Kirsten Dunst appears in the April issue of Bullett magazine, and the end result is probably the most hideous photoshoot I’ve seen in at least a few years. Poor KiKi was apparently all for this spread and is quoted as exclaiming, “Come on, guys. Let’s make this controversial. Let’s sell magazines!” As such, she’s allowed herself to be subjected to low-grade Photoshop skills that come off worse than an elementary school art project while wearing weird, ugly clothing and standing in piles of rocks. She’s also throwing gang symbols while made up like a corpse (I think), and her fingers are actually twisted in the “blood” symbol. Terrible.

Whatever possessed Kirsten to entrust Bullett to make her look “controversial” in a weird-ass, faux-digitized manner, I’ll never know. Maybe she’s been hanging around Lars Von Trier for far too long a period of time, but at least Lars knows how to make things look pretty even when the subject matter is less than appealing. Oh well. Kirsten gives a mini-interview as well, and she discusses how little she enjoyed kissing Brad as an 11-year-old girl starring in Interview with a Vampire. I feel like I’ve heard that quote before, but I definitely didn’t know that Brad was a big “Real World” fan. How strange:

She hated kissing Brad Pitt: “It was just a peck. I remember Brad would watch lots of Real World episodes. He had this long hair. He was just a hippie-ish cool dude. Everyone at the time was like, ‘You’re so lucky you kissed Brad Pitt,’ but I thought it was disgusting. I didn’t kiss anyone else until I was 16, I think. I was a late bloomer.”

She didn’t take to early fame either: “People would stop to take my picture like I was Britney Spears or something. I hated the attention.”

On being a movie star: “To so many people, I’m still ‘that girl from Spider-Man.’ I wish we could have done a fourth movie. We were like a family. Plus, those movies gave me the means to not work as much, help my family, and do little indie projects that I made no money on.”

On being sexy for The Virgin Suicides: “I trusted Sofia a lot. It was the first time someone wanted me to be more sexual, to be the object of desire. I myself was starting to change, but I hadn’t yet been able to express that in a film. Because Sofia was a woman, too, I felt so much more comfortable doing that.”

[From Bullett Media]

Oh, I loved The Virgin Suicides, and I think that scene where Josh Hartnett’s character is sitting in his car, and Kiki runs up to him and surprises him with a bunch of gooey kisses (“Come on home, girl….”) is one of the best make-out scenes in cinematic history. Sofia Coppola made one hell of a movie there, didn’t she? Too bad she’s kind of gone down the tubes lately with Marie Antoinette, and The Bling Ring trailer looks really weird.

Now back to this terrible photoshoot. It’s just awful, isn’t it? The shots that show off actual outfits aren’t as bad as the rest of them, but it still looks like amateur nonsense. Like, the art department of the magazine decided it would be a good idea to dress Kirsten up in weird “avant-garde” clothing and decorate the shoot in the same manner that you’d dress up a fish bowl. Lots of fruity-looking pebbles and mirrors, and ohhhh, my head hurts.

Photos courtesy of Bullett Media

We’re getting a lot of photos from Paris Fashion Week, and while none of these people are “OMG, I have to write about them now,” I did want to discuss some of these pics. First of all, does it surprise you that Kirsten Dunst and Garrett Hedlund are still together? I’m kind in awe of Kiki sometimes – she always has a boyfriend, and she seems to have very strict rules for “the coolness” of the boyfriends. Garrett is very “cool” and he seems to really be into her. He’s so into her that he came to Paris to go to the Yves Saint Laurent show with her. Is that weird? Or awesome?

Jessica Chastain at the YSL show – I’m assuming the dress is YSL. The color doesn’t suit her, and the design looks like old-school Issa (the label Kate Middleton always wore before she got the ring).

More photos from Paris Fashion Week – here are Jessica Alba and Nicole Richie at the Stella McCartney show. I’m assuming they’re both wearing Stella’s designs, and while both of them look pretty good, I cannot even begin to tell you how terrible Stella’s collection is this season.

Here’s Alba at the Studio Africa party last night – terrible pants.

