Natalia Vodianova as Little Red Riding Hood

From the famed September Issue of Vogue Magazine.
Model: Natalia Vodianova
Styled By: Grace Coddington
Photographed By: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott

Beautiful.

Film Scene I Love - A Place in the Sun

Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun. These two are a textbook example of good chemistry. And they are so beautiful together you might just hurt yourself looking at them.

Update

I found the video at http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/default.aspx. It occurs on the very last play of the 3rd quarter. You should be able to move the video ahead to that play.

Patellar dislocations

I was originally going to do a post on why people should not wear high heels, but I was watching the Tennessee-South Carolina game this past weekend and saw an injury I just had to blog about. The patella is a seasmoid bone that lies in the trochlear groove between the medial and lateral femoral condyles. It moves up and down as we flex and extend our knee, and rarely comes out of place. A non-contact patellar dislocation may occur with a violent twisting motion of the leg, while a contact disclocation occurs when some outside force knocks it out of the groove. Three Tennessee defenders were trying to tackle a South Carolina player near the sideline, when one of the Tennessee players hit the patella of his teammate and knocked it out of the trochlear groove, resulting in a patellar dislocation. The patealla was located on the lateral femoral condyle, and clearly could be seen during the telecast. I've tried to locate the video of the injury, but have not had any luck yet. A physician will relocate the patealla back into place by flexing the hip, and gently pushing the patealla medially as the knee is extended. The athlete will likely miss four to six weeks or possibly longer after this injury. Like all other dislocations, once the patella is disclocated, it is much more likely to occur again.

Artist Kevin Baker

I was reading Interview Magazine and there was a small article on Kevin Baker, an up and coming artist from Kentucky who is now working in NYC. I think his paintings are amazing. He is inspired by the kitschy oilcloths that his grandmother used to cover everything with because they were easy to clean. He uses floral oilcloths as his canvas and then paints over them. I think these are beautiful, romantic, whimsical, and heady. I LOVE.

Water Wall, 2009

Blue Ice, 2007

Carmen Miranda, 2008

Hibiscus, 2007

Celebration, 2007

Cherokee, 2007

La Fiesta, 2006

Purple Haze, 2009

The Canals of Venice, 2007

The Current, 2008

Untitled, 2005

Zen, 2008

Photo of the artist by Graeme Mitchell, 2009

GIRLS FAVORITE BEDROOM COLORS and THEMES

VOTE HERE!

I consider myself pretty knowledgeable on girls favorite bedroom colors and themes. The trends come and go and some designs and layouts enjoy a brief period of popularity only to disappear into the annals of the uncool in a very short time while designs are considered fashionable no matter what the decorating trends may be at any given moment.

How do we know which girls bedding collections and decorating trends are stylish right now? By asking our visitors to share their thoughts and pictures on what are girls favorite bedroom colors and themes, of course. Cast your vote for the best bedding and bedroom color palette and if you have recently decorated and given your bedroom a makeover, don't forget to upload your pics.

Jazz Greats - Photography by Herman Leonard

Sarah Vaughn 1949


Tony Bennett 1950


Pearl Bailey 1950


Miles Davis 1949


Ella Fitzgerald 1949


Thelonious Monk 1949


Stan Getz 1949


Duke Ellington 1958


Lena Horne 1948


Frank Sinatra 1956


Ella Fitzgerald watched by Duke Ellington 1949


Billie Holiday 1949


Dizzy Gillespie 1948


Dinah Washington 1955


Dexter Gordon 1948


Chet Baker 1956