wholesale sunglasses are assured not by their practical benefits, but by the fact that they make almost all of us seem a bit sexier.

The earliest use of sunglasses is hard to date. However, forerunners of today’s shades go back as far as medieval China where judges wore spectacles made of smoked quartz to conceal their reactions. The direct ancestors of today’s shades, however, were created by English inventor James Ayscough, who experimented with tinted glasses which were later prescribed for people with health conditions that made them sensitive to light. With the arrival of the twentieth century and mass media culture, sunglasses became popular among actors in the very new movie industry. Some say they wore them to avoid recognition by fans when out in public, and some argue it was to conceal the fact that the ultra-powerful lighting used in early filmmaker left them with badly reddened eyes.

In any case, sunglasses didn’t become truly popular until the late twenties, when a previously less than successful entrepreneur in the field of women’s hair products began experimenting with injection molding equipment to make rapidly produced sunglasses. Sam Foster, who had a concession at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Woolworth Department Store (location, location, location!), began marketing the glasses to squinting beach-goers under the name Foster Grant. Though it was the early days of the Great Depression, the glasses became something of an immediate fad and photos of huge stars like Greta Garbo wearing them certainly didn’t harm their allure. After 1936, the development of the first polarized sunglasses, using technology created by Edward Land of Polaroid Film, reduced glare and eyestrain and added an important practical benefit to wearing sunglasses.

Sunglasses remained popular for the next few decades but, as with so many American products, it took Europeans to remind us of our best work. Sunglasses figured prominently in the European “new wave” hits of the late fifties and early sixties, most especially in the films of the great Italian director Federico Fellini. When he put designer shades on international superstars stars like Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg, sunglasses achieved an almost metaphysical level of import.

Perhaps inspired by the use of sunglasses in then-trendy European films, Madison Avenue launched the “Who’s behind those Foster Grants?” campaign. Cannily using stars who had plenty of glamour but relatively low price tags, the Foster Grant “mad men” employed character actor Anthony Quinn; curvy superstar-to-be Raquel Welch; and two comedy legends in the making: Woody Allen and a pre-Inspector Clouseau Peter Sellers. The campaign was an enormous, years-long success and only further solidified the association between glamour and sunglasses.

Meanwhile musicians used sunglasses for reasons as varied as blindness, to hide the blood shot eyes caused by late nights and various forms of indulgence, or just because musical talent and good looks don’t always go together. It actually didn’t matter why Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, or the Beatles wore sunglasses. They looked cool wearing them. And so it continued on into the eighties when songs like “Sunglasses at Night” and “(The Future’s So Bright) I Gotta Wear Shades” further cemented the idea of sunglasses as manufactured coolness. Sales of higher-end sunglasses, most popularly Ray-Bans, skyrocketed and producers of shades found their own future quite bright.

In the nineties and on into our 21st century, an increasingly health-conscious public has become more aware of the potential benefits of wearing sunglasses, while the economy has often dictated somewhat lower prices. As manufacturers and ophthalmologists work to maximize those health benefits and lower price tags, the sales of sunglasses to people of all ages and income levels continues unabated to this day. Often sold at discount — but always in bulk because of their immense popularity — wholesale sunglasses are among the most popular items both at high-end retailers and as discount deals. That’s not likely to change. Anything that makes you feel so cool while being so comfortable and protecting your eyesight isn’t going away any time soon.

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In the beginning, there was the word, and the word was Tintin. Steven Spielberg didn’t know what it meant. “Raiders of the Lost Ark had just opened overseas,” he says, “and all through the French reviews, which I couldn’t read, there was a smattering of Tintin everywhere. I didn’t understand what Tintin meant in French, or what that was referring to.”

Tintin is, of course, the first and only name of the indefatigable, incurably innocent boy reporter who has sold upwards of 200 million books worldwide since he first appeared in a comic strip in 1929 — though he’s somehow managed to do this without making himself a household name in the U.S. The French critics had a point: Tintin’s globetrotting adventures are similar to those of Indiana Jones. Once this was explained to him, Spielberg hunted down his very first Tintin book, which happened to be The Seven Crystal Balls. He still didn’t understand the French, but he understood Tintin immediately. “It was like a movie, with beautifully rendered storyboards,” he says. “I understood the story, I understood the humor, I just got it, without having to hear the words.” (See a brief history of movie special effects.)

