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Transformations: WE’VE GOT THE LEGENDARY JACKIE BEAT!

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After years of begging and whining and pleading and cajoling WE FINALLY got Jackie to come by the WOWPresents studio and do a transformation on me, and TRUST ME, she did not disappoint. The bitch is HYSTERICAL. The conversation runs the gamut from her days with Joan Rivers on the Fashion Police to the problem with drag queens these days, and you will hang on her every word. There’s a reason she’s a legend. The look is classic Jackie, and despite her numerous protestations that she doesn’t know what she’s doing, it’s clear from the moment she starts that she’s a MASTER at what she does. I end up being her doppelgänger, which has been a DREAM of mine for forever. Watch it below.

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Giant Gelatinous Blob Mystifies Divers

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Off the coast of Turkey, a group of divers encountered a translucent blob about the size of a car, which felt “very soft” and appeared “gelatinous.”

Diver Lutfu Tanriover, who captured the blob (which he called “the thing”) on video, told the blog Deep Sea News that the group felt both “excitement and fear” as they approached the mysterious mass. Watch the video, below, where they just mosey up to it like it’s no big thing and proceed to poke it. (“Not even wearing gloves!” says one HuffPo commenter, “What makes them so sure the thing is just going to suck them in and digest them! That’s what blobs do!”)

Even after close inspection, the divers say they couldn’t figure out what the blob was. From afar, it looked almost invisible, but up close, they discovered countless little dots floating in the 13-foot sphere..

The internet, of course, has been having a field day trying to identify it, with many wondering if it’s Kraken boogers or whale loogies or maybe aliens’ star map of the galaxy (a la Prometheus). There were dozens of Rush Limbaugh, Rosie O’Donnell, and Chris Christie jokes that mostly fell flat (although someone said it was “too transparent to be Christie” which made me chuckle.)

Said one: “Well, if it’s big, exotic, and rare, then we need to get the dentist, Dr. Walter Palmer, some scuba gear, and a speargun so that he can get down there and kill the darn thing.” Ka-ZING.

Dr. Michael Vecchione, a squid expert and scientist at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, thinks he has a possible answer.

The blob, Vecchione said, was likely an enormous squid egg mass — the “largest” he’s ever seen.

The scientist speculated that a squid called Ommastrephes bartramii (also known as the red flying squid or the neon flying squid) could be responsible for the mass. Red flying squid are a “common species” that can grow to around 5 feet in length, Smithonian.com says.

As for why such squid egg masses are so rarely spotted, Deep Sea News says it might be because of the depth that they’re usually found, and the short duration of time that it takes for the squid babies to hatch.

“These egg masses are likely found much deeper in the ocean and only occasionally drift to shallow water,” the blog notes. “Another factor is time… [In the case of the 2008 mass] the developing squid.. took just three days to hatch. That’s a pretty small window to find such a well-hidden target.”

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Valerie Harper Rushed to Hospital, “It Doesn’t Look Good” Says Source

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Beloved actress Valerie Harper, diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2013 and given just three months to live, suffered a health emergency Wednesday night, when she was taken away by ambulance during a performance of her musical Nice Work If You Can Get It at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine.

Harper was at the theater getting ready to go onstage, when she fell unconscious.

Someone called 911, an ambulance arrived, but by then Valerie had regained consciousness.

From ETOnline:

According to Ron Corning, anchor and correspondent at ET’s affiliate in Dallas WFAA, around 9:40 p.m., the artistic director of the musical announced to the audience that the ambulance seen on the side of the lawn was for the 75-year-old actress, and that she had fallen ill and wouldn’t be performing.

The director then said, “She wants all of you to know after some fluids and rest she hopes to be right back here on stage later this week.”

However, a source close to the situation tells ET, “It doesn’t look good.”

Corning also spoke to the art tech on site, who said that Valerie has not been well all week.

The Ogunquit Playhouse said in a statement on Thursday that Valerie is now “resting comfortably” and will remain in the hospital for observation.

