Women of Comedy Video: Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman & More Talk Funny
The Hollywood Reporter has a pretty great video series where they interview Hollywood types. Actors, writers... People you like. For some pre-Emmys fun, they round up some awesome TV and movie women for a chat about showbiz. Their "Women of Comedy" incudes Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman, Christina Applegate, Jane Krakowski, Mary-Louise Parker and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss talking shop.
The clip above gets good (Watch out: There may be some foul language.) when the women talk about age in Hollywood. More than one of them read to be Jonah Hill's mother in a script recently! AfterEllen's got more good commentary about it. And check out HollywoodReporter.com for more good clips.
I've blogged about the awesome Holly Miranda very briefly before. I sort of worship this amazing up-and-coming Brooklyn/Tennessee-based singer/songwriter... And you will too. Kanye West even reveres her, which means lots.
Holly's playing a show in NYC this coming weekend; teaming up with another killer out singer, Joan As Police Woman, for a hot gig at the 92nd Street Y - Tribeca on Saturday, January 25th. If you're in NYC, go. You won't be sorry.
And above, watch the hilarious queer comic and AfterEllen vlog-host Liz Feldman in her final "This Just Out" vlog of the season, in which Holly visits. First, Liz's mom appears, and Liz's usual guest Raimie, but about 20 minutes into it comes Holly with a searing live performance and a fun chat with Liz. Hurrah!
Our smart/sassy friends at AfterElton shared the above video last week showing what would happen if Twilight's Edward Cullen ever set his creepy stalker sights on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The video, created by Rebellious Pixels, makes use of the teen dramas to highlight just how much ass Buffy kicks and how weird and slightly disturbing Edward Cullen is.
Maybe it's because I've never read the books or seen the movie, but I've never understood what's so special about the Twilight series or the apparent romantic god that is Edward Cullen/Robert Pattinson. I love that this movie turns the vampire storyline upside down and hilariously portrays Sarah Michelle Gellar as the ultimate bad ass. Check it out!
Remember how hot Kate Bosworth (seen in Blue Crush, above) was before you knew anything about her? Same for Kiera Knightley, who was butch and adorable in Bend It Like Beckham.
The list runs the gamut from Zoe Saldana to Katharine Hepburn... Go see if your fave made the cut. And I won't tell you whether or not Mariel Hemingway's turn in Personal Best got picked or not.
Also on deck, a prize for the Brink of Fame Actor, which will honor an up-and-coming thespian who we expect to hear a lot more from! And the nominees are a nice bunch! They include Twilight uber-hottie Cam Gigandet (above, and there's one more Cam shot coming), and a bunch more from hot shows like Fringe, True Blood & The L Word, as well as films like Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist & Between Love and Goodbye. Read on! And enjoy the pics!
Cynthia Nixon Announces Engagement at Broadway Impact Marriage Rally
Cynthia Nixon at the Broadway Impact rally in NYC. Call her Mrs. Big, perhaps?
Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon is engaged and plans to get hitched! At yesterday's big Broadway Impact rally in NYC to voice support for gay marriage, Nixon announced she and her longtime girlfriend Christine Marinoni have swapped rings and plan to make it official! Nice!
Watch a great video of Nixon's empowering speech at Broadway.TV. And there's more coverage on AfterEllen and JoeMyGod, too! And yes, DListed (Nixon and Marinoni's #1 fan) is on it, too!
Other stars at the massive rally included Cheyenne Jackson, David Hyde Pierce and the cast of Broadway's Hair. And if you're a fan of Hair's leading man, cute out actor Gavin Creel, he's been blogging about the Broadway Impact marriage cause for awhile.
Neil Patrick Harris & Portia de Rossi Top the Hot 100!
Presenting the king and queen of gay sexy-land!!!! Via AfterElton & AfterEllen.
