RIP Michael Jackson 1958-2009
You will be terribly missed but remembered forever.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Mid-June Madness
After two crazy weeks of too much work, too much booze and too much sickness (strangely the last too were found to be unrelated) my time spent whining about the ways of the world has been limited. Thus, here is a round-up of the best of the rest:
Utes vs. Prostitutes - While Australian politicians from both sides of the table have been embrolied in the called "Utegate" affair, Italy's old seedy Silvio has been at it at again. And I totally agree with Leo Shanahan's article Our scandals suck, just ask Silvio Berlusconi. Somehow seedy Silvio's ability to run the country is not questioned, even though his moral standards are decidedly lapse.
Stars and Strife - I don't have a tattoo (I think I'd get bored of it too quickly) but from what the cool kids tell me, they sting a tiny bit too much to ever fall asleep during their application. Was anyone really surprised when she admitted she was lying?
Make and Model - British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman sent a letter to some of the world's biggest fashion designers, blasting their creation of teeny tiny doll clothes that are somehow supposed to be purchased and worn by fully-grown adults. She argues that the women required to model the clothes are now so incredibly skinny, Vogue regularly retouch images to make their models seem less creepy-thin. Good on her I say. There's skinny models and then there's just gross and unwell.
Baby in da House - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young decided to take her toddler to work for the day. To Parliment House. During a vote, two-year-old Kora had to be removed from the house, obviously distressing both mother and child. Of course it sounds a bit mean by the powers that be to do such a thing but, when you think about it, could you take your kids to work? Check-out chick? No. Lawyer? Probably not. As Tory Maguire wrote, the senator had a multitude of other options available to her, apparently including a child care centre complete with marble sand pit.
Utes vs. Prostitutes - While Australian politicians from both sides of the table have been embrolied in the called "Utegate" affair, Italy's old seedy Silvio has been at it at again. And I totally agree with Leo Shanahan's article Our scandals suck, just ask Silvio Berlusconi. Somehow seedy Silvio's ability to run the country is not questioned, even though his moral standards are decidedly lapse.
Stars and Strife - I don't have a tattoo (I think I'd get bored of it too quickly) but from what the cool kids tell me, they sting a tiny bit too much to ever fall asleep during their application. Was anyone really surprised when she admitted she was lying?
Make and Model - British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman sent a letter to some of the world's biggest fashion designers, blasting their creation of teeny tiny doll clothes that are somehow supposed to be purchased and worn by fully-grown adults. She argues that the women required to model the clothes are now so incredibly skinny, Vogue regularly retouch images to make their models seem less creepy-thin. Good on her I say. There's skinny models and then there's just gross and unwell.
Baby in da House - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young decided to take her toddler to work for the day. To Parliment House. During a vote, two-year-old Kora had to be removed from the house, obviously distressing both mother and child. Of course it sounds a bit mean by the powers that be to do such a thing but, when you think about it, could you take your kids to work? Check-out chick? No. Lawyer? Probably not. As Tory Maguire wrote, the senator had a multitude of other options available to her, apparently including a child care centre complete with marble sand pit.
Friday, June 12, 2009
"Ugly" thumbs Fox
With more hottest-chick gongs than there are Victorians with swine flu, (ha! sorry, had to get a flu gag in there somewhere!) it turns out Megan Fox isn't quite all that.
Even though she steams up the big screen as the mega-babe in Transformers, according to the UK's Daily Mail, she has ugly thumbs.
The article reports that it's a genetic "condition" and that "Megan's thumbs almost look more like toes - although they haven't held her back in her career"
What the hell?
Of course it hasn't held back her career! How often will the dudes that watch her movies be looking at her thumbs???
Bloody ridiculous!
Even though she steams up the big screen as the mega-babe in Transformers, according to the UK's Daily Mail, she has ugly thumbs.
The article reports that it's a genetic "condition" and that "Megan's thumbs almost look more like toes - although they haven't held her back in her career"
What the hell?
Of course it hasn't held back her career! How often will the dudes that watch her movies be looking at her thumbs???
Bloody ridiculous!
N-n-n-natural face, natural face
The make is gone, as is the glittering spandex, and here we can finally see, GaGa au naturale.
I've wondered this before but now I think we can all see why photos of the dressed-down Ms GaGa are few and far between.
You know how there's some people that look completely different without make-up? That's definitely GaGa's situation...
