Ties and coats are no longer just for forced family photos and holiday gatherings. Young men with panache can proudly wear a slightly disheveled white shirt and tie or suit coat and t-shirt thanks to Zac Effron and the Jonas Brothers.

The Disney sensations known as Jo-Bros, and Zac Effron, cannot take complete credit for co-opting formal wear into hot casual looks. First we need to look back at movie stars who made the suit famous, as well as later stars who deconstructed the style.

Nobody wore the suit like Cary Grant. In many of his films from the 1940s and 1950s Cary Grant appeared as comfortable in his pressed shirt and full suit as many would be in a pair of pajamas. Fast-forward to Dustin Hoffman, barefoot in a suit coat and unbuttoned dress shirt in the iconic scene where he is watching Mrs. Robinson take off her nylons.

The suit got serious in the 1980's film American Gigolo, as worn by Richard Gere and designed by Giorgio Armani. Richard Gere's profession may not have been noble, but in the 1980s there was a definite mass consciousness that connected suit wearing with money making. Suit elements, including bigger-than-life shoulder pads found there way into women's business attire.

The 1980s also brought us a more playful approach to the suit coat, dress shirt and tie combination, which has been embraced by today's young pop icons. Tom Cruise in Risky Business made a fashion statement with a pair of white socks and matching dress shirt. Later in the film he wears his suit coat more casually, with a black t-shirt.

The real fun comes with General Hospital-doctor-turned-pop-sensation, Rick Springfield. One of his signature looks was a wrinkled white dress shirt and colorful tie. Springfield brought a sense of frolic to suit pieces, once thought of as formal.

The fun and hip mindset has evolved to today's suits for today's young men.

Could Madonna be losing a husband and a child? Madonna adopted little David in 2006 from Malawi and promised David's father that she would take good care of him. Well, David's biological father has now come out to say that he feels bad for David because of all of the photographers pushing to get pictures, and Madonna's impending divorce has added even more unrest. Since Madonna adopted David, his biological father has gotten a new wife, had two other children and also has provided a home for his family in Malawi. David's father had this to say about the situation, "But now, when I think of David in danger of living outside a family life, I find it unbearable." As you may remember, Madonna had trouble adopting David in the first place, because he was from Malawi and there were certain laws that had to be followed. Could this be a way for little David's father to get him back from Madonna? You never know.

Comedian Sasha Baron Cohen and actress Isla Fisher celebrated their daughter Olive's first birthday with a celebrity filled party. They threw a country western first birthday party with all the works. The celebrity guest list included Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox with her daughter Coco, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Dustin Hoffman and Tobey Maguire with his daughter Ruby. What will her second birthday party be like, let alone her sweet sixteen?

It's official. High School Musical heartthrob, Zac Efron is now 21. Efron laid low for his 21st birthday, celebrating with his girlfriend, Vanessa Hudgens, and close family and friends at L.A.'s Pace restaurant. Some of the guest included Monique Coleman, Ashley Tisdale, Amanda Bynes, Brittany Snow and Michelle Trachtenberg. Efron left the restaurant with Hudgens just around midnight and headed off to a local hotel with a couple of the guest to continue the party. I'm actually pretty happy to see that some young Hollywood stars know how to celebrate and not make fools of themselves. Good for them!

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