Here’s kind of a final post for the Met Gala with some of the younger fashion ladies, all in lighter color dresses and all looking so pretty. I just couldn’t resist talking about them. It seems like with these big events, the more we look the more photos and celebrities we see that we want to cover. I’m especially taken with how lovely these younger girls look, and it gets me a little wistful for my youth. I know they’re all celebrities and are used to getting dressed up and dolled up, but it still must have been special for them.

First off is Dakota Fanning in a very pale lavender chiffon Louis Vuitton. Unlike poor Jessica Chastain, LV did right by Dakota. I love the structural elements of this dress along with the off the shoulder v-neck and fitted bodice. It’s very suitable for an 18 year-old girl and it looks young yet sophisticated. I like this look a lot, along with her simple styling. Check out the pretty matching flower brooches in her hair. They’re a nice touch.

Leighton Messter of Gossip Girl also went for a pale color. She’s in champagne color Marchesa, of course. I should have known this ice skater dress was Marchesa. It’s so ugly and the busy embroidered skirt is even partially see-through. Have you heard that Marchesa is going to be doing casual clothes now? I hope that never comes to fruition. Meester is a lovely thing, but this dress makes her look too princessy and much younger than her 26 years. I don’t pay a lot of attention to Leighton and I honestly assumed she was about 22. A lack of makeup is also making her look like a teenager. Also, Leighton reminds me that Blake Lively wasn’t there! She was probably too busy feathering her nest with Ryan Reynolds upstate.

Camille Belle is the star of this group for me. She’s a knockout in silver beaded Ralph Lauren with a deep v-neck. I love the contemporary look of the transparent netting holding up the dress. The flapper style of her hair and makeup compliment the look perfectly. Her makeup is a little severe, but that’s a very minor complaint. Look at the back of that dress, it’s amazing. Like Leighton, Camille is in her mid 20s at 25. I assumed she was younger since I remember her dating one of the Jonas Brothers. Those kids have grown up too.

And finally here’s Lily Collins, 23, in tulle and lace Valentino couture. I find this dress very fussy with the lace on top of the flowery underlay and the frou frou bow at the waist, but somehow it works on Lily. Maybe I’m just feeling generous today. On another woman I might really dislike it, but I think she’s working it well. Look at how it’s kind of flowing away from her in this pose.

Photo credit: WENN and Pacific Coast News

I finally saw Hunger Games a couple of weeks ago, and even in my small town, the theater was crowded. The film was excellent, with an edge-of-your-seat plot that closely followed the books and some amazing scenery and costuming. Banks’ styling as Effie Trinket was so good that I barely even recognized her. At last night’s Met Gala it looked like she was channeling Effie somewhat, which is strange because at the premieres for the film she wore a lot of very bright solid-colored dresses by different designers. That’s sort-of her go-to look and it really works for her.

So it’s confusing to me that she chose a Mary Katrantzou contrasting pattern dress, to put it kindly, that comes off as cacophonous it’s so loud. Without the rounded capelet thing at the arms, and without the peplum “dust ruffle” bit around the waist, it might have worked. Even the slit straight down the front looks out of place. As it is, she just looks a little mortified in that dress, doesn’t she? It’s like her expression is apologetic and sad.

Banks’ shoes are kind of awesome at the rare moments they’re peeking out. Check out the sequin heels with the thin black straps. I love her blush-colored toes and nails, which match her peachy lips. Her makeup is very pretty. Her hair just looks greasy and like an poofy afterthought, though. It’s a shame because she’s really worked some fashion-forward looks in the past. This designer just failed her.

photo credit: WENN.com

Poor Jessica Chastain. We’ve only very rarely seen her get it right on the red carpet. She’s worn some Alexander McQueen recently, and sort-of worked those dresses, according to some people. So it’s surprising to see her in such an unflattering, ill-fitting Louis Vuitton at the Met Gala. She’s skinny and it’s squeezing in her stomach area and making it look like she has a roll where there isn’t one. Her boobs look stuffed into a too-small bra-like top (a problem she’s had before) and overall she just looks miserable. Look at the bedazzling along the lines of the dress. It’s awful.

Jessica just dropped out of talks to star in Iron Man 3, citing her busy schedule. Goop will be relieved to be rid of some competition.

