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Tamara Mellon is her usual sparkling self as she welcomes us to New York. The icy air and snow-dusted pavements do nothing to cool the fashion heavyweight’s happiness as she leads the way into her beautiful Upper East Side penthouse, where she lives with her daughter Araminta, 12, from her marriage to Matthew Mellon, and their naughty duo of dogs, Jack the Pomeranian and Maxie the Yorkie. Not only is the 47-year-old Jimmy Choo co-founder going from strength to strength with her new eponymous clothing line, HELLO! can also exclusively announce Tamara’s engagement to her beau of almost four years, legendary talent agent Michael Ovitz, 68. The co-founder of Creative Artists and former president of the Walt Disney Company hinted unsubtly at a proposal before popping the question in December.…

Power couple George and Amal Clooney have been the talk of New York City since temporarily relocating there two weeks ago. Oscar winner George is in Manhattan filming the Jodie Foster-directed film Money Monster . Joining him in Manhattan is his 37-year-old barrister wife, who will soon be combining her legal work with delivering lectures on human rights law to students at the city’s prestigious Columbia Law School. “It is an honor to be invited as a visiting professor… alongside such a distinguished faculty and talented student pool,” she wrote. “I look forward to getting to know the next generation of human rights advocates studying here.” WORK AND PLAY During their time in the city, the couple – who usually divide their time between their homes in London, Italy and…

With a world-famous fashion designer for a mother and a style-savvy father, it was perhaps a foregone conclusion that, even at the age of three, Harper Beckham would enjoy shopping for clothes. And last week the trendy tot couldn’t have looked happier on a shopping spree with her doting dad in London, clutching a bag from upmarket French children’s store Bonpoint in one hand and David’s hand in the other. In an interview published days later, David revealed how all four of his and Victoria’s children take great delight in choosing their own clothes. “They style themselves,” he said. “We let them make their own decisions in what they wear, although we obviously tweak it from time to time. Harper’s been recognised for what she wears, but she likes that…

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her daughter Princess Estelle looked picture perfect at Stockholm’s royal palace last week. Sporting matching purple coats, the couple joined the traditional Victoria Day celebrations, which included a drum salute, as delighted onlookers gathered outside. Three-year-old Estelle seemed enthralled with the proceedings, held in honour of all those called Victoria, and smiled happily at the crowds who had gathered in the spring sunshine. She also clapped along to the sounds of the orchestra, which played the festive march composed for Victoria’s 18th birthday and Abba’s Does Your Mother Know. Notably absent was Estelle’s father Prince Daniel, who was missing his first Victoria Day since he married the Crown Princess in 2010. “He had to do other things today, unfortunately,” said Victoria. “But I’m in…

In the busy build up to the start of a string of concerts in her native Australia, Kylie Minogue found the perfect way to relax – by taking a sunny stroll with her sister Dannii. The sisters were spotted in their home town of Melbourne, with Dannii, 43 – who has sung the praises of a diet full of raw foods and juices – sipping on a cooling drink. Equally health-conscious Kylie, 46, was seen carrying a shopping bag bearing the label of a Chinese traditional medicine clinic. Dannii, who spent four years as a judge on the UK version of The X Factor , is back full time in Australia, where she’s relaunching her singing career as well as raising her son Ethan, four. She recently told how it…

It is such inspired casting that it almost makes you wonder why no one thought of the idea before: the glossy, glamorous Elizabeth Hurley – who has always possessed a rather regal air – playing a sexy, feisty, modern-day British queen. Beginning on E! later this month, The Royals is a raunchy, racy – and wholly fictitious – portrayal of palace life that Elizabeth likens to “a cross between Dynasty and Gossip Girl”, created by a US TV network but shot on location in London, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and beyond. As befits her character Queen Helena’s credentials, we are in the genteel surroundings of The Lowell hotel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in a classically furnished dining room with chandeliers and starched white tablecloths. It’s a week before the TV drama’s…