- Franca Sozzani may or may not be married. Either way, she probably doesn’t care whether you think she is or not. [Huff Po]

- I wanna say something. I’m gonna put it out there. If you like it, you can take it, if you don’t, send it right back: Anchorman 2. [Deadline]

- Time Magazine has opened up the polls for its annual Time 100 list where you can vote on who are the most influential people in the entire world. People like Jessica Simpson, Ashton Kutcher and LMFAO. No one said it was a good influence. [Time]

- Sears continues its Photoshop of Horrific proportions with the Kardashians and their new swimsuit line. Meanwhile, poor Khloe’s in a caftan, probably because it was easier than actually slapping her in the face.  [Fashionista]

- Dolce & Gabbana are ready for their close-up, Mr. Allen. The design duo will make a cameo in Woody Allen‘s new film, To Rome with Love. [Telegraph]

- Gucci and Guess have finally taken their three-year copyright battle to court where Guess’ own lawyer routinely insults his client’s quality and lack of class: “Guess doesn’t slap a house name on a product, Guess screams its name, it surrounds you…Gucci uses leather, Guess uses plastic, that’s why it costs 100 bucks.” That kind of defense you can’t buy. [WWD, sub req'd]

None of these wins came as surprises, nor did Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer cleaning up in the Supporting categories, which is probably the real reason I fell asleep. This Academy Awards, I was the least invested I’ve  ever been. though I was hoping that Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig would be triumphant in the Best Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay categories, respectively.  But the awards season track record was already against them.  Like Woody Allen needed another Oscar.

In the end, Hugo and The Artist both won five trophies but the most  important moment was clearly Meryl Streep ending her near 30 year losing streak by picking up a much-deserved third Oscar. Greatest living actress, indeed.

Anyway, take a gander at all the winners and let us know who you thought shoulda won, and who you thought shoulda just stayed home.

Best Picture
The Artist

Actor in a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Actress in a Leading Role
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer, The Beginners

Actress in a Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Directing
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, The Descendants

Animated Feature Film
Rango

Cinematography
Hugo

Art Direction
Hugo

Costume Design
The Artist

Documentary Feature
Undefeated

Documentary Short
Saving Face

Film Editing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Foreign Language Film
A Separation

Makeup
The Iron Lady

Music (Original Score)
The Artist

Music (Original Song)
“Man or Muppet,” The Muppets

Short Film (Animated)
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Short Film (Live Action)
The Shore

Sound Editing
Hugo

Sound Mixing
Hugo

Visual Effects
Hugo

I always love when a comedic performance gets some recognition and while the film was excluded from the list of NINE Best Picture nominees, Kristen Wiig scored a nod for her brilliant screenplay with Annie Mumolo. Meanwhile, if that trash Diablo Cody can win for Juno, Wiig might want to ready her acceptance speech.

Hugo leads the pack with 11 nominations, including Best Director for Martin Scorsese – his seventh career Best Director nom and ninth overall — and Best Picture. It will compete against The Artist – a close second with 10 nominations — and out of seemingly nowhere, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, which has garnered mixed reviews and has been pretty much absent during awards season. But, c’mon, it’s a 9/11 movie, who’s really surprised?

Other Best Picture contenders include Steven Spielberg’s critically-mixed War Horse, Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life — which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes a while back –, The Help, Moneyball, The Descendants and Woody Allen‘s Midnight in Paris.

Allen, it should be noted, snatched his 22nd and 23rd Oscar nods. Take notes, kids.

Also racking up an ungodly amount of Oscar gold this year is (unsurprisingly) Meryl Streep, who scored her 17th Academy Award nomination for her role in The Iron Lady. She will face off against Michelle Williams, Viola Davis, frequent nemesis Glenn Close and surprise nominee Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Tilda Swinton was once again robbed of a nomination — this time for We Need to Talk About Kevin.

