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Why Are Mean Fashion People So Mean To Marie Claire's Joanna Coles?
I get the sense Joanna Coles is one of those people whose unbridled enthusiasm for everything lends her a dorky quality that make her gargantuan ambitions somehow endearing. Since she took the editor-in-chief spot at Marie Claire two years ago, the magazine's newsstand sales have plunged nearly 30%, but you get the feeling she doesn't let it get her down! And anyway, people are paying attention to Joanna this Fashion Week because she just hired Project Runway judge Nina Garcia away from Elle. Fashion people sometimes say bitchy things about Joanna, mostly "that Joanna Coles is a nerdy poser who has to pay Nina to sit next to her at fashion shows," because fashion people are ridiculous and so is Joanna, a little bit. Just today Fashion Week Daily ran a huge long interview with her along with a little gossip item that seemed harmless but was actually sort of cruel! Read that and our Coles FAQ — and just for kicks, see a pic of Nina Garcia in a realllly short skirt — after the jump.
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By MoeComment by Baroness: Here's the thing: Marie Claire really is the nerdy girl at the party. I mean this as a compliment. It's... 10 Responses | Other threads
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passive-aggressive side projects
'Cosmo' Ed Kate White Is A Secret Blonde Genius
It's the oldest trick in the book: disarm your enemies with faux-dumbness and then stab 'em in the back while they're making fun of you—and also rake in some cold hard cash while you're at it. Today's USA Today fluffernutter sandwich about 55-year-old Cosmo girl Kate White is an object lesson in how this is done. On the "dumb blonde" front: "Cover lines on Cosmo are paramount, because they help sell, in a good month, 2 million copies on newsstands alone. On the upcoming August cover, which she's still massaging, White points to one—'Erotic sex!'—that she says is a grabber. 'We've used the word 'sex' in a lot of combinations, but we've never said 'erotic sex' before. I like the idea of the reader going, 'Oooh, erotic sex,' 'White says, a gleam in her eye." Heh. But watch out! This lady is actually sharpening her knives when you think she's sharpening her eyeliner pencil. Oh: and sticking them into Bonnie Fuller. More » -
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Elizabeth Hasselbeck: "It's An Emotional Time"
Cosmopolitan editor Kate White threw a book party of sorts at Michael's today? The hostesses, who—for the record—didn't look too abused, asked why I was there. "For that book thing whatever," I said. They pointed me to the bar. The first thing that caught my eye was Elizabeth Hasselbeck. She was still wearing the harlequin dress that merely hours earlier had weathered the heat of battle with Rosie O'Donnell. Her face was still unnaturally tan. And one long deep wrinkle, as if she had traded in all the little ones for this one, perfectly bisected her forehead. More »
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legends of the ladyflower
'Cosmo' Prints Tall Tale: A Sparkly Gyno Surprise!
From Cosmopolitan, June 2007, p. 58, headline: "Gyno Uh-Oh!":"I had scheduled my gyno appointment for right after work and didn't have time to take a shower beforehand. So I ran home quickly to freshen up. I shed my clothes, grabbed a bottle of perfume, and spritzed my V zone generously before getting dressed again. When I arrived at the doctor's office, I put on the gown and got on the examining table. When my gynecologist lifted up the paper gown, I heard her chuckle quietly. I gave her a weird look, and she said, 'Fancy!' I figured she was just referring to my Brazilian wax, but when I got home, I realized I had mistaken my glitter body spray for perfume. My nether region was covered in multicolored sparkles!"
