Gisele Bündchen Finally Weds

It's official folks. "The Body," Supermodel Gisele Bündchen finally ties the knot.

Theworld's highest paid model wed NFL star Tom Brady in a "very small and intimate" Catholic wedding held on dusk of Thursday, February 26, at a church in Sta. Monica. US Weekly confirmed this report and added that the supermodel bride wore a Dolce and Gabbana gown for the special occasion.

The gown was an ivory, lace strapless D&G creation, matched with a D&G floor-length veil and a satin headband. Unfortunately, no photos of Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady's wedding are currently available for the public as only immediate family and close friends were included on the list of invited guests.

Oh well, thanks for the gown description. We can only imagine...

Cancer-Stricken Reality TV Star Jane Goody Marries

Bald and ill, British reality TV star Jane Goody got married on Sunday. She found fame when she joined Big Brother in 2002, especially when she was diagnosed for terminal cervical cancer and was given by doctors just weeks to live.


In a lavish ceremony at a hotel in London, the 27-year old TV star was a radiant bride despite losing all her hair for chemotherapy. She has managed to get through the day by taking pain killers.

Jane Goody's marriage to 21-year old fiancé Jack Tweed might just be the latest highly-publicized event in her life, after joining the reality show. According to reports, the photo and video rights to the event were auctioned for STG1 million ($2.22 million). The money earned from the publicity of her wedding was to go to her children after her death.

Jane Goody has agreed to being a public curiosity until she dies, saying “I've lived in front of the cameras. And maybe I'll die in front of them. I know some people don't like what I'm doing but at this point I really don't care what other people think. Now, it's about what I want.”

Once mocked as ignorant and boorish on the Big Brother show, Jane Goody's decision to become a public specimen has now prompted a debate in Britain about the rights and wrongs of such public death.

Short Models For America's Next Top Model Cycle 13

Calling all short female models!

The cycle 13 of CW's America's Next Top Model is now casting for the new season of the most popular modeling competition on television. The new cycle will be a season for short female models - those who fail to meet the modeling standard or AMA's (Association of Model Agents) definition of female models, which is at least 5ft8in (1.73m) tall.


ANTM host Tyra Banks announces the new requirement for top model hopefuls while cheerfully saying, “There have been top supermodels in the past that weren’t as tall as the industry demands, like fashion icon Kate Moss. So we are changing up ‘Top Model’ for cycle 13 and making it a year for the shorter model!”

We wonder how both fashion models and ordinary people react to this new set-up. Is this just a “short-handed”attempt to change what has become conventional? Or a phenomenon that will eventually challenge the modeling standard? Interesting, that is.

So if you are a short model who only stands 5ft7in tall or less, take part in this modeling competition that has been modified to especially fit you. Who knows, Tyra Banks may just meet the next Kate Moss in you?


Click here to apply for the 13th America's Next Top Model Open Casting Calls.

Congratulations To The 81st Academy Awards Big Winners!

Now here it goes, the list of winners in the 81st Annual Academy Awards held last Sunday at the Kodak Theatre in Holloywood, California.

But before anything else, let us commend Wolverine, I mean Hugh Jackman, for that fantastic song and dance opening number that makes us marvel how that guy easily shifts role from being an action hero, to being the Sexiest Man Alive, to the terrific theatrical singer-dancer-host with a slick sense of humor.

Secondly, our heartfelt congratulations to Kate Winslet who finally held her own trophy after five previous Oscar loses.

And of course, kudos to Slumdog Millionaire for winning 8 Oscar awards including Best Picture and Best Director.

The complete list of Oscar Awards 2009 winners are as follows:

Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Original Screenplay - Dustin Lance Black - Milk

Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Animated Feature - Wall-E

Art Direction - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire

Animated Short - La Maison en Petits Cubes

Costume Design - The Duchess

Makeup - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Live-Action Short - Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Documentary Feature - Man on Wire

Documentary Short - Smile Pinki

Visual Effects - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Sound Editing - The Dark Knight

Sound Mixing - Slumdog Millionaire

Film Editing - Slumdog Millionaire

Jean Hersholt Award to Jerry Lewis

Original score - Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman

Original song - “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire

Foreign Language Film - Departures (Japan)

Best Director - Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actress - Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best Actor - Sean Penn, Milk

Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire

Creativity Defies Recession In Fashion

Betty Jackson and Paul Smith, two British designers who have survived Britain's recession in the early 80s, believe that creativity can withstand the fashion crisis.

