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The Post reaffirms that ugly might be the new black, as it lists all the lovely ladies of screen who are involved with rockers. Renée Zellweger is dating the White Stripes' Jack White, Gwyneth Paltrow is dating Chris Martin of Coldplay, Nicole Kidman supposedly canoodles with Lenny Kravitz, Liv Tyler married Royston Langdon of Spacehog, Drew Barrymore is dating Fabrizio Morretti of the Strokes, Kate Hudson is expecting a kid with Chris Robinson, Cameron Diaz seems to spend a lot of time with Justin Timberlake these days and Winona Ryder is with a rocker, we just don't know which one at the moment. Fashion stylist Sarah Shirley tells the Post "[Actresses] like the appeal of being with a person who's in the limelight but who isn't gorgeous," but Gothamist suspects Shirley is either blind or prone to hyperbole - Lenny Kravitz is hot.
Gothamist thought that was interesting, because of the recent Slate piece by David Plotz, that discussed the dynamics of celebrity dating. He cites Jeanette Wall's hierarchy of celebrity dating, and rock stars are at the bottom: "Rock stars, after all, will date anyone. Rock stars date porn stars." Like rock stars, it seems like some super star athletes tend to date strippers and Playboy playmates, if not porn stars. Some are able to make the leap, like Rick Fox, but David Justice couldn't make it work with Halle Berry (being an abusive husband didn't help). Derek Jeter, though, has had girlfriends ranging from beauty queens (Lara Dutta), ingenues (Jordana Brewster), and bona fide, if also bona fide crazy, music stars (Mariah), as well as the occasional strip club hostess. Gothamist wonders if Jeter would be able to go out with a woman who had a regular job (she'd be hot, of course) and who was smart. Then again, "hot in a tacky, maybe trashy, way" might be the turn on, and "tacky, maybe trashy" is neutralized by fame. Ah, will "tacky" be the next new black?
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I keep waiting for "drunk and obnoxious" to be the new black. Someday...
Ugly is the new black.
I have waited for this day my whole life. Maybe I will get a date now.LOL
I think I have unwittingly thought the new black was "annoying" or "asshole."
Maybe, the real new black is an annoying ugly asshole Metrosexual.
Status-wise, Playboy centerfolds are far, far above porn stars and strippers--they are the creme de la creme of the "Women Who Take Their Clothes Off For Money" category.
Ugly has always been in style, at least in music. Take, for example, Ric Ocasek and Lyle Lovett.
Note to Winona: Stop chasing rock stars! Obsessing over Paul Westerberg and dating Dave Pirner (two non-models in their own rights) turned their music into sludge. No more victims, please!
Wow, a story about rich snobby egomaniacs dating each other... SNORE...
If celebrity dating mattered at to me, well, I'd hide my white stripes CDs. It's a good thing I don't care.
um, Chris Martin is VERY hot. hullo? :D
Jen... you worked in Jeter. I'm in a complete dither. And yes, ugly is the new black. Hmmm... that sounds like a 'Peyton Picks' if ever I heard one. Although, you should really just come out and say, shouldn't Jeter be dating a writer (i.e. me) .
Chris Martin is hotter than all hell (see, Rion, another reason we're, like, so on the same wavelength), but I don't like to bring it up because I don't understand why he's with Gwyneth. (As an aside, a guy I dated had photographed Coldplay and kept talking about how bad Chris Martin's skin was. Who cares when you can write, play instruments, and sing like that?)
Kristen, I know, but you need to move to NY for the Jeter love.
Derek Jeter is the new ugly and the old ugly.
what the fuck? Jack White is hella hot. and Chris Martin's pretty cute too. And Fab's gorgeous when he's showered.