TILDA. The Swinton!! She’s in Paris too!!!!!!! Must. Get. To. Paris.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

These are just some nice photos from yesterday’s Louis Vuitton show/opening something during Paris Fashion Week. Kirsten Dunst was the big headliner for the event, which… I mean, she’s not the big “celebrity get” that she once was, but I do appreciate that she’s attempting a career comeback and it’s kind of working. Kiki’s dress is LV, I’m guessing, and I totally love it. ON HER. I would look like hell in this. On Kiki, it’s fresh and flattering and really very beautiful. Her whole vibe is really pretty here – breezy hair, simple makeup, she looks young and happy and lovely. I wonder if she’s still with Garrett Hedlund? I hope so. Now, while Kiki was in Cannes in May, I kept saying that she had some kind of bump – it’s disappeared! So she lost some weight. Or maybe she’s just not boozing so much these days.

More photos from the LV event – Princess Charlene! She’s still in Paris without her husband. Chuckle. This is seriously Prince Albert’s wedding anniversary gift to Charlene – she got to go to Paris without him and do Paris Fashion Week events. She looks so happy here!

And here’s Catherine Deneuve. Because she’s amazing.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Here’s some photos of Kirsten Dunst and boyfriend Garrett Hedlund strolling around while eating watermelon in New York City. They look pretty satisfied together, right? Not to mention much more believable than Kiki and Jake Gyllenhall, who dated forever ago.

Garrett’s career is heating up pretty fast these days, and he’s been floated as a possibility to fill the role of Finnick Odair in Catching Fire. To me, this possibility isn’t quite as interesting as the rumor for which Robert Pattinson fell and then was very sad about when Sparkles learned he was certainly not a possibility for the job. I’ve been wanting producers to cast Taylor Kitsch as Finnick — even though Kitsch might be considered box-office poison after the twin commercial failures of John Carter and Battleship, his presence wouldn’t impact the virtual certainty of another Hunger Games hit. Then Twilight author Stephenie Meyer seconded the motion for Kitsch in the role, but MTV reported that he wasn’t interested at all. Armie Hammer’s name has also circulated in the mix, but now the rumors are coming back to Garrett Hedlund. Lainey has the scoop on this story:

I’m told that Hedlund auditioned for the part of Finnick in Catching Fire for director Francis Lawrence about 10 days ago. It went very well. No final decisions yet but interest in Armie Hammer seems to have waned since Hammer wasn’t as enthusiastic about it as Lawrence was about him. Am told they’re still seeing people. But their priority right now isn’t so much casting as it is about getting the script in better shape.

Is that the right move for Hedlund anyway? He’s supposed to start shooting a movie called Lullaby in New York this month with Richard Jenkins and Amy Adams. Jenkins plays Hedlund’s dying father. It’s a family drama and sounds like an actor’s showcase which would likely do more for him artistically than a supporting role in The Hunger Games franchise.

[From Lainey Gossip]

So would Hedlund be great in this role, or is he just another pretty face? Whomever plays Finnick must not only be devastatingly handsome but also be able to pull off the sexiness and vulnerability of the District 4 victor. Hedlund certainly has the looks to pull it off, and this fact is fairly evident from these press photos from Cannes. He’s kind of dreamy for sure.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News and WENN

I know I’ve called Bump Watch of Kirsten Dunst several times in the past, but seriously, doesn’t Kiki look pregnant here? These are more photos from the Cannes Film Festival amfAR gala last night – Kiki is the reigning Queen of Cannes (she won Best Actress last year), so she gets to be the header of this post. Kiki’s gown is Louis Vuitton – I think it’s fug. I don’t mind her in blue (although this shade is too “precious”), but this dress is – at best – unflattering. Plus, we need to talk about whether Kiki is gestating a little Garrett Hedlund. In the profile shot, I’m not really seeing a “bump”. But look at her boobs! Kiki’s always had a nice bust, but I swear they’re bigger and I swear she’s got a case of Pregnant-Face.

Janet Jackson in Emilio Pucci. Oh, Ms. Jackson. I love you, girl, but we need to talk. I’m proud of you for losing weight, really and truly. But you need to stop messing with your face and you need to find a better makeup artist. And please don’t wear dresses that make your boobs look so wonky.

