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Janice Hates Tyra!
"First Supermodel" Janice Dickinson favored some lucky Page Sixer with one of her patented over-sharing meltdowns the other day. Apparently, Dickinson carries around a photo she tore from a gossip rag showing fellow former model/talk show host Tyra Banks holding a copy of Dickinson's book, No Lifeguard on Duty. "Dickinson showed us the torn-out magazine photo with a caption saying Banks was on her way to speak with young girls and offer her advice. 'And she's using my book, Dickinson fumed. 'I mean, the thing looks so worn it's like she's been reading it on the toilet. It's pathetic. Where's her originality? Does she have no shame?' Dickinson, who's in talks with NBC for her own chat show, said she'll invite Banks on to confront her." More »
conspiracies
On Wednesday night's finale on the CW, Whitney Thompson became the first plus-size model to win the ANTM competition, a result met with tepid politically correct applause. But not from Gawker's readers: "Are you seriously not gonna say anything about the fact that some fat girl won ANTM over the one who got an excision?" one asks. "It's sooo unfair I don't even now why to make myself puke anymore!" Well, the outcome may indeed have been unfair. Some mean-spirited critics have noted that show creator and host Tyra Banks, a former supermodel, is above her fighting weight. And a friend of a friend of blogger Rich Juzwiak says the show's makers may have—shockingly!—planned on a plus-size victory from this season's very start.
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Did Tyra Banks Fix America's Next Top Model?
On Wednesday night's finale on the CW, Whitney Thompson became the first plus-size model to win the ANTM competition, a result met with tepid politically correct applause. But not from Gawker's readers: "Are you seriously not gonna say anything about the fact that some fat girl won ANTM over the one who got an excision?" one asks. "It's sooo unfair I don't even now why to make myself puke anymore!" Well, the outcome may indeed have been unfair. Some mean-spirited critics have noted that show creator and host Tyra Banks, a former supermodel, is above her fighting weight. And a friend of a friend of blogger Rich Juzwiak says the show's makers may have—shockingly!—planned on a plus-size victory from this season's very start.
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gossip roundup
Tyra Banks Gives You One Warning About Miley
- Tyra Banks ended the Miley Cyrus controversy, issuing the following fatwa on The View: "She is a 15-year-old, and I just wish everybody would leave her alone!" Follow this edict or Tyra will claw your eyes out, then stab you, then set you on fire, all using only her tightly-controlled stare of rage. [Showbiz Spy]
- The Jennifer Aniston/John Mayer thing may be, horrifically, an ongoing concern. [Egotastic]
- Britney Spears will get to spend Mother's Day with her kids. Also, ex-husband Kevin Federline calls Spears his "lady," and Spears says "I love you" at end of phone calls with him. [Sun]
- Madonna repeatedly and unsuccessfully invited Justin Timberlake to discover her Wardrobe Malfunction over the course of several agonizing minutes. [Daily Mail]
- Wait, so now Rob Lowe's wife sexually harassed their supposedly extortionate nanny? And a cock ring is involved? [TMZ]
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Hannah Takes the Stairs, Gypsy Takes the Escalator
[Tyra Banks, model/TV personality/IBS sufferer, at LAX yesterday; image via Bauer-Griffin]
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Bloomberg Is Giving Us This, When He Should Be Giving Us This
[Tyra Banks shoveling dirt with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg for a segment of her talk show today; image via Splash]
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Tina Fey, A Whore And A Manic Depressive Walk Into A Bar...
- Is 30 Rock the new Saturday Night Live? Tina Fey, SNL alum and 30 Rock creator, is talking about bringing onto the show that whore chick Ashley Dupre and also that less-insane-by-the-day singer Britney Spears. Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan don't bring enough crazy to the party? Really?
- Spears is also looking at hosting the Kids' Choice Awards at the end of the month. So many things could go wrong, and it would be so awesome, on some sick and twisted level, if they did. [OK!]
- But Spears won't have a meltdown, because she's on the right track, and you can tell because she now has good teeth. Or at least good teeth products. From a dentist and everything! [Popsugar]
- Puppy-and-kitten-hating monster Paris Hilton adopted another victim from a thoughtless animal shelter on Long Island. The doomed creature is a West Highland terrier. Former dog-sitter: "Last time I watched her dog, she forgot I had it and assumed it was lost." [MSNBC, second item]
- Diva model Tyra Banks is going to quit America's Next Top Model or maybe stab photographer Jay Manuel instead. She is lethal. [OK!]
