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Rihanna’s Barbadian vacation looks like so much liquor-soaked fun
Lady Gaga goes drag king again for her ‘You & I’ single artwork: gross or artsy?
Brangelina took Maddox to a matinee of ‘Wicked’ for his birthday
Princess Charlene in fuchsia Akris, with her husband: lovely or tragic?
Ethan Hawke & his nanny-wife welcome daughter Indiana

Rihanna’s Barbadian vacation looks like so much liquor-soaked fun

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 08:39 AM PDT

As more and more photos of Rihanna's rum-soaked Barbadian holiday come out, I grow increasingly jealous. The whole trip looks like so much fun, and Rihanna just seems to be having the best time. I wish I was part of her crew so I could get hammered with Rihanna and go night-swimming in Bob Marley swimsuits. Once again, I have to hand it to Rihanna - the girl knows how to party, and she knows how to maintain too. Sure, she looked drunk in all of the photos from Kadooment Day, and she looked like she might have a buzz in those white bikini photos too, but she never looks like she's completely wasted, like she's too far gone to function. Even in these new photos, of Rihanna night-swimming and bringing her dear friend, beer, along with her, she still knows what she's doing. She's PARTYING, for the love of God. She's on vacation. Let the girl get hammered and go night-swimming.

Apparently, this "Bank Beer" in Rihanna's hand is the official beer of Barbados or something. As for the Bob Marley swimsuit, Rihanna is a big Marley fan. In an interview last year, Rihanna said she had a "Bob Marley room" made in her LA house, which is sort of her shrine to him, "The Bob Marley room is my loungey room, so there’s incense burning, there’s a painting on the wall of Bob Marley in black and white, which I love. The rest of the room goes from green into yellow into red, like the Jamaican flag. There’s a little coffee table and these seats that are like big pillows on the floor, so it’s not formal at all. There are lots of Bob Marley books, lyric books. He’s one of my favourite artists of all time - he really paved the way for every other artist out of the Caribbean."

The Mail also has a piece about Rihanna's relationship with her hair stylist, Ursula Stephen, who changes more than $3000 a day. A source says, "Rihanna likes to pioneer new styles but it's costing her a fortune. She makes several public appearances a week, and the cost soon stacks up. Ursula is a close confidante and they are together all the time. You have to wonder why she insists on keeping such an expensive member of her entourage on the payroll 24/7. Most of these costs are paid for by her management." Yikes. She's paying way too much for these hair styles, although I think she looks so much better without the Kool-Aid color.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Lady Gaga goes drag king again for her ‘You & I’ single artwork: gross or artsy?

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 08:06 AM PDT

Last year, Lady Gaga introduced the world to her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, a Depression-era mechanic who oddly enough looked like Bob Dylan, and sort of like that actor Adam Goldberg too, right? Gaga did the drag king thing and taped down her tatas, donned a dark wig and did a whole photo shoot for Vogue Hommes Japan as Jo. After that, nothing much happened. I figured it was just a minor little kerfuffle from the Gaga Stunt Queen Machine. Well, Gaga has brought Jo back, this time for the artwork for her new single, "You & I" (which sounds like a rip-off of Elton John).

She’s worn rubber in abundance, sported bizarre facial horns and attended an awards ceremony in a dress made out of raw meat. But clearly Lady Gaga is bored of being an outrageous woman and has decided to switch gender instead - again.

The controversial singer adopted the guise of her male alter-ago Jo Calderone for the cover of her new single, You and I. Smoking a cigarette and sporting sideburns and stubble, Gaga gave off a moody and scruffy look for the black and white shots.

The single, taken from her second studio album Born This Way, is due for release on August 23, but why she decided to dress as her male self is anyone’s guess.

Gaga, 25, Tweeted the single cover pictures yesterday along with the words: ‘You will never find what you are looking for in love, if you don't love yourself.’

She also told fans, in her 991st Tweet that the music video for the song would be her 1,000th Tweet.

This is not the first time that Jo Calderone has made an appearance - last June she posed as him for a series of photos in London by renowned photographer Nick Knight and arranged by regular Gaga stylist Nicola Formichetti. They then went on to appear in a men's fashion editorial for the September issue of Vogue Hommes Japan.

