Taylor Swift Sexy In Allure Magazine
Taylor Swift talks about sex life,
"It's fine to talk about love publicly, but I think when you talk about virginity and sex publicly, people just automatically picture you naked," she told Allure magazine when asked if she's chosen to remain a virgin. "And as much as I can prevent people picturing me naked, I'm going to."
Choosing not to talk about her sex life is one of the few ways Swift remains private, since she thinks it's important to keep her fans in the know about almost everything. One of the keys to Swift's success is her MySpace blog, on which she's written about everything from her breakup with Joe Jonas to redecorating her bedroom.
"I never would have sold any records if my fans hadn't gone out and bought them. It's so incredible to go out and sign autographs for nine hours straight, for me," she told the magazine. "That's just my favorite thing to do, honestly."
Lindsay Lohan Shows Sexy Tummy For Nylon Mag
Lindsay Lohan graces the cover of the April 2009 issue of Nylon Magazine.Here is what she has to say about Samantha Ronson, Britney Spears, and her career.
Here are the highlights of her interview:
On Having Her Picture Taken:
I love doing photo shoots… I mean, if I could just sign with IMG and do ad campaigns and model more, I’d do that… because that’s fun for me. That’s not work.
Her one Mean Girls reference:
There’s not much I can do about the fact that I’ve become a kind of tabloid obsession. I can’t change that. And yes, the websites, the gossip pages, and all of that stuff have hurt my career – they’re like the Burn Books of Hollywood… but I really don’t feel like I should have to prove myself to anyone because of living out my college years in the public eye. I’m glad everything happened the way it did.
On Britney Spears:
She’s marketed as an entertainer, which is what she is. Not necessarily as, like, an artist. And I respect that about her, cause she doesn’t want to pretend.
On her future:
I’m talking to [lots of people]. One is Sean Penn – I spoke to him again the other day. We’re trying to get Seth Rogen for this project, but Seth won’t call us back. So call us back, Seth, if you’re reading this!
Lindsay Lohan - Nylon Magazine April 09' issue
Here are the highlights of her interview:
On Having Her Picture Taken:
I love doing photo shoots… I mean, if I could just sign with IMG and do ad campaigns and model more, I’d do that… because that’s fun for me. That’s not work.
Her one Mean Girls reference:
There’s not much I can do about the fact that I’ve become a kind of tabloid obsession. I can’t change that. And yes, the websites, the gossip pages, and all of that stuff have hurt my career – they’re like the Burn Books of Hollywood… but I really don’t feel like I should have to prove myself to anyone because of living out my college years in the public eye. I’m glad everything happened the way it did.
On Britney Spears:
She’s marketed as an entertainer, which is what she is. Not necessarily as, like, an artist. And I respect that about her, cause she doesn’t want to pretend.
On her future:
I’m talking to [lots of people]. One is Sean Penn – I spoke to him again the other day. We’re trying to get Seth Rogen for this project, but Seth won’t call us back. So call us back, Seth, if you’re reading this!
Not a Naughty Glamour Pic: Guerrilla Photography at Yonge Dundas Square
Okay, it does look like her breasts are about to burst out at any moment, but I promise you 'the girls' remained firmly under control and no delicate sensibilities were injured during the making of this photo.
This is a guerrilla photo shoot organised by the Mirvish PR department to celebrate the end of Dirty Dancing's long run in Toronto (and promote the fact that it has been held over for one further week due to strong demand)
Yonge-Dundas is one of the busiest intersections in the city. So busy in fact that it is the only one that has a special mode every third light change where pedestrians can cross not only in all four directions at once but diagonally as well.
This means the pedestrian flow is like a box with an X in the middle every third light, and we (Tara from the Toronto Star, myself and a CTV camerawoman) are going to shoot the famous 'lift' scene from Dirty Dancing right in the middle of the intersection.
We time it and the light lasts for 28 sec. Check the wind direction, because we don't want it going up the skirt of the actress and having every perv slapping it on YouTube 5 minutes later.
Mark a spot by the manhole cover for the couple to do the lift (she only requires three steps for enough momentum for him to lift her above his head at arms length).
Shoot a couple test shots of them doing the lift in the square off to the side to get exposure right.
