[SCANS] STAR BEAUTY REPORT: 'CHRISTINA AGUILERA, THE VOICE, THE STYLE'

[NEWS] MARIE CLAIRE: CHRISTINA AGUILERA'S COVER SHOOT STYLE

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You didn't even know you knew the lyrics. But one glance at Christina Aguilera is enough to cue a playlist of her hits, from "Beautiful" to "Show Me How You Burlesque," that will stay lodged in your brain all day. It's that singular sensation — to see her is to hear her — that guided the MC fashion team as they crafted looks for the lone female cohost of The Voice.

On the set of our L.A. photoshoot, peekaboo cabaret-inspired pieces and platform heels played to the songstress's vamp persona and vocals. Aguilera, whose weight is often buzzed about, was more than comfortable in her skintight ensembles, pausing between shots to text self-portraits to boyfriend Matt Rutler. The confidence is something to be admired — words can't bring her down.

Source: Marie Claire

[NEWS] BEST YOU NEVER HEARD: THE 'BIONIC' SPECIAL

With Christina Aguilera‘s latest single ‘Love Your Body‘ expected to make its debut any time soon, the buzz surrounding the project and its supporting album have undeniably reached fever pitch within the last week.

Set to hit stores in coming months, the yet to be named album will arrive two years after the release of ’Bionic‘, the entertainer’s fifth and most heavily debated LP to date.

So in celebration of the release, which many would agree came to an untimely ‘death’ after struggling to live up to the commercial success of its predecessors, That Grape Juice dedicates this very special edition of ‘Best You Never Heard‘ to Bionic, naming four of our favorite but oft overlooked cuts from the LP.

Get into it below…

‘Woohoo (Ft Nicki Minaj)’

From its stuttering beat to its ‘tongue in cheek’ lyrics, Woohoo is in many ways the older and perhaps more uninhibited sister of 2002′s ‘Dirrty‘.

Fun, sexy and enjoyably filthy, the jam’s unashamed approach to what some might label a ‘taboo topic’ served to cement Christina’s status as one of Pop’s braver entities, heated up even further with a predictably scorching verse from foul mouthed Pop Princess Nicki Minaj.

‘Vanity’

‘I’m not cocky…’

Keeping in theme with the album’s loud, fierce and abrasive theme, Vanity makes for the ultimate party anthem. Armed with finger snapping verses and an annoyingly infectious hook, this shamelessly narcissistic club classic serves just as much heat today as it did when it first fell in our laps over a year ago.

‘Stronger Than Ever’

A feature on the LP’s deluxe edition, many could be forgiven for not knowing that such a song even exists.

Indeed, despite standing side by side with ‘Beautiful’ and ‘Voice Within’ as being one of Christina’s more heart felt ballads, ‘Stronger’ felt the full wrath of the media’s blacklisting of Bionic and thus found itself fading into obscurity once the project’s plug was finally pulled.

Showcasing the vocal restraint many accuse of the performer of not using enough of, the number’s slow but powerfully sincere start makes Aguilera’s trademark belting style toward the end of the cut all the more enjoyable.

Here’s to hoping album #6 delivers more of the same.

‘Glam’

Undoubtedly the closest thing this generation has to Madonna‘s ‘Vogue‘, Glam- in our opinion- could have easily restored interest in ‘Bionic’ had it been the given the single treatment and a supporting video equally as innovative as the track itself.

Almost as though she found a way to channel a Neon stained Tokyo night and compress it into a 3 minute long song, Glam‘s dreamlike backing track and couture-centric theme makes it Christina’s strongest dance effort, far superior- dare we say- to the well produced but poorly received ‘Not Myself Tonight‘.

Source: ThatGrapeJuice

Editor's Note:

Saw this yesterday and decided to post it since news is slow. Insert eye roll here at "Best You Never Heard." Bionic was the second highest most downloaded album of 2010 and don't you forget it.

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[NEWS] XTINA NAILS THE NAUGHTY MARY POPPINS LOOK

First Christina Aguilera baffled us with her electronic BeDazzled vajazzler at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. Then she pulled out all her signature belty faces on the "TODAY" show. And today she performed on "The Early Show" in a raincoat that LOOKED all sweet and innocent and very Mary Poppins-y from afar. But from ANEAR it was clear that Christina's raincoat was TOTALLY SEE-THROUGH! And she paired it with some kinky boots. Phew! She hasn't lost her edge after all!

