29 Eylül 2012 Cumartesi
Justin Bieber Gets Tackled at Macy's
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Justin Bieber received a hard knock Thursday when an unidentified man tackled him at an appearance at Macy's Herald Square in New York City. He was at the superstore to debut his new perfume, Someday, and went outside to greet fans who hadn't made it into the unveiling. ABC News reported that one man jumped the barricade when he saw the singer, knocking him to the ground. Bieber wasn't hurt, though ABC said that he seemed "shaken" before he went right back to work and greeted more fans inside.
Heidi Klum Poses Nude for Lifetime's Project Runway
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Heidi Klum stripped down to promote the ninth season of Project Runway. In this ad for the Lifetime reality show, she wears nothing but a teeny pink tie that's been cut in half, with Tim Gunn's awesome catchphrase Make it work emblazoned on her arm. "This is definitely sexier than past campaigns we've done for Project Runway," Klum said in a statement. "I guess you could say 'Hans and Franz' are celebrating Season 9!"
Heidi Klum stripped down to promote the ninth season of Project Runway. In this ad for the Lifetime reality show, she wears nothing but a teeny pink tie that's been cut in half, with Tim Gunn's awesome catchphrase Make it work emblazoned on her arm. "This is definitely sexier than past campaigns we've done for Project Runway," Klum said in a statement. "I guess you could say 'Hans and Franz' are celebrating Season 9!"
Beyonce Debuts Braids
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Beyoncé's brought back her braids! She debuted her new extensions, wrapped up in a statement-making beehive bun, on Wednesday while in N.Y.C. with her daughter, Blue Ivy. There were whispers that she was rocking long honey-hued braids at a party in the Meatpacking District earlier this week, but the new style didn't make an official public appearance until now. The hairdo is a major departure from the wavy, natural look she's favored recently. It also seems as if she's taken some inspiration from her sister Solange, who's been sporting a similar look.
Tom Cruise Takes Suri on Helicopter Ride
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Tom Cruise, 50, and his six-year-old daughter, Suri, enjoyed a trip in the Liberty chopper for a sightseeing tour of New York City on Wednesday. Suri excitedly looked out of the window to see the panoramic views of the city and the pair seemed to enjoy having some quality father and daughter time. Tom flew to The Big Apple on Tuesday to see Suri for the first time since he and Katie Holmes, 33, split in June ending their five-year marriage. He wrapped shooting on his latest film Oblivion in California on Sunday and he made sure he was in New York to see his child the first opportunity he got. Katie and Tom agreed a divorce settlement on July 7, with the actress getting primary custody of Suri.
Demi Moore 'Heartbroken' Over Ashton and Mila
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Demi Moore, 49, is reportedly "devastated" by her estranged husband's relationship with Mila Kunis, 28. Ashton Kutcher, 34, was pictured recently getting cosy with his former That '70s Show co-star although both have not yet confirmed a romance. Although the couple has said they are just friends, but there's certainly a lot of speculation going around.
Last week, they were spotted sharing a passionate lip lock at 'Jobs' L.A. wrap party.
Demi Moore, 49, is reportedly "devastated" by her estranged husband's relationship with Mila Kunis, 28. Ashton Kutcher, 34, was pictured recently getting cosy with his former That '70s Show co-star although both have not yet confirmed a romance. Although the couple has said they are just friends, but there's certainly a lot of speculation going around.
Last week, they were spotted sharing a passionate lip lock at 'Jobs' L.A. wrap party.
28 Eylül 2012 Cuma
Premature Evacuation: The Project Runway recap
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Do you ever go to a dinner partyand the hostess comes out and says, “Who wants a second piece of pie?” andeveryone looks at each other, because taking a second piece of pie would sortof be piggish, but then one person raises their hand and gamely says, “I do!”and then suddenly everyone else is like, “What the hell. You only live once!”and the next thing you know, everybody has a second piece of pie?
Such it was last night on ProjectRunway. It was like once Andrea led the way, made it acceptable, within the realmof possibility to exit the show, thefloodgates opened. Next Kooan decided to leave and then Nathan admitted hewanted to leave and I began to wonder if by the end of this little group convo,it was just going to be Tim, Christopher and Ven standing in a small circle,shrugging at each other.
At first, of course, everyone hadto process the news of Andrea’s nocturnal departure—in the most judgmentalway possible.
