Notes From Fashion Week
I spotted this story about editor-at-large for Vogue Magazine, Andre Leon Talley, over at Fashionista.com. I’m reposting it here to prove how truly down-to-earth and real he is.
I was at Tracy Reese yesterday and a few minutes before the show started, Andre Leon Tally was being escorted from the backstage area. But by that time, all the front row seats were filled in, and even though the PR people assured him they had a seat reserved, he refused to take it saying he didn’t want to kick anyone out of their seat and make a whole big thing about it.
They begged and pleaded with him (“No Andre, it isn’t anyone else’s seat, it’s YOUR seat, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let us take you there!”). However, he absolutely refused to budge and insisted on watching the show from standing. They tried convincing him for another few minutes and he was like “Just start your show because I’m not moving anywhere.”
Then they implored: Do you need anything? Water? Coffee? Anything? But he was like “NO I’m fine!” Anyway, they eventually gave up and Andre watched the show with the commoners in the standing section. So who knows, maybe standing room will be the new front row! [LINK]
This is a great story! It is very rare to find a more humble and down-to-earth man like Andre in the entertainment and fashion industry. Most celebs live for this type of special treatment due to their heightened sense of entitlement and because they automatically think they’re better than you and me.
Sean Combs, for instance, would have settled for nothing less than the entire front row for him and his entourage.
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Celebs Out & About
Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson showed up and showed out at the 11th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills last night. Whoever said Taraji’s makeup was a little too overdone was right. Taraji has beautiful skin and she is one of the few sistahs who don’t require the extra pancake batter to look presentable.
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Singer Usher did a little sightseeing and picked up a magazine for his wife Tameka Foster-Raymond before leaving Rio for the States yesterday.
Photo: x17 Online
Legendary R&B singer Teena Marie performed with her daughter Alia Rose at the Nokia theater in L.A. on Sunday. They have such a beautiful relationship.
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Cancer survivor, Anchor woman Robin Roberts read to the kiddies at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in NYC yesterday as part of Black History Month Storytime series.
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Actress Tichina Arnold looked simply elegant at the 11th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills last night.
Photo: Getty Image
FanMAIL: Ja Rule is an A-lister in Brazil
Mucho gracias to loyal reader Fernanda for clearing up the hermano/hermana question regarding Ja Rule’s Brazilian dancer friend.
Hi Sandra! I’m one of your loyal readers and admires from Brazil…
I would like to comment on your post about Ja Rule, he has been seen on the scene with Mulher melao recently, for many times, she is a singer in Brasil her name is actually Gracie Kelly. Mulher melao,translating means Melon Woman, which is a new trendy way of nickname woman,singers or dancers who are bootylicious,all kinds of delicious that man like! So here they give a name of some delicious fruit and put the word woman and than you have the nickname. This woman in the picture that you have posted is actually Mulher maçã, or translating: apple woman! (that’s why he’s holding an apple on the picture) a funk singer, wich is the Brazilian kind of hip-hop and she is doing collaborations with him in music and all. He has been seen with a lot of women around here, but there are rumors around that he is dating a Brazilian celebrity named INÊS CAROLINA, if you google “ines carolina bbb” you will find her pictures, i saw them after his concert beeing very cozy and too friendly with each other at a pizza place in Copacabana!
Also i would like to comment that he is here, because he is beeing treated as an A list celeb, in Brazil everything foreign is worshiped! And Brazilian people’s memory is short so we forget about facts regarding artist and public figures, for example if Chris Brown wishes to make success again, he could come here, that people wouldn’t remember he hitted rihanna, or made something bad, UNFORTUNATELY! that’s how it is here, rappers like ja rule who was forgotten, came here and now is an A list celeb!
I’m sorry about my bad writing in english! wish you success! hugs from your South American fans!
Celebrity Seed: Pic of M.I.A.’s Newborn Son
He looks just like his daddy Ben Brewer! According to a friend of mummy M.I.A., who gave birth to the little tyke last Wednesday 2/11):
“I just woke up when i received this baby picture from Maya of her newborn son. He is Handsoommmeee!! I Need to teach him how to make PoundedYam and get Straight A’s in School like Me!!!” [LINK]
Hundreds Protest As Obama Signs Pork Bill Into law
Hundreds of Denver residents protested as Barack Obama signed his $787 billion pork-filled stimulus bill into law inside the Denver Museum of Nature and Science today.
“Yes, we care!” protesters shouted as they roasted a pig on the steps of the museum. Some of the protesters were Obama supporters who voted for him in the presidential elections.
One little girl held up a handwritten sign that read “I Don’t Want To Pay for the Swindle Us Package! (I’m only 10 years old!)
Obama broke the record for the least number of days in office before demonstrations and protests began against him (28). The previous record holder was George W. Bush.
FanMAIL: Solange Nip Slip?
Why am I getting emails from female readers chastising Solange Knowles for revealing a little too much skin during a Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week event yesterday? Not one male reader has written about this supposed nip slip. I enlarged this photo 300%, and all I see is folded chiffon material. Are my female readers just hatin’ on Solange?
Loyal reader Heather wrote:
Sandra,Just wanted to let you know that although the pic of Solange is beautiful, she is showing a little too much!! I don’t think it was intentional but when wearing chiffon, you need to be conscious that certain areas are covered. If you take a look at that picture again, you will see what I mean.
I love the site! Keep doing what you are doing!
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Celebs Out & About
One of my favorite bloggers said singer K-Ci Hailey, of Jodeci, looks like roadkill reheated in a microwave, in these pics. But I think that’s a little harsh. K-Ci is an R&B legend, who continues to bless us with his music. I think he deserves a little respect.
Photos: INF DAILY
Singer Chrisette Michelle looked hawt at Cynthia Steffe’s Fall 2009 show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in NYC today.
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I LOVE Tracy Reese’s fashions, and since no one mentioned the showing of her collection in NY yesterday, I thought I would give her a little shine.
AP Photo by Louis Lanzano
I LOVE the hairstyle on this model. It’s something different that you don’t see every day.
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