Watch Rita Ora Rub Up Against Chris Brown, the Union Jack in 'Body On Me'

“Body On Me,” Rita Ora and Chris Brown’s ode to non-penetrative sex, has a video. This is good for Rita Ora and Chris Brown, as I (and presumably many others) had missed the song until now. It is, however, quite bad for me (and presumably many others) because the video is a wholly unsexy and grimy little thing that…
Margaret Thatcher Is Dead at 87
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female Prime Minister, has passed away following a stroke this morning.
Does Michele Bachmann's New Ad Reveal That She's Actually A Terminator?
Iowa's endlessly-discussed caucus is tomorrow, and as part of Michele Bachmann's extremely uphill battle to win it, she's airing a brand new ad on local TV. The ad, which is only 30 seconds long, at first appears to be just another standard-issue spot laced with half-truths and bland music. Then at the :04 mark, a…
Trailer For Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher Film Is Surprisingly Danceable
While many Americans don't find fairly recent British prime ministers all that fascinating, according to the full UK trailer, The Iron Lady is going to be a hilarious conservative romp set to "Our House." However, there's also plenty here for the brains among us. Judging from the second half of the trailer, this is…
Terry Richardson Shoots Georgia May Jagger Fighting Hordes Of British Youths
Who says the fashion industry isn't responsive to the social issues of the day? As the U.K. suffers with widespread civil unrest and looting following the police shooting of a father of four, Harper's Bazaar's September issue includes a Terry Richardson editorial where Georgia May Jagger, styled to look like someone's…
Meryl Streep Nails Margaret Thatcher In Iron Lady Teaser Trailer
In this glimpse of The Iron Lady — directed by Phyllida Lloyd — we see two men attempting to coach the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, played by Meryl Streep. While Streep is only on screen for mere seconds, it's obvious that once again, she's completely transformed and disappeared into her…
Margaret Thatcher's Handbag Is A Powerful Thing
Margaret Thatcher's black Asprey handbag is not fancy. It is, in fact, quite plain. Simple. Minimalist. Rigidly structured. Square. Devoid of decoration. But, as the Daily Mail reports, Margaret Thatcher's handbag holds an important place in political history. Thatcher used the handbag to carry important documents and…
Margaret Thatcher Admitted To Hospital
Former British Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher (try saying that three times fast) is in the hospital, likely for a few days, for precautionary treatments after coming down with the flu last week. Her son says she's "good, chirpy."
Thatcher's Children Don't Want Her Senility Immortalized In Film
Margaret Thatcher's children are allegedly unhappy with Meryl Streep's portrayal of their mother in the forthcoming biopic, since "The Iron Lady depicts her...as an elderly dementia-sufferer looking back on her career with sadness." The director insists that they're being sensitive.
The Iron Lady
[London; May 4, 1989. Image via Getty]
'80s Revival? Margaret Thatcher In Vogue
- Political arbiter Vogue, fresh off the Cindy McCain pictorial, as usual has its finger on the cultural pulse: "Margaret Thatcher is back in fashion. July's edition of Vogue has a handsome tribute to the original power dresser, with her immaculate helmet of hair, still ready to do battle." [Daily Mail]
- Jez favorite…
How Being A Woman In Politics Can Help, And Hurt
Does the smiling bride in this photograph seem ever-so-slightly familiar? That's because this is Margaret Thatcher in 1951, 8 years before she won her first election. In fact, it's before she "prettied" herself up in order to win that election, if the new film Margaret Thatcher — The Long Walk To Finchley and her…
ELLE Continues To Toy With Nina Garcia's Affections
- The latest on the Nina Garcia saga: If she takes the editor-at-large gig she'll only be there til mid-October, when ELLE's contract with Project Runway ends and then she'll be let go for reals. (Dear Nina: You can do better than that.) Meanwhile, no one at ELLE or its publisher Hachette Filipacchi Media has issued a…