- Scientology's inner-city ambassador Kimora Lee Simmons filed for divorce from her husband, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, now that she's reportedly knocked up by her boyfriend. She wants the kids, and for Russell only to be able to visit with "security personnel" present, since he's the one who is crazy. [People]
- Yes, Kylie Minogue, gay techo laureate, is coming to the U.S. with her new album, but it's only for stupid TV appearances, no concerts. On the bright side, who's to say she won't show up at a club or two? [Queerty]
- Comedian Robin Williams is hilariously improvising his latest divorce. This one lasted nearly 20 years; she had been nanny to his child. That guy is so wacky. [SF Chronicle]
- Gossip Girl dude Chace Crawford is no longer dating American Idol fameball Carrie Underwood. Possibly because he's too, uh, "close" to this guy from 'N Sync. [Perez]
- Hills star Heidi Montag wants look-alikes to work as models during a launch party for her fashion line. Must effectively hate on Lauren Conrad during the tryout. [Us]
disasters
Soul Killing Reality Show Now Rampages In Corporeal World
Having already reduced their audience's minds and spirits to sad, pulpy smithereens, the crew at America's Next Top Model has now turned its destructive gaze upon real estate. Michael Marvisi, the landlord who rented a beautiful TriBeCa loft to the show's producers, to house 14 crazed, near feral contestants, says that the place was so damaged after their stay that he lost a prospective tenant and has had to spend thousands of dollars on repairs. There was extensive water damage in the bathroom, $20,000 curtains ruined, holes in the walls from crew members drilling (and high heels and fire pokers and talon-like finger nails), there was evidence of food fighting, with ketchup and coffee splattered everywhere, and, perhaps the most haunting and poetic detail, lipstick smeared on the walls. The producers offered to settle for a reported $125,000 (after their initial offer of a Seventeen magazine photo shoot and a Cover Girl contract was deemed to be completely useless by pretty much everyone), but Marvisi has, of course, decided to pursue litigation. Tyra Banks could not be reached for comment and a a $1,500 electricity bill remains unpaid. Much like the women who have competed on the show in years past. [P6]
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Julia Allison's Therapy Chat Could Change Her Forever
Julia Allison went to sunny South Florida for sunbathing and a geekfest this weekend and got, perhaps, more Gawker coverage than she bargained for. A bunch of people leered at her nipple, there was rampant speculation about her connection to Digg founder Kevin Rose, and after the whole thing was over Allison posted some angsty words on her Tumblr. Then, today, Allison entered into some impromptu unlicensed counseling with, we are reliably informed, Gawker blogger Nick Douglas, in a chat Allison posted to her blog. Douglas' advice? At the moment Time Out New York columnist and Star editor Allison's fame is at new heights, she should "step away from the camera" and "run everything by Rachel Sklar," the Huffington Post editor. Hmmm. Given Allison wrote she finds blogging "FUN!!!" even in the wake of having her chest ogled on the Web, why retreat now, when a big media gig, trophy husband or both could be right around the corner? Read Douglas' advice and post your own after the jump. Read at least the last couple of lines of the Allison chat, they are priceless: More »
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Tyra Banks Almost Kills A Model
Everything was going so well for Kimberly, 20, of Worcester, Massachusetts on America's Next Top Model. She had a "stunning" photo shoot, "one of the best so far." Then she had to go and tell host Tyra "Cross Me And I Will Claw Your Eyes Out" Banks that "fashion does not interest me at all... I don't find it interesting." Oh holy god. The judges' jaws dropped, the other models started to lose it, and Tyra yelled "WHY DID YOU COME HERE?!" Never mind that Tyra cut six other models to keep this girl in the running, which is bad enough.No: You do not badmouth fashion to this lioness of modeling. The girl of course barely made it out alive, mostly because she agreed to leave the show. Hopefully on Wednesday Tyra will have to snap someone's neck like a twig, because watching people (try to) cross Banks is awesome: More »
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Tyra Grills Roly-Poly GOP Also-Ran
Mike Huckabee, who is still going around pretending to run for President, who also used to be fat, got skinny, and is now getting fat again, and who is also a crazy religious nut who hides his paleolithic views behind a delightful sense of self-deprecating humor and convincing charm, was on Tyra today. Because Tyra is America's Official Ambassador To the Gays, and because she's not afraid of the tough questions, she asked him to explain his position on the Homosexual Agenda. Huckabee responded with impressive candor while saying absolutely nothing (except that homosexuality is a choice and a sin). Maybe this is why Tim Gunn was sad! (Also we kind of want Tyra to moderate the next presidential debate! She's... more reasonable and serious than Tim Russert, and asks more pertinent questions. What a country!) Video below. Also: most important photograph ever, attached. More »
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Tyra Banks' Novel Idea: A Reality Show!