In contrast Heidi Klum looks happy as hell in this purple lace overlay Escada, and she has no reason to be. (Apart from being single, rich, gorgeous and having a nanny for each of her kids. I guess I get why she doesn’t GAF about her fashion.) That dress is straight from the 90s and the stacked cheap-looking necklace and bracelets just add to the dated effect. It even has a diagonal cut-out around the waist.

Heidi’s pale makeup kind of works, though and I really like her hair like that. I can’t say the same for Jessica’s styling. You can see a closer photo of her here. Jessica has on almost no eye makeup coupled with very dark stained lips. Did she not look in the mirror and object to her makeup artist? How meek do you have to be to not say “put some eyeliner and mascara on me, bitch.” I would fire anyone who sent me out like that.

Do you remember Nina Dobrev’s killer red Donna Karan at the Emmy Awards last year? It looked like she was born to wear it, and that’s how I feel about this amazing metallic Donna Karan dress she’s sporting at the MET Gala. It’s got a similar fishtail design to her Emmy dress and it just looks stunning on her figure. I love the draping near the asymmetrical neckline which continues around the open back. The dripping metallic design on the dress is fashion-forward and snake-like without making it look like she’s molting. Her updo coupled with elegant makeup and simple starbust earrings are just perfect. Overall this is an amazing look, one of the best of the night.

I’m not as fond of Jessica Alba’s bronze tinfoil-look Michael Kors gown. The cut is very flattering and classic, like old school Hollywood, but the fabric just makes it look cheap somehow. I love her styling though. Her sideswept wavy hair, simple red matte lips, and understated smokey eyes are so pretty and compliment this look. Her gold accessories go well with her dress, although she could have done without the chunky ring. She looks incredibly pretty, but the shininess of the dress is throwing it off somehow.

In silver metallic we have Lana Del Rey, in Joseph Altuzarra. She’s shown here with the designer. The dress might be stunning if I could actually see it. What’s with that bizarre diaphanous black cape around her shoulders? I get that it’s a costume ball and that some ladies are going to dress like superheros, but this is too much. The eggplant purple lipstick just manages to emphasize how bizarrely shaped her lips are. Her hair looks great, though. I like that she didn’t overdo the accessories and just tried to work that cape. It’s not really working for her.

I’m surprised how long it’s been since we’ve heard news about Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry’s custody battle. Things have been relatively quiet since Halle confirmed her engagement to Oliver Martinez in mid April. Halle has made it clear through her actions in court (and with various happy family photo ops) that she’s looking to replace Gabriel with Oliver as Nahla’s father. She’s been working to push him out, and Gabriel has been pushing back to assert his parental rights. His latest move involves asking for a “substantial increase” in his child support from Halle, to $20,000 a month. He didn’t have the right paperwork when he went to court with his request so the judge postponed a ruling on it. It sounds like a huge amount to me, but I’m far from that income bracket. I think that if the tables were turned and we were talking about a mother making substantially less than a father this wouldn’t be an issue. (Or maybe it would. This is around the same amount that Melissa Etheridge’s ex gets for two children, she’s asking for more than that, and it sounded outrageous to many of you.)

Here’s more, thanks to TMZ. Radar also has this story, but they don’t have a firm amount on the support Aubry is asking for. As I usually mention in these stories, Radar gets their information from team Gabe and TMZ is team Halle.

Gabriel Aubry is asking the judge in his custody war with Halle Berry for a half a million bucks in attorney’s fees, and $20,000 a month in child support, TMZ has learned.

Gabriel was in court this morning, expecting to argue his case for the huge increase in child support, but the case was continued because the paperwork wasn’t filled out properly. Gabriel was extremely upset the matter was put off.

Sources tell us … Gabriel believes he’s entitled to the money because he needs a proper environment to care for 4-year-old Nahla.

As we first reported, Halle wants to move with the child to Paris, which would have a direct impact on Gabriel’s request for additional support.

[From TMZ]

During their split, it came out that Aubry made an estimated $700,000 a year working as a model. US Weekly claimed at the time, back in 2010, that Halle used to mock Gabriel and call him a “loser” for not earning multi-millions like she did. I don’t think this is about the money for Gabriel at all. He probably does fine on his own and doesn’t necessary need the extra child support from Halle. I think this is about him making sure that he’s asserting his rights as a parent, and that his daughter remains nearby. Some will call him greedy though. $20k a month is what K-Fed got for two kids and he had primary custody.

