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- Jessica Simpson shows off Maxwell on baby’s first People Mag cover (update)
- Sharon Stone, 54, makes out with her 27 year-old model boyfriend. Go Sharon?
- Peaches Geldof looks really skinny just a month after giving birth, right?
- Duchess Kate repeated the same pink dress for a garden party: just fine or tacky?
- Kristen Stewart in Stella McCartney for ‘SWATH’ screening: lovely or awful?
- Anne Hathaway sings in the first ‘Les Miserables’ trailer: how does she sound?
- John Travolta is in settlement talks with an accuser, will he ever escape this scandal?
- Kristen Stewart & Charlize go dark & glam for Interview Mag: beautiful or awful?
- Katie Price’s most glamorous photo op ever: hilarious perfection?
- The 100k ‘Birkin’ that Francesca Eastwood ruined was fake? (update: video)
| Jessica Simpson shows off Maxwell on baby’s first People Mag cover (update) Posted: 30 May 2012 08:50 AM PDT After gestating for what felt like a year and a half, Jessica Simpson finally gave birth to her daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson on May 1. Almost immediately, there were reports that Jessica had cut a deal with People Magazine for the first, exclusive baby photos – at a reported price tag of $800,000. Well, here you go. Baby Maxwell's first magazine cover. I swear, Jessica is wearing the same nightgown that Angelina Jolie wore in twins' first baby photos too.
[From People Magazine] I'm glad that Jessica talks about having a C-section and how hard it's been. Once again, Jessica's pregnancy and post-pregnancy seems in stark contrast to Beyonce's "I gave birth naturally and I was back to stretching and working out within weeks" story. As for little Maxi Drew… she's a cutie. Chubby cheeks!! I like that Jessica put a little hair band on her, and I like that Maxi isn't even awake, it seems. So cute. UPDATE: Here’s the Today Show’s exclusive look at the People cover:
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Cover courtesy of People Magazine, Jessica's Twitter.      |
| Sharon Stone, 54, makes out with her 27 year-old model boyfriend. Go Sharon? Posted: 30 May 2012 08:49 AM PDT
These photos are so demonstrative that I might dismiss then as a publicity stunt to distract from the story that she’s getting sued by an ex nanny. They might be, but she’s been with this beefcake for at least a month. The lucky bitch. I’m not as shocked by this hookup as I would be if the guy were as young as Madonna’s early-20s lovers. 27 seems like it’s just old enough not to be skeevy. Am I turning into a cougar now? I hate that word. Here’s the description of these photos from The Sun:
[From The Sun] So could you get with a guy young enough to be your son? Judging by Madonna’s lovers, I would say “no,” but Sharon is making me come around gradually. Maybe when I hit menopause I’ll understand. Is that terrible to say? Because the guys still seem a little young to me now. Not that I would say no to that. Holy crap.                 photo credit: FameFlynet    |
| Peaches Geldof looks really skinny just a month after giving birth, right? Posted: 30 May 2012 08:48 AM PDT Peaches Geldof her baby daddy, Thomas Cohen, have made their first couples-only (in a post-birth sense) outing at the Tunnel of Love event in London. Peaches is looking rather thin, isn’t she? It seems like just yesterday — in fact, it was only just in late April — that Peaches gave birth to baby boy Astala, which means that Peaches has lost this weight in just over a month. Kaiser and I both think that Peaches is looking far too thin for only giving birth a month ago, and she’s actually looking pretty close to her weight last summer before she got pregnant. Of course, that particular dramatic weight loss reportedly occurred thanks to a braindead juicing diet. So what’s her secret weight loss weapon this time? While it’s completely possible (although not entirely probable) that Peaches has burned a significant amount of weight from breastfeeding, perhaps it’s just her loose dress at this event that’s leading me to believe that she might be up to a few old habits. I’ll just leave it at that. Also, it must be pretty difficult for Peaches to be in a relationship with a very skinny guy like Thomas without worrying about her own weight. Naturally skinny dudes are difficult like that. Photos courtesy of WENN        |
| Duchess Kate repeated the same pink dress for a garden party: just fine or tacky? Posted: 30 May 2012 08:47 AM PDT Duchess Kate made another public appearance yesterday in London, at a garden party for the Queen's Jubilee. Note her dress – it's the same $1500-2000 Emilia Wickstead coatdress dress that Kate wore less than two weeks ago, at the Buckingham Palace cocktail party for international royalty - go here to see the photos from that event. For yesterday's event, Kate only changed up the shoes and she wore this fruity hat. You know I think Kate has a face for hats – she can pull off hats like few women. But this hat is WAY too frilly and little-girl-ish for my taste. I'm surprised it's not covered in buttons too. So, should we even discuss the whole "Kate repeats a dress" issue? I don't even think it's an issue, really. She's repeated clothes before, and it's fine. She spends a lot of time shopping and planning out her outfits, and she spends a lot of money on this stuff – why shouldn't she wear some pieces more than once? The only thing I object to is the timing – I don't think she should do repeats so quickly in succession. I mean, this garden party was only her second public appearance in two weeks' time, and she's wearing the same dress that she wore for the last appearance. So while it's fine with me if she repeats a look, don't do it so quickly. Why not wear a dress that she wore for one of her February public appearances? Anything to say about her makeup? Too much eyeliner for a day event, in my opinion. But she loves that eyeliner so much. She loves it so much she'll wait around for nine years to marry that eyeliner. Something nice: I love her pearl-drop earrings. Photos courtesy of WENN.    |
