Mincing Her Words? That’s Not Joan’s Style
Joan Collins, once the epitome of power-dressing as she schemed her way through the epic TV series “Dynasty,” has mounted a blistering attack on the “trendy hideosity” of modern fashion designers.
Writing in Spectator magazine, Collins opines: “Many style gurus must loathe women - not the anorexic, androgynous teenagers who stalk the catwalks like heroin addicts in search of a fix, but real women with real bodies. The contempt for us is so glaringly obvious that it is amazing that so many women allow themselves to buy into it.”
In response, a Christian Dior spokesman called the outburst “extraordinary,” while image consultant Mary Spillane meowed: “Fading Hollywood stars who use layers of makeup are hardly role models for real women.”
Wait a minute, didn’t Spock just die?
Leonard Nimoy turns 67 today.
Loose talk
Exercise guru Richard Simmons, on his survival skills (in Glamour magazine): “I carry a little timer in the shape of a tomato. I set it for five minutes and think about the things that didn’t turn out correctly that day. When the bell goes off, I move on with my life.”
And he expects the judge to swallow that?
A lawyer for Spelling Entertainment Group on Tuesday asked a judge to throw out the $4.9 million awarded to former “Melrose Place” actress Hunter Tylo in her discrimination lawsuit over being fired after she got pregnant. Paul Grossman argued the award was excessive, and said Tylo violated her contract. “In Hollywood, appearance is everything,” Grossman said, adding that on “Melrose Place,” the actors “all have tight, thin stomachs” - while patting his own ample midsection.
They’ll have better luck with the Dodi deodorant
Tubs of margarine bearing the official logo of Princess Diana’s memorial fund went on sale this week in London, to a lackluster reception. The special tubs of Flora margarine replace the brand name with the word “Thanks” and include Diana’s looping signature in purple script. Said one shopper: “I think it is awful and tacky.”
Including a women’s line, ‘The Lady is a Tampa’
Meanwhile, the Chicago Tribune reports that Tina Sinatra will help unveil a new line of cigars this week named after her famous father, ailing crooner Frank Sinatra.
He still finds happiness in every single sellout
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (“Cats,” “Evita,” “Phantom of the Opera”) reveals he began suffering mysterious flu-like symptoms a decade ago. “I had every allergy test and went wheat-free, milk-free, wine-free (that was the worst!) until a doctor in New York found I had picked up an amoeba and put me on some very strong drugs that knocked it out,” he wrote in Britain’s Radio Times. But the illness came back, he says: “I’ve not been well for a long time and my doctor says I’ve got to cancel everything. But I can’t do that. Musicals are my lifeblood.”
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