Women’s Wear Daily reports that Vogue’s Editor-At-Large André Leon Talley will be replacing Miss J. Alexander as the newest judge on AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, and the fashionistas everywhere are swooning giddily in their Manolos.
Fashion’s “Gentle Giant” decided to join in on Tyra Banks’ modeling competition show after 13 lucky cycles. He was originally asked by Tyra to join at the start of the show, but he declined because it was too new.
“At that point, I said no because it was the beginning. I was thinking I wanted to see where it goes,” Talley said. But 13 seasons — “cycles” in “Top Model” parlance — later, the Vogue editor at large softened to the idea. So when Banks asked him once again to come on board as a judge for cycle 14, which premieres March 10 on The CW, it was an easy sell. “I’ve seen the success of Tyra in many facets of her life,” said Talley, who first met Banks backstage at an Yves Saint Laurent show when she was 16. “So I felt maybe I could contribute something to it that had not been on the show. I just felt that it was a way to step out of the box and associate myself with a very important American success story, a very important brand — Tyra Banks.”
How did André’s boss at Vogue respond? “André is always onto new things on television,” said Anna Wintour via her spokesman, “I think his latest adventure sounds like a lot of fun and I look forward to watching him on the program.”
André feels he can “contribute something to it that had not been on the show,” which he has signed on for three cycles.
Based on what I’ve seen in the critically acclaimed film THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE, André will no doubt scare the hell out of middle America — thanks to his high style fashion expertise, trademark-worthy zingers, and of course, the 13 custom-made Chado Ralph Rucci cloaks he’ll be stylin’ and profilin’ on the show.
This vintage 50s ideal world is the brainchild of the evil geniuses at General Motors.
The gender roles may be from the Dark Ages, and the cars of the future hopelessly dated, but I’m still waiting for that kitchen with the computer that measures the ingredients for you and the set-it-and-forget-it glass domed oven that even sticks the candles on the cake.
But the best “dream future” is the tangled mess of highway on-ramps. Um, isn’t that where we’re all soon be living, homeless under a highway on-ramp? Maybe they did get the future right…
While dog meat is commonly available throughout the country, online petitions against dog and cat consumption have attracted tens of thousands of signatures and spurred protests at markets where the animals are bought and sold.
According to the draft, law enforcement authorities are obliged to close down thousands of dog restaurants and butchers which supply the meat. Illegal sale or consumption of pets would incur a maximum penalty of 15 days in prison for individuals or a 500,000 yuan fine for businesses. Public security bureaus would be obliged to respond to hotline calls from the public about violations.
“Whether you judge this as a question of food security or emotions, there is absolutely no necessity in China for people to eat dogs and cats,” said Zeng Li, the founder of the Lucky Cats shelter in Beijing. “We need something more than moral pressure. Beijing’s dog restaurants get their meat mainly from vagrant and stolen dogs. In the suburbs, dogs are hung and slaughtered in front of buyers.”
On the other hand, critics of the proposed ban said it was hypocritical to protect only dogs and cats, and that the government should focus on human welfare before protecting animals. Touché, China, touché.
On January 12th hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives in Haiti due to one of the most devastating earthquakes to hit the country in over 200 years.
Retrospectively, with tragedy may come liberation and with death may come the beginning of new life for the people of The Republic of Haiti.
Ebonia offers her view on Haiti, a week after the disaster.
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