Alex Bilmes

<p>Wes Anderson in Venice </p>
Film

Wes Anderson is the most overrated and self-satisfied director

Anderson’s tics of stars playing two-dimensional oddballs, doll’s house design, and a confected mournfulness create work that feels superficially deep, and deeply superficial

27 Sept 2023
Lifestyle

Boy George on love, drugs and facing his demons

He’s been a gender-bending punk, a heroin addict, a jailbird and a reality TV star. But now Boy George is clean, serene and gluten-free, says Alex Bilmes

14 Apr 2016
Calmer chameleon: Boy George in  a shoot for ES Magazine
Celebrity News

Boy George: My appetite for self-destruction is greatly diminished

The Voice judge said he has changed his lifestyle and is turning his hand to new skills

13 Apr 2016
Stupendously attractive: Cindy Crawford
Lifestyle

In bed with Cindy Crawford

Thirty years in the business and Cindy Crawford has never been busier: fronting campaigns, holidaying with the Clooneys and guiding her 13-year-old daughter as she takes her first steps towards becoming a second-generation fashion icon

15 Jan 2015
Model looks: Cindy says she has enjoyed the heyday of modelling (Picture: Adam Whitehead)
Celebrity News

Cindy Crawford: It's not so super for models now ... magazines want

Cindy Crawford says magazine covers and big contracts now go to celebrities over professional models

14 Jan 2015
Leather coat, £5,745, and turtleneck dress, £1,591, Louis Vuitton (louisvuitton.co.uk)
Lifestyle

Gemma Arterton: Gravesend to West End

Gemma Arterton grew up in Kent with big dreams that got her into RADA without having ever read Shakespeare, and on to Hollywood. Now, with the lead role in the biggest West End show of the autumn and a new man in her life, she’s found her voice, she tells Alex Bilmes

29 Oct 2014