Meet Chris Gaida, professional red-carpeteer. He baby-sits celebrities at events because he can work a tux and knows where the bathrooms are, basically. Gaida's escorted Mariah Carey, Taylor Swift, Julia Roberts, and Reese Witherspoon. And oh, does he have stories!
Zooey Deschanel's breach-of-contract lawsuit against Steve Madden — who agreed, and then reneged, on a deal to produce a line tentatively called "Zooey's Shoes And Accessories" — reveals some details of how the celebrity-clothing-line sausage gets made. And paid for.
the Lost star on her ambivalence towards acting and disdain for the celebrity-industrial complex. [NY Mag]
Amazing. The woman who made millions by exploiting female insecurity - and devoted multiple, snarky covers of the tabloids she edited to close-up shots of cellulite - is invited on Today to offer expertise about the "empowerment" of unretouched photos.
John McCain called Barack Obama "the biggest celebrity in the world." And, to be honest, he was right:
Recession got you down? This beautiful John Mayer photo was snapped by a 22-year-old retail employee named Erin Horgan. And not only did it make her back the grand she spent buying a ticket for the ticket for the John Mayer Caribbean cruise, it made her the latest member of the "citizen paparazzi" class rising up and…