Let's hear it from the two well-established fashion designers of today:


Betty Jackson tells Reuters, "In times like this you have to focus on what you do well and do it better and really try and not be too much affected by it.

"Of course you have to respond to it but you also have to concentrate on what you do and actually deliver what you do better.

"We're in a credit crunch not a creative crunch, so I think in fact what everybody's going to do is work harder and that will be quite exciting."


In the same way, Paul Smith believes that the key to retaining sales is sticking to classics.

"It's very important to get the balance right between the commerciality of a collection of clothes and the clothes that are going to look good in magazines and newspapers.

"If you haven't got so much money to spend, then buying things that are slightly more timeless is more important.

"People who suddenly think you should go lower in price or be more commercial, in my opinion that's the wrong way.

"Don't really compromise, don't really react to much in terms of creativity or price to the recession. Stick to your guns."


Basically, the “creativity” in fashion that these two designers advice is sticking to what you do well and making the best out of it. And considering that they have gone through previous economic storms and survived to become top players in their craft, they should know better.

Heidi Klum And Kate Moss Respond To Weight-Gain Issues

Two of our hottest supermodels are on the hot seat these days for gaining weight. Heidi Klum is making wide news coverage for the “too-fat-for-a-runway-model” comment. Kate Moss, on the other hand, is paparazzi-favorite for pregnancy rumors. But how do these supermodels respond to the issues?


Fashion Designer Wolfgang Joop recently labeled Heidi Klum “too fat” when he said, “She is no runway model! Heidi Klum is simply too heavy and has too big a bust. And she always grins so stupidly. That is not avant-garde – that is commercial!”

A day later, Heidi Klum, in all her supermodel poise (5'9.5'' and 130 pounds) replied “It’s a life where everyone can say what they want to say and everyone can have their opinion — that is his. In this business you have to be fit, but I always try to be a good role model and not too thin.”

Meanwhile, to put an end to pregnancy rumors, Kate Moss officially announced through New York Magazine that she just put on some weight.

"I am a woman now. It's true. Honestly, I've never worn a bra in my life. Ever! It's so awful, even my friends are phoning me up and saying, 'Are you pregnant?' And I'm like, 'No! I just put on a couple of pounds and they went in the right place.' Isn't that weird? Now I can fill a B-cup," she said.

Now that's classy responses to dowdy rumors. But really, Kate Moss should not blame her breast because it's actually her bloated belly that started the issue.


Know why people are seemingly obsessed with thin?

Dog That Mothers Kittens

Time-out for fur-wearing and animal killing issues. Here's one fur story that will surely touch the hearts of many pet-loving fashionistas – dog that mothers kittens.

Lily, a rescued dog in the Human Society Adoption Center, mothers to some kittens after losing her own puppies.

Paris Hilton, who's had a reputation for adopting puppies as fashion accessory, should learn a thing or two about parenting from this mother dog.

Heidi Kluminator Saves Designer Fashion

“In a world full of beauty, who will protect the beautiful?”


Heidi Klum saves the world of fashion as Kluminator in the four-part web series, “Spiked Heel: Supermodels Battle The Forces Of Evil.”

Modelinia, a style-centric site on the rise, has released the first episode of the series which stars two of today's hottest catwalk sensations, Heidi Klum and Coco Rocha.

Apparently, Heidi Klum perfectly fits the role of a fashion superhero. She's one of the most influential models to date – inspiring not just catwalk divas as a fashion spokesperson but also ordinary people as she changes costume to become a loving wife and mother at home.

Good thing Heidi Klum aka Kluminator still has time to save the... well, at least the designer fashion, for now. Otherwise, "People will be hurt -- and not just models. Real people, too!"

Beth Ditto Poses Naked For Love

In time for Valentine's Day, full-figured The Gossip vocalist Beth Ditto gets sensual as she posed naked on the debut issue of LOVE magazine.


This is not the first time that the American indie rock singer posed naked for a magazine. In 2007, Beth Ditto has stripped for NME magazine. She has also posed nude for On Our Backs, a lesbian erotica magazine.