It’s not been great week for Gaga - real name Stefani Germanotta - who is facing a lawsuit over claims of plagiarism. A vocalist called Rebecca Fancescatti is reoprtedly claiming her hit song Judas is a rip-off of her own 1999 tune Juda.

[From The Mail]

Gaga ripping off another artist??! NO, that's just impossible. Gaga is the most original person in the world. She would never copy from Madonna or Christina Aguilera or Bob Dylan or Elton John or some random person. Gaga is the creator of everything!

I'll say it again, though - Gaga in male drag isn't terrible. She looks very natural as a man. I'm still not sure this isn't Adam Goldberg.

Photos courtesy of Lady Gaga and Vogue Homme Japan.

Brangelina took Maddox to a matinee of ‘Wicked’ for his birthday

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 07:13 AM PDT

I always forget that Maddox Jolie-Pitt has the same birthday as my mom. Maybe that's something I should NOT try to remember, right? Anyway, Maddox's birthday was Friday, and the little guy turned the big 10. I don't remember my tenth birthday, but I'm sure it involved ice cream cake and…? Maddox's birthday was fancier, of course. Madd got to go to a show in London! Angelina and Brad took Madd and the three other older kids to see a matinee of Wicked on London's West End. These are photos of the clan as they leave the theatre. Brad has been filming around London for weeks now, and I guess they haven't made the move to Scotland yet. Tell me this - is it weird that Maddox had to spend his birthday with his younger siblings? What if his birthday wish was "some alone time without being overrun by younger children"?

Maddox Jolie-Pitt and his famous family took a trip to the marvelous land of Oz for his tenth birthday. On Saturday, a day after Maddox turned 10, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt treated their eldest to a matinee performance of Wicked — the smash Broadway musical — on London’s West End.

Maddox was photographed with mom Jolie, 36, dad Pitt, 47, and sister Shiloh, 5, near the theater. Sister Zahara, 6, and brother Pax, 7, were also on hand for the theater event. Word of the superstar brood’s presence spread to the cast of the show.

“There was definitely a big excitement backstage! Everyone was on a high,” a Wicked castmember tells Us Weekly. And the Jolie-Pitts weren’t perched a in a VIP box, either — sitting in the orchestra, but surrounded by a few empty, reserved seats.

What did Maddox, Shiloh and the gang think of the show, about the earlier lives of witches of Oz (Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North)?

“They were very happy and quite quiet,” the castmate says. “The children seemed fascinated by the spectacle.” The group did not, however, visit backstage.

The family have been hanging out in England as Pitt shoots World War Z — and, despite Saturday’s fun outting, Jolie’s not having the best time ever.

“She’s not pleased being at home while he’s on set,” an insider told Us. “These are the longest hours he’s spent on a set in a while, so it’s just her and the kids with not much to do.”

[From Us Weekly]

Does anyone else find it amazing that the kids were so well-behaved? Those are four little kids, in the middle of a crowded theatre, seeing an exciting show. If they got over-excited, it would be perfectly understandable. But reportedly, they just enjoyed the show and they were good kids. Is it possible that they just really are good kids and not the wild hellions that the tabloids claim?

You can also see in the photos that Shiloh is clutching a stuffed, winged monkey doll from the show. How come Shiloh gets a doll on Maddox's birthday? MOM!!! Also: Brad looks hot in blue. Angelina looks meh. I'd rather see her in black than nude, though.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

Princess Charlene in fuchsia Akris, with her husband: lovely or tragic?

