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The obvious answer is: Depends on where you ink them. In-your-face skin art tends to be on one’s face, neck, or arms. Fashionable marks show up on the ankle, and peekaboo tats get lower-back placement. Anywhere else, well, only bikini season can tell.
But with so many celebrities baring their latest ink art to anyone who’ll ogle, tattoos don’t seem like a hidden message … unless you’re Brad Pitt, abashed by an inquisitive Oprah Winfrey fan. His refusal to answer what tattoos he had where during an “Oprah” episode has inadvertently launched a Search probe for “brad pitt tattoos.”
Even though the show aired Nov. 19, people are still trying to uncover his alleged skin modifications of “otzi the iceman” and a quote from the late journalist Daniel Pearl, who inspired the movie “A Mighty Heart,” starring Pitt’s partner Angelina Jolie.
So far, no mainstream source verifies the Pearl quote, but reports of Pitt’s tattoo of 5,000-year-old mummy Otzi, who bore at least 57 tattoos, are more than a year old (and had inspired comedian Stephen Colbert to accuse Pitt of being involved in Otzi’s demise). The latest Web reaction to Pitt’s bashfulness about baring his “personal and special” tattoos has been either flabbergasted or charmed (as well as the usual “who cares”). With more people getting skin modification these days and reality shows on the whole business, tats have sort of lost the exotic tribalism or counter-cultural edge of days past.
Plus, of course, Jolie is notorious for using her body as a canvas, as searchers knew back in 2006. In fact, she still ranks among the top 5 most-searched celebrities inked in the past 7 days. (Oh, Pitt would be no. 6.)
Incidentally, since the holidays are nigh upon us, if all this inspires you to give the gift that keeps on giving, consult the below list for tattoo design searches that have jumped in popularity. And if you don’t want to commit, consider the faux tattoo sleeve, which has perked up 7% in the past 7 days. No fuss, no muss.
The political world swooned over the twists and turns in President-elect Barack Obama’s nomination dramas, but other stories preoccupied the Buzz this week. Take a moment to rewind and look back at the survival of the cutest, the 18th-century criminal enterprise that’s enjoying a renaissance, and which child star couldn’t get a break on Broadway.
Too Cute for Extinction Anthropologists have ferreted out the tiny but unbearably cute pygmy tarsier, who quickly leapt into the top 500 searches on Yahoo! this week. The palm-sized, big-eyed Indonesian primates were believed extinct for 80 years, but stayed in hiding likely because they were tired of people squealing about how adorable they were. Researchers rewarded their indomitable spirit by scooping them up in nets and attaching radio collars around their necks. Coincidentally, the announcement comes the same week as the Bush administration’s deadline to change the Endangered Species Act.
Pirates’ Big Catch Modern-day piracy reached dangerous levels of absurdity this week, as Somali pirates asked for a $25 million ransom for its biggest haul yet: a 26,000-ton oil super-tanker hijacked last Saturday. The booty is bigger than the previous week’s haul of a Ukranian warship. So far this year, the speed-boating pirates have attacked more than 80 ships, hijacked 33, and are still holding 12 for ransom. (Check a live piracy map here.) While global forces gather to unite on the high seas, Somalian towns have boomed from the pirate industry.
Short Walk on the Great White Way Pity the poor child actor who’s all grown up. Haley Joel Osment, who received a Oscar nomination in 1999 for “The Sixth Sense,” made his Broadway debut Sunday. David Mamet’s “American Buffalo,” also featuring John Leguizamo and Cedric the Entertainer, met poor reviews and weak ticket sales, and may close just after one week.
Also Buzzing… • Auto executives asking for a government bailout didn’t help their cause by taking private luxury planes to the congressional hearings—and they didn’t even jetpool. The rebuffed execs agreed to present a “detailed loan application,” and a sheepish GM will return a couple of jets. • Testimony began in the Sheik vs. King of Pop lawsuit, which accuses Michael Jackson of reneging on a $7 mil recording contract. The defendant, as Jackson is frequently known, will testify next Monday. His earlier attempts to duck out due to illness were rejected. • HowStuffWorks lists 13 hiccup cures, which include yanking one’s tongue or getting someone to scare the bejeezus out of you.
Thanksgiving is no respite, some moment of rest in a hectic holiday season. Rather, America’s recognition of its New World roots stands out as a centerpiece that at once honors family and the nation. The year so far has been delirious, exhilarating, frightening and exhausting in so many aspects. Today’s the day to appreciate what the country has gone through in 2008 and for the past few hundred years.
So, how have celebrants come to prepare for this day? Take a look at the preparations in the past 7 days, as seen through the prism of searches:
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