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[NEWS] DOES XTINA'S NEW ALBUM 'BIONIC' MARK HER AS THIS GENERATION'S ANSWER TO CHER?

Christina Aguilera (r.) appears to be this generation's answer to Cher (l.), particularly when it comes to her sense of style and her music, including new album, "Bionic."



She favors the freaky in fashion, the nerdy in men and the bombastic in music. No wonder, as time goes by, Christina Aguilera keeps looking more and more like this generation’s answer to Cher.



This week she even endured a vintage Cher-like bit of critical drubbing. She postponed her new tour - due to poor ticket sales, they say. Aguilera insists she just needs more time to prep the full-on show she wants to give, which will come next year.



In the meantime, she's got a new movie in the can, "Burlesque," in which she stars opposite - you guessed it - Ms. Cher-tastic herself.

She also has a new album to promote, "Bionic," arriving June 8, graced by a cover that depicts her as half-woman, half-machine. Could this be her space-age answer to Cher's beloved half-breed incarnation of yore?



The singer will hype her new look and sound on the MTV Movie Awards June 6, then host her own installment of VH1's "Storytellers" on the 13th. The new wonder-woman, robot/goddess persona she'll rock at all these events isn't just a whim. It makes genuine sense for her - on more than one level. The balance she has lately struck in her life openly courts the superhuman.



"Bionic" caps a personal and public campaign by Christina to bring the classic feminist insistence, "you can have it all," to screaming life (aided, no doubt, by all the nannies that platinum records can buy). "Bionic" represents Christina's first release since giving birth to Max Liron Bratman on Jan. 12, 2008. She had him with husband Jordan Bratman, a music marketing executive who can be seen as her Sonny. By all accounts, he's a similarly levelheaded business guy, the furthest thing from a boy toy - like, for example, Britney Spears' ex Kevin Federline.



Indeed, the contrast between the two singing icons (once seen as rivals) in how they run their careers clearly shows who has more focus and drive. While other child-to-adult stars have strained under the pressures of that transition, Christina seems to have surfed it with ease. The tangential "outrage" and "controversy" necessary to keep her in headlines haven't come through scandals, but courtesy of carefully managed photo shoots and the occasional catfight.



While Mariah Carey, Pink and Kelly Osbourne have mixed it up with her in the press, none has drawn blood or reflected too poorly on Aguilera herself. (In fact, the Osbournes wound up selling Christina their old Beverly Hills house, where she now resides.)



Taking another page from Cher, Christina has found that her genius for ugly clothing can be richly rewarded in ink and camera time - even if that has led to multiple mentions on the late Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed List. (Naturally, Christina shares that perverse point of pride with the "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" artist herself.)



In Aguilera's case, think of her styles in the "Dirrty" video, which ranked as a skankfest of historic proportions. Add her intermittent love of kinky/fried hair and lacquered-on makeup, and even John Waters' "ugly experts" would have trouble doing a makeover as grotesquely comic.



Still, no matter what scandalous shmattes and horrific hairstyles she sports, Aguilera has never fooled with her most enduring asset: her rockin' (now bionic) bod. Less than two years after giving birth, the star has reemerged with a fitter figure than ever, a feat she made sure nobody missed by posing, birthday suit-style, for the cover of German GQ.



As she explained to an Atlanta radio show: "When you have a baby, you go through a period where your body is not your own. It becomes for your child and that's it. Once you bounce back from that and kind of get your body back ... I feel better than ever."



She also sounds better than ever, which tips off her other "Bionic" quality: that voice. While you can criticize Christina for the way she uses her instrument - how recklessly and egotistically she can throw it around - there's no denying its blunt and powerful thwack. At 29, she clearly owns the biggest voice of the under-30 generation.



She's even making moves on the over-30 set, with Whitney down for the count and Mariah having fallen off her commercial game. Were Aguilera to cut an "Enough Is Enough"-style female diva-off today (à la Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand in the '70s), only Celine Dion would have the pipes to go up against her.