“Valerie Harper was taken to a local hospital as a precaution before her July 29 evening performance of Nice Work If You Can Get It, at the Ogunquit Playhouse, after reporting that she was not feeling well,” Bradford T. Kenney, Executive Artistic Director, said. “She is resting comfortably and will remain in the hospital for observation for the time being. …. The audiences and all of us here at the Playhouse are greatly enjoying our time with Valerie here in Ogunquit, and we are encouraged that she is feeling better.”

Funny, I was just thinking about Valerie last night, and wondering that we hadn’t really heard any updates in a while. Great to know that she’s still performing and still feeling upbeat and positive. Keep fighting Valerie! We love you!

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The Hilarical Esther Povitsky Recaps the Best Moments from the Season 2 Premiere Episode of Candidly Nicole!

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Still gagging over last night’s SHElarious premiere episode of Candidly Nicole? (Which, thanks to VH1, you can watch the full episode online here if you’re late to the party or want to relive Nicole’s hilariousness all over again!) Watch our recap with the super funny stand up comedian Little Esther as she discusses the episode’s best moments. (In case you’re not familiar, you better sashay over to some of these YouTube videos to get better acquainted with Esther—you won’t regret it!)

Check back on Thursday mornings to watch Esther’s Candidly Nicole recaps, and don’t forget to tune into VH1 on Wednesday nights at 11pm/10c for new episodes of Candidly Nicole!

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#TBT: Children, Stop What You Are Doing! Listen & Learn From Sylvester’s “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”

Oprah IS Glinda the Good Witch in the New Harper’s Bazaar (Also: Katy Perry is Liz Taylor and Mariah Carey is Marie Antoinette. Except Not Really)

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Photos from Harper’s Bazaar‘s 2015 Icons, a 17-page portfolio, unveiled today, that will appear in all 32 editions of the magazine’s September issue.

The feature – styled by Carine Roitfeld and photographed by Jean-Paul Goude – celebrates nine present-day icons:  Dakota Johnson, Jessica Chastain, Katy Perry, Lucky Blue Smith (SQUEEEEEEEAL!!!), Mariah Carey, Oprah Winfrey, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Chris Lee, and Willow Smith.  The celebrities were allowed to choose their favorite icons to be transformed into. Ms. Winfrey posed as Glinda the Good Witch, Ms. Perry as Elizabeth Taylor, Ms. Carey as Marie Antoinette etc etc. Except, hmmmm… the image that they chose to represent Marie Antoinette is NOT Marie Antoinette at all. It’s the girl from “The Swing” by Fragonard and has nothing to do with Marie Antoinette. RESEARCH, PEOPLE, RESEARCH. Can’t believe Carine, Jean-Paul, Glenda Bailey and everyone else allowed this to slip past them.

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The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite spiritual tales, and Glinda is a spiritual goddess,” Ms. Winfrey said in the feature. “I love when she says to Dorothy, ‘You’ve always had the power.’ That is the message for all of us: You’re born with it, you always have it. It doesn’t matter how many yellow brick roads you go down, it’s always right there in your heart.”

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“An icon transcends time,” Ms. Perry said of her embodiment, Taylor. “Liz was so fabulous and decadent and had a style that evolved with the years …and I’m sure I’ll be married just as many times!”

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Willow Smith as the Goddess Kali: “When I was little, I would go into my mom’s meditation room and read her books about goddesses. Kali stayed with me because she is terrifying yet beautiful.” Willow is wearing Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci corset, skirt, and face jewels.

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Says supermodel/It-boy Lucky Blue Smith: “I like Liberace. He was cool, he was blingy, he was rad, he killed it. He was a performer and I’m a performer.”

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Ms. Carey, it would seem, identified more with Antoinette’s look than her personality. “I’m pretty much the opposite of Marie Antoinette,” the singer said (*side eye*), “but it’s always fun to throw on a costume.”

