Pretty sensational cover of Vibe, with 50 cent, sharp in business suit and carrying an attaché case, standing in front of burning cars and buildings under the heading “Global Terror.” Fifty, it says, wants to be a “role model,” though he first has a few choice words on Dr. Dre, Chelsea Handler and Oprah. As it’s also Vibe’s “International Issue,” it offers “the best damn guide to music outside the U.S.” Highlighted with Bob Marley, Snoop Dogg, Usain Bolt and Tyga on top, we’re glad to see, is the wonderful Esperanza Spalding, so wrongly maligned for so deservedly winning the Best New Artist Grammy over Justin Bieber.
H really has a ravishing pic of Michelle Monaghan on the cover, making us want to rush out and re-rent Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Esquire’s Spring/Summer “Big Black Book” issue is out. “The Style Manual for Successful Men” covers clothes, knowledge, travel and “the best [fill in the blank] on earth.”
Time Out New York is full of “Free things to do” (games, burlesque, beer tastings, museums, jazz, etc.), not including, unfortunately, the “Amazing Indian food” heading that caught our eye.
Hard to say which is more scary about Interview’s cover, the black-and-white head shot of Lil Wayne, or the Paris Hilton byline for “Lil Wayne’s World.” One thing is definite: The picture of Felicity Jones on the contents page is way more appealing.
Rolling Stone begs a number of questions on its “Rihanna Strikes Back” cover. Kenny raises the main one: How appropriate is it—if at all—for “Pop’s Queen of Pain” to sing, to quote from the story, “songs about abusive men and the women who love them”—especially in light of the simultaneous media focus on her abusive ex Chris Brown? More questions: Why was “the never-before-seen Rolling Stone interview” done with Liz Taylor in 1987 never before seen until now? Why highlight the “Special Report” on “The Kill Team” of U.S. soldiers murdering Afghan civilians for sport in a box opposite the slinky Rihanna shot? And how quickly do we turn the pages to read “Britney Spears talks about her monster comeback”?
Vanity Fair goes back to the future with a buff Rob Lowe on the cover, “confessing” about “running wild with Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Matt Dillon, and the night he shared a bed with Tom Cruise” (snore). Taking second is “Here comes Princess Diana 2.0! Palace insiders on the Royal Wedding.”
Glamour, with Ashley Greene, Freida Pinto and Emma Stone separately gracing the “New-Stars Issue” covers, puts up “101 Ways to Look Hotter Now” as its mains story.
Leading off the celeb weeklies, “Inside Reese’s Wedding” fronts US Weekly, which also shows Rihanna speaking out about Chris and Bret opening up. OK USA maintains that Kim is “betrayed before the wedding” (said to be her “worst nightmare”). Star exposes Dancing With The Stars’ “Cover-up” (Extreme surgery! Cocaine & pills! Kirstie’s secret husband!). In Touch goes with those wonderful role models, the Teen Mom moms, and their “Addicted to Surgery” tendancies. Life & Style leads with the riveting “Baby Drama,” that is, according to Khloe Kardashian, Britney Spears and Kim Zolciak.
And that's enough drama for us this morning.
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