Archive for December, 2007

Movie on the life of Coco Chanel

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… Movie on the life of Coco Chanel Washington, Dec 21: Shirley MacLaine has signed on to star as Coco Chanel in …

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Houston museum exhibits Verdura jewelry

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… 1978, was inspired by classical patterns and natural forms. He began his career with Coco Chanel as a textile designer and later was assigned to head her private and boutique …

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Recently released books – December 23, 2007

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… political figures as Nadine Gordimer and Teresa Heinz Kerry, to such fashion innovators as Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli. Thurman has the biographer’s knack for distilling large amounts of information …

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Celebrity Scents: Just A Marketing Gimmick?

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… celebrity names than a movie marquee. It’s not just designers like Calvin Klein or Coco Chanel affixing their names to perfume bottles, it’s singers like Beyonce or Celine Dion, actresses …

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perfume

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… celebrity names than a movie marquee. It’s not just designers like Calvin Klein or Coco Chanel affixing their names to perfume bottles, it’s singers like Beyonce or Celine Dion, actresses …

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OMG! Jamie Lynn Spears Is Underage and Pregnant!

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Sometimes I hate that part of my brain that could be used for better things gets locked up on celebrity gossip, particularly when I don’t care at all about the celebrity in question.
 
Case in point: some of my neurons are going to be for the foreseeable future devoted to remembering that a 16-year-old girl who stars on a show I never heard of got knocked up by her 19-year-old boyfriend.
 
And yet, there it is. Jamie Lynn Spears, star of a Nickelodeon show "Zoey 101," is with child. She’s the sister of Britney, and won’t the Spears family be having an interesting Christmas coming up? 
 
Depending on where the dirty deed was done, the boyfreind could get a slap on the wrist or three years in the slammer.
 
Apparently this won’t affect the show as the last season has already been put in the can.
 
I’m sure the first wave of coverage will make us all a little sick to death. It all brings to mind something from "Family Guy." To paraphrase: America loves itself some hot jailbait.
 
It’s interesting to see people try to take the high road over what would be just lowbrow information. For instance, Nickelodeon is apparently considering having a special about teen pregnancy. And Newsweek has this piece about entertainment law contracts and morals clauses.
 
I suppose all this is the warmup for the main event: jokes about the situation and people pontificating about the corruption of pop culture.
 
The jokes may not be the hottest until the late-show talkers come back in January. (All I got off the top of my head is "Maybe Jamie shouldn’t have tried using SpongeBob SquarePants as a contraceptive.")
 
I’m blanking on whether another teen TV star has had as public a pregnancy. But in any case, we’re going to get to the point where various people will use this as a way to condemn all of Hollywood because one girl had more money than common sense, patience or pregnancy-prevention skills.
 
- posted by Raoul

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What’s the Big Fat Deal?

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You may have heard about the flap about Jennifer Love Hewitt’s bikini pictures in which she’s looking a little cheeky.
 
And now Janice Dickinson has made a comment about how Tyra is fat, only to take it back.
I know weight’s a hard thing to deal with, and by no means should I in particular be throwing stones from my particular glass house.
 
But let’s be frank: these women are clearly heavier than they were just a few years ago.
 
While still being frank, let’s make another thing clear. Even in her most unflattering picture, Jennifer looks as good as most women, if not better.
 
And sure, Tyra has packed on pounds since her modeling days. That’s to be expected. But again, she still looks gorgeous.
 
One day, we’ll get beyond the notion that someone has to be a size 2 or lower to star on TV. But to get to that day, we should try giving women some slack.
 
- posted by Raoul

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Geeky Is the New Sexy

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People’s list of the sexiest guys alive is up, and man, are there some geeks in the mix, or at least portrayers of geeks.
 
Among the honorees:
-Masi Oka, who plays Hiro on "Heroes"
 
-Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight Schrute on "The Office"
 
-Chris Gorham, who plays accountant Henry on "Ugly Betty"
 
-Zach Levi, who plays slacker "Chuck."
 
It seems hotness is less about a winning smile and great pecs and more about being able to wield a pocket protector and talk sci-fi or comics.
 
If this trend continues, I might have a shot at the "Sexiest Men Alive" list.
 
- posted by Raoul

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Kiefer Sutherland Faces DUI Charges

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Kiefer Sutherland was pulled over late last night in Los Angeles for making an illegal U-turn. He later failed a sobriety test and was taken to the local sheriff’s department. He’s out on bail now and will appear in court in mid-October. Instead of attempting a lame Jack Bauer joke of my own I’ll point you to Best Week Ever’s elaborate conspiracy theory regarding the arrest. – Posted by Kate

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Gordon Ramsay, Um, Burns Himself

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Best Week Ever is reporting that British chef Gordon Ramsay burned his testicles in a kitchen mishap. They’re feeling some schadenfreude, and I get that, but I want to know what really happened. Actually, I don’t want to know, I’m just not buying "I was standing too close to the stove in cotton pants." It sounds suspiciously like "I walked into a door." Well, best wishes for a speedy recovery, Chef Ramsay, and let’s hope you don’t come out of this ordeal sounding like David Beckham. – Posted by Kate

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