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Jennifer Lopez keeps talking babies: promoting her film or procreating with Casper?
Pippa Middleton is getting advice from a PR professional following the gun incident
Alex Skarsgard says he’s single, jokes around about not dating Charlize Theron
‘Avengers’ delivers record weekend, scores $200 million box office: did you see it?
Beyonce: “My biggest thing is to teach Blue not to focus on the aesthetic”
LeAnn Rimes, Eddie & Brandi get pap’d at Jake’s soccer game, how shocking
Should Michael Fassbender be cast as Christian Grey in ’50 Shades of Grey’?
Nicole Kidman and Faith Margaret cover Harper’s Bazaar Australia: gorgeous?
Vogue bans models “under 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder”
Sienna Miller & Tom Sturridge are on a ‘babymoon’ in Portofino, Italy

Jennifer Lopez keeps talking babies: promoting her film or procreating with Casper?

Posted: 07 May 2012 08:59 AM PDT

Jennifer Lopez is in that bad-looking ensemble parenting comedy, What To Expect When You’re Expecting, which is out next Friday, May 18. I blame Love, Actually for this phenomenon. What once seemed like a sweet, sentimental mediocre film has set the bar surprisingly high for all the films in that genre to come. I’m not saying that Love, Actually was a crappy movie, just that it’s average in general but superb in comparison to some of these other movies of that type. I could be wrong and What to Expect could have some redeeming factors. One of the trailers is mildly funny (the other one is dumb) as long as it didn’t reveal all the laugh out loud moments already. Plus, Rodrigo Santoro is in it. Jennifer Lopez is playing his lucky wife. In terms of her own future plans, she she told People that more children “would be a blessing,” but added that she has her hands full with her four year-old twins. Lopez has also said during promotion to the film that she is open to adoption and – spoilers but who cares – it’s something that she was exposed to through her character. Here’s what she told People:

Now that the relationship of Jennifer Lopez and boyfriend Casper Smart appears to be stronger than ever, does the pop star possibly have more babies on the brain?

“It would be a blessing,” Lopez, the mother of 4-year-old twins, Max and Emme, told PEOPLE about the prospect of having more kids. “Every day … they just bring so much joy and happiness to your life, [and] they just bring you right back down to earth.”

But as the star of the new movie What to Expect When You’re Expecting, who’s been juggling her American Idol duties while preparing for her upcoming tour, also admits: “I’ve got my hands full.”

Besides, being a single mom is never exactly easy.

“There’s the guilt that comes along with it,” Lopez said. “You leave and they go, ‘Don’t go to work, Mommy!’ ”

So how has the star – who last year split with husband Marc Anthony – managed to balance it all? By putting her twins first.

“That’s my philosophy. So as long as that’s … working in the right way, then I can dedicate whatever time I need to dedicate to my career,” she said. “You just do the best you can, and say no when you have to say no.”

[From People]

Well we’ve heard that she’s trying for a baby with Casper, and that she is considering adoption. Of course she’s in this baby-centric film so the topic is coming up repeatedly, but if she wasn’t open to more kids she would shut it down and say that door is closed. US Weekly just had a whole spread on how Lopez is going to marry her man-boy a hot minute after her divorce is final. Plus she promoted him to “lead choreographer” on her tour, at least according to Casper.

So I could see her being so head over heels for this boy that she wants to have babies with him. If they get to that point it might prolong the inevitable, but I don’t see them lasting. I could be wrong, but I doubt Casper is powerful enough to hold her interest. As I’ve said before, she’s already divorced another backup dancer, and a waiter. The minute another pseudo celebrity comes along she’s going to drop Casper.

Have you seen Wisin and Yandel’s new video for “Follow The Leader” featuring Lopez? (Below) At least Casper isn’t in it. The music starts at :49 in, with Lopez sporting big fake tattoos, “Lideres” across her breastbone, which I guess means leader in Spanish (which makes sense given the title) and a big inkblot dragon-looking thing on her back. I have to admit that the urban running stuff is cool, but there are better YouTube videos of it that are real. Plus it seems so 7 years ago. Lopez’s outfit is ridiculous. As for the song, it’s not terrible but it’s not my taste either. I would find it annoying in an aerobics class.

