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Star Wars-style planet 'might be able to support life'
Read lifestyle news as you browse for Star Wars fancy dress with Escapade When George Lucas dreamt up the planet of Tatooine in Star Wars, he probably wasn't thinking about whether or not it would really be able to support life. However, he may have been more scientifically correct than he realised, according to Jack O'Malley, a PhD student at the University of St Andrews. He has carried out research and found that a planet with two or more suns may indeed be able to house life, as there would... Read more...
Film fancy dress to go under the hammer in Hollywood
Avid collectors of film fancy dress may want to make their way to Hollywood quickly in order to catch an important auction. According to ContactMusic.com, Johnny Depp's Edward Scissorhands outfit and the Spiderman fancy dress sported by Brandon Routh are among the items to go under the hammer on December 17th and 18th 2010. However, an original poster from The Invisible Man is expected to raise the most cash, with a potential price of $300,000 Read more...
Star Wars fancy dress auction sure to cause a stir
An authentic Star Wars fancy dress costume is expected to raise a fortune when it goes up for auction later this month. The Darth Vader outfit, which is thought to be the one worn by James Earl Jones in The Empire Strikes Back, is being sold by an anonymous American collector at Christie's. According to expert estimates, it could pull in as much as £230,000 as fans and sci-fi enthusiasts clamour to get their hands on a piece of movie Read more...
Bank robbery in children's fancy dress fails miserably
A man who tried to rob a bank in America wearing children's fancy dress failed this week after being caught by booby-trapped money. Dennis Hawkins, 48, sported a clown costume, a blonde wig and - rather bizarrely - fake breasts to attempt the heist in Pennsylvania on Saturday (July 24th 2010). However, after holding up cashiers with a toy gun and making off with a bag of cash, Hawkins' master plan began to fail. He attempted to steal a car but its owner jumped out with the keys, while the... Read more...
Man robs bank in Star Wars fancy dress
A robber successfully pulled off a daring bank raid last week by wearing Star Wars fancy dress, it has been revealed. The baddie went into the Chase bank in Long Island, New York on Thursday (July 22nd 2010) wearing a Darth Vader fancy dress costume and proceeded to threaten staff and customers. Unfortunately for him, it took quite a long time to convince the cashiers that the incident was a real heist and not just a reality TV show Read more...
Inverness exhibition attracts scores of fancy dress costume fans
A museum in Inverness is achieving record visitor numbers thanks to a new exhibition which is appealing to fans of Star Wars fancy dress costumes and other sci-fi themes.Invasion opened at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery at the beginning of this month and features a range of props and outfits from films like Star Wars, Alien, Mars Attacks and Predator, including Darth Vader costumes and other exciting pieces.According to BBC News, some 300 people a day have been flocking to check out the event, which will go on until May... Read more...
Fancy dress replaces swimwear round in beauty contest
People heading to Sedgefield Racecourse on May 8th 2010 may well be treated to the sight of some sexy fancy dress outfits.The racecourse is to host the final of the Miss Durham contest on that day - and it promises to be a beauty pageant with a difference.There is no traditional swimwear round, but the good news is that it has been replaced by a fancy dress round.Sarah Thewlis, from Sedgefield Racecourse, told the Northern Echo the swimwear round had been dropped because some young women feel uncomfortable walking around... Read more...