Burberry World Live - Film, Music and Digital Weather - Launches in Taipei.






To celebrate the opening of their nearly 15,000 square foot flagship store in Taiwan (shown above), Burberry World Live, a 360 immersive experience, began in Taipei on 26 April 2012.



Christopher Bailey designed a custom cylindrical space that brought to life the Burberry worlds of British Heritage, Fashion, Music and Weather to celebrate the opening of the Burberry Taiwan flagship store at Taipei 101.





Combining an eight part 360 degree film, a live musical performance and digital weather experience, Burberry World Live will tour cities globally including London, Hong Kong and Chicago later this year.

This multi sensory experience is the first to blur the physical and digital dimensions of the brand.

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DID MICHAEL JACKSON AND WHITNEY HOUSTON ONCE HAVE A SECRET AFFAIR???!!!: MICHAEL JACKSON'S former bodyguard, Matt Fiddes, is making more shocking claims.

One week after claiming HE'S the biological father of Michael's youngest child, BLANKET, Fiddes now claims MJ and WHITNEY HOUSTON were on the down low.

According to Matt, back in 1991, Michael hooked it up with WHITNEY HOUSTON!!! Fiddes tells London's "Sun" tabloid, quote, "Whitney practically moved into Michael's ranch and they had a fling like any other young couple. But Michael said later he had always hoped the relationship had gone further, and I know he dreamed of marrying her."


Michael and Whitney went their seperate ways, but reunited about a decade later at a concert for Michael in New York. Quote, "They were both a mess [by then], to be honest. They shared what would be their final hugs and Michael begged Whitney to get off the drugs that were destroying her life. The two of them whispered that they loved each other as they hugged."

BREAKING NEWS! KHLOE AND LAMAR TO CALL IT QUITS!!!: According to sources close to LAMAR ODOM and KHLOE KARDASHIAN, the couple has decided to call it quits … on the “Khloe & Lamar” show, that is.

TMZ is reporting that the second season of the show will be its last because Lamar wants to focus on an NBA comeback. Odom, if you recall, was traded by the L.A. Laker to the Dallas Mavericks at the start of the season, and then regulated to the Maverick’s inactive list after playing like he didn’t want to be there.

TMZ says that although they’ll be pulling the plug on the spinoff, Khloe and Lamar will still make occasional appearances on “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” That sound you hear is me breathing a sigh of relief.

KIM KARDASHIAN WAS THE BUTT OF JOKES AT WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENCE DINNER: KIM KARDASHIAN attended the White House Correspondence Dinner Saturday, but may have regretted that decision. Kim and the Kardashian clan were the butt of several jokes during the evening, coming from not only host JIMMY KIMMEL, but PRESIDENT OBAMA as well.


“If you're looking for the greatest threat to America right now, she's right there," Kimmel joked, pointing at Kim, who sat at the Fox News table with LINDSAY LOHAN.

He added, “When you took office, the Kardashians had one reality show. Now they have four. This is not a good trend."

As for Obama, in a pre-taped segment in which they faked him not knowing his mic was turned on backstage, he was heard saying ...

"Seriously, guys, what am I doing here? I'm the President of the United States...why am I telling knock-knock jokes to Kim Kardashian? What is she famous for, anyway?"

MARIAH CAREY + NICK CANNON RENEW THEIR VOWS


JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT EMBARRASSED BY HER CRUSH DECLARATION: Earlier this month, JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT was on the "Ellen" show and revealed she was crushing on Maroon 5 singer and "The Voice" judge ADAM LEVINE.


Well, last week Adam on the "Ellen" show Adam told her that when he heard about Jennifer's comments, he thought, quote, "That was aggressive . . . it was really sweet and flattering."

So an embarrassed JLove headed to Twitter to talk about how it felt to get shot down so publicly. She wrote in reply to the hashtag #KeepCrushesQuiet, quote, "The moment when you make a comment about something or someone and the world makes you feel like a total fool."


"Thank you to Adam Levine for being so gracious on 'Ellen' about my crush heard 'round the world. I've learned a lesson.

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PATRICK DEMPSEY PLAYS REAL LIFE HERO: "McDreamy" himself, PATRICK DEMPSEY, came to the rescue of a teen driver who crashed and flipped his car in Malibu last week.

On Tuesday, a 17-year-old crashed his Ford Mustang right in front of Dempsey's house. Patrick saw the crash, grabbed a crowbar, and ran outside to get the kid out of the car.


According to the teen, when he opened his eyes, Patrick was looking down at him. He asked Patrick, quote, "Are you famous?" And Patrick responded, quote, "I'm a doctor."