I started out using a flash to relieve the shadows, but the camera locking up until the flash recycles is a really big handicap in a 28 sec. shoot, so I just turned it off and went without.
Finally at the appropriate light we charge out into the intersection.
The actress is aloft, towering over pedestrains who are either walking by like nothing strange is happening or stopping to gawk, Cameras and camcorders come out in the crowd, a police officer nonchalantly watches, and the PR people count down the seconds. With five seconds to go we all race for the curb with crazed taxi drivers revving their engines in hair trigger anticipation of the green light.
We did it three more times. A quirky, fun shoot for all involved. Even the ENG girl, who hates shooting 'fluff', ended up enjoying it :)
Olympus E3 w/ Digital Zuiko 9-18mm lens @ 200 ISO
This is a guerrilla photo shoot organised by the Mirvish PR department to celebrate the end of Dirty Dancing's long run in Toronto (and promote the fact that it has been held over for one further week due to strong demand)
Yonge-Dundas is one of the busiest intersections in the city. So busy in fact that it is the only one that has a special mode every third light change where pedestrians can cross not only in all four directions at once but diagonally as well.
This means the pedestrian flow is like a box with an X in the middle every third light, and we (Tara from the Toronto Star, myself and a CTV camerawoman) are going to shoot the famous 'lift' scene from Dirty Dancing right in the middle of the intersection.
We time it and the light lasts for 28 sec. Check the wind direction, because we don't want it going up the skirt of the actress and having every perv slapping it on YouTube 5 minutes later.
Mark a spot by the manhole cover for the couple to do the lift (she only requires three steps for enough momentum for him to lift her above his head at arms length).
Shoot a couple test shots of them doing the lift in the square off to the side to get exposure right.
I started out using a flash to relieve the shadows, but the camera locking up until the flash recycles is a really big handicap in a 28 sec. shoot, so I just turned it off and went without.
Finally at the appropriate light we charge out into the intersection.
The actress is aloft, towering over pedestrains who are either walking by like nothing strange is happening or stopping to gawk, Cameras and camcorders come out in the crowd, a police officer nonchalantly watches, and the PR people count down the seconds. With five seconds to go we all race for the curb with crazed taxi drivers revving their engines in hair trigger anticipation of the green light.
We did it three more times. A quirky, fun shoot for all involved. Even the ENG girl, who hates shooting 'fluff', ended up enjoying it :)
Olympus E3 w/ Digital Zuiko 9-18mm lens @ 200 ISO
All photos and text copyright Torontowide.com. All rights reserved.
Megan Fox And Robert Pattinson Kissing At Lakers Game
Robert Pattinson and 'Transformers' beauty Megan Fox are apparently dating. Rumours started when the 'Twilight' star and Megan were were spotted enjoying each other's company in a Los Angeles hotel.
One source said: “They met up at the bar. They were both drinking - Stella Artois for Rob, Merlot for Megan. At first they were seated at a table, but then they switched it up and sat on a couch for maximum closeness.”
Megan (22) and Robert (22) were both staying at the hotel, and were spotted together at the bar on a subsequent evening.
A source said that “they were flirting, laughing and drinking”.
Pattinson - who is currently filming Twilight sequel New Moon in Vancouver, Canada - first made a beeline for the Transformers star at last month's Oscars - but Fox apparently ignored him to chat to Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis.
A source said at the time, "Robert Pattinson tried to chat but she wasn't interested. Gerard Butler and Jason Statham also headed her way.
"But Megan spotted Andy and made a beeline for him. She introduced herself and told Andy how much she loved 'The Lord of the Rings' films and had read all the books and 'The Hobbit' when she was 10.".
[Source]
Anna Faris' Comedy Ambition
Anna Faris wants to do comedy for the rest of her career.
She said: "I used to be like, 'You know what? I'm going to show this town! I can act! I can cry!' I wanted to play a heroin-addicted prostitute that gives birth to a baby that only has one leg.
"And then I thought I kind of don't want to explore those darker parts of my personality at all. I would love to do comedy for the rest of my life."
Despite her skill for comedy, Faris was convinced she was going to be fired from her breakthrough role in spoof "Scary Movie" for not being funny enough.
