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- Cate Blanchett versus Nicole Kidman: who looked better in Sydney?
- Gwyneth Paltrow shills frozen, processed food when she thinks we’re not looking
- Chris Brown & Rihanna’s new joint songs, is she hurting her career by association?
- Woman who signed away her baby to a married sociopath she met online: sympathetic?
- Duggars endorse Rick Santorum: ‘We want a man that honors God to lead our nation’
- LeAnn Rimes wears “LovE” necklace, tweets about “playing with the babies”
- Russian billionaire buys 22 year-old daughter $88 million NYC apartment
- Beyonce & Jay-Z had a date night at last night’s NJ Nets- NY Knicks game
- Duchess Kate wears brown Orla Kiely for an Oxford visit: adorable or tacky?
- Lindsay Lohan allegedly scores the Elizabeth Taylor part, with a cracked-out caveat
Cate Blanchett versus Nicole Kidman: who looked better in Sydney? Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:44 AM PST These are some photos from the weekend that I've only just seen – I'm sorry about that! Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett were two of several judges at the TropFest short film festival in Sydney, Australia. Quick, without looking it up – which one is older, La Blanchett or La Kidman? I had to look it up too – Cate is 42 years old, and she'll be 43 in May. Nicole is 44, and she'll be 45 in June. So Cate is younger by two years. Does Cate look it? To me, Cate's face is timeless. She's looked pretty much like this since her 20s. She'll still look like this a decade from now. As for Nicole… she's fighting and she's Botoxing and she's injecting… still? Or has she eased up? I don't even know. But I like what the Australian humidity (I'm assuming) has done to Nicole's hair – I get tired of her straight-ironed locks. Anyway, the event was easy enough – Nicole and Cate and the other judges had to watch a lot of short films and announce the winners. Cate and Nicole sat with each other – I wonder if they get along? I think Cate gets along with everyone. So they probably had a nice time. Nicole's dress is Gucci, by the way, and Cate is wearing Hussein Chalayan. It feels like Nicole is too dressy, but I kind of dislike Cate's outfit too. Still, it's Cate and she can pull off anything. |
Gwyneth Paltrow shills frozen, processed food when she thinks we’re not looking Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:21 AM PST (Note on German Poster Translation: “I’m not a vegetarian, but I love Veggie” and “The vegetarian brand of Spar.“) I’ve been remiss in the past few weeks by failing extol the virtues of Gwyneth Paltrow and her Goop. She too, has been quite busy with her usual New Year’s colon cleanse (you can still buy the $425 Goop-branded version) and has only surfaced to ship out a $880 stroller to her BFF, Beyonce. Isn’t it odd how Goop values Blue Ivy at a value worth approximately two pristine colons? Anyway, we’re all quite familiar with Gwyneth’s disdain of processed, pedestrian food. She is, after all, a traditional 1950s housewife who cooks nearly every meal from scratch because she’d rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a can and would rather die than feed her kids “Cup-A-Soup.” So it comes as quite a shock to see that Gwyneth is now shilling frozen food to the peasants in Austria when she thinks no one will notice:
[From Austrian Times] Basically, SPAR food is a slightly fancier version of “Cup-A-Soup,” but in all fairness, Gwyneth might think this brand is slightly more exotic simply because it’s not an American product. Because that would be too gauche. Lest you think that I’m being too tough on Gwyneth (who cleary needs to make a buck to finance the Goop lifestyle), here’s an account from Videogum by the fellow who snapped the billboard advert at the top of this post:
[From Videogum] Of course, Gwyneth is perfectly happy to pocket the money flowing from her newfound SPAR endorsement while she’d never actually purchase this food in real life. Naturally, I don’t have a problem with any of Goop’s cosmetic or clothing endorsements, but she professes to be a beacon of healthy cooking and even sells her own overrated cookbook in that regard. She also thought that none of the American peasants would ever be clever enough to find out that she’s shilling packets of frozen rice and peas. So yeah, this is a major Goop fail. Promotional photos courtesy of SPAR Strategy, Spar.at, billboard snap courtesy of Videogum |
Chris Brown & Rihanna’s new joint songs, is she hurting her career by association? Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:13 AM PST
For several days I’ve been hearing rumors that Rihanna and Chris brown were doing a song together called “Birthday Cake,” to coincide with Rihanna’s birthday. I thought that they might be working on something in the studio, but that there was no chance in hell that industry execs would taint Rihanna by letting any of their work together get out. Sadly I was wrong. They put out “Birthday Cake” together in which they sing about eating cake as a stupid sex metaphor, and Rihanna also sang vocals for a remix of Chris’ “Turn Up The Music.” Here’s more on that “Birthday Cake” song. This is from MTV’s blog:
