Sideshow: Beyoncé makeup making waves
A number of bloggers and media wags - and actual news consumers - have voiced outrage over megastar Beyoncé's decision to darken her face with makeup for an Africa-themed photo shoot in the 90th anniversary edition of French fashion rag L'Officiel Paris.
A number of bloggers and media wags - and actual news consumers - have voiced outrage over megastar
Beyoncé
's decision to darken her face with makeup for an Africa-themed photo shoot in the 90th anniversary edition of French fashion rag L'Officiel Paris.
Queen B dons traditional-ish African duds in a layout designed to pay tribute to music legend Fela Kuti. According to the New York Daily News, B got the idea after watching Fela!, the Broadway show coproduced by hubby Jay-Z.
"The designs are all reflective of the African influence on fashion this season," the mag says in a statement. The inspiration for makeup, the mag says, "came from several African rituals during which paint is used on the face. We find the images beautiful and inspiring."
Three years ago, L'Oreal was accused of lightening Queen B's skin tone in its cosmetic ads. The corp. denied the reports.
Of things cupidinous in Celebdom
The headline, from E! News, is tantalizing: "Is
Kathy Griffin
Dating . . .
the Old Spice Guy
?!"
A sexy image: D-List funnychick and a stick o' deodorant!
E! says Griffin has been "spending some serious time" with Isaiah Mustafa, former NFL practice squad wide receiver and star of the smelly TV ad "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like."
(Dude, I spend serious time with my accountant, but I ain't marrying him.)
A Source would not characterize the modality of the duo's interaction as "romantic," instead settling for the vague "they're getting to know each other." Mustafa's rep tells E! the pair "are just good friends."
Charlie in the tree house with Brooke?
Speaking of cupidity, lust, sexual avarice, and other icky things corporeal, celeb news show
Extra
says in an exclusive! that rumors that
Charlie Sheen
is moving back in with his ex-wife
Brooke Mueller
are false.
Hard to believe she won't take him back, given the daily reports about his dalliances with porn stars!
Extra does confirm that Charlie has bought a new pad for Brooke and their twin sons, Max and Bob, just down the lane from his own abode.
The wedding chronicles . . .
The quality of the wedding dress, an ancient Persian fable (that I just invented) says, will determine the health of the marriage.
Kate Moss
is trusting her matrimonial happiness with
The Kills
front man
Jamie Hince
to designer pal
John Galliano
, says London's Telegraph. Galliano is creative director at Christian Dior. The wedding is set for July 2.
Country twanger Kellie Pickler, 24, tells daytime gabber Ellen DeGeneres that she and songwriter Kyle Jacobs ditched their wedding because it was all too much for them. The reception was all ready, the cake and flowers had been ordered. Yet, "every time we got to the guest list," she says, "it was like, 'Oh my God, I hate half these people.' Nothing personal." Ouch!
Octogenarian sleaze king Hugh Hefner, 84, and his 24-year-old child bride, Crystal Harris, will say their "I do's" June 18 at the Playboy mansion, a Playboy rep tells UsMagazine.com.
My new 'Idol' . . . Facebook
EW.com says citizens may soon be able to vote for their fave
American Idol
singer via Facebook. Says the EntNews site, citing
Unnamed Sources
: "Users will be able to use their Facebook accounts to reach a dedicated
Idol
voting page that will include all the current contestants." Fans will be able to vote 50 times, says the report.
Idol producers have yet to comment.
The business of being funny . . .
. . . can sure be expensive.
Famed funnybone-ticklers the Farrelly Brothers - Bobby, 54, and Peter, 52 - use a cute pop-cult reference in their new Owen Wilson-starring sex comedy, Hall Pass: Each new day is announced by that distinctive double-tap noise used on Law & Order. The Bros. had to pay a few bucks for rights to that sound effect.
That " 'dunt, dunt' cost us $200,000," Peter tells USA Today. "We figured it would be 10 grand. We could have saved money with one 'dunt,' but one 'dunt' didn't work. It's worth the money every time it comes on."
Tidbits 'n' pieces
Disgraced former figure-skating star
Tonya Harding
, 40, and hub,
Joseph Price
, 42, this week welcomed a son, the Oregonian says. . . .
An Anonymous Source
tells PopEater.com that
Regis Philbin
is depressed he quit
Live! With Regis & Kelly
: "Regis quit without talking it through [with
Kelly Ripa
]. . . . He only told Kelly 10 minutes before the show went live, and now he's regretting it." . . .
Paul McCartney
has composed "a major orchestral work" for the New York City Ballet, the New York Times says.
Ocean's Kingdom
will have its premiere Sept. 22 at the company's fall gala.
Liza and The Lady in New York
Add
Liza Minnelli
to
Lady Gaga
's growing cadre of fans. (They are
legion
, to quote
The Exorcist.
) The
Cabaret
star was at Her Ladyship's New York show this week, says theater news site BroadwayWorld.com. Lady was all atwitter: She told the audience that when her acting teachers told her she looked "too ethnic" ever to become a star, she told them, "What about Liza?"
Then Gaga asked an appreciative crowd to give Liza a standing O. (Have any of Gaga's teeny-bopping fans ever heard of Liza?)