4 posts tagged “mexico”

Are you celebrating Cinco de Mayo?

Um, no—and this question appeared midnight (NZST) on May 6. Why not earlier, Vox? Besides, Mexican independence is September 16.

I had never heard of the film Vantage Point but IMDB says it was released in New Zealand in mid-March. YouTube has a bad-ass car chase from it. I understand it’s set in Salamanca, Spain, but this clearly looks like México to me—the cars are the big giveaway (car buffs, look out for the Chevrolet Montana, Volkswagen Gol and Volkswagen Polo Classic, while Dennis Quaid drives not an Opel Astra H, but a Chevrolet Astra H, if you look at the badging) and it doesn’t look that much like what I have seen of Spain in photographs. (Friends with digital cameras must make life hard for film-makers these days!)
   Sound quality is not what it should be, so it was probably pirated at the cinema.

To get people in the mood for Miss Universe tonight (in the US on NBC, 9 p.m. EDT and delayed PDT), my article on Laural Barrett, Miss New Zealand 2007, is now online at the Lucire website. Photography is by London-based photographer Camille Sanson, with styling by Michiko Hughes. (We may run different ones in the print magazine.) I had wanted Laural to have a glance beforehand, but you can imagine that she’s full-on preparing for the pageant tonight. Good luck to “our Laural”: New Zealand is behind you!

Here’s a nice wee video from Miss Universe 2007 in which most contestants, including our Laural Barrett, can be seen. I have heard from Laural a few times and she is having a great time—we’re keeping our fingers crossed here!
   My story on Laural will appear online at Lucire’s original web edition first over the weekend.