As ironic as it sounds in 2007-2008 Amy Winehouse was a muse for Karl Lagerfeld and Peter Lindbergh.
“She is a style icon. She is a beautiful, gifted artist. And I very much like her hairdo. I took it as an inspiration. Because, in fact, it was also Brigitte Bardot’s hairdo in the late Fifties and Sixties. And now Amy has made it her own style. So, when I saw her, I knew it was the right moment. Amy…she is the new Brigitte.” Karl Lagerfeld
Model: Coco Rocha - Designer: Karl Lagerfeld - Chanel Fall 2008
Model: Coco Rocha - Designer: Karl Lagerfeld - Chanel Fall 2008
Model: Coco Rocha - Designer: Karl Lagerfeld - Chanel Fall 2008
Model: Coco Rocha - Designer: Karl Lagerfeld - Chanel Fall 2008
Model: Coco Rocha - Designer: Karl Lagerfeld - Chanel Fall 2008
Amy Jade Winehouse, the British singer-songwriter known for her powerful contralto and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. vocals, was found dead in her Camden townhouse Saturday. Whinehouse was only 27.
Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize.
Her 2006 follow-up album, Back to Black, led to six Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying the record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night, and made Winehouse the first British singer to win five Grammys, including three of the "Big Four": Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. On 14 February 2007, she won a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist; she had also been nominated for Best British Album.
She won the Ivor Novello Award three times, one in 2004 for Best Contemporary Song (musically and lyrically) for "Stronger Than Me", one in 2007 for Best Contemporary Song for "Rehab", and one in 2008 for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Love Is a Losing Game", among other prestigious distinctions. The album was the third biggest seller of the 2000s in the United Kingdom.
Winehouse was credited as an influence in the rise in popularity of female musicians and soul music, and also for revitalising British music.
Winehouse's distinctive style made her a muse for fashion designers such as Karl Lagerfeld. Winehouse's problems with drug and alcohol abuse, and her self-destructive behaviours were regular tabloid news from 2007 until her death.
She and her former husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were plagued by legal troubles that left him serving prison time. In 2008, Winehouse faced a series of health complications that threatened both her career and her life.
Last month the much maligned songstress stumbled onto the stage and managed a hat-full of songs during which she sang the wrong words and, to infuriate fans even more, mistook Belgrade for New York and Athens.
Despite her excesses it’s her talent as a singer and songwriter that still draws people in. Her actions, unfortunately, indicated an individual who hadn’t learned from previous mistakes. She may well be viewed as a tragic, soul genius in the future in much the same way as Billie Holidayis.
Photograph by Max Vadukul/Rolling Stone
The cause of death is still unknown for the Grammy Award winning artist, only 27-years-old at the time. Many are suspecting that her death may possibly be the result of her long-term battle with substance abuse. She also admitted to struggling with eating disorders and manic depression.
Winehouse's last tweet on her Twitter page was a promotion of Dionne Bromfield's Good for the Soul: "Make sure you all download your copy of #GoodForTheSoul the incredible album by the amazing @dionneofficial http://t.co/E2Ibn7w OUT NOW!," she tweeted on July 7.
Bromfield, 15, is Winehouse's goddaughter. Her previous debut album, Introducing Dionne Bromfield, was the first to be released under Winehouse's record label Lioness Records in 2009. The latest album was released this month.
Note: The content of this blog is based on stories in the Christian Post by Nathan Black and Eyrn Sun, Celebrities with Diseases.com, and Wikipedia.
Photograph by Steven Meisel; styled by Jessica Diehl.
Kate Winslet channels the Deneuve character from Belle de Jour, about a housewife moonlighting as a daytime prostitute for this Vanity Fair shoot. Luis Buñuel directed the 1967 film.
Empire magazine lists Belle de Jour as number 56 of The Top 100 Films of World Cinema, the greatest films not in the English language..., for its “Wit. Elegance. Erotica. Subversion.”
"My biggest commercial success. I attribute more to the marvellous whores than to my direction." [Luis Buñuel]
Belle de Jour remains Buñuel's most recognized film, and while it's not without its flaws, it's a radical work that reimagines some of the director's earlier surrealist impulses and anticipates the work of David Lynch, namely Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With me and Mulholland Drive. [Slant Magazine]
CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE #0 WRAPAROUND VARIANT Pencils & Covers by TIM SALE
As noted by several critics one of the many ways that the film sets itself apart from its lesser comic-book movie brethren is in its unique period setting and distinctive production design; as you’ve probably gathered from the trailers, the bulk of the narrative is set in 1942, with Captain America taking on Hitler, specifically, a rogue wing of the Nazi army.
That’s why these promotional posters in WWII propaganda art style, as devised by artists Olly Moss, Tyler Stout, and Eric Tan, are so ingenious — they not only promote the picture, but encompass its jazzy aesthetic.[Flavorwire Cultural News and Critique]
Artist: Olly Moss, the UK-born artist who created last year’s wonderful “Rolling Roadshow” posters for the Alama Drafthouse.
The film Captain America: First Avenger opened today to mixed reviews. The film stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, a World War II vet who is enhanced to human perfection by an experimental serum. Directed by Joe Johnston, the film and characters are part of a broader Marvel Cinematic Universe, which includes the films, The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Thor. Many of the characters will team up in next summer’s The Avengers.
Critical reaction
Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel gave Captain America: The First Avenger a positive review stating, "Johnston has delivered a light, clever and deftly balanced adventure picture with real lump in the throat nostalgia, with Nazis -- who make the best villains, and with loving references to Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark".
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times remarked, "I enjoyed the movie. I appreciated the 1940s period settings and costumes, which were a break with the usual generic cityscapes. I admired the way that director Joe Johnston propelled the narrative. I got a sense of a broad story, rather than the impression of a series of sensational set pieces. If Marvel is wise, it will take this and Iron Man as its templates".
A. O. Scott of the New York Times declared that "... this origin story, directed by Joe Johnston and starring Chris Evans as the square-jawed, shield-throwing, red-white-and-blue Captain, is pretty good fun".
Conversely Karina Longworth of The Village Voice gave the film a negative review, calling it "[A] hokey, hacky, two-hour-plus exercise in franchise transition/price gouging, complete with utterly unnecessary post-converted 3-D".
Peter Debruge of Variety said "Captain America: The First Avenger" plays like a by-the numbers prequel for Marvel Studios' forthcoming avengers movie".
Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter had mixed feelings about the film writing, "As the last Marvel prequel that includes two Iron Man and Incredible Hulk movies before next summer’s The Avengers, this one feels perhaps a little too simplistic and routine".
Marvel’s homepage has become the most informative site on the web for all things Captain America. The comic publisher dedicated an entire hub page to the film, chronicling the latest news and information, including trailers, posters, special clips and behind-the-scenes photos
“Olivia reminds me a lot of Angelina Jolie — a fiercely intelligent, drop-dead gorgeous woman who knows what she wants to do and goes after it,” said Donna Langley, Universal’s co-chairwoman.[Look Past the Beauty, if You Can; New York Times]
Photo Credit Amanda De Cadenet/Maxim July 2009
Her looks could prove a liability; when you are the kind of actress who lands the No. 1 spot on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 list, it’s very easy to be pigeonholed as cinematic eye candy.