It’s customary in these type of cases for the richer parent to pay the other’s attorney’s fees. Halle Berry’s net worth is estimated at around $70 million and some reports claim she earns $16 million a year. Given the crap movies she’s been in lately, that’s probably no longer accurate.

Gabriel is shown picking up Nahla at school on 4-24-12. Look at him carrying her Hello Kitty bag! photo credit: Juan Sharma, PacificCoastNews.com. Halle and Oliver are shown at the beach with Nahla on 4-21. Halle is also shown with her friend at the mall on 4-27-12. I liked her hair better before! Credit: Osvaldo/FameFlynet Pictures

Jennifer Love Hewitt just used a word that brings up all sorts of vivid imagery – amazeballs. I’m thinking that I should know that word, like if it’s even some kind of minor new slang I would have heard of it by now, but it’s only vaguely familiar to me. Kaiser schooled me that it’s more common than I think and they use it a lot in that comedy “Happy Endings” on ABC, so it’s very fitting in that way. J.Love was asked on the Chelsea Handler show if she would be open to a happy ending after a massage (because that’s basically the entire plot of her show “The Client List”) and she said “that would be amazeballs.” It sounds like assault to me, but it’s the premise of her show so I guess she has to sound like she’s open to it. I’m not going to analyze her quote beyond that superficial level. Huffpo had this story along with a brief video clip if you want to watch her say this all enthusiastically like it’s the best thing ever.

Meanwhile The Enquirer had a story this week that kind of made me feel sorry for Hewitt. Remember how she was all “Adam Levine is single, we’d be cute [together]” during an appearance on The Ellen show? (And how Adam called her aggressive, but tried to soften the blow by saying he was flattered?) Well supposedly Hewitt got a bouquet of flowers delivered to her on set from “Adam.” It sounds like a prank to me, because you know he’s not the one who sent it.

Jennifer Love Hewitt [is] suddenly on an emotional roller coaster because:
1) She’d feared she’d embarassed herself when Adam didn’t respond to her schoolgirl-crush declaration;
2) Wanted to die when he politely told “Access Hollywood” days later that her remarks were “very flattering” indeed;
3) Nearly died next day when a large bouquet of flowers from “Adam” arrived on her “Client List” set; and
4) her heart’s beating like a triphammer in hopes he’ll actually call for a date so she can play Eve to her Adam!

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, Mike Walker's column, May 14, 2012]

I believe the emotional roller coaster part of this, since she was so goofy in her follow-up statement about it. If it’s true that someone sent her flowers from “Adam,” they should have at least told her it was a joke. That’s mean! I hope Hewitt finds a man who is ready to settle down immediately and deal with her stage five clinginess. That’s the only kind of guy who could handle her, she’s made that very clear.

Oh and I linked them above but these these video clips of The Client List on Gawker need to be seen. It looks like softcore, basically, like 90s softcore.

These photos are of J.Love at The Grove yesterday for an appearance on Extra. She needs to get rid of some of that fake hair, including her spider eyelashes. Her extensions look ridiculous. She was there with her co-star Colin Egglesfield (not pictured, the guy who is holding her bag looks like an assistant type) with whom she’s rumored to be having a fling. That dress is killer and I like her look overall apart from the styling.

Photo credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet

Vanessa Williams is promoting her new memoir, co-written with her mother, called You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Hollywood, Love, Loss (and Each Other). We’ve heard some painful details of Williams’ past that she reveals in the memoir, including the fact that she had an abortion in high school and was sexually abused by an 18 year-old girl when she was just 10.

Vanessa and her mom were interviewed on Anderson Cooper’s show, in an episode to air today. Vanessa explained that she didn’t get involved in pageants until she was a sophomore in college and the opportunity kind of fell in her lap. Anderson asked her about Toddlers & Tiaras, and what she thought about children being pushed into pageants at such a young age, and she didn’t mince words:

Vanessa on Why She Wrote Her Memoir, “You Have No Idea” Now
Anderson: When you see these shows now like “Toddlers & Tiaras” what do you think?
Vanessa: Well that’s why I wrote the book. I have been asked many times to write a memoir but there were so many people who know me now from “Ugly Betty” and “Desperate Housewives” that didn’t even know I could sing, didn’t even know about my recording career. That assumed, ‘Oh, tell me about your pageant days. What are your tricks? You must have some tricks.’ And I said, ‘I’m not one of those girls, I don’t have tricks.’