At the time — this was 1983 — Spielberg was in London making Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He called up Hergé, Tintin’s creator, who was 75, to talk about making a Tintin movie. “He’d seen Raiders of the Lost Ark and loved it,” Spielberg says, “and he just committed, at that moment, that he wanted me to be the director to turn his stories into films.” (This is Spielberg’s account; Hergé’s biographer, Pierre Assouline, tells a much longer story involving a lot of legal wrangling over contracts.) Plans were made for Spielberg to visit Hergé in Brussels a few weeks later, but before that could happen Hergé died. Spielberg acquired the rights anyway, from Hergé’s widow, but there were script problems, and he had a lot of other movies to make, and the project stalled. It would be nearly three decades before Spielberg brought the comic-book hero to the screen: The Adventures of Tintin opens in Europe in late October, nearly two months ahead of its U.S. release.

It’s either touching or ironic — or a bit of both — that Tintin should be making his big-budget, big-screen debut at a moment when grave economic woes threaten the great pan-European dream. Tintin is the pan-European hero par excellence — he was pan-European before there was a pan-Europe — and far from fading away, he’s about to take a shot at going global, albeit with the help of an American and a New Zealander.

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Tintin didn’t start out as pan-European, let alone global. He started out as Belgian. Hergé was the pen name of one Georges Remi, who was born in 1907, the son of a worker in a candy factory in Brussels. He grew up a Catholic and an ardent Boy Scout. He began publishing Tintin’s adventures in a Brussels newspaper, and they were an instant hit: at the end of Tintin’s first adventure, a trip to the Soviet Union, the newspaper threw a welcome-back party at the train station. Thousands of fans showed up and mobbed the hapless Tintin stand-in, a local Boy Scout with his hair gelled up into Tintin’s trademark ginger quiff. It rapidly became clear that Tintin was destined to escape from his humble beginnings as easily as he shed handcuffs in the comic books. (See the 25 All-TIME best animated films.)

Tintin’s story would eventually be translated into 60 languages (he is Dingding in Chinese and Tincjo in Esperanto). He has been adapted for the radio, the stage, TV and the movies, though never on a grand scale. There are Tintin stamps and a 10-euro Tintin coin. The first comic strip to enter the modern-art collection at the Centre Pompidou in Paris was Tintin. A bronze statue of Tintin and Snowy stands in a square in Brussels.

It’s not hard to see why: the Tintin books are some of the most dependably satisfying popular entertainment ever created. He’s the eternally dogged underdog — undersized, underestimated and always outgunned, but undaunted. “Tintin can’t be dissuaded from his quests,” Spielberg says. “He’s relentless in his pursuit of the solution to these exotic mysteries.” Like Lewis Carroll’s Alice, Tintin is the one sane mind in a world of schemers, dipsomaniacs, eccentric geniuses and blithering idiots. You could look at Tintin as the dream of a small country squashed between the broad shoulders of France and Germany, eternally relying on its gumption and ingenuity to work its way out of scrapes. (In this respect, Tintin is distantly related to James Bond, who arose as the avatar of a virile, indefatigable England as if to compensate for the waning power of the British Empire.)

Apart from his determination and ingenuity, Tintin barely has two character traits to rub together, but that’s part of his charm too. He’s Everyboy. His age is hard to pin down: he looks like an adolescent, but lives by himself and doesn’t go to school. It’s even harder to figure out where and when he lives: the world he inhabits is recognizable as generically European, with green swards and quaint cities and tree-lined thoroughfares, and belonging to some moment in the early 20th century, but you’d be hard-pressed to stick a pin in a map, or a calendar. He has no ego and no politics beyond a visceral dislike of unfairness. He has no family or romantic attachments. He’s a reporter by profession, but unlike, say, Clark Kent, you rarely ever catch him doing any reporting. He barely has any facial features. Tintin is relatable to a fault: it’s easy to imagine yourself as Tintin, whether you are in Cologne, Caracas or Kolkata.

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24 October 2011 Last updated at 04:17 ET

A report into the death of Amy Winehouse may have been sent to a complete stranger, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.

