TERRY RICHARDSON
Blacklisted by the movie industry, round-trip between rehab-court-home... Lindsey struggles to find work after all the troubles she's been through. But is she that desperate?
Reports say that the 24-year-old actress would have signed a $3.3 million deal to front an explicit photographic - sex - book which will contain full-frontal nudity and graphic shots. The provocative American photographer Terry Richardson convinced the Mean Girl to pose for him alongside her former love interest James Franco.
"Terry Richardson has persuaded Lindsay and James to get involved. He has assured them it will be provocative but tasteful. There will be a lot of nakedness -- some of it graphic and suggestive -- but it will be a real statement book. Obviously there will be comparisons to Madonna's 1992 'Sex' book. But James and Lindsay believe theirs will be classier." said a source.
Just a few days before the release of her new single Born This Way (February 11), Lady Gaga poses nude for the Spring/Summer 2011 issue of Purple Magazine.
And when we know that Terry Richardson is the photographer, we know that things are going to get racy...
The singer is wearing nothing but a giant pair of red platform shoes, red lipstick, black sunglasses and a skateboard to hide her breasts.
What do you think?
Gaga will also cover the March issue of Vogue, wearing some clothes on...
I will not comment the music here. I just warn my dear readers at the beginning of the article, so you don't wait for any musical review. Let's just say that 30 Second To Mars is not the kind of thing I usually listen. Anyway Jared Leto's band has just released a new musical video : Hurricane.
It is actually almost a short film. MTV is already complaining about some sex scenes such as "Woman's finger running over other woman's bottom in G-string and touching anus". Hum writing about an anal stroke in the morning... love my job. It looks like the band just came back from a rough Germany.
With the recent outbreak of campaign videos from high-end labels, we find it refreshing to see Jessica Stam and Mat Gordon flirtatiously dance for a label we actually can afford: Aldo. Aldo teamed up with the two supermodels, to feature their Fall 2010 accessories and footwear collection. This is Stam’s second season with the label – shot again by Terry Richardson. What makes the campaign so special isn’t the models shared Canadian background, yet Gordon’s dream come true: he’s always wanted to work with Jessica Stam. But, we ask, who hasn't?
Shop the collection online today, see the video below and more of the campaign at Nitrolicious.
Changes In Models: Anna Wintour and designer Michael Kors spoke on a panel in Boston earlier this week on model health and eating disorders. Kors claimed he would no longer cast models under 16, as Wintour loosely suggested the term supermodel has died since the desire to be thinner within the industry has risen. She went on to say models who are thin and young don't have longevity within the industry - which prevents the development of their public figure. Wintour claimed Vogue doesn't photoshop its models to make them thinner than they are, only to enhance the image.
Marc Jacobs Defends Terry Richardson: Marc Jacobs told the Wall Street Journal that he hadn't heard of the scandal surrounding Terry Richardson, but he knows Richardson's work style and that he knows how to say no. He goes on with claims that Richardson is “not ill-spirited,” and comments on the industry in general, "If a girl is underage, maybe the girl’s agent or chaperone should be present on the shoot. That’s the hard part. Who’s to blame or who’s to watch?"
After industry insiders came forth with a what's-the-big-deal? stance towards the predatory allegations towards Terry Richardson from some of his subjects, Jezebel invited more alleged victims to write in anonymously of their encounters with Richardson.
It's said that they received a ton of emails, which made us a bit skeptical at first - until we searched and found a picture of Richardson receiving oral sex from an unidentified subject. Plenty of insiders wrote in anonymously in fear of losing their jobs. Though many of the stories are too graphic to post, we think outlining the problem is sufficient.
Changes At W Magazine: W Magazine - which doesn't have an editor-in-chief - will soon be searching for one after Conde Nast's plan to cut the magazine's ties to WWD. The two publications were known for sharing staff, Bridget Foley and Patrick McCarthy most notably, with the exception of W's publisher, Gina Sanders. Senior staff of W, including Foley and McCarthy, will now work exclusively for WWD. W Magazine, which was down 45.8% in ad sales for 2009, also was removed from Conde Nast subgroup Fairchild Fashion Group. Conde Nast CEO Chuck Townsend says, "This formally establishes a structure for W consistent with our other consumer magazine titles, and allows FFG the autonomy to focus on their core business-to-business publications and related businesses.”
Taylor Jacobson's New Gig: Former Rachel Zoe slave, Taylor Jacobson, recently landed a new gig with Armani Exchange as an visual consultant and fashion expert. If we said it any faster, we would have said she's in retail hell - but we didn't. She will be assisting the retail chain and the launch of their new Hollywood Robertson Boulevard store. Work, girlfriend!
Louis Vuitton Boast on Facebook: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Louis Vuitton, Yves Carcelle, is far past his Twitter 140 characters, but made his statement clear via Facebook as follows:
"If you look at Facebook for instance, we are the luxury brand that has
the biggest number of friends by far. Close to a million people in the
world have declared themselves friends of Louis Vuitton. We use
Twitter. We are actually working very strongly on revamping completely
the platform of our Web site so in the next few months the Web site
will become even more interesting and interactive. We think that it’s a
brand new area that opens to luxury and it’s like any new technology.
It can be poorly done or it can be a fantastic way of developing a
whole universe around who you are." Arrogant or label narcissist? We can't decide.
I recall someone asking me who I would hook up with from the cast of Jersey Shore. I hesitantly answered Mike "The Situation," but quickly replaced my slimy answer with Pauly D and his nympho piercing.
But this is now, and that was last week.
One could only imagine my surprise when photos of The Situation and supermodel Bar Refaeli surfaced (Pauly D and cast must have been somewhere in the background). The two were being photographed by Terry Richardson for Interview Magazine.
Only one of two things could possibly be responsible for this travesty:
- After being invited to Fashion Week, the cast - or maybe just The Situation - used their prying boardwalk eyes to corner an overly drunk editor (who's never even heard of MTV), only to convince them that they were Whitney Port famous, and desperately in search of more publicity. And, we all know how short long that road is.
- Simple. Bar Refaeli has the hots for the cast. Leonardo DiCaprio not included.
What's wrong Lindsay?
Couldn't pull clothing from the label you've destroyed - via Emanuel Ungaro - as 'Artistic Director,' so you opted for Zac Posen in your Purple Magazine 13 cover?
And, are you posing as Jesus? Is that a crown of thorns?
As much as New York does not want to see you attend Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, we all die over Terry Richardson, and admire his photography for the cover.
We won't discuss the video. So feel free to see for yourself.
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