Photos are from 4-5-12 and 4-30-12. Credit: WENN.com

Pippa Middleton is getting advice from a PR professional following the gun incident

Posted: 07 May 2012 08:53 AM PDT

Pippa Middleton's popularity (in the UK) took a nosedive after she was photographed in Paris, in a car full of rich boys, with one of said boys waving around a fake gun. In the paparazzi photos from the incident, Pippa is seen smiling, laughing and smirking as her friend waves the fake gun around, pointing it at the paparazzo. There were initial reports that Pippa and her friends could be charged with a crime, although nothing came of it. Since the incident, Pippa has definitely been trying to be more low-key, and The Mail claimed that Pippa's (stage) mother Carole Middleton warned her about "getting a bad reputation." Because everything can be solved, apparently, by infantilizing 28-year-old Pippa and her 30-year-old duchess sister. They're just "girls"! They don't know any better!

Anyway, there's probably something to those reports that Carole was trying to get Pippa to take it down a notch. The Telegraph's gossip guy, Mandrake, reports that Pippa is so concerned about her "reputation" that she's now "in touch" with a major public relations man about how to shore up her image:

With one of her louche Parisian pals pulling a gun on a photographer, Pippa Middleton suffered a rare stain on her public image. The Duchess of Cambridge's sister is now taking steps to secure her place in the nation's affections.

Mandrake hears that Pippa has been in touch with David Wynne-Morgan, the veteran PR man, about how to protect her image.

Discreetly, Wynne-Morgan, who is a consultant for Lord Bell's firm Pelham Bell Pottinger, declines to comment. However, one of his associates tells me: "Pippa wanted his advice on how she should deal with her PR."

Wynne-Morgan, a former royal correspondent, is known as London's best-connected spinner and once advised the Prince of Wales.

[From The Telegraph]

I feel bad for any PR firm that has had to deal with the Prince of Wales, because every says he's such a bastard to work for and with. As for Pippa possibly hiring someone (or just "getting advice")… well… sure. If that's what she feels she needs to do, go ahead. I think that by hiring someone for her personal PR situation is a tacit admission that she is, in fact, a public figure, despite her lawyer's claims that she's not. Pippa wants attention. Pippa wants press. She just doesn't want BAD press.

…I wonder what's going on with Pippa and George Percy, the future duke? Was he scared off by Pippa's antics in Paris? Poor Pippa.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN.

Alex Skarsgard says he’s single, jokes around about not dating Charlize Theron

Posted: 07 May 2012 08:21 AM PDT

When I find myself attracted to Alexander Skarsgard, it's almost exclusively through photos. He's not one of those "you have to see him in motion" dudes, like Benedict Cumberbatch or someone like that. Alex photographs very well most of the time, and considering I don't watch True Blood, I rarely see him in motion, which is fine. I'm just trying to explain why I was somewhat startled to hear his natural speaking voice in this Extra interview. CB says that she can hear Alex's natural Swedish accent, but I can't make it out. Does it freak out anyone else that Alex's American accent is absolutely perfect? Anyway, in this joint interview with Taylor Kitsch (his voice is super-annoying), they're promoting Battleship and Alex ends up confirming that he's single. Sort of.

I like the way Alex handles those questions, truly mystified at first, offering a muddled denial, then playing along with the Charlize Theron questions. Back in March, The Enquirer got the ball rolling on those reports, claiming that Charlize and Alex were seen together at a gay bar in LA. Since then, people have been acting like Charlize and Alex are totally together and in love, which… I don't buy. I think they probably were hanging out at some point, maybe even hooking up, but I don't think they're really "together". And obviously, Alex seems to consider himself single: "If I'm in a relationship? No, I'm not." There you go, Viking-Dong Lovers. Skarsgard could be yours. But probably only if you're blonde and thin.