The file, thought to outline the circumstances of how the singer died, was meant to be dispatched to the star’s family.

But Scotland Yard said it “may have been delivered to an incorrect address” last Friday.

That evening, the material was handed in to a police station in north London.

Winehouse, 27, was found dead at her home, in Camden, north London, on 23 July.

‘Inquiries under way’

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “Police were ­informed that material relating to a forthcoming inquest may have been delivered to an incorrect address.

“Inquiries are now under way to establish the full circumstances of this matter.”

The singer, whose hits include Rehab and Valerie, had had a well-publicised struggle with drink and drugs.

Toxicology tests showed “no illegal substances” in her system at the time of her death.

Since her death, Winehouse’s 2006 album Back to Black has become the UK’s bestselling album of the 21st Century.

The inquest into the death of the singer will be held this week.

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10. Sabrina Salerno

Sabrina Salerno (born Norma Sabrina Salerno, 15 March 1968), also known in her singing career as Sabrina is an Italian singer, television hostess, model, actress, record producer. and songwriter. Nowadays, Sabrina is also a record producer: she owns a recording studio which was used by Sade, Simply Red, Vasco Rossi, and many others. She also runs a management agency, called New Boys Productions, and she manages some song & dance acts.  

On October 3, 2008, Sabrina published her first official greatest hits album in continental Europe, called Erase/Rewind. It includes new versions of her hits, as well as several new recorded tracks and cover versions.  On September 29, 2009, a newly remixed version of Erase Rewind was released. Named Erase Rewind Remix the CD Single was remixed by DJ’s Andrea T Mendoza and Tibet. It features 7 remixed versions and also includes the video clip filmed the previous year.  On June 15, 2010 a cover version of the Blondie hit Call Me was released by Sabrina and British singer Samantha Fox. The single peaked at #4 in the Italian Dance Singles Sales Chart on the first week of July. During the summer of 2010 she hosted the TV show Mitici 80! on Italia 1. -Wikipedia.org

9. Nina Moric

Nina Mori? (born July 22, 1976) is a Croatian model.  She was born in Zagreb, Croatia’s capital, into an upper-middle class household. She was studying to be a lawyer with the encouragement of her parents, a doctor and an economist, when she turned to modeling after winning the 1996 Croatian Elite “Look of the Year” modeling competition then placing third at the world pageant.  

While working in Los Angeles in 2000, she was cast in Ricky Martin’s hit music video, Livin’ La Vida Loca. That same year, she released her debut single as a singer, but due to its lack of success, an album was never produced. She was also pursued by Jim Carrey as the female lead to a sequel for the 1994 film The Mask, but negotiations fell through and Carrey eventually left the project. -Wikipedia.org

8. Laetitia Casta

Laetitia Marie Laure Casta (born May 11, 1978) is a French fashion model and actress. Casta’s career reportedly began when she was discovered by a photographer, during a family holiday in her father’s native Corsica, at age 15.  Casta was the official face of L’Oréal, Dior, and Chanel. She has been featured in Guess? Jeans, Tommy Hilfiger, Miu Miu and XOXO ad campaigns.

Casta has appeared on over 100 magazine covers including Victoria’s Secret catalogs, ELLE magazine, and Vogue magazine. She also appeared in three consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, Rolling Stone, and a Pirelli Calendar. She is now the face of Ralph Lauren’s newest fragrance, Notorious. In 2010, she open the Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2010 fashion show. -Wikipedia.org

7. Charlotte Casiraghi

Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi (born 3 August 1986, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo, Monaco) is the second child of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco, and the late Stefano Casiraghi, an Italian industrialist. She is fourth in line to the throne of Monaco. Her maternal grandmother was Grace Kelly. She is named after her maternal great-grandmother, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois.

