Janeiro 2012
ElleGirl
Photo: Steven Meisel for Roberto Cavalli
If there were a prize for stuffing the most supermodel star power into one ad, Roberto Cavalli would win for spring. The Italian designer just released his campaign images, shot by Steven Meisel at New York’s Pier 59 Studios. They feature three three supermodels—Karen Elson, Kristen McNemany and Naomi Campbell—and one newbie (in comparison at least), 17-year-old Daphne Groeneveld. The behind-the-scenes video after the jump is full of wind machines, sequins and yes, plenty of animal print.
- ElleGirl
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Simon Doonan’s spent this week celebrating the release of his fifth book, Gay Men Don’t Get Fat. It’s a riff on the famous self help book, Why French Women Don’t Get Fat, and sets out to prove the superiority of gays over gamines—in a terribly funny, not at all PC way of course. Yesterday, he hosted a breakfast at Barneys to talk about how the book came to fruition—he wrote it in just six months—and what he plans to do next. The best bits below (and you can get the book on Amazon now). On Gay Vs. Straight Food I can’t believe people ever thought there were four food groups when it’s so obvious that there are two! There’s gay food and straight food. The gayest food, I think it’s got to be macarons. Right? A little box of macarons in all pastels. I think if you lived on macarons you would just explode in a sort of nuclear cloud of gayness. On Red Carpet Dressing People always go back to Bjork and the swan dress simply because nobody’s worn anything that interesting in the intervening years—and that was how many years ago? We haven’t had anything fun like that in ages. On Lessons He’d Like to Teach the Fashion Industry I’m always very uncomfortable if I feel people are very self critical. There’s plenty of those people in the fashion industry who are very self critical, very masochistic in the way they approach their style, their bodies and I think, maybe, that will be what they learn, just to be reckless and have fun and not be self conscious. On Stereotypes I hope it’s playing to stereotypes! I love stereotypes and sweeping generalizations and anything that’s un-PC. In a way you sort of diffuse them if you throw them around. On His Favorite Celebs Tilda Swinton, I always looking forward to seeing her. And that chick from the Dragon Tattoo; she’s pretty great. [Though] it would be terrible if she showed up looking groomed and appropriate.
- ElleGirl
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Few can say they’ve hosted the Academy Awards, written a book, and have taught a college course (about themselves) all in one lifetime. Even fewer of those people have done all of this before the age of 35. But we know of one person: James Franco. With news about him playing the lead in Hugh Hefner’s biopic film on top of recently writing his own novel, Actors Anonymous—a supposed fictionialized account of his experiences as an actor—we had to ask ourselves, is there anything James Franco thinks he can’t do? The maverick’s first breakthrough role was on the unfortunately short-lived TV show Freaks and Geeks in ’99 but started gaining recognition for the television movie James Dean, which landed him a Golden Globe award. Since then, he’s starred as Tobey Maguire’s best friend-turned-enemy Harry Osborn in Spider-man and Spider-man 2 and taken on a recurring role on ABC’s soap opera General Hospital. His other films include Tristan and Isolde, Milk, 127 Hours, and most recently Rise of the Planet of the Apes. So, what do we love about the do-it-all dreamboat? better question might be, what’s there not to love? Besides his ability to play both a gay lover in Milk and a hilarious loveable stoner in Pineapple Express, the boy’s got skills aside from the big screen. Franco returned to UCLA where he earned his undergrad degree in 2008. He then moved to NYC for graduate school at Columbia University’s writing program and NYU’s Tisch School of Arts, where he graduated with his MFA in both 2010 and 2011. He is currently a PhD student in English at Yale University and just last fall taught a course about film making at NYU (we don’t know how those students found the concentration). The James-of-all-trades is also in talks to write and direct the Hollywood version of William Faulkner’s iconic novel, As I Lay Dying. We literally don’t know how he does it; we can barely balance school and a social life! Whatever his secret is, we’re honored to add to his accolades by crowning him ELLEgirl’s crush of the week.
