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Lies Magazines Tell: Anatomy Of An Orgasm How-to Story
July Glamour's cover promises "Amazing Sex Every Time!" Yet the inside contains ... more of the same boring, unhelpful advice. We used this month's worthless wonder to break down the magazine orgasm how-to story into its crappy component parts.
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Sandra Bullock, Sunglasses, & Cookies Are Naughty In July Glamour
Sandra Bullock is such a boundary-busting, unconventional lady that she made Glamour interviewer Anne Fletcher say "vagina" — and then said it herself! Other wild and crazy things it's now okay to do, after the jump.
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Mail-Order Bride Finds Love; Hopefully No Others Read This
In Glamour, a popular fashion blogger admits to being a mail-order bride. Why does a feel-good story leave us feeling so uneasy?
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The September Issue Less Than Flattering?
Juicy details are coming out left and right about R. J. Cutler's documentary about Anna Wintour and American Vogue. Not only did a screener copy of the unreleased doc leak, but it's been revealed that one of the two production companies involved is owned by Condé Nast's arch-rival conglomerate, Hearst. More » -
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June Glamour: A Hot Pink Journey Into The Heart Of Darkness
Don't let serial romantic comedy star Renée Zellweger fool you. The June Glamour is a complex psychological thriller that preys upon readers' deepest fears.
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May Glamour: You Can't Always Judge A Mag By Its Cover
There's a lot to like about this month's Glamour, from plus-sized swimwear models, to interesting articles on interracial dating and domestic violence. However, according to the cover lines, editors would rather you don't know.
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Glamour Editors Know Their Readers Have Crappy Taste
58% of Glamour readers voted "ripped-up denim" a "do," which the Glamour editors must not have liked: Why else would they use pictures that are clearly "don'ts" to illustrate the trend? Click to enlarge. -
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At 16, Miley Cyrus Is Still A Girl, And Yet A Woman
Two Conde Nast titles feature Miley Cyrus this month. In Teen Vogue Miley's a wild child who thinks dating rules are dumb (but doesn't break them). In Glamour the "girl-woman" is openly dating a 20-year-old.
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Is The End Near For Magazines?
The news on magazines is grim today, as steadily declining newsstand sales are now dropping even faster, and for the first time the number of magazines folding is higher than the number of new titles. More » -
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Madonna Prepares To Expand Her Family
- Madonna is making moves in Malawi: This picture at the link shows 4-year-old Mercy, the girl she's trying to adopt, holding hands with possible new sister Lourdes. [Daily Mail]
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Glamour's Gift To You: Pangs Of Regret And Sex-Related Injuries
April marks Glamour's 70th birthday and the mag is celebrating by regurgitating advice from previous issues that we've wisely ignored and bringing up mistakes from our misspent youth that we'd rather not dwell on.
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Audrey Takes A Holiday With Chanel; Valentino Tried To Suppress Documentary
- Audrey Tautou reunited with Amélie director Jean Pierre Jeunet to star in an Orient Express-themed Chanel No. 5 ad, which took three weeks to shoot. The reel's not up till May 5. [WWD]
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Lindsay Lohan Off Her Rocker About Being Off The Cover
- Lindsay Lohan is reportedly pissed that Katie Holmes is on Glamour's April cover; LL was under the impression that her Madonna shot would get the cover. Insiders say that was never gonna happen. [MSNBC Scoop]
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Photoshop Of Horrors?
There is something "off" about Katie Holmes on the April issue of Glamour. Have her eyes ever been so clear blue? Greenish-hazel, maybe or brownish, but Caribbean blue? Nope. [Just Jared] -
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Glamour's Depression Survival Tips From Grandma
While most ladymags are dealing with the bad economy by calling a $4,000 bag an "investment piece," Glamour is taking the opposite approach. The March issue is like one long guilt-inducing chat with Grandma.
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Glamour Editor Reveals Hidden Expertise In Mixed Martial Arts
Glamour's Cindi Leive played Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me's "Not My Job" last Saturday. She talked about inaugural fashions, and the importance of resisting the temptation to use her pages to nominate bogus trends. More » -
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Recessionistas: What's A Luxe-Loving, Glossy Ladymag To Do?
