March 2009
Michelle Obama arrived on her first official trip to Europe in classic US style, thanks to Thakoon and Jason Wu, two of the First Lady's fashion favorites.
On Tuesday, she stepped onto Air Force One -- seen at right -- wearing a classy ivory tulle tweed custom-made Thakoon coat, according to WWD.
A few hours later, she stepped off the plane in London wearing Jason Wu's chartreuse silk crepe short sleeve sheath dress with shawl collar.
The brightly colored dress -- below, at left -- looked strangely reminiscent to Michelle's disastrous Narciso Rodriguez red and black election night frock, due to the black belt and sweater business.
Is it just us or does she look like she's wearing a bumble bee costume?
According to WWD, the bible of the fashion world, Wu is -- like it or not -- fast becoming the fashion go-to guy for the First Lady.
In addition to his off-the-shoulder white dress for the inaugural balls, she also wore one of Wu's dresses while giving a tour of the White House kitchen before the Governors' Dinner.
President Barack Obama and Michelle are in London for a G-20 meeting. Update: The First Lady wore a J. Crew embellished champagne sweater and a pale green textured skirt to meet the Prime Minister and his wife. J. Crew must be loving this publicity!
The President and Michelle are also expected to meet with Queen Elizabeth.
We can't wait to see if she does a sleeveless to meet the Queen, as is now her trademark.
Should she?
What do you think? Suggestions, anyone? Long sleeve, elbow length or bare arms?
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Photo: The First Family leaves the US, then arrives in London. Credit: Associated Press
If you watch any show on television, you've probably seen Melissa Rycroft. First, she was a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. Next, she popped up on "The Bachelor." After that came a stint on "Dancing With the Stars." And now, according to Star magazine, sultan of skin Hugh Hefner wants to bring the curvy brunet into his fold to pose for Playboy. Talk about exposure!
According to Star, Hef sent Rycroft a letter inviting her to dinner to discuss the possibility of appearing in his magazine, to the tune of $500,000.
As far as I'm concerned, the most bizarre part of this story is that Hef contacted Rycroft via "personal letter." If that is really true, would somebody please teach the robed one how to use e-mail? Do you think he wrote Rycroft's letter with a plume?
And what do you think? Should Rycroft bare all for Playboy? Or would that tarnish her good-girl image?
And how do you think Rycroft's "DWTS" competitor, Holly Madison, will feel about her ex-boyfriend asking her competitor to bare all? And you thought "The Bachelor" was dramatic!
-- Stephanie Lysaght
Photo: ABC
Were there any embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions on the set of "Hannah Montana: The Movie?"
"I stayed covered the entire time!" Miley Cyrus exclaimed at the press conference for the film at the Four Seasons on Monday. "Nothing happened to me!"
But her "Hannah Montana" (Jackson Stewart) TV show costar Jason Earles had an encounter with dangerous avian actor
He had a big scene with a very ornery ostrich. And he knew he was in trouble when, describing the big bird as "a 6-foot-tall prehistoric bird with a brain the size of a bottle cap," he recalled how the trainer handed him the bird on a leash and then told him, "Don't pull on that [the leash]. He doesn't like that."
All poor Jason kept thinking was "Please, God, please don't let him bite me ... and the first thing he did was bite me right here," said Jason, pointing to his face/nose.
"And they used the part when you got bit!," said Miley, still operating adorably without the use of a filter.
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Photo: Jason Earles still bears the scars of his close encounter with an ostrich. FilmMagic
"The Tudors" star Jonathan Rhys Meyers got frisky with costar Annabelle Wallis at "The Tudors" Season 3 launch party at New York City's Conde Nast Building last night. Poor Tamzin Merchant; she looks pretty uncomfortable on the left there.
On "The Tudors," Rhys Myers plays King Henry VIII, meaning he is usually outfitted in stiff baroque fabric that chokes his neck and weighs down his famous frame. No wonder he was so eager to lighten up his garments and let his neck -- and chest -- breathe at the launch party!