The way Christina uses her pile-driving talent on the new album guarantees she'll get a fresh rush of attention. Like the electro gimmick that relaunched Cher on the smash "Believe," Christina has allowed her voice to be treated, or at least surrounded, by lots of futuristic effects on the new CD. To help her do so, she partnered with avant stars like M.I.A., Peaches, Santigold and Le Tigre.



The heavy use of electronics, and the switch to dance music, on the new CD have already inspired Web sniping, with accusations that she's riding the long coattails of Lady Gaga. (Hey, Ke$ha has done it, to great commercial effect.) Aguilera will have none of it.



"That, in particular, is not even worth wasting the breath to comment on," the singer has said. "I've been around for over a decade. I think my work speaks for itself."



By most accounts, Aguilera's new sound isn't quite like the neo-'80s new wave dance-pop of Gaga. It's meant to be a broader take on the style. More, Christina has impressed fans by continuing to change her sound throughout her career. Not one of her four albums repeats the style of another. And, while Gaga goes for "art" with her look, Aguilera leans far closer to camp, just like the original babe of "I Got You Babe."



For the upcoming "Burlesque" flick, Cher plays the owner, and headliner, of the club where Christina appears. It's directed and written by Steve Antin, brother of the chick who started the Pussycat Dolls, which means he knows a thing or two about trashy dancing. With any luck, the pairing of the two stars will have an "All About Eve"/mother-daughter frisson of rivalry and rapport, making the connection between them more obvious than ever.



Given all this, can it be very long before we no longer even recognize Aguilera by her second name? At this rate, don't be surprised if she soon enters that rare, Cher-like company of stars so intimately known, they require just a first.

[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA UNVEILS HER ULTRA-GLAM MANSION

Christina Aguilera hangs in the kitchen with her hubby, Jordan Bratman, and their 22-month-old son, Max.

Douglas Friedman/InStyle Did you ever imagine that "Dirrty" Christina Aguilera could be domesticated? Sure, the Grammy winner still enjoys a night out on the town every now and then, but she seems quite happy being a homebody. And I would, too, if I lived in her beautiful Beverly Hills abode!

The "Genie In A Bottle" singer gave InStyle a tour of the five-bedroom, 11,000-square foot home she shares with husband, music producer Jordan Bratman, and their 22-month-old son, Max.

If you were a fan of "The Osbournes" reality show, you might recognize the Mediterranean-style mansion in the photos below as it used to belong to the Prince of Darkness and his family.

While the colorful home still has somewhat of a gothic feel, Aguilera added a few new design elements to make it her own. Visitors will discover burlesque, Hollywood Regency, and chinoiserie styles juxtaposed with graffiti artwork, Japanese anime, and kaleidoscope rugs.

"I wanted every space to have its own personality," she shares.

Smoky mirrors, crystal chandeliers, a pink-and-black billiards table, and a pair of vibrant rugs by Paul Smith add sophisticated edge and grown-up glam to the game room.

Of course, like most female celebs, Xtina's pride and joy are her two closets.

"Everything on my shoe wall is grouped by designer -- Louboutin, McQueen, YSL -- all in their own little family," notes Aguilera. "And there's room for boots up top." She also has designated areas for her jeans, jackets, coats, skirts, sweaters, and jewelry in the ultra-glam room, which features a chandelier and leopard-print rug.

According to InStyle, "Whimsical furniture, radical art, and an abundance of red roses" makes "a visit to Christina Aguilera's home feel a little like falling down a magical rabbit hole. Which was exactly how she wanted it."

Christina has not one but two expansive closets!

"I wanted a grand bed -- to feel like a queen on a throne," says the singer of her extravagant four-poster bed.

A Lulu Guinness rug leads to the singer's freestanding bathtub. For Aguilera, the bathroom is yet another place to display her found objects --candles, figures, flacons, even a Moroccan side table. "It's an eclectic equation," she says.

Source: Yahoo!

[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA COSMOPOLITAN INTERVIEW

COSMOPOLITAN: They told once that you and your man celebrate „Naked so called Sundays “…
Christina Aguilera: In former times we had many naked Sundays. But now where my son (max, soon 2, D. Talk.) in the world is, there is rather naked moments. I however all the more love it!

Singer, Producer, Perfume designer, wife and mother - as you bring all this under a hat?
That is a genuine balancing act, but I have fortunately a whole team, which helps me make my appointments. My routine of the day depends however particularly on my son and its sleeping times.

How do you spoil yourselves, if the small one is in bed?
A glass of red wine, a Schaumbard as well as my man, perhaps still another few candles and a Massage… details for such sensuous moments is also my new Perfume - By Night.

What meaning do smells have for you?
I carry Perfume, in order to give to a look the certain something, even if I wear only my nightgown. Briefly before I go to bed, I spray myself a little in the hair and to the neck.

Do you do your own styling?
For official Events I have a glam squad I call on. However, you will then never discover a complex hair-style for me, I have simply no patience when concerning my hair. Make-up is like a creative valve for me, makeup allows me to play and have fun with certain looks.

What do you make then, simply the pony tail and you're done?
I usually look, as if I would have rolled straight out of bed.

If we see you on the red carpet, how long does your glam squad have for the styling for such official Events?
With breaks in between, it approximately takes two hours. It depends, in addition, what time I arive, which it then can last up to several hours.

Do you wear make up also on days off? And which outfit do you prefer to wear then?
I carry casual clothes. If I could, I would sit here most of all in a pink nightgown! But I must dress up for official dates, apply makeup. Sometimes I do not have the desire to be glamorous, I find jeans and a Tanktop very sexy.

What does your husband say about wearing glamorous, sexy outfits and the make-up?
He likes everything about me, I am really lucky to be with him.

Many men rather women to wear less makeup and prefer thinner women...
That isn't something Jordan is about, thank God! Which is one of the reasons, why I married him. I cannot adjust myself to have a relationship with a man that doesn't like make-up, we wouldn't function. I love make up.

You constantly change your appearance and image. At times brünett, then blond and afterwards platinum-blond. Do you plan such Look changes and what inspires you to do it?
The looks are always for a very long time preplanned. Sometimes I see for example something in a magazine or discover a mad flower color - the inspirations come from completely different sources, they originate however all from my everyday life. I have a note book in which I would put a newspaper-peel off, photos or keep things, which I discovered during my journeys.

Did you ever have a hair color disaster, which you regretted? Are there situations, in which one thinks after the hairdresser is done, why is it cut so short? “
Perhaps at times the crop or the hairdresser was actually not optimal, in addition, then I had never really regretted it. It was always a conscious decision, means look in the moment to change, and there was always a good reason. It is for a video or a new image.

They did not have pitch with hair colors thus ever?
I find it arrive in each case on how one stands to the new look. I have always large fun with the whole one and love it to change me to disguise me and slip into a new character.

They are a correct power woman, from where you take their self-confidence? Do they live after a slogan?
It is important to be and the feeling not have self-confidently that one needs others, around itself good to feel can. There are sufficient people, which want to pull one only down. Particularly if one is successful. That is unfortunately like that.

The more unfortunate humans in their surrounding field are, the more them one will criticize. One must close peace with itself, therefore such moments, which I described a while ago, are so valuable. Situations, in which one spoils oneself completely relaxed and. It all around well to go leaves itself. It is important to find out, who one is, to accept itself, to feel good and fun have.

Their prescription for a bad day?
On so one day I put into the bath tub or remain most of all simply in bed lying and undertake nothing at all. I love my bed! We deal naturally all differently with such situations.

It is not to sound itself now kitschig, but if I badly am, it helps me, means son to regard. I need to hear only its voice and my zero-support attitude pass in the hand turning. My mother instinct comes through then and I wants it immediately on the arm to take, helps me immensely.

[REVIEW] AIDEN VALENCIANO'S REVIEW OF PROJECT RUNWAY FEAT. GUEST JUDGE CHRISTINA AGUILERA

IT SUCKED!



