Pink Lily Punks Glamour Awards

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Isn't Lily Allen glamorous? In a word, no. On her way to pick up an Editor's Special Award at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in London, the UK pop chanteuse took a detour into pigmentation purgatory, telling the Daily Mail , "I dyed my hair pink this afternoon in my own bathroom."
Allen completes the look in a Giles Deacon satin prom dress patterned with images of Bambi shooting gushers of blood, hideously accessorized with turquoise-and blue-heels and a mismatched pink hair bow.
Glamour editor Jo Elvin chose to look away from the train wreck, and stick with her prepared spiel introducing Lily:
"With reams of column inches to match her considerable talents, no Women of the Year line-up could be complete without the one and only Lily Allen."
Well, there's no accounting for taste, or the lack thereof.
Maybe the "Smile" singer was just trying to rekindle her feud with fellow British retro artist Amy Winehouse. But be warned, Lily, that way lies madness. And when it comes to madness, there's no winning versus Wino.

Ashley Judd speaks at UN against human trafficking

UNITED NATIONS - Ashley Judd says she decided to lend her voice against human trafficking after she "stumbled upon" the issue while visiting brothels, slums, hospices and other clinics in 12 nations to promote public health. "I know that the unheard are helped when they are heard. I know that compassionate listening helps me, and my goal was to help the U.N. help them," the actress said at a news conference Tuesday at U.N. headquarters in New York.
Judd, a two-time Golden Globe nominee whose screen credits include "De-Lovely" and "Kiss the Girls," also has used her celebrity to focus attention on HIV/AIDS prevention to young adults around the world. She has been serving as a global ambassador for YouthAIDS, an education and prevention program of the group Population Services International.
"I do think that all of the issues are fundamentally connected. They all spring out of gender inequality," she told reporters.
About 2.5 million people worldwide, most of them women and children, are thought to be victims of the $32 billion annual industry of human trafficking, according to U.N. figures. The General Assembly met Tuesday for a "thematic debate" on the subject.
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Aishwarya's style statement at the Cannes

India's permanent face at the Cannes, Aishwarya Rai has always been the talk of the town for her outfits. Though the previous years's outfits created quite a stir. While Aishwarya Rai understands the constant need for people to check out her clothes and accessories at important events, what the star actor can't fathom is why her clothes at the Cannes Film Festival become more important than what she does. In the photo: Aishwarya Rai arrives for the premiere of the film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, on May 18, 2008.

Saint Laurent broke black boundaries, says model Naomi

LONDON (AFP) - British supermodel Naomi Campbell paid a tearful tribute to French fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent on Monday for his role in promoting black models. Campbell told Britain's Channel 4 News that Saint Laurent, who died on Sunday of a brain tumour at his Paris home, had "done so much for people of colour."
"My first Vogue cover ever was because of this man," the 37-year-old told the broadcaster, referring to the fashion magazine.
"Because when I said to him 'Yves, they won't give me a French Vogue cover, they won't put a black girl on the cover' and he was like 'I'll take care of that,' and he did."
Known as the "prince of fashion" in the world's designer capital, Saint Laurent dominated the international couture scene from the swinging 1960s until his retirement in 2002, revolutionising women's wardrobes with a new androgynous style that mirrored women's push for a stronger social role.
"He was the king of fashion," Campbell said.
"He created pret-a-porter, he was the first designer to put women of colour on the runway, he was extremely important in my career, giving me one of my first jobs."
She continued: "He has done everything, he's done it, if you go to the museum you will see he has done it all. He has done so much for people of colour."

Uma Thurman Stalker Must Stay Away for Five Years

HOLLYWOOD Crazed Uma Thurmanfan Jack Jordan has been ordered to keep his distance from the Hollywood star for five years following his conviction for stalking and harassing her. He was arrested outside Thurman's New York home in 2005 after attempting to force his way into her movie trailer, while she was shooting My Super Ex-Girlfriend. During the week-long trial at New York's Manhattan Supreme Court, Thurman and her parents testified, revealing how Jordan had bombarded them with notes and letters, and threatened to kill himself if her mother and father refused to pass on the messages. The 37-year-old was found guilty of fourth-degree stalking and one count of second degree aggravated harassment by the jury on May 6. But Jordan escaped jail time when he was sentenced on Monday--a judge decided instead to simply order him to stay away, and gave him three years' probation. Jordan was also told to seek outpatient treatment as part of his punishment, according to Web site TMZ.com. He was acquitted on two other aggravated harassment charges.

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Spanish pop star poses nude to protest bullfighting

MADRID (AFP) - One of Spain's top recording artists, Alaska, launched a campaign against bullfighting by pr"We need to stick some little banderillas (swords used in bullfighting) in the backs of those who think that the bull does not suffer," she said in presenting her campaign "The Naked Truth: Bullfighting is Cruel."
The campaign is the idea of Spain's animal rights association AnimaNaturalis and Britain's People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which has organised numerous protests against bullfighting.
Along with filmmaker Pedro Almodovar, Alaska is one of the leading figures of the "Movida", a socio-cultural movement that emerged in Spain after the repressive 1939-75 dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
For their part, Spain's bullfighters are planning an exhibition at the European Parliament in Brussels on June 4-5 in an effort to persuade lawmakers that the activity is valid.
Polls show a rising disinterest in bullfighting in Spain, especially among the younger generation, although arenas are regularly filled to capacity for the spectacle, which ends with the death of the bull from a well-placed sword.esenting a poster of herself posing nude with three swords stuck in her back.

Woman claims tryst with R. Kelly, alleged victim

CHICAGO - Prosecutors rested their case in R. Kelly's child pornography trial after a day of sensational testimony about alleged trysts, extortion plots and a duffel bag full of sex tapes.

CHICAGO (AFP) - A key prosecution witness said Monday she had videotaped, three-way sex twice with pop singer R. Kelly and an underaged girl, at his trial on 14 charges of child pornography.