The Best Actor category has BFFs George Clooney and Brad Pitt going head-to-head, while relative unknown Demián Bichir snuck in for the little-seen indie film, A Better Life. The Artist‘s Jean Dujardin, fresh off his Golden Globe win, is also nominated and after decades of generally shutting shit down, Gary Oldman scored his first Oscar nomination for the British film, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Check out the full list of nominees below:

BEST PICTURE
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

LEAD ACTOR
Demián Bichir – A Better Life
George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt – Moneyball

LEAD ACTRESS
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn

BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Christopher Plummer –  Beginners
Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer – The Help

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The Descendants – Alexander Payne & Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Hugo – John Logan
The Ides of March - George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
Moneyball – Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy –  Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids – Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Margin Call – J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
A Separation – Asghar Farhadi

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Bullhead, Belgium
Footnote, Israel
In Darkness, Poland
Monsieur Lazhar, Canada
A Separation, Iran

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

ART DIRECTION
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

COSTUME DESIGN
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

FILM EDITING
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets
“Real in Rio” from Rio

SOUND EDITING
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

SOUND MIXING
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Link Love: LA Times – The Envelope

Dujardin and Bejo in The Artist

Best Film

The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Leading Actor

Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Clooney - The Descendants
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Michael Fassbender - Shame

Leading Actress

Bérénice Bejo - The Artist
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn
Tilda Swinton - We Need To Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis - The Help

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady
Jonah Hill - Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides Of March

Best Supporting Actress

Carey Mulligan - Drive
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Judi Dench - My Week With Marilyn
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Octavia Spencer - The Help

Outstanding British Film

My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer 

Attack The Block - Joe Cornish (Director/Writer)
Black Pond - Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)
Coriolanus - Ralph Fiennes (Director)
Submarine - Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
Tyrannosaur - Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)

Best Film Not In The English Language

Incendies
Pina
Potiche
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

Best Documentary 

George Harrison: Living In The Material World
Project Nim
Senna

Best Animated Film

The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Rango 

Best Director

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn
Hugo - Martin Scorsese
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson
We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay

Best Original Screenplay

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
The Guard - John Michael McDonagh
The Iron Lady - Abi Morgan
Midnight In Paris - Woody Allen

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
The Help - Tate Taylor
The Ides Of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
Moneyball - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

Best Original Music

The Artist - Ludovic Bource
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Hugo - Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Alberto Iglesias
War Horse - John Williams

Best Cinematography

The Artist
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Best Editing

The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Senna
Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

Best Production Design

The Artist
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Best Costume Design

The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
My Week With Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Makeup & Hair

The Artist
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
The Iron Lady
My Week With Marilyn

Best Sound

The Artist
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Best Special Visual Effects

The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
War Horse

Best Short Animation 

Abuelas
Bobby Yeah
A Morning Stroll

Best Short Film 

Chalk
Mwansa The Great
Only Sound Remains
Pitch Black Heist
Two And Two

The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award (Voted For By The Public)

Adam Deacon
Chris Hemsworth
Chris O’Dowd
Eddie Redmayne
Tom Hiddleston

Dujardin and Bejo in The Artist

Best Motion Picture — Drama - The Descendants

Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical - The Artist

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama - George Clooney, The Descendants

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama - Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical - Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical -  Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn (meanwhile, calling it right now — Oscar)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture - Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

Best Director — Motion Picture - Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Animated Feature Film – The Adventures of Tintin

Best Foreign Language Film – A Separation (Iran)

Best Original Score — Motion Picture – The Artist

Best Original Song — Motion Picture – “Masterpiece”, W.E.

Best Television Series — Drama - Homeland

Best Television Series — Comedy or Musical - Modern Family (best acceptance speech of the night)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama - Kelsey Grammer, Boss

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama - Claire Danes, Homeland

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical - Matt Leblanc, Episodes

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical - Laura Dern, Enlightened

As big as the Globes’ crush is on Gosling, it can’t hold a candle to the raging boner the Hollywood Foreign Press has for George Clooney, who’s nominated for three awards — Best Director and Best Screenplay for The Ides of March and Best Actor for The Descendants. Why don’t you put it back in your pants, HFA?