In another world, in another lifetime, I would love the chance to look like Doutzen Kroes for a day. She’s just so beautiful!! Doutzen wore this white Versace – I think she looks like an old-school, proper supermodel. She’s got that crazy, sexy, athletic-slim body and the Versace looks poured onto her. That’s Sunnery James, her husband and father of her son Phyllon.

Everyone is saying that Kim Kardashian “pulled an Angelina” in this mustard yellow dress (I can’t find the designer ID). I kind of like how everyone calls it “the Angelina” now whenever a girl throws her leg out on the red carpet. It’s been happening a lot lately too – lots of girls have been “pulling the Angelina.” As for Kim’s dress – meh. This shade of yellow is so difficult to pull off, and while it’s not great on Kim, it’s not as bad as it could be. The design is meh. Her face looks decent, though.

Diane Kruger in Chanel. The one time she wears Chanel and I think “Hm, is that Oscar de la Renta?” I’m not crazy about this, honestly. Diane kind of pulls it off with that whimsical little skirt, but her skinny legs worry me. Joshua looks cute.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

These are photos from today’s Cannes Film Festival photo call for On the Road. You know what I like? I like that Kirsten “Kiki” Dunst is being treated like the “Queen of Cannes”. I was expecting more photos of Kristen Stewart, and while Kristen was definitely a photographer favorite, so was Kiki. Kiki stars in On the Road with her current boyfriend, Garrett Hedlund, and at one point during the photo call, Kiki and Garrett stood beside each other and photographers scored this pretty picture:

Kiki wore Dolce & Gabbana, and at one point she drapped Viggo Mortensen’s Canadian flag around her waist like a skirt. As for K-Stew’s outfit, it’s all Balenciaga. Interesting jeans/pants. At one point during the photo call, K-Stew and Kiki posed together, with no one else, and K-Stew kept making motions to Kiki’s belly… like, are we supposed to think that Kiki is pregnant? Would it surprise you if Kirsten Dunst was pregnant, presumably by Garrett Hedlund? I don’t know.

Viggo looks really hot, doesn’t he? Also pictured: Tom Sturride, director Walter Salles and Sam Riley. This photo call has actually made me a bit excited for the movie. Shall we see the trailer again? Sure!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Kirsten Dunst attended last night’s Met Gala, and I think it’s fair to state that Kiki is not into this sh-t. She looks awful, and it’s not the outfit, which is a quite lovely custom Rodarte gown in red-orange crepe wool that’s paired with a double-lapel jacket and a black belt. The outfit has a flattering shape and is clearly meant to be worn with a ton of confidence, but Kirsten just isn’t bringing it.

Quite frankly, Kirsten looks like a mannequin here. Her makeup is flat and uninspired, and her facial expression clearly demonstrates that she’d rather be elsewhere. However, I could be interpreting her attitude at this event entirely wrong because I just rewatched Melancholia over the weekend and might be projecting a “depressed” aura onto Kirsten. Am I seeing things, or does Kirsten look like she could topple over at any moment due to the sheer weight of the world?

You know who would’ve worn the hell out of this outfit? Tilda Swinton.

I will say that (in concept) Kirsten’s hair looks pretty good in retro waves with a lovely star-patterned, mega clip to pin back the sides. The execution is a bit sloppy, but that might have to do with the sour expression on Kirsten’s face that is throwing me off the scent of the whole look.

Photos courtesy of WENN and Pacific Coast News

There are dozens of new stories about Kirsten Dunst and her new boyfriend/boy-toy, Garrett Hedlund this morning. The rumors have been around for a few months – I think Kirsten and Garrett were photographed together a few months ago, and people began assuming that they were now a couple. I wasn’t sure though – mostly because I thought Kiki was still dating Rilo Kiley’s Jason Boesel. Did we ever hear about Jason and Kiki officially breaking up? In any case, Kiki and Garrett are now a thing, everyone agrees. They’ve been spotted in Sundance, getting all loved up. Page Six refers to their “open canoodling at a packed party after the Sundance premiere of Dunst’s raunchy, dark comedy, ‘Bachelorette.’” And Kiki and Garrett were also “canoodling” at a CAA party earlier this week too. Here’s the official version from People:

They’re going public!

