shoes :: an oldie but goodie

If you haven't seen this you have to watch. It is hilarious.

Britney vs. LVMH :: the ruling

A court in Paris has fined Sony BMG, Zomba, and MTV Online 80,000 euros and ordered them to stop broadcasting Britney Spears's 2005 video for "Do Somethin'."

Why? Because "one shot shows fingers drumming on a dashboard covered with what looks like Vuitton's 'Cherry Blossoms' design: dark pink blossoms on a pale pink, weblike background, embossed with the 'LV' logo."



One might think Louis Vuitton would be glad and that maybe even LVMH paid for that placement-but he isn't and they didn't. And now they've sued.

"The ruling said the video constituted an 'attack' on Louis Vuitton's brands and its luxury image."

Not looking good Britney. Better ditch that white Louis V bag you are always carrying around.

Note: It should be noted that this is the video in which Juicy Couture did the full wardrobe and outfitted Britney, the set, and the dancers. The interior is likely their fault. They are known for being copycats.

Disney's $4 billion "Caucasian" Princess Empire

Almost by accident, Disney has built a lucrative $4 billion business upon the frail, anorexic shoulders of Belle, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, Jasmine, and Ariel.

Highlights from the article:

"Pocahontas and Mulan [aka the true minorities--Jasmine passes as an exotic brunette] are usually kicked off the throne. Disney says that's because their 'qualities' are different from the others..." Right.

In 2009 the studio will debut the animated film "The Princess and the Frog," featuring its first African-American princess (which is pretty shocking, if you think about the fact that there's already been Asian, Native American and Arab princesses). She's already stirred some controversy —she was originally a lowly chambermaid named Maddy, but after the blogosphere got wind of that, she was promoted to full princess and given a more regal-sounding name: Tiana.

You can't pay for stuff this good, people.

Disney, Disney. Only 40 years behind the movement.

video game fans are disgusting.

How nasty to discover the harassment of the lovely Jade Raymond, the talented producer of the video game Assassin's Creed by Ubisoft.

The fact that these horny tweens are stooping to this low of a level is disgusting.

She's pretty and shouldn't be punished because she is.

This is really in poor taste.

No ma'am!

Sabrina Bryan + Mark Ballas = WHO?

Yeah...um WHO?! Apparently these two got together on Dancing with the Stars. I have no idea who they are. Which one is the famous dancer? Which one is the 'star'? I think Stars is using "star" officially as a MAJOR stretch.

Hmmm...I'm at a loss here.

And even more interesting--why the hell does People Magazine care so much?

INAPPROPRIATE!

Playboy Playmate goes on crazy Myspace rant against Brody Jenner

This girl, Holley, [photo from her Myspace page, thanks Holley!] who is supposedly a Playmate [seriously where does Hefner find these girls?] went on a completely crazy rant against Brody Jenner, some guy in Miami, and OTHER PLAYMATES whom she is quick to call whores and other 4 letter words that I don't repeat.

I don't really know what she is trying to get across here but she ends up sounding way more nasty than her anything that anyone on her 'hit list' does.

Perhaps the most interesting thing is that in all of her many Myspace pictures she doesn't have a single one that was published or appears to be published in Playboy. So is she really even a Playmate? Looking doubtful. I don't think hanging out at the Mansion and talking smack about people there really counts.

Her Myspace profile is here.

The rant can be found here.

The highlights of the anti-Brody tirade:

“Brody Jenner ( Malibu/LA, CA)- You can just go fuck yourself! You and ur little buddy Frankie. You get a high off THINKING you are famous. Think about it dumbass, YOU have done nothing. You are known as Brody, they guy that you will occasionally see on the hills trying to screw Lauren, or the guy who dated Lindsay, or Nicole , whos [sic] dad is an Olympic gold medalist a long time ago. But what have you done youself? [sic] nothing!