In 2007, Casiraghi gained a License of Philosophy (B.A.) from the University of Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne. Casiraghi also completed two internships, firstly with the publishing house of Pierre Laffont in Paris, and then later from October 2007 with The Independent newspaper of London. -Wikipedia.org

6. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. She was later married to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from 1968 until his death in 1975. In later years she had a successful career as a book editor. She is remembered for her contributions to the arts and historic preservation, her style and elegance, and her public stoicism in the wake of President Kennedy’s assassination. -Wikipedia.org

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5. Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale was married to Italian film producer Franco Cristaldi from 1966 until their divorce in 1975, and now lives with Pasquale Squitieri, an Italian film director who has been her companion since 1975. She has two children: Patrizio, who was born out of wedlock to a Frenchman when she was 17 and later adopted by her longtime companion Pasquale Squitieri, and Claudia, whose biological father is Squitieri. Claudia Cardinale lives in Paris. She is also reported to have had an affair with former French President Jacques Chirac. -Wikipedia.org

4. Bar Refaeli

Bar Refaeli (born 4 June 1985) is an Israeli model and occasional actress, most known for her modelling work and for her relationship with American actor Leonardo DiCaprio. She was the cover model of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Refaeli began her modeling career before the age of 8 months for a baby commercial.

By age 15, she was featured in campaigns for the fashion brands Castro and Pilpel, also starring in a commercial for Milki. Refaeli won the title “Model of The Year” in an Israeli beauty contest in 2000. She was also chosen to be the home model of Renuar fashion network and appeared in their summer 2002 and winter 2003 catalogs. -Wikipedia.org

3. Grace Kelly

Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American Academy Award-winning actress and Princess consort of Monaco. In April 1956 Kelly married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and became styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, and was commonly referred to as Princess Grace.  

After embarking on an acting career in 1950, at the age of 20, Grace Kelly appeared in New York City theatrical productions as well as in more than forty episodes of live drama productions broadcast during the early 1950s Golden Age of Television. In October 1953, with the release of Mogambo, she became a movie star, a status confirmed in 1954 with a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award nomination as well as leading roles in five films, including The Country Girl, in which she gave a deglamorized, Academy Award-winning performance as Best Actress. She retired from acting at 26 to enter upon her duties in Monaco. She and Prince Rainier had three children: Caroline, Albert, and Stéphanie.

She also retained her American roots, maintaining dual US and Monégasque citizenships. She died on September 14, 1982, two months before her 53rd birthday, when she lost control of her automobile and crashed after suffering a stroke. Her daughter Princess Stephanie, who was in the car with her, survived the accident. In June 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her #13 in their list of top female stars of American cinema. -Wikipedia.org

2. Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren (born Sofia Villani Scicolone; September 20, 1934) is an Italian actress. After being credited professionally as Sofia Lazzaro, she began using her current stage name in 1952′s La Favorita. Her first starring role was in Aida (1953), for which she received critical acclaim. After playing the lead role in Two Nights with Cleopatra (1953), her breakthrough role was in The Gold of Naples (1954), directed by Vittorio De Sica. Too Bad She’s Bad, also released in 1954, became the first of many films in which Loren co-starred with Marcello Mastroianni.

Over the next three years she acted in many films such as Scandal in Sorrento (1955) and Lucky to Be a Woman (1956). In 1957, Loren’s star had begun to rise in Hollywood, with the films Boy on a Dolphin (her U.S. film debut), Legend of the Lost with John Wayne, and The Pride and the Passion in which she starred opposite Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra. -Wikipedia.org

1. Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (born 28 September 1934) is a French actress, animal rights activist, fashion model, and singer.  In her early life Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer. She started her acting career in 1952 and after appearing in 16 films became world-famous due to her role in the controversial film And God Created Woman. During her career in show business Bardot starred in 48 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs.

She participated in various musical shows and recorded many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s, mostly in collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg, Bob Zagury and Sacha Distel, including “Harley Davidson”, “Je Me Donne A Qui Me Plait”, “Bubble gum”, “Contact”, “Je Reviendrais Toujours Vers Toi”, “L’Appareil A Sous”, “La Madrague”, “On Demenage”, “Sidonie”, “Tu Veux, Ou Tu Veux Pas?”, “Le Soleil De Ma Vie” (the cover of Stevie Wonder’s “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”) and the notorious “Je t’aime… moi non plus”. Bardot pleaded with Gainsbourg not to release this duet and he complied with her wishes; the following year he re-recorded a version with British-born model and actress Jane Birkin, which became a massive hit all over Europe. -Wikipedia.org

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