Oh, and last week Access Hollywood asked Alex about possibly being cast as Christian Grey in 50 Shades of Grey too. He jokingly said, "Where do I sign? He's got a sex chamber? My character has that on 'True Blood.' He's got his little dungeon… I was born to play that part." Just say no, Alex.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

‘Avengers’ delivers record weekend, scores $200 million box office: did you see it?

Posted: 07 May 2012 07:07 AM PDT

As expected, The Avengers ruled the weekend at the box office, which was the only natural result for the most-anticipated film of the summer. What wasn’t expected, however, is that this movie would break the record for the all-time domestic opening weekend of all time with an estimated $200.3 three-day take. Considering that the movie’s worldwide total has now reached $641.8 million, the movie’s $220 million budget (plus all of its advertising expenses) has already easily been recouped. Part of this massive success has been due to word-of-mouth by those who saw advanced previews, for director Joss Whedon honed in on his own inner fanboy to make the film that comic junkies truly wanted to see. Whedon knows the hell out of these characters and used all of their respectives strengths, weaknesses, and neuroses to the greatest advantage. It also comes as no surprise that putting so many superheroes into one movie would best the individual efforts of Thor’s abs and Captain America’s waxed nips (plus those of Iron Man, The Hulk, Loki, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Nick Fury). In this instance, the sum is greater than the whole of the parts because Avengers has not only smashed sales records but also achieved quality:

It’s been clear for a while that The Avengers would be a box office success, though few people could have foreseen this opening. The superhero team-up got off to an unprecedented $200.3 million start this weekend, which obliterates the previous all-time weekend record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 last Summer ($169.2 million).

While it fell short of setting a new opening day record (that still belongs to Potter), The Avengers was responsible for new high marks in most other major categories. It was the fastest movie ever to reach $100 million, $150 million, and $200 million, and it set new records for Saturday ($69.7 million) and Sunday ($50.1 million) grosses. It also had the highest per-theater average ever for a nationwide release with $46,057.

Through its first three days, The Avengers has already grossed more than Thor ($181 million), Captain America: The First Avenger ($176.6 million) and The Incredible Hulk ($134.8 million). It’s still behind Iron Man and Iron Man 2 ($318.4 million and $312.4 million, respectively), though it should pass those movies next weekend.

The incredible opening weekend gross for The Avengers is mostly the result of a lengthy, extremely effective marketing effort which began all the way back in 2008 when Nick Fury made his first appearance after the credits in the original Iron Man. By the time Thor and Captain America opened last year, it became clear that these movies existed in equal parts to make money and to serve as advertisements for The Avengers.

The movie went on to receive strong reviews (94 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), which made anticipation reach even higher levels. It also helped that April’s releases were anemic, so The Avengers was able to play on more screens than it would have if another major movie was in the market (like when Thor had to face Fast Five last year).

The big question now is how high The Avengers can go–it will obviously hit $400 million, and with exceptional word-of-mouth (rare “A+” CinemaScore) the movie could even be in line for a $500 million total.

[From Box Office Mojo]

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD!

Even though I tried to avoid seeing this movie until next weekend weekend, I ended up braving the crowds and catching a Sunday matinee showing that was (inevitably) filled with a vast geek squad who were probably already on their 2nd or 3rd viewings of the movie. Overall though, The Avengers was a really great time. The dialogue was snappy (both in regard to one-liners and monologues), the plot was well thought out and contained no visible holes, and the special effects weren’t cheesy or overdone. While I wasn’t blown away by the action and didn’t enjoy the infighting (particularly the encounter between Iron Man and Thor over Loki) nearly as much as I expected to, the smart script made up for these slight shortcomings.

