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Chexy’s Fashion Report: Old Lady Chic

by Chexy on February 14, 2012

Talent-free celebuspawn Kelly Osbourne with her ridiculous gray hair, and Joan Rivers, who has apparently developed ptosis of the right eye, as seen at the Badgley Mischka Fall 2012 fashion show in NYC.

One of these women is 78.

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Cayetana Illustrated

by Chexy on February 8, 2012

Cayetana, Duchess of Alba, as she appeared in a lifelike illustration on a 1962 magazine cover (left), and an illustration of the duchess today, at 85.

She looks exactly the same.

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Duchess of Alba: The Puppets

by Chexy on February 6, 2012

Puppeteers in Spain have created these three wonderful puppets of the Duchess of Alba… oh wait, that last one is Joan Rivers without her makeup.

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Cayetana Looks Happy

by Chexy on January 29, 2012

No, this isn’t one of the new queens on Ru Paul’s Drag Race. This isn’t even a man.

There’s happy news out of Spain, as you can see in the sanguine expression on the face of the Duchess of Alba. At least I think you can see it. Clearly she doesn’t have a care in the world, as evidenced by the fuchsia earrings and jaunty blue bow in her hair. Yes, this is ossified glee.

The Duchess of Alba and Alfonso Diez had no honeymoon after the October nuptials that solidified their July/February romance. There’d been a problem with Cayetana’s pelvis, requiring rest, and then there are the pesky austerity measures thrust upon the august duchess, which make traveling with an entourage a bit of conspicuousness best left behind palace doors, and heaven knows we don’t want to know what’s going on there.

Somehow, though, the newlyweds managed a getaway to the Loire Valley.

Speaking of grapes…

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Carol Channing Film Brings Out the Stars

by Chexy on January 19, 2012

Carole Cook, 84, appeared last night at the Paley Center’s screening of the Carol Channing film, “Larger Than Life.” Miss Cook is the star of such kitsch classics as “The Incredible Mr. Limpet” and “Palm Springs Weekend.” She is neither surprised nor startled. She is merely fabulous. Hair by Technicolor. Makeup by Dupont.

“West Side Story” remnant George Chakiris, 77, attempted some type of facial expression. Greek chic! This is a very convincing weave. I’m not sure if he’s about to smile or weep.

Michael Learned, 72, the mom on “The Waltons,” looked relaxed and alert, perhaps shocked, I’m not sure. Goodnight, John Boy.

Conservative Republican Connie Stevens, 73, with a spectacular lipliner fail, with some type of hair that looks like it’s been infiltrated by makeup left on a pillow. Those are not maggots, that’s part of her dress.

The effervescent Ruta Lee, star of 1954′s “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” is giving Lithuanian glamour, and a makeup applied with more force than a “Drag Race” contestant. Don’t you just want to kiss her? She always looks like she’s chewing gum. Labas rytas!

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for Matt and Jackie

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Friday Face: Jean Nidetch

by Chexy on January 13, 2012

You just never know who’s going to be the Friday Face, and neither do I. Today, it’s Jean Nidetch, nee Slutsky, formerly fat founder of Weight Watchers in 1963, after she’d lost 72 pounds on a similar program. By 1968 it was a worldwide phenomenon and the IPO sold out.

In the late ’70s, it was sold to Heinz for a reported $78 million. Nidetch, born in Brooklyn in 1923, now lives in Florida, following her retirement as a spokesperson in 1984. Weight Watchers continues to help people lose weight around the world, and I do mean AROUND the world.

Jean, daughter of a cab driver and a manicurist, was interviewed a few years ago… listen to her tell the story of how it all happened.

Jean Nidetch, entrepreneur, weight loss magnate and bouffant superstar, is today’s Friday Face.

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Birthday: Mary Tyler Moore

by Chexy on December 29, 2011

Happy 75th Birthday to Mary Tyler Moore, seen here at a Broadway opening in September.

Mary has been a champion of diabetes, and has worked closely with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. As many of you know, my imaginary daughter Amy has juvenile diabetes.

Won’t you make a donation in Mary’s honor? Thanks!

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Troll the Ancient Yuletide Carol

by Chexy on December 23, 2011

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

ty David Fox
and Andy

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A Norse is a Norse

by Chexy on December 22, 2011

Sylvester Stallone and his Danish wife Brigitte Nielsen (who was involved in a car accident last night) “back in the day,” and American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert and his Finnish boyfriend, Sauli Koskinen, who were both arrested last night for fighting outside of a club in Finland.

What would Jackie do?

Stallone’s mother, Jackie Stallone, photographed four years ago at age 86. Most of her just turned 90.

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Goodfellas

by Chexy on December 21, 2011

Martin Scorsese, as seen last night at some screening in NYC, and Statler of the Muppets.

One has real eyebrows.

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