At the turn of the 21st century, writes Salon's Rebecca Traister, "Americans wanted to eat well, dress fine and live lavishly." And glossy magazines delivered. But with the economy in a downward spiral? More » -
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Back To The Future: Dizzy Heiress Is The New Black
As the red carpet at last night's Golden Globes illustrated, vintage style is still going strong. More » -
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Glamour's "Guy Issue" Has Few Guys, Plenty Of Issues
"Notice anything different about this Glamour?" writes Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive. "Yeah...that's right...there are men on it!" If you look closely, you might be able to see them — facelessly flanking a smiling Eva Longoria Parker. More »
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Glamour Greets New Year With Lots Of Nookie
It's hard to sell magazines in January and February (thus, the emaciated issues currently appearing on newsstands ), but judging from the cover, Glamour has devised a new gimmick to sell the February issue: sex! -
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Glamour Suggests in 2009 You Resolve to Stop Being a Slut
The new year should be about getting a fresh start, but even though this is the January 2009 issue, Glamour still hasn't finished judging other women for all the grievous sins they committed in 2008. -
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Blake On Amy's Addiction: It's All My Fault
- In an exclusive interview, Blake Fielder-Civil says: "I dragged Amy into it and without me there is no doubt that she would never have gone down that road. I ruined something beautiful." He admits he got Amy Winehouse hooked on heroin, crack cocaine and self-harm. "The first time Amy took crack she asked me, 'Can I try a bit of that.' When I see pictures of Amy and the state she’s in it tears my heart out. I just want to pick her up and help her. But I can’t — because I’m the man who caused it all. It scares me to death that I can’t fix Amy." He also talks about watching her have seizures and why they both cut themselves. [News Of The World]
- Britney Spears was supposed to perform at a club in London, but wouldn't go on stage. Brits are pissed at Brit! [Perez Hilton]
- Britney's on the cover of Glamour, by the by. [Perez Hilton]
- Britney is the number one most-searched-for subject on Yahoo in the UK, bumping Barack Obama to 7th. [Guardian]
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Glamour: How To Get Disinvited From Your Office Holiday Party
This month's issue of Glamour is all about holiday parties, and it's bound to make you wonder what kind of party guest Glamour editors would make. While we have nothing against cash-strapped guests showing up in cocktail dresses from Old Navy, a $20 ball of 100 hair elastics does not a hostess gift make. Since the editors are even budgeting food intake with a 2 page breakdown of the nutritional value of holiday foods, it seems they'd spend the entire party near the hors d'oeuvres, trying to calculate caloric content of a pigs 'n blanket vs. champagne punch. (Judging from the photo on page 198 of a woman bent over Santa's knee getting spanked, they'd go with the punch.) Did Condé Nast dodge a bullet by canceling its holiday party? Find out after the jump.
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In Brief
Women's Interest
Nylon may be safe, but according to a breakdown of ad page performance that mediabistro.com just posted (from WWD), things are scary indeed in the world of fashion magazines. In the third quarter, the industry saw a 10% decline as categories like pharmaceutical and beauty slashed their ad budgets. Some of the hardest hit are Vanity Fair (down 15.3% since last year - approximately 84 ad pages), W, Glamour and Essence, with even stalwarts like Vogue dangerously diminished (9.6%.) Bucking the trend is Elle, which, Stylista notwithstanding, had an increase in ad sales. Fingers and toes crossed for everyone — we may mock the ladymags, but we hate to see people lose jobs. [mediabistro] -
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A Year After The Black Hair Controversy, Glamour Marches On
Last August, Ashley Baker, an editor from Glamour magazine, visited a law firm to speak about the dos and don'ts of corporate fashion. While commenting on a slide show, a picture of a woman sporting an Afro popped up, and Baker called it a real no-no. She said the same thing about dreadlocks, and suddenly a storm of bad press swarmed Glamour. Last October, Portƒolio's Jeff Bercovici wrote: "Ashley is no racist, just a young writer who said something glib without considering how it would sound to someone from a different background." But you've got to wonder if Glamour is still smarting from the incident. The December issue features a "Glamover," in which they give a black "reader" a new look. Guess what? More » -
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Once More, With Feeling: Ladymags Generate Anxiety Over "Orgasm Faces"
If you look closely, you'll see that there is a cover line on the new (December) issue of Cosmopolitan which reads: "Your Orgasm Face: What He's Thinking When He Sees It." Yeah, that's right: orgasm face. It's Cosmo's way of saying Happy Holidays! Actually, this is not the first time these words have appeared on the cover of a popular ladymag; back in April 2000, Glamour magazine ran a story called What Men Think About When They See Your Orgasm Face. It would be sorta funny if it weren't so revolting, insipid and infuriating. More » -
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MagHag
Nicole Kidman's on the December cover of Glamour magazine, and she talks about Keith Urban, new baby Sunday Rose, her work as a as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Tom Cruise years: "I felt I became a star only by association. I didn’t think [the early movies] were very good, which is why I would always cower in the background. I thought, I don’t deserve to be here. We would go to the Oscars and I would think, I’m here to support him. I felt it was my job to put on a beautiful dress and be seen and not heard. […] I went six years alone. I’m not saying it’s for everyone, but it’s better to be alone than in a lousy relationship. Work was my escape. I was existing more strongly in my creative world than in my own world." [ONTD] -
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Shipwrecked!