Or maybe we should call them Neil Patrick Hotness and Portia de Hotsi? Today the big gay sites AfterElton and AfterEllen have revealed the results of their annual HOT 100 survey, wherein gays and lesbians from across the land voted for who they think is most shag-tastic. And NPH and Mrs. Ellen came in on top for who the queers love!
Yep, Neil Patrick Harris knocked Jake Gyllenhaal off of the top spot (Jakey had won the last 2 years); and Portia de Rossi took this year's lesbian crown of foxiness, which had been worn by Tina Fey and Leisha Hailey in the past. It's kinda cool to have actual out gays topping the list, right?
So, did your picks make the list? Go see! Both Barack and Michelle Obama made the lists; which means for the first time in a looooong time, the U.S. has a sexy first couple! (But you knew that already.)
Another slice of movie goodness for you, this time it's the new trailer for Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child and the fab Amy Adams as food blogger Julie Powell. So good!
AfterEllen's got a full post about this (including some good background on the film and Julie Powell's "Julie/Julia Project" blog, in which she spent a year cooking all of Julia Child's recipes from her 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking). Bon appetit!
Is it wrong to cry at a foodie movie? I just might. The trailer already got me excited and swoony.
Hot 100 Voting Time! Hot Men! Hot Women! And Yes... Hotness!
Attention all your horn-dogs and revved up lesbians! Sugar daddies and cougars take note! Twittering twinks and bad-ass butchies, pay attention! It's the time of year when we all get to cast a vote, and let our voices be heard! YES WE CAN, vote for who's the hottest man and woman ever (right now)!!!
Our big gay showbiz sibling sites, AfterEllen and AfterElton have opened the voting for their 3rd annual HOT 100 Lists. And folks are already sounding off!!!
This time around there are extra-special categories, too. You can get specific and also vote for the Hottest Person of Color, the Hottest Out (as in openly gay/les) Person and the Hottest Over 40 (Woo-hoo! DILFs!).
For the last 2 years, Jakey Gyllenhotness has swept the AfterElton honors. But it's been a quiet year for Jake. Will he top the list again? I'm thinking he might wanna watch out for James Franco...
Woman-wise, last yearTina Fey won, and in '07 it was Leisha Hailey. Who's up next?
I'm guessing Rachel Maddow ranks high. And maybe even our scorching First Lady, Mama Obama!
VOTE and COMMENT (on hot guys)! VOTE and COMMENT (on hot women)! VOTE and COMMENT now (on all the hotness)!
More after the jump, including a deluded but lovable Daniel Leary vlog!
AfterEllen's got a fun update on what some of your favorite lesbians (and almost lesbians) are up to on their Twitter feeds. Their TwitterWatch serves up a peek at what Joan Jett, Ellen DeGeneres, comedian Marga Gomez and others are tweeting about. Fun!
And be sure to scroll down to the comments and get tips on how to hop on the Twitter trains of folks like Lady Gaga, Amanda Palmer, Amy Ray, Margaret Cho, etc.
To answer your first question, "Who's Clementine Ford?" She's Cybill Shepherd's daughter (Work! Cybill rules.) and she's been starring on The L Word (along with her mom) as frisky student Molly. Ford served up her coming out news to the UK's lesbian mag, Diva.
You know Mama Cybill is already starting up a new Hollywood PFLAG chapter. She's so rambunctious and gay-loving! And now Samantha Ronson has someone to date once Li-Lo moves on.
We searched high and low and near and far. We explored the vast continent known as Wikipedia. We braved undiscovered corners of the jungle known as the blogosphere. Finally, like the religious fanatics who played heavy metal records backward to see if there were any covert messages from Satan, we even read the AfterEllen.com archives and did handstands to read them upside-down to see if there were any hidden messages telling us that Rachel Maddow is mortal. Just as we were convinced that Maddow was not a human being but a cyborg planted on Earth by an advanced civilization from another galaxy to make the rest of us look shabby in comparison, yesterday we had a breakthrough.
You better sit down. We found her Achilles' heel.
Rachel Maddow cannot cook. The woman is absolutely hopeless in the kitchen. There's video evidence after the jump.
