If there is one interesting aspect to this Uma makeup story - at least one that I took away - it's that she suddenly appeared to be a contender for the role of Joni Mitchell, should such a film ever be made.

From what I understand of colleagues I know from there, because Lebanon is very officially still at war with Israel, their citizens - especially who are public or semi-public figures - don't reject from "hate" but from fear of very real official recrimination. This is a country where a citizen definitely does not want…

I think the comparison to My Little Pony is interesting if only to recall what the female re-developer, Lauren Faust, was known to bring to the success, especially regarding female characters. Oh, and then she was gone after two seasons:

I think Miss Flower's original face (excluding the altered lips) had more natural animation and expression, something behind the eyes. The surgery trades a degree of that away for a sculpted expression, much more oriented to a certain fixed point of views that please, perhaps what happens when we get used to images…

Well, it would be perplexing being as she says a "born again Episcopalian" which, given the "born again" I think implies the very conservative side of that faith's contentious split into two camps. One side welcomes, the other... not so much.

Weinstein did not attend Cannes Film Festival, but instead was visiting Syrian refugee camps in Jordan... What?

Yes how true: January Jones. But let's add, produce the movie for Lifetime where it belongs.

There are a few points overlapping in this post that I think doesn't make it easier to address one of them without getting snagged in the rest. But I can imagine the stress the author feels, because I don't see how there anything to expect anymore from airlines or airline passengers, the "social contract" we believe…

Yes, that photo recalled for me the creepy second act of their weird relationship. It just makes the mother look even more suspect in the overall story.

I recall having to attend movies with family, and my sweet but definitely elder Uncle, who would sometimes start SINGING - at first to the song clip that might have been in the film for like, a few seconds of continuity, but then he'd continue it afterwards, in that "to himself" way which is as theatrical as a…

I just can imagine "The View" and Barbara there with her co-hosts on stage, discussing the latest (whatever they actually talk about I guess ) and an 84 year old is in the front rows, loud-speaking to her assistant/caretaker/daughter/handler "WHAT is she saying now?" "Who's that old one on the right again?" "Which…

Sigh... I recall when Tina Fey made all that garbled nonsense wonderful comedic, satiric material for a few brief moments when it so counted to see it done.
Looking back, years later, Palin (and her daughter for that matter) just seemed so predestined for their life as one non-stop, self-serving sanctimonious shill.

Agree with you, it means not looking for approval, and to add, while being creative too ( well, of course, that would be what allows those creatives in the music industry to occasionally flourish, after all.)

Regarding sexuality, versus nakedness, one interesting thing with Miley at this point, is the whole emphasis on her tongue, animal in its suggestive wagging or extreme in its extension, to the point it seems to be trying to escape the surrounding comic configurations it emerges from, that of Miley's really awkwardly,…

Good point about Madonna being interesting first time around up until the Sex book. She lost her own attitude then and looked just like tweaking her less-than-interesting corporate fashion friends. It came of silly, as opposed to when she appropriates like with voguing, where at least you believe she identifies…

Oh where to start: That "harbor" is such a perfect example of D.C. lack of culture replaced by frats and yuppies and self-entitled egos at work destroying any semblance of a city. The bike riders-army literally TEAR through that small riverside PEDESTRIAN-only zone, weaving around a plethora of signs on both sides of…

The men remind me so much of Homer Simpson's mentality: in one episode, Homer tries to be an inventor, and comes up with a way for ladies who are "on-the-go" to have their make-up put on faster, by which he means he pulls out a shotgun with paint-pots attached. He saw no problem to then fire it at Marge's face. She…

I don't want to get into "is it art" territory, but I think this just shows Playboy is really hit or miss with its attempt to revitalize its brand for consumers who could be interested in a new range of different products with a re-vitalized, but now nostalgia-factored Playboy logo. They avoid the nostalgia trap by…

Still, I know some places that will be happy to hear the news.

Buzzfeed's article that is cited, begins with this hyperbole: