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Grammy 2013 Red-Carpet Fashion Sizzles, Defies 'Side-Boob Memo'


Rihanna, Katy Perry and Kelly Rowland pushed limits, while guys like Frank Ocean, Rick Ross and more stunted.

We went into this year's Grammys with a lot of expectations, questions, and excitement about what our favorite musicians would wear. We wondered whether Frank Ocean would don his signature bandana on the carpet, or if Rihanna and Katy Perry would break CBS' decency code. In short, there was a lot to look out for, and did the stars ever deliver.
Most of the trends on the red carpet must have been cause for alarm for the network, with cut-outs and sheer panels featuring heavily.
Kelly Rowland was immediately identified as having one of the night's standout looks (and being a potential FCC fine target) in a fishtail Georges Chakra gown with sheer panels in all the wrong places (or were they the right places?). The geometric peek-a-boo's broke the "bare sides or under curvature of the breasts is also problematic" clause in a big way, but the offending panels also highlighted Rowland's killer figure and made the gown look daring and modern. Rihanna opted for a bright-red, custom Azzadine Alaia gown, with a crisscross halter top and sheer panels across the waist. At first we thought she was playing it safe, covering up completely, save for her midriff. But on closer inspection, the sheer nature of the whole dress revealed it to be anything but. Rihanna paired it with cascading waves and a bright red lip, creating a soft, bright, young look that stunned.
Katy Perry wore one of the most eye-catching ensembles of the night: an electric, mint-green Gucci gown with a keyhole neckline. With jeweled accents across the collar, there was really only one place for the eyes to focus, and it was not CBS-friendly. The dress fit Perry perfectly and, matched with a center part and low-key makeup, the look was pure disco glamour.

Beyonce Belts Out National Anthem For President Obama's Inauguration


Bey delivers 'Star-Spangled Banner' in demure black dress highlighted with sequins.


As the country celebrated President Obama's second inauguration, one of his loudest and proudest supporters, Beyoncé, showed her love for the POTUS on Monday (January 21) when she took the stage to perform the national anthem in Washington, D.C., during the ceremonial swearing-in.
The day was filled with moving speeches, performances and tributes to the United States, and as the event came to an end, it was Bey's time to sing for the president. After the Benediction was delivered by the Reverend Luis Leon, Beyoncé was up to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner." As she made her way to the podium, she gave the First Lady a kiss and interacted with Vice President Joe Biden.
n a demure black dress highlighted with black sequins and emerald-green drop earrings, she was backed by the U.S. Marine Band for her emotional, diva-fied version of the national anthem. On her way out, she greeted the president, who said to her, "Thank you so much."

FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World 2012: The full list!


The nation has spoken...

You came, you clicked, we counted! Now behold the 100 Sexiest Women on Planet Earth 2012 – chosen by you, you and you over there with your trousers round your ankles (seriously dude, that’s not a strong look for riding the bus, pull ’em up).

You voted in your hundreds of thousands this year – the incredible 18th year of FHM’s 100 Sexiest – and what an eye-popping list of lady-awesomeness it is. Honestly, you’ve done yourselves and the nation proud.
There’s definitely a patriotic whiff to the list – the Queen sadly didn’t quite make the grade (number 103 – so close Ma’am!), but we do have Pippa Middleton’s bum adding a nicely regal flavour to the whole affair.

A big thanks goes out to our chums at VO5 Extreme Style for supporting the 100 Sexiest campaign, book, party and making our hair look good.

And a huge backslap to you all for proving that democracy is alive and kicking (and sexier than ever).