“I just don’t think it’s right toquit like that” – Buffi“It was a poor example,especially since she’s a teacher” – Ven“It’s kind of lame.” – Andrea“She took the coward’s way out” –Gunnar. “How could she do this to me?” – Christopher
Okay, so Christopher didn’tactually say that, but he basically did. Earlier in the show he admitted thathe had pushed Andrea in front of a bus (a reality TV first? Many a contestanthas claimed to be the pushee, but how many have admitted they were the pusher?)Then he felt guilty and mopey andmournful about the whole thing—even more mopey and mournful than usual, whichis saying a lot about Christopher, whose default state is “AdorableMelancholia.”“It’s like a joke is being playedon me,” Christopher said (mournfully). Yes, I’m sure that was Andrea’s intent.
Anyway, this was all theencouragement Kooan needed. You know those velvet paintings of crying clowns?Kooan is like that—except he’s an Asian guy with an Afro. But basically, hewants to be a laughing clown, not a crying clown, so he was all, “Peace out.”
(What was weird was how calm and resolute—dare I even say mature?—he was aboutthe whole decision. Everyone else is crying and gnashing their teeth and Kooanis like, “My decision is final. Be at peace, my friends.” And then, just as heleft, as if the weight of the whole series had been spontaneously lifted offhis shoulders, he let out a chirpy, gleeful “Make it Work!” and he scamperedoff to Magic SuperFun Rainbow Land, or wherever the hell it is that he lives.)
Then Nathan also wants to leave.And this was when I thought the garment that is Project Runway was really goingto unravel—leaving Tim Gunn and Christopher and Ven holding one long thread.
“Are the rest of you read to moveforward and make it work?” Tim said, doing his version of a locker room peptalk. “Uh, yeah,” came the response.
(I don’t know about you guys, butI was ready to run through a wall after that!)
Cooler heads did eventuallyprevail and the mass exodus was avoided.Nathan stayed (and I’m glad because,although I can’t remember a single thing he’s designed, I love his personalstyle) and Raul came back.
“I’m back bitches,” Raul said.(Because that is the kind of sassy thing you must say when you’re on a realityTV fashion show. )“You’re a lucky ho,” saidChristopher. (Ibid)
The challenge this week is tocreate a look for a woman on the go that is stylish and fashionable andcomfortable.
“Think about wrinkles. And thefact that you don’t want them,” said Tim. (He really is the Yoda of fashionisn’t he?)
So not too much drama in thestudio:Ven, for some reason, has a majorhate-on for Raul, which I don’t completely get. It’s not like Raul is any kindof threat to him.Christopher tried to help Buffi by suggesting that she take her useless hot pink toga/tunic thingy and make ita useless black toga/tunic thingy. Then he was mopey, mournful and adorablymelancholic when she was offended by his suggestion.
On the runway, Heidi Klum cameout dressed as Wilma Flintstone for reasons unclear.
Then she introduced the judges:MK, Nina, Hayden Panettiere and Rachel Roy.This made me laugh becauseobviously Hayden doesn’t have the fashion chops to be a judge on her own.(Rachel Roy was the equivalent of the seasoned waiter tagteaming it with the “trainee"at a diner.)
The strangest thing that happenedon the runway was I found out that MK and Nina like Fabio’s personal style. Ilook at Fabio and think to myself, “I see you underneath all those layers ofcrap, Fabio. Somewhere, buried beneath that long beard and those do-rags anddashikis and hipster Tzitzis is a beautiful man. Groom thyself. ” And MichaelKors thinks he has fabulous style? (Whose teams are you on, MK? You disappointme.)
(Another aside: How on earthis effin’ #TeamElena winning the fan vote on Twitter? I strongly doubt thatmembers of Elena’s immediate family actually like her.)
So the Top 3 were Christopher,Dmitry, and my girl Sonjia. And the Bottom 3 were Buffi,Fabio, and Raul.
I was actually glad that Ven, whodid another one of his uber-tasteful, architectural designs, wasn’t in the Top3. Yes, Ven, you are the Michael Phelps of draping. Now do something different,dammit!!!
And Sonjia wins! Sonjia wins! AndHayden Panettiere wants to wear her design and you can see Sonjia thinking,“Should I debase my design by letting her wear it?” (Just kidding. She wasstoked.)
And Buffi is out. Darn it. Iloved me some Buffi and her “an 80s vintage store barfed on me” style.
But I knew they weren’t going tobring Raul back just to jettison him again. (Although really Raul? You thoughtthe blue suede pumps and the hot pink clutch were a good idea to add to youralready hideously cluttered get-up?)
I loved Buffi’s attitude indeparture though:“I’m going to be more crazy andtacky and glittery and colorful than ever.”
Or, in other words: Take yourgood taste and shove it, Project Runway!