Now let’s talk about how well the abundant eye candy fared because, ultimately, this is a summer blockbuster and, action aside, the movie was intentionally filled to the brim with a large number of attractive, strapping actors. Between Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans, I was personally well sated, and Robert Downey Jr. pulled off his usual charming a-hole in Tony Stark quite well. If one adds in Jeremy Renner’s effortless tough-guy aura as Hawkeye and the mesmerizing performance of Tom Hiddleston as Loki, then it comes as no surprise to learn that this movie pulled in an impressive 40% female audience, which is pretty amazing for a superhero movie. Even more boastworthy is that Scarlett Johansson’s contributions went well past her famous jiggle. Don’t get me wrong though, for those boobs jiggled plenty, but Scarlett also held her own (far better than she did in Iron Man 2) and didn’t embarrass herself at all.

Character development, which is a rare entity to behold in the blockbuster world, was also a major strength of The Avengers. Thor and Iron Man both had to do away with their own respective bits of snobbery (fighting alongside mortals and getting along with others, respectively) for the united cause, and the Hulk also learned to cope with his (for lack of a better descriptor) dual personality. Oddly enough, I think that last aspect was the most thrilling part of the movie for me even though I went in thinking that this incarnation of the Hulk was “fluffier” than usual and nearly as brawny as he’s previously been. I now stand corrected, for both Ruffalo and the CGI department won me over — not enough to throw away my allegance to Thor, but close. Indeed, I enjoyed this movie like I love The Dirty Dozen, and Whedon did an amazing job of integrating a bunch of mismatched parts into one impressive superhero tapestry.

Photos courtesy of AllMoviePhoto

Beyonce: “My biggest thing is to teach Blue not to focus on the aesthetic”

Posted: 07 May 2012 07:06 AM PDT

I enjoy how People Magazine keeps drawing out the excerpts from their "Most Beautiful" cover story with Beyonce. That cover was two weeks ago, and People keeps putting more and more excerpts online. They really hit the jackpot with this interview – Beyonce talked about more personal stuff than anything else, and many of you are not buying what she's selling. AT ALL. We've already talked about the excerpts regarding Beyonce's take on the "fake pregnancy" thing, how Beyonce did not feel beautiful during the "birth", and how she breastfed for 10 weeks and then stopped. These new excerpts are about Beyonce and her hair, how Bey doesn't want Blue Ivy to grow up focusing on "the aesthetic" and how Bey loves old mascara. Sidenote: I covered a few of these quotes before, but this piece has way more context:

Beyonce remembers first trying makeup when she was 6 years old.

“I was playing in my mother’s makeup,” she tells PEOPLE. “I had blue eye shadow and red lips, and I put crazy blush on. I looked like a clown, but I thought I was so beautiful.”

Her routine has come a long way since then – the singer often does her own makeup for appearances – but her love for the basics remains. Asked what she wears to look awake after sleepless nights spent with baby Blue, she replies, “Lip gloss – I love L’Oréal’s Infallible 8 HR Le Gloss in Coral Sands – and a little bit of blush.”

Growing up around her mom Tina Knowles’s salon, Beyoncé learned a lot about beauty. “I like to experiment [with my hair],” she says. “I love playing around with highlights or bleaching the tips. I can cut and style my own hair.”

In fact, she recently gave herself a trim, cutting two inches off her ends. “I just parted it in the middle and chh-chh-chh,” she reveals.

But it’s inner beauty that she values most – and she hopes her daughter will learn to do the same. “My biggest thing is to teach [Blue] not to focus on the aesthetic,” she says. “It’s really about who you are, and the human being, that makes you beautiful.”

The Secret of Old Mascara
Still, being a superstar means having to focus on the physical. When asked if she’s comfortable leaving the house without makeup, Beyoncé says, “Every day in my life is a part of my history, and I’ve worked really hard on my career and my life. So I make sure I wouldn’t be upset if somebody saw me.”

That means her standard lip gloss and blush, plus moisturizer – “I don’t have to spend that much time on my skin,” she admits – and sometimes, mascara.

“I’m pretty good at throwing out the expired stuff, but I hold on to my mascara for a long time,” she says. “I actually prefer old mascara. It makes your lashes thicker and longer.”

But regardless of who’s seeing her and where, the star is feeling better than ever. “I have embraced my flaws,” she says. “And I feel more confident.”

