Paris Fashion Week (Haute Couture, Autumn/Winter Season 2009) is in full swing across the pond and everybody who’s anybody who needs something overpriced to wear is there. At the kick-off Claudia Schiffer was giving us Virginia Woolf as a secretary and Eva Mendes looks like a double scoop of Rainbow Sherbet with sprinkles

Patricia Arquette at the Elie Saab show looks amazing. SO amazing in fact, I’m not even gonna mention the fact that she and the woman to her left should have switched shoes. Her hair is gorgeous and I love it grown out. Her make-up looks effortless and that dress is completely charming and becoming. It looks like the star of Medium is living LARGE!
OH! Here are some pics from the catwalk

Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri arrived at the Armani show as a matchy-match Sadie Hip-Hop-Hawkins couple out to win first prize. Her outfit is a ruffle dickie away from being a Texas polygamist FLDS prairie dress and his outfit is so big on him you’d think he was wearing her old clothes circa The Nutty Professor era. Miss Jackson’s hair however, is flawless. LOVE the colour (I added the ‘u’ because they are in Paris), the bangs and the length… sigh, I do miss me the curls from her ‘IF’ video though…

Linda Carter was also at the Armani show, looking stunning. At 56 years old her skin is still flawless, her clothes are still bold AND she remembers pick one thing to star in your own personal fashion show and leave the rest to support it. Those beaded wedge sandals are the perfect blend of fashion, class and the understanding of both.

Here’s Liv Tyler at the Givenchy show apparently VERY excited about putting her new found Origami skills to work! “Wonder Twins power activate! Form of: Satin Bondage!” She is with her sister, Shirley, and Marie de Villepin. Here are a couple pics from the Givenchy runway:

This was what was sitting front row at the Chanel show. They are Her Royal Highness (I SWEAR!) Clotilde Courau, Canadian actress and 2003 Cannes Film Festival Best Actress award winner Marie-Josée Croze and Supermodel Audrey Marnay. (I know, who?) The point is, the only reason I’m putting this picture here is because on our left is Clotilde Courau, Princess of Venice and Piedmont. Now she may BE a princess, but when I saw this photo, I was all: “Who’s the lady reenacting Mommy Dearest doing an impression of the mother from Flowers in the Attic?” Yikes Princess: lighten up!

Lovely Liv Tyler, 30, is in the process of divorcing her husband of nearly five years, British musician Royston Langon. The two remain committed parents to their three year old son, Milo. Liv has the blockbuster hit The Incredible Hulk out in theaters as well as thriller The Strangers. She confirmed her split with Royston a little over a month ago, and told OK! Magazine in a recent interview that she can’t talk about it.

Liv gave a kind and somewhat revealing response when asked how she’s dealing with the end of her marriage. She said it’s “heartbreaking,” but that it’s “personal” and she’s “not ready to talk about it.”

How are you coping with the sad news about your marriage?
I’m doing okay. But that’s too personal to talk about because it’s terribly sad. Heartbreaking. I’m really not ready to talk about it.

Why did you say yes to The Incredible Hulk?
Edward Norton wrote a really great part for me. I play a scientist, which I know is unbelievable! But I have a lot of good things to do. I really enjoyed it.

Will you let Milo watch the movie?
Maybe when he’s older. He’s too young at the moment.

We just saw you in The Strangers. Do you like scary movies?
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with horror movies. But then I watched The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and it really scared me, so I was like, “Okay, I’m done with horror movies!”

[From OK! Magazine, print edition, June 23, 2008]

When asked what she would like to do in the business that would be new for her, Liv answered that she wants to do a musical! She says she’s always wanted a chance to sing on screen.

I would love to do a musical. That’s the dream of my whole life. I always wanted to be a singer, or get to sing. I like the Old Hollywood idea of singing and dancing; it’s so theatrical and fabulous. I have a very musical family, and I enjoy music a lot.

[From OK! Magazine, print edition, June 23, 2008]

As for what films she has coming up, Liv says she shot Smother with Diane Keaton, but is not sure “if it’s ever going to be released.” She said she did three movies in a row, took a break, and is “excited to see what happens next.”

