He may not consider himself a fashion icon, but Justin Timberlake likes to take style credit where it's due. "It's funny, I keep hearing Ashton Kutcher say how he was responsible for trucker caps,” says Timberlake, 27, in the cover story for Fashion Rocks , a magazine supplement sent to Vanity Fair subscribers with the new issue. Timberlake maintains that he and best friend Trace Ayala – with whom he launched the William Rast denim line in 2005 – "were wearing them when we were seventeen." Still, the singer admits he doesn't try to be trendsetter. "Honestly, I don't walk out of my house thinking, Man, I hope... Less

The latest Batman installment already had broken records for best opening weekend at $158.4 million and best single-day with $66.4 million. It's also busted records in its showings on IMAX screens, making $16.3 million in its first 10 days. "What can you say? We've been getting a lot of repeat business coming in," Fellman said. "Our audience is expanding, like you would expect with terrific word-of-mouth and strong reviews. Our audience is getting a little bit older, that's the good news. We're finding the younger demographic, male and female, coming back." "The Dark Knight" could pass "Titanic" as the... Less

Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan sit side by side during the unveiling of WhiteKnightTwo at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Mojave, Calif. -- After years of secretive construction, Sir Richard Branson explains his motive for creating Virgin Galactic: "Seeing the planet from out there surrounded by the incredibly thin layer of atmosphere helps one to wake up to the fragility of the small proportion of the planet's mass that we inhabit and to the importance of protecting the Earth." Sir Richard Branson speaks glowingly about his plans for Virgin Galactic at the WK2 unveiling. After Scaled Composites put... Less

An auction house worker poses for the photographer Thursday June 19, 2008, in front of Claude Monet's 'Le bassin aux nympheas' 1919 painting, ahead of an auction on June 24, at Christie's auction house in central London. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP) A water lily painting by impressionist master Claude Monet was sold for more than $80 million at auction Tuesday, kicking off a week of modern-art sales expected to reach records that defy the global economic downturn. The painting "Le bassin aux nymphéas," or "Water Lily Pond," was sold by Christie's for $80,451,178 including buyer's premium, making... Less

And Christian Siriano ), maybe it's just not possible. Or maybe everyone just had a hard time with the first challenge, which debuted in Season One, as the designers were asked to make outfits from groceries and sundries from the supermarket Gristedes. Many of the contestants took the easy way out and decided to work with tablecloths (aka "fabric") and then were faced with the last-minute challenge of making them not look like tablecloths once Tim noted that they'd all be called out for going the easy route. Only Korto Momolu prevailed by adding some jewel-like vegetables to her well-sewn, vibrant yellow... Less

So it's no surprise that the tagline for his new photography website company is, "It's all about the images." That idea is at the heart of APhotoFolio.com , which launched July 25 with websites from VII photojournalist Antonin Kratochvil and commercial car and motorcycle photographer Bill Cash. If you know who Haggart is, you probably know him as the creator of APhotoEditor.com . If you don't know him, here's the deal: He started anonymously blogging the insider details of magazine photo departments in August 2007 while he was still at Men's Journal . His blog became wildly popular and his identity the... Less

The iPhone is definitely turning into an enterprise heavyweight . Tom Gibbons, head of Microsoft's Specialized Devices and Applications Group (which houses their Mac developers) confirmed to Fortune that Microsoft is looking at bringing native Office apps to the iPhone with the SDK: "To the extent that Mac Office customers have functionality that they need in that environment, we're actually in the process of trying to understand that now." And why wouldn't they? On top of Office apps, TellMe, which Microsoft picked up last year, does voice recognition software, mostly for Windows Mobile, but their... Less

The office as a hub for romance has long been an area of intrigue. Inadvertently inviting opportunities for intimacy, it affects many in the workplace. A 2008 study by Vault.com found that 46 percent of respondents had been involved with an office romance. A 2006 CareerBuilder.com survey found that 34 percent of respondents married a fellow co-worker. This is no surprise given professionals typically spend more time in the office than anywhere else. Having no time to meet someone -- for sex and/or love -- it’s only natural that coworkers become potential partners. Between spending long hours together... Less

The departure of Kevin Johnson , chief of Microsoft's Platform and Services Division, will also pave the way for a re-organization of the 14,000-strong unit, which oversees products and services such as Windows Vista, Windows Live, and Web search and advertising. The trio of executives that formerly reported to Johnson will now report directly to CEO Steve Ballmer to help run Windows and Windows Live. That trio is senior vice-president Steven Sinofsky, who is leading development of the next version of Windows; senior vice-president John Devaan , who oversees development of Windows' core components... Less

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has resettled about 400 Iraqis and their relatives who were at risk for helping Australian troops and diplomats in their troubled homeland, officials said Friday. The Iraqis who accepted a government offer of humanitarian visas to settle permanently in Australia were flown in secretly by military aircraft over the past two months, Defense Ministry official Christian Taubenschlag said. "This project was not without risk, but deserting these people who assisted Australian troops and because of that were at risk of persecution was not an option for the Australian... Less