Despite a figure like hers, which is often perceived as unflattering and not stylish, Beth Ditto has been voted as one of the coolest person in rock and has been nominated as sexiest woman of the year.

Her non-conformity helps her become sensational. She's a lesbian and a feminist. She's in a relationship with a transman. And at 210 lbs, she's undeniably a fat chick.

But these are just the right qualities that made her the first cover girl of LOVE magazine – You can just imagine what big, unconventional love Beth Ditto has to offer!

50 Dresses For 50-Year Old Barbie

Barbie will turn 50 on March 9 and for her golden anniversary, she receives a fabulous gift of 50 frocks designed by today's top fashion designers.


The celebrant will receive a red carpet-worthy gown from Marchesa. From Diane von Furstenberg, there's a hot-pink wrap dress. From designer Betsey Johnson, Barbie will look hip in an outrageous green party dress. With Nicole Miller, she will be clad in a checkerboard trapeze dress and swing coat. Carmen Marc Valvo will dress Barbie in a frothy black strapless cocktail dress with pleats. Tommy Hilfiger, on the other hand, will design a hand-beaded white minidress for the famous doll.

Needless to say, the designs reflect the personal experiences that the fashion designers had with the celebrated doll. As Carmen Marc Valvo puts it, “She's an American icon, and there has to be an interesting association between play and Barbie, and creativity and fashion.”

The 50 fabulous creations that designers have for birthday girl Barbie will be featured in her New York Fashion Week catwalk debut on Saturday.

Aside from the success that Barbie had achieved, there's much to the most popular doll that the company Mattel should be grateful for. One of them is the fact that Barbie is made of plastic and that she will be forever youthful and can easily change her style to suit the changing fashion trends.

And thank God Barbie is a doll! Otherwise, she would have to undergo many medical procedures like breast implants and botox just to strut down the runway at the age of 50.

Michelle Obama For Vogue America

The fashionably confident First Lady Michelle Obama graced the March issue of American Vogue, much to the delight of fashionistas and a lot of people who were following the affairs of the first family.


Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Michelle Obama appeared on the magazine cover in her sleeveless magenta dress designed by her seemingly favorite fashion designer Jason Wu. Inside the magazine, an eight-page feature was devoted to the first lady who admitted that her wardrobe has been under intense scrutiny.

"I'm not going to pretend that I don't care about it. But I also have to be very practical. In the end, someone will always not like what you wear – people just have different tastes."

During the photoshoot for the magazine, Michelle Obama was allowed to choose her own outfits. She was well-praised for choosing dresses designed by Jason Wu, Narcisco Rodriguez, and J. Crew.

Meanwhile, an interviewer complimented the first lady for her fashion sense saying, "She doesn't need any help (choosing outfits). She loves fashion and knows what works for her She's never had a conversation with me about, `What do you think?' or `How did this look? And I'm glad for that."

Not to mention her influence in politics, Michelle Obama will surely influence fashion for the career woman.

The 2009 Grammy Awards Winners

Some say this year's Grammy Awards was picture perfect, with majority of Hollywood's famous recording artists came dressed in "safe" glamorous gowns and black/white/gray men's wear.


Fashion critics were looking for funky, fresh flavor and they seemed to be disappointed by the perceived Red Carpet monotony.

Except for Rihanna who was a no-show at the awarding night following the arrest of boyfriend and fellow recording artist Chris Brown on domestic violence charges (some even speculated that the unnamed female who made the charges was Rihanna herself!), there was not much "news" to talk about.

Anyway, here's the complete list of 2009 Grammy Awards winners:

Album of the Year:
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raising Sand

Best Rap Album:
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
John Mayer, “Say”

Record of the Year:
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, “Please Read This Letter”

Best New Artist:
Adele

Best Rock Album:
Coldplay, Viva la Vida

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, “Rich Woman”

Song of the Year:
Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group:
Sugarland, “Stay”

Best R&B Album:
Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson

Industry Icon Award:
Clive Davis

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Rick Rubin (Death Magnetic, Home Before Dark, Mercy, Seeing Things, Weezer)

Best Rock Song:
Bruce Springsteen, “Girls in Their Summer Clothes”