Liv Tyler strikes me as such a good person and I hope she has a full and successful career ahead of her. She has a type of vulnerability about her that is endearing and honest. It’s got to be painful to go through a divorce, but she has many advantages in life and is sure to come out on the other side with her head high and hopefully her finances intact.

Liv Tyler is shown at the Incredible Hulk premiere on 6/3/08, thanks to PRPhotos and WENN.

Liv Tyler and Ed Norton are the stars of the new Incredible Hulk movie, the latest Marvel Comic film adaptation. While an Incredible Hulk film came out just five years ago, directed by Ang Lee in 2005, it received mixed reviews although it was a box office hit. Critics are raving about the new action-packed Incredible Hulk film, and say it’s definitely entertaining and worth your money.

Norton plays scientist Bruce Banner who desperately seeks a cure for the affliction that turns him into a bulky green smashing creature whenever he gets angry. Liv Tyler is his love interest and William Hurt plays her father, General Thunderbolt Ross, who is also out to get Banner. Tim Routh is his nemesis, “The Abomination.”

In an interview with ET on the red carpet, Tyler described herself as a geek and says she has to work not to slouch. She said she doesn’t have a full length mirror at the apartment where she’s staying and couldn’t properly practice her red carpet pose. Both Tyler and Ed Norton said they were supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama when asked about it and expressed enthusiasm for his nomination. Marvel Comics head Stan Lee said there’s a Captain America movie coming up but that he’s not sure who will play the lead, which is rumored to be Matthew McConaughey.

I’m not too fond of Tyler’s one-shoulder short silk shift dress with the arm ruffle - it looks like something Gwyneth Paltrow would wear, especially with those shoes - but it’s Liv Tyler and she’s gorgeous and manages to pull off the look.

Here’s the trailer for The Incredible Hulk, which is out in the US on June 13.

Shown in order are Liv Tyler, Ed Norton, Julie Benz (you may know her as the girlfriend on “Dexter”), Jon Favreau, William Hurt, Tim Routh and family, and Natassia Malthe. Thanks to PRPhotos for these pictures.

Liv Tyler was on The Tonight Show last night to promote her upcoming films The Strangers and The Incredible Hulk. The soft-spoken 30 year-old actress first talked about her name, Liv. She said it’s Norwegian and that her mother got the idea for the name by seeing actor Liv Ullmann on a TV Guide cover. She counts “liver lips” among her nicknames as a child.

She also discussed her mom and dad and her nontraditional childhood. Leno asked how her dad, Aeorosmith frontman Steven Tyler, was doing and she said he’s fine, and joked that her dad says that fine means “f’ed up, insecure, neurotic and emotional.” They spoke briefly about her father’s foot surgery but the fact that he was in rehab to supposedly recover from surgery was not mentioned. Liv called her mother’s 70s spread in Playboy artistic, and told a story about how she was embarrassed as a child by being dropped off at school by her mother, who wore flashy 70s club clothing.

On her sexy appearance in her dad’s video at age 16
Leno then broached the subject of Liv’s controversial appearance at the age of 16 in her father’s video “Crazy,” in which she played a teen who ran off with a friend, played by Alicia Silverstone, and ends up dancing in a strip club and scamming a guy out of his car. It includes many suggestive scenes and hints that Alicia and Liv’s characters have a sexual relationship. Liv said her dad was shocked at first when he saw the video:

“It’s funny because I was with him for the first time when he saw the video… he was a little bit shocked because there was sort of lesbian ideas going on… he wanted some things taken out. I remember that.”

Liv didn’t specify if her dad got her way and if anything was removed, but the resulting video was certainly controversial enough for 1994.

Leno asked if her dad ever gave her advice or sat her down for the “the talk,” and she said they talk about health and diet, and that he taught her how to make breakfast smoothies. She also told a funny story about how her dad made her floss her teeth as a child and then smell the food that was stuck in her mouth. She says she flosses daily now.

On splitting her pants while filming
After the break she told a funny story about splitting her pants while filming The Incredible Hulk:

“I wear the same outfit for the whole movie, a pair of really tight jeans. There was a scene where a helicopter crashes, and I have to pull William Hurt’s character out of the wreckage. So, I’m crouched down as low as I can get and I’m pulling this huge man out. Then, the director says cut, and I go outside for a quick break, and I can feel this cold draft. I reach around, and I find a foot-long rip, little g-string poking out, a white butt-cheek, everything. It was a very humbling experience.” [Transcript thanks to Splash News]

Here are the videos.

