Chic Electrique

Bono and The Edge from U2 appeared on “Good Morning America” on Friday, speaking via satellite from Nice, while director Julie Taymor sat with the host in the studio, about their upcoming Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

Set to open in December, the musical is “a profound moving love story,” according to Taymor, best known for The Lion King, and features music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge.

She also revealed some new characters, including a villain called Swiss Miss, who’s made of Swiss Army knives. And I bet she wears a red and white outfit.

Annie Leibovitz photographed Bono and his wife Ali Hewson in Africa for the new Louis Vuitton Core Values ad campaign.

The couple posed in clothes from their own ethical fashion line, Edun (of which LVMH owns nearly 50 percent). Ali Hewson is holding the Keepall 45 bag in brown leather, co-designed by Edun and Vuitton. It is entirely hand-produced by Made, which promotes fair trade in Kenya.

All profits from the bag will go to TechnoServe in Africa. Bono and Ali are also donating their fees to TechnoServe as well as to Chernobyl Children International.

The ads will run in October. Louis Vuitton and Edun are also organizing an exhibition called Africa Rising from October 5 to 17 in Paris (Louis Vuitton, 1, rue du Pont Neuf) which will showcase the continent’s creative prowess.

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