And below: Here is the pic of NOT MARIE that Mariah is basing her Marie Antoinette on.

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Don’t Panic But Beyoncé Might Have A Role In Upcoming NBC Production of “The Wiz”

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Attention, Beyhive! As if The Wiz could even get any more fabulous, it has been reported that the Queen Bey herself has been offered to play a role in NBC‘s production of the musical classic. And not only that, but it’s a role that was pretty much CREATED FOR Beyoncé: Glinda the Good Witch! YAAASS.

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When the show debuted on Broadway in 1975, the part of Glinda was played by the three-time Grammy-winning jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, while the legendary and four-time Grammy-winning Lena Horne took on the part in the 1978 movie. So clearly, Beyonce’s 20 Grammy awards (and status as the most nominated woman in Grammy history) would fit right in with this HERstory.

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It has been reported that NBC has already cast two icons—Mary J. Blige and Queen Latifah in the film. Blige will play (my favorite character) Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, while Latifah will be playing the infamous Wizard—although, I happen to think Latifah could make a more convincing Evillene than Mary, but no T no shade!

Now, all I need for this remake to be complete is for Drake to come through and play the role of Michael Jackson’s legendary Scarecrow, and Usher to play the role of the Tin Man. That just leaves the part of Dorothy up for grabs. (Zendaya, are you listening?)

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Chris Hemsworth “Makes Normal-Sized Penises Look Small” Says Vacation Director

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In an article that purports to tell you everything you could possibly want to know about the prosthetic penis used by Chris Hemsworth in the movie Vacation (opening today), we learned the interesting fact that Chris is SO BIG, he makes your regular, run-of-the-mill dong look positively hamster-sized. Writer/directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein discovered this when it came time to choose which prosthetic to use for the movie’s nude sequence.

Though they had narrowed the potential penises down to two, though, they still had yet to make a decision on its ultimate size. “The morning we shot that sequence, we went into another room in the house we were shooting in, and Chris modeled the eight-inch and the ten-inch options for us,” said Daley. The eight-incher was quickly vetoed: “As big as it would seem, it did not look that big on him. I think it was just because Chris is such a big, hulking dude.”

“He makes the normal-size penis look small,” Goldstein concurred.

Good to know, good to know. (via Vulture)

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Today’s Cuteness Brought to You by The Humane Society from Utah

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The Humane Society of Utah had the BEST idea when trying to find forever homes for the many dogs in their shelter! The dogs were put in a photo booth and the results are the cutest thing I’ve seen all week! I think my favorite is the bassett hound.  Guinnevere Shuster is the photographer behind the doggy photo booth which was SUCH a big success that ALL of these dogs were adopted out!

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Dita Von Teese on the Only Time She Ever Takes Off Her Red Lipstick

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Legendary beauty Dita Von Teese has a new beauty book, Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour (co-written with the fabulous Rose Apodaca), which hits the shelves December 1st and is available for preorder now. She sat down with Stylite to talk myriad of topic including brow shaping, skincare, nutrition, plastic surgery and who gets to see her without her makeup on.

“I’ve always felt that creating glamour is an art form and it’s different from God-given beauty,” she says. “It’s a little bit like someone putting on their drag. We all have this opportunity to style ourselves the way we want to be seen, and sometimes it’s vastly different from what we’re born with. My book isn’t just: Here’s what you should do. My book is very much: This is how it makes me feel; maybe it will make you feel the same way. Or maybe it won’t! It’s very open and respectful of people’s individuality,” she explained.

Which red lipstick is your go-to?

Well, I use a lot of MAC, and I have a lot of favorites with them. I’m using one right now that’s a color that they’ve sent me that isn’t out yet, but I always love MAC Ruby Woo as my perfect blue-red matte lip color that stays on all day. I love that, and I also love YSL red lipsticks because I love that luxurious, ultra-pigmented red color that smells like roses.

I’ve heard you learned about an amazing red lipstick from porn stars.

