The CDFA were a bevy of the famous in super designer fashions.
Michael Kors is HOT. Out last night wearing Hollywood’s fave designer: Fantasia Barrino in a slinky gold beaded gown, Kristin Davis in a very light beige silk and velvet damask gown, Heidi Klum in a gorgeous tangerine silk number (she carried Judith Leiber rectangle minaudiere in gold crystals $1,045), Carolyn Murphy in a super sexy bandeau bikini topped black evening gown (who carried a Judith Leiber curved sided minaudiere in rhine crystals $1,365), Molly Sims wore a patterned purple fitted halter which turned into lavender fringe at the hips (she carried a Judith Leiber slim minaudiere in rhine crystals $1,235), and Liya Kebede
Sarah Jessica Parker, who loves and is suited to that vintage look, wore an actual vintage dress from the 1950's designed by Howard Green, her favorite Manolo Blahnik shoes with a Fred Leighton jewelry pin in hair. Parker’s dress featured a salmon silk halter top with black lace overlay and huge full ankle-length tulle fantasy skirt.
Mandy Moore opted for form-fitting Calvin Klein in black silk.
Beyonce Knowles, ever faithful to her mother, wore a dress designed by Tina Knowles. The Grecian-themed dress was Big Bird yellow, excessive and fitted, with a mermaid hem, and silver toned accents. Donna Karan chose a similiarly colored gown.
Susan Sarandon chose a Donna Karan dress, in silk chiffon, with ruffles and ridges of fushia, and a perfectly matching beaded bag.
Newlywed Selma Blair wore Isaac Mizrahi -- NOT for Target. Her deep tangerine halter top featured a hot pink bandeau and ended with a long skirt of light orange.
Theodora Richards and Alexandra Richards both H Hilfiger dresses, one in a black silk strapless sheath and the other in a gold loose topped halter (and a matching gold Fendi bag)
Karolina Kurkova wore a dress by Azzedine Alai – the designer made famous by Alicia Silverspoon’s “Cher” character in “Clueless.” Kurkova’s was soft peach, above the knee with metallic straps and belt.
Michelle Hicks chose an ivory silk J. Mendel dress with angled rounded seams and insets.
Eve wore a tie-dyed poncho styled floofy J. Mendel dress with fur at the wrists, and gold shoes by Edmundo Castillo
Melania Knauss, on fiancé Donald Trump’s arm, wore a black silk slinky Roberto Cavalli dress
Jill Hennessy –who bears a certain resemblance to a famous first lady (that would be Jackie Kennedy)-- was wearing a dress by Oleg Cassini that the designer styled after a gown he designed for Jackie, that was a favorite of hers.
Anna Wintour chose Chanel, a white geometric designed top with black accent and a skirt ladened with details for the 2004 CFDA Fashion Awards
Aerin Lauder chose a black peek-a-boo 60s-sylted Gucci dress for the CFDA.
Alek Wek, like Klum, chose a tangerine silk, halter topped dress, hers designed by David Meister
Radha Mitchell’s Carmen Marc Valvo was champagne silk, strapless and elegant.
Cynthia Rowley wore a dress designed John Bartlet (not one of her own!), and it was a barely there ivory print chemise, backless halter with kerchief hem. She also donned an orchid over her right ear.
Jacquetta Wheeler wearing a dress designed by Peter Som
Jessica Seinfeld wore a traditionally styled spaghetti strapped black silk dress designed by Narcisco Rodriguez, with a mermaid hem and slight train.
Martha Stewart chose an outfit by Ralph Rucci featuring a huge white silk jacket over black silk pants and a unique tube-like evening bag.
Natalie Portman hugged designer Zac Posen whose printed bronze mini beaded dress she wore, with perfectly coordinating pointy toed pumps.
We Love Patti Pagliei’s Jewelry: And apparently, so does actress Christina Cox, who wore Pagliei Collection’s “Electra” short triple strand shell earrings in gold to "The Chronicles of Riddick" premiere June 3, 2004.
Must Read Article: Check out this article: http://slate.msn.com/id/2101842/
Have What It Takes to Be a Castaway?? : Boarding has begun for TBS's new reality series THE REAL GILLIGAN'S ISLAND as the network hosts open casting calls in various regions of the country. Producers will travel to six different locations over the next month to find real-life people who fit the profiles of the original cast.
The following is a complete schedule for THE REAL GILLIGAN'S ISLAND open casting call:
Saturday, June 12 Wichita 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday, June 13 Pratt, Kansas 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Saturday, June 19 Boston 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Thursday, June 24 Tampa 2-10 p.m.
Sunday, June 27 Miami 2-10 p.m.
Saturday, July 10 Los Angeles 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
THE REAL GILLIGAN'S ISLAND is a new reality series based on the popular sitcom about seven stranded castaways. The new show will feature a group of people who personify the original "Gilligan's Island": a real-life skipper, first mate, millionaire couple, movie star, Kansas farm girl and professor, who, as on the 1960's sitcom, will work together to try to get off the island. Episodes will be modeled after some of the situations that occurred in the original series.
