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Today I have added screencaps from Home & Away episode #4164 – in this episode Tasha tries to support Robbie in his studies, as he tries to support her with her morning sickness and pregnancy, but it all gets too much for him and after losing his assignment he explodes and reveals he blames Tasha for all their current struggles, only for Tasha to overhear him.

Updates will be slow in the next week or so leading up to Christmas, because of the busy holiday season, but I will be continuing to work on content, Home & Away screencaps and more asap after Christmas Day (or sooner, depending on time!). For now, enjoy the new Home & Away caps:

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With a big thanks to Sway, we now have exclusive scans from the new issue of German Glamour that Isabel covers. Unfortunately it’s just a 1-page feature inside, with a brief article that talks about Isabel’s rise to fame, her charitable exploits, and how to get her make-up look. But it’s still a good read, and great to see her on the cover of more and more international magazines. Scans are in the Gallery for you.

Sway was also kind enough to translate the article for us, and you can read it in it’s entirity below.

Cover Look: Isabel Lucas
She makes Hollywood (and us) melt with her uber-natural charisma.

She came to international fame with her role in 2009 in the second installment of the “Transformers” franchise. Shortly after that, the Australian actress was the cover girl of the Italian “Vogue”. Her latest movie “Immortals” is an action blockbuster in which she plays godess Athena alongside Mickey Rourke (in theatres now).

In real life, the 26-year-old surrounds herself with titans such as Shia LeBoeuf, Jake Gyllenhall and Jared Leto but her heart is beating only for the bearded, Australian singer-songwriter Angus Stone. Both are highly involved with the protection of the coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef (protectourcoralsea.org.au). It’s not her first eco-political involvement: in 2007 the beauty with a fondness for romantic hippie-styles belonged to a group of activists that protested against whaling in Japan which earned her the nickname “Princess of Whales”

Recreate Isabel’s Nude-Look:
With a toned moisturizing cream and concealer for a transparent base, rouge in rosewood tones for fresh and natural looking cheeks. Beige-golden eyeshadow on the upper eyelid and as a thin line along the lower eyelid. Only use mascara on the upper eyelashes and fill in the eyebrows if needed. As a finish, use a matt nude-look lipstick.

Following her multiple magazine covers a month or so ago, German fans can now find Isabel on the cover of their new issue of Glamour magazine! Yep, Isabel graces the cover of the January 2012 issue of German Glamour. The photo used on the cover is from Isabel’s recent UK Tatler spread, and I expect the photos inside are from that same shoot, or another recent one. I don’t know whether the interview/article inside is new yet. You can see a run-down of the main features in this issue here at their website, although there is nothing more about Isabel’s feature.

View the cover below, and if anyone can contribute scans from this magazine to Isabel Lucas Online then please get in touch! I always love being able to add scans from Isabel’s worldwide magazine features and I know that our visitors appreciate them!

Just a teeny tiny update now, but I’ve added an additional 3 HQ photos from yesterdays Louis Vuitton Maison Opening.

Check back for more Home & Away caps, and maybe more, in the next few days.

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Heath Ziegenfusz has contributed a beautiful drawing he did of Isabel to us, and you can now view it on our new Fanart page in the Media section. It’s a really fantastic portrait, and looks exactly like her. He choose one of my favourite Immortals stills to draw, and has definitely done the photo justice. Big thanks goes to the talented Heath Ziegenfusz for letting us post his drawing here!

With all the success Isabel has been having recently, and the fact that she’s gaining new fans here, there and everywhere, I thought it would be nice to do something to celebrate her birthday, so I have put together a Birthday Project! The idea is that you send in your birthday wishes, whether they be messages, graphics, videos, poems, etc. to wish Isabel a happy birthday. And on top of that, knowing Isabel’s passion for her charities, we thought it would be nice if those who wanted to also made a donation to their chosen charity in honour of Isabel.

Head on over to our special Birthday Project pages to read more. The pretty layout there was made for us by Celyn.

Her birthday is not for almost 2 months, so you have a while to think about what you might like to submit and to put it together to send in. (Which is why this project has been opened quite early!). I hope you like this idea and take part in it … I can’t wait to see your submissions!

Earlier today Isabel attended the opening of the Louis Vuitton Maison Australia in Sydney. She looked striking in a unique half navy-half patterned 3/4 length dress (from the LV Pre-Fall 2011 collection) with strappy black sandal heels and her blonde hair left naturally down. What do you think of this look on Isabel? Isabel posed on the red carpet with LV chairman and CEO Yves Carcelle.

Scroll on down this post for an article with more information on the opening of LV’s new store, and find 11 photos – including 3 HQs – from the event in our Gallery!

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Ready for more Tasha goodies? Today I have added screencaps from two more Home & Away episodes – #4155 and #4156 from 2006. They are both quite Tasha centric episodes, particularly #4156. In these episodes we see Tasha dealing with morning sickness and the secret surrounding her pregnancy, and then the revelation that she killed Summer Bay’s much hated mayor, Josh West. More info on these episodes will be added to our Episode Guide in due course.

And what’s more, I’ve found episode #4156 on YouTube, and have embedded it further down this post for your viewing pleasure:

Over 600 screencaptures from these two milestone Tasha episodes can now be viewed in our Gallery:

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The famously out-spoken Mickey Rourke, who stars as Hyperion in Immortals, mentioned Isabel in a new interview with Modern Man. It’s a brief mention but quite a compliment coming from him!

You visited a Russian prison to prepare for your role in Iron Man 2. How did you prepare to play an ancient Greek Titan king for Immortals?
I showed up. The director spent three years working on the overall look of the film and that really helped. They paid me a lot of money for a few days of work so I was happy to go. It’s just a shame I didn’t get to work with the hot blond chick, Isabel Lucas. I also loved Frieda Pinto, but she has a boyfriend. She’s a really nice person and I have great respect for her as an actress — and I think most actresses are c*nts with a capital K.