The Modernista
Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston is one of those women who always seems to get press for the wrong reasons: she’s in her 40s and single, she doesn’t have as many babies as Angelina Jolie (I for one, do not understand Jolie-mania — I don’t find her any more beautiful or talented than the rest of the A-list [...]

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You know what’s fun? Waiting a few years to start watching a great TV show. Then you can cram several seasons worth of viewing into a week (or weekend). I do this all the time — it’s how I watched Charmed, Veronica Mars, the early years of The Simpsons and more. And I recently decided [...]

Mark Salling

After years of ho-hum programming and too many reality shows, I think the current TV season is really hot. Some of my faves are taking off (The Vampire Diaries, Glee), some got canceled (Dollhouse. Boo.) and some are on hiatus (True Blood, I miss you!). And with this hot season have come some really hot [...]

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman is one of my favorite actresses. Not only is she stunning (no one else comes as close to Audrey Hepburn’s gamine beauty), but she is whip-smart (Harvard-educated, multi-lingual), talented and has an intriguing, quirky resume. The longtime vegetarian recently wrote a piece about veganism for the Huffington Post, and I encourage everyone read [...]

Momsen

So, season 3 of Gossip Girl premiered this week. The biggest scandal of the episode wasn’t Serena’s desperate cry for attention, Blair and Chuck’s twisted sexual game or Vanessa hooking up with Dan’s secret brother. Nope. It was the clear disdain, nay, hatred! that the wardrobe and hair/makeup departments unleashed on most of the female [...]