[From MTV] This really turns my stomach. Maybe it’s the link between cake and sex and imagining Chris Brown’s scary O face. D-Listed explains the disgust better than I can. These two are “professionally” collaborating and they’re also tweeting to each other. Chris sent Rihanna a happy birthday message yesterday and she tweeted back “thanks.” Meanwhile Chris is still writing asinine sh*t on Twitter and then deleting it. WWE wrestler CMPunk Tweeted that he wanted to “curb stomp” Brown, and then Brown tweeted back that the guy must be impotent. “@CMpunk needs more followers. He’s such a leader! Not to mention the roids hes on has made it utterly impossible for him pleasure a women.” Chris later deleted that and just replaced it with a snotty message about how he would have his assistant send the guy an autographed photo. Is Rihanna going to see fallout from this? People are saying that she looks like she’s having issues, and she does look burnt out lately. I hope she’s ok and that she can walk away from this. It looks like she’s getting played by her abuser again, and it’s sad. Rihanna is shown out in London yesterday for her birthday on 2-21-12. She’s also shown out the day before. She’s wearing the same shorts and garters combo that we saw Miley Cyrus sporting recently except Rihanna tucked her long flannel shirt into her shorts and it’s hanging out the bottom. Chris is shown at the beach on 2-17-12. Credit: FameFlynet and WENN |
Woman who signed away her baby to a married sociopath she met online: sympathetic? Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:12 AM PST
I’m a mom, and whenever I hear a story about a mom losing access to her kid my heart kind of sinks and I immediately feel for the other mother. Then I force myself to let logic kick in and I wonder how it got to that point. Like there must have been so many warning signs that this woman ignored and this story is not adding up for me. I do feel incredibly sorry for her, and I hope she gets both attention to her cause (which she is getting) and permanent primary custody of her daughter. The couple that scammed her into giving up her baby should be criminally charged. In the mean time I hope that baby is cherished and loved. Ok so if you haven’t heard this story yet it’s a doozy. The gist is that a naive 29 year-old single mom met a guy online who promised her the world and then some. He claimed to have an important job with the CIA, he claimed to be from a wealthy and prominent family, and she bought it all and had a baby with him without every checking him out at all. She apparently didn’t even look in his wallet or glance at his credit cards since he lied to her about his name too. Then after she had his baby, he asked her to sign papers giving him rights as the father. She didn’t bother to read them at all and actually signed papers in which she relinquished all parental rights to the guy. Some time later, he took the baby for a visit, didn’t bring her back the next day, and dropped the news that he was married and that she’d granted him full rights to their daughter. Here’s more:
[From Today.MSNBC.com] In her appearance on the Today Show, (video above) Gaffney revealed that despite the fact that the judge sided with her, the appeal (even though the judge says it’s totally frivolous) means that the baby will stay with the Dippolds for up to several more months. She still only gets to see her daughter every other weekend. This whole thing sounds outrageous and I don’t blame her for going public. Even if she must have made a mountainload of mistakes to get to this point, she doesn’t deserve to lose custody of her baby. It takes some terrible people to plot to steal a mother’s baby like that. Background for the interview above: An earlier interview and background story with Gaffney: Note that this news came out a few weeks ago, but this woman was just on The Today Show so I wanted to report on it. |
Duggars endorse Rick Santorum: ‘We want a man that honors God to lead our nation’ Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:53 AM PST
Michelle wants a man to tell her what to do in all matters, so it’s not surprising that she and her husband are publicly endorsing a Presidential candidate who feels like he can do the same for the women of America. We’ve seen Michelle and Jim-Bob at events supporting Rick Santorum for President, and she told Radar Online why:
[From Radar Online] It’s easy to see why Santorum is the Duggars’ choice, since he shares so many of the Duggars’ values on important issues. Although Santorum has supported funding for contraception, he has spoken out against contraception among married couples. He’s also against women working outside the home and is of course anti-abortion. Here are some quotes from Santorum on these three issues
See, he sounds just like the Duggars! No wonder they think he’s the best person to be our next President. I’ll pose a rhetorical question that comes to mind when I hear about the Duggars: what century are we living in? |
LeAnn Rimes wears “LovE” necklace, tweets about “playing with the babies” Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:48 AM PST Just take this as evidence that it's a slow gossip morning. These are photos of LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian last week, going somewhere, doing something. They were in Tucson, Arizona for several days on yet another vacation, because… neither of them has much of a career, but LeAnn has lots of money, so they go on vacation a lot. The Mail has some new photos of LeAnn and Eddie, and LeAnn seems to be wearing a necklace that says "LovE" – you can see the photos here. Sidenote: I just noticed that LeAnn is also wearing the necklace in these photos too. Joy. Anyway, the pics at the Mail are kind of gross, not because of the LovE, but because of LeAnn's bony chest plate, which is displayed in a too-revealing blouse. Regarding the necklace – when LeAnn's fansite tweeted her about it and the significance of the capitalized "E" (for Eddie, many presume), LeAnn tweeted back, "LOL, I’ve had that “new necklace” for 3 years. It was a gift form Eddie from our first Christmas together." And there's LeAnn, tireless image-controller about crap that really doesn't matter. LeAnn has also been tweeting about her bonus boys, of course. She tweeted, "Happy President’s Day! Happy Monday! Headed home from Tucson and to play w/ the babies on their day off from school." Dude, they're not babies! And they're not YOUR babies. Then she was asked what it was like becoming an "instant mom" and whether Eddie's sons live with them all the time – LeAnn tweeted back, "50% of the time. I love being a bonus mom. It comes w/ it’s challenges like all parenting, but they are sweet boys." God, I always walk away with such a headache after reading LeAnn's Twitter feed. She tweets so, so, SO much. |