Liv Tyler on Leno - Part 1

Liv Tyler on Leno - Part 2

Liv Tyler is shown at the MTV Movie Awards on 6/1/08, thanks to WENN.

Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith, has walked his way into rehab. Pun intended.

Steven Tyler, the charismatic 60-year-old frontman for longtime Boston rockers Aerosmith and father of actress Liv Tyler, has reportedly checked himself into Las Encinas Hospital’s drug rehabilitation clinic in Pasadena, California, according to TMZ.com. At press time, a spokesperson for the band could not be reached for comment.

The treatment center is where noted addiction medicine specialist and radio talk-show host Dr. Drew Pinsky practices. It also served as the stage for Pinsky’s “Celebrity Rehab” reality series.

While the report wasn’t specific, Tyler, who once said, “Four rehabilitation centers for drug abuse later, I’ve been able to take a long, hard look at my behavior,” is said to be receiving treatment for substance abuse.

MTV

Steven was notorious for his drug and alcohol abuse in the 70’s and 80’s, but has been clean since around 1986. He and the guitarist from Aerosmith were called the ‘Toxic Twins’ because of their substance abuse. Wikipedia has no exact date for Steven being clean, but it also says that Steven has checked into rehab this time with his girlfriend, Erin Brady. I can’t find any reference to this elsewhere, but it could be true. I’m not sure if someone is trying to imply that his girlfriend could have been the one who introduced him to the drugs after 20 yeas of being clean.

This is pretty rotten timing for going into a treatment program, as Steven’s daughter Liv Tyler is going through a divorce right now, and doesn’t really need her dad entering rehab to add to her troubles.

Steven publicly revealed two years ago that he had hepatitis C, but says he cleared it from his system.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Steven Tyler is shown at MusiCares on 5/9/08. He’s not looking sober here.

On Monday we reported that Liv Tyler was overheard talking to a lawyer about possibly divorcing her husband of five years, British musician Royston Langdon. Us Weekly, which first reported the story, said Tyler was overheard complaining that Langdon was a “leech” on her assets. The couple have since officially split.

Liv Tyler and her husband, British rocker Royston Langdon, have decided to separate, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.

“Liv Tyler and Royston Langdon have confirmed their separation. They remain good friends and devoted parents to their son Milo and are requesting that their family’s privacy be respected at this time.”

Tyler, 30, and Langdon, 36, wed in 2003 in a private ceremony at a villa in the Caribbean. Their son Milo was born in December 2004.

[From People]

What a sad story. Somehow they always seemed like a fairly happy couple to me. Probably because they lived a pretty regular life. You didn’t see them at every party and opening, and they both seemed pretty devoted to their son. Hopefully they’ll manage to have an amicable relationship after this, and still be great parents.

Liv and Royston are shown on 3/25/07 at Elton John’s birthday party, thanks to WENN. Liv is shown below at the Costume Institute Gala on Monday. Several sources reported that she wasn’t wearing her wedding ring. Thanks to PRPhotos.

30 year-old Liv Tyler has been married to British musician Royston Langdon, formerly of the group Spacehog and now in Arckid, for five years. They have son Milo, nearly three and half, and live a relatively low-key life in NY together. All may not be well in their relationship, however. US Weekly reports that Liv was overheard on the phone talking to a lawyer about a potential divorce. She is also said to have been looking for a townhouse without her husband.

Liv Tyler [was] overheard… talking on the phone with a lawyer and seeking advice on getting a divorce without surrendering much of her money. “In the conversation, she complained about her husband being a ‘leech’ on her assets, and said she got married too young,” says the source. (The duo began dating when she was just 21.) Tyler - who said in 2004, “I don’t believe in divorce” - admitted to Hot Stuff in February that she had no plans for Valentine’s Day and even forgot about the holiday…

On April 9, the actress… was seen hunting for townhouses in nYC’s West village - without Langdon, who was playing with their son in a nearby park.

[From US Weekly, print edition, May 12, 2008]

I almost bought US’ claim that Tyler was looking for a townhouse on her own, but if her husband was playing with their son in a park right near where she was, it sounds like he just was taking over daddy duties and letting her have the first look.

