Floria Sigismondi's beautiful promo ad for MAC Cosmetics Hello Kitty!

My love of opera came from somewhere very important...

Julianne Moore as Ingres's 'Grand Odalisque', New York City, by Michael Thompson, 2000, publ.

April 2000. Michael Thompson. © 2000 Michael Thompson.

If you haven't yet visited Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913 - 2008, please make the effort to take in this

fabulous exhibit. The recent celebrity portraits are obviously a huge draw, but the real jewels are the photos

taken during the first half of the twentieth century. It is incredible how creative and inspired these

photographers were considering their limited technological resources. This exhibit will give you a new appreciation

for portrait photography.

Even more exiting is the accompanying 'Question of Celebrity' film series going on tonight. Two films will be screened.

Choose one, or stay for both! The first is a documentary on photographer Annie Liebovitz entitled "Life Through a Lens."

The second film is one that I have seen. "Valentino: The Last Emperor" is an amazing behind the scenes look at the

creation of Valentino's final Haute Couture collection, and the retrospective exhibit that was produced in his honour.

You will not want to miss it. The preview below is a hilarious insight into his personality...

"I love beauty, it's not my fault."

Screening Information:

Monday November 23, 2009:

7pm

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2006)

Annie Leibovitz, chief photographer for Vanity Fair magazine, has produced some of the most iconic images

of the last 30 years. Director Barbara Leibovitz reveals her sister’s artistic process and personal journey. (82 minutes)

9pm

Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008)

Director Matt Tyrnauer takes an intimate look at the world of high fashion through the relationship of designer

Valentino and his longtime business partner, Giancarlo Giammetti. (96 minutes)

Both films are playing at the Royal Ontario Museum, Signy and Cleophee Eaton Theatre, Level 1B

Please enter through President's Choice Entrance, at south end of Museum.

This film series is presented by the Institute for Contemporary Culture.

A collaboration between Vanity Fair and the National Portrait Gallery, London. Vanity Fair is a registered

trademark of Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.

Only in the dream-o-sphere that is the Victoria's Secret fashion show can any one get away with wearing a three million dollar diamond fantasy bra. I want to say that seems excessive, but who am I kidding. The frivolity is incredible.

Marisa Miller had the opportunity to wear the $3 million Fantasy Bra this year. It's piped with 150 carats of stones, including a dangling 16-carat heart-shaped stone.

In case you have nothing better to do with a few million, you can actually buy the bra. Unfortunately, orders are taken by telephone only and no other discount applies.

In this exclusive video we find out that models actually do eat... preferably cupcakes.

Take me to New York right now! The MoMA is currently running a career retrospective exhibition of Tim Burton's artwork and designs.

In the above clip Burton discusses his body of work, the inner workings of his mind and growing up watching monster movies. He let's us know that the circular dynamic of striped socks both calms and grounds him, and "the word normal always scared me because that indicated something that was quite subversively terrifying in some way."

Lady GaGa is a brilliant image maker, artist, and performer. She is changing the face of the mainstream as we know it, ushering the avant garde. Welcome to Art, Life, and Stilettos. Killer.