two of a kind

Mickey Rourke and Tracy Morgan
at the 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Battle of the trainwrecks?
Battle of the unnecessary scarves?
Battle of the stars who've benefited from working with a smart, creative person willing to subvert their image?
OR BATTLE OF THE AMAZINGNESS?

Seriously, they are so G'ed up that I could only dream of being in the same room as these two guys. I mean, can you imagine the stories they've got to tell?

grand hotel

Warhol? Spielberg? Jagger? In the same room talking about television and radio?

can i get just one more?

"The Man in The Bushses"
Photos by Ron Galella
New York Magazine
Artful paparrazi shots? What will they think of next?

girl.

Michelle Williams photographed by Scott Sternberg
Boy by Band of Outsiders Fall/Winter 2008 Look book

“It’s just us goofing off and having fun. There isn’t hair and makeup, there are no lights or anything. We were just laughing and talking all day. They are not supposed to be self-important and serious [shots]. It’s the antithesis of all that.”--Scott Sternberg, designer for Boy. by Band of Outsiders

the tin man

(left to right)
Robert Downey Jr., Clive Owen, Edward Norton, Daniel Craig,
David Beckham, Sean "Diddy" Combs, and Matthew Goode
The gray suit is the new khaki suit for summer.

the breakthrough

James McAvoy, Julie Christie, and Josh Brolin
photographed by Ryan McGinley
for The New York Times Magazine

Over the past few years The New York Times Magazine has celebrated the best performances of the year with a spread photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Each portrait embodied the essence of the star's presence married with a slight glint of their memorable screen incarnation. This year the actors featured in the portfolio were photographed by Ryan McGinley, lending a pastoral and melancholy tone to the issue. The three above are my favorite, but for the remainder of the portfolio, click here.

bonnie & clyde 08

Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles
at the Empirio Armani Fall/Winter 08 show

3 things about this picture:
1. Why is Jay biting my shades-of-gray-in-one look routine? Granted, he's doing it really well, so I'll let it slide this time. Extra points for three different types of textures.
2. B is looking somewhat more subdued than usual. Wouldn't it be great if she were the face of the Balenciaga spring ads that are causing such a furor on the blogs?
3. Doesn't this make you long for this flavor of Beyonce and the same of Jay-Z?

belle de nuit

Catherine Deneuve
at the Yves Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 08 collection

The mannish shapes and lightness in the clothes were excellent in Stefano Pilati's Spring collection, but the real draw of the Yves Saint Laurent show was Ms. Deneuve seated in the front row looking impossibly chic and dangerously French. Take notice of how the coat (plucked from the Fall YSL 07 collection) falls ever so slighty off her turtleneck covered shoulders. That is sex in a coat.

photo courtesy of style.com

girlz in the hood

There are no words for this.

photo courtesy of dlisted

the hipster handbook

Some Random Dude, Cory Kennedy, Kanye West, Jeremy Scott, and Agyness Deyn at Jeremy Scott's After Party during Paris Fashion Week

Naturally, The Cobrasnake caught this gem of a moment that looks like that moment when you and all of your friends are posing for a possible MySpace or Facebook default pic. Celebrities are just like us in a myriad of ways.

the graduate

Look who has a blog and tends to write about fashion week...

Never one to resist self-aggrandizing, I must say in his defense that it is at least mildly interesting to read what it must like to be at the shows firsthand and at the same time balance that with your own quirky interests in other posts.

let's go little kitty kat

"Get Me Bodied"
Beyonce
Live on the BET Awards

How do you top your own writhing-on-the-floor routine at last years at the BET Awards? Drop it like it's hot in the only pair of $100,000 gold Balenciaga leggings.

courtesy of just jared
Yeah, uh huh. I wonder what Monsieur Ghesquiere thought of this.