Glittery Celebrity Glam and Eye Candy

Jean Pigozzi/Helmut Newton Foundation. A photograph of Carla Bruni and
Jean Pigozzi in Venice in 1991from the exhibition "Pigozzi and the Paparazzi"
at the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin.

I asked an artist friend who had been to the Helmut Newton Museum in Berlin to comment on the following NYT article, describing the photo exhibit. She said the article was “deliciously rich”, adding: “It certainly delves into the psyches of American and Europeans (each country has its own distinct persona) + some fine takes on the paparazzi, celebrity protocol, fan expectation and wish fulfillment, status + responsibilities of roles + reinventions + detachment + creativity AND luxury.”

Bikini design now 62 years old

Ursula Andress in James Bond's Dr. No

On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Reard unveiled a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Because Parisian women were embarrassed to model, Reard hired showgirl Micheline Bernardini to wear the inaugural "bikini." Reard was inspired to call his design after a U.S. atomic test that took place off the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean earlier that week. Ever since, you might say, “bombshells” have been particularly attracted to bikinis.

It was 1962 ( I was 15) when I first saw a woman actually wearing a bikini. She appeared as Honey Ryder, played by Ursula Andress in the James Bond film Dr. No, and later I would often see the bikini and less in the pages of Playboy.

Roswell ...... 61st anniversary - June 25th

On June 25, 1997 -- 50 years to the day -- the US Air Force released a report on the so-called "Roswell Incident", suggesting the alien bodies that witnesses reported seeing in 1947 were actually life-sized dummies.

Since the announcement, the life-sized dummies have taken over the US government.

So much for the paranormal.

A new movie, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, opens in theatres around the world today, as part of the 61st anniversary of the Roswell crash. The ‘Believe’ release follows The X-Files: Fight the Future, a 1998 film based on the nine-year television show, The X-Files.

The Truth is Out There.

Canadian dead in Afghanistan remembered

60 dead and counting…

This is a photo of an intervention designed by an anonymous Canadian citizen to commemorate the loss of Canadian lives in Afghanistan.

The impermanent site illustrated the consequences of war. The gravestones carry each soldier’s name, rank, hometown and when they died. Photograph taken June 26, 2007, Vancouver. Since then, another 18 soldiers have died.