Glamour Celebrates 70!

Paula Patton as Billie Holiday

In celebration of seven decades in business, Glamour Magazine has turned a few of Hollywood’s hottest into some of the biggest female "rule breakers and history makers" of the past generation.

Look and love!

Alicia Keys as First Lady Michelle Obama

Lindsay Lohan as Madonna

Odette Yustman, Spencer Grammer, Rumer Willis as The Women of Woodstock

Hayden Panettiere as Amelia Earhart

Emma Stone as Carrie Bradshaw

Elisha Cuthbert as Brandi Chastain

Emma Roberts as Audrey Hepburn

Chanel Iman as Althea Gibson

Camilla Belle as Mary Tyler Moore

America Ferrera as Dolores Huerta

Alexis Bledel as Rosie the Riveter

Want more? Glamour is giving away one year subscriptions for the 1939 price...$1.50! Get yours here before the offer expires on March 15!

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Lexus presents Alicia Keys at MSG

Life is grand! On Wednesday, June 18th, your girl Elle attended the last stop of the Alicia Keys "As I Am" tour at Madison Square Garden, as the guest of Lexus, the title sponsor. In a word...FABULOUS! Seriously, I don't think I can ever attend another concert unless I have VIP status.

First, we were shuttled up to the Lexus Lounge to nosh on the most delicious buffet and have a few (or more) goblets of gratis Pinot Grigio. We finally made our way to our seats after Jordin Sparks performed, and I could only stop and stare, mouth agape, in amazement! Floor seats, inches away from the stage, Alicia Keys at Madison Square Garden! Are you kidding me?

We danced and laughed through Ne-Yo's set...sometimes I forget how many hits he has! He opened with "Closer" and ended with "Because of You." Fabolous came out to duet with him on "Make Me Better" looking like straight money. The crowd went crazy when the diva Rihanna came out, in a sparkly red dress and looking like Halle Berry in her day (had to be the haircut), to sing "Hate That I Love You." She is a total sex kitten.

After Ne-Yo, we went back to the lounge for more drinks and returned just in time to see a funny pre-show video featuring Cedric The Entertainer as a pastor, introducing the star of the evening, Miss Alicia.


I screamed, I sang, I danced, I was a total crazed fan. She gave an AMAZING performance all around but my favorites were, "How Come You Don't Call Me," "Like You'll Never See Me Again," I Need You," and "Diary." Homegirl worked it! She is absolutely beautiful and her positive spirit was tangible.

I am SO grateful to Lexus for a beautiful, wonderful, fantabulous time. As discussed, my first child shall be named Lexus.

Do check out the newest luxury sedan by Lexus, the IS 350...luxury awaits!

Red Carpet Roundup: 2008 BET Awards

In keeping with my usual afterwork activities, I left work Tuesday night and decided to parlay around the city, browsing Bloomie's and taking in the sights at Central Park with a friend only to realize I had to run home to catch the biggest night of the year in black entertainment: the BET Awards '08!

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I couldn't help but look forward to it: from Chris Brown's excellent dancing to Usher's post daddy-dom performance (that was exactly the same as his previous post daddy-dom performances) to Rihanna's boring song that made me wish she would go back to her "Pon Di Replay" days just to get a little excitement (at least sing "Umbrella" or something). And how much did you love the shots of Chris Brown throughout her spot...singing EVERY word!

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But of course, my main purpose in watching was to look at the fashion! I had strict instructions from Elle to provide a full report, and not wanting to reenact any scenes from The Devil Wears Prada, I parked myself in front of the television to take in the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Worst Dressed Male was without a doubt T-PAIN! Sometimes I wonder if there's a toxic mixture in these pimp cups they carry around.

I thought JD was dressed WAY too casually for an awards show. I see teenage boys on the street everyday dressed better than this! And I don't know where Janet was but I'm wondering if she approved of this ensemble.

Pretty Ricky must have thought they were going to the Oscars... or that they were Oscars... a HOT MESS! No other comments!

Soulja Boy: there's just way too much going on here in this outfit! The scarf gotta go and the yin yang iron-on patch gotta go and the pants he purchased from The Children's Place that he's trying to pull off as shorts...those have to go too!

Worst Dressed Female of the night goes to the lovely Ms. Peppermint Patty, ahem, I mean Strawberry Shortcake, I mean, Lil Mama! I appreciate her courageous style but this is straight up comical. I'm trying to imagine her looking at this dress and going...THIS IS IT! I truly don't see it.

