Archive for May 9th, 2008

09
May

Dina Lohan, Top Mom and Parenting Sage

dina_calumbest_lindsay.jpgMaybe we’re beating a dead whore, but it seems to be fashionable this week for celebrity moms to give the Cyruses advice about how to raise their often-naked daughter.

Today’s advice comes from “Top Mom” Dina Lohan:

“I don’t know Miley’s mom, but you know, just stay strong and keep your head up. And she’s talented and stay focused. You know, and be her mom.”

Ways in which Dina Lohan acts like anybody’s mom: …

Ways in which Dina Lohan acts like a damn fool: take your pick.

You have truly set an example for the ages, Deens.

09
May

Mariah Carey Doesn’t Want Kids Because She Wants Kids

Mariah, April ‘08:

“It’s hard to have kids in this world,” she told OK! magazine. “I don’t think I could properly educate a child right now. Maybe in the future, but I actually haven’t thought about it…

“I never wanted to feel violated and I know that’s a kind of weird thing to say, but that’s how I am.”

Mariah, one month and one quickie wedding later:

Newlywed singer Mariah Carey has spoken for the first time about her “soul mate” and admitted she has changed her mind about starting a family.

The 38-year-old singer wed rapper/actor Nick Cannon, 27, at her private estate in the Bahamas on April 30th after a whirlwind six week romance…

The Hero singer said: “It’s (having children) part of the whole purpose of getting married.”

Alright, alright, I guess she’s allowed to change her mind. Who ever heard of an unfickle diva? It’s not like their marriage is even going to last 9 months, but let her have her little fantasies. What I really wanted to make fun of was this tidbit:

Speaking for the first time about their speedy marriage to American magazine People, Mariah revealed she had got a ‘Mrs. Cannon’ tattoo before the nuptials, with Nick getting a simple ‘Mariah’ etching.

Isn’t that perfect? They got matching tattoos, and they were both about Mariah! He should have gotten “I’m With Her,” and she should have gotten “He’s With Me.” I don’t wanna say she’s the one who wears the pants in the family, folks, but I just spotted him picking up some Pamprin and a Lady Bic. For himself. Wakka wakka.

(Hat tip to reader Erin Edmonds)

09
May

Dove’s Campaign for a Really Challenging Photoshop Job

dove_real_beauty.jpgA few weeks ago we called shenanigans on the Unilever-owned Dove’s Self-Esteem Fund (and before that, one of their save-the-children ads), but this is infinitely juicier.

Those underwear-clad “real women” in Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty ads? Photoshopped!

Pascal Dangin is the Michelangelo of retouching fashion photography. The New Yorker did a meaty profile of him in their latest issue:

[R]etouchers tend to practice semi-clandestinely. “It is known that everybody does it, but they protest,” Dangin said recently. “The people who complain about retouching are the first to say, ‘Get this thing off my arm.’ ” I mentioned the Dove ad campaign that proudly featured lumpier-than-usual “real women” in their undergarments. It turned out that it was a Dangin job. “Do you know how much retouching was on that?” he asked. “But it was great to do, a challenge, to keep everyone’s skin and faces showing the mileage but not looking unattractive.”

But the excuse from the ad company that developed the campaign for Dove wasn’t exactly convincing:

“We are unsure right now what he did,” the Ogilvy spokeswoman said.

Ooh, Unilever is firing somebody today.

Thanks to the ever-faithful and always-sexy reader Cassandra for the tip! 




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