And the other nominees are:

Best Motion Picture — Drama (or, films that no one has seen)

The Descendants

The Help

Hugo

The Ides of March

Moneyball

War Horse

Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical (or, wait, is My Week with Marilyn a comedy?)

50/50

The Artist

Bridesmaids

Midnight in Paris

My Week with Marilyn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama

George Clooney, The Descendants

Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar

Michael Fassbender, Shame

Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March

Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama

Glenn Close, Albert Noss

Viola Davis, The Help

Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Brendan Gleesen, The Guard

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50

Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid Love

Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical

Jodie Foster, Carnage

Charlize Theron, Young Adult

 Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

 Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Kate Winslet, Carnage

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn

Albert Brooks, Drive

Jonah Hill, Moneyball

Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Berenice Bejo, The Artist

Jessica Chastain, The Help

Janet Mcteer, Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer, The Help

Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture

Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - The Ides of March

Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash - The Descendants

Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball

Best Director — Motion Picture

Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

George Clooney, The Ides of March

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Alexander Payne, The Descendants

Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Television Series — Drama

American Horror Story

Boardwalk Empire

Boss

Game of Thrones

Homeland

Best Television Series — Comedy or Musical (or, what the fuck about Community?)

Enlightened

Episodes

Glee

Modern Family

New Girl

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Kelsey Grammer, Boss

Jeremy Irons, The Borgias

Damian Lewis, Homeland

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama

Claire Danes, Homeland

Mireille Enos, The Killing

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Madeleine Stowe, Revenge

Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

David Duchovny, Californication

Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory

Thomas Jane, Hung

Matt Leblanc, Episodes

Photo: Vogue

In a plot that sounds like the long-discarded gay Ocean’s 11 sequel, Ocean’s 69, a gang of five masked robbers “neutralized” a security guard and four employees at the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport terminal on Friday, before making out with 10 pallets of Louis Vuitton goods.

Authorities are currently looking into the matter, but they had better look quick. The rule of 3s dictates that another crime will take place and the smart money is on Dior, as everything Marc Jacobs seems to touch — whether he wants to or not — goes missing. Meanwhile, this sounds like the long-discarded Woody Allen gay dramedy, High Fashion Crimes and Miss-Dior-meanors. [WWD]

Photo: Vogue

“This is my first [fashion campaign]. I love clothes. Can’t you tell?” said La Keaton, tongue firmly in cheek(o). Despite her modesty, Diane Keaton’s style credentials are as solid as they come. Her portrayal of scatterbrained, gender-bending heroine Annie Hall in Woody Allen‘s seminal romantic comedy is still one of the most iconic leading ladies in cinema and fashion.

And since 2006, she’s been a face of L’Oréal Paris. I do have to say, though, those Chico’s trousers are unflattering as all get out…but I digress.

In the Chico’s commercials, Diane shares her thoughts on life, love, family and clothes, such as this little gem she shared with WWD: “Love makes the world go ’round. And so do hats and gloves and a fabulous belt.” Oh, Diane, how’d you get so wise?

The print ads will start making their appearance this November in publications such as  O, The Oprah Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar and InStyle with the commercials debuting this holiday season. The campaign’s tagline is “Live for the present” and as a little present — just because I’ll jump at any chance to write about Diane Keaton — have a little bit of this with your morning coffee:

[WWD]

Uma’s white lace Dolce & Gabbana dress demonstrates just why white is a go-to look for this summer – it’s fun, refreshing and easy to dress down or class-up with a good pair of shoes. White was a trend in Thurman’s picks for the red carpet throughout Cannes, and included this white Chanel she wore to the Pirates of the Caribbean premiere.

For the opening ceremony and the screening of Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, Uma wore a knockout white, feathered Versace gown that had jaws dropping left and right. She knew it too, because she offered up some absolutely charming quotables to the The Daily Mail UK , saying, “I feel so good wearing the dress, I hope I get a chance to dance… It’s a dress that moves well when you dance. I was doing a quiet little dance all by myself on the carpet just now.” We are right there with you!

