Jezebel: Patti Smith

The Night Belongs To Patti Smith

Anna North — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:30:00 EST

Before you ring in the new year, ring in "Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith's 65th birthday! More »

The World Just Cannot Get Over Marina Abramović

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:40:17 EDT

Marina Abramović celebrated the end of her marathon MoMA show with a dinner in her honor, hosted by Givenchy. Ciara, Courtney Love, and Patti Smith all turned up — James Franco did, too — and Elle's Anne Slowey tweeted it. More »

McQueen Known To Suffer From Depression; Lacoste Puts Teen Girl In See-Through Shirt

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:30:00 EST

Some of Alexander McQueen's friends say that his suicide was not entirely unexpected. A few days before the death of his mother, he declared in a meeting that he "wasn't interested in making fashion anymore, that he hated it." [ToL]

Drew Barrymore Is Engaged, Charlize And Stuart Split, And Soon You, Too, Can Smell Like "The Situation"

Hortense Smith — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:30:00 EST

According to James St. James over at World of Wonder, who is Facebook friends with the actress, Drew Barrymore updated her Facebook status yesterday to announce that she's engaged, presumably, to boyfriend Justin Long. Congrats! [World of Wonder]

Joe Francis Possibly Behind Casey Johnson/Tila Tequila Engagement Video; Stephen Baldwin Fears "Sleep Cougar Syndrome"

Hortense Smith — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:30:00 EST

According to the New York Daily News, insiders are claiming that Joe Francis was behind the now-infamous Casey Johnson and Tila Tequila engagement video, which, they claim, "was designed to hype Tequila's Francis-financed Web site." [NYDN]

Strange, Glam, Awesome Love At Tim Burton Tribute

Sadie Stein — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:30:00 EST

You know it's fab when you see Anna Wintour and the Olsens. And that it's bizarre when you see Johnny Depp, Patti Smith, and Danny DeVito. "The Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit: A Tribute To Tim Burton" was both. More »

Vogue Might Get Makeover; Lily's Chanel Ads Are Out

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:30:00 EDT

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Change! Stately old American Vogue is apparently seeking to revamp itself. Says Wayne Sterling, the mag wants "a new circle of models, an influx of fresh, young photographers and a desire for 'unpredictability' in the stories." Unpredictability. In Vogue. [TI]

Ladies And Gentlemen, Patti Smith

Hortense Smith — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:20:00 EDT

[Icheon, South Korea, July 26. Image via Getty.]

Chanel Does Couture For Ballerinas; Is Supermodel A Michael Kors Klepto?

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:40:00 EDT

File under matches made in heaven: Karl Lagerfeld has designed couture costumes for England's National Ballet. [Telegraph]

Patti Smith: All Out Non Stop Punk Rock

Hortense Smith — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:15:00 EDT

Patti Smith: Dream Of Life: Only For Hardcore Smiths

Maria — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:30:00 EDT

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A documentary that was 11 years in the making, Patti Smith: Dream of Life focuses on the poster girl for the protopunk scene as she attempts to revive her musical career. Directed and filmed in black-and-white by commercial fashion photographer Steven Sebring, the film focuses less on Smith's past and more on who she has become, as well as her philosophical ramblings on various subjects. There is no real chronological structure to the film, and by not supplying viewers with enough Smith history, the film inevitably makes itself only available to those who are already fans. However, Smith was never about being accessible and conventional, so it is perhaps only fitting that her documentary does away with standard rock doc traditions. Check out the mixed reviews after the jump. More »

I May Be Too Old To Rock, But Thankfully, The Breeders Are Not

Jessica G. — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EDT

People — writers, fans, music executives — don't really know what to do with an aging female musician. I'm not talking about someone like Celine Dion or Cher, whose popularity was never based on some amorphous idea of coolness or relevance. I'm not even talking about our beloved Liz Phair, who still plasters short, tight dresses on her meticulously muscled frame and projects an image of socially desirable sexuality. I'm talking about Patti Smith, who was interviewed by Deborah Solomon in this weekend's New York Times Magazine and asked more than one question about her use of conditioner and reigning status as "the queen of split ends." And even more so, I'm talking about Kim Deal, the lead singer of the Breeders and former Pixies bassist who headlined a big summer concert yesterday in Brooklyn to support the Breeders' April release, Mountain Battles. More »

Patti Smith: Still Grimacing After All These Years

Jennifer — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:50:00 EDT

Woody V. Dov: It's A Battle Of The Lolita-Loving Asian Fetishist Jews!

Jennifer — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Woody Allen is suing American Apparel for $10 million for using his image in its ads without consent. And to think if not for this minor infringement the two seem, well, cut from the same (sweatshop free knit jersey) cloth, if you know what I mean! [WSJ]

Juno's adorable Ellen Page is the subject...

Jessica — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:20:00 EST

Juno's adorable Ellen Page is the subject an interview on "Carpetbagger," the New York Times' Oscar blog. It's a bit milquetoast, but you do learn that Page named her dog Patti after Patti Smith and that everyone at some dinner honoring Juno got a hamburger phone just like Ellen's in the movie. More »

Doesn't Everyone Have A Wacky Aunt?

Jennifer — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:00:00 EST

Some genius had the ideal to compile a tome called The Complete Book of Aunts. We're not even being facetious: We really do think that this person is a genius. Because starting with the First Lady of Aunties, Rosalind Russell's Auntie Mame, aunts have always proved themselves to be a pretty wacky bunch. And most of the time, they're wacky in a good way. Of my own aunts, I have one who left me to be babysat by Patti Smith in her dressing room when I was the tender age of 5; one who pretended to be some sort of sociopathic stalker instead of 'fessing up that she had accidentally grabbed someone else's luggage at the airport. (She even went so far as to track down their phone number, and left the poor unsuspecting souls a message that began, "Surprise, surprise...If you ever want to see your luggage again...") And I'm not alone! More »