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The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Fashion Victims: Paris Couture Week Brings Out The Megafans In France
When you think about it, going to a fashion show dressed head-to-toe in that designer's work is like going to a Yankee game in full pinstripes. Read: kinda lame. When you think about it even more, going to another continent to watch some women in conceptual clothing walk down a catwalk for fifteen minutes is weird, too. But hey, the rich are different from you and me! And as evidenced by the getups after the jump, the shows of Paris Couture week are a great excuse to wear some rad outfits without the pressures of The Carpet. Click through to see the fashions of Liv Tyler, Eva Mendes, Anna Wintour, Patricia Arquette, Helen Mirren and Wonder Woman herself, Lynda Carter. More »
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Angelina Jolie Baby Watch, Take Two
- Angelina Jolie MAY have given birth to twins in France this morning. Stay tuned. [Just Jared]
- Former American Idol star Paris Bennett is pregnant, you guys. She's 19 and the father "chooses not to be in the public eye." But! Paris "has a ring." So everything is fine. [People]
- Is Sandra Bernhard over Madonna? Apparently she ranted about Madge at a show in Toronto, taunting celebs who brag about exercising for three hours: "Why don't you rub some salt in the wounds of the people who have to work 14 hours a day?" Plus! Madonna's been traveling from her home in Manhattan to rehearsals in Brooklyn and apparently her drivers "race like madmen" and run red lights to get her there and back. [Page Six]
- Guy Ritchie is in New York now, too. And neither he nor Madonna have been seen wearing wedding bands. Madge's spokesperson, Liz Rosenberg, says: "Madonna has rarely worn a wedding band over these last six years, so there's no secret message about that." [People]
- But! This report says Guy is in the Big Apple to discuss finances, assess assets and plan out the divorce from Madonna, sigh. [Mirror]
- Madonna's childhood home was destroyed by a fire over the weekend, and the blaze is "suspicious," uh-oh. [Breitbart]
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Marketing Video Games To Women Almost Always Involves Pink
There was a piece on NPR today about marketing gadgets to women. Molly Wood, host of the CNET podcast "The Gadgettes," is one of the interviewees, and she tells NPR that one of her favorite gadgets marketed towards women is the Nintendo DS Lite. Wood describes it as not specifically designed for women, though it is "cute and small and portable." In addition, the games are "fun without being hardcore or alienating." Listening to Wood talk I realized I had seen the Nintendo DS ads already, but like a good capitalist pawn I only noticed that they featured America Ferrera, Carrie Underwood and Liv Tyler. I didn't even register what they were selling (except subliminally)! Anyway, the ad with Liv Tyler depicts the adorable actress lying on her bed in pajamas, cooing at a pink-hued game. I can't really tell what the game entails, but it IS markedly unthreatening. As many of our commenters and the legions of girlgamers out there can attest, a lot of women like games that are "hardcore" and don't find them "alienating." It's kind of insulting that Nintendo thinks it needs to show a superstar with her name bedazzled on her hand held game (yes, America's name is on her DS in rhinestones in her commercial) to sell it to women — don't worry, everyone, the DS comes in pink!. Liv's commercial is after the jump. More »
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Is Liv Tyler attempting a last ditch effort to save her ailing marriage? Buddy Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly encouraged Liv to give soon-to-be-ex Royston Langdon a second chance for the sake of their son, Milo. • Remember when we told you there was full frontal peen in the SatC movie? You can see it here [link NSFW, natch]. • Michelle Williams has become the first benefactor to the newly created Heath Ledger scholarship which will benefit struggling Australian actors. The scholarship was announced last night at the Australians in Film 2008 Breakthrough Awards in Los Angeles. [I'm Not Obsessed via Dlisted, ONTD, People]
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O sad day! Adorable couple Liv Tyler and husband Royston Langdon have split! Her rep wants people to respect the couples' privacy blah blah blah. • Ashlee Simpson called Britney Spears a "trashy girl" on a British TV show. Pot, kettle, etc. • George Clooney and Sarah Larson are secretly obsessed with Rock of Love. No one can resist the charms of Bret's weave! [People, The Sun, Us]
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Stella McCartney Is Eager To Dress ScarJo In Virginal White
- Stella McCartney calls dibs on bride-to-be Scarlett Johansson: "I'm definitely doing her wedding dress. She doesn't know it yet." Awkward. [People]
- Says Marc Jacobs on the bride-to-be, "I'm really happy for her. She's a great girl. I just think Scarlett is great and I hope she is very, very happy. She's super funny. I love a smart, ballsy, New Yorker and that's what she is. I wish her the best." And by "the best" he clearly means, "Do why didn't that bitch ask me to design her wedding dress?" [Vogue UK]
- Chris "Mr. Big" Noth has some strong feelings about Victoria's Secret, "I'm not into Victoria's Secret so much. I find it over the top. I like subtlety and I like elegance. I think their things are gaudy and they are really trying too hard. If I could make a fashion statement, I think that Victoria's Secret looks to me like somebody who is putting on too much make-up. It's too gaudy, man. I mean, come on take it easy, you don't have to have a fuckin' bouquet of flowers on your underwear. Sorry Victoria's Secret; I hope they're not one of our sponsors!" [Oh No They Didn't]
- "You can get diamonds cheap," says Heidi Klum, which is why she's going to start sewing them into the pockets of her Jordache jeans line. Clearly, she has not seen Blood Diamond. [WWD, 9th item]
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Mariah Carey E-Mails Vogue Editor From Honeymoon
- [Mariah Carey] is very happy. I've spoken with her and she is superb. She is over the moon. I received an email from her [Monday] and she is so happy. She really sounds like someone on her honeymoon." — Andre Leon Talley. Talley also says the wedding happened so quickly he "didn't have the time to offer her any style tips!" Underminer. [People]
- Britney Spears' progress impressed the court yesterday. She will now get three days of supervised visitation a week; within a month she should get overnight visits. Stay the course, girl! [TMZ]
- Lindsay Lohan has another job! She'll star in Labor Pains, a comedy about a young woman who pretends to be pregnant to avoid being fired. Yay for her; boo for another damn knocked up movie. Is that all women are good for? [Page Six]
the good, the bad & the ugly
At Costume Institute Gala, Bad Tries To Triumph Over Good; Fails
In case you need a refresher: Last night. Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute. Superhero theme. Every celebrity and fashion designer in the world. Some people looked Good, some people looked Ugly. But in between there were the Bad, which included Sarah Silverman, left, Beyonce, Blake Lively, Eva Amurri, Eva Longoria, Jennifer Connolly, Kristin Davis, Jennifer Lopez, Tamara Mellon, Mary J. Blige, and Kate Bosworth. All those and others, after the jump. More »
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Is Marie Claire Taking Over Elle's Sloppy Project Runway Seconds?
- More rumored changes for The Greatest Show On Earth, Project Runway: Season 6 of the show, the first to be broadcast on Lifetime, may feature "More Than A Pretty Face" magazine Marie Claire in lieu of Elle as the affiliated fashion magazine sponsor. [WWD, 1st item]
- Whoah: Are New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn and Skeletor/stylist Rachel Zoe more similar than we could have ever imagined? Possibly, if it's true that Cathy Horyn was also mysteriously not invited to the dinner and dancing portion of tonight's Costume Institute festivities. [Fashion Week Daily]
- And what does legendary costume designer Bob Mackie not like about the fashion industry? "Doing a fashion show that's on for 20 minutes and then it's over and everybody runs to the next one. Nobody sings, nobody dances, nobody tells jokes. I found it quite unsatisfying." I second that emotion. [WWD, sub req'd]