We love how Uma works with her height to pair adorable flats with long dresses, which is a more comfortable alternative to tall heels and is very on-trend for summer. Uma commented on her height and dressing for Cannes, mentioning, “I had to have it made because you know how it is for us tall girls. It’s impossible to find anything in a store.”

Another notable fashionista that left us dancing for joy was Kirsten Dunst, who emerged from recent acting (and everything else of note) obscurity to not only take home the award for Best Actress for her role in the movie Melancholia, but also secure herself a spot on more than a few Cannes best dressed lists.

Link Love:

www.celebrity-gossip.net

http://www.cbsnews.com/

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Actress Uma Thurman attends Cinema For Peace during the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2011 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

Rachel will be rated on the below categories, five being the highest and 1 being the lowest.

Fit: 5

Appropriateness: 5

Trendiness: 5

Styling: 3

Shoes: 4

Hair: 3

Makeup: 5

Pose: 4

Confidence: 5

I am thrilled that Rachel chose this Marchesa dress from the fall 2011 line – it was one of my favorites from the collection. She looks gorgeous, but I really wish her hair would have been up. I think that is such a huge factor in letting the statement factor of this dress shine through.

attends the Opening Ceremony and "Midnight In Paris" Premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2011 in Cannes, France.

These two Jersey creatures are the Grossest of Gross Baboons.

Announcing the newest candidates for Gross Baboon of the Year Award, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa and Joe Guidice. Reading about their spendaholic, bankruptcy-inducing shenanigans made me really angry. As someone born in that fair state, the recent bevvy of Gross Baboons with New Jersey blazoned on their foreheads is enough to make anyone lie about where they hail from. We now have The Real Housewives, that lame show Jeseylicious, and even the cast of Jersey Shore, though none of them are from there, but MTV has managed to muck it up anyway. Until recently, it was Woody Allen who had make it difficult to admit that I was originally from there. Here is an excerpt from my book explaining why that is:

In Sleeper, Woody Allen pokes fun at people from New Jersey.

LAST FIVE MINUTES OF FAME

I will never forgive Woody Allen. No, not for what he did to Mia Farrow by taking Soon Yi, her adopted daughter, as his lover and then, wife. That transgression was much easier for me to excuse compared to what Woody Allen did to me, personally, being a resident from the state of New Jersey. Let me explain. Back in the 1970’s, Woody Allen made movies people actually went to see. His classics like Sleeper, Play It Again Sam and Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex were brilliant, however, these films contained condescending (and yes, perhaps humorous) references to my home state. These scathing digs made audiences howl with laughter, and he ingrained into pop culture the notion that people from “New Joisey” were disadvantaged. Sitting there in the dark sold-out Baronet-Coronet theater, I would slink down deep into the burgundy, polyester, uncomfortable seat, covering my head with the large tub of extra buttered popcorn as though a flashing neon arrow identified me as the lone resident from that sad little state. Seething, I vowed to get my revenge on Woody Allen one day. He’d made it so that I wished I had never heard of New Jersey, let alone being a resident. This surely was a conundrum. How was I going to achieve greatness along the lines of Bette Davis, Spencer Tracy or Mahatma Gandhi? How was I going to become a member of the fabulii? Once they discovered where I was from, was my membership to the fabulii at risk of being canceled? (Sigh.) Somehow, someway, I was determined to wiggle my five foot-by-five foot frame into the pop culture vernacular and once there…happily crush Mr. Allen like a bug.

To be continued….