Vanessa & Her Mom Helen on “Toddlers & Tiaras”
Anderson:Do you think these girls are being pushed into it too soon?
Vanessa: I think they don’t know what they are doing. When the child is screaming and saying, ‘I don’t want to do this. I don’t feel like doing it.’ When they are using special juice to get them hyped.
Anderson: GoGo Juice. I actually have tasted GoGoJuice. It’s Mountain Dew & 7Up.
Vanessa: Yeah, that’s not my world and I would never have my kids do that.
Anderson: Do you think it’s more about the parents?
Helen: Oh yeah I think so.

[From The Anderson Cooper show, received via e-mail]

I agree with her, when your kid is telling you “no” and crying because they’ve just had to endure an eyebrow wax or getting their teeth bleached, it’s a no brainer that you’ve gone too far. When you’re dressing your preschooler like a prostitute to perform for an audience, that’s wrong.

Well a Toddlers & Tiaras mom has shot back at Vanessa, and of course she’s going for the jugular. This comes from Wendy Dickey, the mom who dressed her then three year-old, Paisley, like Julia Roberts’ hooker character in Pretty Woman and created a whole set that made it look like her daughter was walking the ‘ho stroll. Wendy personally attacks Vanessa, since she can’t defend what she’s doing to her child she’s going for ad hominem argument. I’m surprised she didn’t add “she’s just jealous!”

The comments didn’t fly with “Tiaras” star Wendy Dickey — aka Paisley’s mom — who says she was personally offended … and lashed back:

“Posing nude and having an abortion is ‘not my world’ and I would never have my kids do that … so easy on the judging Vanessa!”

Dickey is clearly referring to the revelations Williams makes in her new book — in which she admits she got an abortion in high school … and explains how she appeared in P3nthouse.

We reached out to Williams … but so far, no response.

[From TMZ]

That’s just low. Vanessa explained those nude photos in her memoir. She was taken advantage of and she regrets it. Of course that’s not the most offensive thing in this woman’s statement. Bringing up someone’s abortion as a way to try and discount their opinion is just low and despicable. But we knew that about this woman way before she opened her mouth.

Here are Paisley and Wendy. Note that Anderson Cooper’s show had just given the moms “pageant makeovers” so that they might have some sympathy for their daughters. It didn’t work.

And here’s a clip from Anderson’s show where Vanessa discusses Toddlers & Tiaras.

Vanessa is shown at the Desperate Housewives finale with her mom on 4-29-12. What the hell is she thinking with that sparkly peasant blouse over a satin skirt? I don’t watch the show so it might be a weird homage to her character. None of the other Housewives are dressed like that. Credit: WENN.com

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I’ll be completely honest here. The only reason I’m reporting this is because this lady’s face looks like a well browned turkey. I couldn’t resist viewing this story when I saw her bronzed beauty on the Today Show sidebar to our right.

The jist of this story is that this gloriously browned lady, 44 year-old New Jersey mom Patricia Crenzel, was reported to police after school officials noticed her five year-old ginger-haired daughter with a severe sunburn. The little girl said she went tanning with mommy, and Crenzel got reported for allegedly letting the girl use a tanning bed. Crenzel claimed that the girl didn’t go in the tanning bed and was only in the room with her, and that the child’s sunburn came from playing outside. Here’s more on this story and video, which is about to go viral thanks to its gravelly-voiced well baked star:

A New Jersey woman was arrested after police said she brought her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, causing the girl to suffer burns.

But 44-year-old Patricia Krentcil, who was charged with second-degree child endangerment, said her daughter was never exposed to the tanning booth’s UV rays and instead got slightly sunburned while playing outside on a warm day.

“This whole big thing happened, and everyone got involved,” said Rich Krentcil. “It was 85 degrees outside, she got sunburned. That’s it. That’s all that happened.”

