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Snooki’s Pregnancy Is Ruining The Integrity Of Her New Spin-Off Show
Feb 29th
The powers that be at Snooki Inc. are keeping her pregnancy super quiet. At least so says The New York Post. News around the water cooler today is that MTV went into crisis mode when they found Snook knocked up. They put the lock down on the news because they thought it would “greatly affect the creative direction of the show. ”
Yes, that’s right. MTV thought an unplanned, unmarried pregnancy would make Snooki and JWoww’s new spin off seem cheap some how.
The universe’s collective IQ should prepare to drop a few points.
Though she has publicly denied she’s expecting, sources say trashy “Jersey Shore” guidette Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is indeed pregnant and has plans to bankroll her mommy-to-be status into becoming “the next Kourtney Kardashian.”
We’re told Polizzi, 24, is carrying her first child by boyfriend Jionni LaValle, and is roughly three months along.
Sources said the reality star, who denied being preggers earlier this month, has already brokered a deal to announce the news on the cover of Us Weekly after she shopped the story to several celebrity magazines.
Dior Starts An ‘Online Magazine’ Which Is Actually A Blog
Feb 29th
Because they totally weren’t occupied trying to find a new creative director or anything, the good people at Dior have spent a lot of time and energy creating an “online magazine” that will provide its fans with news and information about the storied French fashion house.
Women’s Wear Daily reports that Dior Mag will revolutionize the way we think about fashion on the Internet be updated “almost daily” with content about how things at Dior are going — but don’t expect any hard-hitting stories about who they’re getting to replace John Galliano. Instead, the stories will fall along the lines of where the house sources the raw materials for its fragrances and live streams of its shows during Paris Fashion Week. The site has an anonymous editor-in-chief who is overseen by Dior’s marketing people (which means this site is run by the marketing department).
And that’s where Dior — and in fact most fashion companies that create “online magazines” — has gone wrong with this new venture. We’re not saying it’s not an admirable thing to do. It’s cool that a house like Dior, which so few people can afford to wear, is creating another way for the unfragranced masses to participate in its brand. It has almost 7 million Facebook fans and is even getting the super popular style blogger Susie Bubble to live tweet its runway show on Friday, and we think that’s cool! But branding what is essentially a very fancy public relations blog as an online magazine in an attempt to legitimize a new publication shows a pretty clear lack of understanding of what a site like this is supposed to do, which is to get people to click on interesting content, and maybe even buy a lipstick or two.
You know what’s a good online magazine? Lonny, the online publication that was created to fill the void left in our hearts when Conde Nast folded its shelter title Domino. Lonny looks and behaves like a magazine (with digital pages you can actually turn with a click of your mouse) because it’s an actual online magazine that gets released once a month, just like print publications.
But Dior Mag is actually a blog, even if its creators don’t want to admit that horrific truth. One of the first eight articles (eight was Christian Dior’s lucky number) is about the brand’s ultra expensive ceramic watch. Another tells the story of Catherine Dior, Christian’s little sister and one of his most important muses. Yet another is a post about Charlize Theron‘s body of work for the brand. All of these posts are maybe a little longer than 100 words and rely heavily on videos and images, and none of them tell us something we didn’t already know or couldn’t have found out about somewhere else. Which is, unfortunately, what bad blogs do.
By all means check the blog out, share it with your friends, leave comments on the posts (Wait, what’s that? You can’t even comment on the posts?!) and come back here to tell us what you think. But whatever you do, don’t call it an online magazine.
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It’s A Brad, Brad World Season Finale: Gary’s Big Surprise!
Feb 28th
Last night saw the season finale of It’s A Brad, Brad World and it was a watershed moment, as in this episode, Brad Goreski finally, finally admits he’s made it! This week he styled a very pregnant Jessica Alba for the Spy Kids 4 premiere, and did a shoot for J. Brand with Lindsay as his styling assistant. Jessica looked beautiful at the premiere, Lindsay didn’t screw anything up at the shoot, and J. Brand loved Brad and told him they would like to have him back. He did make their clothes look pretty great; now I want ALL the bright-colored cigarette pants for spring! Toward the end of the episode, Brad’s team informed him that Kate Spade wanted to form a partnership with him and take him on as a stylist for the brand. Hopefully we can finally put an end to his “struggling stylist” storyline.
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This was all very exciting, but the best part of the episode was obviously Brad and Gary Janetti’s anniversary party. Brad’s involvement in the party planning was mostly limited to making Gary uncomfortable on purpose. While on a coffee date, he casually dropped: “I would hate if it rained on our wedding.” That was followed by with: “Are you working on your vows? …Are you going to say your vows before or after you lift my veil and give me a kiss?”
“Please don’t make me kiss you in front of everyone,” Gary begged him. He found this entire process to be “disturbingly life-consuming,” probably because of a mysterious surprise he spent most of the episode planning.