| Kristen Stewart in Stella McCartney for ‘SWATH’ screening: lovely or awful? Posted: 30 May 2012 08:47 AM PDT These are some new photos of Kristen Stewart at two events yesterday. The red carpet photos are from an industry screening of Snow White and the Huntsman, and the photos where Kristen is wearing the red jacket are from a Q&A session at Universal with Sam Claflin (sidenote about Sam: WORST PANTS-WEARER EVER). Kristen's screening outfit is Stella McCartney. Thoughts? I kind of hate it, as I almost always hate Stella's hideous designs. I really don't know why Kristen does anything with a high neck. High neck + bad posture = slouchy, uncomfortable. As for that red jacket – it's Balenciaga. Also kind of rough. It looks so dated, like it belongs in a Michael Jackson music video. I tend to think Kristen is still learning, still trying out different looks, but I also think she's getting some bad advice sometimes, and she doesn't know her own strengths. Anyway, if you couldn't tell, there are about a million Kristen stories and Charlize Theron stories – because SWATH is opening up this weekend, so it's the final push. You can read excerpts from Kristen's Interview Magazine piece here – she actually impressed me a bit in that magazine. She came across as bright, although lacking in eloquence perhaps. The only other story of interest (to me) is Kristen's "review" of her sparkly lover's latest film:
[From E! News] I have something nice to say about Kristen and Sparkles… Twihards, pay attention! I like that both Kristen and Sparkles support each other's careers. I think it's incredibly sweet that Pattinson always talks up Kristen as an actress, and it's clear that he thinks she's very talented. It's nice that Kristen is his cheerleader too. I like that there doesn't seem to be any drama about competing careers and "who has the bigger film" and all of that stuff. One last nice thing: Kristen's makeup person is AMAZING. Something bad: whoever did her hair for the screening should be fired. Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.    |
| Anne Hathaway sings in the first ‘Les Miserables’ trailer: how does she sound? Posted: 30 May 2012 08:47 AM PDT The trailer for Les Miserables just leaked – I don't think it was supposed to come out for another few weeks, maybe. So hopefully the video will hold and everybody will be able to see it (if not, I'll try to find another video). The trailer is… uuuuuhhhhh. Les Miserables isn't my taste, okay? I like musicals just fine, but I'm way more interested in Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair and Rent. Les Mis is just so depressing, and I think the songs are… emotionally cloying. Anne Hathaway (as Fantine) sings "I Dreamed A Dream" throughout this first trailer, and at first I thought, "Wow, her voice kind of sounds weak" – but if you listen to the whole thing, the emotion does get to you. The film also stars Russell Crowe (as Inspector Javert), Hugh Jackman (Jean Valjean), Amanda Seyfried (Cosette) and Samantha Barks (Eponine). Here's the trailer: It just feels like manipulation. And I always dislike Hollywood's mindset of "We're in a recession now, so people will be interested in a film about economic hardships." No, we won't. It's STILL depressing. It really looks like Annie is going for that Oscar, though. We'll see, Annie. We'll see. My guess is that she puts herself up for Supporting Actress and the studio puts a lot of money behind her, and we'll get interview after interview about her weight loss and hair loss. Transformation!!! The Academy loves a physical transformation. Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, stills courtesy of Cinema Blend.    |
| John Travolta is in settlement talks with an accuser, will he ever escape this scandal? Posted: 30 May 2012 08:47 AM PDT
So now there are two men who are lawyered up with Allred and seeking restitution from Travolta. Radar lets us know that one of the men is “quietly” discussing a settlement with Travolta, one that will be sealed and ill forbid the man from revealing details of his encounter with the predatory creep, under penalty of being sued. (And having men in dark suits from Scientology visit his house and follow him around, although that has probably already happened.) Here’s more, and this incident occured within the last two years, which is withing the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits:
[From Radar Online] As Kaiser reported last week, along with the two men represented by Allred, there’s also one more Travolta accuser who has lawyered up, a gym employee. So that makes three men who may either get settlements from Travolta or who may go on to sue him. Whatever amount he pays and stipulations he makes to keep these victims quiet, this story is out there. He’s never going to escape it, and for good reason. He hurt a lot of people, and he got away with it for way too long. We’ve heard the details in the National Enquirer for years, and now we can be assured they were based on real stories, and real people who were hurt. I would love it if Kelly dumped John finally, but she knows what she signed up for. Even if she’s no longer living with him as The Enquirer reported, I doubt she’ll file divorce papers. According to Rob Shuter in the Huffington Post, John Travolta is “the most sought after interview among top TV journalists.” Do you think he’ll give an exclusive to his good buddy Oprah? She’ll go easy on him, but he’ll probably owe her a lot more than he’s comfortable with.    |
