Have you heard? Jane’s folding. Which is extremely sad for everyone (except Jane’s original EIC, Jane Pratt, who’s rather pleased). And what better way to go out with a bang than by having the Eva Mendes pose topless for the last ever Jane cover, and a pregnant Milla Jovovich show off her giant belly only months before she (promptly) loses all the baby weight with the assistance of an extremely expensive personal trainer?
Eva Mendes, Kate Mara, Joss Stone and pregnant Milla Jovovich are among the stars baring all for a provocative new Jane magazine shoot.
Actress Mendes, who appears topless on thee cover, covering her breasts with pink flowers, admits she was honoured to be asked to appear in what will be Jane’s final issue.
She says, “It’s such a girl-friendly magazine and I feel completely honoured to be on the cover and just really comfortable in my skin… I worked really hard for my body and I’m really happy with it.”
We think Jane’s definitely ending on a high note. After all, nothing screams social relevance and post-feminist sass so loudly or clearly as a picture of actress Eva Mendes, with pink carnations hiding her naughty-parts.
• Celebrity traffic signs are surprisingly entertaining.
• Note to PETA: Playboy models are probably not the best spokeswomen for the “I’d rather go naked than wear fur” campaign.
• Kim Basinger denies leaking Alec Baldwin’s crazy cell phone tirade.
• Singer Joss Stone is having a midwife crisis.
• Meredith Viera gets upstaged by a ringing cell phone on this morning’s Today Show.
• Not even fashionista Mischa Barton can carry off the frumpy, high-waisted ‘Mom jeans’ look.
• According to TMZ, K-Fed’s getting $19 million in the divorce settlement. But only after you “put a decimal point between the 1 and the 9 and then reduce [the number] significantly.”
• Angelina Jolie’s new adopted Vietnamese boy courageously prepares for a pampered over-privileged existence.
• Two day after that hilarious story about Jesse Metcalfe’s crazy boozy antics Metcalfe checks himself into rehab. And yet amazingly, he’s already been spotted “out and about in L.A.” with a new peroxide blond ‘do.
• Meanwhile, Terrence Howard’s publicist leaks a lame story about Howard’s sense of humor in a failed attempt to compensate for that bizarre item about his bacne.
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• The Coop puts himself on the charity auction block, and—unsurprisingly—finds himself sold to a male bidder.
• Here’s exactly what your afternoon’s been missing—a cheesy, 80’s-themed pop video featuring Hugh Grant in too-tight pants.
• Joss Stone dated some producer guy for two years and all they did in the bedroom was hold hands. Seriously.
• Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson (Kate-o? Will-Hud?) are possibly back on, definitely giving bloggers everywhere an opportunity to use the phrase “down under” while snickering.
• More about the crazy, do-whatever-it-takes intern who’s making LC and the dumb one look bad on The Hills.
• Turns out Project Runway winner Jeffrey Sebelia is as much of a jerk off-screen as he was on the show.
• It ain’t wacko tobacco that Jacko’s using. The latest Michael Jackson merry-go-round of rumors include his use of cocaine and Demerol (traces of which were found on his underwear) and that he’s having drugs illegally flown to him in Bahrain. The Jesus Juice, however, he makes from local vineyards. [The Sun]
• Long Island body armor mogul David Brooks may have thrown the bat mitzvah of a lifetime for his 13-year-old daughter, – wrangling acts from Aerosmith and 50 Cent to Kenny G and Tom Petty (see pictures) – but federal investigators want to know where he’s getting all that cash. The lavish papa is under SEC investigation for some curiously timed stock sales. [Fox 411]
• British soulstress Joss Stone, more interested in selling records and landing Gap ads, agreed with her management that continuing to date boyfriend of two years Beau Dozier, a music producer, wasn’t wise for her career. So she dumped him. [R&M]
• So upset was Anna Wintour over the phallic holiday decorations strewn about by Conde Nast’s in-house decorating squad (we made that up) that she had them pulled. Now she’s demanding a custom display, which will include a “tastefully trimmed tree” and a pillowcase full of coal for her chair. [WWD]
• Heath Ledger was much to busy to attend last night’s Brokeback Mountain premiere in Hollywood, leaving Jake Gyllenhaal all to himself to field the gay! gay! gay! question. Heath, after all, was in Brooklyn, taking care of his pea-sized daughter. And window shopping. [OAN & NYO]
• That sigh of relief you hear is coming from the Great White Way, after learning the talent-challenged Spears-Federlines won’t be starring in Sweet Charity after all. [The Insider]
• Four decades after Gregory Peck’s star was placed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, it’s gone missing. Somebody cut it out of the sidewalk and ran off with it earlier this month, inexplicably leaving behind Ryan Seacrest’s. [AP]
Gap face Joss Stone highlighted Allure’s 10th annual Best of Beauty “awards” at the Rainbow Room Monday night, celebrating, well, we’re not exactly sure what — but we have a a feeling departing CNBC chair Pamela Thomas-Graham might be interested.
But there was something to celebrate: A fat, fat issue. In fact, it’s Allure’s biggest issue yet thanks to 229 ad pages. And don’t think editor Linda Wells is going to let you forget it anytime soon.
What Kinsey did for sex, we did for shampoos, creams, lip glosses, mascaras.
Just say it, Linda: This was your tsunami.
• While Joss Stone took over for Sarah Jessica Parker’s waning Gap campaign, the soulstress will be taking a backseat for the retailer’s fall campaign. She’ll only be a backup singer, alongside Destiny’s Child’s Michelle Williams and Alanis Morissette’s complementing spots.
• CBGB’s, which is fighting for its 31-year-old life, is embarking on a series of benefit concerts — or, as we’re translating, a farewell tour they hope lasts longer than Cher’s.
• Forget MTV’s I Want A Famous Face, because now you can actually have the real thing. You know, if Tara Reid is done with hers .. and you’d even want it.
• Finally someone else (even if its Slate) realizes the genius behind Geico’s Tiny House advertisements. And though a reality show based on the spot will likely never air, we’re pleased to the know the actors suffered through the 4.5-foot ceilings for quite some time.
• Vince Vaughn doesn’t understand the American obsession with celebrity. Neither do we, but we’ll keep on feeding it to ya’ll!
• If you couldn’t get enough of Dove’s graffiti-laced ads, there’s plenty more for you.
• Obvious news of the day: Product placement in print is on the up and up.