Paris Hilton style gets upstaged

Paris Hilton's style gets upstaged

One way to make a statement on the red carpet? Wear an attention-grabbing magenta leopard-print frock! Both celebutante Paris Hilton and "Slumdog Millionaire" actress Freida Pinto donned the same stunning Marchesa dress for different events. Question is ... who wore it better?
 

 Paris Hilton in Riverside, California, February 26, 2011. Frederick MA. Brown/Getty Images

Freida Pinto in Toronto, Canada, September 13, 2010. Charley Gallay/Getty Images

Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton rocked the Marchesa Resort 2011 dress in February for the launch of her “Passport” fragrance collection in Riverside, California. The starlet, who will soon headline the reality series “The World According to Paris,” accessorized with simple nude pumps and a wavy, side-swept ‘do.

Way back in September 2010, Pinto wore the same gown for a dinner to celebrate the premiere of her film “Miral” at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada. Freida paired her one-shoulder satin organza dress with purple Ferragamo pumps and a black-and-silver studded clutch.
The dress suits both ladies beautifully, but Freida’s dark tresses and gorgeous skin tone really make the dress pop, and her color-coordinated heels are the perfect accessory. For me, Ms. Pinto wins this battle hands down.

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Paris Hilton turns 30

Paris Hilton doesn’t turn 30 until Thursday, but she got the festivities started early in Los Angeles last night.
The birthday girl threw a Moulin Rouge-themed party at the V-Moda fortress, a private house in the Hollywood Hills. Although the party began at 9 p.m., Paris made a fashionably late appearance, arriving around 11 with boyfriend Cy Waits in tow and cameras rolling for her Oxygen reality series.
But instead of making a beeline for the bar, her very first stop was the petting zoo:

 

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Who Is Mona Lisa?

For many years, Italian researchers who solve art mysteries have now claimed that they have discovered who is the famous model  in Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Silvano Vinceti is the chairman of the Italian national committee for cultural heritage who said that Mona Lisa was actually a man and not a woman. He said that the model is in fact a male, named Salai who was an apprentice for Vinci. It is said that Salai worked with Vinci for 25 years and was his model and muse for various works of Vinci.

As per their claim and research there are many similarities between facial features of Salai as seen in other paintings of Vinci and the Mona Lisa.

 Salai as John the Baptist

Salai - Vinci's apprentice for 25 years

Moreover, Silvano Vinceti also said that Salai and Vinci were actually lovers and shared an intimate relationship. Perhaps, Mona Lisa was made only because of Vinci's inspiration for Salai. The research team also went on to say that Vinci also drew the letters L and S in Mona Lisa's eyes that could stand for Leonardo and Salai.

Experts at Louvre museum in Paris where the actual painting is on display say these claims by the Italian experts are quite ridiculous as this team don't even have the access to that painting itself. So people should not fall for what they say.

Well you can see closely the pictures for comparison as these are some of the famous pictures in which Salai posed. Mona Lisa always looked haunting to me. And those eyes that keep following you every where are quite scary. I feel it could be quite true what the Italian researchers are saying. There is far too much resemblance in Mona Lisa and John the Baptist (in which Vinci used Salai) paintings.

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Lakshmi Menon Poses Nude for Pirelli Calendar 2011

Lakshmi Menon is an Indian model who is making her mark in the international fashion scene since 2006. Recently, she became the first Indian model to ever pose in the Pirelli Calendar for 2011 since the last 38 years. Lakshmi started modelling merely to have some pocket money while she was studying at Bangalore University in Sociology, but it seemed she could do so much more with her modelling career. Very soon, she was offered to work on the international front. She was also awarded "This Year's Model Crown" by Vogue for 2008.

However, the 28 year old Indian model had to take up a challenge in order to pose for Pirelli Calendar. She had to pose nude for the calendar. Many Indian models have done so before also for various shoots and so did she but on a much more recognized platform.

Photographer Karl Lagerfeld has snapped the model when she flaunted her assets alongside models Erin Wasson and Bianca Balti. It has been shot at Lagerfeld’s Paris studio. The calendar is based on Greek and Roman mythology themes. After this shoot, Lakshmi has joined the league of many other renowned international models like Jeneil Williams, Erin Wasson, Lara Stone, Freja Beha, Heidi Mount, Anja Rubik, Magdenlena Frackowiak, Iris Strubegger and many others.

French Open 2010

French Open 2010 is the 109th edition of Grand Slam, and second Grand Slam Tournament of the year starts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 23 to June 6, 2010. The clay courts will test the skills and capacity of the best tennis players in the world while they pursue success.

Last year’s champions Roger Federer and Svetlana Kuznetsova will be on hand to assist with the course of action. Roger and Svetlana will draw the 32 seeded players by hand with the remaining players added into the draw at random electronically.