Kirsten Dunst wasn’t shy with the PDA with new beau Garrett Hedlund at the Sundance Film Festival. The two were kissing and hugging at a dinner for Dunst’s new movie, The Bachelorette, hosted by Joico and Simple House. The couple danced the night away with friends and fellow attendees, including Will Ferrell, who is one of the comedy’s producers, Justin Long and Rashida Jones.

According to a partygoer at the WireImage tent, where the intimate dinner for 40 guests took place, Hedlund didn’t really leave his girlfriend’s side after the two made their late arrival. They also toasted to the film together.

Adds a source: “Kirsten and Garrett have been spending time together since the holidays. They were friends on the set of On the Road, and now they’ve grown closer. They spent Christmas together and he feels very strongly about her.”

[From People]

Radar also has a story (and video) about Kiki and Garrett. Radar’s source claims that on Monday night, “They were making out all night long. They were attached at the hip the whole night and it was obvious to everyone that they were an item.” You can see Radar’s video here – the video doesn’t include any making out, but they are standing close to each other in a couple-y way.

So, what do you think of this new(ish) couple? Kiki is 29 years old and in the midst of a career resurgence after a difficult few years that involved bad career decisions and lots of alcohol (and drugs too, probably). Garrett is 27 years old, and his career is basically just starting – he’s only become an “It Boy” in the past year or two. I don’t really think they make that much sense as a couple, just because they’re in such different places in their lives. But I kind of like that Kiki isn’t dating yet another dude in a band.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame.

I’m really loving Kirsten Dunst lately. She’s impressed me with how well spoken yet down to earth she is in recent interviews, and I think she’s conquered her demons and is ready to conquer Hollywood. I want to hear more news about her landing leading roles. I also love that she became a German citizen and wants to do a German language film, it’s ambitious but seems genuine since her dad is German.

Last night Kirsten announced best supporting actress along with Owen Wilson. You could tell she was a little nervous, but she pushed through it and I found it endearing. I have to say that If I was just looking at these photos without paying much attention to her otherwise, I would find her bitchface off-putting.

Her black Christian Dior gown was just the right mix of fashion-forward yet classic. In some photos the ribbons along the neckline looked fussy, but on screen the dress was lovely. I really liked the sheer hemline and the ruffles and ribbons on the skirt. Her hair and makeup weren’t the best but overall I think she got it right here. Look at that gorgeous Harry Winston tennis bracelet and those amazing earrings. I would love to wear those diamonds just for one night.

There were a lot of black dresses last night. Chloe Moretz wore a black Chanel gown with fluffy sleeves and a diamond shaped jewel detail at the neckline that just wasn’t pretty. Still, she’s a kid at 14 and it’s nice to see her dressing like one. (Kirsten has also worn a fug jeweled Chanel in the past.) Her shoes are very similar to the style that Kirsten wore, but Kirsten had on Jimmy Choo while Chloe’s shoes were Rupert Sanderson.

Fellow young actress Shailene Woodley was up for two awards: Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Descendants with George Clooney, which went to Octavia Spencer, and Best Young Actor/Actress, which went to Thomas Horn for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. I looked at these photos and assumed she was in her teens. Woodley is 20, and this lackluster styling is really doing her a disservice. She’s wearing Calvin Klein and while the dress may look elegant in theory, it falls short for me on the red carpet. She’s so pretty and she needed to do something more with her hair and makeup.

Melissa McCarthy was also up for Best Supporting Actress for her hilarious turn in Bridesmaids. She’s won an Emmy for “Mike and Molly” and I’m hoping she takes home some awards for Bridesmaids too. She was in David Meister and it looks like a lot of the other dresses she’s worn this season. She loves blue and purple jewel tones and sequins. I’m not a fan of her style, which tends towards pageant-wear (credit: Kaiser on that one). I also think her earrings and necklace are too matchy-matchy. Her hair and makeup are really pretty though.

Judy Greer is one of my favorite supporting actresses. She usually plays the goofy best friend role, and in interviews she’s funny, gracious and upbeat. Her dress here is a little underwhelming and those shoes are odd, the design makes her feet look stuffed into them, but I like her styling a lot.

