Karena Evans's New Video for Drake Puts Pop to the Bechdel Test
Director Karena Evans has hereby overthrown the rule of sweatpants boner men over music videos and replaced them with critical thinkers. Long may she reign.
Four Delirious Hours on the Tonys Red Carpet
Red carpet event coverage is some of the most love-to-hate television in our culture, the brouhaha and pomp of the glamorous people in fancy dresses and tuxedos imbibed from the comforts of our own homes, often with wine and sweatpants. The regular rotation of hosts—E!’s Giuliana and Terrence J, most reliably, if…
Jourdan Dunn Happy Not to Walk in 'BS' Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Now That Rihanna's Out
It looks like Jourdan Dunn won’t exactly be losing sleep over not walking in this year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The supermodel tweeted—and then deleted—a snarky comment about being happy not to appear in this year’s show, especially now that Rihanna has cancelled her performance.
Why Did KUWTK Blur Out Jourdan Dunn and Olivier Rousteing’s Faces?
The most interesting parts of Sunday night’s episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians were, as usual, brief moments in otherwise over-exaggerated plotlines. For instance: why did E! censor the faces of Balmain designer Olivier Rousteing and model Jourdan Dunn?
'No, My Feet Are Fine!' And Other Met Gala 2015 Afterparty Tales
After all the fêting that was unleashed at Monday night’s Met Gala, clearly the only thing to do was to fête some more. Afterparties sprang up all across the city, in locales as varied as The Mark—the posh hotel across from the Met, where Solange is lamping above—and semi-random clubs like Up&Down, which is right in…
Jenny Slate Searches for Validation
In today’s Tweet Beat, Jenny Slate looks for answers, Jourdan Dunn makes quite the discovery and Issa Rae makes the total wrong decision.
Somebody Please Quench Kirstie Alley's Thirst
In today's Tweet Beat, I'm not mad at Kirstie Alley's thirst, I'm just mad that it's over Justin Bieber, international supermodel Jourdan Dunn is beautiful and Boy George just found out that Stephen Fry is gay.
Jourdan Dunn Is British Vogue's 1st Solo Black Cover Model in 12 Years
Model Jourdan Dunn has broken British Vogue's obscene white streak and become the first black model to be featured alone on the cover in 12 years. Congrats to Dunn and a hearty fuck you to the magazine that makes diversity an exception and not a rule!
Naomi Campbell and Jourdan Dunn Star in New Burberry Campaign
Back in September, Burberry united fashion mermaid Cara Delevingne and fashion veteran Kate Moss for a campaign for their new My Burberry scent. Seems like the formula worked because they just launched a new campaign for their spring/summer 2015 collection starring Naomi Campbell and Jourdan Dunn.
The Victoria's Secret Angels: What Candy Are They On?
The annual Victoria's Secret runway show aired Tuesday night, and it was the typical procession of lingerie'd models, impossibly tall and lean, marching like pegasus-gazelles, emboldened by gold-encrusted wings. Fly, fly away, beautiful models. Be free.
Let's Find Taylor Swift a Black Friend
Taylor Swift has a lot of famous friends and girlfriend aims high too. Taylor's squad consists of supermodels, Oscar nominees and a Penn State grad. What I've noticed, however, is a glaring lack of black people in her posse.
Jourdan Dunn 'Honored' to Be the New Spokeswoman for Maybelline
Earlier this month, Lupita Nyong'o landed a contract with Lancome; today British model Jourdan Dunn has signed a deal to be the spokeswoman for Maybelline. Great advancements for women of color in the beauty industry — and for consumers.
"I find it weird when [model] agents say, 'You're the only black girl booked for the show. Isn't it great?' Why is it great?" — Jourdan Dunn, in an interview with The Telegraph. More at the link.
Watch Beyoncé's 'Yonce' Models Cook and Talk About How Great She Is
Because watching models cook is very in right now*, Jourdan Dunn has her own cooking show on YouTube called Well Dunn**. For the premiere of Season 3 of the show, Dunn and fellow models Joan Smalls and Chanel Iman made vegan Thai chili and talked about Beyoncé while they did it.
Jessica Biel Made It Through The Red Wedding Alive
In today's Tweet Beat, Godfrey is feeling sweet, Jessica Biel is feeling surprisingly upbeat and Jourdan Dunn is feeling over "friends."
Our Favorite 'Hell Yeah' Moments From Beyoncé's New Album
Beyoncé has traveled a complicated road toward the surprise release of her self-titled fifth album filled, but at the end of that road is a work of art filled with progressive, forward-thinking female ideals.
Models Rally Behind the Cause of Fashion Diversity
Perhaps they've been fired up by the continually low numbers of non-white faces presented during this past New York Fashion Week, but models are particularly vocal right now about the lack of diversity in the fashion world. The latest is Jourdan Dunn, who told The Guardian that it's "lazy" for fashion editors to say…
Jourdan Dunn Suggests That Some Designers Think Diversity Is a Trend
Racism on the Fashion Week runway is well-documented, and even though NYFW 2012 was the most diverse in ages, some shows still displayed a glaring lack of diversity. It’s a problem that everyone in and around the industry is (or should be by now) hyper-aware of. Maybe awareness is being raised, but, at the same…
Heidi Klum Gets Her Hands On An Official Cronut
Today in Tweet Beat, Mel B is still really really into Uber as a way to get to her important business meetings, Linda Perry attempts to start a Twitter conversation with Courtney Love and Heidi Klum tracks down the elusive cronut.
Thoughts Had While Watching Models Make Dinner
In this video, 22-year-old Jourdan Dunn and 20-year-old Karlie Kloss make vegetable curry and cookies. Here are some thoughts:
