Posts with tag U2

One man's trash is another man's...well, you get it. But $30,000 seems a little excessive for a wastebasket, no?

This week Danish supermodel Helena Christensen held a star-studded auction that raised over $50,000 for Food Bank For New York City and Chernobyl Children's Project International. The highlight of the evening was the live auction of a custom Vipp (the venerable Danish design company) bin by U2 frontman Bono which sold for--yes--$30K.

But, get this: Inside the "circular file" are unpublished lyrics from U2's upcoming album, including a tribute to Nelson Mandela on this 90th birthday. Hello!! Talk about a good investment. I asked Helena how she convinced Bono to donate something so valuable. "I got him drunk," she laughed.

Other participants in the auction included REM's Michael Stipe, Julianne Moore, Christy Turlington, Mena Suvari, and Frederic Fekkai.

I'm not sure if this fits under the category of celebrity news or if it fits better under the heading of hair style history, but regardless, U2 rocker Bono has officially apologized for popularizing the mullet. (I think Billy Ray Cyrus would protest this claim, but I digress...) But you have to admit, it's a responsible move on Bono's part, isn't it? But I suppose apologizing for an unfortunate haircut trend is the next logical conclusion when one is tackling the problems of the world such as AIDS and international debt. Now that Bono has stepped up to the plate and set an example, I hope other celebrities will start to follow suit. Here is my list of celebrities that I believe who owe us all style apologies:

• Jennifer Aniston: The famed Friends hair-cut that still seems to have outlasted the show itself.
• Don Johnson: Implicitly giving men the false impression that it was okay to wear white suits with colored t-shirts.
• Madonna: Don't think we don't know who to blame for all these fingerless-glove-sporting Hollywood starlets.

We're waiting....