Super Bowl Sunday is almost here. If you are still unsure about how to spend your Sunday evening, look no further. AfterEllen.com has constructed a fool-proof, flow-chart-based guide to help you choose the best option available to you.
Good afternoon, Lezbos & Gays. Rumors of a third Charlie's Angels movie are picking up speed after Drew Barrymorementioned to E! Online that she is "so into" it. Barrymore's rep confirmed, saying that things were "percolating" and "rising to the top."
First order of Angel business: Find the person who attacked Drew Barrymore's hair at the Golden Globes and stab him with his teasing comb.
The idea being punted around is that the Charlie's Angels franchise will add a fourth Angel to star alongside Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu in the third installment.
Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, swept the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend, winning the grand jury and audience choice awards. Directed by the openly gay Lee Daniels the film has been touted the new The Color Purple, but set in Harlem.
The film's main character is the obese, illiterate 16-year-old Precious Jones, played by newcomer Gabourey Sidibe. Precious is pregnant with her second child — by her father. Comedian Mo'Nique plays Precious' abusive welfare mother. It's such a surprising role for the usually comic Mo'Nique that she also picked up a special jury prize at the festival.
PUSH's Happy Crew: Mariah Carey, Lee Daniels, Mo'Nique & Paula Patton!
It's dark and disturbing, alright, but also incredibly hopeful. Precious triumphs over her extreme adversity thanks to her lesbian teacher (Paula Patton) and social worker (Mariah Carey - yes, Mariah!).
Lily Allen has been getting a lot of attention lately, and somehow I don't think it's a coincidence. Recently, she apparently bought a beach in Jamaica while drunk (shopping after you've had a few is never a good idea) and sent topless mobile photos to the wrong person (they went to the Kaiser Chiefs' Ricky Wilson but she's "joked" it was intended for '80s singer Rick Astley — not sure which is worse.)
Allen also "slipped" and said she'll be playing the Glastonbury Music Festival; and the festival organizers haven't even confirmed any of the acts. She's been candidly telling the press various things like she doesn't think she's talented and that she makes no money from and hates her first album, Alright, Still.
Even her dad is supposedly trying to tell her to shut up — but not before she claimed that, in addition to everything else she's been up to, she also had sex with not one, but two lesbians — twins, no less.
She may not have gotten a Golden Globe nod for her roles in Burn After Reading or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but Tilda Swinton is trying her hand at something new. The Academy Award-winning British actress known for her androgynous look and red-carpet pantsuits (she was voted one of Vanity Fair's best dressed women of 2007) will be exploring her musical side this year.
Actress Lindsay Lohan is the cover girl for Interview magazine this month, and along with some nifty black and white photos (see below), the interview includes a conversation between Lohan and veteran model-actress Lauren Hutton.
A portion of the article is available online at the Interview website, and you can watch a short video of the Interview photo shoot after the jump.
Last night, Ellen won the People's Choice Award for Best Talk Show Host again, and ended her rambling speech with "and to my roommate Portia, thank you very much, as well" (watch it here). Love that she made that point, and in a humorous way.
After the jump, a few pics of Ellen accepting the award...
I would like, if you'll indulge me, to talk about why grammar, and particularly syntax, matters. Take, for example, the upcoming film Lesbian Vampire Killers. Right, so what do you infer about this film from those three words? Is it about lesbian vampires who kill? Is it about lesbians who kill vampires? Or is it about people who kill lesbian vampires? See, syntax does matter.
Now, thanks to the first teaser trailer for Lesbian Vampire Killers (which is clearly competing with Snakes on a Plane for least subtle movie title ever), we know the answer. It's about people who kill lesbian vampires. Bummer.