While the producers encourage auditioners to come dressed as their "castaway of choice," neither costumes nor dead-on physical resemblance is a requirement. Producers are looking for people whose true-life experience mirrors that of the passengers of the original S.S. Minnow, such as an authentic Kansas farm girl, a real skipper or an actual professor. Anyone who is interested in participating, but unable to attend an open call, may also log onto www.tbs.tv
THE REAL GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, set to premiere on TBS in Fourth Quarter 2004, is executive-produced by Mike Fleiss (The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, High School Reunion). The creator of the original Gilligan's Island sitcom, Sherwood Schwartz, and his son, Lloyd Schwartz, will also serve as executive producers.
Satellite Radio Update: UPCOMING SIRIUS PERFORMANCES:
GRAND OLE OPRY SUPERSTAR SPECTACULAR BENEFIT
Country music¹s top artists take the stage in a benefit for the Opry Trust Fund, which raises money for members of the country music community in need. Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Tracy Byrd, Buddy Jewell, Bill Anderson, Steve Wariner, Jack Greene and Pam Tillis are among the award-winning artists scheduled to appear at this year's Grand Ole Opry Superstar Spectacular Benefit, which will air on SIRIUS¹ WSM Entertainment, channel 137 on June 10 at midnight ET.
BACON BROTHERS ON SIRIUS DISORDER
Actor Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael are both musicians and lifelong rock n¹ roll fans. They will perform music from their new album on their first visit to SIRIUS. (6.11, 12pm ET)
SIRIUS CELEBRATES BLACK MUSIC MONTH:
A SALUTE TO LUTHER VANDROSS: THE HEART & SOUL OF R & B
SIRIUS broadcasts a two-hour musical ride and interview on ³Heart & Soul² (channel 51) with R&B legend Luther Vandross, taking listeners from his beginnings (his first group, Luther) to the present (his GRAMMY award-winning album ŒDance With My Father¹). (6.05, 6.06, 6.12, 6.13, 6pm ET)
ASHFORD & SIMPSON SPECIAL
A 90-minute musical ride and interview with Songwriters Hall of Fame 2002 inductees Valerie Simpson and Nickolas Ashford. ³Heart & Soul² (channel 51) plays the hit songs they penned for Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan and others. (6.19, 6.20, 6.26, 6.27 6pm ET)
STAX / ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE WEEKEND
On June 26th and 27th, ³Soul Revue² (channel 53) will spotlight the music of Memphis, and the gritty soul of Stax artists Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, the Staple Singers, Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes and more. One lucky listener will win a copy of ŒOnly the Strong Survive¹ CD/DVD which features performances by many of these great Stax artists.
CHICAGO, THE BIRTHPLACE OF GOSPEL
Labeled the ³Birthplace of Gospel Music,² the city of Chicago has impacted gospel music like no other city. The city birthed the music careers of such artists as Mahalia Jackson, Rev. James Cleveland, Rev. Clay Evans and the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church Choir, The Soul Stirrers and many more. The legacy continues with today¹s artists New Direction, Ricky Dillard and New Generation Chorale, Percy Bady, Angela Spivey, DeAndrae¹ Patterson, Shekinah Glory Ministries, and more. ³Praise² (channel 54) will feature all these artists from 10am EST on June 12th through 9pm ET on June 13th.
SLOW JAMZ MOVIE JAMZ WEEKENDS
³Slow Jamz² (channel 52) invites you to pull up a chair, grab some popcorn and enjoy memorable songs from films like Car Wash (³I Wanna Get Next to You²), Set It Off (³Don¹t Let Go Love²), Waiting to Exhale (³Not Gon¹ Cry²) and The Brothers (³Love Don¹t Love Me²). (6.5, 6.6, 6.19, 6.20)
SIRIUS ON-AIR STAFFERS PERFORMANCES / APPEARANCES INCLUDE:
DAVID JOHANSEN
SIRIUS DISORDER¹S DAVID JOHANSEN (Fridays 3pm - 6pm ET), who recently opened for Morrissey¹s three nights at NYC¹s Apollo Theatre, has accepted an invitation by UK Meltdown Festival curator Morrissey to reunite the New York Dolls, the legendary Œ70s punk band Johansen fronted, for a performance June 18 at London¹s Royal Festival HallŠ
SETH RUDETSKY
BROADWAY¹S BEST host SETH RUDETSKY brings his off-Broadway play ³Rhapsody in Seth² to the Philadelphia (PA) Gay/Lesbian Theatre Festival on June 16 and 18Š Seth also interviews and accompanies on piano top Broadway stars every Thursday night at Don¹t Tell Mama in NYC (343 W. 46th St.) to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
EARL TIMES
SIRIUS BLUES weekday host EARL TIMES and his band, Early Times and The High Rollers, rolls into Cesar Chavez Park for a free concert on July 23rd, followed by a gig that night and the next (July 23 & 24) at The Blue Lamp, both located in Sacramento, CA.
