Omar and Isabel have just fulfilled the dream of many a film school graduate: they have made their first feature-length movie with nationally renowned actors. What’s more, the new film, entitled X1, will be the first European porno in 3D.

The film would have been an ambitious undertaking even for a seasoned filmmaker. After collaborating on several short erotic films, one of which, Daily Pleasures, was featured in the Festival Erótico de Barcelona and the magazine Primera Línea, the two producers felt they needed a bigger challenge.

Gerard Piqué has got it.  FC Barcelona’s 22-year-old fullback has got that special something that makes everyone from a gaggle of pimply teenage girls right down to a pack of cigar-chewing socis simply swoon.  He has not even broken a sweat winning over the unanimous acclaim from the Catalan sports press and the legions of culés who take turns hailing him as Carles Puyol’s heir apparent or declaring him the reincarnation of the legendary German defender Franz Beckenbauer.  And while there is nothing at all shocking about Barcelona’s infatuation with …

The best-selling women’s magazine Brigitte announced last month that as of 2010, it would no longer feature professional models with “size zero” figures, opting instead for “real life” women. Editor-in-chief Andreas Lebert said that the move is a response to readers complaining that they felt no connection to the models featured in editorials. Lebert explained that “the whole modeling industry is anorexic” and that the magazine would now choose its models from the common pool of German women, whether it be “the 18-year-old A-level student, the company chairwoman, the musician, or the footballer”.