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| Kooan, 2 minutes after he quit the show |
Do you ever go to a dinner partyand the hostess comes out and says, “Who wants a second piece of pie?” andeveryone looks at each other, because taking a second piece of pie would sortof be piggish, but then one person raises their hand and gamely says, “I do!”and then suddenly everyone else is like, “What the hell. You only live once!”and the next thing you know, everybody has a second piece of pie?
Such it was last night on ProjectRunway. It was like once Andrea led the way, made it acceptable, within the realmof possibility to exit the show, thefloodgates opened. Next Kooan decided to leave and then Nathan admitted hewanted to leave and I began to wonder if by the end of this little group convo,it was just going to be Tim, Christopher and Ven standing in a small circle,shrugging at each other.
At first, of course, everyone hadto process the news of Andrea’s nocturnal departure—in the most judgmentalway possible.
“I just don’t think it’s right toquit like that” – Buffi“It was a poor example,especially since she’s a teacher” – Ven“It’s kind of lame.” – Andrea“She took the coward’s way out” –Gunnar. “How could she do this to me?” – Christopher
Okay, so Christopher didn’tactually say that, but he basically did. Earlier in the show he admitted thathe had pushed Andrea in front of a bus (a reality TV first? Many a contestanthas claimed to be the pushee, but how many have admitted they were the pusher?)Then he felt guilty and mopey andmournful about the whole thing—even more mopey and mournful than usual, whichis saying a lot about Christopher, whose default state is “AdorableMelancholia.”“It’s like a joke is being playedon me,” Christopher said (mournfully). Yes, I’m sure that was Andrea’s intent.
Anyway, this was all theencouragement Kooan needed. You know those velvet paintings of crying clowns?Kooan is like that—except he’s an Asian guy with an Afro. But basically, hewants to be a laughing clown, not a crying clown, so he was all, “Peace out.”
(What was weird was how calm and resolute—dare I even say mature?—he was aboutthe whole decision. Everyone else is crying and gnashing their teeth and Kooanis like, “My decision is final. Be at peace, my friends.” And then, just as heleft, as if the weight of the whole series had been spontaneously lifted offhis shoulders, he let out a chirpy, gleeful “Make it Work!” and he scamperedoff to Magic SuperFun Rainbow Land, or wherever the hell it is that he lives.)
Then Nathan also wants to leave.And this was when I thought the garment that is Project Runway was really goingto unravel—leaving Tim Gunn and Christopher and Ven holding one long thread.
“Are the rest of you read to moveforward and make it work?” Tim said, doing his version of a locker room peptalk. “Uh, yeah,” came the response.
(I don’t know about you guys, butI was ready to run through a wall after that!)
Cooler heads did eventuallyprevail and the mass exodus was avoided.Nathan stayed (and I’m glad because,although I can’t remember a single thing he’s designed, I love his personalstyle) and Raul came back.
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| Cute get-up |
“I’m back bitches,” Raul said.(Because that is the kind of sassy thing you must say when you’re on a realityTV fashion show. )“You’re a lucky ho,” saidChristopher. (Ibid)
The challenge this week is tocreate a look for a woman on the go that is stylish and fashionable andcomfortable.
“Think about wrinkles. And thefact that you don’t want them,” said Tim. (He really is the Yoda of fashionisn’t he?)
So not too much drama in thestudio:Ven, for some reason, has a majorhate-on for Raul, which I don’t completely get. It’s not like Raul is any kindof threat to him.Christopher tried to help Buffi by suggesting that she take her useless hot pink toga/tunic thingy and make ita useless black toga/tunic thingy. Then he was mopey, mournful and adorablymelancholic when she was offended by his suggestion.
On the runway, Heidi Klum cameout dressed as Wilma Flintstone for reasons unclear.
Then she introduced the judges:MK, Nina, Hayden Panettiere and Rachel Roy.This made me laugh becauseobviously Hayden doesn’t have the fashion chops to be a judge on her own.(Rachel Roy was the equivalent of the seasoned waiter tagteaming it with the “trainee"at a diner.)
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| "This is how judges sit, Hayden" |
The strangest thing that happenedon the runway was I found out that MK and Nina like Fabio’s personal style. Ilook at Fabio and think to myself, “I see you underneath all those layers ofcrap, Fabio. Somewhere, buried beneath that long beard and those do-rags anddashikis and hipster Tzitzis is a beautiful man. Groom thyself. ” And MichaelKors thinks he has fabulous style? (Whose teams are you on, MK? You disappointme.)
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| Shave, remove 4 accessories and we can talk |
(Another aside: How on earthis effin’ #TeamElena winning the fan vote on Twitter? I strongly doubt thatmembers of Elena’s immediate family actually like her.)