[From People]

As always, I have to ask: are you buying what Beyonce is selling? Is she wearing you down? Or with each new excerpt, are you growing more and more ambivalent towards her? I'll tell you the truth – before Blue, before the pillowy bump, I was pretty much over Beyonce. She was annoying the hell out of me. But ever since the bump and the baby, she's just trying so hard, and it really does seem like she's trying to be more interesting. So… while I don't believe all of the stuff she's shilling, I like that she's trying.

Also – Jay-Z has a new interview about his daughter. Jay appeared on last night's Oprah's Master Class: Special Edition, and he talked about how he is as a parent. Jay- said: "I imagine I’ll take things I learned from my mom and things I’ve learned from raising my nephews and apply that… Then at the end of the day, I just know I’ll probably have the worst, spoiled little kid ever… Everyone imagines they’ll be a great dad until their [kids are] teenagers. [They say], ‘Get away from me, Dad. You’re embarrassing me.'" I think Blue Ivy will probably be a spoiled kid too, but I think it will be a different kind of "spoiled celebrity kid" than we're used to seeing. Blue won't be a little Suri Cruise or a Willow Smith. Blue is going to break the mold of what we know about celebrity children, mark my words.

Here's a new photo from Beyonce's Tumblr. Girl got a new wig! She wanted to show it off.

Photos courtesy of Beyonce's Tumblr, WENN.

LeAnn Rimes, Eddie & Brandi get pap’d at Jake’s soccer game, how shocking

Posted: 07 May 2012 06:35 AM PDT

LeAnn Rimes, Eddie Cibrian and Brandi Glanville were all in attendance at Jake Cibrian's soccer game yesterday in Calabasas, California. After the week these people have had, I'm truly surprised that they can even be in the same air space. LeAnn and Eddie brought a camper-full of crap to watch the game – fold-out chairs, some kind of awning, drinks, etc. Brandi Glanville brought some kind of blanket or ground cover, and she ended up sitting close to LeAnn and Eddie. I don't know who sat down first or what have you. I always assume that LeAnn waits to see where Brandi sits, and she makes sure that she's close by, because she knows those are the money shots for the paparazzi that she (LeAnn) called. Speaking of, isn't it nice that we have these photos? LeAnn gave the paparazzi the right time this weekend! Thank goodness.

I'm trying to look through LeAnn and Brandi's Twitter feeds to see if there was any drama… Brandi didn't seem to have a phone with her at the game, so there's nothing. But here's a gem from LeAnn: "I’ve learned that people say mean things out of their own unhappiness. I don’t take things personally anymore. I LIVE". If you consider tweeting incessantly all day, every day to be "living" then sure. LeAnn also tweeted a photo of Eddie with one of his sons with the comment: "This makes me the happiest! Best dad ever!!!!!"

This is at the game. LeAnn not only called the paparazzi so they could get photos of the kids, but she's actually taking photos of her stepsons and putting them on Twitter. This is one of the central issues in this budget Bermuda Triangle, isn't it? And of course, LeAnn tweeted a photo of herself in a bikini, probably from her last Mexican vacay (in which she hired a photographer to follow her around?).

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, LeAnn's Twitter.

Should Michael Fassbender be cast as Christian Grey in ’50 Shades of Grey’?

Posted: 07 May 2012 06:08 AM PDT

You know I'll use any excuse to talk about Michael Fassbender, even if it's just a kind of boring interview. Aren't you excited for Prometheus? It comes out in a month! GAAAH!!! Not only am I excited to actually see the movie, but I'm looking forward to Michael's promotional duties for the film. I hope those duties include lots of interviews and photo-ops and tight pants and such. Until that happens, we just have to make do with this, a seemingly new and random interview, via the Belfast Telegraph (I think these are further excerpts from Michael's Esquire UK interview):

Michael Fassbender doesn’t understand why little boys love cars so much but aren’t interested in kettles. The actor has been obsessed with mechanics ever since he was a toddler. He knows many young kids are the same, but can’t fathom what it is that is so appealing about vehicles.

