A-List Secrets: Can That Quickie Hitchin’ Last?
How long do you think Nick and Mariah will stay married? L.H.
Are you insinuating a less-than-robust future between a 27-year-old rapper and diva who walks her dogs in evening wear and complains when her Jack Russell can't get an airplane seat in first class? Honestly, son. Where's your faith in hip-hop humanity?
If you must know, celebrity therapists say they've seen whirlwind relationships like Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey'splenty of times. And things rarely end well.
Click into the jump to see which insta-hitchings are still solid and who split quick.
Aside from Nick and Mariah, who are said to have dated less than two months before getting hitched, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes got engaged less than two months after their first public outing in 2005. Renée Zellweger married Kenny Chesney about four months after meeting him.
Holmes and Cruise are still a match made in Thetanland, but Zellweger ended up separating from Cheney four months after her ceremony.
Oftentimes, relationship expert Dr. Gilda Carle says, cracks start to show in these kinds of marriages in a matter of months, or even weeks.
"Besides the external factors, the beauty, the wealth, does he know her, know her essence?" says Carle, who has counseled scads of celebrities. "He couldn't possibly. For a good solid foundation before marriage, I always say it takes at least a year."
It's also unlikely the two have endured any sort of hardship that could serve as a crucible for their relationship, she says.
"People really should go through several crises before they get married," Carle says. "Mariah is on a pedestal right now with Nick, but what happens when she wakes up with the flu, or she has morning sickness and she's vomiting? How is going to deal with this no-longer glittery, glamoury personality?"
How about buying a private plane for her dog?
The fashion of Gossip Girl
Every TV season, there is at least one scripted show in which clothes characters wear almost become as important as the characters themselves. I remember when Sex and the City was still offering fresh episodes and I was writing spoilers about the series, some of my readers emailed me asking for information and set pictures of what the ladies would be wearing in upcoming episodes. I received the same type of emails when The O.C. was on the air: fans wanted to know what Marissa and Summer would be wearing so they could try to find the clothes in stores. That information was almost as critical to them as knowing if Marissa and Ryan would hook/break up!
This year, a few series tried to be fashionable such as Lipstick Jungle, which had a partnership with Maybelline and even offered fashion tips during commercial breaks and on the show’s website. However, when I surf the web on general TV websites and boards, the fashion talks seem to be directed more towards one show: Gossip Girl.
On this CW series, about teens from the Upper East Side, fashion is important business. Imagine the drama if Blair showed up wearing clothes bought at Wal-Mart! The horror! Her life would be over and her mother, a fashion designer, would surely disown her on the spot. The show’s official website even has a fashion section sponsored by Old Navy to tell teens where to shop and what to buy in order to be as fashionable as their favorite characters.
Knowing the importance of fashion on Gossip Girl, AOL decided to take a closer look at the clothes the characters wear and came up with a hits and misses list. This list, filled with pictures of the GG fashion, offers comments about various styles seen on the show from uniforms to evening wear. For example, AOL deemed the mother and daughter look, on the right, as one of the worst. I must agree. What was Eleanor thinking?! Some of the styles shown in that gallery are really nice while others are so ugly that they may cause nightmares. So beware!
Do you think AOL got it right in its Gossip Girl fashion hits & misses gallery? What’s your favorite and least favorite GG look?
Gossip Girl returns this Monday with fresh episodes.