Best Rock Instrumental Performance:
“Peaches En Regalia,” Zappa Plays Zappa, Featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock

Best Metal Performance:
Metallica, “My Apocalypse”

Best Hard Rock Performance:
The Mars Volta, “Wax Simulacra”

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Kings of Leon, “Sex on Fire”

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
John Mayer, “Gravity”

Best Alternative Music Album:
Radiohead, In Rainbows

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Duffy, Rockferry

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Adele, “Chasing Pavements”

Best Pop Instrumental Album:
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Jingle All The Way

Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
Eagles, “I Dreamed There Was No War”

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books):
Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth (Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood)

Best Contemporary R&B Album:
Mary J. Blige, Growing Pains

Best R&B Song:
Ne-Yo, “Miss Independent” (Mikkel S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen and S. Smith, songwriters)

Best Urban/Alternative Performance:
Chrisette Michele Featuring will.i.am, “Be OK”

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
Al Green Featuring Anthony Hamilton, “You’ve Got the Love I Need”

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Al Green Featuring John Legend, “Stay With Me (by the Sea)”

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:
Alicia Keys; ” Superwoman”

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:
Ne-Yo, “Miss Independent”

Best Rap Song:
Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major, “Lollipop” (D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer and R. Zamor, songwriters)

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Estelle Featuring Kanye West, “American Boy”

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
Jay-Z and T.I. Featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne, “Swagga Like Us”

Best Rap Solo Performance:
Lil Wayne, “A Milli”

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Natalie Cole, Still Unforgettable

Best Country Album:
George Strait, Troubadour

Best Country Song:
Sugarland, “Stay” (Jennifer Nettles, songwriter)

Best Bluegrass Album:
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947

Best Country Instrumental Performance:
Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner, “Cluster Pluck”

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals:
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, “Killing the Blues”

Best Male Country Vocal Performance:
Brad Paisley, “Letter to Me”
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Best Female Country Vocal Performance:
Carrie Underwood, “Last Name”

Best Reggae Album:
Burning Spear, Jah Is Real

Best Hawaiian Music Album:
Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho, Ikena

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album:
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raising Sand

Best Traditional Folk Album:
Pete Seeger, At 89

Best Traditional Blues Album:
B.B. King, One Kind Favor

Best Contemporary Blues Album:
Dr. John and the Lower 911, City That Care Forgot

Best Long Form Music Video:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Runnin’ Down a Dream”

Best Short Form Music Video:
Weezer, “Pork and Beans”

Best Classical Album:
Weill, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost

Best Classical Crossover Album:
The King’s Singers, Simple Gifts

Best Classical Contemporary Composition:
John Corigliano, composer, Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (JoAnn Falletta, conductor)

Best Classical Vocal Performance:
John Corigliano, Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan

Best Small Ensemble Performance:
Spotless Rose, Hymns to the Virgin Mary

Best Chamber Music Performance:
Elliott Carter, Pacifica Quartet, String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra):
Gloria Cheng, Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutoslawski

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra):
Hilary Hahn, Schoenberg, Sibelius: Violin Concertos (Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor)

Best Choral Performance:
Sir Simon Rattle, “Symphony of Psalms”

Best Opera Recording:
Weill, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Best Orchestral Performance:
Shostakovich, “Symphony No. 4,” Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago

Best Electronic/Dance Album:
Daft Punk, Alive 2007

Best Dance Recording:
Daft Punk, “Harder Better Faster Stronger”

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
Kirk Franklin, The Fight of My Life

Best Traditional Gospel Album:
The Blind Boys of Alabama, Down in New Orleans

Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Gaither Vocal Band, Lovin’ Life

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
CeCe Winans, Thy Kingdom Come

Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album:
TobyMac, Alive and Transported

Best Gospel Song:
Kirk Franklin, “Help Me Believe”

Best Gospel Performance:
Mary Mary, “Get Up”

Best Latin Jazz Album:
Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Song for Chico
George Carlin Paul Schiraldi

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
Chick Corea and Gary Burton, The New Crystal Silence

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo:
Terence Blanchard, soloist, “Be-Bop”

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Cassandra Wilson, Loverly

Best Contemporary Jazz Album:
Randy Brecker, Randy in Brasil

Best New Age Album:
Jack DeJohnette, Peace Time

Best Comedy Album:
George Carlin, It’s Bad For Ya

Best Polka Album:
Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra, Let the Whole World Sing