“When I was four, I just wanted to drive, I collected toy cars,” he revealed. “Where does that sort of thing come from? In hindsight you go, ‘Oh, liked it because of this.’ Maybe it’s just the wheel. Why does a three-year-old, and it’s usually boys, want to drive the tractor or have machinery and be in control of it? I don’t know. [If it's because it's grown up] why wouldn’t you ask to boil a kettle or something? Maybe you would, I dunno.”

It’s not just driving which interests Michael, he is fascinated by racing cars.

He has thought about why they are so interesting and thinks it is because the sport is quite dangerous.

“Initially it’s the speed [which appeals],” he told Esquire magazine. “I always wanted to drive cars, when I was 12 I was taking a car out? Then I started watching Formula 1 when I was probably 15 or 16, started getting into it. I don’t know, there’s the excitement. I was the speed and the danger I think that were initially attractive to me.”

The 35-year-old does have some hobbies which aren’t quite so daring. He is currently embroiled in a lengthy table tennis contest with some of his friends.

“I’m fairly competitive, we’ve got a little ping-pong tournament going on in my [apartment] at the moment, which has been an on-going thing,” he said. “I gotta say man, it brought so many hours of just pure joy, that little table. It’s a miniature ping-pong table.”

[Via The Belfast Telegraph]

Fassy is ALL BOY. He loves toys. He loves cars. He loves going fast. He loves to compete and play and he loves anything loud. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Usually, actors are trying to bash us in the head with their sensitivity and neuroses. While I think Michael has moments of sensitivity and neurosis, for the most part, he just seems like a flat-out DUDE. A dude who likes to hang out with other dudes and talk about cars. I can't have a conversation about cars at all. I'm not being a ditz about it or anything, but all I can manage to say to my mechanic is "It's broken. Can you fix it?"

By the way, there's now a movement afoot to ensure that Fassy is cast as Christian Grey in the film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey. I finished the book over the weekend and… dear God, was it AWFUL. I'm not an elitist when it comes to literature at all – sometimes I just want to read something that I can finish in a weekend, and thus, I read books by Janet Evanovich, Jonathan Kellerman, John Grisham and Sue Grafton (I honestly think Grafton is a supremely talented crime writer, for what it's worth). But 50 Shades was just a mess. If I had to read the words "inner goddess" and "lip bite" one more f–king time, I was going to start banging my head into a wall. So, NO, I do not think Michael Fassbender should play Christian Grey. Yes, the character is beautiful and he can f–k like a champion, but I just wasn't feeling it. Mostly because the Anastasia character is such a twit and an awful person, and it's horrible to try to imagine Fassy doing those things to some young woman who bites her lip and rolls her eyes at him. SAY NO TO FASSY for this role, please.

Photos courtesy of W Magazine, Esquire UK/Alice Hawkins.

Nicole Kidman and Faith Margaret cover Harper’s Bazaar Australia: gorgeous?

Posted: 07 May 2012 05:20 AM PDT

Oooooh. Nicole Kidman covers the June issue of Harper's Bazaar Australia, and this is the cover. That's little 18-month-old Faith in Nicole's arms. Isn't this a beautiful shot? I think so. Yes, Nicole is a Botox-monster who needs to STOP with the lip injections, but every now and then we can see a glimpse of the old Nicole, and how Nicole would look if she gave up her love affair with the Botox needle. This is one of those times. Plus, I just love all of the ginger. Nicole's ginger, Faith's ginger, it's all beautiful. Incidentally, I love the way it seems like Nicole has chopped off her hair. Wouldn't you love her hair so much if she cut it off and it looked like this? With regards to the cover line – I'm assuming it's in reference to Nicole's casting as 33-year-old Grace Kelly in Grace of Monaco.

The editor of HB Australia talks about how the cover shot came to be:

Truth, beauty, family. Editor Edwina McCann gets to know the real Nicole Kidman on location at BAZAAR’s August cover shoot.

