Month: January 2022

André Leon Talley, the hugely influential fashion journalist and flamboyant former editor-at-large of U.S. Vogue, has died. He was 73. Talley’s literary agent David Vigliano confirmed his passing to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday. Other details, including the cause of death, were not released. A towering figure in fashion, both literally given he was 6-foot-6 and figuratively due to a career that spanned six decades, Talley wrote about fashion at a number of publications including Women’s Wear Daily, W and even a brief stint at the New York Times. But it is American Vogue that he is indelibly associated with, serving variously as the magazine’s news director, creative director and as well as editor-at-large working closely with EIC Anna Wintour. A trai...

Britney Spears has sent a cease-and-desist letter ordering her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, to stop talking about her. The 'Toxic' hitmaker's legal team want the 'Zoey 101' actress to stop discussing the 40-year-old pop star's life and struggles when she's giving interviews to promote her new memoir. Jamie Lynn is currently on a promotional tour for her new book 'Things I Should Have Said', which Britney's legal counsel said contains 'misleading and outrageous claims' about her. Now, lawyer Mathew Rosengart has written a stinging letter to Jamie Lynn, demanding that she 'cease and desist from referencing Britney derogatorily' and threatening 'all appropriate legal action' should the actress not comply.  'We write with some hesitation because the last thing Britney wants is to bring more att...

André Leon Talley, the larger-than-life fashion editor who shattered his industry’s glass ceiling when he went from the Jim Crow South to the front rows of Paris couture, parlaying his encyclopedic knowledge of fashion history and his quick wit into roles as author, public speaker, television personality and curator, died on Tuesday. He was 73. His death, after a series of health struggles, was confirmed by his friend Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation. “André Leon Talley was a singular force in an industry that he had to fight to be recognized in,” Mr. Walker said, calling him a “creative genius” and noting his ability to craft a persona for himself out of “a deep academic understanding of fashion and design.” Called “The Only One” by The New Yorker by virtue of his bei...

Britney Spears has sent her little sister Jamie Lynn a big warning. In a new “cease and desist” letter obtained by Rolling Stone, the “Toxic” singer’s lawyer Mathew Rosengart cautions that Britney won’t hesitate to file a lawsuit if her younger sibling keeps talking about her “derogatorily” during her promotional campaign for her new book. “We write with some hesitation because the last thing Britney wants is to bring more attention to your ill-timed book and its misleading or outrageous claims about her,” the new letter states. “Although Britney has not read and does not intend to read your book, she and millions of her fans were shocked to see how you have exploited her for monetary gain.” Rosengart says Britney “will not tolerate” the alleged profiteering. “You of all peo...

Ms. Mimieux was a child bride in “Toys in the Attic” (1963), based on the Tony Award-winning Lillian Hellman play. Mr. Crowther declared her performance “showy but without plausibility” in his Times review, which was not much nicer than what he said about her co-stars Geraldine Page and Dean Martin. In 1964, Ms. Mimieux turned her role as a doomed surfer with epilepsy on the television drama “Dr. Kildare” into a starring movie role with the show’s star: She was Richard Chamberlain’s too-nice-for-sex new bride in “Joy in the Morning” (1965). She also reputedly became the first actress to show her navel on television. Then her career took a downward turn. After a foray into series television, solving murder cases as Ralph Bellamy’s bright young criminologist partner in “The Most Deadly Game...

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