Amy Winehouse’s spirit lives on in so many ways

Even postmortem, Amy Winehouse has been more than just an inspiration in music; she has made a huge impression in fashion as well.

Jean Paul Gaultier’s models took charge of Paris runways Wednesday to show off a collection inspired by the late British blues icon, who died last summer at the age of 27. The event was chock full of liquid eyeliner, black veils, colorful hair, and tough-looking cigarette-smoking babes, all while WInehouse’s music played in the background.

According to the British edition of the Week (via SPIN), fashion commentators are  50/50 with the new line, some saying they love it and some hating it.

After seeing a video of some of the pieces, I would have to say I’m on the “I like” side of this debate. The first and third dresses are my favorite of the bunch. I think the whole collection gives off a Winehouse vibe, even though there’s a few items in there I don’t see as easily ‘wearable’, but every haute-couture show seems to have at least a few of those.

What a fitting tribute.

Check out the video below and tell us what you think!

James Hulkfield has a nice ring to it 

It’s not hard to envision Hulk Hogan on stage performing in front of thousands of fans, because he’s been doing that since the early 80’s when he went mainstream with wrestling, but try to imagine him up there playing with Metallica, because apparently he almost joined the band.

The legendary wrestler-turned-reality TV star did an interview with The Sun, and in it, he reveals how he nearly joined the band back when he was buddies with drummer Lars Ulrich.

“I used to be a session musician before I was a wrestler,” he admits, adding, “I played bass guitar. I was big pals with Lars Ulrich and he asked me if I wanted to play bass with Metallica in their early days but it didn’t work out.”

The Hulkster goes on to say, “Jerry Hall also asked Mick Jagger if I could play bass with the Rolling Stones. Mick never got back to me.”

You learn something new every freakin’ day, I tell ya. I really can’t see The Hulk as anything but that. It just wouldn’t work, but that’s cool he played bass. Who knew?!

From left: Reese Witherspoon on May 3, 2011; Jan 15, 2012; and Jan 26, 2012

Just as I was getting really comfortable with Reese Witherspoon’s new sexy, beach bum hair, she goes and cuts serious fringe.

Seen in Paris Thursday coming off an airplane (probably not the best way to show off a new haircut), the movie star sported the hairstyle she is best known for…blond with bangs.  Talk about regression!

Don’t get me wrong, Reese looks beautiful in just about anything, with any look or style, and I actually do love her with bangs (not just off a plane though), but the switch up she recently did, subbing the bangs for that wavy, bang-less mane really softened her features and gave her a more relaxed look. It was a nice change.

Anyhoo, it’s been reported that the megastar is visiting Paris to be a part of the city’s Fashion Week, so maybe, just maybe, she’ll get some fun inspiration that she can apply to her next hairdo change. Do it Reese, do it!!

Moore’s 911 tape: Censored for privacy 

The 911 recording involved in Demi Moore‘s hospitalization is being heavily edited before being released to the public.

According to TMZ all references to the drugs Demi was taking before her “seizure” will be removed from the 911 recording to protect her privacy.

Whip-its or no Whip-its, I still think cocaine was involved. Celebrities rarely EVER disclose they have an addiction to cocaine in Hollywood, which is odd, because besides alcohol, it is probably the most widely used drug by the rich & famous.

Anyhow, it’s the LA City Attorney who is fighting for Demi’s privacy, which is funny, because think about it, if Demi were not an A-lister, or worse yet, were a regular Jane Doe, I doubt they’d be too concerned with wasting their time worrying about her privacy. Just pointing that out.

In other Demi Moore scandal news, her estranged husband, Ashton Kutcher, partied it up in Brazil throughout her hospitalization (she has since been released from the hospital) and is set to fly home this evening – but not because of her, it was simply planned that way. New rumors emerged Thursday that Ashton ended the marriage due to Demi’s outrageous, non-stop partying and due to her love affair with prescription drugs. Maybe he’s just over it. I hate to say it, but who knows, the polished beauty may have been in over her head for longer, and worse than we thought.

William Macy and Felicity Huffman, I love these two.

Married since 1997, William and Felicity are one of the few Hollywood couples who have made it work in a town known for its short, meaningless, throwaway marriages.