She told Arena magazine: "I was a very serious child. I did act from a young age, but only did very dramatic stuff, and I never thought comedy would be wear I end up.
"When I got the first 'Scary Movie', I thought they were going to figure out really quickly that I wasn't funny and I'm going to get fired."
[Source]
Gene Simmons At Canadian music Week
KISS frontman, reality TV star and non-stop entrepeneur Gene Simmons delivers the keynote address for Canadian Music Week. He recently announced he is forming a record label, partnering with former MP Belinda Stronach for this venture, that will focus on finding and promoting new Canadian talent.
Gene is an interesting speaker. Lots of charisma, a few controversial ideas, very funny. It was a good speech, and he made it all up off the top of his head.
The real highlight of Canadian Music Week will be the coming weekend when over 500 bands will be performing multiple showcases in nearly every club in the city. It's a massive live music party, rivalled only by the huge North By NorthEast Festival in June.
I'll be covering the Indie Awards on Sat. with performances by some of the best up and coming acts.
Listened in on the conversation amongst the photogs for the major papers while we were waiting to go in (1 hr. delay), and it seems the big rumour is that at least one, possibly two, major Toronto dailies are moving to be fully video in the near future.
The plan is to use screen captures off the video cameras for the newspaper photos, video only on the websites.
Photographers will becomer largely superfluous.
I was talking to a guy last month who had just been let go by the Toronto Sun. He's photographed every single Toronto Maple Leafs game since 1992. If you need someone to do hockey shots, this guy is the master class on doing that.
But I can't help but wonder, what kind of a skill is that in the larger world? In the sports journalism niche it's priceless, outside of that, next to useless. And now he has to claw his way back into a sports journalism world that is rapidly video-izing.
The media were held back in three waves for placement within the huge room the event was happening in which was completely sold out for Simmons appearance. First the TV cameras, then the major newspapers and wire service guys, and last (of course) the online media.
Now, the two major private TV networks in Canada are hemorhaging money. One is rumoured to be going under, and both have had hundreds of layoffs, stations closed, overseas bureaus shut.
They're even so poor there's talk of them giving up station licenses they can no longer afford.
All this is being blamed on lower ratings leading to sharply declining ad reveue.
The major newspapers have been cutting staff with equal enthusiasm (last I heard the National Post was down to just two photographers), dwindling readership, declining ad revenue, etc. etc.
Supposedly all the ad revenue is fleeing to online internet sites - because I haven't heard one story of hard times in the Advertsing business, I actually believe this. All that money is still being spent somewhere.
So my question is; What's with the online media always being treated like the poor cousin and getting the absolute dregs when it comes to photo ops? If traditional media is in decline, new media ascending, why are we third in line to get a spot in the room?
For that matter, why is it that every press conference I attend, the writers are right up front with a perfect view?
This is a group who could (and often do) conduct the questioning over the phone, or by direct link with a studio on another continent if they had to.
While the people who need line of sight are all way at the back - and in this room for Gene Simmons I mean WAY at the back. The 400mm equiv. (50-200mm Zuiko) lens I was using wasn't nearly enough from where we were postioned.
It's like there's a traditional way these things are done and nobody is ready to move on yet.
TV and major print always get preferential treatment because that's the way it's always been.
And the channel that, more and more, everyone uses - online media - gets treated like an after-thought because no one knows what to do with us :)
It's ironic that Gene, as the keynote speaker, mentioned many times during his speech how there has been a seismic shift in how things are done, about the need for 360 degree marketing in this all-new environment and for new creative thinking and different approaches.
Yet there's the media, all frozen in time, arranged in a rigid pecking order from another era.
I say, lets put the writers on the riser at the back, put the photographers and videocams at the front (with a rope to keep the TV guys from getting out of control and filming the subject from a foot away, ruining it for everyone else) and see if that doesn't get us better visuals while not hampering the writers in the tiniest little bit.
For this press conference the live audience in attendance would have kept the organizers from doing things this way.
But for the future ... Come on communications people. Think this thing through.
Gene is an interesting speaker. Lots of charisma, a few controversial ideas, very funny. It was a good speech, and he made it all up off the top of his head.
The real highlight of Canadian Music Week will be the coming weekend when over 500 bands will be performing multiple showcases in nearly every club in the city. It's a massive live music party, rivalled only by the huge North By NorthEast Festival in June.