I set my DVR two days in advance to record the show I've been waiting for this episode since the season started and i was not impressed with the results. Last nights contestants did a piss poor ass job in designing an outfit for Christina. Carol Hannah Won last nights competition, but to me they just gave it to her cause they all sucked and honestly i dont think christina would wear any of those costumes, the textural black – a strapless gown with feathers, sheen and glitter that, while not a showstopper was still somewhat better than the rest. No one put any effort into it. The costumes were boring flat and at one point repetitive to what christina has done before. This is Christina Aguilera were talking about the Legendary Diva, The Voice of the Generation she is an ICON in the music industry and soon movie industry! these contestants could of had put more effort into designing with more creativity and style. Lucky for Gordana Gelhausen that she had immunity. She came undone during this competition and so did her tragic dress.



Christina was just being her usual self, and critized the costumes as best and nicely as she could. and to the winning costume, when Christina says that at some point she may just wear it, I THINK she just said that out of pity. But i probably would of said the same thing to be nice. Regarding Christina's outfit, she looked cute..like a little Japanese doll. we all know the hair style is no more since project runway was recorded MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO!!



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[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA HAS NO REGRETS WITH HER FASHION CHOICES

The 'Dirrty' singer - who was once famed for her raunchy outfits and famously wore leather chaps - says her style has improved over the years but is glad she donned some of her more controversial outfits. She said: 'Some of the things I wore, I'm glad I got out of my system when I was young. But I would never look back on something and regret it because there was a time and a place for it - there was a reason I did it and I consciously felt good going into it. Besides, I'm very into concepts and theatrics so I don't take dressing up and getting my hair and make-up done too seriously. I get bored when things are too safe, or too played by the rules.' The mother-of-one also revealed she regularly works out as she eats a lot and still wants to maintain her slender figure. She told Britain's Cosmopolitan magazine: 'I've felt pressure to feel better - I work out and try to eat as well as I can. But that's probably why I do work out, because I'm such a foodie. I love food.'

[SCANS] EXCLUSIVE: BACKSTAGE WITH CHRISTINA AGUILERA

[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA IS OBSESSED WITH THE COLOR RED

Christina Aguilera is obsessed with wearing the color red.



The ‘Keeps Gettin’ Better’ singer – who is known for her trademark platinum blond hair and crimson lipstick – always incorporates the bold color into her wardrobe and make-up because it helps her achieve the classic “Hollywood glamour” look.



She explained to Britain’s Heat magazine: “Red is a color that defines sexy, whether it’s a sultry red lipstick, hot-red stilettos or a glamorous red evening gown. It’s a sensual and feminine color that fuses confidence with classic Hollywood glamour. Women who want to experiment with red should start by incorporating small accents into their look, like red lips or nails. It soon becomes one of those colors you can’t live without.



“I always love red lips, no matter what. I also love the combination of black mascara and a rich scarlet lipstick. Finally, fragrance, because it tops off any look, no matter what the occasion: red carpet, going out to dinner or even going to bed at night.”



The 28-year-old beauty – who recently launched her third perfume, ‘Christina Aguilera By Night’ – says women only need to follow a simple beauty regime to look their best.



When asked about top three tips to looking great, she said: “One: moisturise. I never go out without moisturiser – it’s the foundation for beautiful, glowing skin. Two: sleep. Get plenty of rest. Sleep makes everything look and feel better – your hair, your skin, your nails, everything. Three: hydrate. Drink plenty of water. It’s as simple as that.”

[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA TO DEBUT AS A GUEST JUDGE ON PROJECT RUNWAY

The sixth season of Project Runway – finally out of the courts and moving to Los Angeles when it premieres on Lifetime August 20 – will lose no time amping up the Hollywood glam factor. For one of the show’s biggest challenges, the designers will have to work their magic on powerhouse pop diva Christina Aguilera and designer Bob Mackie, the so-called Sultan of Sequins, and make a costume for Aguilera to wear in concert.



“The contestants were beside themselves when they heard who they were designing for,” Runway executive producer Jane Cha tells TVGuideMagazine.com. "They couldn’t believe it was Christina. And they really had to think about it, because costuming is not their forte."



But it is the forte of the legendary Mackie, who is best known for outfitting Cher and Tina Turner. "We tap into his archives, so it was very interesting," says Cha. "For the designers, it will be lots of glitz and glam for the stage, and that’s very different from American sportswear."



Was Aguilera pleased with her new garments? "She was really happy with the results," says Cha.



Source: TVGuide