Isn't the word "geek" itself kind of like "dyke"? It used to be an insult, but now we've reclaimed it to say, "Yeah, that's right — I'm smart/gay, and it's totally awesome." Being a geek puts you in good company with intelligent people who wear glasses and have opinions and starred as Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
That's right — Alyson Hannigan: geek. A well-liked one, apparently, because she's up for Wired magazine's award of Sexiest Geek of 2008. But she's got some stiff competiton: Tina Fey, Zooey Deschanel, Danica McKellar, Jeri Ryan, Aisha Tyler, Mila Kunis and Rachel Maddow are also up for the title.
Best Gay Year Ever? It's Time for the AfterElton & AfterEllen 2008 Visibility Awards!
It was the best of times (Obama wins! Rachel Maddow! Ellen! Matthew Mitcham! Torchwood!), it was the worst of times (Prop 8, Grey's axes its lesbians, Katy Perry). And all year big gay entertainment sites AfterElton and AfterEllen have been keeping close tabs.
Now they're announcing the winners (and losers) of their 2008 Visibility Awards! And you voted! Check each of them and see how your faves like Brothers & Sisters, Project Runway, The L Word, Kathy Griffin, Ugly Betty, Uh Huh Her, 3-Way, Brad Pitt and the rest all fared.
Last month, AfterEllen.com’s Trish Bendix gave us the very good news that the new Grace Jones album was on its way. On this side of the world, the wait will be a bit longer than we’d like; the U.S. release date for Hurricane now is “sometime in 2009.”
Hurricane is Jones’ first album in 19 years and early reviews from its positive. Based on sound samples posted on The Independent site, I have to agree with the BBC: “Her Royal Graceness is back.”
Rachel Maddow is "making her mark on cable news by keeping her cool when everyone else is losing theirs," says the January issue of Vogue. Yes, Vogue — the fashion magazine.
Of course, we weren't surprised when our Rachel (we can say that, right? It's not creepy, it's prideful, I swear) made it in the OUT 100 or on the cover of The Advocate; that's to be expected, given Maddow's rise to news superstardom this year. And now she's making her way into mainstream style magazines.
The Vogue feature on Maddow, Katie Couric and Campbell Brown, called "Shaping the News," was posted online today and features a fantastic photo of Maddow sporting — not the typical ridiculous Vogue-esque get-up some might have imagined — but her usual quirky glasses, snazzy suit and Converse sneakers. That's it above!
Every year, I hear the same Christmas songs blaring in my ears while doing my shopping. At least at home I can choose my own brand of holiday music, and I don't care if they're redone or completely new contemporary wintertime tunes — I just like them different from the same songs I hear every single year. ("Jingle Bell Rock," get out of my life.)
Several artists record songs for the season, so I'm going to focus on those of the Sapphic variety. No, they aren't lesbian Christmas songs per se (is Lesbian Christmas different from regular Christmas? Maybe it is and I just never knew about it. Must only be visible to the straight eye), but they are sung by out artists.
Here are some of my favorites (for listening or for laughing at; your choice).
Various Artists — A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 2 (1992)
This charity holiday album featured several well-known singers doing renditions of traditional tracks as well as more newly penned songs, including Sinead O'Connor's cover of Bob Dylan's "I Believe in You." Not too Christmasy, but fitting enough.
This week, Cat is on the prowl in New York City with special guest Mary-Louise Parker. The ladies attend the Emery Awards, where Mary-Louise is honored by the Hetrick-Martin Institute for her support of the LGBTQ community. Tim Gunn hosts, out actor Cheyenne Jackson croons (and almost turns Cat straight) and the youth of Harvey Milk High School inspire.
Then Mary-Louise shows off her "wingwoman" skills when she and Cat cruise for chicks in the never-before-seen sketch that was the inspiration for Cat on the Prowl.
Editor's Note: This is pretty amazing. Don't miss the last 5 or so minutes, when you get to see MLP and Cat cruise WeHo looking for ladies. "There's a hot one in front of the taqueria!" MLP screams. It's like Sean Cody gone lesbian. "I'm Mary-Louise Parker. Get in the van!" Genius.
Sick and tired of all those nagging, pervasive lesbian stereotypes? Secretly wondering if any of them are true? Us too.
