Not one to overlook opportunity, director Darren Aronofsky unveiled the first poster for his upcoming film, Mother!, on—but of course—Mother’s Day. Featuring a waxen-faced, vestal Jennifer Lawrence, the image grinds against the maudlin conventions of the day. Take a quick look, and you’ll see why.
Frida Kahlo, since her death 62 years ago today, has become such a staple of American culture so as to seem ubiquitous. Her indelible, inimitable self-portraits have been reproduced on coasters and playing cards, earrings and t-shirts, pillow cases and pajama pants. Each Halloween, thousands of revelers across the…
Frida Kahlo’s paintings, and the comparatively small number of photographs that depict her, suggest that her wardrobe was as colorful, intricate, and fabulous as her work. For 50 years, though, there wasn’t much tangible evidence; Diego Rivera locked up her things in a room in their house after her death in 1954, and…
[Shanghai, October 24: Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete of Mexico looks at the original self-portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo at the Mexico Pavilion in the Shanghai Expo site. Image via AP.]
Lila Downs is an extraordinary Mixteca/American (Scottish) singer. She has thick Frida Kahlo-like natural brows, a pale olive-tinted complexion, long black braids, and the fashion sense of an old-world, beautiful Mexican woman. Well, she used to have all those things.
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Frida Kahlo's estate has filed a claim regarding 1,200 items, including taxidermy animals, drawings, and a diary, that were featured in the book Finding Frida Kahlo. Kahlo's estate says the objects are all forgeries; many art historians agree.
• Pro-government militiaman Abbas Kargar Javid has been accused of murdering Neda Soltan, the young woman from Iran who became an international symbol after her death was shown on YouTube. The regime has yet to take action against Javid. •
Getting liquored up is an equal-opportunity affair, but the most popular brands of booze are associated with men. Mental Floss gives biographies and backgrounds on fellas like Captain Morgan, Johnnie Walker, Jack Daniel, Jose Cuervo, Jim Beam, Charles Tanqueray and Gaspare Campari. But what about the ladies of liquor?
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In San Francisco, on August 2, 2008, Rene Yañez held an open audition for Frida Kahlo look-alikes, in pursuit of presenting tableaux vivants of Kahlo's works. He made a flyer for the casting call: Calling All Fridas. Images of the Frida-wannabes are posted online, and they're beautiful. It's fascinating to see the…
Frida Kahlo is rolling over in her grave with this one: a NYC-based company has just launched a Frida Kahlo (R) skin care line. Though Kahlo (R) founder Antonio Sciortino claims that Frida was "very much into aromatherapy herself — mixing and creating her own makeup and lotions," her stance on eyebrow plucking makes…
Dark, bushy brows are back! These things are cyclical, like hemlines and the circumference of pants legs. But just like mini-skirts and elephant bell-bottoms, they don't look good on everyone. Case in point: Miss Sienna Miller! ABCNews asked London's "eyebrow shaper to the stars" for an opinion. "Personally, I think…