2012'S TOP 100

Britney Spears, Taylor Swift are top-earning women in music


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop star Britney Spears edged past Taylor Swift to claim the title of top-earning woman in music after bringing in an estimated $58 million from her album, endorsements and a perfume in the past year, Forbes said on Wednesday.
Country-pop singer Swift, 22, was a close second with an estimated $57 million paycheck thanks to her tour - which made more than $1 million each night - a contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, her own line of fragrances and her new album "Red."   R&B star Rihanna, 24, earned an estimated $53 million to put her at No. 3, two places up from last year, followed by Lady Gaga, 26, who slipped from No. 1 in 2011 to fourth place with $52 million.
Katy Perry, 28, the only musician other than Michael Jackson to produce five No. 1 hit singles from one album, rounded out the top five with about $45 million in earnings.
"I think people love the comeback story - Britney never really finished her run as a superstar," Steve Stoute, marketing expert and author of "The Tanning of America" told Forbes.
Spears, 31, who was No. 10 last year, earned most of her money from her latest album "Femme Fatale" and her tour, according to Forbes, which compiled the list with estimated earnings from May 2011 to May 2012.
In September, Spears became a judge on the reality TV singing show "The X Factor," reportedly for $15 million.
Despite their huge incomes, only eight of the top women music earners were among the 25 best-paid musicians, which Forbes attributes in part to career breaks to have children.
Madonna made the list in ninth place with an estimated $30 million in earnings, which did not include profits from her latest tour because it was outside the time period considered for the ranking.
Forbes compiled the list after estimating pretax income based on record sales, touring information merchandise sales and interviews with concert promoters, lawyers and managers.
The full list can be found at http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2012/12/12/the-top-earning-women-in-music-2012/

Amy Winehouse wedding dress stolen: family foundation


Two dresses worn by late British singer Amy Winehouse have been stolen from her house, her family's charitable foundation told Reuters on Thursday.
The two dresses were due to be auctioned as part of charity events later this year and next in Londonand New York to raise money for The Amy Winehouse Foundation, which funds a number of concerns including children's hospices and drug counseling.
One of the Back to Black singer's stolen frocks was the dress she wore to marry Blake Fielder-Civil in 2007 and the other was a newsprint cocktail dress. Both were taken from a cupboard in her house after they had been catalogued alongside other items.
The foundation said the house had not been broken into and that a formal complaint to police was forthcoming.
The workers who catalogued the dresses after Winehouse's death had packed them away in a cupboard and discovered two were missing when they later returned to check on the wardrobe.
"It's got to be someone with access to the house," a spokesman for the foundation said.
Amy's father Mitch Winehouse was quoted in London's Evening Standard newspaper as saying that he was "baffled" why thieves had not gone for her designer dresses.
"It's sickening that someone would steal something in the knowledge of its sentimental value," he said.
Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home on July 23, 2011, at the age of 27 from what officials later determined was accidental alcohol poisoning. There were no illicit drugs in her system.
Fielder-Civil and Winehouse had a turbulent relationship, punctuated by violent fights and reports of heavy use of cocaine, heroin and ecstasy. They were married for about two years until 2009. He also served six months in prison stemming from an 2007 assault on a London pub landlord.
The "Rehab" singer's ex-husband was put on life support in a British hospital in August after an apparent drink and drug binge.
Winehouse's family have said that their daughter beat her drug dependency about three years before her death.

Kim Kardashian brings out fans, Islamists and police in Bahrain


MANAMA (Reuters) - U.S. television celebrity Kim Kardashian brought out screaming fans, angry Muslim hardliners and police throwing stun grenades on Saturday when she visited Bahrain to launch a milkshake franchise, witnesses said.
About 100 Sunni Salafists demonstrated with banners outside The Walk Bahrain, an upmarket mall in the capital Manama, after some MPs tried to block the visit over what they called her "bad reputation", according to a local newspaper.
Thousands of fans, who had paid up to 500 Bahraini dinars a ticket, broke into hysterical screams as the 32-year-old celebrity launched the Millions of Milkshakes franchise inside the mall.
Witnesses said police dispersed the demonstrators with stun grenades as the inauguration proceeded inside. There were no reports of casualties.
Kardashian stirred controversy even before she arrived in Bahrain from Kuwait, where she opened another store last week.
Hardline Sunni Muslim MPs presented a motion to parliament calling her "an actress with an extremely bad reputation", according to Bahrain's English language Gulf Daily News.
The assembly did not vote on the motion, the newspaper said.
Many Kardashian fans tweeted their displeasure, saying the "MPs should focus their time on solving key political, economic and social issues", the newspaper reported.
Bahrain, where the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based, is trying to overcome nearly two years of unrest among its majority Shi'ite Muslims demanding political reforms and equality with the Sunni Muslims who rule the kingdom. 