This week, Dara and I talk about the top 10 stereotypes about lesbians and deliberate on their validity. From handiness to angriness, we traverse the landscape of lesbian mythologies. Along the way, we take a break for a brief musical interlude.
Naturally, no list of lesbian stereotypes would be complete without mention of sports, The L Word, and U-Hauls. And, perhaps stereotypically, we process those things too.
What stereotypes annoy or amuse you most? Let us know!
Ellen DeGeneres has had, by all accounts, a banner year. She beat Oprah. She won even more Emmys. She got married. And now, just in time for the holidays, come the first shots of her new CoverGirl campaign.
Say what you will about the cosmetics industry and its practices (and I have and do, often), but I think it’s a coup for a very out, somewhat butch lesbian to be the new face of CoverGirl. I think lipstick and Chapstick lesbians alike win when the beauty norms bend enough to embrace one of our own.
On the Tuesday, Dec. 16 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Britney Spears drops by, wearing a few extra layers of clothing, to go caroling with Ellen.
In search of some good old-fashioned fun, Britney and Ellen reportedly don their gay apparel and take their show door-to-door.
No word yet on what timeless tunes they'll be serenading, but I know my favorite holiday songs are those given a modern spin. I'm thinking that maybe "Frosty the Womanizer," "Walking in a Toxic Wonderland," or maybe "I'm a Slave 4 The Little Drummer Boy," would be some good ones.
What request would you make if they came knocking at your door?
When Lauren London guest-starred as cheerleader Christina Worthy on 90210 this season, she gave a drive-by shout out to her bisexuality. Today, it was reported that London will be back when the season returns — and this time she's got a girlfriend.
The skeptical part of you is probably yawning and saying, "Oh, wow, and just in time for sweeps, too." Or maybe, "Still being billed as a guest-star, I see. I guess that's so she can disappear into thin air when the Very Special Episodes are over." Or even more likely, "Wow, has this show not been canceled yet?"
I understand the reluctance to jump up and down, especially after the lesbian community has been burned so badly by network TV this year, but a teenage bisexual woman of color isn't exactly something you see every day on television, so I say it's probably a good thing.
While most people are putting together their best-of-2008 album lists, others are still working hard to release an end-of-the year album. Here are a few this week that would make great stocking stuffers.
After a four-year hiatus, the R&B singer (reclining above) returns with a new record label and several producers creating upbeat tracks to aid her lyrics. Brandy seems to have been able to channel her controversial personal life into fodder for her album, and it's better off for it.
When is a spoiler not a spoiler? When Showtime spills its own beans six weeks before the episode in question even airs. As news of The D Word on The L Word has spread, the question on everyone's mind was who would be this season's big death. Last week, we spoiled all who were willing to be spoiled. But now Ilene Chaiken has gone and one-upped us: She released the damn video.
Since this is still, technically, a spoiler please consider this your SPOILER ALERT. As in, if you want to go into season six as blind as those three mice whose tails had an unfortunate encounter with a carving knife, then stop reading now. And whatever you do, don't click play because Showtime's latest promo is the first two minutes of the season premiere which clearly shows the dearly departed.
Meryl Streep is the Queen of Hollywood. Any questions?
Granted, this is not news. As far as I’m concerned, Streep has been the queen of, well, the world ever since I saw her in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
Although I’m sure part of her appeal, at least subconsciously, was that her character had left her husband for a woman, the fact is that I have never been able to take my eyes off of Meryl Streep, regardless of where I see her.
As the cover story in this week’s Entertainment Weekly notes, however, although her movies have received consistent critical raves — and earned Streep the most Academy Award nominations of any actor — they haven’t made a lot of money.
If the Grammy Awards are any reflection of the general population's musical taste, it would appear that we all appreciate women artists, as long as they are country singers, pop stars or paired with a male counterpart. This year's Grammy nominations have been announced, and while women are prevalent, they are also shut out of some key categories.
