First off, R.I.P. to Bill Walsh, Tom Snyder, Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni…and thoughts and prayers to those victim of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis….
Now…for a little bit more lighter fare…
Fall is upon us and so is a bunch of news from the world of fashion and pop culture….
Carolina Soler-Avila, a student at University of Wales, was offered an internship with the legendary fashion designer, Dame Vivienne Westwood. Her first assignment: make a couture gown for Kate Moss using only the skins and bones from a bucket of KFC fried chicken.
Donald’s Trump’s baby girl (his first one) Ivanka Trump poses for Stuff magazine’s fall fashion issue hitting newsstands Aug. 14. Nothing says classy corporate like posing in a skimpy bikini while being hosed down in water.
Say what you want about her acting, singing and all that other mumbo jumbo - Jennifer Lopez rocks the hell out of anything she wears. Here she is at the premiere of her new movie, El Cantante:
I bet you she can even rock the hell out of a dress made out of fried chicken skins and bones.
According to a bunch of kill joy doctors, fashion can be bad for your health - skinny jeans, oversized bags and even a thong can threaten your life. I know what they mean -I once saw a person wearing a pair of Crocs fall deathly ill from a rare disease called tackiness.
Not only is Nicole Richiefour month preggers, but she also accomplished one of the hardest tasks for any Hollywood princess. No, I am not talking about her interview with Diane Sawyer - I am referring to her being on the cover of OK! Magazine. Forget Time, Vogue, Newsweek and all those other rags, OK! is the most honored accomplishment for any and all celebs. Lionel must be proud. But that doesn’t mean she isn’t gonna spend time in the slammer for being a naughty girl.
Paris Hilton is selling her home in Hollywood. She is also having a garage sale where you can buy her out-of-season Jimmy Choos, her diginity, her mom, some of her dogs, her soul, copies of some of her movies (no, not that one) and vials of her sweat.
Speaking of BFFs Paris and Nicole, their show, The Simple Life will be ending its run after five seasons. Oh no. What are we going to do now? We are probably going to have to watch something poignant with global issues like MTV’s Real World: Sydney. Damn.
AVON CALLING! The always lovely (and rumored main squeeze of Jake Gyllenhaal) Reese Witherspoon has become the first Avon Global Ambassador. This is very cool and all, but there is no amount of Avon product that will make any woman look as fabulous as Reese.
There is someone who may be using Avon products in the wrong way - check out this new pic of Heath Ledger as the lipstick-crazy Joker threatening the life of Reese’s could-be-sister-in-law Maggie Gyllenhaal in the “Batman Begins” sequel, “The Dark Knight”. You can also check out the trailer here.
After a very scientific process of excruciating decision-making, Whoopi Goldberg has won the coveted forth seat on The View. I can’t wait for her to go head-to-head with that one girl…what’s her name…you know….the pregnant one.
How cool is the poster for Tim Burton’s adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd? The Edward Scissorhands-esque Johnny Depp is lookin’ fierce!
Among the plastic faces and gossip mills in Hollywood, Vanity Fair has actually plucked a few modest faces out of the “look-at-me! look-at-me!” crowd in their latest issue featuring Hollywood’s Next-Gen Men - and the list is quite impressive. The cream of the crop includes Channing Tatum, Charlie Cox, Steven Strait, Shia Labeouf, Kevin Zegers, Michael Pitt, Henry Cavill, Paul Dano, Ben Foster, Eddie Redmayne and…Link Larkin himself, Zac Efron.
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama proves that he is hip and happenin’ by appearing on the latest issue of Vibe. Yes, we know you’re young and hip - and based on your picture, you can use a little sleep too.
And finally, environmental awareness is so the “in” thing right now. Leo loves it, I’m sure Angelina does her part and Al is the “God of all that is Green.” But when people make little videos like this (featuring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and a host of others), it makes it a easier to digest:
Here’s the best (and worst) of fashion and pop culture news from the week of July 2, 2007….
Petite fashionable celebs Christina Aguilera and Nicole Richie are bearing children. I hope their fragile little frames can support big baby bumps. Do Gucci and Ungaro make maternity clothes?
The new one-sheet of the upcoming movie adaptation of Alvin and the Chipmunks starring Jason Lee. Sure, the movie might be unbelievably cheesy, but isn’t the modern makeover of Alvin, Simon and Theodore just adorable?
Frugal luxe Spanish retailer, Zarapasses on celebrity endorsements and uses ordinary flawless looking models to sell their fabulous clothing.
Despite mixed reviews, Transformers is one big dose of CGI-candy. I mean, who cares about the story? All the public cares about is seeing big robots, grand explosions and Shia LeBouf in a “Strokes” t-shirt for 95% of the movie.
If you don’t want to see Transformers I would suggest you watch it for the trailer of the top secret J.J. Abrams monster movie project tentatively called Cloverfield. Check out the uninformative site here.
Let’s hear it for the iPhone!…and everyone who could care less about it!
So You Think You Can Dance is like crack. I love it - but I love this video of B-boy contestant with a hybrid rat-tailed mohawk/shaved head Hok at his friend, Ryan’s (who happened to be on Season 1 of the show) b-day party, having trouble with a shoe rack and then asking for a Smirnoff afterwards.
7-11 convenient stores get Kwik-E-Mart makeovers in honor of the upcoming Simpsons movie. This is fun and all, but something like “Krusty-O’s” really doesn’t sound appetizing.
Kelly Clarkson’s new CD My December has been getting a beating from critics, but in all honesty, it is NOT that bad. Sure, it may not be good as Breakaway, but give the girl a break. Perhaps people are focusing too much on what’s been going on with the politics of her artistic integrity. Nonetheless…the girl can sing and she looks FABULOUS in that crimson dress on the cover:
Tours from bands that have been out of the spolight or are reuniting for the first time since their conception: Spice Girls, The Cure, Van Halen, The Police, Smashing Pumpkins - all I need is for the New Kids on the Block to reunite and my world will be complete.
Hip-hop violinists like Miri Ben Ari and Paul Dateh - these artists are HOT!:
Paul Dateh:
Miri Ben Ari:
John Galliano’s hyper-romantic collection from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week was a satorial masterpiece, but with him and Yohji Yamamoto creating voluminous trousers, can we see the return of MC Hammer pants?