Check out Rhys Myers' usual, neck-suffocating apparel below.
-- Stephanie Lysaght
Photo credit: Wireimage; Showtime
Fifteen Kaiser Permanente employees were fired for peeking at Nadya Suleman's medical records.
Great, not only is she draining the California tax coffers, she's getting nosy people fired.
"We always provide training on the importance of patient privacy and confidentiality," hospital rep Jim Anderson told Us Weekly. "We knew from the time she was admitted to the hospital in December, this case would attract attention. Numerous training sessions were held to remind people of the need to keep the information confidential."
Eight other employees at the hospital in Bellflower, Calif., also were disciplined.
While there's no reason to believe that any information was leaked to the media (oh,yeah, right ...), Anderson says to LA Now, "this was human nature and curiosity that got the best of people."
Of course, we can all agree that it was wrong of these people to look at a patient's private files. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
But would you have been able to resist peeking at Nadya Suleman's health records?
C'mon. Tell the truth.
Suleman, 33, now has six of her eight babies at home in La Habra, Calif. Baby No. 7 is due home soon, but baby 8 may remain in the hospital until he's healthier.
Maybe we better check the records to make sure about that. ...
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Photo: Nadya Suleman calls a friend to ask about diapers? Credits: FilmMagic.
Miley Cyrus is still hanging out with her older man/underwear model, Justin Gaston. But click on the soundfile above to hear what she has to say about her adorable blond costar Lucas Till, who plays Travis Brody, her romantic interest in the new "Hannah Montana: The Movie."
First, Lucas confesses to the Dish Rag that he was all nervous when he auditioned for the role but was relieved when Miley turned out to be just a normal girl.
Hah.
"I'm the coolest!" Cyrus shouts in her own defense at the film's press conference at the Four Seasons on Monday.
Then she freely spills the dirt on how they had to use CGI, hair and makeup to make Lucas look hotter than he really is and thank heavens for voice-overs for all his lines.
Kidding! Miley has NO filter! Isn't it ADORABLE?
But who was her good male friend who auditioned for the love-interest role who costarred with her when she had a small role in Tim Burton's "Big Fish?
The one she loves so muuuuch but she didn't want to kiss?
We're not naming names, but we think it's one of these dudes...
Whoever he is, he will forever be known as the guy MIley Cyrus didn't want to get all gooey with in "HMTM."
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Photos: Lucas Till, Miley Cyrus's cowboy boyfriend in "HMTM." Credit: WireImage
Gossip blogs like E! are wondering if Drew Barrymore and Justin Long will rekindle their romance on the set of their brand-new romantic comedy, "Going the Distance."
It's a laugh-riot about a couple who are dating long-distance and all the hahahahaha stuff that entails. At least once one of them has to try to surprise the other by flying across the country only to discover the partner has had the same brilliant idea, right?
We think it's a sure bet for a real-life romantic redux
Curiously, the pair who broke up after a year of red-carpet PDAs and starring in "He's Just Not That Into You," have been seen hanging out again together in Hollywood recently.
Why not try it again? It can get lonely on the set, right, Drew?
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Photo: OK, this is Justin and Drew from last year. But you get the idea. Credit: FilmMagic.
This video has been floating around for awhile.But it never fails to make us laugh.
Who knew baby pandas could sneeze this loud?
Momma Panda looks really freaked out when her little dude explodes.
For a half a minute. ...
Pandas must be pretty Zen.
Much more so than Nadya Suleman sounded on 911 when her son went MIA with his grandmother. ...
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Elizabeth Snead is the creator of the celebrity culture blog, The Dish Rag, and also pens the weekly "Red Carpet Rewind" fashion photo gallery.
She covered international fashion, entertainment and pop culture for USA Today for a decade and survived the film festival war zones from thermal undies Sundance to topless Cannes.