We started laughin when we woke up the next morn and I had all those missed calls and texts from you. Sorry... I don't date players. and [sic] for some of you other playmates ( who are obsessed with him) who like to run your cock suckers bc you got nothing better to do. How about going and sucking on his cock for a while and shut it! I am seriously gona [sic] start taking you bitches out one by one. I am fed UP!”

Woah. Major no ma'am. The attack against the ex-boyfriend is even worse. But you are going to have to head to her blog (linked above) to read that. I can't dedicate anymore space to this.

What I don't understand about above paragraph is why take out the Playmates? Because they like Brody? Why are you fed up if you hate him? It is a stream of totally illogical thought.

The sad thing is that she seems like a nice girl somewhere hidden in all of the psycho anger. If only she could see that by writing about others this way she does it only validates the control that they obviously have over her. It does nothing but make it seem like she doesn't respect herself.

So to this whole tirade I have to say: I'm so disappointed that people still act this way. This chick clearly has some issues.

Brody, Playmates, random guy in Miami--watch your back.

Criss Angel dishes on Britney on Larry King

Criss Angel, 39, admitted to boning Cameron Diaz and then proceeded to say that Britney was the reason why her VMA performance wasn't the spectacular Mindfreakish show we were hoping for.

A little frustrating, Britney.

This is how it went down when Criss visited Larry King on Tuesday [sorry this is slow guys my DVR list is like a mile long]

In response to King's question: "Were you embarrassed for her?" re: the VMA Gimme More performance.

Angel's response:

"I understand what she goes through in her life – she lives under a microscope, and it's unbelievable to see – it's difficult to watch," said Angel.

"I really feel for her, I want the best for her, I want her to feel complete, and if she's happy with her performance I guess that's what matters," he said.

As for how he became involved with Brit, Angel explained, "I was asked by my manager, who was also managing her career for a short time, to help put something together."

As far as how it ultimately transpired, "Everybody loved what we came up with, but it required a tremendous amount of work and dedication that Britney decided to not want to put forth and do something that she felt would be better suited for her," Angel said.

*sigh* Memo to Britney: sometimes you make it hard to be a fan.

*banksy unmasked ?!

If this picture is what it appears to be, it seems as though a random in London, as reported to the Londonist [yes NYers, Gothamist is a chain] might have unmasked the graffiti artist - and my future husband- banksy.

If you aren't familiar with banksy check him out.

He is a total badass. Political. Relevant. Innovative. I love him!

He has never been seen before and his identity is totally protected.

What do you make of this???

Yo, Perez. LAY OFF THE HILLS.

Perez will not shut up about how the Hills may or may not be "real."

Has reality tv ever been real? My friend Brad is this year's bachelor on the ABC show and I can tell for certain that tons of it is staged, including elimination decisions.

So Perez, I ask you--you've made your point, can you lay off of it?

The reason why people watch The Hills is the entertainment. It has nothing to do with any truth or false pretense of truth.

So quit dedicating so much of your blog to this b.s.

Leave LC alone!

britney still being stalked

I was so happy to hear that Brit showed up to court. Her look [as you can see] is not that bad.

What is bad, however, is how TMZ and Perez are still giving her life a play by play . Seriously, give it a rest.

500 points to Brit for trying. Another plus 1000 for the dress. It is hot.

Side note: I found out this weekend that Adam Levine's girlfriend is a cocktail waitress at Teddy's. Are you serious?

aubrey o'day = disgusting

I love my friends over at the Bloc Group but I couldn't help but chuckle when I received this Halloween invitation.

Who is Aubrey O'Day? Why does she host such ridiculous parties? Why is she do disgusting?

Ménage à trois

harold + kumar + nph?

Tionna strikes again.

This girl is hilarious. This week's advice is better than ever (and check out her tatas--damngirl!)

My favorite part (it gets a bit lengthy)...I'm sure you can guess what she's referring to.

