Tag Archives: internships

Morning Quickies: “Black Swan” Interns Sue Over Unpaid Coffee-Fetching

Jessica WakemanSeptember 30, 2011 //
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  • Two interns who worked on the movie “Black Swan” are suing Fox Searchlight Pictures because they don’t believe their coffee-fetching and lunch order-taking qualified as “educational” enough to justify labor laws about unpaid internships. [New York Times]
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Who Wants To Intern For Charlie Sheen?

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comMarch 10, 2011 //

File this under “people sure are crazy.” On Monday, Charlie Sheen tweeted, “I’m looking to hire a #winning INTERN with #TigerBlood… we want you on #TeamSheen as our social media #TigerBloodIntern!” Sheen asked interested parties to write a 75-word essay (which, really, is that an essay?) to be considered for the gig. Forty-eight hours later, more than 74,000 people have applied.

But apparently, this whole thing may just be a publicity stunt. Shocking! Keep reading »

Lady Gaga Wants To Be A Fashion Intern

Lily QMay 18, 2010 //

Not content to wait for a closet full of insane headware to be delivered, Lady Gaga wants to DIY a few. A rep for Philip Treacy, who has designed hats for everyone from Alexander McQueen to Valentino and Dior, told British Vogue that “the [internship] request came through quite a while ago.” Apparently Treacy and The Gaga “get on well and she has applied for an internship although nothing has been confirmed yet,” continued the rep. When we were fashion interns, there were coffee runs, errands in heels, and, at least in my case, an incident involving Serena Williams and quite a lot of spandex. If Treacy approves Lady Gaga’s internship application, we’re guessing she’ll get to bypass the Starbucks trips. [Vogue UK] Keep reading »

Style Buzz: The $42,500 Vogue Internship and Marc’s Matching Tats

Lily QMay 1, 2010 //
  • Designer auction site OohILove may have gotten around Louis Vuitton’s infamous No Sales Ever mandate. Or else the bags they’re calling authentic are counterfeit. [Styleite]
  • Prepare for the fashion orgy that is the Met Gala by looking over outfits from Met Galas gone by. [FabSugar]
  • A week-long internship at Vogue just sold for $42,500. That means the lucky (read “insane”) winner will be paying about $150/hour. To Intern. Vomit. [The Cut]

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How Much Would You Pay To Intern At Vogue?

Bianca PosterliApril 11, 2010 //

Desperate for a fashion internship? Daddy ready to shell out a few dollars to help you get your foot in the door? Then get to bidding, because charitybuzz has a very special offering, all thanks to the queen of fashion. With a generous donation to the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights, you’ll be one of the lucky few to add an internship at Vogue to your resume, and one of the even more select few to earn an audience with Anna Wintour. Should you win the bidding war, here are the prizes coming your way: one week at Vogue, the chance to meet Anna Wintour, 2 tickets to New York’s Fashion Week, “The September Issue” DVD, and a few books, including In Vogue, Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People, The World in Vogue: People, Parties, Places, and The Teen Vogue Handbook. The auction ends on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 12:29:00 p.m. (EDT). After just a day on the block, the cost is already up to $1,850.00. Worth it to you? If not, you can intern for us for free! [Fashionista] Keep reading »

Donna Karan Auctions Off Internships To Rich Kids

Lily QMarch 26, 2010 //

You’ve got five more days to pay $3,000 for a week-long internship in Donna Karan‘s PR department, get going! If that sentence sounded a little off to you, you’re not alone. Designer Donna Karan is auctioning off a short-term internship and we find that a little gross, elitist, etc. The only saving grace is the fact that the proceeds go to help out the Stephen Gaynor School, an awesome place for kids with learning difficulties. It’s not so much that the designer’s heart is in the wrong place as the fact that an opportunity that should be merit-based is being sold like a designer dress that very few can afford, and that feels icky to us. [Fashionably Independent]

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Interns Behaving Badly

Ami AngelowiczDecember 22, 2009 //

I felt a swell of pride when I heard about an intern at Grazia magazine after my own heart. This young genius, who was sent out regularly to buy fat-free lattes for the beauty department, revealed a little secret on her last day at the magazine. She had been buying them full-fat lattes all along. I can only imagine the look on their faces as they ran to the bathroom to vomit. This girl is a hero as far as I’m concerned. I hope interns of Anna Wintour types everywhere are listening because I can’t think of anything worse than being an abused intern. In fact, I have a checkered intern past of my own … [Guardian] Keep reading »

Want An Elle Internship? Put “Homeless” On Your Resume!

Nikki DowlingAugust 25, 2009 //

Maybe sleeping in the doorway is the best way to get your foot in the door? It worked for Bri, a blogger who was living in a Wal-Mart parking lot. A few months back, she auditioned for a reality show for aspiring advice columnists where the winner would receive an internship at Elle with their longtime advice disher, E. Jean. Too bad Bri completely bombed the audition, and, of course, blogged about it. She decided to write her sob story directly to E. Jean. Jean was so moved by her letter that she responded in her monthly column. In it, she offered Bri an internship with her! In the mag, Jean opined, “At the end of the four months, if you don’t have a job and an awesome place to live, I will become your intern.” We’re looking forward to finding out which Bri finds more unpleasant — homelessness or interning at a fashion magazine. [NY Mag] Keep reading »