Natalie To Shill For Dior Parfums

At least that's what Women's Wear Daily & Stylefrizz are saying:

http://stylefrizz.com/201006/natalie-portman-for-dior-perfumes/

This makes her the fourth PT alumni to be the "face" of some sort of fragrance. Keira Knightley has been the face of Chanel for the past few years, Ewan McGregor appeared in ads for Davidoff, and Hayden Christensen is Lacoste's poster boy. Shouldn't Samuel L. Jackson be signed for something? "Smell like a bad mother******." Christopher Lee would be an awesome spokesmodel for just about anything.

No word on when ads will start to appear, but more than likely by this fall. Wonder if those will be vegan and 100% eco-friendly perfumes?

OT: Pop Princess Rawr!

In this corner, we have convent school graduate Stefani "Lady Gaga" Germanotta. In the other corner, we have daughter of Evangelical pastors Katheryn "Katy Perry" Hudson.

Apparently, Katy didn't care much for Gaga's new video "Alejandro," where Gaga shows everything she learned at Madonna University: dancing dudes in tight outfits, cone-shaped bras, changing hairstyles, sex, and blasphemous religious imagery. Remember Madonna prancing in front of a burning cross and a saint statute miraculously coming to life just so he could make out with her in the "Like A Prayer" video back in 1989? Yeah, same kind of thing...in this one, Gaga wears a leather nun outfit and drops a rosary into her mouth. Come to think of it, "Alejandro" sounds like True Blue-era Madonna.

Now, I don't care for this sort of thing. Not only because of the potential lightning strike or eternal damnation factor, but also because it's just so boring. There is nothing "outrageous" or risky about offending Christians because it has been done so many times before: 90% of the programming on Comedy Central, a good chunk of Madonna's career, Marilyn Manson, etc.. It's not as though the Pope is going to cancel his plans to catch Gaga on tour over this.

Katy had thus to say on Twitter: "Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke." Given that she's engaged to Russell Brand, she ought to know! Katy's new video for "California Gurls" has yet to debut but a short preview was shown at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night. No, there was no blasphemy per se, but Katy is seen wearing her own set of cupcake bras with strategically-placed cherries and another bra with stuff shooting out of it. Somehow, I don't think that quiiite pleases the Lord either.

Her Universe Launches In 11 Days Or So

Get those credit cards ready! Her Universe's current site notes that the line of girly fan stuff will debut in about 11 days. Also, Ashley Eckstein posted this just now on both Her Universe's and her own Facebook pages:

Had a meeting today with the my partner The Araca Group. We discussed the launch of our new website and our online store. Our new website looks awesome! Our web designers at Carrot Creative did an amazing job making Her Universe come to life! Only two more weeks...

Right now the site looks the same but I guess it will have its revamped look when the online store is open for business.