And alas, even in her down-time, she still doesn't wear pants.
I've wondered this before but now I think we can all see why photos of the dressed-down Ms GaGa are few and far between.
You know how there's some people that look completely different without make-up? That's definitely GaGa's situation...
And alas, even in her down-time, she still doesn't wear pants.
Rein, Rein; You're here to stay
I don't understand the kerfuffle surrounding Mrs K-Rudd.
In case you missed it, Kev's wife Therese Rein, a squillionaire in her own right, was snapped by a women's mag doing squats with her trainer in the local gym.
Obviously we're getting into the ins and outs of privacy laws here but, when the once-plump first lady of a country largely populated by over-fed and under-exercised individuals loses 25kgs, it's a secret that I don't think should be kept behind closed doors.
Kev wasn't impressed with the photographs stating "I think most women in Australia would feel that they should have some privacy when they go to the gym... if Woman's Day want to take photos through the window it's a matter for them I suppose. Others will form their judgments of that."
It's a bit of a tough one for everyone concerned - as soon as a mag puts diet and exercise tips on the cover, it's bound to be a successful issue, and really, as the wife of the man with the top job, Therese should not be immune to the tabloids.
I've met Therese. We were both buying not-so-authentic handbags in a massive market in China last year. She's all business and had clammy hands but she was happy to chat to a few exciteable Aussie kids for a few minutes.
And although Kev said she's been in training to climb Mt Kilimanjaro with their son, Nicholas, I'd be in training too if I had to hang out with Mrs O and Ms Bruni!
In case you missed it, Kev's wife Therese Rein, a squillionaire in her own right, was snapped by a women's mag doing squats with her trainer in the local gym.
Obviously we're getting into the ins and outs of privacy laws here but, when the once-plump first lady of a country largely populated by over-fed and under-exercised individuals loses 25kgs, it's a secret that I don't think should be kept behind closed doors.
Kev wasn't impressed with the photographs stating "I think most women in Australia would feel that they should have some privacy when they go to the gym... if Woman's Day want to take photos through the window it's a matter for them I suppose. Others will form their judgments of that."
It's a bit of a tough one for everyone concerned - as soon as a mag puts diet and exercise tips on the cover, it's bound to be a successful issue, and really, as the wife of the man with the top job, Therese should not be immune to the tabloids.
I've met Therese. We were both buying not-so-authentic handbags in a massive market in China last year. She's all business and had clammy hands but she was happy to chat to a few exciteable Aussie kids for a few minutes.
And although Kev said she's been in training to climb Mt Kilimanjaro with their son, Nicholas, I'd be in training too if I had to hang out with Mrs O and Ms Bruni!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
You can leave your pants on...
Stating the obvious, this spread from i-D magazine, as published by Haute Macabre shows that pirates do not need suits. Indeed it seems that pirates do not even need pants.
Now I'm as fashionably open-minded as the next person, maybe even more so, but this photo is just a little creepy. For some reason, I see men's thighs as just one of those body parts that don't really need to be even thought of, let alone put to print. To me, they're just that bit of body that keeps the pant-legs filled - they aren't high fashion.
That said though, I rather like the below picture... I think I'm distracted from the thighs by the chiselled abs and the roll-around-in-tandoori-sauce tans.
(and yep, that's Jamie Durie third from the left!)
But, back to our pirates. I really do like this shot. Maybe because he's wearing cool Balenciaga pants...
Now I'm as fashionably open-minded as the next person, maybe even more so, but this photo is just a little creepy. For some reason, I see men's thighs as just one of those body parts that don't really need to be even thought of, let alone put to print. To me, they're just that bit of body that keeps the pant-legs filled - they aren't high fashion.
That said though, I rather like the below picture... I think I'm distracted from the thighs by the chiselled abs and the roll-around-in-tandoori-sauce tans.
(and yep, that's Jamie Durie third from the left!)
But, back to our pirates. I really do like this shot. Maybe because he's wearing cool Balenciaga pants...
Hilarity #42
Hahahahahahahaha
The greatest song of all time, made even greater through the magic of plastic blocks.
Ruby's Opposition
I came across this set of images on high fashion website Haute Macabre when I was searching photos of Catherine McNeil's ex-love Freja Beha Erichsen. Sure, she works a leather cut-out corset better than most but, given the chance, I'm sure Ruby would too.
Maybe it's time for a walk-off - Zoolander style!
