Entertainment Tonight last night sent its blackest reporter out to interview every African American celebrity he could find. Lucky for him, many of them had converged on Denver's football stadium to watch Obama's speech.
Did you know celebrities are all friends? They are! Oprah was hugging Mary J Blige! Kanye was answering questions for Oprah! And then Forest Whitaker came out of nowhere to use words like "pride," "humanity," "beautiful," "core" and "destiny."
At last night's Costume Institute Gala – which is a cartoon version of Fashion Week, which itself is a cartoon version of reality – celebrities and Anna Wintour wore frilly costumes to The Met in keeping with the theme of "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy," walking up the red carpeted steps in front of a throng of photographers.
Ms. Wintour was described in this way: "She seemed to be broadcasting a message of total earthly control." She imagined herself as Storm, from X-Men. "I control the weather," she said. (It was in the 50s with a few clouds in the sky.)
David and Victoria Beckham blessed the crowd, along with Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen, Mary J. Blige, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Giorgio Armani.
Many guests were "unusually" prompt. Not all of them. The mayor showed up late, as did The Donald+Melania, fat people-adverse Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Janet Jackson, Donatella Versace, and Donna Karan.
Some women, like Iman, correctly wore her clothing. Others, like Mischa Barton and Anna Wintour, did not. CONTINUED »
• Heather Mills' psychotic new publicist succeeds in making her client appear to be less crazy by comparison.
• Kim Porter shows she's completely over Diddy by attending his 38th birthday party and spending most of the night in his arms. Way to stay strong, Kim!
• Mary J. Blige has almost as much of a gay following as Kathy Griffin? Who knew??
• The Beatles to hit up that whole internet thing and put their music online. Presumably, using that innovative/gimmicky pricing model we've come to know and expect.
From a flack at Alison Broad PR, circa 10:57am:
Please let me know if you'd consider including Mary J. Blige in Guy Laroche during your Grammy recap this week.
From same flack at Alison Broad PR, circa 11:49am:
Hi All,
I want to apologize profusely for my previous email. Apparently both Guy Laroche and Michael Kors sent eerily two VERY similiar dresses for Mary J. Blige to consider wearing to the Grammy's. Ultimately, the below picture is, in fact, by Michael Kors.
I apologize for the confusion.
Even more embarrassing: Mary J. even told E!'s red carpet cameras that her dress was from Michael Kors, not – and we're paraphrasing here – "one of those French designers I can't pronounce."
Like, say, Guy Laroche.
• This needs no punchline: Tom Cruise claims he's going to eat his baby's placenta. [Mirror]
• Meanwhile, over in Sveeeeden (or at least in the Sveeeedish press), Cruise walked out of an interview when the reporter mentioned Nicole Kidman, though that was the fun began when they argued over Scientology's ability to cure dyslexia. [Scoop]
• Mary J. Blige only wears bling because God wants her to. [Scoop]
• McDonald's gets in trouble over the F-word. Oh, and stereotyping blacks. [Gatecrasher]
• Stephen Baldwin: Broke. Alec Baldwin, meanwhile: Still fat. [P6]
• Why does Ashley Olsen constantly insist that she's not a role model? [Best Week Ever]
• Donald Trump is not afraid to express his special love for his daughter. So gross. [B&C]
• Reality TV shocker — the Bachelors didn't make it. Again. Tune in for next season when a couple people get engaged and then break up two months later. [AP]
• Arthur Sulzberger Jr. redefines the name "Pinch," as he proves his low salary of $800,000 to the starving reporters at the Observer. [NYO]
• While on tour, Mary J. Blige demands a new (as in previously un-sat-on) toilet seat for her precious tush. [TSG]
• Mary J. Blige has unveiled a crazier alto-ego, "Brook," which leads us to believe she may have started drinking again. [MTV]
• Oliver Stone believes that Madonna can play a hooker, but not a saint. Apparently someone doesn't respect her Kabbalah status. [The Scoop]
• To combat suffering record sales, Tower Records is giving away music on the internet. Sure, that makes sense. [Forbes]
• Preteen girls everywhere left heartbroken after hearing that American Idol's Ace Young is already dating a D-list celebrity. [TMZ]
• Courtney Love really is trying to get her next album out, but sometimes she gets "distracted." Yes, distraction does seem to be a problem of Love's. [Billboard]
• Gary Glitter sentenced to three years in Vietnamese prison for molesting two young girls, which is really more creepy and disturbing than funny in any way. [AP]
• Thanks to online music stores you can now fill your impulsive need to hear "We Will Rock You" without having to buy a whole album full of "hits" you've never heard. Middle school pom-pon girls everywhere are ecstatic. [NYT]
• As if Alice in Wonderland weren't trippy enough, we now have Marilyn Manson playing Lewis Carroll. Now all they need is Jack Nicholson to play to the Chesire Cat a'la The Shining and we'll be scarred for life. [Reuters]
• Destiny Child's NBA All-Star game performance is once and for all, seriously this time, their last show ever. Ever. Until somebody comes up with more money next year. [MyWayNews]
• Adam Levine asks Mary J. Blige "How'd you get so damn fine?" This inspired his next cut, dedicated to Jessica Simpson, "How'd you get so damn easy?" [MTV]
• So, maybe we weren't savvy or sober enough to notice, but digital music has lower quality than that on CDs. But, but … but we thought digital always means better than everything in the world? [The Guardian]
• Tom Jones is the next in a line of rockers to get knighted. Will this bizarre trend ever end? [MSNBC]
• Over 3,000 cases of Nelly's "Pimp Juice" energy drink were stolen on December 22, on a shipment bound for Trinidad. Shortly afterwards, Kevin Federline writes "PopoZao." You make the connection. [All Hip Hop]
• You know Mariah Carey beat 50 Cent for number one album, but did you know that Mary J. Blige beat out Notorious B.I.G for best selling Christmas album? We're sticking to our 'holiday spirit" theory. [E! News]
• Bono admits to fearing he'd be thrown out of U2 for his commitment to charity work, because his loyalty is supposed to be to the band. And band managers don't like to see their money go to charity groups. (Unless, of course, it creates publicity.) [AP News]
• Well, we now know why it's hard to stop child trafficking through Asia. Guys like 70's glam rocker Gary Glitter can just pay off the little Vietnamese girls he molested, and no had a problem with this.
[AP News]
• Keith Urban's sordid past as a country music star can't phase Nicole Kidman. After all, she was married to craziest man alive. [The Scoop]
• Mary J. Blige leads the pack as sales for hip-hop rise to the top. Yeah, that's right. We can rap. [Billboard]
• We hope this guy was posing as Will Smith the actor, not Will Smith the rapper. Though we will always hold a special place in our hearts for the Fresh Prince theme song. [TMZ]
• You know the hipsters will line up at Virgin Records for this one. [Spin]
• Mary J. Blige is set to star in a new Nina Simone film. Hey, Angela Bassett didn't really look like Tina Turner, but we didn't haterate. [MTV]
• Google Music launched this morning, sans links to unauthorized download sites. [Coolfer]
• A competition to win a photo of Gorillaz's Damon Alburn getting shit dumped on his head? It's for a good cause, folks. [NME]
• Ricky Martin is set to perform at the Taj Mahal, where he will likely cheat on Nate Berkus with a flaming Bollywood star. [Billboard]
• Love, love will bring Joy Division together. Money, money will tear them apart. [SoundGenerator]
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