Patricia Krentcil said she treats her tanning salon trips as an errand in which she brings along her daughter, but insists the booth lights were never exposed to the girl.

“It’s like taking your daughter to go food shopping,” she told NBC 4 New York at her Nutley, N.J. home after being released on $25,000 bail. “There’s tons of moms that bring their children in.”

“I tan, she doesn’t tan,” she continued. “I’m in the booth, she’s in the room. That’s all there is to it.”
The incident happened over a week ago, but there did not appear to be any burns on the little girl Tuesday.

Patricia Krentcil said she’s been visiting her local salon for more than 10 years, and doesn’t know why her visits there with her daughter have suddenly been called into question.

In New Jersey, children under 14 are not allowed to tan at indoor salons, while those 14 to 17 years old may do so with signed parental consent.

“My daughter’s a beautiful girl who loves school, who had to go through this, and I think it’s traumatizing for a little girl who did nothing wrong but got a little sunburned,” Krentcil said.

She is expected to appear in court Wednesday and hopes to convince the judge it was all a misunderstanding.

[From MSNBC]

You know who this lady reminds me of? Magda from Something about Mary. (Photo below.) Of course people assumed that she would let her daughter use the tanning salon, because she goes around with a face that looks like an old shoe. I’m hoping that some fake bake is involved with that color, and that she put on a few coats prior to her big teevee appearance. Is it even possible to achieve that look with a tanning bed alone? That’s some dedication right there.

In 2001

Bobby Brown is about to have a two-part interview air with Matt Lauer on the Today Show tomorrow and Thursday. The Huffington Post has a preview for us, and of course they primarily talk about Brown’s late ex wife, Whitney Houston. The way Brown’s statement is worded, it sounds like he’s sort-of suggesting that it was Whitney who turned him on to drugs, not the other way around. Remember when Whitney went on Oprah and said that Bobby was “her drug”? She said in 2009 that “He was my drug. I didn’t do anything without him. I wasn’t getting high by myself. It was me and him together. We were partners.”

A lot of people blamed Bobby for corrupting Whitney somehow and turning her into an addict. She had such a sweet songstress image in the 80s when she hit the scene, and that all went downhill when she married Bobby. Of course Bobby wasn’t around and had been out of the picture for years when she ultimately died from drugs. He’s now trying to set the record straight, and claims that he’s not the one who got Whitney hooked. Here’s more, thanks to the Huffington Post:

Since the death of his ex-wife, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown has been targeted by those who believe his “negative influence” on the legendary singer led to her tragic end. Now, Brown is speaking out for the first time since Houston’s death, telling NBC’s “Today” show anchor Matt Lauer, “I’m not the reason she’s gone.”

Brown had dinner with Houston and the ex-couple’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, a week before the singer’s death and remembers a glowing Whitney who “looked really well” and exhibited a positive demeanor that left Brown even more shocked upon news of her death.

“I was hurt. I was hurt … Because, you know, me being off of narcotics for the last seven years — I felt that she was, you know, I didn’t know she was struggling with it still. But at the same time, you know– listen, it’s a hard fight,” Brown told Lauer. “It’s a hard fight to, you know, maintain sobriety that way.”

But Brown doesn’t blame Houston’s longtime battle with drug use for her death.

“From what I feel and you know, how I saw her, the last time I saw her, it had to be that particular day. You know, it had to be that one, because that’s all it takes … One hit, you know, and you know, it could definitely take your life away from you. And, unfortunately, that was it.”

As for those who believe that Brown’s introduction into Houston’s life is what sparked her downward spiral, Brown says those negative comments coming from Houston’s family, friends and fans have no grounds.

“I didn’t get high before I met Whitney … I smoked weed, I drank the beer, but no, I wasn’t the one that got Whitney on drugs at all … I’m not the reason she’s gone.” Brown says.

Though Brown tells Lauer that he has been off drugs for seven years, the singer seems to still be battling alcohol abuse. Brown pled no contest last Wednesday to his March DUI arrest. Brown will reportedly undergo a 90-day alcohol education course as well as three years of informal probation as part of his sentence.

[From Huffington Post]

At least Bobby isn’t doing the hard stuff anymore, although drinking and driving can definitely kill you. I guess I believe him that he didn’t introduce Whitney to drugs. Even if he did, she’s responsible for her own drug use and she chose to stay with him for a long time.

