Here we have Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Patron of the National Literacy Trust. So let me read her. (snap!)
This little reception, which she hosted for authors and organizations involved in promoting literacy and reading, was held in her living room at Clarence House today, so if she looks like she just rolled out of bed and shuffled downstairs, it’s because she likely did just that.
But Cam did manage to slap on some mascara and a bit of lipstick.
The usually caulkish hairdo is somewhat softer, having escaped the shellac of a palace stylist. But the color is still reminiscent of a dirty glass ashtray or a grayed towel in need of Clorox. But this is what I will call “Quick Camilla,” a look that you can create hastily at home, and with a quick stop at LensCrafters, you’ll feel like a duchess… and look like one too.
Figure skater Johnny Weir got into mommy’s L’Oreal again, this time creating an Adam Lambert look for his book release party in NYC yesterday. Miss Weir has written a memoir (he’s 26) called “Welcome to My World.” If you’re going for a smokey eye, I should think a red lipstick would have been more appropriate.
Johnny’s world apparently has an arctic climate, requiring a high degree of fuckery in the clothing department, which may explain this hellacious leather jacket, putting me in the mind of a zombie Joan Crawford in an S&M musical called “Mildred Fierce.” The boots just make him look like a Santa Cruz jewelry-making lesbian. Gorgeous.
Susan Boyle fans (the one in purple is a lookalike) lined-up for a chance to meet their idol and to have her sign a copy of her autobiography, “The Woman I Was Born to Be,” as seen in Glasgow this morning. There were no arrests.
Pope Benny as he appeared in Vatican City today to kick-off the Christmas season in his St. Nick cape at the Immaculate Conception celebration… and Jerry Hall, as she appeared today at Selfridges in London to pimp her new book, “My Life in Pictures.”
Sex sells.
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with apologies to Stephen Saban
Former South African President Nelson Mandela’s new book, “Conversations with Myself,” a personal portrait of the 92-year-old’s life and struggles, has a foreword by President Barack Obama. And game show doofus Howie Mandel’s new book, “Here’s the Deal, Don’t Touch Me,” a personal portrait of the germaphobe’s life and struggles.
A freshly shaven Queen Latifah took a day off from hosting awards shows to appear at a signing of her book, “Put on Your Crown,” at The Grove in Los Angeles.
If you try to buy it on Amazon, it tells you that people who bought Latifah’s book also bought “Women, Food and God.”