Oh, yeah! That’s in the book as well. It’s called Lip-Ink and I learned about that when I used to do a lot of Playboy videos when I was on the cover of Playboy. I used to talk to all these girls, and I remember learning about it on set, like, “Oh, wow, that’s amazing.” I was wondering how they do that. I knew a lot of racy people—I knew a lot of porn stars back then, and that’s what they told me they use. I still use it occasionally when I need my lipstick to stay on onstage sometimes—it’s not like any other indelible lipstick you’ll ever find in the drugstore or department store. This is like house paint. It is truly semipermanent. You could wear it for a couple days if you wanted to. You need a remover to get it off—it’s a Hollywood trick. They sell it at stores that work with professional makeup artists.

What kind of makeup remover do you use?

MAC has a great Cleanse Off Oil that I really like and it just melts everything away. My other favorite is by Éminence. I love their stuff. I use a lot of their products, and they have one called the Stone Crop Gel Wash. It has such an interesting, slick texture and it’s all-natural, so you can use it on your eyes and everything. I use the Cleanse Off Oil to get the real heavy stage makeup off, or waterproof mascara, and then I use the Stone Crop Gel Wash for everything else.

Say you’re newly dating someone, do you still take your makeup off before you go to bed, or do you keep it on?

I see it two ways: First of all, it’s a great motivator in making sure that your skin looks good, which I feel sometimes people neglect and they’re just busy buying beauty products to [cover it up]. You could take care of those skin dramas if you just ponied up a bit of money to see a dermatologist instead of buying $200 face creams and thinking that’s going to fix it, because it won’t… If I’m in bed with someone, I like to reveal myself. I’m not at all embarrassed of people seeing me without makeup, but I don’t think everyone has a right to it.

Right, a bare face is personal.

Everybody could see me strip down, but there are people that I love being intimate in that way with and I’m happy to reveal everything about myself. Even lipstick is a little bit like a striptease—nobody ever sees me without red lipstick except for a few people, and they appreciate it. It’s almost like what you hold back from the world becomes kind of precious. When people see me without any makeup, for whatever reason, they’re like, “Wow, you look so young without all the makeup.” And I say, “I know, but I’m not trying to look younger. I just love how my makeup makes me feel, and I like the power I get from it, the power I feel from beauty.”

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An Epic Mariah Carey and Justin Bieber Duet Might Be a Thing

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According to some rather confusing Instagram posts, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, French Montana and Grammy-winning music producer Detail have something “coming soon.” If this is true, it has the potential to drive the Lambs and Beliebers of the world into a dizzying spiral of absolute euphoria!

 

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“#comingsoon,” she captioned!  And she totally looks really happy about it in the photo. So like, something is totally coming soon, whatever it is. French Montana posted the same photo (though he picked a different filter) with pretty much the same caption:

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This has the potential to be HUGE. Because Mariah. And the Biebs. And obviously they’re a match made in heaven, as evidenced by this total pop culture gem:

A rap verse from French Montana on the track will bring some hip hop sensibility, as Mariah tends to do with most of her hits. Plus, the producer Detail (in the Instagram photos) won a Grammy for his work on Beyoncé‘s mega hit “Drunk In Love”.

And, as you know, Bieber recently teased a new song, “What Do You Mean,” which will be out August 28. Maybe this new collaboration could be something for his upcoming album? Or Mariah’s—which I didn’t even know could be a thing?! So many possibilities!!!

