Monday, May 04, 2009
WTF Is Vanity Fair Thinking?
Vanity Fair is one of my favorite magazines. I think they do a great job of mixing fluff articles with great investigative reporting and have fantastic photos. With all of that being said, I'm shocked that Jessica Simpson is going to be their June 2009 cover. Ummm. Why? Yes, if you get past the fact that she doesn't close her mouth in any of the 8 photos below and seems to have the same vapid, vacant expression in all but one, the photos are ok to look at. Those are photos though. Does she really deserve a cover on one of the most famous magazines of all time? What has she done to deserve it? According to the article her clothing empire is a $400M a year business. Uh huh. I would love to see the books on that. Is that cover worthy? I don't think so. The article itself is ok, because the reporter is not afraid to take some shots at her and tells us, the readers the questions he has been told he cannot ask. Umm. Weight? You got it. Jessica also will not talk about Nick Lachey, although she did say she hasn't spoken to him in years. But is all of this cover worthy? Was there no other person in the world who would be a better cover? Read the article here.
Could someone tell me, why is this person a celebrity? And I agree w/Enty, WTF has happened to Vanity Fair that THIS is the cover story?
ReplyDeleteShe looks sad...
ReplyDeleteHer plastic boobs look bigger hahaha.
ReplyDeleteStill wondering if Romo finally got smart and broke up with her.
Really can't stand this bimbo.
And it's not like there are no summer blockbusters to promote. I have to imagine that they had a different/better cover lined up, and the subject flaked for whatever reason.
ReplyDeletedid papa simpson grease some palms? does those types of things go on behind the scenes?
ReplyDeleteThe reporter takes more than a few stabs at her in that article. It kind of seemed like they didn't understand how she was really relevant, either.
ReplyDeleteVanity Fair started going downhill for me as soon as they started kissing TomKat's ass. That puff piece they wrote and the heavily airbrushed photos of an infant truly disgusted me.
ReplyDeleteShowcasing Jessica Simpson just shows how out of touch they are with what people really care about. Or they just got a HUGE payout from Papa Joe, Jess, and Co.
She looks like a brain-dead duck-billed platypus in these pictures. They literally made me wince!
This is as bad as the Kimoroa issue.
ReplyDeleteNow that they don't have George W. Bush to kick around any more, Vanity Fair is lost in the wilderness.
ReplyDeleteNext month's cover model: Octomom. Believe it.
ReplyDeleteJessica doesn't deserve the cover, and neither did Gisele Bündchen last month either.
ReplyDeleteLol @ AnonMom.
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ReplyDeleteThat reporter is a jerk.
ReplyDeleteLike I've said a hundred times...she needs to do a Playboy spread.
ReplyDeleteWhat are those things on her face?
ReplyDeleteI also thought the pictures were surprisingly good until I got to the third Neanderthal fly-catching expression. Shut your mouth!
ReplyDeleteI like her shoes and bags, but I'm surprised she's on the cover.
ReplyDeleteI love VF too but mostly for the old Hollywood stories and I always liked reading Dominic Dunne's diaries.
The publishing industry is hurting. Perhaps she game them a discount? lol
ReplyDeleteShe looks like a blonde Eva Mendes in some of the photos ... the 2nd from the top especially made me think it.
ReplyDeleteI think she's very pretty to look at. I know she's a disaster whenever she opens her mouth, but she's pretty.
The photographer is guilty of being a one-shot wonder; he could have asked for more than an open mouthed dazed look, but watching ANTM, that seems to be what they all want now.
Sigh. I hope that wasn't real fur ;)
ReplyDeleteDoesn't matter what she does in photos. She will always look like a tranny. She's ugly.
ReplyDeleteVF is the only magazine i subscribe to. i just DON'T understand how she rated a story, let alone a cover. who's she fucking at VF to get that kind of publicity??
ReplyDeletethis chick can't sing, she can't act. why are we even talking about her?? i feel a letter to VF coming on.....
so over the hate.
ReplyDeleteshe looks better than i did on Vanity Fair!
So a story about how there isn't really anything to say about her? Except that maybe it's time to look at her boobs again? I just don't get it.
ReplyDeleteShe seems like a decent enough person but it would be better for everyone, including her, if she were just allowed to fade away.
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ReplyDeleteDoes she really deserve a cover on one of the most famous magazines of all time? What has she done to deserve it?Oh, I think we know what she's done to deserve it....
ReplyDelete/makes international sign of the blowjob
califblondy, totally agree with your statement regarding the articles in VF. I first learned about Dominick Dunne through an article he wrote years and years ago and have read everything I could get my hands on that he wrote. Love his style and his insider stories. As far as VF and JS, much like a neutered dog, I just dont get it...VF was always the the mag I could count on to find great articles about things people care about, not shitty articles about someone I could care less about. What is their deal?
ReplyDeleteI am slso not that impressed with the pictures. I guess they were trying to get her out of her "Daisy Duke" stereotype, but that is her best look to date.
ReplyDeleteI think she looks sexy.
ReplyDeleteMario Testino is pretty talented as a shooter because these look good considering the subject. He's got a nice sense of composition and his lighting choices are excellent in this portfolio.
ReplyDeleteWithout deft photography and rigorous editing, I think this particular woman is kind of "blah" She's not unattractive by any stretch of the imagination, but this set of shots makes her look a lot better than she has in a long, long time.
She paid them to allow her on, in their magazine. So obvious.
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell is going on with her nose?
ReplyDeleteJax - Wait, you were on VF??
Aww come on. Still not understanding the Jessica Simpson hate. Several young women I know love her clothing and shoe lines. She appears to be largely successful, even if you're counting her singing-at-the-county-fair career. Looks like she's doing well for herself. And I certainly don't trust public opinion concerning her looks. I like her AND her lantern-jawed smile. It makes her different.
ReplyDeleteShe's newsworthy in that her weight was an internet issue just a month or so ago. I don't care about her, but I think she's as deserving of a VF cover as anyone else out there. What else would we be getting?
ReplyDeleteShe looks like a dead Stepford Wife in the third shot.
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