Patrick then waited with Weston until paramedics arrived, called the kid's mother to tell her about the accident and keep her calm, and followed the ambulance to the hospital to make sure the teen was OK.

THE WANTED CALL CHRISTINA AGUILERA A 'BITCH': The boy band THE WANTED don't think too highly of CHRISTINA AGUILERA. They recently performed on "The Voice", and apparently gave them the cold shoulder.

Band member MAX GEORGE told a New York radio station that Christina, quote, "a bit scary to be honest." SIVA KANESWARAN added, quote, "She was quite rude." TOM PARKER went a little further. He said, quote, "She was a total bitch!"

"She just sat there and didn't speak to us. Wouldn't even look at us," he added. Tom has since apologized about calling her the b-word, but he still thinks Christina was rude to them. He told TMZ, quote, "We just think manners cost nothing, you know what I mean?"

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FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 'DUH', MEL GIBSON ADMITS TO HAVING TEMPER: MEL GIBSON was on "The Tonight Show" on Friday night and addressed his latest in a long, long line of taped meltdowns.

 "You know, I love coming to [your show] because when I get here and you tape me, you let me know you're going to do that up front!" Mel said,  trying to make light of the situation.

Mel made headlines recently when screenwriter Joe Eszterhas accused him of being anti-Semitic and released tapes of the star flipping out. He admitted to Jay that he had been "peeved" at Joe over the delay of the script, then added, "You know, maybe you don't know this about me, but I've got a little bit of a temper."

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The Miwa House, An Award-Winning Custom Home by Phil Kean Designs.




“Miwa”, a modern, custom home by Phil Kean Designs, Inc., earned one of the home building industry’s highest honors when it captured the coveted Golden Aurora Award in the 2011 Aurora Awards design competition presented at the 33rd annual Southeast Building Conference (SEBC).




Judges’ comments included this from Ed Binkley, AIA, Ed Binkley Design, Winter Park, FL: “This contemporary home blew away the competition from start to finish”, a complete package with clean lines; a spectacular entrance draws in you and does not disappoint. Continuity flows throughout with style, design and merchandising each complimenting and creating a complete package.”




This contemporary home features clean lines and extensive details, a unique entrance of floating steps over moving water, attractive focal points, great flows of volumes and spaces, and incorporates large areas of indoor/outdoor living on both levels.





The challenge was to connect the main home to the existing guest house which was accomplished with a center garden and floating step walkway which mimics the main home’s entrance.




The garden features a fountain, fire pit, pool, outdoor arbor dining area, and LED lighting under the floating steps. Taking aging in place into consideration, there are master suites on both levels, elevator, and garage entrance.






The home’s great room and kitchen open to the lanai, summer kitchen, and garden via folding and pocketing glass doors and uses a retractable screen concealed in the lanai. When the screen is lowered, it holds up to 90% of the home’s conditioned air and keeps out insects. The 2nd floor master and exercise rooms open to balconies.

Foyer, stairs and great room:



Dining area:

Kitchen:


Master Bedroom Suite:



Master Bath:

Alt Master suite:


The home also has a theater room, library, and office/workshop with Murphy bed.

Theater Room:



This home was built for empty nesters who have long term guests, hence the private main residence and the close but not too close guest house.





Golden Aurora
Winner: Phil Kean Designs
Category Name: CUSTOM HOME (One of a Kind) Over $3,000,001

For Project: Miwa located in Winter Park, FL
Team Members include: Phil Kean Designs; Evergreen Consulting; CRT Studio, Inc.; Cabinetry Creations; and Harvey Smith Photography
Size of Unit: 4728
Sales Price: $3,020,000.00

In addition to the Golden Aurora, Phil Kean Designs, Inc. was honored with Awards for Best of State, Kitchen, Interior Detailing, and Interior Merchandising.

The nationally recognized Aurora Awards honor builders, planners, architects, developers, designers, interior merchandisers and other housing-related professionals in a 12-state region stretching from Texas to Virginia plus the Eastern Caribbean.

Phil Kean Designs, Inc. partnered with CRT Studio, Inc. and Cabinetry Creations to produce the 4,728-square-foot, $3 million luxury home in Winter Park that a team of independent judges deemed the best of more than 200 entries.

CRT Studio strives to create artistic, poetic, interior environments that create balance and harmony for our clients and their spaces. Through design communication, conversation and execution we make each project a distinct realization of their dreams.

images courtesy of Phil Kean Designs, The Auroras and CRT Studio