Best Contemporary World Music Album:
Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo, Global Drum Project

Best Traditional World Music Album:
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album:
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Best Native American Music Album:
Come to Me Great Mystery—Native American Healing Songs

Best Norteño Album:
Los Tigres del Norte, Raíces

Best Banda Album:
Joan Sebástian, No Es de Madera

Best Tejano Album:
Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution, Viva la Revolucion

Best Regional Mexican Album:
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Amor, Dolor Y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera

Best Tropical Latin Album:
José Feliciano, Señor Bachata

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album:
45, Jaguares

Best Latin Pop Album:
Juanes, La Vida…Es un Ratico

Best Musical Show Album:
In the Heights

Best Musical Album for Children:
They Might Be Giants, Here Come The 123s

Best Spoken Word Album for Children:
Bill Harley, Yes to Running!

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
Natalie Cole, “Here’s That Rainy Day” (Nan Schwartz, arranger)

Best Instrumental Arrangement:
Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, “Define Dancing” (From Wall-E) (Thomas Newman, arranger)

Best Instrumental Composition:
“The Adventures of Mutt” (From Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)

Best Surround Sound Album:
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
MGMT, “Electric Feel,” Justice Remix (Justice, remixers)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
The Raconteurs (Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell and Jack White III), Consolers of the Lonely

Best Historical Album:
Art of Field Recording, Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music (Documented by Art Rosenbaum)

Best Album Notes:
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Francis Davis, album notes writer)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
In Rainbows

Best Recording Package:
Metallica, Death Magnetic (Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner, art directors)

Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, “Down to Earth” (From Wall-E)

Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer, The Dark Knight

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Juno

Fashion Models React To Economic Crisis

“Economic Crisis” has become word of mouth these days that even fashion models, who are supposedly the representation of indulgent living, can't help but share their stories of glamour crisis.


For 23-year old Ukranian model Anna Chyzh, it was dispiriting moment in the modeling industry as she complains to Reuter, “Half price! It's half-price everywhere, in Milan, even in New York."

Just like most models, Anna sends money home to support her family. In her case, she's supporting an interior designer mother who also has troubles finding work because of recession. The young model blabs out, “She says, Anna, you have to help me now. So we have to work for Mum, we cannot refuse any contracts now.”

Backstage at an ebullient haute couture show, models like Georgina Stojiljkovic have secret worries. The 19-year old Serbian model admits, “I'm having some doubt now because of this situation. We all do it for the money so if there is no more money, maybe I should go back and focus on my studies."

Even modeling agencies are feeling the chill. Premier Model Management for example, the London-based agency that represented Claudia Schiffer, director Aidan Jean-Marie tells that their clients now pay a daily rate of 1,500 pounds from their usual rate of 3,000 pounds ($4,200).

To work out the crisis, the agency adjust its mix of "commercial models," and “image models.” Image models are considered pricier than commercial models because while the latter has a constant low-key jobs like catalog shoots, image models appear on catwalks and magazine covers. "You need both sides to survive the downturn, but the balance shifts slightly toward the commercial models," says the director.

There's economic crisis in the fashion industry indeed. But for some fashion models, the issue is still something to be shrugged and smiled about.

Despite the doubt, Georgina Stojiljkovic still sees modeling as more profit-making profession than other jobs. She says, “There is still more money in this than almost any other job. I earn more than my parents – it's kind of sad, they went to school and have worked for years."

Pablo Ballay, a 23-year-old Argentinian male model, brings hope to his fellow models as he comments, “A lot of models here are from Argentina, and when you live in that kind of country you live in a continuous crisis. So you see how well people live here and you say, what, this is a crisis?"

Pinnochio Becomes A Real... Armani!

My, my, Pinocchio comes to reality not as a boy but as the 74-year old fashion designer, Giorgio Armani.


In the latest gimmick of PETA protesters, the Italian fashion designer's image was “photoshopped”to make his nose grow some 8 inches longer and resemble like that of the fictional boy Pinocchio. The image would obviously be interpreted as, “Giorgio Armani is a liar!”

