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Blind Item: The deal isn’t as real as it appears on TV–we mean, social media
Juice factor: 9/10
Have you noticed a certain socialite Toronto posting photos masquerading as brand sponsorship from a fashion line? The frequent Instagram posts specifically tagged with the brand in question create the illusion that the press-loving scene queen has a massive promotion deal with the brand. Despite what the internet has done to dilute the term “brand ambassador,” this so-called local fashion icon still manages to make it seem like her sponsorship is the real celebrity-like thing. This is not the case. A few freebies do not a true brand ambassador make…
2016 is going to be a great year because…
Juice factor: 7/10
2015 continues to be an awesome year for progress when it comes to gender equality, and 2016 hopefully will be even better, starting with the iconic Pirelli calendar. Although it’s known for being on par with the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition with regards to lack of clothing and focus on thin, big-busted young models, Pirelli is switching things up. The 2016 edition, shot by Annie Leibovitz, stars 13 accomplished women of all ages at the top of their game and leading the way in their respective professions–from comedy and music to sports and, yes, even modelling–think Amy Schumer, Serena Williams, Patti Smith, Yoko Ono, and Natalia Vodianova. Amy Schumer posted this Instagram photo from her shoot this week with the caption: “Beautiful, gross, strong, thin, fat, pretty, ugly, sexy, disgusting, flawless, woman. Thank you Annie Leibovitz!” Happy New Year, indeed.
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Attention PR peeps: there’s a copy’K’at on the loose….
Juice factor: 9/10
It’s come to our attention that a certain Toronto one-woman PR show has not only been stealing ideas from a fellow PR firm, but literally carbon copying the PR plans for some of their clients – it’s gotten so blatant that even the clients have noticed through social media. After watching all this unfold over the last few months, it’s gotten to a point that the otherwise nice president of the copied PR firm is ready to go all Tony Soprano on her. Rumour has it that said copy”K”atter (how’s that for a hint?!) takes on these clients free of charge, acts very unprofessionally and even tries to sleep with her clients. Our two cents? She likely won’t last long running around like this but should probably steer clear of the publicist she’s copying. Watch out Ms. copyKat, we sense a cat fight brewing.
The latest Kim Kardashian photoshop slim-down scandal…
Juice factor: 8/10
Nobody enjoys sharing new footage from a photo shoot more than Kim Kardashian, and the now pregnant star was pleased as punch to share nude photos of herself taken before her womb got Kanye’d by photographer Kesler Tran. Kim posted the images on her website while bragging–the way skinny celebs are known to do in Hollywood to prove they just have incredibly fast metabolisms–that she and the “Desert Photo Shoot” team “ate KFC Fried Chicken on the way there and got In-N-Out Burger and donuts on the way home LOL.” And maybe they did. A very observant Keeping Up With The Kardashians fan caught the major discrepancies between the photos Kim posted and the footage shown on the reality show. It looks like Kim and krew enlisted the help of Photoshop to make the star look even thinner. Yikes. We’re just gonna sit back, put our feet up–no nude photo shoot required–and wait for the excuses to roll in…
Blind Item: The fashion designer who wants your art budget too…
Juice factor: 9/10
This Canadian fashion designer seems to make a pretty penny off his relatively expensive clothes, but his apparent lesser-known talents are in the visual arts. The media is rarely kind to cross-over artists, which is perhaps why the designer has been able to profit off sales of his artwork–word hasn’t really spread yet that he’s, well, spreading his wings into other mediums. Perhaps that’s a good thing for now. We heard rumours of one piece selling for over $100,000.
Gigi Hadid, not so single after all…
Juice factor: 8/10
Gossip sites around the world were still wondering “are they or aren’t they?” this week regarding Gigi Hadid and her summer lover Joe Jonas–hey, when ya coin a Brangelina joint-couple name like G.I. Joe, we guess it’s hard to give up on that kind of celebrity love. That said, we certainly did, informing you that “it” girl du jour Gigi had already moved onto former One Direction member Zayn Malik around the time of the American Music Awards. Well, this week Gigi and Zayn were finally spotted holding hands in public, which is about as official as it gets in Hollywood. Joe Jonas certainly thinks so. He stopped following his ex on social media. We’re sure if we can come up with a joint-name better than G.I. Joe then we’ll all be able to move on from this, right?
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s alleged shocking rape scene…
Juice factor: 8/10
Despite multiple nominations, Leonardo DiCaprio still doesn’t have an Academy Award for best actor on his mantle, and we’re guessing he’s hoping his latest role in The Revenant, out Christmas Day, will do the trick. The dark Western is the latest from Oscar-winning Birdman director Alejandro Inarritu, and insider scoop on the film has been fairly hush-hush, despite lots of talk that it was a long and painful filming process, thanks to Inarritu’s strict creative vision for the project (ie. shooting all the scenes chronoligically in natural light in the deadly cold winter weather of both Canada and Argentina). Although the film is based on a book, Inarritu allegedly took the creative license to switch up the gender of the bear who attacks DiCaprio’s character Hugh Glass in the story. In the book, the bear is female and is protecting her cubs. Innarritu’s bear is apparently male and not only attacks DiCaprio but allegedly flips him over so that his backside is in the air and proceeds to thrust aggressively, which is why rumours of Leo’s bear rape scene are now circulating. “He is raped – twice!” claims Drudge Report, adding that the “bear flips Leo over and thrusts and thrusts during the explicit mauling.” And the Oscar goes to…
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