Because life is nothing more than a series of grim accidents and cruel punishments, former model Tyra Banks is making another reality show, adding to the steaming pile that consists of her talk show, America's Next Top Model, and the upcoming fashion magazine challenge. And, she's teaming up with Ashton Kutcher to do it. Reportedly the show will deal with people competing in a beauty pageant and will have some as yet undisclosed twist. How about the twist is that there aren't any cameras! That way it would just be grotesque people milling about in relative obscurity, constantly complimenting Tyra, leaving the rest of us to carry on with our regular, pertinent lives (i.e. watching Real Housewives of New York City). [Hollywood Reporter] Just for the F of it, after the jump find video of Tyra walking off her own set during a segment. It involves people talking about eating cat poop. More »
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Tyra Banks Wears Islamic Thing, Too
Tyra Banks is not going to stand by and let you smear Barack Obama for looking like a turban-wearing proto-terrorist. She is going to get all muslim-esque too, in solidarity, at the gym, where she secretly hopes Anderson Cooper will show up and see her bravery. Stalker tip: "Saw Tyra Banks at the Equinox in SoHo. Geez that woman is tall. And amazing looking. And so not fat! Wearing a kind of sporty-turban type deal on her head. Which she should maybe reconsider."
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Tyra Banks Convinces Loser Huckabee To Swallow Gay Agenda And Like It
The last time we checked in with conservative Republican Mike Huckabee, he was sensibly skipping the big annual conservative donors conference to help Tyra Banks tape an episode of her stripper-friendly talk show. In the course of the show, the loser presidential candidate was of course converted into a gay-loving liberal, by Tyra Banks, in New York, and he's forgotten all about how he was going to persecute Mexican gay abortionists. Here's what he told Tyra Banks about why he loves the homosexual agenda: More »
disasters
The Only Clip of America's Next Top Model You Will Ever Need to See
Did you watch the premiere, on Wednesday night, of the newest iteration of Tyra Banks' hop hop hopping mad clusterfuck America's Next Top Model? You didn't??? You mean you didn't see where the girl talks about drinking her own breast milk or when one lady asks another lady who was circumcised at the age of seven back in Somalia if she "feels like less of a woman"? Well, I'd like to say I didn't either, but sadly, I was coerced. It being the most hideous show ever created, Top Model does warrant some attention, but not too much. Like, don't actually watch it or anything. Instead watch the provided clip, after the jump. It's long, but it's the only nine minutes and twenty five seconds of this show you will ever need to subject yourself to. Oh, and there's a lap dance! More »
femiladyism
Tyra and Friends Bravely Burn Bras While Wearing Other Bras
Loopy, possibly bewigged former model and current TV juggernaut Tyra Banks may has a confuse. Today's episode of her self-titled talk show is all about breasts and bras; finding the right bras, getting rid of the wrong ones, and all that empowering stuff. The centerpiece of the episode seems to be some sort of bra bonfire in which Tyra and her audience members gather, hobo-like, 'round a flaming trash can and toss their old bras in to burn burn burn. Did Tyra see a picture of Feminism once and mistakenly take it as instructions for bra disposal? I don't know. She is always confusing, but rarely more so than today. I guess I just don't know much about bras. Nor does Alex Pareene, who could only offer the insight that they are burning bras while wearing other ones. Also, I managed to spell Sheila's name wrong. Boys! Video after the jump. More »
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