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Gaga Wants Eyebrow Art to be the New Nail Art

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Lady Gaga, currently on tour with Tony Bennett, has been sporting OUTRAGEOUS eyebrows lately – blinged-out rhinestone designs, crystal-studded hoop jewelry, bleach and dramatic, artificial arches. Why, I’m getting flashbacks of the Great Eyebrow Madness of 1991 just looking at her. The times we had! I remember felt eyebrows and fake fur eyebrows and swirly stencils and gluing pasta up on our brows, OH! SUCH FUN. But enough about me. Lets look at Gaga greatest brow hits and let’s all ponder the question: Is eyebrow art the new nail art? (via Harper’s Bazaar)

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The Saddest Story You’ll Hear All Day: Elton John’s Estranged Mother Misses Him So Much She’s Befriended an Impersonator

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Apparently Elton hasn’t spoken to his mother, Sheila Farebrother, in years – who knows why, families can be brutal and it’s not up to us judge without knowing the facts. But – bless her heart – Mom has begun to miss her son, and when he declined the invitation to attend her 90th birthday bash, she enlisted an impersonator, Paul Bacon, to perform in his stead.

Bacon is based in London and belongs to a group called Ultimate Elton. He did such a fine job that Farebrother stayed in touch with him after the party and the two have since struck up a friendship. They are in touch and Farebrother has gone to see Bacon perform several times in London.

“She’s keeping in touch, which is very nice,” Bacon told the Times. “I get the odd email from her, which for me is quite surreal, given what I do. She genuinely loves the music. This is kind of a nod to him.” (via Qweerty)

Is someone chopping onions in here? I seem to be leaking from my eyes. CALL YOUR MOM, ELTON!

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#CoochiCoochi Charo Joins the City of West Hollywood for Fab Night Out Celebration!

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The legendary Charo will join the city of West Hollywood for a fab celebration of National Night Out, a campaign that involves citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups and many others in a show of unity against crime.

Several free events are taking place throughout the evening, but our girl Charo will appear at the Palm/Larrabee Neighborhood Alliance Block Party on Harratt Street between Palm and Larrabee at 6 pm!

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Charo is a musical icon and a household name. She is instantly recognizable as the “cuchi cuchi” girl, Charo’s trademark expression, which has endeared her to millions around the world and made her name synonymous with music, fun and excitement.  She has appeared in countless hit television shows, including more than forty-five appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.  She also appeared on the long-running comedy “The Love Boat” more than any other star. Charo also appeared in such films as MOON OVER PARADOR with Richard Dreyfuss and AIRPORT 79:  THE CONCORD.

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Meet Manila Luzon LIVE Tomorrow at the RuPaul Pop Up Shop at Sweet! Hollywood!

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RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favorite Manila Luzon‘s new single “Ice Cream” featuring the fabulous Andre Xcellence just dropped and now we’ve just gotten word she will be making a special appearance at the RuPaul Pop Up Shop at Sweet! Hollywood in the Hollywood & Highland complex. How appropriate! Stop by Sweet! Hollywood on Sunday, August 2, 2015 from 2PM – 5PM to sink your teeth into the new RuPaul dark chocolate bar and meet Manila Luzon.

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What If “You Were Working as a Waitress In a Cocktail Bar” Were the Only Lyric in “Don’t You Want Me”?

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It’s politically incorrect to use the term “retarded” I know, but if it weren’t, I’d use it here along with the Brit exclamation, “Brilliant!” A YouTube has reduced the lyrical content of The Human League’s 1981 hit Don’t You Want Me to just the essence:

“You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar.”

Genius. Midway into the song Susan Ann Sulley does her part in the duet with Philip Oakey;

“I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, that much is true. I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. I guess it’s just what I must do.”

This is so profound and yet mysterious, future generations will certainly write songs about this version. Enjoy.

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Pictures of Princess Grace’s Granddaughter Look Suspiciously Like Lady Gaga

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Are we sure she isn’t trolling us? Harper’s Bazaar interviewed Jazmin Grimaldi, the 23-year-old illegitimate daughter of Monaco’s Prince Albert II, who is now embarking on a career as a singer and actress. In the accompanying photo shoot, Jazmin is decked out in sumptuous gowns by Carolina Herrara and Vera Wang, and fairly dripping in jewels, but it’s that face that keeps drawing your eye back. It’s UNDENIABLY the face of a certain kookily-dressed pop star with the initials LG. Weird. Even in profile…

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It’s Gaga, right? Yes? No? Am I crazy? Anywaaaaaaaay….