Maybe it's time for a walk-off - Zoolander style!
Bogan Power
Is it killing anyone else that this girl has secured a television contract and may grace our screens nightly?
Or is it just me?
The "Chk Chk Boom Girl", otherwise known as "Clare the Bogan" has been snapped up by Channel Nine with talks of a permanent spot on that incredibly high quality (cough) news (?) program, A Current Affair.
She's got an agent and has allegedly turned down thousands offered by a men's mag to drop her daks for a photo shoot.
And for some reason, the great unwashed are holding her up as some kind of entertaining joker: a mischievous prankster simply looking to get her mug on the telly.
I'm not sure where I stand on Duncan Riley's conspiracy theory argument but I sure do think something has gone awry. Given Tracey Grimshaw's stone-faced hardline stance in THAT Matthew Johns interview, why has she (assuming she has a say on what happens on her show) now befriended an attention-seeking brat?
Her saga certainly has divided many though. Need a definitive answer on someone's level of bogan? Ask them their opinion on Clare. The comments on the YouTube clip of her interview with ACA are priceless:
Mongo9599 - "She's fantastic having fun. The ugly people are jealous! The unhappy people want her to be miserable like them. She is too bright and will out shine them all."
A little theatrical I think Mongo.
sccudspo - "This sort of shit makes me lose faith in humanity."
And 12myer hits the nail on the head with - "A smart liar supported by our wonderful doofess brains media"
Australians all let us rejoice, for Clare is young and free... to be a dickhead.
Or is it just me?
The "Chk Chk Boom Girl", otherwise known as "Clare the Bogan" has been snapped up by Channel Nine with talks of a permanent spot on that incredibly high quality (cough) news (?) program, A Current Affair.
She's got an agent and has allegedly turned down thousands offered by a men's mag to drop her daks for a photo shoot.
And for some reason, the great unwashed are holding her up as some kind of entertaining joker: a mischievous prankster simply looking to get her mug on the telly.
I'm not sure where I stand on Duncan Riley's conspiracy theory argument but I sure do think something has gone awry. Given Tracey Grimshaw's stone-faced hardline stance in THAT Matthew Johns interview, why has she (assuming she has a say on what happens on her show) now befriended an attention-seeking brat?
Her saga certainly has divided many though. Need a definitive answer on someone's level of bogan? Ask them their opinion on Clare. The comments on the YouTube clip of her interview with ACA are priceless:
Mongo9599 - "She's fantastic having fun. The ugly people are jealous! The unhappy people want her to be miserable like them. She is too bright and will out shine them all."
A little theatrical I think Mongo.
sccudspo - "This sort of shit makes me lose faith in humanity."
And 12myer hits the nail on the head with - "A smart liar supported by our wonderful doofess brains media"
Australians all let us rejoice, for Clare is young and free... to be a dickhead.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Super Scandal
One of the Australian media's latest love interests, Ruby Rose just isn't good enough for an (almost super) model.
Known for her penchant for the ladies (and her uber cool alternative style), Ruby Rose was recently spotted getting into a good ol' pashola with front-cover favourite, Catherine McNeil.
And according to McNeil's "people", this move could be devasting for the 20-year-old model's career.
But interestingly, the predicted damage is not because of McNeil's chick-pashing ways: she used to date Danish runway doll Freja Beha Erichson.
The reason they're concerned is that our Ruby, unlike Freja, is not an international superstar and doesn't hold high fashion credentials.
Well boo to that McNeil people! She's 20! Surely if people like Matt Damon can marry a random waitress, then young up and comers can date whoever they choose (within reason obviously. Let's not forget about Britney + K.Fed here people).
I say good luck to them!
Known for her penchant for the ladies (and her uber cool alternative style), Ruby Rose was recently spotted getting into a good ol' pashola with front-cover favourite, Catherine McNeil.
And according to McNeil's "people", this move could be devasting for the 20-year-old model's career.
But interestingly, the predicted damage is not because of McNeil's chick-pashing ways: she used to date Danish runway doll Freja Beha Erichson.
The reason they're concerned is that our Ruby, unlike Freja, is not an international superstar and doesn't hold high fashion credentials.
Well boo to that McNeil people! She's 20! Surely if people like Matt Damon can marry a random waitress, then young up and comers can date whoever they choose (within reason obviously. Let's not forget about Britney + K.Fed here people).
I say good luck to them!
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