Russian billionaire buys 22 year-old daughter $88 million NYC apartment Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:37 AM PST
[From Radar] It sounds like this purchase is for tax reasons and that it’s not necessarily just for a college student to live in. At least this girl is in college, and at least she has hobbies, as evidenced by the only photo I could find of her, riding a horse in a competition in 2010. The Daily Mail has a sort-of profile of Ekaterina as compared to Petra Ecclestone, and they say that Ekaterina is pretty low-key and remains relatively unknown, focusing on equestrian activities and not ostentatiously flashing her wealth. I found some photos of the apartment from Architectural Digest in 2010. They’ve made some changes prior to staging it for sale, as you can see in the comparison photos of the living room. (Or maybe those are two different rooms.) With that kind of money you can bet they’ll renovate too. Update: Radar is reporting that Ekaterina is studying at Harvard. That’s not in NY, but I’m sure her dad owns a helicopter or five. Photo credits: WENN.com and Architectural Digest |
Beyonce & Jay-Z had a date night at last night’s NJ Nets- NY Knicks game Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:21 AM PST Beyonce and Jay-Z went to the Knicks game last night, because the only thing more powerful than the pull of parenthood is the chance to see Linsanity first-hand. That's a real thing, right? Jeremy Lin, the star New York Knick, who is getting better press than any other celebrity – Beyonce and Jay-Z graced Lin with their appearance last night, court-side. You can see some of the courtside photos here – including Beyonce not looking very impressed with the cheerleaders. I guess Jay and Bey don't support the Knicks, though? Because Jay is part-owner of the New Jersey Nets? Don't ask me to discuss sports. Please. I'm sure I got about a dozen things wrong in this paragraph. As for these photos, I guess Bey and Jay were spotted leaving the Nets-Knicks game after the Nets were victorious. After the game, it seems like they went out for Chinese food in the Village. All in all, a nice date night. I kind of don't want to talk about how Beyonce looks. Opinions about Beyonce and her bump and now her "post-baby" body are still very much divided. I will say that Bey looked tired to me – very much like a new mom who needed a night out. As for her figure… well, you decide. Is this a woman who gave birth six weeks ago? |
Duchess Kate wears brown Orla Kiely for an Oxford visit: adorable or tacky? Posted: 21 Feb 2012 05:54 AM PST Oh, Duchess Kate is going to work her fingers to the bone! Kate has done yet another royal gig – since Prince William left for the Falklands, she's averaging one a week, isn't she? It's not a breakneck pace, but it's still better then she's ever done before. These are photos of Kate visiting The Art Room today in Oxford, England. Kate wore shades of cream and chocolate – her dress is by Irish designer Orla Kiely, and the print is allegedly "doves". Kate paired the dress with brown tights and brown ankle booties, with her hair down of course. Her raccoon eye makeup seems more subdued, as does her usually overdone sausage curls. Maybe she's relaxing a bit? Here's more about Kate's visit:
[From The Mail] Yeah, let's not go overboard, Ms. Beatie. Kate made a good appearance, she seemed engaged and interested (as opposed to just staring blankly at people, playing with her hair and blinking furiously, otherwise known as "The Middleton Method"), and I'll give her solid marks for showing such an interest in such a wonderful charity. But don't describe Kate as "independent." Please. |
Lindsay Lohan allegedly scores the Elizabeth Taylor part, with a cracked-out caveat Posted: 21 Feb 2012 05:30 AM PST On Sunday, it was announced that Lindsay Lohan would be hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live in early March. The announcement spelled crack disaster for one and for all, and I can't even imagine what Lorne Michaels was even thinking. Lindsay, of course, used the promise of this gig to begin her cracked-out re-launch. God, how many re-launches has this crackhead had? She screws it up every single time. She'll mess up, she'll claim that she's changed, she'll try to re-launch herself and then she messes up again. Rinse and tweak and repeat. Anyway, this is what Team Crackie pushed to Radar yesterday:
[From Radar] First of all, I guess we're not supposed to even notice or remark on the cognitive dissonance of being told that the Cracken is doing SO MUCH BETTER and actually seeing her drugged-out, cracked-out appearance at the amFAR gala, and hearing stories about how crazy she was acting. Anyway, I wanted to make a note of that Radar article because that was published early Monday morning – and the claim was that Lohan was still "in talks" to play Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime movie. Nevermind that Crackie has been telling everybody that she's got the part and never mind the Terry Richardson photos where LL poses in a Liz Taylor sweatshirt. So, just hours later, Access Hollywood reported this:
[From Access Hollywood] A source tells Billy Bush? Did the source smell like tequila and delusion, because this sounds like a maneuver by Mother Crackhead. Outlets are running with this story as a confirmation that LL has gotten the part. I'll wait for THR or Variety, you know? Photos courtesy of Terry Richardson's Diary, PCN, Love Magazine. |
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