Vanity Fair – Crasstalk

Gwyneth Paltrow Scared of Potential Hit Piece, Sends Frantic E-Mail

Ah, the life of an Academy Award winning actress. Mostly things should be smooth sailing, eh? There are blog posts to write about the mundanities of life, yet also thoughts to postulate about the stress of working (in movies), raising a family, and possibly finding the most fabulous shoe ever made…and of course we can’t forget the shrimp tacos.

Of course there are fabulous shrimp tacos to make in one’s restaurant quality kitchen — of which should be lauded over friends and families and everyone on the internet ever. How dare anyone decide that all of this, and much more, should be at best polarizing, at worst the subject of scrutiny.
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Fugly July Covers

I was recently at the checkout lane at the grocery store, and was treated to these two covers: Emma Stone on the cover of Vogue and Kristen Stewart on the cover of Vanity Fair. All I can say is ugh… Both covers were shot by Mario Testino, who at this point is just phoning it in. Continue reading →

A Lesson for Hollywood from Vanity Fair

It happens every year, and every year, we all (rightfully) get up in arms about it, even though we shouldn’t have expected any better. At this point, it’s like scolding your infant for making a mess; what did you think would happen? And yet, every year, you can’t help but hope for better, because they should be better, because the idea that we can have a black president but we can’t have an actress of color grace the panel of Vanity Fair that actually shows on newsstands is so utterly incomprehensible that it makes me want to egg Conde Nast in frustration. Continue reading →