The Disney/Goth Connection
Regarding Alice In Wonderland: "While the movie itself is aimed at a much wider audience, ground zero of the marketing effort is Hot Topic…"
Posh Says Most Models Healthy, "Naturally Thin"; Kim Kardashian Rips Off Another Designer's Logo
- David Beckham got Victoria something truly special for Valentine's Day: a pair of flat shoes, albeit from Lanvin. "I have discovered I can walk very quickly when I'm not wearing silly shoes," she said. [WWD]
Britney's Super-Sized Valentine's Day; Madonna's Cool Carnival
- Britney and her boyfriend/agent Jason Trawick went to a McDonald's drive through on Valentine's Day, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Taking Liberties
Alice in Wonderland screenwriter Linda Woolverton: "It's audacious, what we've done...I don't know know where I got off. What was I thinking? I'm not joking, I was thinking when I was writing this, 'Who do you think you are?'" [LAT]
Go Ask Alice: An Analysis Of Tim Burton's Trailer
Tim Burton has taken the sinister whimsy of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and, judging from the preview, dragged it through hell by way of Nam and Jefferson Airplane. Analyze with us...if you dare:
Through The Looking Glass, Darkly
If you thought "Tim Burton" + "Lewis Carroll" just might = "creepy," well, this Alice in Wonderland trailer will not come as a shock. [Wired]
A Winter 'Wonderland'
[Courchevel, France; December 12. Image via Getty]
Victoria Beckham Expands Her Reach; Valentino Doc Financed On Credit Cards
- Victoria Beckham opens up to Women's Wear Daily about everything from the childhood bullying she endured to why she couldn't bring herself to tell Marc Jacobs she was starting a fashion line. Clearly, someone wants to be Taken Seriously:
Go Ask Alice
A copy of Alice in Wonderland owned by Lewis Carroll's neighbor Alice Liddell - the original Alice and Carroll's inspiration - will go up for auction next month. Also for sale: Beatrix Potter's copy of Peter Rabbit. [Reuters]
Through A Looking-Glass, Darkly
BoingBoing calls this series of Alice in Wonderland nudes "sexy." Not sure that's the word we'd use, although they are kind of NSFW. Anyway, doubtful Lewis Carroll would agree, if you know what I mean. [BoingBoing via FrankBrunner]
The Best Thing About The Alice In Wonderland Trailer…
…Is watching Alice disappear into her dress. Also: The Mad Hatter walking over the table? Pretty great. Though I can't help wondering if Amanda Seyfried should have been Alice. Embed after jump! [Cinemablend]
"I'll Eat Just One, So I'll Be Small Enough To Slip Under The Garden Door."
[New York, July 21. Image via INFDaily.]
Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland Already Freaking Us Out
Judging by these new images — "White Queen" Anne Hathaway; "Mad Hatter" Johnny Depp and "Red Queen" Helena Bonham Carter — this flick is gonna be a trip. More pix after jump. [The Life Files, ComingSoon]
Curiouser And Curiouser
Alice in Wonderland, on Twitter. Although what is the use of a tweet, without pictures or conversations? [BlackBook]
It's A Small Wonderland
The concept sketches that illustrator
Mary Blair made for Disney's have, until now, been a famous "might-have-been." But now Disney's releasing an edition Lewis Carroll's classically bizarre novel (albeit "retold") illustrated with Blair's original, unused art, and the results are stunning - in an appropriately…
Carol Channing Successfully Terrified Many Children In Alice in Wonderland
Even though I can't recall most of the 1985 live-action version of Alice in Wonderland, I know that I used to be kind of frightened of it. After watching this clip of Carol Channing interacting with Alice (both of whom are in bad wigs), I totally remember why. OK, let's get past the fact that she's terrifying…
Loose Lips
The Los Angeles coroner's office just announced that Brad Renfro died of a heroin overdose. He had battled drug addiction in the past. Sad all around. • Lindsay Lohan allegedly wants the wants the title role in Tim Burton's forthcoming Alice In Wonderland. Do you think she's weird enough to handle the role? • TMZ is…
