Kiwi designer for Napster founder’s wedding

An Oscar-winning Kiwi costume designer has been asked to weave her magic at an internet billionaire’s fairytale wedding. Sean Parker, founder of file-sharing site Napster and later president of Facebook, has hired film costume designer Ngila Dickson to create an outfit for each guest at his US$10 million (NZ$11.8m) wedding in California in June

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Watch Cell phone Video As It Captures NYC Empire State Shooting

Details of a cell phone video of the shooting scene in New York as cops take down the suspected gunman.

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NYPD names gunman; Co-Worker Targeted

The shooter, a former Manhattan resident, doesn’t appear to have any previous criminal record or ties to terrorism. It is currently speculated that the alleged gunman was firing at a former coworker.  Law enforcement officers have revised their previous count of 9 wounded to 8, and it is still unclear whether some victims may have been struck […]

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Albert Nipon: Fashion Fraud, A dress designer’s tax woes

A dress designer's tax woesAlbert Nipon, then a manufacturer of staid maternity clothes, became the talk of the fashion world in the early 1970s when he introduced a line of ultra-feminine dresses. When the fashions appeared, everyone else was selling sportswear and jeans, but the carefully tailored garments were quickly snapped up by Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman-Marcus and other tony department stores.

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Five young adults charged in burglaries of celebrity homes

They’ve been called the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch and the Bling Ring. Now, five of the six young adults accused of burglarizing celebrity homes can be known as “booked.” “Shooting began several days ago [on the pilot] and will continue for the next few weeks,” E! told CNN

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