April 2009
Except for the word "the," "dude" is likely
the most used word on TBS' buddy comedy My Boys, airing Tuesdays. And who
better defines dude than Bobby (Kyle Howard)?
Anne Burrell, completely at home in the
kitchen, tastes and chats as she cooks. And that makes the rest of us feel
pretty comfortable.
Of course she has her chef whites, but the host of Food Network's Saturday series Secrets of a Restaurant Chef tends to not wear the double-breasted starched coat that chefs favor in restaurants. Instead, on her program, she wears what so many women do -- fun skirts and casual tops. Burrell is the size of most American women, meaning she actually eats the delicious food she cooks, and she has curves, making her easier to relate to than the size zeros.
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When actors wear a relatively simple
outfit, say a plain suit and tailored blouse, it's not as if they reached into
the closet and threw on whatever was handy. Costumers and actors discuss
outfits, and a small staff checks the tightness of each button, the sharpness
of each crease.
On ABC's The Unusuals, Wednesdays, Amber Tamblyn's character, Casey Shraeger, could be wearing haute couture as the daughter of an extraordinarily wealthy family. Instead, Shraeger is a detective.
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Drew Barrymore may be known for mood hair --
she's now a blonde in the Marilyn Monroe tradition -- but she's always been cute
and young.
In HBO's Grey Gardens, airing Saturday, April 18, she pulls off an amazing feat: She's convincing as an 18-year-old and as a 56-year-old. As wonderful as her acting is, she credits the makeup artists, wig makers and costumers who take her from a glamorous debutante in old New York to a very strange hermit in East Hampton.
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Fans of Dhani Jones, a linebacker for the
Cincinnati Bengals, probably have only seen him in a black and orange jersey
and white pants.
But off the gridiron, Jones, 31, is a fashionista -- in the most masculine way. Really, who is going to tease a 6-foot-1-inch, 235-pound linebacker?
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