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Like Madonna, fashion has a dark side. Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, and Gareth Pugh are three dark-fashion lords off the top of my head. Side note — all of the aforementioned designers are British. Hmmm, must be something in the water, or Pimms Cup. . . . While Madonna is multifaceted, she has been praised and pooh-poohed for her dark tendencies. Watch, or shun, this video where Read more
Fifty Shades of Grey has been taking the world by storm, and fans of the sexy book trilogy are now dying to see who will be cast in the film. The story revolves around a 21-year-old woman who takes up an S&M relationship with a hot, mysterious billionaire, and, naturally, readers have different ideas about who should play the smoldering leading man, Christian Grey. Based on your comments and Read more
30 Rock's season finale aired last week, and it's official that the next season will be its last. We caught up with Jane Krakowski, who plays Jenna Maroney, the narcissistic actress engaged to her male impersonator. In addition to her work on 30 Rock, Jane's using her comedic talent for Best Night Ever, an upcoming vignette series for NBC. She'll star alongside Andy Cohen and Giuliana Rancic. We Read more
Ian Somerhalder stopped by Chelsea Lately last night, and Chelsea brought up the possibility of Ian starring in Fifty Shades of Grey. The actor admitted that he's started to read the book, dished about whether he's into S&M ("isn't everybody?"), and explained why he thinks he'd be great for the role of Christian, bringing up his role on The Vampire Diaries. Watch now. Read more
There's been plenty of buzz about who Universal will cast in the upcoming movie adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey, especially with Alexander Skarsgard and Ian Somerhalder expressing interest in playing Christian Grey. But let's shift gears a bit and put the spotlight on the female lead, Anastasia Steele. In the books, Christian's love interest is a 21-year-old who's never had sex before, let Read more
E.L. James, author of the erotic Fifty Shades of Grey series atop the New York Times best-seller list, isn't embarrassed about her material. The British mother of two kicked off a book tour in Miami last weekend, greeting more than 500 blushing and flushing fans at an early morning signing on Sunday. Later in the day, she spoke to a sold-out crowd. E.L. James has bagged a seven-figure movie deal, Read more
If it surprised you that S&M romance novel Fifty Shades of Grey reached number one on the New York Times best-seller list, it shouldn't. The romance category is the most profitable in publishing. Even so, we judge books by covers and people by what they read. At best, they impress; at worst, they repel. Thank goodness for Kindles! Previously, we asked which reads you didn't want to be seen in Read more
We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Clarisse Thorn sees nothing new in eroticized images of male dominance and violence, but she sees plenty that's thought-provoking. Much is being made of the highly successful S&M erotica novel 50 Shades of Grey. People are blaming feminism for making women into submissives, blaming feminism for preventing Read more
Though it came as no surprise to me that Fifty Shades of Grey will be coming to the big screen, I'll admit that I was blanking on the perfect casting. That is, until Ian Somerhalder expressed interest in playing Christian Grey. The sensational erotic novel revolves around the S&M relationship between 27-year-old-billionaire Christian Grey and naive college student Anastasia Steele, and the Read more
It's only a matter of time before a sensational book series gets movie rights, so it's not really surprising that Fifty Shades of Grey is coming to the big screen. For those of you that aren't familiar with the book, Fifty Shades of Grey is an erotic novel about a 21-year-old woman and the S&M relationship she engages in with a mysterious billionaire. The book (which is the first in a Read more
