• gossip

    Is This Jessica Joffe, Modeling Casual Knitwear?

    Everybody's always been fascinated by Jessica Joffe, due to her glamorous career-juggling ways: she's kind of a writer/blogger/socialite/model/ex-girlfriend of Ryan Adams type. Sounds fun, but is that her in this ad for Talbots, pictured in a Wall Street Journal article headlined, "'Dowdy' Talbots Hopes Makeover Can Revive Sales"? If so, it's a bit of a step down from her old gigs posing for Uniqlo, J. Crew, and Banana Republic. [WSJ]

    10:41 AM on Wed Apr 2 2008
    By Sheila
    4,997 views, 12 comments

    Latest by TedSez: I dated a redhead who worked for Talbots. Well, in a Talbots. Not quite the same thing, I guess. more »

  • gossip roundup

    The Times' Heather Mills Dirt Is So Classy

    • While in a British courtroom, during her divorce from Paul McCartney, Heather Mills poured a pitcher of water on one of the ex-Beatle's lawyers. The Times has a scandalous courtroom sketch of the whole thing because they shamelessly support sketch-artist-paparazzi. [Times]
    • Courtney Love is supposedly moving to London. "I am fed up with Los Angeles. It's dirty and full of crazy people." [HollyScoop]
    • Paris Hilton: "I love Africa in general — South Africa and West Africa, they are both great countries." [Sun]
    • Fresh off his relationship with ShopVogue's Jessica Joffe, scruffy singer and internet open book Ryan Adams is dating actress Mandy Moore, and they probably hooked up when he was still with Joffe. This totally calls for a poem, Ryan. [NYM]
    • French president Nicolas Sarkozy's recent ex was married in New York's Rainbow Room to a PR executive. The night before, everyone went to Mamma Mia. [People]
    • Musician Pete Wentz tried to kill himself after recording a major-label record a while back. [Splash]
    • Here are pictures of the Hills' Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt wearing bunny ears at Easter. "Could they be any more fake??" [IsThisHappening]
    • TV host Tyra Banks has a stalker who carries around a big bag of magazine clippings about her. The scary thing is that she carries around her own, even bigger bag of Tyra Banks clippings. The woman is fierce. [Splash]

    5:45 AM on Mon Mar 24 2008
    By Ryan Tate
    2,256 views, 31 comments

    Latest by WorldWarYou: I'm so sad... Pete Wentz almost really killed himself (damn, so close) and Ryan Adams is dating Mandy Slore, I more »

  • critical stalker

    Ryan Adams Just Answered Our Prayers

    He's back on the web! You might know the scruffster for his music (Love Is Hell), but you might also know him from his entertaining oversharey Internet exploits! Exhibit 1: sending us a poem for ex-girlfriend, writer Jessica Joffe, after she blocked his email. Exhibit 2: Making multiple YouTube videos about said breakup. Now that he's back, we hope to read his delightfully unedited thoughts for a long, long time. To wit: "If only I had the lack of self respect to just bury myself in some nagging bosom in the bowels of the Beatrice Inn." Oh, yeah? Also, his "mega-talented thespian pal Park" gave him a drum. More »

    12:40 PM on Thu Mar 13 2008
    By Sheila
    5,250 views, 22 comments

    Latest by TallulahSkankhead: Lulz, he said "eleventy" twice (twicety?). more »

  • social graphic

    Six Degrees Of Separation Between George W Bush and Parker Posey

    It's so confusing. Luminescent scribe Jessica Joffe split up with scruffy musician Ryan Adams, who used to date Winona Ryder and Parker Posey and Alanis Morissette. (Ryan's been making inappropriate YouTube breakup videos for the past few days now, plus he sent us a poem). But did you know that George W. Bush, Open City editor Thomas Beller, big-time developer Roland Betts, and the secret society Skull and Bones also connect back to this sundered couple? Hunh? We need a diagram! (Click to enlarge.)

    5:07 PM on Fri Jan 18 2008
    By Sheila
    5,844 views, 18 comments

    Latest by Ummwhat: OMG W and PP are BFF more »

  • gossip

    Dear Ryan Adams: You'll Get Over This Soon, Babe

    Don't you sometimes wish that somewhere out there, somebody is obsessively creating and editing videos about you? Seriously, it's creepily romantic. On that note, indie-ish musician Ryan Adams is at it again! This one features more of our favorite flame-haired scribe, Jessica Joffe—plus another poem calling her a "baby deer," plus sunflowers, plus a map of the West Village surrounded by a heart. In the "about this video" section, Ryan writes, "if shit is gonna be out there in no matter how small a dose, i thought i would rust off this tune. better days now mean reflecting on better days. Eh gnite." Ryan: soon you'll feel better and this will all seem like a bad dream, I promise. Click for the video! More »

    10:33 AM on Fri Jan 18 2008
    By Sheila
    10,275 views, 29 comments

    Latest by whoneedslight: Yes, but was he this romantic while they were still together? I would love to know what went down. more »

  • gossip

    Ryan Adams/Jessica Joffe Breakup Video Long on Style, Short on Substance

    The new Ryan Adams YouTube video, which we can only assume is about his recent breakup with former Observer scribe, former model, and current ShopVogue writer Jessica Joffe, is called "Sad Days." Described as "found footage of dreams," it features a couple grainy shots of Jessica in all her redheaded beauty, plus shots of Ryan goofing around. Oh, the good times they must have had! Mostly, though, it features shots of the skyline racing by from the window of a car, or shots of the stars at night. Your next breakup could easily end up like this if you aren't careful! "He's obviously reaching out," writes a tipster. "Bless him." Click to watch! If you're looking for Jess, she appears about 2 minutes in, and again at 3:20, and at the very end.
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    3:46 PM on Wed Jan 16 2008
    By Sheila
    7,195 views, 19 comments

    Latest by Trixie from Toronto: Am I wrong to love him and his music? Am I? Because I do. Ryan: text me! more »

  • gossip

    "In No Way Do I Not Realize This Is Insane:" Did Jessica Joffe Block (Former) Boyfriend Ryan Adams' Email?

    Yesterday, we received a poem from someone calling themselves Romantic Danzig, titled "poem for Jessica Joffe because she blocked my email." Whatever! But then we received separate information that Joffe, the glam writer (Vogue! Glamour! Observer alum!) and former Banana Republic model had broken up with scruffy "difficult to work with" NYC musician Ryan Adams. She has been credited with helping Ryan overcome his substance abuse problems. (As you might remember, he's prone to piss-drunk Internet ramblings). The poem, totally/probably written by Ryan, follows—along with his touching explanation. More »

    11:19 AM on Wed Jan 16 2008
    By Sheila
    18,423 views, 88 comments

    Latest by DorothyMantooth: @scroll_lock: Oh, and also: Tim Curry played the butler in Clue! (So it kinda sorta made sense, even if it more »

  • wow

    Jessica Joffe Undoes Your Buttons On ShopVogue.TV


    "What is [former Observer staffer and Banana Republic model] Jessica Joffe up to these days?" someone asked me recently and I was like, "Dunno, being Ryan Adams' girlfriend and being mistaken for Kirsten Dunst, mostly?" How wrong I was! She is actually hosting these genius online videos for Vogue where she teaches people about how to have personal style. Her accent! Those little flicks of the eyebrow! I am a lesbian now and I'm moving to England and Germany!

    12:00 PM on Tue Oct 30 2007
    By Emily Gould
    3,028 views, 18 comments

    Latest by rchick: @MindGrapes: You are correct. Pleated trousers are the equivalent of 'I shop for tires and pants at the same time.' more »