It's the night before Halloween...

... but Vanessa Hudgens and her Halloween Hubby have already assumed their Final Forms and are ready to party!

The Bardot Quarterly

Halloween is almost here. Brigette Bardot is going through ideas for what costume she'll wear to this year's Shades of Gray party. Can you help her choose by telling us which one is your favorite?

 

 

  

 

 

 

Halloween is coming...

... and actress/singer Vanessa Hudgens wants everyone to know that you need to start preparing for the Big Day and the Bigger Night!

"Halloween is my favorite holiday. I live for Halloween. I literally count down the days," Hudgens once told British comedian James Cordon. "And Halloween is not just a holiday. It is a season! It is a celebratory season to embrace your inner darkness!"

We think this means she might displace Vampirella as the Queen of Halloween this year!

Bella Hadid is washed up...

... upon the beach that is!

 
 

Happy Christmas in July!

Carole Lombard is the official gift-bringer for this bonus Christmas celebration for those who just can't trim trees and hang stockings with care just once a year! (And if you don't mysteriously find presents somewhere in your house, it's because you didn't put up a tree or leave a Yellow Parrot cocktail and cherry tarts for her to enjoy.)

How Hot Is It? (Ballerina Edition)

It's so hot that Katie Boren can only sit in the shade while she tries to get up the energy to dance into the stream...

... Sally is unable to move from this shady bench...

... Alexis might be melting...

... and the result of Juliet's lunch of baked beans and cabbage is colder than the air around her!

Mermay continues... and the mermaids continue to emerge from the deep!

We're Celebrating Mermay!

In honor or Mermay, here are a few drawings of mermaids (with a couple mermen mixed in)!

 
 If you like the art you see here, and you want more of it that you can even use in your own projects, you should check out In Deep with Mermaids, part of the NUELOW Games Stock Art Collection. It contains artwork by all the artists featured in this post.
 
 

The Bardot Quarterly

International Dance Day is almost here! And Brigitte Bardot is getting ready early this year!

 She knows she's going to appear on Shades of Gray in half-a-dozen or so posts this year, so she knows there will be more people watching than usual in these parts. She's practicing extra hard and studying the routines, so she can make the best possible impression on visitors!

Um... maybe we spoke too soon. But at least she'll be driving home the unifying theme of the blog today!

   

Happy Birthday, Jennifer Garner!

On this day in 1972, actress Jennifer Garner entered the world in Houston, Texas. She's the daughter of a retired English teacher (her mother) and a retired chemical engineer (her father). She initially intended to follow in her father's professional footsteps, but as she began her studies at university, the love of the stage she'd had since childhood overtook her and she switched to studying acting.

Garner first appeared on screen in 1995, with small role in a start-studded Danielle Steele adaptation, "Zoya" and spent the rest of the '90s playing bit parts and supporting roles in TV series, as well as in films for both the small and big screens. Her first major television role came on the dramatic series "Alias" in 2001, and for the past two decades her star has done nothing but rise. 

We celebrate Garner's birthday with a few pictures taken of her over her over three decades she's spent in front of cameras (so far)!

Observing the Leap Year!

It's a Leap Year, so here are some leaping ballerinas and dancers!