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Lindsay Lohan and Donatella Versace, Separated at Birth

Brian Moylan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:52:21 EDT

Everyone is freaking out because Lohan and Versace look exactly the same. Also, Nicole Ritchie's baby appears, Kate is plus eight nightmares, and Hulk Hogan's suicide. Welcome to Wednesday's gossip gems!

So Lindsay Lohan and Donatella Versace showed up with the same hair, messed up pout, and similar outfits at last night's Met International Ball. This is causing a huge media frenzy because, well, no one thinks anyone should look like Donatella. Basically, no one has anything to say but, "Ew, gross." [NYDN, NY Post]
The first photos of Nicole Richie's little bundle of joy, Sparrow, are out. Yes, it's a boy. Yes, that's his name.
[People]
James Gandolfini thinks Elaine Stritch is in love with him. The he calls Alec Baldwin fat. Pots and kettles, people. [P6]
Hulk Hogan thought about killing himself after his wife left him. That's sadder than the cancellation of American Gladiators. [NYDN]
Katie Holmes and Renee Zellweger could barely contain themselves to meet Julie Andrews. Katie was excited because she says "we have Mary Poppins and Sound of Music playing in our house a lot right now." We always knew Tom was a show queen! [UK Mirror]
Kate Gosselin has no clue why her brood is acting out. We're sure it has nothing to do with her divorce, the cameras in their faces being taken away, their father wearing too much Ed Hardy, or her horrible hair. Can't be that. [NYDN]
John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston are reigniting their on-again-off-again. We kind of find this to be like when mom calls on the phone and tells you boring news about a cousin you never see. [E Online]

[Image via Getty]

B-List Cups

Brian Moylan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:27:37 EDT

[Mischa Barton refuses to stare into Donatella Versace's cleavage at the Whitney Museum Gala Studio Party at the museum last night. Image via Getty]

Goldilocks and the Three Stares

Brian Moylan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:37:26 EDT

[All eyes are on human Muppet Donatella Versace as she greets the crowd at her fashion show in Milan last night. Image via Getty]

Awkwardness Personified

Douglas Reinhardt — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:00:07 EDT

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Awkward auteur Woody Allen politely asks Donatella Versace how much longer does he need to stand here in order for Soon-Yi to get some free clothing. After Donatella incomprehensibly mumbled something in the lower-register of the baritone scale, Allen said that he had to excuse himself so that he could catch the score of the Knicks game. However, Donatella responded in kind by pulling a tattered Knicks schedule from her purse in order to prove that the Knicks, in fact, did not have a game that night.

[Photo Credit: Getty Images]

British Tabloid Press Mounts Full-Scale Attack Against 'Trout Pout' Infestation

Molly Friedman — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:23:53 EST

After turning their swarthy disdain for Jaffa Cake Knees into a full-out journalistic attack, the Brit tabloids are at it again, only now they've sunk their unmanicured claws into an affliction rampant in Hollywood they've dubbed "trout pouts." Known victims of said affliction, like Jenna Jameson and Heidi Fleiss, have long been injecting so much poison into their lips that kissing them might feel a bit like sucking on an well-inflated balloon. Angelina Jolie Pillow Lips, these are not. After singling out once-quite-pretty actress Saffron Burrows as the poster girl for T.P., they've unleashed their venomous pens on several other poufy-lipped ladies—and no group of newsies writes a meaner caption than the snarky Brits. NSFYH (that's Not Safe For Your Health) pics, along with their brush-offs, after the jump.

A few of their favorite punching bags, accused (justly, we must say) of being card-carrying members of Collagen Addicts Anon:

On Elizabeth Hurley: "[Hurley's] bee-stung lips can't possibly be all down to make-up, can it?"

On Victoria Beckham: "Pucker up Vic, you're on camera. Mrs. Beckham has always maintained that her good looks owe nothing to surgical skill..."