So what is the key to their marriage? Faking it – but not like you think.

William Macy says that the secret to a lasting marriage is waiting out your problems and keeping the passion alive. When things aren’t going well put on your best Academy Award performance and act like it was the first day you met.

“Just act like you love her more than anybody you’ve ever seen in your life, and you’ll get it back in spades. Just pretend. You have to pretend. Make it up, just make it up!,” advises Macy.

“Marriage is really hot and ooey-gooey for about a year or two, and then the rest of it is a relationship, which you got to work on. You can have passion, but you’ve got to work on it … Do whatever you need. The point is, you’ve got to set your sights. You’ve got to say, ‘Do we want to make this hot? Or do we not?’ And if you do, then do it! Don’t give yourself excuses.”

Sometimes marriages just don’t work, and sometimes they were never meant to be, but far too often tinseltown twosomes fizzle out before the honeymoon is even over. I bet if Hollywood gave trophies for long lasting marriages at a huge, prestigious, lavish, over-indulgent annual awards ceremony, we’d see that number dwindle. Who says Hollywood’s priorities are warped?

*Bonus!* Never heard Head Automatica’s “I Shot William H. Macy”? Well now you have.

Rihanna and her new THUG LIFE tattoo 

“If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.”

A saying that usually holds true, it’s the first thing I thought of when I saw Rihanna and her new Tupac-inspired knuckle tattoos. I am going to say it right now, Rihanna, you are not “thug,” baby girl.

Smoking weed in public, getting thug tattoos, saying “f*ck” on Twitter does not make you thug, it makes you look like Avril Lavigne trying to look punk. Trying too hard.

I love me some cool tats and am considering getting some coverup work done, but I am not a fan of tattoos on women’s hands. Yeah, I must be old school like that, but I was always told, never tattoo your hands neck or face. They’re public property – heh. Besides that, all I have to say is three words about this photo. Worst. Angle. Ever.

Just for fun, here’s a little Tupac for ya, with a crazy internet spin. You can’t help but feel thug when listening to Tupac, just ask Barney. (Okay, Rihanna, I get where you’re coming from now.)

Enjoy this oldie but goodie (explicit lyrics!):

“That’s why I _____ your ______ you fat ______!”

“Watch what you say bucko!” — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the 2012 Golden Globes

It’s no secret Brad Pitt was once a fan of the ol’ wacky tobacky, but it was never really known to what extent, until now.

The Moneyball star recently sat down for an interview with the Hollywood Reporter and opened up about his past issues with depression and how he tried to self-medicate with pot…and LOTS of it.

“I got really sick of myself at the end of the 1990s,” he told the interviewer. “I was hiding out from the celebrity thing, I was smoking way too much dope, I was sitting on the couch and just turning into a doughnut and I really got irritated with myself.”

Pitt says it got so bad that every night he found himself smokin’ the green stuff just to ‘numb’ himself to sleep. He says he got to a point where he asked himself “What’s the point?”, saying he knew he needed to stop.

He explains, “I used to deal with depression, but I don’t now, not this decade — maybe last decade. But that’s also figuring out who you are. I see it as a great education, as one of the seasons or a semester: ‘This semester I was majoring in depression.’”

After being asked what exactly brought him out of the habit, he says it was a trip to Morocco where he says he saw “poverty to an extreme” that he had never seen before. He says, “We talked about inequality and health care, and I saw just what I felt was so unnecessary, that people should have to survive in these circumstances — and the children were inflicted with a lot of deformities, and things that could have been avoided had become their sentence. It stuck with me.”

After that Pitt says he “just quit”, adding, “I stopped grass then — I mean, pretty much — and decided to get off the couch.”

Ha…I like how he admits he “pretty much” stopped. So basically he is not glued to his couch smoking weed at all times, but occasionally he partakes in it. That’s cool, at least he admits it.

As for the depression part of the conversation, it’s interesting that he talks about the fact that he was in a rut right around the time he and Jennifer Aniston hooked up, but he makes it a point to say “not this decade”…as in “not with Angelina Jolie”. It’s like he better watch what he says or else…

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