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 06:37 AM PDT

On Friday night, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene (formerly Charlene Wittstock) did their first big event together in Monaco since their July wedding. The event was the 63rd Red Cross Ball, held in Monte Carlo, where I'm assuming that Charlene and Albert were the host and hostess or the most significant patrons. Charlene's gown is Akris, and I'm not sure what I think about it. I love the color on Charlene, who I think does too many neutrals and pale colors, so it's nice to see her in something that "pops". But the detailing on the back of the dress looks like fish scales to me, and I don't think those are attractive. I also don't like how the skirt looks too stiff. The jewelry is quite something, though! The necklace is custom-made Van Cleef & Arpels, given to her as a gift from her husband. I mean… yeah, he screws around on her, but he gives her great jewelry. Does make it alright? The necklace - which can also be worn as a tiara, is made from 88 round diamonds, 10 pear-shaped diamonds and 359 sapphires. According to Pop Sugar, "it was designed to evoke memories of the ocean…" … Because Charlene might have to swim home?

In the month since the wedding, all hell has broken loose, and there are serious questions about whether their honeymoon in South Africa was anything other than completely miserable. My theory is that Charlene has spent the last month undergoing some kind of princess brainwashing, which might explain why she looks so… glassy in these photos. It's not that she looks miserable, it's not that she looks angry with her husband (for screwing around on her and fathering a bunch of babies). She just looks… medicated. Her smiles seem less about being at her husband's side and more about whatever pills she's taking. Just my opinion. I guess the palace will say that she and her husband are just HAPPY and haters are gonna hate - or haters are gonna get sued, as the case may be.

Going back to Charlene's style - she made this year's Vanity Fair "Best Dressed" list, along with fellow new princess/duchess Catherine of Cambridge. And just like Catherine, Charlene's style is receiving some high-profile criticism. The New York Times style critic Cathy Horyn was summarizing Vanity Fair's list, and she mentioned her dislike of the inclusion of Charlene. Horyn wrote:

The… committee seemed to make an effort to broaden the list, not quite banishing obvious socialites and actresses but nearly so. I was glad to see, among others, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Christine Lagarde; Jenson Button; Colin Firth; and Shala Monroque. But Princess Charlene of Monaco was a stretch. Her style to me is something of a flat pancake, despite (or perhaps because of) the effort she applies.

[From The New York Times]

Ouch. So not only does Charlene's marriage suck, but so does her style, at least according to this critic. Personally, I just think Charlene is trying to be all things to all people, style-wise. She's trying to bring back Princess Grace's effortless chic, while trying to become a clothes hanger for all of the important European designers.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Ethan Hawke & his nanny-wife welcome daughter Indiana

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 06:07 AM PDT

Ethan Hawke and his nanny-wife Ryan announced her second pregnancy back in April, and now it's looking like she gave birth… two weeks ago. Some may claim that this isn't newsworthy or that no one cares about Ethan Hawke. I CARE. Ethan Hawke is, like, white trash beautiful to me. He's so rodent-like and so hot (to me). And I don't know how to feel about this nanny-wife, or the fact that they had another baby. Would I still get with Ethan knowing that he was the father of FOUR kids? That’s two with Ryan, two with Uma Thurman. Eh. Yeah, probably.

Ethan Hawke, who has called fatherhood “the greatest pleasure in my life,” and his wife, Ryan Hawke, welcomed their second child together two weeks ago, a girl named Indiana, PEOPLE has confirmed.

She’s the fourth child for Hawke, who also has two kids with ex-wife Uma Thurman. News of this pregnancy was first reported in April.

On Friday, the family had lunch at La Bottega in the Maritime Hotel, in Manhattan. “He was very happy,” an onlooker tells PEOPLE. “Seemed like a proud daddy.”

Ethan, 40, and Ryan married in June 2008. Their daughter, Clementine Jane, is now 3.

Hawke’s children with Thurman are Maya, 13, and Levon, 9.

In 2006, Ethan Hawke said parenting has brought him the greatest joy and was “the only role that, if I fail, I will consider my life a failure.”

[From People]

Thoughts on "Indiana" for a baby name? I don't really hate it. It reminded me for some reason of the Phoenix clan. Isn't one of them named Indiana? YES! I just found it - Casey Affleck and his wife Summer Phoenix named their daughter Indiana too. Incidentally, Ethan and the late River Phoenix were really, really close. If you ever saw Ethan's Inside the Actor's Studio, he spoke quite honestly about his overwhelming jealousy of River, and later Jude Law. I wonder if Ethan is still tight with the Phoenix siblings?