On Donatella Versace: "Clearly struggling to come to grips with the onset of old age. But [for] all of her efforts to stave off the wrinkles it doesn't seem to be working that well."

[Photo Credits: Awful Plastic Surgery]

Has Saffron Burrows got the trout pout to end all trout pouts? [Daily Mail]

The Backlash Begins Against Rich People 'New Yorker' Profiles

Choire — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:30:38 EDT

Old-school blogger Jason Kottke only got to the third paragraph of this week's New Yorker profile of Donatella Versace (which, ridiculously, is not online). This was what stopped him: "The trouble began when, between appointments, Donatella repaired to an outdoor terrace to smoke. Seated at a wrought-iron table, she thumbed open a pack of 'special DV Marlboro Reds' (so called because her staff in Milan is instructed to cover the customary 'Smoking Kills' label on every pack with a sticker bearing a DV monogram in medieval script)." Writes Jason: "That's as far as I read before deciding that reading yet another article about someone wealthy enough to have a staff helping them opt out of reality is a waste of my time, no matter how well written the article."

Allegra Versace, Donatella's Best Friend

Choire — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:08:37 EST

The March Harper's Bazaar hangs with Allegra Versace, the young family-biz-heiress-to-be and recipient of uncle Gianni's $700 mil. All that money didn't go to her head—she's still the best daughter Donatella, or any other chain-smoker, could ever hope for: "I have to see movies first to scout them for her," she says. "She hates to sit still for two hours without smoking." For the first time, breeding up some kids sounds useful.

Versace's Double Feature [The Daily]

Donatella Versace, Now More Papal for Your Pleasure

Doree Shafrir — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:00:46 EST

We're frankly not surprised that Donatella Versace chose Father Georg Gaenswein, private secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, as the inspiration for her line of "clergyman look" menswear, which she showed in Milan this week:

The outfit, modelled at the Milan menswear 2007-08 winter collection, features grey-black trousers and jacket with a clerical-style collar. "I was thinking of an austere, severe and ethical man. I find Father Georg's austerity very elegant," said Ms. Versace.

Yeah, he's not so bad looking. We'd hit that, too.

Meet the Inspiration for the Latest Versace Look [Times UK]

All Donatella Versace is Convincing Herself She Wants For Christmas

Emily Gould — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:25:00 EST

In New York's roundup of what luxury goods rich people who can afford eight of them want for Xmas, recently-rehabbed designer Donatella Versace's strikes us as telling. White sand, eh? Well, tropical vacations are fine and good, but nothing beats skiing.

What the Fashion World Wants for the Holidays [NYMag]

Remainders: Donatella Versace Likes Makeup

Doree Shafrir — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:40:10 EST

Donatella Versace wrote Allure: Confessions of a Beauty Editor? Funny, she doesn't look like a beauty editor. [R&M]

Conde Nast's new site for teenage girls is called Flip. Yawn. [AnimalNY]

George Michael's got a new video! [YouTube]

Scarlett Johansson's breasts look both droopy and perky at the same time. Also, she's wearing a toga. [Go Fug Yourself]

Lindsay Lohan to Take Donatella Death Cruise

Jessica — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:10:35 EDT

Here's a little something to make your head explode, courtesy of pretty Jim Shi at The Daily:

At the Calvin Klein Jeans dinner honoring Kate Moss Monday night, Lohan disclosed that she was in talks to be the face of Versace for the upcoming fall season. "I'm going to spend time with Donatella on her boat," Lohan said, adding however that no contract had been signed.

Oh, to be a straw on that yacht.

Rumor Mill: Will Lohan Pose for Versace? [The Daily]

Caption Contest: Graydon Carter Is Not Amused

Jesse — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:23:11 EST

We have no idea where to begin with this picture of blowfish Graydon, the always-scary Donatella, and Mrs. Graydon, who is clearly wondering what the hell she got herself into. Got a good caption? Email it to tips@gawker.com by the end of the day and, if yours is best, win lots of Gawky love. And maybe a spare VF we've got lying around, if you want it.

