Combining the hipster haircut of 2009 with a body for the ages, Rihanna stretches her crossover potential in January’s GQ spread, ensnaring gays, straights and strays alike. In the Venn diagram of sexuality, RiRi’s right in the middle.
By the way, the photo shoot is – apparently – part of her attempt to radically redefine herself
“I wanted people to move on with me,” she continues, “’cause the last big thing they know about me is That Night. And I don’t want that to be what people define me as.”
Fail.
Moving on from one princess to another, Google’s vice president Marissa Mayers got married yesterday, and she spilled the beans to Vogue on her extravagant three day wedding, which included (thanks Gawker!):
* Performances by The Killers
* Food by renowned chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten
* An ivory “going-away number” based on something Jackie Kennedy wore when touring India.
… and much much more.
Not the be eclipsed, Alanis Morisette is back in the news, with an interview in Runner’s World. Morisette says that she’s struggled with depression for most of her life, but that “running has made being depressed impossible.” Says Morisette:
“If I’m going through something emotional and just go outside for a run, you can rest assured I’ll come back with clarity.”
Well, that and a bit of medical marijuana.
Read the rest of the interview – including workout tips, Morisette’s playlist, and her take on eating disorders – here!
Oh, and finally, here’s Rupert Murdoch’s holiday greetings to his employees. A glum, meandering note, it includes such rallying cries as this:
“We continued to pursue our goal of being the world’s best producer of media content, spreading the message of freedom we all believe in.”
Wow. It’s like Murdoch and Dubya made a baby.
Oh, and lest we forget, TV is popular again! Woo!
Dipayan Gupta
Born in New Delhi and raised pretty much all over, Dipayan has a BA in Political Science from Amherst College, and an MA in Journalism from New York University. He’s worked at the BBC, CNN, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Salon.com, and The Huffington Post. ...
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