“That shit ain’t journalism!” Also in Linkbait: James Franco lands Gucci, Cara Delevigne turns drummer and other industry news.
RIHANNA VS LIZ JONES: GODZILLA VS MOTHRA
It’s the bizarre showbiz feud we never knew we wanted: Rihanna, cannabis aficionado and sometime musician, versus Liz Jones, the ship that launched a thousand hand-wringing thinkpieces about the state of women’s journalism. Opening salvo: Jones brands RiRi “pop’s poisonous princess” in her Daily Mail column. Return fire: Rihanna takes to Instagram to accuse Jones of being a “sloppy menopausal mess”. Somewhere, Louise Mensch is taking notes. [Mail Online; Instagram]
JAMES FRANCO LOVES HIMSELF, ALSO GUCCI
The multi-hyphenate entertainer has been recruited by Gucci to launch Made To Measure, its new men’s fragrance. It’s the continuation of a beautiful love affair between Franco and the house: earlier this year, the actor made a documentary about Frida Giannini’s work entitled The Director. Mert & Marcus will shoot the campaign and Drive’s Nicholas Winding Refn is on directorial duties for the video. (We still kind of prefer Franco’s little brother, though.) [NY Daily News]
CARA DELEVINGNE, LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL
The Mulberry campaign star took to the drums to support make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury’s House of Rock & Kohl pop-up at Selfridges. Cara can sing, she can drum, she’s approximately 1/8th the accumulated age of the Rolling Stones and she’s probably statistically less likely to expire of a heart attack onstage – let’s just stick her on the Pyramid Stage instead, shall we? [charlottetilbury.com]
INDUSTRY INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK
Whatever happened to fashion critics, you ask? Well, Lynn Yaeger’s still going strong. The esteemed critic charts her rise to success from the Long Island town of Massapequa to the front row of Paris Fashion Week, and dishes out some solid advice to would-be fashion journalists: “Don’t lose sight of how most people live and become seduced by this dream world of money and fashion so that you lose all sense of reality.” Right on. [BoF]
MODEL KITCHEN DEMONSTRATION OF THE WEEK
Now that Well Dunn with Jourdan Dunn‘s over, Miranda Kerr steps up as the next supermodel to show off her kitchen skills. Well, in the broad sense of the word – she’s only making a smoothie. We like a healthy shake as much as the next girl, but a part of us wishes Dunn would bound in and chuck Kerr’s bowl of spirulina into a deep fryer. Also: since when is vegan rice a thing? [YouTube]
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Words: Zing Tsjeng (Follow Zing on Twitter @misszing)