The November issue of Vogue features a "Field Of Dreams" photo shoot starring Natalia Vodianova, her husband and kids. In the opening spread, the family is standing in a boat which is moored on dry land. For those of you keeping count, this is the fourth time since August we've seen a double-page spread of models posing in a boat on dry land or very shallow water. Glamour and Bazaar did it in September; Free People did it in the October We The Free catalog. Are wooden boats a trend? Are we gonna see them at Forever 21? (Click the image at left to enlarge and to see the complete fleet of ships.) More » -
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Is Diet Blogging Ultimately Bad For The Soul?
I've been following Glamour's "Shape Up" Blogger, Margarita, since she started chronicling her diet and exercise habits in January. Apparently in euphemistic Glamour-speak, "Shape Up" means "weight loss," because Margarita has dropped quite a lot of weight in the past eight months through an incredibly strict diet and many hours of exercise. What's disconcerting is the anxious tone that has crept into her posts in recent weeks, culminating in a post about leaving her dad's birthday party early so that she could go to yoga. It's clear that she feels a great deal of pressure to keep her weight off, and I have to wonder whether some of that pressure comes from the fact that it's part of her job to talk about her diet. More » -
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November Glamour Says Relax, Goddammit!
Are you stressed out about work, relationships, or money? Glamour editors think you are — according to their Department of Specious Statistics, "young women today are actually as frazzled as the average psychiatric patient was in the 1950s." Luckily Glamour offers help — like a handy chart that shows how close you are to exploding. Or a list of health tips that tells you to banish your teddy bear from your bedroom — that fuzzy little guy is nothing but a "dust mite breeding ground." If all this doesn't have you crawling back to bed, check out our take on November Glamour's other offerings, after the jump.
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The New Issue Of Glamour Appeals To The 6-Year-Old In All Of Us
The November issue of Glamour magazine has little purple circle on the cover, with copy that reads "3D Bonus Section: Get Your Glasses On Page 63." And seriously? There are 3D GLASSES inside the magazine! Plus, a few edit pages are printed to be 3D, which means they're all blurry, but they turn three dimensional when you put the glasses on. As far as gimmicks go, this one is pretty smart: It's interactive in an old-fashioned, Cracker-Jack way; it's something you can only do in print, not on the web; and it makes fashion fun. Images of the glasses — and a few pages from the mag — after the jump. More » -
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Glamour's 'Age Issue': Act Your Age, Just Don't Look It
October is the month for Glamour's Age Issue, where you dear Reader, are supposed to totally relate to at least one of these women because everyone ages the exact same way. According to Glamour, your 20s is when you land your first serious job and should start wearing sunscreen. You are Rachel Bilson! Then there's Ali Larter, a 30-something. Like Ali, this is the time where you become serious and truly in touch with the fact that you need to buy anti-wrinkle serum right now. How do you become serious? Well, Ali quit acting for two years and recreated her own Eat, Pray, Love themed sabbatical in order to stop being cast as "whipped-cream-bikini-girl" again. (She now plays a superhero on television.) Anyway, when you're 40 like Diane Lane, you really, seriously get in touch with yourself... by hauling your ass to the gym to help delay bodily decay. After the jump, Glamour gets the Cover Lies treatment... because we know you care about the 11 things men want from women.
