Aug 31, 2011 at 03:30 pm by Emily

Let’s just be real, if it’s a Lifetime movie, I’ll watch it. A cheesy William and Kate movie? I’m on it. A film featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt? I’ll be there. So really, when I heard that Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore, and Alicia Keys (and Penelope Spheeris and Patty Jenkins) were going to be directing some tearjerker about breast cancer? I cried a little just thinking about it.

And now we hear that this Five business also features the talents of Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Josh Holloway, Jennifer Morrison, and Jeffrey Tambor? Forget about it, I’m all over it, let’s do this already.

Will any of you be tuning in as well?

Aug 31, 2011 at 07:30 am by Sarah

photo of jennifer aniston, demi moore and alicia keys on the cover of glamour magazine pics

You know what’s real nice? Celebrities who spend their time doing stuff to raise awareness about something important, while investing their finances in a project that’s going to help save lives, unlike the antics of vapid twat gnats like those on shows such as Real Housewives and Jersey Shore. It’s positively refreshing, isn’t it?

From Glamour:

This month the three friends team up to help launch the women’s advocacy project of the year: Five, a series of films about women and breast cancer that, stitched together in a two-hour block airing on Lifetime on October 10, powerfully show how breast cancer affects women’s lives, families and friendships.

What Jennifer Aniston had to say to Glamour about the Five project:

“We were intrigued by the challenge of creating short stories that would defy audiences’ expectation of the subject. We wanted to balance the drama with humor and irreverence because that’s what’s helped our friends who’ve faced this get through their treatment. We wanted stories that were informative without being heavy-handed. Oh, and they needed to be brilliantly written. Other than that, our goals were small. [Laughs.]”

On those pesky Angelina-voodoo rumors:

“There’s not nearly as much stealing and obsessing and middle-of-the-night secret calls to ex-boyfriends and scheming and cheating [as they lead you to believe]. Most of it’s just bullshit, however entertaining.”

What Demi Moore had to say to Glamour about the Five project:

“I think that so often there is that ‘out of sight, out of mind’ feeling, like breast cancer is happening to other people, not you. Before this project came up. Even I really didn’t want to pay attention. I feel that this came to me to make me pay attention.”

On keeping the fires burning at home:

“I’m an old-school romantic, so I get giddy when Ashton shows me another way of saying ‘I love you’—any little thought or gesture that’s playful or sweet. We leave Post-it notes for each other; some have been sticking up for five or six years! For me, it’s the small things.”

What Alicia Keys had to say to Glamour about the Five project:

“After I read the scripts, I felt like this was something important, and I wanted to be a part of it. I chose Lili because she’s close to my age and I understood the family dynamic. I had an immediate idea of what I could bring to it.”

On waking up to find the important things in life:

“… There were certain people [I was working with] who weren’t right. I had friends who weren’t right anymore. I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I saw what was built there, it made me understand how powerful we are, that we can create anything. And I felt like I needed to create things that were timeless too.”

What lovely ladies. Seriously.

For the full, in-depth interview, check out Glamour‘s site here.

Jul 15, 2011 at 06:30 am by Sarah

photo of alicia keys shorts pictures weight gain new york city pics

Alicia Keys is a notoriously beautiful woman who NORMALLY has some pretty keen fashion sense, but girlfriend here was photographed wearing …. I don’t know what. Apparently the shortest, tightest, ROLL-UP jean shorts ever (I’m sorry, never a good idea on ANYONE; cuffed jean shorts? Please) coupled with gladiator sandals, all which make her legs look about a foot long.

Girl, I love you to pieces, and you’re gorgeous no matter what you wear, but this whole outfit here (gestures wildly)? Has just got to go.

Images courtesy of Splash News

Dec 02, 2010 at 06:30 am by Sarah

photo of alicia keys faux hawk post-baby pictures

Here we see Alicia Keys, always classy, fugging it up with a travesty of a faux-hawk. I’m not a big faux-hawk fan, I think that a very select few can pull it off and look just alright (like skinny, black-haired emo ninth-graders), but I’m going to overlook the hair for a few minutes to say ‘Damn, Alicia.’ Girlfriend had a baby only six weeks ago and she’s looking slamming. What are they feeding these new celebrity mothers, and don’t start with the ‘oh-it’s-just-breastfeeding crap’ – I’m thinking it’s diet, exercise, breastfeeding and some pretty hardcore diuretics, ’cause I know that I was puffy as a bitch in the weeks after my pregnancy.

Either way, congrats on the birth of your bundle of joy, Alicia, but please – do something about that hair.

Aug 30, 2010 at 12:00 pm by Molls

…seriously. I would have cut off my boob and given it to you in a Ziplock had you come to me and offered to trade me a Rock the Bells ticket for it. So… if you invent time travel… and you have an extra ticket to the show… and a plane ticket to New York… and you have any interest in one small (AA) right breast…. let’s talk.

Why was the show such a big deal? The return of Lauryn Hill, duh. It’s been ages since Lauryn released the most important album of my lifetime, went crazy and then disappeared. But for some reason she agreed to perform at Rock the Bells. And if you don’t know how big of a deal that is, maybe the fact that she brought Jay-Z, Beyonce, Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige out on stage with her might be an indication of her importance. Mary J! Beyonce! Jay-Z! Performing with Lauryn Hill! I would have died! Would you not have died?

May 28, 2010 at 11:01 am by Emily

A photo of Alicia Keys and the Keep A Child Alive Black Ball

Her reps have confirmed that Alicia Keys is engaged and expecting with boyfriend/producer Swizz Beatz (while I just hope other stories surface in which I can type the name “Swizz Beatz”). This is their first child together, and Alicia’s first ever, so good on her.  There’s no word yet on when the kid is due, but they wedding will happen sometime later this year.  And no doubt Alicia will be absolutely stunning doing all of these things.

I’m not that familiar with Alicia Keys’ work.  I can remember including “Fallin’” in the private concerts I held in my room when I was like 13, and that was fun.  I can remember my closeted but flaming friend claiming that he was going to marry her in ninth grade, then teasing him about it when he finally came out about six years later.  But that’s about it.  I heard she won some Grammys, so I guess she’s kind of a big deal.  I guess when I listen to the radio, all I get is shit like Ke$ha, so I just don’t bother.

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