Bon Iver's Justin Vernon Calls On Fans To Help Design Tattoo

September 17th, 2012 4:20pm EDT
Bon Iver
Bon Iver star Justin Vernon is giving fans the chance to make a lasting impression on him by designing a tattoo for his left arm.

The musician has called on his devotees to come up with a new illustration based on a TV show, and he promises to have the image inked on his body.

He wants fans to take inspiration from comedy-drama Northern Exposure, the main influence behind the band's name, which is derived from 'bon hiver' - 'good winter' in French.

On his blog, Vernon writes, "I named my band after an episode of Northern Exposure. In the episode a women transforms a gold rush village ...
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Lea Michele Spotted At Tattoo Removal Clinic

September 17th, 2012 10:19am EDT
Lea Michele
Lea Michele has reportedly undergone laser treatment to remove at least one of her tattoos. The "Glee" star once claimed to have 14 inkings on her body, including music notes on her shoulder; a bird and butterfly on her hips; a butterfly, the words "Our city, our love" and the word "imagine" on her feet; the words "I Believe" on her wrist; and a cross on her ribcage.

The actress was spotted visiting a clinic in Beverly Hills, Calif., that specializes in body art removals. She later left the building with a bandage on her left middle finger.

Michele has a small red heart etched on that fin...
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Chris Brown's Tattoo Artist Has Hurt Feelings Over Alleged Beaten Rihanna Tattoo

September 14th, 2012 11:30am EDT
Chris Brown
The tattoo artist who etched a Day of the Dead "sugar skull" on Chris Brown's neck has spoken for the first time about the controversy his ink caused earlier this week.

Media outlets scrutinising photographs of the new skin art suggested it resembled the photo of Rihanna's beaten face following her 2009 Grammy Awards eve fight that ended her romance with Brown - and led to assault charges for the Kiss Kiss singer.

Brown was quick to deny the new tattoo had anything to do with his ex, revealing it was a copy of a M.A.C. Cosmetic design he spotted in a magazine piece about the sombre Mexica...
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Chris Brown Gets A Battered Woman Tattooed On His Neck; Claims It's Not Rihanna

September 11th, 2012 12:31pm EDT
Chris Brown
Rihanna isn't the only star with a new tattoo, her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was spotted with a new ink on the side of his neck that's sure to turn some heads and anger a few people. He's either the dumbest person on the planet or perhaps the most misunderstood.

The new tat very closely resembles one of the images of Rihanna that were released last year after he beat her on the eve of the 2009 Grammy Awards.

The photos of Rihanna show her with one black eye, numerous bruises and scratches on her face, and what appear to be three scratches across her lips and chin (see the pics at TMZ.com)....
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Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber Show Off New Tattoos

September 4th, 2012 1:01pm EDT
Lady Gaga
Pop superstars Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber showed off some new ink over the weekend; each of them getting a small tattoo and posing for photos they posted to their websites.

Gaga, aka "Mother Monster" posted an image of hers on her website Little Monsters.com; with the cryptic message, "New Tat. Stamp of His Mermaid" to go with the new anchor tattoo.

Bieber's self-portrait of himself laying in bed features his new permanent artwork, a crown.

"[N]ew tattoo its a crown if you couldn't tell," he wrote.

Both stars showed off more new tattoos earlier this summer, Bieber getting the Japanese ...
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Bobbi Kristina Brown Gets Tattoo In Her Mom's Honor

August 9th, 2012 11:28am EDT
Bobbi Kristina Brown
Whitney Houston's teenage daughter commemorated her mother's birthday on Thursday by getting a tattoo in the late singer's memory.

Bobbi Kristina Brown, the superstar's daughter with Bobby Brown, visited a body art parlor in Atlanta, Georgia late on Wednesday - ahead of what would have been her mother's 49th birthday - to have the initials WH and four doves inked on her wrist.

She took to her Twitter.com page to tell followers about her plans for the poignant day, writing, "Mommy it's your birthday & I am going 2 (to) celebrate it 2 the fullest! Bc (because) YOU deserve it damn it, YOU ...
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Miley Cyrus' 15th Tattoo Is A Quote From Theodore Roosevelt - See It And Some Of Her Others

July 11th, 2012 8:18pm EDT
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus's tattoo count has officially gone up as the actress/singer has added some fresh ink to her left forearm.

The new body art contains an excerpt from a speech by President Theodore Roosevelt. It reads, "[S]o that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

The passage comes from Roosevelt's April 23, 1910 "Citizenship in a Republic" speech at the Sorbonne in Paris, France.

The full quote reads, "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done bet...
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Ke$ha Unveils Her Latest 'Body Art'

June 27th, 2012 11:54am EDT
Ke$ha
Pop star Ke$ha has added to her body art collection with a risqué new tattoo on her bottom lip.

The TiK ToK hit-maker already boasts an anchor design and a skull and crossbones on her wrist, and now she has had the words 'Suck It!' branded on the inside of her lip.

Ke$ha took to her Twitter.com page to share a photo of her tattoo artist as well as her suggestive new inking, announcing, "New tatt!!!"

The singer is also a big fan of homemade tattoos - she gave Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne his first with a smiley face on his toe, and left rocker Andrew W.K. with a scar on his arm af...
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Trace Cyrus Shaves Head To Make Room For His Native American Head Tattoo

May 10th, 2012 9:32am EDT
Trace Cyrus
Rocker Trace Cyrus has stunned fans by unveiling a new sprawling tattoo on the side of his head.

Miley Cyrus' half-brother took to Twitter.com on Wednesday to reveal his intentions for another piece of body art and told his fans that his father Billy Ray Cyrus was also going to have an inking.

He tweeted, "With my dad! He is getting his back tattooed! Gangster! Getting my head tattooed right now..."

And he returned to the site four hours later to show them a picture of the design he had inked - an American Indian complete with headdress.

He added, "Got my head tatted today! Excuse a...
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Kelsey Grammer Gets An Ultra-Sexy Tattoo

April 16th, 2012 1:43pm EDT
Kelsey Grammer
Kelsey Grammer's hips don't lie. He's madly in love with a woman named Kayte, and just crazy enough to have her name tattooed on his hip.

You can't have sexy time with Kelsey Grammer without being reminded of Kayte Walsh. The 57-year-old actor has made a permanent gesture of love to his fourth wife, having her name tattooed on his hip over the weekend.

That's hot.

Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh hit up the tattoo parlor Friday, looked over a few design options, then decided putting her name on his right hip was the way to go.

"He was pretty cool about it," said Bob Jones, owner of Insi...
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