Uncommon Blondes

Eva poses for Lagerfeld, Sienna channels Edie, and more picks

December 26, 2006

MOVIES: What's creepier than the nightmarish creatures in Guillermo del Toro's excellent fantasy Pan's Labyrinth? Judi Dench's spectacular sicko in Notes on a Scandal. But none of the above have anything on Guy Pearce as Andy Warhol, who sulks, pouts, and sucks the life out of everyone around him, including Sienna Miller's titular Factory Girl, Edie Sedgwick.

BOOKS: More startlingly white hair action: Karl Lagerfeld's new photo book, Room Service, features Eva Herzigova and friends acting out an "erotic encounter" in Paris. (If that's not hip enough for you, it also comes with a companion soundtrack by Devendra Banhart and a short-film adaptation by director Johan Renck). Meanwhile, punk painter Zak Smith tackles Thomas Pynchon in Gravity's Rainbow Illustrated: One Picture for Every Page. Cool stuff, though we still have no idea what the book's about.

MUSIC: Mos Def takes a break from mediocre movies to release a mediocre third album, Tru3 Magic, led off by the single "Napoleon Dynamite" (he's got his finger on the pulse, that one). Instead, pick up Volume 3, the latest compilation from French DJ collective (and sometime fashion label) Kitsuné Maison, which features tracks from the Klaxons, Whitest Boy Alive, and Dead Disco.

DVD: Factotum, the Bukowski biopic starring Matt Dillon, didn't catch on in theaters, but hopefully it'll find the audience it deserves on DVD. And if a drink-addled writer's stunts don't do it for you, there's Jackass 2.

TELEVISION: Anthony Bourdain returns to the Travel Channel Monday for another season of culinary curiosities in No Reservations, though if you're really into squirm-inducing programming, MTV's New Year's show usually delivers.