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Warring Couples Fight Mostly About Money On "Side Taker" Website
If you've ever been mired in an argument with a significant other that cannot be resolved with conventional methods such as talking it through like mature adults, you might want to bring your quandary to Side Taker. Glamour alerted us to the site this morning, and it is pretty self-explanatory: a warring couple puts up a he-said, she-said description of their fight, and readers get to vote on who's right. My personal take is that a relationship isn't a town hall meeting, and that no matter who wins the vote, everyone involved is a loser. More » -
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A Nonpartisan, Ladies-Only Look At Political Fashion On Today
Glamour magazine's editor-in-chief Cindi Leive and the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan were on the Today show this morning for a female-centric "Political Fashion" segment. The ladies discussed Jackie Kennedy, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush before moving on to Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain and, of course, Sarah Palin. Seeing a veritable rainbow of Hillary's Traveling Pantsuits was amusing, as was Ms. Givhan's take on Governor Palin's ensemble: "You don't really notice what she's wearing." Yeah, not with all the other crap going on! Clip above. -
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Expensive Shit(Fight): We Have A Winner
Over the past week, Interns Anna and Margaret have done the tireless work (and we mean tireless) of adding up all of the expensive shit in the hefty September issues of the major women's magazines. Today saw a Gucci studded motorcycle jacket for $5,395; Elizabeth Arden Prevage Anti-Aging Treatment that'll cost you $155; a $1,750 Tiffany sapphire and platinum necklace — in Teen Vogue (!!!) — and previously, a $135,000 Louis Vuitton diamond-encrusted watch, a Chanel dress which would set one back $17,355 and a Fendi 24K-gold mink coat for $64,300. Earlier in the week, we asked you to guess the final total dollar amount of the crap in all the September issues, without going over. We have a total, and a winner! Results, after the jump. More » -
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Ships Ahoy
Pop quiz! Two of the September ladymags have photoshoots featuring befrocked women standing in boats moored on dry land. Boats! On land! Is this a symbol of: A) The effects of global warming; B) The fickle nature of fashion, as changing as the sea; C) The simple fact that there are no new ideas? (Click image see both photographs.) More » -
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September Smackdown: Marie Claire Vs. Glamour
Today's combatants are sort of hybrid ladymags — sure, they have fashion spreads, but they also have sex tips, and tales of woe from around the globe. Though thought-provoking pieces like "I took my friend's Xanax" (Marie Claire) and "Are You Normal About Your Hair?" (Glamour) do eat up some precious pages, there's still plenty of room for expensive shit. This smackdown's winner has a surprising handicap — find out more after the jump.
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Not Much Has Changed: The Faces In September Ladymags Are Overwhelmingly White
Nothing quite says "It's August" like sifting through the pounds and pounds of perfume-scented and white-washed pages from the September issues of the major women's magazines. Sure, Italian Vogue came out with an "All Black" issue in July, but even that success probably won't motivate the editors of American women's magazines into showing a little diversity, especially if the September issues are any indication. After the jump, check out our roundup of the models of color in the ads and fashion spreads of the September ladymags, where, not surprisingly, Asian models are scarce, black models sell cleaning products, and Caucasians rule. More » -
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The Betsey Johnson-Anna Nicole Makeout Session Is A Bad Mental Image
- We love Betsey Johnson, but we're kind of weirded out by the revelation that she made out with Anna Nicole Smith, like on a Monday in 10th Grade when you hear about some really random hookup from a party over the weekend. "She was wearing one of those dotted net see-through things with roses on her bullet bra underneath . . . It was when she was doing TrimSpa, and she looked really beautiful." Okay, but wouldn't that be around the same time she was doing eating contests on her reality show? Again: to each her own. [Page Six]
- Janet Jackson's apparently unironic lingerie line, Pleasure Principle, is out. "The legendary hip-hop and R&B diva teamed with Bruno Schiavi, the Australian lingerie designer behind Dr. Rey’s Shapewear line (named for “Dr. 90210” fixture Dr. Robert Rey), for her debut fashion duet. The 18-piece line is named after the hit single from Jackson’s 1986 multiplatinum album “Control,” is designed to be comfortable for a range of sizes — 32A to 44G, and is crafted of mostly satin and lace." [WWD]
- It seems like celebs are always lying about how they're going to wear Project Runway designs, but after guest-judging the Australian iteration, Kelly Rowland's actually making good. "Wearing the custom-made, scalloped outfit on stage at a concert in Cannes, France, a few nights ago, the diva strutted her stuff - which almost brought a tear to the Brisbane designer's eye."She was so lovely and the fact that she has worn my design makes me so proud," Juli Grbac gushed. NB: from the pic, we can kinda see why they usually back out. [News.com.au]








