- ElleGirl
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Newly resolved to have perfect fingernails? You don’t have to drop major money at a salon to keep your nails glossy and strong all winter. Set aside about an hour, follow our eight easy steps, and you won’t want to cover up with winter gloves or coat sleeves. You’ll need: Base and top coat (see our top pick below) Nail polish remover Cotton pads or Q-tips Nail file Cuticle pusher or clipper.
1. Soak your hands in warm water for at least three minutes. A little bit of lemon juice will help loosen any nail color, meaning less damage done by nail polish remover.
2. Remove any old polish with a cotton ball or Q-tip and apply moisturizer to your cuticles. The alcohol in nail polish remover leeches moisture from your skin, so make sure to apply lotion or hand cream before, and after you take off old polish.
3. Push back cuticles. If you’ve left your nail beds unattended for a while, you can trim your cuticles but be careful, if you cut your cuticles too short they’ll bleed.
4. Shape your nails with a nail file, being careful only to file in one direction. A back and forth motion will weaken your nails. Give yourself square edges, and a round tip, the perfect shape for growing out your nails and keeping them strong.
5. Buff your nails so you have a smooth surface for the polish to stick to.
6. Base Coat. Always use a base coat! It helps your color stick and strengthens your nails. We love Sally Hansen’s Double Duty Polish, which can be used as both a base, and top coat. It’s packed with vitamins to strengthen your nails, and is a hardcore chip resister.
Photo: Courtesy of Drugstore.com Sally Hansen double duty nail polish, $5.
7. Color. Always roll the bottle (never shake!) to mix up the color, and get your perfect shade. 8. Top Coat. Wait at least half an hour before applying a top coat to seal in the color, and keep your nails looking lovely for as long as possible.
Amber.Stardoll- Oh no, poor Brad Pitt! We spotted Brad and Angie at the Palm Spring Film Festival clutching a cane! No, it wasn't just a dapper accessory, Brad actually need it! So what happened to him? Well, he injured his ACL (it's a ligament in your knee) when he was playing with his kids! "I was carrying my daughter [Vivienne] down the hill and I slipped...It was either her or me." We're happy to report that Vivienne was fine. Thankfully Brad won't need surgery, but he does need to use his leg less so that's why he has the cane. Angie doesn't seem to mind tho, "I like the cane." We hope that Brad has a speedy recovery! (people)
- Amber.Stardoll
- The recent week there were rumors that Beyonce had given birth to a baby girl named Tiana May Carter, but last night Beyonce was spotted for the first time since reports that she had given birth and with that she denied all rumors. She was rubbing her tummy as she left an office building and it's just a matter of time before her longed-for baby arrives! We can't wait! (celebuzz.)
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- People's Choice Awards have decided to uninvite the comedian Russell Brand from the ceremony because of his and Katy Perry's recent divorce. Katy is up for seven of the awards and an insider sais that it is Katy's big night and otherwise it's going to be awkward for organizers in any case after their shock decision to split. While we of course are wishing the best for Katy on the People's Choice Awards, we're also think this is kind of strange and childish. Two public person's and big stars must be able to stay in the same event together anyway, not be afraid might cross paths sometimes. (Perezhilton)
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- True Blood actress, Evan Rachel Wood, and Brit star, Jamie Bell, are finally engaged! The two have had an on-again off-again relationship for the best several years, in fact they met back in 2005 while filming a music video for Green Day (Wake Me Up When September Ends). They even have matching tattoos, so it's fitting that they decided to get married! We're really happy for Evan and Jamie! Congratulations! (usmagazine)
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- Cameron Jibril Thomaz, more known as Wiz Khalifa, is sued for his song Black And Yellow! The rapper Maxamillion claims that Wiz has infringed his song Pink and Yellow which came out in in 2008. Max claims Khalifa's 2011 number one US single plagiarizes his own 2008 track and is now suing him for $2.3 millions. Both tracks feature rapped repetition of their titles and the song Black and Yellow references the colours worn by sports teams in Khalifa's native Pittsburgh. We can't help feeling like this is just another person trying to make a quick buck of two...Maybe Max is in need of some coffers?(hollywoodheavy.com)
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