Naughty Publicity Stunts – Nadya Suleman Offered $1M Adult Film Deal With Vivid Entertainment (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Adult film enterprise Vivid Entertainment has a way for Nadya Suleman to solve her financial woes–sign on the dotted line. They’ve offered the vilified mother of octuplets a $1 million deal for a hardcore…

Sci-Fi Flickr Fantasties – Stormtrooping Is A Job: A Day In The Life Of An Imperial Guard (UPDATE) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What do Stormtroopers do when they’re not protecting the Death Star? That’s right… Stormtroopers are people too – people with lives and hobbies and relationships. George Lucas failed in this respect. He…

Funglasses – Dior Homme Introduces Future Fashion With Funky Retro Mod Eyewear (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The model of these sunglasses are Dior Hommes Blow. Be careful when you Google search that term. For the Dior man secure in his fashionableness, this new collection will be available in a limited edition…

Collaborative Stories on Skin – A Story Written On The Bodies of 2,095 Strangers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A story tattooed in words across the bodies of 2,095 strangers started with a call out on a public forum, and slowly people started showing their interest…

I am word number 275 in a story of 2,095 words.…

Fish Scale Gowns – Miley Cyrus Gets Aquatic on Oscars Red Carpet (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Teenage sensation Miley Cyrus rocked the Oscars red carpet in an aquatic-inspired Zuhair Murad gown.

Miley Cyrus’s Oscars red carpet dress featured fish scale-inspired layers that went from the waist…

Using Sympathy for Awareness – UK Cervical Cancer Screenings Spike Following Jane Goody’s Fame (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Optimists believe that even the darkest storm cloud has a silver lining, and it looks like the silver lining that surrounds Jane Goody’s terminal cervical cancer is an increased awareness of the disease.…

Obsessing Over Celebs’ Weight – 10 Viral Weight Wars Between Stars the Paparazzi (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) There is a tremendous pressure in our society for both men and women to be thin. 

Much of the blame goes to the ongoing cultural obsession with thinness. In addition, the nonstop parade of media images…

Strange Photo Collections – Bizarre Archive Catalogues the Weirdest Pictures On the Web (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I am very much a Bizarre kind of girl, I love their articles and find their coverage of unique events a real inspiration, as reflected in my Trend Hunter portfolio. That said, I have stopped short of writing…

Human Vending Machines – Kit Kat’s Man-Powered Promo at London Victoria (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Japan is famous for its wacky, wonderful and generally amazing vending machines that sell everything from hot meals to ice cream, flowers and beyond. For special products and times, however, human-powered…

Super-Slim MP3 Players – Wireless ‘Digit’ Flashes a Futuristic Fashion Statement (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Maybe Apple white is playful, but glossy black is the classic interpretation of cool; this cool is all over the stunning Digit MP3 Player concept. The brainchild of Portuguese designer Nuno Teixeira, this…

Regrettable Inking – ‘Baby on Board’ Tattoo and Other Bad Ideas to Bring Remorse (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Yeah, bad as in awful, not bad as in good. I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that tattooing “Baby on Board” is not such a great idea. And why would you want a hanger imprint tatted on your…

Global Political Image Scanalds – Will Elizabeth Wong Be the Carla Bruni of Malaysia? (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Politician, environmental activist and beauty, Elizabeth Wong is being called “Malaysia?s very own Carla Bruni or Segolene Royal” by NST.com. She’s fueling huge debates over privacy and female sexuality…

Bringing Fashion Dolls to Life – Barbie’s 50th Brithday Celebrated by Designers at NY Fashion (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What fashion icon is more timeless than Barbie? As proven at New York fashion week, the answer is likely no one. The beautiful blonde doll is a piece of pop culture history and her 50th anniversary was…

Banishing Bad Fashion – Fashionism Says Adios to 10 of 2008’s Most Infamous Style Flubs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These fashion trends from 2008 are gone, hopefully for good. The three trends I’m glad to see go are the skinny jeans for men (I hate the word skinny), the moustache (save it for Halloween night) and women…

Teen Domestic Violence Forums – MTV’s “Chris Brown and Rihanna: Love in Trouble” (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The whirlwind surrounding Chris Brown and Rihanna has incited a number of rumors and ill will, but it’s also brought to light a controversial subject that doesn’t often get discussed.

On Friday, MTV hosted…

Teen Fashion Queens – Jane Aldridge of ‘Sea of Shoes’ is a Style-Savvy Young Blogger (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) At 16, she may not be old enough to vote, but she’s got a killer wardrobe to show off to the masses via her insanely popular fashion blog, Sea of Shoes.

It’s enough to make an adult with student loans…

High-Profile Facebook Breakups – Chris Brown and Rihanna Change Relationship Status to ‘Single’ (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When Chris Brown and Rihanna change their status on Facebook to single, you know it’s over. The social networking site isn’t just being used by you and your friends to make statements about your relationship,…

Celebumoms Seeking Donations – Nadya Suleman Sets Up Website to Solicit Support for Octuplets (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Nadya Suleman, the woman who gave birth to octuplets through in vitro fertilization on January 29th, 2009, has set up a website asking the public for online donations to support her extensive family of…

Modern Proverbs – Nikki Farquharson’s Updated Mantras for the Contemporary Connected World (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s about time someone updated Benjamin Franklin’s “Poor Richard’s Almanack” with some updated words of wisdom, and Nikki Farquharson has proven she’s up to the task with “65 Modern Proverbs.”

With witticisms…

Getting Fat for Publicity? – Was The Jessica Simpson Weight Gain Scandal A PR Stunt? (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Jessica Simpson weight gain controversy has had tabloids hissing, Simpson haters snickering, and fans defending the blond singer, resulting in one of the biggest celebrity media stories of the year…