From Harper’s Bazaar:

The fact that she was the prince’s daughter was never a surprise to Jazmin; her mother, with whom she is close, was always honest about her lineage, and communicated occasional messages from her father over the years. “It’s just what it was,” she says. But having developed a tendency toward privacy, Jazmin didn’t delve into her “situation” with friends, and while rumors had been brewing in Europe, they were slow to cross the Atlantic. Only once the media pieced together Jazmin’s story, and the prince formally acknowledged her as his daughter in 2006, did the less appealing trappings of royalty enter her life. In Jazmin’s case, that meant the arrival of the paparazzi—just in time for puberty, she notes. “I was 14, getting ready to go to high school, when it hit the media that my father had a daughter, and it was me,” Jazmin remembers. “It’s a difficult time for any young adult, and it was an adjustment to have that attention. But I knew it was going to come someday.” She adds candidly, “This is my first interview, my first time going public. It’s delicate, but I think I’m ready to step out and share my story a little bit further.”

Jazmin has since been welcomed warmly by the prince and his wife of four years, Princess Charlene (formerly Wittstock), and has traveled to Monaco many times, sometimes accompanied by Rotolo. On this most recent trip, Jazmin has plans to attend one of the principality’s most extravagant annual events, the Grand Prix, but her main focus is on spending time with her new siblings, Gabriella, Countess of Carladès, and Jacques, Monaco’s heir apparent. “I can’t wait to be a sister to them and watch them grow up,” she says dotingly. “They have these beautiful, big blue eyes—and they are both already so well behaved!” Jazmin is also cultivating a relationship with her 11-year-old half-brother, Alexandre Coste, the prince’s son from another relationship. (As Monegasque law requires an heir’s parents to have married, neither is in line for the throne, though both are eligible for a portion of their father’s estate.) “We like to share family meals, have barbecues, go to the beach, everything a normal family does,” Jazmin says of a typical visit to Monaco. “Except with heavy scheduling.”

Jazmin has struck up a particularly close friendship with her cousin Pauline Ducruet, 21, who also lives in New York. In Monaco, they recently lodged together with Pauline’s mother, Princess Stéphanie, and Jazmin’s other cousins Louis and Camille. In New York, the girls attend film premieres together, brave sample sales, and—both foodies—dine out as often as possible. Jazmin spends much of her time immersed in the arts, whether at Cinema Society screenings or music venues like Le Poisson Rouge and the Village Vanguard.

She has also been finding her own voice, so to speak, which, it turns out, is operatically trained and pairs marvelously with an upright bass. After singing with a friend’s band in college, she launched her solo career with a cabaret-style showcase, Fall in Love With Jaz (“The pun is intended,” she says wryly), at Manhattan’s Duplex Theatre last February. Backed by her twangy four-piece band (and citing inspirations from Sia to Freddie Mercury), Jazmin performed soulful takes on musical standards and is planning a follow-up show this fall. At the same time, she has her eye on a graduate degree in international relations, and—having studied business at Fordham and worked for the U.N.’s World Food Programme—hopes, down the line, to marry humanitarianism with the arts professionally. At the ripe age of 14, she founded the Jazmin Fund, an ongoing philanthropic project currently focused on bringing basic classroom and medical supplies to Fijian villages. Jazmin’s long-term goal with the fund is to return to Fiji and build a community center where local children can engage with music and other arts.

That’s quite an elaborate backstory if it IS Gaga punking us. And if she is… well played, my dear, well played. *Slow clap*

And btw, Jazmin Grimaldi? Such a hot name. It’s like a stripper name generator came up with it. I imagine somewhere there are illegitimate daughters of royals named Cinnamon  Windsor, Bambi Mountbatten, Krystal Hapsburg, Tuti Thurn und Taxis, Kitty of Kent…. (I could do this all day)

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