I'll be covering the Indie Awards on Sat. with performances by some of the best up and coming acts.
Listened in on the conversation amongst the photogs for the major papers while we were waiting to go in (1 hr. delay), and it seems the big rumour is that at least one, possibly two, major Toronto dailies are moving to be fully video in the near future.
The plan is to use screen captures off the video cameras for the newspaper photos, video only on the websites.
Photographers will becomer largely superfluous.
I was talking to a guy last month who had just been let go by the Toronto Sun. He's photographed every single Toronto Maple Leafs game since 1992. If you need someone to do hockey shots, this guy is the master class on doing that.
But I can't help but wonder, what kind of a skill is that in the larger world? In the sports journalism niche it's priceless, outside of that, next to useless. And now he has to claw his way back into a sports journalism world that is rapidly video-izing.
The media were held back in three waves for placement within the huge room the event was happening in which was completely sold out for Simmons appearance. First the TV cameras, then the major newspapers and wire service guys, and last (of course) the online media.
Now, the two major private TV networks in Canada are hemorhaging money. One is rumoured to be going under, and both have had hundreds of layoffs, stations closed, overseas bureaus shut.
They're even so poor there's talk of them giving up station licenses they can no longer afford.
All this is being blamed on lower ratings leading to sharply declining ad reveue.
The major newspapers have been cutting staff with equal enthusiasm (last I heard the National Post was down to just two photographers), dwindling readership, declining ad revenue, etc. etc.
Supposedly all the ad revenue is fleeing to online internet sites - because I haven't heard one story of hard times in the Advertsing business, I actually believe this. All that money is still being spent somewhere.
So my question is; What's with the online media always being treated like the poor cousin and getting the absolute dregs when it comes to photo ops? If traditional media is in decline, new media ascending, why are we third in line to get a spot in the room?
For that matter, why is it that every press conference I attend, the writers are right up front with a perfect view?
This is a group who could (and often do) conduct the questioning over the phone, or by direct link with a studio on another continent if they had to.
While the people who need line of sight are all way at the back - and in this room for Gene Simmons I mean WAY at the back. The 400mm equiv. (50-200mm Zuiko) lens I was using wasn't nearly enough from where we were postioned.
It's like there's a traditional way these things are done and nobody is ready to move on yet.
TV and major print always get preferential treatment because that's the way it's always been.
And the channel that, more and more, everyone uses - online media - gets treated like an after-thought because no one knows what to do with us :)
It's ironic that Gene, as the keynote speaker, mentioned many times during his speech how there has been a seismic shift in how things are done, about the need for 360 degree marketing in this all-new environment and for new creative thinking and different approaches.
Yet there's the media, all frozen in time, arranged in a rigid pecking order from another era.
I say, lets put the writers on the riser at the back, put the photographers and videocams at the front (with a rope to keep the TV guys from getting out of control and filming the subject from a foot away, ruining it for everyone else) and see if that doesn't get us better visuals while not hampering the writers in the tiniest little bit.
For this press conference the live audience in attendance would have kept the organizers from doing things this way.
But for the future ... Come on communications people. Think this thing through.
All Photos and Text copyright Torontowide.com. All rights reserved. No reproduction of any kind without written consent.
Katy Perry Shows Off Assets In Esquire Magazine
Katy Perry shows off assets in a black cleavage-baring corset top and some suspenders in the latest issue of Esquire magazine.
The singer sported some long hair extensions in the shoot after recently chopping off her locks for a shorter sassier style.
For complete interview in Esquire.Com
Tattoo Artist Kat Von D
Kat Von D from the television show L.A. Ink appeared before a very enthusiastic, and extensively tattooed, audience at Indigio Books at the Eaton Centre on Wed. during the noon hour.
A few more pictures for her fans. As you can see, she's a very animated character in person.
Technical Details: All photos done with the Olympus E3 w/ Digital Zuiko 12-60mm 2.8 lens, additional fill light with the Olympus FL50 flash, 3600K gel taped to the flash head to match incandescent ambient lighting. All photos at @ 1600 ISO.
All photos copyright Torontowide.com. All rights reserved. No use without written permission allowed.