Archives for December 2023

Name: KLF Kare. Age: Zero; it just launched. Appearance: Unclear. Can’t you try to describe it? “KLF Kare is a multinational franchise that provides branding solutions for independently owned care homes.” There, that wasn’t so hard. What does it mean? No idea. So is it care homes, or branding solutions, or some kind of franchise business? Ask the KLF. The what now? The musical and artistic partnership of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, who as the KLF became the world’s biggest-selling singles act in 1991, before abruptly quitting the music business, deleting their back catalogue and burning a million quid on a Scottish island. Oh yeah, those guys. They’re back, are they? The duo, who have operated under such enigmatic and overlapping auspices as the K Foundation, K2 Plant Hire Ltd, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and the Timelords, have just released a new track, a remix of Harry Nilsson’s 1969 hit Everybody’s Talkin’. I love that song. A remix, you say? A “live from the after-life party premix”, in their words. Sounds like a great bet for Christmas No 1. It should be: in their 2017 novel 2023: A Trilogy, the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu prophesied that this single would reach No 1 this Christmas. I might regret asking, but what does any of this have to do with care homes? According to a new KLF website, the single is also the “winner of the first ever Kareovision Kristmas Song Kontest”. And what is that? “A recorded song contest for the strictly over-65s who are also residents in KLF Kare homes.” Who lives in these homes? According to the website, they are aimed at the “raver to the grave”. I feel as if I’m being sported with. That is often the case with the KLF. Drummond fired a machine gun loaded with blanks over the heads of the audience at the band’s farewell Brit awards appearance, while they once proposed a “People’s Pyramid” comprising bricks containing human ashes. So, is this a gnomic promotional prank or a sardonic comment on ageing? It could be both. Cauty and Drummond are 66 and 70 respectively. Just to be clear: there are no care homes? I don’t think so, but I don’t want to stick my neck out. Do say: “In fulfilment of the prophecy, it’s going to be a Kareovision Kristmas!” Don’t say: “Nurse, can you turn that music down?”

Wataru Endo has revealed that he thought Liverpool had signed Moises Caicedo before they pursued him as an alternative option.

The Japan captain reflected on a “crazy” week after making his debut for Jurgen Klopp’s side as a substitute in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Bournemouth.

Endo, who completed a £16.2million move from Stuttgart on Friday, had been watching Liverpool’s pursuit of a holding midfielder with interest this summer, but assumed that search had ended when they agreed a £111m fee with Brighton for Caicedo. The Ecuador international subsequently opted to join Chelsea instead.

“To be honest I followed Liverpool’s news, that they wanted midfielders, they wanted a No 6,” Endo said.

“I thought Caicedo had gone to Liverpool! (Laughs). So when I heard he went to Chelsea I just thought ‘maybe’.

“I thought maybe they needed experienced midfielders or something like that, because (Jordan) Henderson and Fabinho had moved. I thought there might be a chance.

“I understand top clubs want young talent, but you know I just say to myself: ‘This is the only chance you can get to move to Liverpool because they usually try to get younger players.’ I got the chance and I intend to take it.”

The 30-year-old started the week preparing for Stuttgart’s Bundesliga opener against Bochum, but life was turned upside down by a call from his agent.

Asked when he was first aware that Liverpool wanted him, he said: “It was only three or four days ago. It happened so fast.

“My agent called me and I had to decide quickly. I couldn’t say no because to play in the Premier League was always my dream. I would always tell my agent I wanted to play in the Premier League for a top, top team, so here I am!

“I was getting ready to play in the Bundesliga. Now I’m playing here at Anfield in the Premier League in front of all these fans, it is crazy.

“I only had time for one training session so I just tried to get ready as best I could. I am an experienced player, so I needed to accept and deal with the situation.”

Endo has sought advice from former Liverpool attacker Takumi Minamino and Arsenal’s Takehiro Tomiyasu, two of his international team-mates, about what to expect at Anfield.

“Yesterday I talked with Taki about how the team is,” he said. “And also Tomiyasu about how the Premier League is, things like that.”

Endo came off the bench shortly after the hour mark on Saturday following an eventful few minutes which saw Alexis Mac Allister sent off and Diogo Jota fire Liverpool into a 3-1 lead.

“It was amazing to play here — a great feeling, a great atmosphere, to warm up and hear the fans chanting my name. They made such a special atmosphere and I so happy to play at Anfield,” he added.

“The manager just told me to play like I did in the Bundesliga, and try to do it like I have always done it. Physically, it was more difficult than the Bundesliga. Premier League teams have some very strong players so yeah there is a big difference.

The tempo is faster too. Here I will have to play more one touch football for example. I need to change the mindset, and adapt to play as a No 6 here.

“I need to keep working hard. I need time to do it better and adapt to the physicality but for me it is a great step I think.”

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“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Jennifer Fessler is getting camera-ready for Season 14 of the Bravo reality series.

Page Six Style can exclusively reveal the Bravolebrity’s new smile, which was done by Dr. Larry Rosenthal and Master Ceramist Dong Youn Cha of Apa Aesthetic.

We’re told Fessler, who also previously suggested she used Ozempic to obtain her new physique, replaced 10 upper veneers that Rosenthal had done for her in 2007, with the celebrity dentist telling us it was “time for a refresh.”

Additionally, Fessler added two extra veneers to help “rebuild” the bottom jaw to make her appear younger.

“When you want to restore youth, you rebuild support to the lower third of the face,” Rosenthal explains.

“This is why we added two more teeth — for better lip support. We wanted to widen her smile and build the teeth out, so that her lip would roll up, rather than down.”

Rosenthal adds that building out Fessler’s smile “from within” helps her look appear more natural than injectables such as Juvéderm.

“The goal was to enhance her overall face – not just the smile, not just the teeth,” Rosenthal says. “She looks younger; she feels better and she has better support of the lower third of her face.”

Fessler, 53, also underwent gum tissue laser recontouring to help treat some of her recession, but the price to roll back the clock on Fessler’s appearance was steep.

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The total value of the reality star’s makeover came to $65,000. Apa Aesthetic’s practice is also no stranger to the Bravoverse, as the group has treated Ramona Singer, Kyle Richards, Kim Richards, Dolores Catania, Margaret Josephs, Lisa Hochstein, Carole Radziwill and Reza Farahan.

Apa Aesthetic was also responsible for former “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell’s new smile after he broke his back on an e-bike.

An insider told Page Six at the time that Cowell wanted his new teeth to appear “smaller” and “less bulky” than the set of veneers he had at the time, which were placed by a different dentist.

Cowell’s dental makeover, which took place over two appointments at three hours each, included 28 teeth. At the time, Apa was charging about $4,000 per tooth, but the practice has increased its price to $5,000 per chiclet.