Topic: celebrities

David Byrne’s Bike Racks Public-Art-You-Can-Sort-Of-Lock-Your-Bike-To Get Mixed Reception In NYC

David Byrne loves bikes so much, he’s written a book about riding his bicycle all over the world. And he loves biking at home in New York so much, he designed some bike racks to go up around the city. A few went up in Brooklyn (pictured above), but the New York City Design Commission rejected others that were supposed to go up around the city, supposedly for political reasons (according to his personal blog). We’re not sure what their problem with them is, but we just wish they were a little more functional. More »

How To Be Sexy According To Fashion Photography (And The Daily Mail)

Peruse the right sidebar of Mail Online on any given day and you’ll find a smorgasbord of fat-shaming, gossip-mongering and oohing or booing over celebrity outfits. But today in particular the Mail’s sidebar grabbed me. First it was Miranda Kerr dolled up in some women’s magazine, then January Jones, then Dakota Fanning. One, two, three, throw in a couple of lesser-known Victoria’s Secret models in European fashion spreads, Olivia Wilde dressed like a cancan dancer on the cover of Vanity Fair and an MSNBC news anchor showing off her baby bump and there it is: The whole absurd portrayal of women in fashion and entertainment media summed up in less than a few hundred megapixels.
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Claire Danes Thanks Spanx In SAG Acceptance Speech; Makes New Moms Everywhere Feel Better

Claire Danes‘ post-baby body was the subject of half the headlines written about her Golden Globe wins–despite the fact that she was there for her accomplishments in acting, not her birthing rebound. But when the actress won for Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series at last night’s SAG Awards ceremony, she cracked her own joke about using Spanx to get through the red carpet this year. More »

Katie Holmes Is Using Anti Aging Snail Cream (Cue PETA Outrage)

Snail cream–i.e. face cream made with snail slime–has been a popular acne treatment and anti wrinkle cream in Korea and Africa for awhile, but thanks to celebrities like Katie Holmes, it could become a new skin care fad in the U.S. soon, too. According to Look magazine, Holmes uses snail cream as an anti-aging treatment (because she’s desperate to look young, according to a “friend” who spoke with the magazine). Cue PETA and the animal rights activists now. More »

Nigella Lawson Fields Weight Gain Questions After The Taste Premier: ‘I’m Not Afraid of Flesh!’

If you’re worried about Nigella Lawson‘s weight gain, don’t worry; she’s not. Lawson is so aware of fans’ obsession with her weight gain and weight loss, she preemptively discussed it in a blog post about her new show on ABC with Anthony Bourdain, The Taste. And when the season premier aired last night, she continued the discussion, answering questions (however joking) about what the show will do to her weight like a champ. More »

Sheryl Crow Finally Reacts To Lance Armstrong’s Doping Fiasco, and Keeps It Classy

Sheryl Crow has stayed mum about her ex-fiance, Lance Armstrong, since USADA reports revealed the truth about his use of performance enhancing drugs and pretty much left his career in ruins. But she finally broke the seal of silence when an Entertainment Tonight reporter asked her what her reaction was to Lance’s doping confession on Oprah last week. She kept it classy. More »

Elizabeth Hurley Says Being Too Skinny Is Unattractive (But She Diets, Because So Is Being Too Fat)

She’s a model, actress and she has her own swimwear line, so it’s understandable that Elizabeth Hurley might have some slightly warped ideas about what women “should” look like. But in a recent interview with Tatler Russia, the 47-year-old Hollywood veteran revealed the kind of crazy pressure put on women in her industries to fit specific (and unforgiving) molds, particularly as they age. More »

Photoshop Reversal: If Celebs Really Were Just Like Us

Oh, wow — via Amanda Marcotte on Pinterest, this amazing photo project from artist Danny Evans that re-imagines celebrities as ordinary folk without the $$$ or imperative to look fabulous. It’s a good reminder that the concept of “natural beauty” really is a fraud. And with the wrong kind of diet, a lack of access to Pilates classes, less stylish hair and the absence of a $141,037 year beauty budget, who knows? Jennifer Aniston, Beyonce, Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow may very well have turned out Evans imagines them — which is, to put it in celebrity media speak, just like us!. More »

Nigella Lawson Refused To Let ABC Photoshop Her Stomach Off

Nigella Lawson is a beautiful celebrity who eats openly and isn’t a size zero. (And when her weight fluctuates or she wears black, she doesn’t jump on the opportunity to sell us all on a crazy Nigella Lawson diet.) She’s already an entertainment industry renegade. But the so-called “Queen of Food Porn” gets points for more than just being somewhat normal: She actually stood up for herself when ABC wanted to photoshop her stomach off in posters for her new show, “The Taste.” More »

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Jennifer Lawrence Bikini Photo Repartee: “That’s Not My Butt”

Best and worst bikini body headlines are a popular trope in tabloid magazines this time of year. Sorry, I meant all the time. For the most part, they just put us through the stages of grief: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. But Jennifer Lawrence has moved past all that; she’s on to humor. On the David Letterman Show last night, she drug out paparazzi photos from a trip she recently took in Hawaii just to clarify: “That’s not my butt.” I’m officially a fan of the Jennifer Lawrence bikini body repartee. More »

The UK Is Officially Better Than The U.S. At Weeding Out False Advertising

Maybe it’s decades of false advertising that have dumbed us down, or maybe it’s decades of corporate pressure on politicians to allow advertisers very, very free speech. But the UK is officially better than America at weeding out false advertising, especially the kind that claims to make us look like airbrushed celebrities. Case in point: A recent ban on so-called Mila Kunis’ cellulite cream. More »

Shakira Joins The Nude Pregnant Photo Bandwagon…But For A Good Cause

After seeing so many pregnant celebrities sell pictures of themselves naked to the highest bidding magazine, it’s hard to suppress a knee-jerk eye-roll at the sight of Shakira‘s bare belly shot. But unlike most naked celebrities, she’s doing it for a good cause (don’t worry; it’s not PETA): Babies and children who live in poverty. More »

Celebrity Weight Loss Tip Not To Follow: Padma Lakshmi’s ‘Weight Loss Poem’

So, Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has her own website (padmalakshmi.com). And according to a couple of posts under the “taste” content category, she also has some wonky ideas about diet and health, including a “weight loss poem,” that helps her drop pounds, “without any exercise.” File this under: Celebrity weight loss tips not to follow. More »

Jodie Foster (Re) Came Out At The Golden Globes

Jodie Foster just came out (again) as a lesbian at the Golden Globes ceremony, and it was probably the least remarkable thing about her Cecil B. Demille award acceptance speech. The 50-year-old actress gave tribute to her very “modern family,” including her two sons, ex-girlfriend and coparent Cydney Bernard, and in one of the most moving moments of the night, her mother, who suffers dementia. More »

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