SHE was the ultimate blonde sex symbol, an ex-Miss Sweden and the toast of the Hollywood ‘3B’ glamour culture of the day — blonde, busty and bold.

GUCCI, Italy’s most successful fashion house, is in the midst of a year-long 90th anniversary celebration.

WHILE the Oscars is an overblown act of worship of Hollywood by Hollywood, where the stars and directors are perceived as gods, the Cannes Film Festival is a bit more European.

A man threw a bucket of red paint or dye into Rome’s Trevi Fountain today, colouring the waters of the 18th century monument bright red in front of a crowd of astonished tourists and locals, witnesses said.

Poised with his camera outside Rome’s elegant Hassler hotel, the King of Paparazzi is waiting to get a shot.