Nicole Kidman is no stranger to criticism. She faced plenty after the birth in December 2010 of Faith Margaret, a much-yearned for sister for Sunday Rose. Faith was famously born with the help of a "gestational carrier" as is the common term in the US. No doubt there will be those who throw yet more criticism at her for allowing her children to feature in photos in this month's Harper's BAZAAR. So I wanted to explain what happened behind the scenes.

Kidman was booked for our cover shoot with a young Australian photographer and regular BAZAAR contributor, Will Davidson. The shoot took place a few hours out of Sydney in a country home with a perfect red dirt road, as envisioned by Davidson. Kidman arrived on time, without entourage, and even spotted the crew not a coffee but a coffee van — "my treat" — when she was told the cost was beyond the shoot budget. She was a willing photographic subject, talked to me in an unguarded and genuinely warm manner before the pictures, and later waited obligingly until dark for a specific Gucci dress to arrive. (In the end the light was so low that the shot didn't make the cut.) Later in the afternoon, Sunday Rose and Faith arrived after their sleeps to see Mummy. Kidman didn't want to put them down; Sunday Rose donned one of the tuxedo jackets from the clothing racks because it was getting chilly. The photographer then took some shots of Kidman with the girls solely for her family album.

[Via Harper's Bazaar Aus.]

Nicole tells the editor that she was okay with the magazine using the shots of her kids: "I think it’s OK, because you can’t see their faces; they’re still protected. I feel it’s a really lovely way to celebrate being a mum and being a family, and they’re my daughters, and they’re Keith’s daughters [laughs] … you can see the hair!” See… I don't have a problem with Nicole (or any celebrity woman) sharing photos of her kids in a magazine. I don't have the hate-on for it that so many people do, mostly because I enjoy seeing photos of celebrities with their kids and I don't judge that enjoyment, nor do I judge the moms who share photos. But Nicole's quote still irritates me – she regularly gets pap'd with her youngest daughters. It happens all the time when she's in LA. Which is fine. But don't pretend that "you can't see their faces" and that she doesn’t have candid photo ops with the kids when she’s got a film coming out, just like Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Garner and all of the rest of them.

Here are some new shots of Nicole as a brunette, shooting The Railway Man in Scotland. Jesus, her lips.

Photos courtesy of HB Australia, WENN.

Vogue bans models “under 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder”

Posted: 07 May 2012 05:15 AM PDT

In late March, Isreal banned models with a Body Mass Index below 18.5, which is the BMI categorization of underweight. It was a specific, measurable categorization of models. Well now Vogue magazine, including all 19 of its editions around the world, has banned models “Under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder.” They’ve promised to check IDs during photo shoots to ensure their models aren’t underage. American Vogue has been making some strides recently by featuring “larger” women like Adele and Jennifer Hudson pre-Weight Watchers. Now they’re taking a bolder step, but is it enough? An eating disorder group says it’s a step in the right direction, but that they need to ban all models under 18 and with BMIs under 18.5:

The move by Vogue magazines to no longer work with models under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder is a big step in the right direction, the head of a Canadian eating disorder organization says.

“Really, for them to come this far is huge,” said Dr. Robbie Campbell, associate professor of psychiatry at Western University in London, Ont., and president of the Eating Disorder Foundation of Canada.

“It’s a move toward healthy modelling, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, healthy habits, healthy temperament, which all leads to a healthy body image.

On Thursday, Condé Nast International, the publisher of Vogue magazines, announced that 19 editors of magazines around the world made the pact to project the image of healthy models.

But the new policy only applies to Vogue magazines. A spokeswoman said there no current plans to implement these guidelines across the company to include other magazines like Glamour and Allure.

Still, Campbell said the Vogue magazines should be praised for taking that first step.

“They’re making a huge effort and we should applaud them.”

Campbell slammed the use of some of the models in magazines who portray a “sick image for our well girls to try and identify with. It’s horrid.”