The day of the party arrived, and Steven the event planner made Gary have a cocktail to calm down before the first guests arrived. Brad’s mom and sister and Gary’s parents were among the first to show up, and we got a quick update on Brad’s relationship with his dad (still not very good, but his sister thinks he should stay optimistic about repairing their relationship). There was a parade of Brad and Gary’s celebrity friends, including Shay Mitchell, Megan Mullaly and Nick Offerman. The greatest moment of the episode was undoubtedly Gary’s surprise for Brad, which turned out to be a flash mob of friends, family, and coworkers serenading him with Les Misérables’ “One Day More.” Brad was delighted, the rest of the partygoers were delighted, I was delighted. It was a great way to end the season.
So, that’s that! Hopefully Brad and co. (especially Gary, we need so much more Gary) will return for a second season. When the show wasn’t preoccupied with Brad’s perceived need to hustle, it was much more fun and frothy and fun television than his former boss’s show. Plus, if there’s another season, maybe poor Jasper can finally have his moment in the spotlight. Until that happens, you can content yourself with watching “One Day More” over and over below, via Bravo:
Natalie Portman is Married
Feb 28th
NATALIE Portman is officially off the market. The actress has married fiance Benjamin Millepied. The pair were sporting wedding bands when they attended Sunday’s Academy Awards in Hollywood, jeweler Jamie Wolf confirmed to Us Weekly. “I designed the rings worn by Benjamin Millepied and Natalie Portman,” Wolf said. “They were made with recycled platinum and [...]
Was Raf Simons Fired From Jil Sander?
Feb 28th
When Raf Simons announced he would be exiting Jil Sander, it was believed he was leaving because he snagged a bigger gig. Was Dior calling his name? Or perhaps Yves Saint Laurent? Probably not — especially since it looks like he was actually fired.
In her WWD column today, Bridget Foley discusses the return of Jil Sander to her eponymous label, noting that Simons was “unceremoniously dumped”:
Simons leaves — more correctly, he was unceremoniously dumped — at the top of his game. A designer of women’s wear neither by education (he studied furniture design) nor first sartorial vocation (he started in men’s), in 2005 he took over a house in distress after some bad decisions — including the one by its founder to sell into a situation, which, in retrospect, would almost surely lead to a clash of personalities — and turned it around, at least creatively. He made it not only relevant again but essential.
We’re just as perplexed as Foley. Simons did incredible work at Jil Sander. Why would they want to get rid of him? The clothes he designed should sell (in the words of Foley: “If these clothes aren’t salable, I’m sad for fashion.”), and they surely have a place in the fashion canon. His spring 2011 collection was one of our favorites of all time! However, Foley does posit that a lack of proper infrastructure and the “company’s inability to build an accessories business” hurt its bottom line.
The ever-wise Cathy Horyn agrees. Yesterday she wrote of the “arbitrariness of Raf Simons’s departure” — a situation she deemed “illogical”:
Franco Pene, the chairman of Gibo, an Italian subsidiary of Onward Holdings, which owns Jil Sander, said of the decision: “It’s not that we wanted to change designers. Raf has done a really good job. He’s one of three or four top designers in the world.” He mentioned Phoebe Philo of Céline and Alber Elbaz of Lanvin. But, Mr. Pene said, “it was a strategic issue to return to the culture of the brand” under its founder, Ms. Sander, and gain “consistency.”
Like Foley, Horyn lamented the “management’s inability to make a business out of Mr. Simons’s designs”. It’s pretty insane. If Jil Sander could not sell Simons’s gorgeous (and wearable!) designs, it certainly shows weakness on a management level. This is simply not Simons’s fault. Regardless, the man’s talent speaks for itself, and we’re excited to see just where he lands.
Megan Fox Wants Three Kids
Feb 28th
MEGAN Fox wants to be a mommy! The actress, 25, says she’s desperate to start a family with husband Brian Austin Green. “I want at least two, probably three [kids],” she said. “I’ve always been maternal.” When Fox first began dating Green in 2004, “I didn’t know who he was,” the actress admits. “I was [...]
Jennifer Lawrence Not Jealous of Kristen Stewart
Feb 28th
JENNIFER Lawrence doesn’t envy Kristen Stewart. The actress — who stars in the hotly-awaited new movie The Hunger Games — doesn’t want to become a household name. “I look at Kristen Stewart now and I think, ‘I’d never want to be that famous,’” Lawrence, 21, tells the April issue of Britain’s Glamour magazine. “I can’t [...]
Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson Have a Moment During Party!
Feb 28th
KATE Hudson and Owen Wilson are clearly on good terms! The former couple — who dated from 2006-2007 after meeting on the set of You, Me and Dupree — had a surprise reunion in the front hallway of the Vanity Fair Oscar party at Sunset Tower in West Hollywood Sunday. A source told Us Weekly [...]
Paula Deen Drops Two Pant Sizes
Feb 28th
PAULA Deen has lost weight! The TV cook — who recently admitted she’s had Type 2 Diabetes for three years — has dropped two pant sizes! “I’ve dropped two pant sizes and I feel great!” Deen, 65, told People magazine. “We don’t own a scale in our house. Every six months I go for a [...]
Jonah Hill Won’t Dish on Love Life
Feb 28th
JONAH Hill won’t dish on his love life. The actor says he has been burnt too many times to talk openly about his love life and has taken a vow to keep thing more private from now on. “I try not to talk about that stuff because if you say, ‘I’m dating someone. I’m so [...]
