Mr. Blackwell again dishes on tasteless fashion plates
Britney Spears topped Mr. Blackwell’s 46th annual “Worst Dressed” list for wearing clothes that he said made her look like an “over-the-hill Lolita.” “When it comes to Couture Chaos, this Tacky Terror should take a bow – looks like an over-the-hill Lolita,” the always acerbic fashion critic said.
Bohemian teen tycoon Mary-Kate Olsen, whose clothes Blackwell called “bag lady rags” and “depressingly decayed,” was No. 2 on the list.
She was followed by Jessica Simpson, whom he said “resembles a cut-rate Rapunzel – slingin’ hash in a Vegas diner.”
The other offenders on Blackwell’s list of fashion flops were Eva Longoria, Mariah Carey, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Shakira, Anna Nicole Smith and Renee Zellweger.
Blackwell said Hilton – who topped his list two years ago – “still looks like yesterday’s cheesecake … with a side of kitsch,” while Zellweger resembles “a painted pumpkin on a pogo stick.”
So, they’re still shopping?
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who announced earlier this week that they’re expecting a baby this summer, brought a dose of Hollywood glamour to Haiti on Friday.
The couple flew in from the Dominican Republic, where Jolie is filming a movie and visited a school.
“You hear so much just about the danger and the fear, and then you come here and you meet just an amazing people,” said Jolie, a United Nations goodwill ambassador who has two adopted children from Ethiopia and Cambodia.
“Given just a little chance, and given a little help, this is going to be a great country.”
Meanwhile, a publicist for Pitt’s ex-wife, Jennnifer Aniston, denied reports that he called her about the baby news before Wednesday’s announcement.
Hoping for a speedo resolution
Former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff has filed for divorce from actress Pamela Bach, his wife of 16 years. They have two teenage daughters.
Hasselhoff, who played lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in “Baywatch” from 1989 to 2000, also starred in the 1980s crime-fighting series “Knight Rider,” in which he teamed up with a talking Pontiac Trans Am sports car.
We see what’s in his crystal ball
Grammy-nominated rapper Mystikal has been sentenced to a year in prison for trying to cheat the federal government out of $271,000 in taxes.
A U.S. District Judge said he would allow Mystikal, whose real name is Michael L. Tyler, to serve the sentence at the same time he serves a state sentence for sexual battery against his former hairstylist.
Nothing up his sleeve
Former “Survivor” winner Richard Hatch is the “world’s worst bookkeeper,” not a tax evader, his attorney said Thursday as Hatch’s tax fraud trial got under way.
Prosecutors contend Hatch willfully failed to report his $1 million winnings from the CBS reality show to avoid paying more than $200,000 in taxes.
Hatch was known as a cunning and ruthless competitor who was nude during much of the inaugural season of “Survivor” in 2000.
The birthday bunch
“60 Minutes” commentator Andy Rooney is 87. Singer Jack Jones is 68. Actress Faye Dunaway is 65. Actress Holland Taylor (“Two and a Half Men,” “The Practice”) is 63. Singer-producer T-Bone Burnett is 58. Actor Carl Weathers is 58. Actress Emily Watson is 39.