George Washington isn’t the only one who had a birthday yesterday. Cindy Crawford turned 46, and she makes approaching 50 look pretty hot. I wonder if she looks as good face to face these days as she does in photos. The last two times I ran into her, back in the dark ages before...
Model and Columbia Grad Sara Ziff Forms Model Alliance
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On February 9, model and Columbia grad Sara Ziff is launching the Model Alliance, a nonprofit that will advocate for models’ rights. Actors have SAG; models, who are often much younger than the general labor force, have no union and no place to turn if their agent screws them out of money,...
Heidi Klum and Seal Split… Checkered Pasts or Hollywoo...
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As I pondered whether I should blog about Heidi and Seal’s separation, I got input from my eight-year-old: “No mom, that’s mean,” and from my husband, “Only if it would be insightful.” Hmmm. Well, I happened to have just finished reading an article in the...
Actors Hijacking the Runways?
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They’ve already usurped magazine covers. Now are Hollywood stars going to take over the catwalks too? At the men’s shows in Milan, Miuccia Prada booked Gary Oldham, Willem Dafoe, and Adrien Brody, among other larger-than-life figures to show off her fall 2012 menswear line....
“Remodeled” on the CW Features an Agent Who Tell...
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Wow, these modeling reality shows are popping up with the frequency of hot doctors on Gray’s Anatomy. Remodeled features Paul Fisher (former manager of  supermodels Naomi Campbell and Stephanie Seymour) and his network of 50 agencies in small markets. His goal: to remodel them, one at...
Exclusive Interview With Page Parkes From “ScoutedR...
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I caught up with renowned agent and scout Pages Parkes last week to talk about modeling and Scouted on E! The final episode of the first season airs tonight, and we’ll see if Page lands another Texan beauty at One Management in New York. She’s already placed Gillian (Episode 1), Kelsie...