Janelle Monáe's song "Many Moons" is up for Best Urban/Alternative Performance, but her full-length debut Metropolis: The Chase Suite was not nominated for any other awards. The only woman in any rap category, in fact, was Estelle, who sings on Kanye West's track, "American Boy." Otherwise, it's Lil' Wayne year. (Did they not even give a listen to Yo Majesty?)
In spring of 2007, Dorothy Snarker challenged us to cast the upcoming biopic of the '70s girl-group-punk-band, The Runaways.
The production team has finally begun to do the work for us. It was announced yesterday that Kristen Stewart has been cast as young Joan Jett.
I’ve read a few comments indicating that some folks find this to be terrible casting, but I’m not yet sure how to react. I know that I want this movie to be done well. The Runaways paved the way for other women rockers and their legacy deserves respect. Additionally, I’m quite impressed that the band members generally survived teenage punk stardom quite well.
Each year, The Advocate names its People of the Year, “a handful of names that made headlines, made a difference, or simply made us talk.” They just released a couple of names as a teaser and one of them is actress and comedian Wanda Sykes.
Sykes has always been an outspoken supporter of gay rights. Having previously kept her sexuality private, Sykes came out at a rally in Las Vegas after California Proposition 8 was passed.
She cited the passing of Proposition 8 as the catalyst behind her decision to come out:
Television has given us many great mysteries. Who shot J.R.? Who killed Laura Palmer? Who keeps supporting David Caruso’s acting career? But, come January, the only mystery every gay, bisexual and just bi-curious shoe-wearing gal will care about will be, “Who will Ilene Chaiken kill?” Well, if you can't wait or you already know, we need to talk.
Let me say, in the clearest and most emphatic terms possible: This is a spoiler post about the sixth season of The L Word. Let me repeat, this is not a test. This is a huge, big, red, flashing SPOILER ALERT. If you do not want to know what happens in the new season, stop reading now. I mean it. This is your final warning. Spoilers lie ahead. I cannot and will not be held responsible for what happens to your childlike innocence if you click “continue reading.”
The January 2009 issue of Vanity Fair magazine devotes the cover and a lengthy article to writer/producer/TV star Tina Fey, whom AfterEllen.com readers voted the hottest woman of 2008 earlier this year because she's smart, sexy, funny, feminist, and gay-friendly. (Tina's response? She told a magazine she was "flattered" to top the AfterEllen.com list, because "I think those girls take more of a 3-D picture before they decide they like somebody.")
Maureen Dowd's four-page profile in Vanity Fair is full of great information and new comments from/about Tina, on topics ranging from 30 Rock, sexism, Sarah Palin, that scar on her cheek, and why she didn't have many dates in high school.
It is somewhat ironic that Pink's new album is called Funhouse, with most of her tracks referencing her getting wasted, getting into fights and getting over her ex-husband. In the video for her first single, "So What," we were treated to the singer's humorous depictions of rock star life, post-divorce (She's still a rock star, she's got her rock moves, and she doesn't need you, Carey Hart.)
What could be better than a single Pink, who is ready to rock (and rock tight shirts sporting her famously rock hard abs)? How about Pink making-out with someone as hot as her, AKA herself, in her new video for "Sober."
Death. Accusations. Investigations. Prison. Yes, yes, that's all fine and good for the final season of The L Word. But we really want to know is how the women who long love lust actually look in the sixth season. Showtime released the first stills for the new season this week. After seeing them I've decided I don't care who they kill off as long as Jennifer Beals' arms get to live.
While I'll never fully understand some of the frilly, flouncy fashions the characters wears on the show, I always appreciate how the actresses pull them off. Let's take a sneak peek at what the new season has in store. We'll go alphabetically, so as not to play favorites.
Hey, here's a question. Does this look like a police lineup to you?
Showtime has released a second promo for the final season of The L Word and it left me wondering how the show had turned into an extended game of Clue.
