Author Archives: Kristina Feliciano

I’m the copywriter and blogger for Stockland Martel.

Art Streiber on shooting De Niro and Stiller for “Little Fockers”

Little Fockers, the third in what may gently be called one of the funniest Focking film franchises in recent history, doesn’t open till December 22, but we can feel its eyes upon us already. Specifically, these eyes… . . . . The photos that make these ads so arresting were shot by our own Art [...]

Winter 2010 E-Newsletter: 22 new editorial and advertising highlights

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Charlize Theron auctions Doug Menuez photo to benefit her Africa Outreach Project

Last night at the Darby, the Manhattan hotspot that just opened in the space once occupied by the legendary Nell’s, Charlize Theron hosted a gala auction to raise funds for her Africa Outreach Project, which primarily provides AIDS education to youth and support to HIV-positive people in South Africa, and works on other issues such [...]

All too pretty? Prix Pictet 2011 shortlist announced.

Have you checked out the shortlist for next year’s Prix Pictet? The theme is “Growth,” which, notes the Prix Pictet site, “has proved to be a rich source of inspiration to the artists and nominators of the third cycle of the Prix Pictet. Over 450 nominated artists submitted many outstanding images that communicated powerful messages about [...]

Hotel couture: John Offenbach on shooting the first-ever Armani hotel

Earlier this year, Giorgio Armani unveiled his first-ever hotel, the Armani Hotel Dubai, ensconced in the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. To entice prospective visitors with the luxury hotel’s “minimalist elegance” and “sophisticated beauty”—two descriptions from the website that, as you will soon see, are not embellished—creative director Alex Brunori at MRM Worldwide in [...]

EW photo editor Michele Romero on Michael Muller and “Entertainer of the Year” Jon Hamm

Entertainment Weekly‘s “2010 Entertainers of the Year” issue hit stands this past Friday, featuring country-music juggernaut Taylor Swift on the cover, plus three bonus covers: Glee‘s Jane Lynch, Modern Family‘s Rico Rodriguez (he and his fellow kid castmates are no. 5 on EW‘s list), and Mad Men leading man Jon Hamm. Two of the bonus [...]

Today: Roxanne Lowit on Fran Drescher’s new “tawk” show

Fran Drescher, who previously parlayed a nasal New York accent, big hair, and outsized charm into the hit sitcom The Nanny, has returned to TV, this time as host of her own talk show. Make that “tawk” show, as in The Fran Drescher Tawk Show, which debuted on Fox November 26 and is starting out [...]

New work: Martin Sigal for “DJ Hero2″

Playing “DJ Hero,” by videogame powerhouse Activision, is all about living your fantasy of spinning hot mixes and working everyone up into a frenzy on the dancefloor as if you were in some hot nightspot in South Beach or Ibiza or West Chelsea, even though you’re actually just in your living room in a suburban [...]

5 top interior designers pick their 10 fave images from the NYT archives

The New York Times boasts an impressive archive of imagery, as you can imagine, and a wide selection of it is available at its online shop, The New York Times Store. Click on Photography, and you’ll find everything from NYC-specific shots to space & science photos, celebrity portraits, and vintage images of Chicago, the Great [...]

All the “Glory” details: Timothy White on photographing Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, and Rachel McAdams

Whether it’s celebrity portraits or posters for blockbuster movies and TV series, Timothy White and the Hollywood studios go way back—almost as far back as he and Harrison Ford, whom Timothy has been photographing for just shy of three decades. His most recent studio commission: the poster and portraits for Paramount Pictures’ Morning Glory, a [...]