Rihanna to star in own U.S. fashion reality show

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chart-topping R&B star Rihanna is delving into the world of fashion, starring in a reality television show competition that will challenge designers to make outfits for a handful of celebrities, U.S. cable channel Style Network said on Wednesday.

"Styled to Rock," set to premiere in the latter half of 2013, will feature 12 young designers handpicked by the Barbadian Grammy-winning singer.
The designers will be tasked with styling a celebrity guest on each episode, and the guest will help determine which designer moves on to the next round of the competition.
"Fashion has always played an integral part in my life and career. I am so excited to partner with Style Network and share my creative insight with these 12 designers and give them this opportunity to showcase their work," Rihanna, 24, said in a statement.
The singer will also serve as an executive producer under her given name, Robyn Rihanna Fenty. Style Network has yet to announce which celebrities will guest host or the fashion experts who will serve as mentors to contestants.
The series will piggyback on a British show of the same name in which Rihanna appeared over the summer.
The "Diamonds" singer recently concluded a seven-date globe-trotting tour in support of her new album "Unapologetic," which debuted atop the Billboard 200 album chart last week.
Style Network is a unit of Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal.

Gabby Douglas, Adele among brightest young stars -Forbes magazine


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fashion designer Carly Cushnie, actress Kate McKinnon and videogame creator Kim Swift may not be household names yet, but they are destined to do great things and will be tomorrow's young stars, Forbes magazine said on Monday.
Along with Olympic Gold medalist gymnast Gabby Douglas, rapper Wiz Khalifa and researcher Josh Sommer, they have been chosen by the magazine for its "30 Under 30" list of top achievers under 30 years old in their fields.
They are considered the top 30 achievers in 15 categories ranging from education, energy, music, science and healthcare to sports, technology games and apps and marketing.
"This is a celebration of youthful ambition and success. These are really amazing people and they are doing amazing things. It makes you very hopeful about the world," Michael Noer, the executive editor of Forbes, said in an interview.
Many on the list, including singers Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber, as well as actresses Ashley and May Kate Olsen and fashion designer Alexander Wang, the newly appointed creative director at the French fashion house Balenciaga, are already well known.
Some are returnees to the list that was launched last year - like British singer and new mother Adele, the 24-year-old multiple Grammy Award winner, and American entrepreneur Kevin Systrom.
Noer said there has been a 60 percent turnover since 2011, so there are plenty of new faces on the list drawn up by Forbes staff and industry experts.
"I think there are a lot of interesting names on the list," he said.
In energy, it is 28-year-old Leslie Dewan, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate and co-founder and chief science officer of Transatomic Power.
"They are developing a new type of nuclear reactor that uses nuclear waste," said Noer.
In music, Pittsburgh-bred Khalifa, 25, topped the list. Swift, the 29-year-old creative director at Airtight Games, was noted for creating hit videogame Portal.
"Kate McKinnon, the actress from 'Saturday Night Live' who just joined in April is our Hollywood selection. She is being hailed as the next Tina Fey," Noer said.
Sommer, the executive director of the Chordoma Foundation which raises funds for research into chordoma, a rare, slow-growing bone cancer most commonly found in the spine, is another young achiever, according to Forbes.
Sommer created the foundation with his mother after being diagnosed with the disease while a student at Duke University in North Carolina.
"He was diagnosed with a rare type of bone cancer, dropped out of school to find a cure and he has made some progress," said Noer.
The full list will be published in the January 21 issue of Forbes and can also be found at www.forbes.com/under 30 .
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