Sorority "Chic" At Sorority Row

Sadie — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:30:00 EDT

The premiere of ~~Gratuitous Remake~~Sorority Row at ArcLight Hollywood brought out a lot of starlets in various odd guises, and Rumer Willis looked amazing. But you don't have to take my word for it:

Short women can only wonder at the boldness of someone like Kaya Jones, who will voluntarily remove four inches of her height by means of black-hole booties.

I'm hoping this gratuitous ruffle trend is short-lived, but I'm also hoping Working Girl ensembles like Leah Pipes' are eternal.

Keana Texeira's jolly goth flapper is a middle schooler's Hot Topic dream!

Casey Reinhardt's beggar maid would look considerably more put-together if the belt fit!

Margo Harshman's girdle swings a little Godfather II, but you can't beat an elegant column.

Briana Evigan's Mae West just cries out for a plumed headdress.

I'm over trash bag chic, but there's something kind of adorable about Jamie Chung's frock.

Caroline D'Amore: bridal lingerie on top, milkmaid on the bottom!

Oh my gosh. Rumer Willis looks amazing. If she continues to wear ensembles this completely awesome, I will concede that, despite a lack of serious career, she deserves a place in the pop culture firmament.

Let's put it this way: in 9/10 of the pictures from this event, Carrie Fisher is giving the camera the finger.

Demi Moore's dress is fussy and lumpy. And yet, she looks good. Discuss.

[Images via Getty]

Samurai Girl Is Not Gossip Girl With Swords

Dodai — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:30:00 EDT

When I first saw an ad for ABC Family's new show Samurai Girl, I'll admit my interest was piqued: An Asian-American woman starring in a prime time show? And she's not Lucy Liu? Progress! But Samurai Girl may ultimately disappoint. I haven't seen the show, but in the commercial, lead character Heaven, 19, says to some white guy, "I need you to train me." Yuck. The Wall Street Journal reports that Samurai Girl began as a series of books written by "Carrie Asai" — not a person but a group of writers employed by Alloy Entertainment, producers of Gossip Girl. The books sold less than 100,000 copies in the U.S. — Gossip Girl sold more than 5.5 million copies — but a three-part miniseries was pitched — and sold — to ABC Family anyway. The actress playing Heaven, Jamie Chung, who was on Real World; San Diego is Korean-American. Playing Japanese. No big deal. "It's just like how Mel Gibson played a Scotsman in Braveheart," Ms. Chung says.

Since this fake girl power show was written by a fake Asian, who cares if the actress is Korean and not Japanese, right? It's totally not relevant that Japan occupied Korea and oppressed its people and forced girls and women into sexual slavery. Bygones! Samurai Girl plays on pop culture audiences desire for strong females. Jamie Chung tells PinkRaygun.com that her favorite part of being on the show is the action. "It’s playing a young female, a strong character. And I feel like there is not enough of that on television, and I think it is an honor to be able to play that for the younger generation. I think that’s cool." She's right: There aren't enough strong women on TV. There aren't enough Asians on TV. But where Gossip Girl revels in its lack of feel-good message and advertises itself as a guilty pleasure, Samurai Girl wants you to think empowerment. It just doesn't seem like the show has the ability to deliver.

Teen Drama, With A Twist [Wall Street Journal]
Samurai Girl: An Interview with Jamie Chung [PinkRaygun]

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Sorority "Chic" At Sorority Row

Samurai Girl Is Not Gossip Girl With Swords