For the past couple days — during the marathon Michael Jackson coverage and all-MJ music and video tribute sessions — I’ve been caught with my feet in two different worlds. How is it possible that the sudden death of a pop culture icon has split me in two? I could have never guessed it. Let…
So now there’s a leaked photo of Rihanna, which, if real, shows that she was the victim of some kind of assault. This makes me sick. I agree with Broadsheet that to even link to it is wrong. All I want to say is that this is disturbing to me on many levels, not the…
Okay, let’s talk about the Rihanna and Chris Brown thing. Obviously, nobody knows for sure what happened. Did R&B artist Chris Brown hit singer Rihanna in a fight before the grammys? All we know for sure is that Rihanna was hurt and went to the hospital. And now, nobody is talking. So, without placing blame…
It takes a special kind of evil to be able to mock the recently deceased but Fox News radio host John Gibson proved he was just such a troll with his Jan. 22 radio show in which he mocked actor Heath Ledger’s passing with lame Brokeback Mountain jokes. Really? This is what passes as professional…
If you pick up November’s Allure magazine, you’ll find my letter to the editor second from the top (and after another Emily!, but with one “m”). The letter is in praise of Judith Newman’s cover piece on Britney Spears this summer. I would link to it, but Allure didn’t post the cover story on their…
I think I’m having an out-of-personality experience because I can’t believe what I’m about to write. … Can we all please ease up a little on ol’ Britney Spears? Don’t get me wrong, I have never been a fan. In fact, I generally try to avoid the whole gossip-porn industry that feeds off of train-wreck…
Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. I’ve always thought it odd that people commemorate days that people died (birthdays seem a much more fitting honoring of their life), but for better or worse more people pay their respects to the original American idol during this mid-way point through August. It…
A group of us went to the True Colors concert on Friday and it was really fun. I wasn’t going to miss it because I love Cyndi Lauper and it was finally a chance to see her without being billed with some band/performer I don’t like. Plus, Margaret Cho performed throughout the concert (there were…
I’m totally bragging here but I wanted to share that I interviewed Margaret Cho for the latest CityLife. I’m a fan and she’s certainly the biggest name celebrity I’ve interviewed. (And I get to see her tonight, along with Cyndi Lauper, at the True Colors concert benefiting the HRC!) Sweet!
I’m conflicted about the latest celeb trend to bring SexyBack to the environment. Case in point, designers hawking “trendy” resuable shopping bags. On the one hand, as I’ve said before I’m elated any time we can do a sort of image rescue of eco-concerns because of that whole “dirty hippie” stigma. (All apologies to my…
The Sin City Siren 