Corset News Archive - 01-Jan-2008

  • Helena Bonham Carter's pie-in-the-sky dream (Los Angeles Times)
    The actress wanted to be 'Sweeney Todd's' baker, but first she had to convince someone. LONDON -- "I remember courting over 'Sweeney,' " says Helena Bonham Carter, 8 1/2 months pregnant, perched on the edge of a sofa in a hotel room in late November, looking as if she might give birth at any second. "I remember us listening to the whole score one Saturday, six years ago, and him even ...


  • MTV's new face rings in 2008 bash (New York Daily News)
    It's in with the new for MTV as it puts a fresh face out in front of the last big bash of the year. First-time New Year's Eve host Lyndsey Rodrigues, 26, will take the mic for the big night as the ball drops in Times Square.


  • Dita Von Teese's champagne glass runneth over (Los Angeles Times)
    The burlesque queen talks about her New Year's plans and more. MOMENTS before the shoot, we caught up with cover girl Dita Von Teese to find out what the burlesque queen/author/fashion-"It"-girl has been up to, and how she plans to ring in the new year. Here's a hint: If you're invited to her place Monday night, you might want to bring a cream pie.


  • Best of 2007: Nationally, it was the trip; locally, it was the tunes (Pioneer Press)
    Prince's "Planet Earth," Radiohead's "In Rainbows" and Paul McCartney's "Memory Almost Full" stand among 2007's most-discussed albums.


  • Gabrielle on the state of Union (Inside Bay Area)
    SHE'S GOT that whole perky, Doris Day-shrink-wrapped-in-milk-chocolate thing going. No matter the material, actress Gabrielle Union, nice Catholic girl, Nebraska-born/Pleasanton-bred, has worked that clean-cut image, mining the wholesomeness ? notwithstanding those steamy Maxim pics, the ones with the pink corset, pouty lips and plumped-up cleavage ? as she's zipped from comedy to drama and back.


  • Mother marries her foster son (icWales)
    A MOTHER has married her own foster son ? seven years after she and her husband took him into their Welsh home as a teenage refugee.


  • Knightley dress voted 'best film costume' (Digital Spy)
    The green dress worn by Keira Knightley in Atonement is voted the best film costume of all time.


  • Deville/Soileau (Opelousas Daily World)
    Ashley Renee Deville and Joseph Frederick Soileau exchanged marriage vows Dec. 15, in Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church of Port Barre. The Rev. Nicky Trahan conducted the 6 p.m. double ring ceremony.


  • Questers donate to Dana Adobe (The Adobe Press)
    In an effort to encourage the restoration of historical landmarks, the Questers have donated and purchased items for the Dana Adobe.


  • Edna shapes Oscar Humphries (Daily Telegraph)
    GROWING up with Dame Edna Everage would have to make you a little broad-minded, as Oscar Humphries has proven with his latest expoits.


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