Campbell said there are still problems within the 16- to 18-year age group as well and that Vogue’s guidelines should consider using older models and factor in their body mass index (BMI). He said 75 per cent of girls suffering from anorexia have a BMI of 17.5.

“I would rather them be 18 years old with an 18.5 BMI.”

But he still offered high praise for the efforts by “an international consortium, who thrive on promoting thinness, who thrive on promoting unwellness.”

Campbell said the images of models in those magazines are a major contributing factor to eating disorders. But other factors also play a role, including genetics, relationship issues, personality factors, and mental health issues such as depression, bipolar illness and obsessive compulsive disorder.

“All these things are part of the big picture. You can’t say it’s one thing. But the media is driving the one thing that seems to keep it in front of us all the time. So actually the media serves as a constant trigger as we’re trying to move these girls toward wellness.”

[From CBC.CA]

It’s a start. It would be nice to have more measurable guidelines, but baby steps I guess. I would love to see the standard for models be between a size four and six. That’s still incredibly fit, but healthy. Have you seen that image of the “plus-sized” model with the “typical” model? It’s shocking. According to the magazine that created that image, Plus Model Magazine, “Most runway models meet the Body Mass Index physical criteria for anorexia.” They add that "Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighted 8% less than the average woman. Today she weighs 23% less.” It’s hard to know where they got their statistics, but even if they’re not dead on, they’re believable.

I looked through so many photos of model in preparation for this story. A lot of them of course looked seriously underweight to me. Finding a model who looked especially tiny in that group was hard given the incredibly thin comparisons. So these photos are somewhat random. There’s also one of Candice Swanepoel back when she was exceptionally tiny and it was such a controversy. She looks small compared to other models, but the Victoria’s Secret models are usually more “normal” size, which is of course incredibly relative in the fashion industry.

Also, I just want to recount what American Vogue editor Anna Wintour once said on 60 Minutes about the controversy over too-thin models.

“I'd just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses. There's such an epidemic of obesity in the United States, and for some reason, everybody focuses on anorexia.”

That’s so bitchy, but at least she was convinced to do something. I bet she fought back too. This woman admitted telling Oprah to lose weight before she earned the cover in 1998.

Sienna Miller & Tom Sturridge are on a ‘babymoon’ in Portofino, Italy

Posted: 07 May 2012 04:21 AM PDT

These are some new photos of Sienna Miller and her boyfriend/baby-daddy Tom Sturridge in Portofino, Italy over the weekend. I'm guessing this is the babymoon, correct? I have no idea when Sienna is due – I guess they started telling people in late December/early January, and if can assume that Sienna was about three months along at that point, that means she's probably due…late June? Early July? Something like that. So maybe this isn't the only "babymoon" for the hipster couple. Maybe this is just one of many mini-breaks.

From what I can tell of the photos, Sienna seems to be giving up the bottle blonde and going with a honey-caramel hair color, which is probably closer to her natural shade. I also think Sienna seems to be carrying very small, although my perception has been completely warped by Jessica Simpson. Sienna's a very small girl, though – it doesn't surprise me to see that she's not that big. As for Tom… well, I could never be with a man who wore plastic, turquoise sunglass frames, but I'm sure Sienna cosigned the look, and she enjoys it. Plus, Tom is keeping his beard in check for her! He looked very unkempt for the first part of their relationship. (Sidenote: I just saw Tom's rooster tail-scrunchie hair. GAH.)

Incidentally, last week we got the strangest "tip" from someone claiming to know Tom. We weren't able to verify anything this tipster said, and I'm not trying to cosign it or claim that I believe this story, but I just thought I'd pass it along. Our tipster claimed that Tom has some kind of flirty, romantic relationship with a British girl living in America, and they exchange emails and phone calls and such, and that Tom has been "with" this girl since before Sienna. I don't know, though… while I don't think Sienna and Tom are going to last forever (or more than a few years, really), I think they're "together, for real" right now. Like, he's not staying with her because she's pregnant. But I don't really know… I don't know anything about Tom, really.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Monday, May 7, 2012

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