| Kristen Stewart & Charlize go dark & glam for Interview Mag: beautiful or awful? Posted: 30 May 2012 08:46 AM PDT Words cannot even describe how much I loathe this Interview Magazine photo shoot. I guess I'm just disappointed because I always held up Kristen Stewart's 2009 Interview Mag cover shoot to be one of her best and prettiest photo shoots ever. Her styling was gorgeous and dark and glam, and it worked beautifully on her. For this July cover, Kristen is paired with Charlize Theron, her Snow White costar, and once again the magazine tries to do "dark/glam". They fail. If it was just Charlize alone… maybe this could have succeeded. But putting Charlize and Kristen together, styling them like extras in Cabaret… it's just bad. In my opinion. Kristen's look easily slips into androgyny, and the whole vibe seems very "An older dominatrix and her lithe boy-toy." As for the interviews – they're epic and long and you can read both of them here. I'm just going to do some excerpts from Kristen's piece:
If you couldn't tell, these interviews are extremely verbose and Elvis Mitchell (the interviewer) pretty much lets Charlize and Kristen talk as much as they want in their separate interviews. I have to say… Kristen comes across a lot better when you can read all of what she has to say in context. She talks a lot about how much difficulty she has being entertaining on talk shows, and how she's not good at delivering soundbytes, which… at least she's self-aware, you know? She's also not a stupid girl, in my opinion. She's bright and she's neurotic and she's twitchy, of course. But she really does think about her work and how she promotes her work and… she's more interesting than I give her credit for most of the time. Photos courtesy of Interview Magazine.    |
| Katie Price’s most glamorous photo op ever: hilarious perfection? Posted: 30 May 2012 08:45 AM PDT Don't even start yelling at me about these Katie Price photos. These photos are my gift to you, and if you don't like them, I will cry. These photos are glamorous. They are beautiful. They are hilarious. They are magical. They are epic. They are PERFECTION. In case you don't already know, Katie Price ("Jordan") is an English "glamour model" and somewhat of a reality star and budget business tycoon. She tried to make a career happen here in America but it didn't take. Maybe she needed more photo ops like this. For real. These are photos of Katie promoting her new lingerie line in London. The dude in these photos is her latest boy-toy, Leandro Penna. They're already engaged!! Because Katie Price never just dates a man. She gets engaged to men on the first date. And by "first date" I mean "exchanging the phone numbers of their STD specialists." Seriously, though. How can you not enjoy these photos? You are an awful person if these photos don't bring a smile to your face. The "garter" tattoo. The orange-brown skin. The butt shot. Leandro in bed, making faces. The curlers. Katie constantly checking her orange biscuit to make sure nothing fell out. These photos are maybe my favorite photos ever, in the world. Forever. Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.    |
| The 100k ‘Birkin’ that Francesca Eastwood ruined was fake? (update: video) Posted: 30 May 2012 08:44 AM PDT
One of the big stories yesterday was about a series of photos of Francesca Eastwood, 19, taken by her 30 year-old boyfriend, celebrity photographer and fameho extraordinaire, Tyler Shields. In the photos, Tyler and Francesca were shown destroying what they claimed to be a Hermes Birkin crocodile bag, which retails for $100,000 and up. In a post to his blog with the photos, Tyler wrote that “Destruction is a beautiful version of freedom” and asked people if they would want the bag, and if they were “sad to see me destroy it.” People were understandably outraged at the stunt, and pointed out all the good that could have been done with the amount of money the bag was worth. Francesca supposedly told TMZ that she didn’t understand the fallout from the photos, and that she felt that people “didn’t understand art.” A lot of people countered that she didn’t understand how hard it is to make ends meet in the real world.
[From The Purse Blog] I don’t think that dissecting a cow or filling a room with oil is equivalent to torching a $100,000 item, but what do I know? There’s expense associated with everything, and some of Hirst’s art has been outrageously expensive. Also, I never knew the story of how 90s British band The KLF burned a million pounds in real money as part of an “art” exhibition in 1994. That’s much more outrageous to me, and you can read about it here. (Thanks to Tapioca for pointing this out.) Getting back to whether the bag is a cheap replica, now that I’m looking at it closely I believe it is. Here’s a link to a website where you can buy a knockoff red “crocodile Birkin” for $279. It looks shiny and cheap with fat seams, just like this bag. The difference is that the gold “lock” on the bag is a cheap looking crocodile print instead of a more realistic lock on the real version. In the bag that Tyler and Francesca are destroying, there is no lock that I could see. Also, there are higher end knockoffs made with real crocodile leather that sell online for around $9,500. So it’s possible it’s just a copy. If it was a fake, does that make this stunt less offensive? I hope I don’t sound callous when I say I’m impressed by it on some level. I still find it obnoxious, though. They destroyed a $300 item and got press for destroying a $100,000 item. That’s what this Tyler Shields character is all about, controversy. Knockoff Birkin Bag, $279: Real Birkin Bag. Retails online for $69,000. This bag is more matte than shiny.    |
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