[Photo from New York Social Diary.]

New York Fails to Host Awesome Freakshow

Jessica — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:02:19 EST

We're going to veer ever-so-slightly off our usual beat here, just for the sake of absurdity: Tuesday night was the Women's World Awards, held at the Media City in Leipzig, Germany. We're fascinated by the thought that Germany has a "media city" (why can't New York be so simply named?), and the event itself would put any local awards gala to shame. Mikhail freaking Gorbachev presented the honorees with their awards, including the World Fashion Award, which went to none other than Donatella Versace.

What we don't understand is why such awesomeness would be reserved for Germany. New York is THE media city, dammit — shouldn't we be able to bring together midgets and Donatella and Gorbachev? Hell, that's whole idea behind the United Nations.

Women's World Awards Gala 2005

More Donatella: Vintage Versace Is Always in Style

Jessica — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:15:16 EDT

It's good to know that we're not alone in our love of classic Donatella Versace rumors. Now that the designer has presumably cleaned up and de-cocained herself, she's so boring. From a reader comes yet another completely unconfirmed but totally plausible piece of nostalgia:

A few years ago, when she was still Druggie Deluxe, she had a very reputable plastic surgeon brought on-set during a shoot, ostensibly to discuss more "sculpting." She had never met this physician before, and he was of the serious and respectable sort. After sitting him down and senselessly blathering for a few cocaine-saturated minutes, he politely brought her back to the subject at hand by inquiring what it was she wanted to discuss with him. Thinking it would be funny, she grabbed her unsuspecting assistant as he walked past, announcing loudly enough for everyone to hear, "Eet ees not for me, but for heem. Hees peenis is too beeg. Eet hoorts me."

Who's more horrified by the thought of all this — the doctor, the assistant, or you?

Earlier:More Wit and Wisdom From Donatella Versace

More Wit and Wisdom from Donatella Versace

Jessica — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:40:33 EDT

Inspired by Radar's nostalgia for Donatella Versace's finer, pre-blackout moments, we're going to indulge an old-but-fabulous Donatella story which, according to our lawyers, we are presenting you in a big bucket of "allegedly:"

Anywho: Before Gianni Versace was killed, he let Donatella work on some of his less expensive items (an oxymoron, we know). One show in particular was heavy on the red, white and vinyl. After the show, Donatella was allegedly heard discussing the inspiration for the collection. In her lovely accent, she opined, "It's all about the deeesco." Really, Donatella? Do tell. "It's so obvious! The white, it is the cocaine; the plastic, it is the straw. And the red, it is when the blood comes out the nose!" Cue silence and then quiet, nervous laughter.

Ah, those were the days. Isn't reminiscing about the unconfirmed rumormill is so much fun?

Earlier: Fond Memories of Donatella Versace's Better Days

Gossip Roundup: Fond Memories of Donatella Versace's Better Days

Jessica — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:52:49 EDT

• Sincere props to Radar for this gem: During Donatella Versace's naughtier days, "she stumbled into a glass table in Vogue editor Anna Wintour's office, sending shards flying." But really, who hasn't? [Lowdown (2nd to last)]
• A teacher at an East Hampton school has been cleared of child pornography charges but is nevertheless fired. Community members are still angry about the silence surrounding the investigation. WASPs refusing to talk about dirty secrets? Shocking. [Page Six]
• In an effort to prove that she can say more than, "You're still in the running to become America's next Top Model," Tyra Banks has started taping for her new talk show. Confessions of a Video Vixen author Karrine Steffans, however, said that her interview on the show was so bad that she wanted to rip off Tyra's wig. Oh no she didn't! [R&M (2nd item)]
• And because the sun simply won't shine unless someone's ragging on Martha Stewart, her Bedford neighbors are now bitching that the housebound diva is taping TV footage in her home. Still no complaints of Stewart of using her estate as an Al Qaeda training camp, however. [Cindy Adams]