In the category of “Is this a good thing?” Twilight actresses Kristen Stewart and Nikki Reed will shoot another movie together, starting in January. They'll reportedly be playing men.
The movie, K-11, takes place in the section of the Los Angeles county jail that holds gay inmates, keeping them segregated from the general prison population. (“K-11” is the official classification for a gay inmate.) Stewart, who stars as Bella in Twilight, will play a boy and Reed, Twilight’s Rosalie, will play a 30-year-old man. Stewart’s mom, veteran script supervisor Jules Stewart, will direct.
The L Word has never billed itself to be anything more than a lesbian soap opera; however, it looks like the promo staff of The L Word took a cue from MTV and fully embraced the “sex sells” doctrine.
As queer women, we are often in a bind as to how to react to overtly sexualized images of queer women in the media. We are sexual beings, so part of us may react with some level of excitement, yet we are also put in the position off wanting to portray to the general public that we are not the type of sex hungry deviants that right-wing muckrakers claim that we are.
Caution! Cuidado! Vorsicht! The following post is fraught with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince spoilers. Hang onto your hats, or your Amortentia (love potion, Muggles) or your 3-D Spectrespecs.
Raise your hand if you are going to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Keep your hand raised if you've read the book. Keep your hand raised if you waited in line at midnight to get the book. Keep your hand raised if you cried while reading the book. OK, now, keep your hand up if, after finishing the book, you wore sackcloth and ashes and mourned like Albus Dumbledore was your very own grandfather.
Everyone with their hands still in the air, come sit by me and watch the new trailer. I'll hold you close.
Former Cycle 11 America's Next Top Model contestant Isis King visited The Tyra Banks Show Tuesday and was surprised with news that Tyra will help her get her long-awaited sex reassignment surgery.
Isis, the first transgender contestant to ever appear on ANTM, was originally scouted for the show when she appeared in the background of an ANTM photo at a homeless shelter (where she was living at the time). She won a spot on the current cycle of ANTM, but was ultimately eliminated in the fourth week.
On Banks, Isis talked about growing up feeling like she was born in the wrong body, and how getting sex reassignment surgery has been cost prohibitive.
Below is a short clip of Isis on The Tyra Banks Show:
A new trend is spreading among celebrities — they want to quit being celebrities. Or at least to quit acting. The latest to announce her intention to leave Hollywood is our favorite BBB (Bisexual Before Brad), Angelina Jolie.
Last Thursday, in an interview with the BBC, Jolie said: “I don’t plan to keep acting very long, I’m ready to do a few things now and fade away and get ready to be a grandma one day. … maybe it [acting] will be once a year and then maybe it will be once every three years, and then just naturally … I like being home a lot these days.”
This came on the heels of a similar comment she made recently in an interview with the Italian edition of Vanity Fair.
Alexi's Closet goes mobile this week, as Alexi jets off to Memphis, Tenn. to visit family.
During her visit, she learns rather quickly just how different a small town in the South is, fashion-wise, compared to a big city like New York. And, before she leaves, she gives us a segment on packing made easy.
Last Saturday, as Lindsay Lohan and DJ Samantha Ronson were walking into the VIP Room Theater in Paris, an animal rights activist approached the couple and dumped a bag of flour on Lohan's dress and fur stole.
Lohan and Ronson hurried into the club to pose for red carpet photos, while the woman fled the scene. Just before she ran away, she told reporters that she doused the actress with flour because Lohan is a "fur hag."
Breasts! Nuns! Strippers! Guns! Wait, sorry, I feel a little woozy after watching the new trailer for Bitch Slap. Please distract yourself with this shot of the women of Bitch Slap pouring water on each other so you can feel as woozy as I do.
Since our first breathless reporting on what is shaping up to be the mother of all post-modern B-movie exploitation flicks back in August, the ladies (and gentlemen – but let’s face it we just care about the ladies) of Bitch Slap have released a new red-band trailer (for mature audiences) with more fights, explosions and cleavage than you can shake a stick at.
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