Well don't that just sound familiar! More »
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Comment by LadyChatterley: Cosmo...plagiarising? What is WRONG with the world!?!?!? more » | Other threads
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kate white
Kate White Sorta Learned From Bonnie Fuller's Mistakes
What's up with Cosmo editors and long-ass book titles? As Radar has noted, Kate White's self-help tome will change its title from How to Set His Thighs on Fire: 86 Red-Hot Lessons on Love, Life, Men, and (Especially) Sex to the demurer, but still wordy You on Top: Smart, Sexy Skills Every Woman Needs to Set the World on Fire when it comes out in paperback this June. "You always hope for bigger sales in paperback," White is quoted as saying. But maybe White means 'You always hope for bigger sales than Bonnie Fuller's in paperback." More »
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By Emily GouldComment by toocheapfortherapy: Don't they sell a cream for when your thighs are on fire? more » | Other threads
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media
Media Bubble: Please Sell Tribune Already, We're Getting Tired Of It
- The Times takes a look at prospective Tribune buyers Eli Broad and Ron Burkle. The latter is "best known for his friendship with Stephen Bing, the film producer who fathered a child with both the actress Elizabeth Hurley and Kirk Kerkorian's former wife, Lisa." [NYT] More »
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By abalk2Comment by smashirony!: Why doesn't Dow Jones just use the consulting team they brought in to (almost completely) gut their Licensing division last... more » | Other threads
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Hot Dave Zinczenko/ Kate White Mutual Favor-Exchanging Action
We're almost certain that no one's as sick to death as we are of the tired old 'Men's Health editor Dave Zinczenko = inferior cunnilingus' joke (with the exception, perhaps, of "Adorable" Dave himself). So we were flooded with a mix of emotions when we learned that he'd once again provided us with a perfect setup. In an AdAge piece on how he and Cosmo E in C Kate White will edit sections of each others' respective mags' May issues, Dave describes the switcheroo like so:It's a mutual favor that we're doing for each other's readers. If it works out, maybe we'll joint-venture on a parenting magazine.
Uh, we hate to break it to you, Dave, but that's not how babies get made. Also, while we're sure it'll start out 'mutual,' we're pretty sure it'll end up with one magazine getting off while the other hovers awkwardly with its butt in the air, like always. More »
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By Emily GouldComment by josh speed: I swear, it's like this Zinczenko fella is baiting you guys... more » | Other threads
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books
Further Literary Revisions Suggested by Stephen King
I don't want him to go over the Reichenbach Falls.
- Stephen King, expressing his hope that J.K. Rowling will not kill off Harry Potter in the last book of the eponymous series, by alluding to the death scene of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle More »
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By Chris MohneyComment by AcidReign: .....Potter can die or not. It's entertaining stuff either way. And I'm not twenty-something. On the other hand, I'd way... more » | Other threads
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Cosmo Editor Will Teach You To Raise Temperature Of Useless Area Around Men's Penis, Testicles
Via Eat The Press we found this excerpt from Cosmo EIC Kate White's new contribution to literature, How to Set His Thighs on Fire: 86 Red-Hot Lessons on Love, Life, Men, and (Especially) Sex. It's pretty much what you'd expect: Kate thinks confidence is sexy, Kate thinks sexiness comes from attitude, Kate uses the word "sex," "sexy," or "sexiness" at least once per sentence. But what really set our own thighs on fire (well, it was this or the eczema) was the following bit. Read it slowly. Savor it. See if you know where it leads. More »
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By abalk2Comment by April Winchell: I'm going to start using "Omarosa fucked the dog" instead of "jumped the shark". more » | Other threads
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Media Bubble: 'NYT' Turns Off TV Division
• As expected, the Times dumps its unwatched Discovery Times channel. [Media Mob/NYO] More »
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By JesseComment by Gari N. Corp: Remember, when you think "Gilbey", think Bishops Stortford. You'd think the gell was ashamed of here roots or something. more » | Other threads
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kate white
Kate White's Birthday Girl
We'd like to wish a belated happy birthday to Cosmo EIC Kate White's secret weapon, her daughter Hayley, who celebrated her 16th birthday yesterday. We understand the Super Sweet 16 party is this weekend — don't know the venue, but we're betting on Lexi Lehman's Crush, the go-to opium den for Manhattan's most privileged minors. More »
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