MARIA VON DICKERSOHN
SLOW JAMZ, PLANET JAZZ and JAZZ CAFÉ host MARIA VON DICKERSOHN hosts the 2004 Summer Breeze Jazz Cruise Series, every Wednesday evening starting June 23rd at Harbor Side in Perth Amboy, NJ.
Auf der Maur : Auf der Maur will play Silverlake's (California’s) Spaceland on Friday, June 25, 2004. Auf der Maur, fronted by ex-Hole/Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur, had its self-titled debut album released in the U.S. on June 1. The band will play "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on June 18 and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on July 6th. Following a series of headlining club dates Auf der Maur will join the Cure's summer "Curiosa" tour.
AUF DER MAUR
Friday, June 25
Spaceland
1717 Silverlake Blvd.
323.662.7728
8:00 pm doors/10:00 pm show
$10 adv/dos
Must See TV: We like to keep you updated on TV (which we’re addicted to) and what’s good out there. VH1 Classics cable channel is probably the only place to see obscure videos you’ve always wanted to see or haven’t seen in forever. Just this a.m. they did their usual Tuesday Two Play, with a double bill of Squeeze songs and Elvis Costello (“Oliver’s Army” and “The Other Side of Summer”) – btw, great website: http://www.elviscostello.info. You may have to sit through repeated Van Halen’s videos, but it’s almost worth it to catch some of the true classics.
Oliver's Army
Don't start me talking
I could talk all night
My mind goes sleepwalking
While I'm putting the world to right
Called careers information
Have you got yourself an occupation?
Oliver's army is here to stay
Oliver's army are on their way
And I would rather be anywhere else
But here today
There was a checkpoint Charlie
He didn't crack a smile
But it's no laughing party
When you've been on the murder mile
Only takes one itchy trigger
One more widow, one less white nigger
(Chorus)
Hong Kong is up for grabs
London is full of Arabs
We could be in Palestine
Overrun by a Chinese line
With the boys from the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne
But there's no danger
It's a professional career
Though it could be arranged
With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear
If you're out of luck or out of work
We could send you to Johannesburg
Boy We’re Glad We’re Not Working for a Tabloid Anymore:
Reuters today noted:
"It's clearly based on impulse and passion and it's a disaster. At the rate she's going, she's going to use up half of Hollywood by 2010."
-- SHARYN WOLF, marriage counselor and author of "How to Stay Lovers for Life," on the JENNIFER LOPEZ-MARC ANTHONY marriage in the New York Post.
We Wish They’d Find It Already:
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Scientists are unlikely to find one magic pill for shedding pounds and an effective obesity-fighter may not help people lose weight, but rather just move it elsewhere on their bodies, researchers said on Friday.
Even though a person's weight would stay the same, a shift of body fat away from the waistline would make him or her healthier because extra abdominal fat is linked to higher risks of heart attacks and strokes.
That may disappoint some people in a society seemingly obsessed with looking thin and could dampen interest in such a drug, scientists said.
"It will take some education ... if there's an anti-obesity drug that may not change your body weight but makes you healthier," Andrew Swick, director of metabolic diseases for drug giant Pfizer Inc., said at an obesity conference sponsored by Time magazine and ABC News in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Researchers have focused on the goal of helping people shed pounds. But "what are the real clinical benefits? Are we saving cases of diabetes? Are we saving cases of (heart attacks)?" asked Jean Pierre Despres, director of cardiology research at Laval Hospital Research Center in Quebec.
Obesity is a growing health problem. Nearly two-thirds of people in the United States are overweight and half of them are considered obese, according to government statistics. Obesity raises the risk of heart attacks, some cancers and other health problems and adds billions of dollars to health-care costs.
Past efforts to develop diet drugs have yielded mixed results. The "fen-phen" cocktail was pulled from the market amid worries it could cause heart damage.
Using drugs to treat obesity likely will require a combination of medicines hitting different targets that tell the body to lose weight, said Peter Corr, Pfizer's senior vice president for science and technology.
Researchers are studying signals in the brain that make people hungry and others in the gut that tell the brain the stomach is full. Other approaches include trying to block absorption of certain foods or stimulating metabolism.
"We shouldn't think there's going to be a magic pill out there," Corr said.
Pfizer is studying more than 40 molecular targets associated with weight gain, Corr said. Two medicines are being tested in people and others are in early animal studies.
In one case, Pfizer created mice that lacked a gene involved in regulating body weight. Mice without the gene ate as much as mice with the gene, but the ones without the gene gained less weight, Swick said.
Pfizer is trying to develop a drug that mimics that effect