Have you guys heard this other crazy story about Whitney? A former bodyguard for Micheal Jackson (who also claims to be Blanket’s dad, and he looks just like the kid. There’s a video here with more on that if you’re interested) says that Whitney and Michael Jackson had a fling in the early 90s, and that Jackson was head over heels for Whitney and never got over her. Really, that’s what this guy claims. Here are his quotes, via Wonderwall:

, “This affair will end all the myths that Michael was some kind of child molester. He was a straight man. One of the many stories that has never been told about Michael is that he had an ultra-secret affair with Whitney Houston that he never got over. He was furious when he heard she had also slept with (brother) Jermaine, but this didn’t stop him holding a candle for her his whole life.”

Fiddes tells the publication Jackson and Houston met in 1991, when both were at the height of their careers.

He says, “They instantly connected as kindred spirits because they understood each other’s massive fame. Whitney practically moved in to Michael’s ranch and they had a fling like any other young couple. But Michael said later he had always hoped the relationship had gone further, and I know he dreamed of marrying her.”

Fiddes claims the romance lasted just two weeks and came a year before Houston wed Bobby Brown.

[From Wonderwall]

I don’t know, I’m not really buying it. I see Jackson as having been either asexual or not interesting in adult relationships, and I’ll leave it at that.

It will be interesting to see Bobby’s interview tomorrow. I bet he’s still in a lot of pain. There were stories that he behaved badly at Whitney’s funeral, but he claims he was treated poorly by security.

In 2004 with Bobbi Kristina:

In 2000:

Photo credit: Bauer Griffin and Fame

When Jennifer Love Hewitt declared on Ellen earlier this month that she was hoping to date the newly-single Adam Levine, a lot of us shook our heads. Conventional wisdom (which isn’t always right, but still) dictates that you play it cool when you want a guy to like you and somehow get his interest without making it clear that you’re dying to date him. I don’t believe that women should never ask men out, I just think that asking a famous guy out on a national television show is kind of recipe for rejection. Well that’s pretty much what happened, unsurprisingly. Levine previously called Love Hewitt’s admission “very flattering and very sweet” with the subtext being that he wouldn’t take her up on it. Well Levine was on Ellen today and when Ellen pressed him on the issue he said “no” without using that word. Slick playas like Adam know just how to slide out of something without hitting you over the head with it. Here’s what happened, thanks to US Weekly:

“I heard about that. That was aggressive,” Levine joked on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Thursday. “It was really sweet and flattering. Beautiful life, you know, when a beautiful woman says nice things about you.”

When host Ellen DeGenres, 54, offered to set them up, Levine laughed and said, “I’m cool.” The musician, after all, is still recovering from his recent breakup with Sports Illustrated model Anne Vyalitsyna.

While one source previously told Us Weekly that Levine was “blindsided” and “heartbroken” by his breakup with Vyalitsyna, another explained that he “wasn’t ready” to marry her. Levine further explained his hesitancy to settle down in Paper’s May issue.

“I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it I want to know it,” he said. “I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I’m not just going to leap into it, because that’s not good for anybody.”

[From US Weekly]

I like how Levine was like “that was aggressive,” and then recovered nicely by throwing some compliments in there and going with the “flattering” angle again. He knows what he’s doing. In terms of the “study marriage” stuff he said in that other interview, sure. That’s guy code for “no way am I getting tied down.” I bet that even if he finds THE model who doesn’t put up with his crap and drives him crazy, he’ll knock her up before he marries her. He just seems like the type who isn’t about to make it official no matter what.

Love Hewitt hopefully won’t be too heartbroken. She’s probably hooking up with her co-star Colin Egglesfield now, and is over her infatuation with Adam. At least until Colin realizes that she leaked the news of their romance to the press. Or maybe he’s the type to eat up the publicity. He normally doesn’t get much.

Here’s Love Hewitt with her bff Rebecca Field at a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation benefit on 4-22-12. credit: GG/FameFlynet Pictures. She’s also seen out on 4-18 in LA outside a TV studio. (Fuschia jacket.) Credit: Greg Tidwell, PacificCoastNews.com