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| ??? |
So the Top 3 were Christopher,Dmitry, and my girl Sonjia. And the Bottom 3 were Buffi,Fabio, and Raul.
I was actually glad that Ven, whodid another one of his uber-tasteful, architectural designs, wasn’t in the Top3. Yes, Ven, you are the Michael Phelps of draping. Now do something different,dammit!!!
And Sonjia wins! Sonjia wins! AndHayden Panettiere wants to wear her design and you can see Sonjia thinking,“Should I debase my design by letting her wear it?” (Just kidding. She wasstoked.)
And Buffi is out. Darn it. Iloved me some Buffi and her “an 80s vintage store barfed on me” style.
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| Buffi was slayed |
But I knew they weren’t going tobring Raul back just to jettison him again. (Although really Raul? You thoughtthe blue suede pumps and the hot pink clutch were a good idea to add to youralready hideously cluttered get-up?)
I loved Buffi’s attitude indeparture though:“I’m going to be more crazy andtacky and glittery and colorful than ever.”
Or, in other words: Take yourgood taste and shove it, Project Runway!
Gone Girl, Interrupted
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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING BLOG POST CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS ABOUT THE BOOK GONE GIRL. I AM BASICALLY USING THIS BLOG TO SORT OUT MY OWN COMPLICATED FEELINGS ABOUT THE BOOK. DO NOT PROCEED UNLESS YOU HAVE EITHERA. READ THE BOOKB. WANT TO BE SPOILED
For the most part, I loved Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl. More than loved. I idolized it. I didn't just read it, I devoured it. And I appreciated it on two levels: As a rapt reader simply sucked in by brilliant story telling. And as a critic, in awe of the plotting, the wit, the ingenuity, the air tight logic of it all.
The character of Amy (the "Gone Girl" of the title) is a patient planner—indeed, patience, along with brilliance, is her great strength. She plays the long game.
So, clearly, does Flynn. The fact that for the first half of the book, we read Nick's first person voice but still don't know if he's the killer—imagine the discipline to pull off such a feat!The fact that our first impressions of Amy are all manufactured—that we meet two Amys, the spunky, but deflated "cool girl" of her diary's creation and the righteously angry sociopath of the novel's second half—is pure genius. (The fact that, until she completely went off the rails, I mostly liked the second Amy—even knowing that she was trying to frame her husband for murder—is also attributable to Flynn's gifts.)
I have many questions for Flynn: How did you map out the plot, the voices? Did you use post-it notes? A computer program? How long did it take to plan? How elaborate was the schematics of it all?
But my biggest question for Flynn: Why do you hate women?
Because Amy is not just a garden variety sociopath. She is a manipulative black widow, who lures men into her web. She is a liar, a castrator (figuratively speaking), and a murderer (literally speaking). And then, in the end of the book, she traps her husband Nick with her womb.
I swear, I almost could've lived with Amy being a murderer and a devious sociopath because, hey, she wasn't representing all women (although the title to this book is notably Gone Girl—not Amy's Gone).
But in fiction, as well as in politics, once the womb gets involved, then things start getting tricky. One of the oldest misogynist cautionary tales is of women trapping men, ruining them with pregnancy. Using their womanhood, their very ability to give life against men.
Now, if Nick had actually had sex with Amy at the end of the novel all bets might've been off. You spooge you lose, you might say. But they didn't have sex. She froze his sperm. Not because Amy had any maternal instincts of her own (another misogynist trope) but because she knew one day that sperm might come in handy. Indeed it did. (Nick, by contrast, was desperate to become a dad. It was his heart's deepest wish.)
The thing that sucked? I actually loved the real Amy's thoughts on the "cool girl" (a variation on the Manic Pixie Dream Girl that we see in film) and how she is a fantasy, a projection of the male imagination. Basically Amy accuses women of being accomplices in this fantasy—pretending not to care if he comes home late and drunk, pretending to like both chili dogs, video games AND hot sex, pretending to be laid back and okay that he's a slob who forgets anniversaries—all because it's some idealized female stereotype that both men and women choose to perpetuate.
I thought there was a kind of genius to that: That both Nick and Amy were steeped in deception: Nick's compulsive need to be a good guy and Amy's compulsive need to please him.
THAT'S a book I could've read: About the false self we create and how it can collapse on us. In many ways, that's the book Gone Girl is. (Flynn also writes, brilliantly, about how a generation saturated in pop culture has a hard time being in touch with the authentic self: How is Nick supposed to react when Amy goes missing? Wait, how do the guilty guys on Law and Order always behave?)