Keri Hilson took a cue from Pretty Ricky as she seemed to be interested in dressing like the MTV Man On the Moon award! The black jacket doesn't help... it just makes her look like a fan of Michael Jackson right about the time his skin began to brighten! And I'm def not feeling the Wade in Water, Madame CJ Walker hairstyle she's rockin either.

Solange has not been doing too well these days. First, the silver eyebrow mishap, then the rough looking pics from her birthday celebration and now this! First off, I know she knows better than to wear that roadkill on top of her head! No words on the dress but on the upside, with a different hairstyle, outfit and shoe, that clutch MIGHT be cute!

And lastly, though TLC has been out of the loop for a while, bell bottoms were out about a decade before they even FORMED this group! And to tie it all together, T-Boz decided she was going to bring the 70's completely back with a checkered print! Why? And she's been wearing that hairstyle for so long that it has gone out of style and come back.

Now for the good news. Best Dressed Female was in my opinion Rihanna! It was a beautiful dress, totally appropriate for the season, girly enough for an evening event and edgy enough for her revamped image.

I also loved Alicia Keys...

Jordin Sparks...

Jennifer Hudson...

and Gabrielle Union!

Best Dressed Male goes to Ne-Yo! I'm feeling his "Year of the Gentleman" vibe and the spiffy look totally suits him.

The top guys include Chris Brown (though I can't say I'm totally feeling the blond mohawk)...

Jimmy Jean-Louis...

and John Legend!

The trends I'm totally following are the mini dresses like the ones worn by Lauren London, Alicia Keys and Jordin Sparks.

As well as the vibrant yellows spotted on Trina, Lauren London, Natalie Cole, Rihanna and Keyshia Cole!

I also think the leather jacket look that Chris Brown, Usher and Lil Wayne were wearing is one trend that is timeless...I'm glad they continue to rock it!
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Those are only a FEW of my opinions! Tell me yours at inawordintern@gmail.com and you may see it in a follow up post featuring the readers!
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TaTa for now!

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-Nastasia

A. Keys is Fresh-faced for Dove

Has anyone else been watching Alicia Keys in that "Fresh Takes" micro-series on MTV? I'm quite sure you have, since each three minute ep shares a coveted time slot with everyone's guilty pleasure, The Hills. So in case you were powdering your nose, on last night's episode, lil Lizzie was feeling all insecure about her body (as usual), so she decided to try out yoga to get that model perfect body she’s always wanted. Of course, she just ended up in a knot on the floor instead.

This is something I can totally relate to. I am on the constant search for new and exciting ways to torture myself aka lose weight. And I was really feeling Lizzie's pain because my latest greatest idea is Bikram yoga. Yes, hot yoga people. I have a friend who swears by it. All I know is that you do yoga in a room that's heated to 100 plus degrees. Profuse sweat and unnatural flexibility ensues. I'm not all that into yoga, but I do like steam rooms so I think that counts for something.

My first class is on Saturday! Has anyone tried it? Will I survive (you know I'm delicate)? Will I sweat buckets and lose pounds? And most importantly, what about my hair?

You can check out full episodes of "Fresh Takes" at http://www.dovegofresh.com/ and every Monday during the Hills on MTV!

Alicia Keys Covers Flare

Alicia Keys is sitting pretty on the cover of Canadian fashion mag, Flare. She really knows how to work her angles, because no matter how horrid her outfit may be, she always gives good face. And these pictures are no exception. I could stare at her all day. Simply gorgeous.

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BET Honors 2008

Li Li, are you serious with that hair?

Soooo, the BET Honors were taped Saturday night, and all in all the red carpet flics really failed to impress. Nothing was over-the-top good, and nothing was over-the-top bad. In a word...meh.

Suprisingly, I like Tyra's feathered dress...but as interesting as it is, she still bores me.
Aw Viv, you try so hard. I like the color of the gown but you should have turned the volume down on that hair.

Keyshia's hideous tattoo is stealing the spotlight here.

I heart Jilly from Philly but is that an afro bang?

Kerry's one-shoulder gown is right on trend but it makes her appear even shorter.

Yikes, what happened here? Is it just me?

Money Can't Make You This Happy

If I had to guess, I would say that Alicia Keys is getting a LOT of that good ol' Vitamin D...if you know what I mean...and I think ya do. Wink to the wink. So here she is glowing with gorgeousness while promoting her new album, As I Am, in Madrid.

What's her secret? Proactiv? Uppers? Musical genius? Whatever it is, I want some!