If it don't smell good to you, it damn sure won't smell good to him. That's my motto. And you guys out there, you know how they say at the New York Transit Authority, "If you see something, say something", well Tionna is going to change it up in Gawker terms for all the advice seekers out there: IF YOU SMELL SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. Most women are pleasers and we would like your sexual experience to be as lovely as possible so please help us out. And with that being said, I will do the same. So you men out there better watch your balls, and wash your balls (wow, that should be this week's t-shirt)...

'W' magazine has lost all dignity in Jolie vs Aniston faceoff

In what I can only describe as disgusting, W magazine's most recent issue features two covers--one of Aniston and one of Jolie.

A few questions/comments on this:

• Where the f was Jolie's publicist and how did she/he allow this to happen?
• How disgusting is it to think that average joe americans can now spend $4.50 and choose a side team jolie vs team aniston? (I'm on team Jolie, btw).
• Why would W magazine ever think this is a good way to express their classiness that they claim to have above other fashion rags?
  
• How hot is Angelina?!

Some idiots at Forbes have calculated that Jennifer has the best cover/sales ratio...but thats just because she's spent the year since the divorce whining about Jolie. I don't think these #s will indicate that she is more popular than Angie in this W battle.

E! in typical tackiness is already taking votes.

I'm disgusted by this matter. Angie is not a homewrecker, she's a humanitarian. DROP IT ALREADY YOU MIDDLE AMERICAN LOSERS!

chestpads: the horniness of asian gamers

At my company we work with a lot of Japanese video game publishers. Yes, you heard me right--video game publishers. I know, I know. It's no chanel, but I'm trying :) We have pitches out for American Apparel and Forever 21, so at least I'm getting into the right market, hopefully, soon.

Anyhow, I have never seen first hand if they are horny (our clients) but I will tell you that the thousands of teenage gamers who participate in our communities are.

Which would be how I found out about this website: ChestRest.com.

Inappropriate on so many levels, I don't even know where to start. If you're going to have boobies as mousepads, can you at least make them hot?

ps--and what the f is up with this diagram?

tito will hear you're fired

It seems as though the worse half of Jenna Jameson (who if you know me you know that I love for no reason other than it takes a ton of courage to do what she has done and I am proud of her for being herself and saying f the haters) has signed up for Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice.

I'm not a fan of this guy. I mean...he's better than Jenna's snakey ex but he still isn't worthy of being at the top of Club Jenna.

What I am wondering is--why on earth did Jenna let him get humiliated like this (which he will?)? Hopefully this means she is booting him to the curb, perhaps even at the same time as the Donald.

We must tune in.

I rhombus Vital Juice Daily

I really hate subscribing to all those e-zines.

• Urbandaddy
• Thrillist
• Daily Candy
• Julib (the worst!)

blah blah blah

These things just get old...but its like you just can't help it :) You have to know what the scoop is.

So anyway, initially I was annoyed when someone forwarded Vital Juice Daily to me, but I must say, I have been shockingly surprised.

It is refreshing, healthy, has that new trendy but interesting green factor...and most importantly they send you interesting stuff.

I recommend checking it out all of you invisibles, you.

evan ford

I really rectangle the new name: Evan Ford.

It just has a great ring to it.

Kind of like some of my other favorite names...:

• Edun
• Earnest Sewn
• Jovovich-Hawk
• Miss Sixty
• Socialista (I joke! I joke!)
  

Anyhow, its just a great name.

So what is Evan Ford?

Evan Ford will be opening (mechanical bull--yee haw!) and all down in that LES nightmare zone that includes Rob and Will Shamlian (the owners) other spots like Fat Baby and the newly opened Spitzer's Corner (which we drove by last night and despite its proximity to *gasp* the god-awful THOR, I think I might go check it out soon, it looked great!)

I think to go to the LES you either have to be in the mood or not. So if you're in the mood this new rockabilly place with a super name will be opening soon.

Wonder if S&B will head there?