But why is the phrase "psycho bitch" uttered so many damn times in this book? If Nick's biggest fear is becoming his misogynistic father, why give Nick a pretty great damn reason to BE A misogynist? When Nick calls Amy a cunt, when Nick wants to kill her, how can we actually blame him? (Yes, Nick cheated on Amy. But cheating is hardly the same as framing for murder and murdering. And don't forget, Flynn gives us ample evidence that Amy has been falsely accusing and framing people her whole life.)
So what the hell is Gillian Flynn driving at here?
I'm left with these questions: How'd you write such a wickedly entertaining book, Gillian Flynn? And what the hell is your damage, girl?
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING BLOG POST CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS ABOUT THE BOOK GONE GIRL. I AM BASICALLY USING THIS BLOG TO SORT OUT MY OWN COMPLICATED FEELINGS ABOUT THE BOOK. DO NOT PROCEED UNLESS YOU HAVE EITHERA. READ THE BOOKB. WANT TO BE SPOILED
For the most part, I loved Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl. More than loved. I idolized it. I didn't just read it, I devoured it. And I appreciated it on two levels: As a rapt reader simply sucked in by brilliant story telling. And as a critic, in awe of the plotting, the wit, the ingenuity, the air tight logic of it all.
The character of Amy (the "Gone Girl" of the title) is a patient planner—indeed, patience, along with brilliance, is her great strength. She plays the long game.
So, clearly, does Flynn. The fact that for the first half of the book, we read Nick's first person voice but still don't know if he's the killer—imagine the discipline to pull off such a feat!The fact that our first impressions of Amy are all manufactured—that we meet two Amys, the spunky, but deflated "cool girl" of her diary's creation and the righteously angry sociopath of the novel's second half—is pure genius. (The fact that, until she completely went off the rails, I mostly liked the second Amy—even knowing that she was trying to frame her husband for murder—is also attributable to Flynn's gifts.)
I have many questions for Flynn: How did you map out the plot, the voices? Did you use post-it notes? A computer program? How long did it take to plan? How elaborate was the schematics of it all?
But my biggest question for Flynn: Why do you hate women?
Because Amy is not just a garden variety sociopath. She is a manipulative black widow, who lures men into her web. She is a liar, a castrator (figuratively speaking), and a murderer (literally speaking). And then, in the end of the book, she traps her husband Nick with her womb.
I swear, I almost could've lived with Amy being a murderer and a devious sociopath because, hey, she wasn't representing all women (although the title to this book is notably Gone Girl—not Amy's Gone).
But in fiction, as well as in politics, once the womb gets involved, then things start getting tricky. One of the oldest misogynist cautionary tales is of women trapping men, ruining them with pregnancy. Using their womanhood, their very ability to give life against men.
Now, if Nick had actually had sex with Amy at the end of the novel all bets might've been off. You spooge you lose, you might say. But they didn't have sex. She froze his sperm. Not because Amy had any maternal instincts of her own (another misogynist trope) but because she knew one day that sperm might come in handy. Indeed it did. (Nick, by contrast, was desperate to become a dad. It was his heart's deepest wish.)
The thing that sucked? I actually loved the real Amy's thoughts on the "cool girl" (a variation on the Manic Pixie Dream Girl that we see in film) and how she is a fantasy, a projection of the male imagination. Basically Amy accuses women of being accomplices in this fantasy—pretending not to care if he comes home late and drunk, pretending to like both chili dogs, video games AND hot sex, pretending to be laid back and okay that he's a slob who forgets anniversaries—all because it's some idealized female stereotype that both men and women choose to perpetuate.
I thought there was a kind of genius to that: That both Nick and Amy were steeped in deception: Nick's compulsive need to be a good guy and Amy's compulsive need to please him.
THAT'S a book I could've read: About the false self we create and how it can collapse on us. In many ways, that's the book Gone Girl is. (Flynn also writes, brilliantly, about how a generation saturated in pop culture has a hard time being in touch with the authentic self: How is Nick supposed to react when Amy goes missing? Wait, how do the guilty guys on Law and Order always behave?)
But why is the phrase "psycho bitch" uttered so many damn times in this book? If Nick's biggest fear is becoming his misogynistic father, why give Nick a pretty great damn reason to BE A misogynist? When Nick calls Amy a cunt, when Nick wants to kill her, how can we actually blame him? (Yes, Nick cheated on Amy. But cheating is hardly the same as framing for murder and murdering. And don't forget, Flynn gives us ample evidence that Amy has been falsely accusing and framing people her whole life.)
So what the hell is Gillian Flynn driving at here?
I'm left with these questions: How'd you write such a wickedly entertaining book, Gillian Flynn? And what the hell is your damage, girl?
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