Finally poor Penelope Ann Miller of The Artist is looking like an old lady. She’s only 48, but this hair color ages her 10 to 15 years. Is she just letting it go naturally gray? I’ll be honest, I started going gray in my 20s and I would look like this too if I didn’t faithfully dye my hair every month. I also don’t like her gown, which is too monotone, or her styling at all. This look screams “makeover!”

Designer IDs thanks to Just Jared, The Fashion Patrol and Red Carpet Fashion Awards. Photos credit: Apega/WENN.com and KM/FameFlynet Pictures

Kirsten Dunst covers the December issue of Lucky Mag, and she looks pretty great on the cover. Granted, this hot pink and black number is nothing that I’d ever be able to pull off, but Kiki wears it well, and she looks really good with the benefit of a good stylist. The accompanying interview is a mixed bag, and it’s fairly obvious that this poor journalist came at the tail end of the Melancholia promotion because Kirsten makes it very clear that she’s sick of talking about the movie. However, Kiki does reveals a bit more about her distaste for the red carpet as well as a bit more about her discomfort during director Lars von Trier’s infamous Cannes Nazi rant. Also, she’s apparently a spray-tan convert now:

On Not Calling It A “Comeback”: “Just don’t write the ‘she’s back!’ thing. I wasn’t ever away! Sorry I wasn’t in Spiderman 4 a year after I was in Spiderman 3! You know what else I don’t like? Most people ask me questions based on a previous interview. That’s not an interview. It’s like they’re just saying my quotes back to me. And at this point, you can’t ask me about Melancholia because I only have my go-to answers in my head.”

On What She Whispered To Lars von Trier At Cannes: “I just said, ‘Come on, Lars,’ or something like that. What was I supposed to say? There were a lot of us up there and I feel like if [my costars John Hurt or Stellan Skarsgard] had said something it would have been easier. I think one of the guys could have been like, ‘All right, Lars’ or made a joke out of it. We were all in shock.”

More On Her Red Carpet Phobia: “I hate red-carpet photographs! It’s such flat lighting! They take away my cheekbones-I just become a moonface. I hate those photos so much. I always look terrible. And they don’t know angles on faces. There is no artistry to it. It’s like-” Dunst does an impression of what can only be called a lobotomy patient taking a picture. “I hate them!”

On Her New Obsession With Spray Tans: Dunst, who says she has “the kind of skin that you touch and it gets red,” recently discovered spray tans. “You lose like five pounds immediately, and your face is glowing and gorgeous!” It’s fun to watch Dunst continuously cast herself in these one-minute roles. Talking about self-tanner, she becomes a mini opera star, puffing up her chest and opening her hands like she’s going to belt it to the mezzanine level. “I look amaziiiiiiing! I did it for my last movie. Then Isla saw me and was like, ‘I’m gonna get spray-tanned too!’ I only did it twice so I’m tan in like two scenes and super-pale in the rest of the film.”

On Settling Down: “I thought when I reached 30 I’d have a lot more figured out. Until you have a kid, you’re just looking for your partner. And guys have a Peter Pan vibe. They’re 35 and they act like they’re 25. That’s what scares me about being in my 30s: not finding someone to have kids with. I can’t wait to relive life in a little kid’s way. I’m so ready for that lifestyle: Get a little place upstate and have them go to school up there.”

[From Lucky Mag]

Hmm, Kiki with a spray tan? This is something that I simply must see at some point. Oddly enough, I’ve very recently started using a very subtle tanning lotion (not a Snooki shade at all) for fair skin, and it makes a great deal of difference in my eyes as well as those who have witnessed the effect. For the first time in my life, I don’t look like a corpse, which is what I imagine that Kirsten is also attempting to describe here in her own enthusiastic way.

Meanwhile, Kirsten looks quite fresh and pretty in this photoshoot, which polishes her up as more of a classic beauty rather than the grungy look that she tends to favor during her off-work time. The interviewer even notes that “Dunst has a short, dark manicure and smudgy last-night makeup” during their talk. Kiki can be so gorgeous, but the day-old makeup thing would sort of kill it for me.

Photos courtesy of Lucky Mag