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Superhero fancy dress ideal for green charity challenge?
Superhero fancy dress could be ideal for people taking part in a charity event to raise money for disadvantaged kids. Set up by Deborah Meaden from Dragon's Den, the Dragon's Den Challenge requires people to dress up in anything green to generate extra funds for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Among the participants recently were staff at Stagecoach South West in Torbay, the South Devon Herald Express reported. They headed to work in costume and managed to raise plenty of cash from their Read more...
Christina Hendricks: I'd love to wear Wonder Woman fancy dress
Mad Men star Christina Hendricks has revealed that she would enjoy wearing superhero fancy dress if she had the chance. She made her comments to US chat show host Rachel Ray when asked if she was being lined up to play comic book heroine Wonder Woman. Hendricks said: "I've been wanting to wear that outfit my whole life! I'd love to [do it]. That would be such fun. Let's put it out there!" However, it is unlikely the actress will be spotted in <a Read more...
Celebs and royals check out pirate fancy dress at City firm's charity day
A host of celebrities and even part of the Royal family headed out to see the pirate fancy dress on show at a City trading firm's charity day this week. Employees at ICAP worked for free and donned costumes to help raise money for good causes yesterday (December 8th 2010), with Prince Charles and Prince William among those taking part. The heirs to the throne even manned the phones at one stage in order to close a £14 billion deal with a foreign exchange company. Other outfits sported by the... Read more...
Only Fools and Horses superhero fancy dress episode named best TV moment
The Only Fools and Horses special which saw Del and Rodney sport superhero fancy dress has been voted the most memorable Christmas TV moment ever. According to a poll by TV channel Gold, 50 per cent of Brits named the scenes broadcast in 1996 as their favourite festive escapade of all-time, beating Wallace and Gromit's The Wrong Trousers into second place. The episode, entitled Heroes and Villains, involved the hapless Trotters being invited to what they thought was a costume party. Del sported a <a Read more...
Gran in superhero fancy dress becomes internet sensation
An elderly lady wearing superhero fancy dress has become an internet sensation after her grandson posted the pictures on the internet. Frederika Goldberger, 91, had been feeling a little down, so Sacha Goldberger from Paris persuaded her to put on a load of costumes and pose for photographs. Although she refused at first, she eventually agreed and now there are thousands of snaps of the gran in various lycra outfits. She now has more than 2,200 MySpace followers and has become a major talking point. Sacha explained that he came... Read more...
Matthew Goode to wear Superman fancy dress for new film?
It has been speculated that Matthew Goode could be set to don the famous Superman fancy dress outfit in order to play him in the forthcoming film. The new movie will be released in 2012 and director Zack Snyder is still considering who he wants to play the Kryptonite-fearing alien. Although Joe Manganiello's name had been high on the list of potential actors, it has now been widely rumoured that Goode is Snyder's ideal choice. If this is the case, it will not be the first time he has sported... Read more...
Brad Pitt: My kids would love me in Spiderman fancy dress
Brad Pitt has revealed that his kids would love to get him in superhero fancy dress to play Spiderman. Speaking to People at the premiere of his new animated movie Megamind, the actor said his little ones loved the webbed wonder. "Spiderman is big in our family. The kids think he's the coolest. If there was one superhero they would want me to play, that would be the one," he revealed. Unfortunately for Pitt, Andrew Garfield recently inherited <a Read more...
Superhero fancy dress a hit with Heidi Klum
Supermodel Heidi Klum has been spotted in superhero fancy dress for her own Halloween party. The lingerie model and wife of pop star Seal donned a robot-like outfit for the annual ball she throws for friends and family, with Eva Longoria Parker rumoured to have been on the guest list for 2010. "She's even gone so far as to wear some type of stilts. It's probably the coolest Halloween costume we've ever seen," enthused HeatWorld.com. However, it wasn't completely clear which particular character Klum had dressed up as - it Read more...
Brad Pitt 'needs to be put into superhero fancy dress'
A comic book fansite has insisted that Brad Pitt would be perfect in superhero fancy dress for a movie adaptation of a classic character. Writing for ComicBookMovie.com, an author referred to as Gab said he would love to see the Ocean's Eleven star sporting Flash fancy dress to play the DC creation. He argued that this would really get the world's attention and would allow the company to hold its own against all the recent Marvel Read more...
Youngster wins award for superhero fancy dress
A youngster won an award for his superhero fancy dress after taking part in an event to raise money for charity recently. According to the South Yorkshire Star, Year Seven pupil Danny Wilkins was among scores of children involved in a sponsored walk to generate cash for fellow pupil Amy Kennedy, who suffers from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Danny did his ten laps of the school fields in Superman fancy dress and was voted to be the best effort on the day, Read more...
Breakfast at Tiffany's costume 'is the best ever movie fancy dress'
The Holly Golightly costume sported by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's has been deemed to be the best ever movie fancy dress by one film buff. Kieran Murphy of the University Observer said the little black dress designed by Givenchy defined the actress's style for the rest of her career and deserves its place in his ultimate chart. "This will remain one of the most potent fashion moments in movie history," he commented. Meanwhile, the <a Read more...
Superhero fancy dress? It's got to be Batman this Halloween
If you've got your heart set on superhero fancy dress this Halloween, then you may want to choose a Batman costume. Aaron Martin from Official Wire tipped the Caped Crusader as being bang on-trend this October 31st, with no sign of interest abating since the release of the Dark Knight. "The Batman phenomenon has captured the interest of people all over the globe," he commented. The costumes expert added that anyone dressed as Batman is sure to have a night to remember if they go to a party, as it... Read more...