Wanna Be on Top?: ANTM Episode 1

And ANTM is back again to make us laugh, cry, and scream at Tyra for cutting all of the girls who are actually pretty week after week. This season, they're really driving home the point that they are look for high fashion models.

Yeah yeah Tyra, you say this every year, but until you get rid of the Cover Girl contract, you will never be able to choose anything but a girl who looks like the girl next door. And I have a feeling Cover Girl trumps Italian Vogue. Speaking of which,  how many favors did Andre Leon Talley have to call in to get Italian Vogue to agree to feature a top model winner? He must have some dirty little secret on someone. Perhaps the editor-in-chief's fave party dress she passes off as a Vintage Gucci is actually some label-less gown she found in her grandma's attic?


 1. Bussing it to Palm Springs:

As usual, we have a huge group of girls to start with. All of the girls jump onto a bus and find out they're all going to Palm Springs! Every single one of them screams.We have a feeling that more than just the one girl who admitted it had no idea what or where Palm Springs is. When they arrived then, they must have been somewhat pleasantly surprised. Oh. It has really nice spas and stuff, but why is everyone so old, why didn't we go visit Khloe and Kourtney in Miami?? The girls then find out that they will be competing directly with the person they sat next to on the bus as they will be casting for "types." It's almost refreshing that they're not hiding how characters are chosen on reality shows.

Palm Springs circa 1970

And then...Tyra, herself shows up, and guess what? She still has that really nice hair we were praising her for a few posts ago.See Tyra's Best Wig Ever Mr. Fashionista starts convulsing now. He's accidentally entered the room while the show's on. He is in fits over Tyra's grand entrance. I simply explain that even though she is so very ridiculous, we must embrace her in spite of ourselves.

Part 8: Best of Bourdain in Australia: Melbourne

G'day mates. There aren't many Tony episodes to choose from in this part of the world (although Tahiti and New Zealand would have been sexier choices and we did greatly appreciate Tony's hobbit feet in the New Zealand episode), but we most enjoyed Tony's time in Melbourne because we were surprised by it. Yes. That's right. Australia always seemed quite boring to Mr. and Mrs. Fashionista, but Tony made me think we might be wrong. Now why is this the location that wins?

1. Melbourne. Tony basically eats his way through this surprisingly charming city. He visits a meat and produce market and visits chef Paul Wilson's restaurant Half Moon.It's just a good lookin' town with good lookin' food.


2. Trugo. Watching Tony play awkwardly situated sports is always fun, and this game, where one must turn around backwards and hit a rubbet puck with a mallet through two posts does not disappoint.

Trugo

Sydney Road

  
3. Dunkhill. After sampling many different ethnic cuisines on Sydney Road, Tony heads out to Dunkhill, a small town, nestled at the bottom of the Grampian Mountains, with a super gourmet restaurant which is completely self-sustained. We are completely obsessed with these self-sustained restaurants and hope to someday to visit one. Plus, the scenery is not bad at all.

Venice Film Festival: Movie Star Kisses and Pucci

Hola adoring masses! Spanish movie star, Carolina Bang, gives the people what they want.

Movie star kisses...



   And movie star spins...


















We love this spicy senorita's attitude. In fact, we love the 'tude of the whole cast of her comedy, A Sad Trumpet Ballad. But what is that they are looking at?