Back to The Guidos, I mean, Giudices. According to the New York Post, they earn $79,000 a year, however, they live in a multi-million dollar home and are hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt on credit cards. According to court papers, they are eleven million dollars in the hole. $11,000,000?!? How does that even happen? Both them and their banker should be pussy whipped. Well, Joe must be already, so we can just bitch slap her and the banker. The excesses of the 90’s and 2000’s is long over. And seeing the residual effect of that time is enough to make my skin crawl. It is the selfishness, greed and pretense of the Giudices that is systemically wrong with our culture. How are these people going to keep up with the Jones’ of their own mind? Hence…nominees for Gross Baboon of the Year Award.

VIEW ORIGINAL POST:Exorcising The Crap Out Of New Jersey

Taking inspiration from throwaway materials and Frankenstein’s legendary monster, Dazed & Confused this month presents its ‘Franken-Fashion’ masks project… a unique creative collaboration with some of the world’s top designers, including such names as Alexander McQueen, Gareth Pugh, Martin Margiela, Hussein Chalayan, Roberto Cavalli, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Riccardo Tisci.

Each of the 13 designers involved created a mask especially for Dazed, using scraps lying around the designers’ studios – look out for rubber gloves, leather offcuts and even an old lampshade! Modelled by the fabulous Guinevere van Seenus, shot by Daniel Jackson and styled by Dazed senior fashion editor Karen Langley, while more Franken-fashion comes from Richard Burbridge, Magnus Unnar, Mark Pillai and Max Farago.

Turning green on the Hackney streets, Dazed also meets Laura Mulleavy of fast-rising label Rodarte to talk horror chic, while talented British actress Rebecca Hall take a break from theatre to discuss Dorian Gray, Woody Allen and sex dolls. Dazed also freaks out with the next generation of psychedelic artists, cutting up internet graphics and 80s TV ads to create mind-bending new works that reflect our media-saturated age. Meanwhile, the scuzzy musicians at the heart of the underground lo-fi music scene get real about whether it’s a movement or just a bunch of people making noise – with Wavves, Blank Dogs, Times New Viking, Woods, Kurt Vile, A Grave With No Name and many more.

Elsewhere in October’s Dazed, notorious installation artist Nancy Kienholz, cult comedy duo Tim & Eric, the world’s first black supermodel Donyale Luna, the Slits’ Ari-Up, Brigitte Bardot dressed as a superhero, and the most snappily dressed 60s apocalypse cult you’ll ever see.

The Dazed & Confused October ‘Franken-Fashion’ special issue is on sale on Thursday September 17.

Written by Dazed & Confused

GALLERY: SPREAD UM: “Diane K” Vogue Paris September 2009

Thanks Fashion Gone Rogue!

The lawsuit filed against American Apparel by Woody Allen was settle today, he will receive a 5 million dollar payment, which makes him the highest paid model in the industry.

LINKAGE: AA

American Apparel has come up with an answer for why the Jew Yorker was featured on billboards for the sexually explicit brand, it was a joke.

The Daily News reports, “American Apparel is certainly not marketing their casual wear to Orthodox, black hat rabbis,” said the California company’s lawyer Stuart Slotnick.

The 72-year-old Allen says he never gave the company permission to use an image from the movie “Annie Hall” on billboards in Los Angeles and New York. The billboards have come down, but the image is on the Internet.

American Apparel says the billboards were meant as parody and therefore fair game for anyone to use.

Whether the lawsuit will continue is anyones guess but you’d think that Woody Allen would have a sense of humor. Besides most American Apparel shoppers have no idea who the fuck Allen is, they probably missed the joke completely and figured it was just some photo of a rabbi, not as funny I’m sure, but the comedy in imagining Allen being pissed at Dov is classic.

Source Daily News

Photo NY Mag

Hit & miss director Woody Allen seems to have some series problems with the Dov.  He doesn’t want his name, or face, associated with American Apparel and he’s none too pleased that the house that photos of half-naked sweaty, herpes victims built is using his image to hawk over priced tees. The company used an image from his 1977 film Annie Hall on a few of their billboards back in May and Woody recently filed suit seeking $10 million in damages, or the cumulative amount his films have made since Annie Hall.  Apparently, $30 t-shirts and neon lycra body suits are not kosher.