If it’s true that she was on the phone complaining about her husband, maybe she was just talking to a friend and it was misconstrued by someone who overheard.

Tyler is about to play the heroine in The Incredible Hulk with Edward Norton, which is out on June 13. Once she start making more public appearances look out for more gossip about the state of her marriage.

Liv Tyler is shown at the Iron Man afterparty on 4/28/08, and out with her family for her 30th birthday on 7/1/07, thanks to WENN.

I know this is my second Liv Tyler post today, but she’s just so likable that I want to hug her every time I see her picture, kind of like Jennifer Garner or Jennifer Love Hewitt. Here she is at the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera hobnobbing with Naomi Watts, David Bowie, and his wife Iman. She was also photographed with with an opera-type guy that I need some help identifying designer Zac Posen.

I love these pictures of Liv as she just exudes enthusiasm. I once saw her kiss David Bowie’s hand when she met him on David Letterman. She was just showing her respect, and it came off as innocent and reverential.

Celebrities were in attendance at the opening night of The Met, where they watched a riveting performance of “Madame Butterfly”:

I’ll use this occasion to tell the story of the time my husband took me to the Metropolitan Opera. It was just two weeks after we started dating, and he had tickets to see a six hour long German opera, “The Meistersinger of Nuernberg,” with his parents. He took me along and we played footsies the whole time. I mean, the opera was beautiful and all but it could have easily been two hours instead of six. There were two intermissions it was so long. After sitting through that I can easily take on a four hour opera, so maybe he was just breaking me in.

The lovely Liv Tyler has signed to play in a new indie film along with Diane Keaton and Dax Shepard, called “Smother.”

It is also rumored that Tyler will star in a film to be shot in Mexico next year called “The Bad and The Avon.” She is said to be playing opposite Bollywood star John Abraham.

Liv has said that she loves being with her son, Milo, and that she focuses on him rather than worrying about being super-thin for Hollywood.

Here is Liv at the airport with her son, who will be two in December. She looks gorgeous and her son is so cute!

The Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art held a ball last night to celebrate the opening of an exhibit on British design. Sienna Miller, wearing an awful gold sequined minidress and black tights, served as co-chair for the event.

The guy dressed like a cabaret pirate posing with Charlize Theron is Dior designer John Galiano. He’s responsible for her monstrosity of an Oscar gown with the giant shoulder bow. Sienna Miller is shown with Christopher Bailey, Burberry’s creative director.

We have over 100 pictures from the event. Stars and designers attending include Alexander McQueen, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, John Galliano, Charlize Theron, Lindsay Lohan, Victoria Beckham, Emmy Rossum, Eva Mendes, Gisele Bundchen, Gretchen Mol, Jessica Alba, Josh Hartnett, Lenny Kravitz, Donatella Versace, Rupert Everett, Linda Evangelista and Amber Valetta, Jessica Alba, Marcia Gay Harden, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Melania Trump, Donald Trump, Molly Sims, Rosario Dawson, Scarlett Johansson, Stella McCartney, Amanda Peet, Andre Leon Talley, Naomi Campbell, Angela Lindvall, Angie Harmon, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Bridget Moynahan, Tom Brady, Chloe Sevigny, Ciara, Dita Von Teese and Marliyn Manson, Drew Barrymore, Elizabeth Hurley, Erin O’Connor, Matthew Williamson, Eve, Gina Gershon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ivana Trump, Jacquetta Wheeler, Jason Lewis, Jessica Stam, John Legend, Johnny Rotten, Josh Lucas, Joy Bryant, Julia Stegner, Iselin Steiro, Karolina Kurkova, Lily Cole, Lauren Bush, Lily Donaldson, Gemma Ward, Liv Tyler, Francisco Costa, Lydia Hearst, Mandy Moore, Minnie Driver, Nick Cannon, Petra Nemcova, Rachel Roy, Damon Dash, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Gere, Cary Lowell, Thandie Newton, Selma Blair, Shalom Harlow, Sienna Miller, Christopher Bailey, designer for Burberry, Zooey Deschanel, Sophie Dahl, Ivanka Trump, Mark Ruffalo, Taye Diggs, Idima Menzel, and Sarah Wynter.