PETA's accusation stemmed from the fashion designer's statement over the use of furs last year. He was quoted by TIME Magazine as saying, "I spoke with the people from PETA, and they showed me some materials that convinced me not to use fur."

However, PETA argued that Giorgio Armani was not true to his words because he still featured furs in his latest collections.

"To satisfy the whims of luxury, Armani is sentencing countless rabbits - one of the gentlest species - to a horrific life and a violent death in China, a country with no animal protection laws," PETA's Senior Vice President had said.

And so last Tuesday in San Francisco, PETA protesters rallied outside Giorgio Armani's store, carrying posters of the “Pinocchioed” fashion designer. They urged every Oscar nominee not to wear Georgio Armani's creations to the upcoming Academy Awards.

Poor Pinocchio...er, Armani!

Heidi Klum Mercilessly Sues Jobless Man?

It's “People of Germany versus Heidi Klum!”



Germans are angry over supermodel Heidi Klum's heavy-handed approach of suing a jobless man who uses her photo for an advertisement.

Heinz Frank, a 45-year old unemployed butcher downloaded an image of Heidi Klum (as shown below) from the internet for a flier of a local dance in Chemnitz, Germany.

After learning that her image was used for business interest without her consent, Heidi Klum called on her lawyers to sue the butcher. She eventually won the case and has gained £2,000 for damages.

What's worst for the jobless butcher was that he did not know who the woman in the picture was: “I just though she looked nice and would be appealing on the advertising leaflet. It was all completely harmless.”

An honest mistake or not, it was not the issue now.

When people learned about the incident, they expressed sympathy for the man and Heidi Klum came under fire. People just couldn't understand why the top-earning supermodel with a Forbes-estimated annual income of £10 million did not give any consideration for the man who only gets £300 a month (when he was employed).

Because the poor butcher was unemployed and had no money to pay the millionaire supermodel, it was the German socialite and actress Jenny Elvers Elbertzhagen who paid the £2,000 for Heidi Klum.

“I read his story and just knew I had to help. He didn’t know it was her, didn’t make any money and I really do not understand why Heidi Klum has got all heated up over such a trifle,” says the actress.

Meanwhile, the jobless Mr. Frank was very grateful and has come to a realization: “It is nice to think that not all people in the world are like Heidi Klum.”

Angelina Jolie Is Erika Salt

Angelina Jolie will once again star as butt-kicking vixen in Phillip Noyce's spy thriller “Salt.”


Originally titled as "Edwin A. Salt," the film produced by Columbia Pictures was supposedly to be played by Tom Cruise. The 46-year old actor who's already a veteran of many action films had long been expected to lead the film. We never knew what went wrong with the deal but when the role was finally handed to the sultry Angelina Jolie, the story was rewritten and the protagonist became Erika Salt.

While the espionage thriller to the film was redrafted, sources said that the project did not require much overhaul to suit the female lead.

As Erika Salt, Angelina Jolie plays a CIA officer accused of being a Russian sleeper spy. She eludes and gets captured by superiors who are convinced that she is out to assassinate the president. While trying to reunite with her family, she struggles to prove someone else is the traitor.


Here's the good news to aspiring young actors out there:

Expected to go into production in February 2009, the film Salt is currently casting for a child actor to portray the role of the young Erika Salt. Check the casting to view the detail. Who knows, you might become the next action goddess like Angelina Jolie!

Omahyra Mota: Chic Punk Supermodel

Here's one model who stands out from the rest with her tattoos, piercings, and Gothic-punk-chic attitude – Omahyra Mota Garcia.

At the age of 24, the salient beauty from Dominican Republic was already well-known in the fashion industry as a chic punk model. As early as 2001, she was already a recognized fashion icon as she was voted one of the 50 most beautiful people by People Magazine.

The prominent feature and edgy style of Omahyra Mota has also made her a sought-after fashion model, representing the clothes of top fashion designers like Alexander McQueen, Baby Phat, and Jean Paul Gaultier. She has walked the Victoria's Secret runway show. Her androgynous looks also helped her model for both men's and women's clothing.

And just like any prominent models, Omahyra Mota was also featured in films. So far, the most impressive acting of this chic punk supermodel was in X-Men: The Last Stand where she played Arclight.

Pretty amazing for a punk who rebel against traditional modeling, eh?