As if he wasn’t talented enough gracing us with his voice on the hit television series Glee, Chris Colfer can now add children’s book author to his resume. On July 17th, The Land of Stories, will be released including illustrations by Brandon Dorman.
Described as a “modern-day fairy tale,” the book will focus on twins Alex and Conner, who leave the real world behind and find themselves in a land where they come face-to-face with the fairy-tale characters — witches, goblins, trolls — they’ve always read about. Colfer says the book’s illustrator “made every detail come to life.
This is beyond precious. I can’t wait to start my own collection of children’s books someday including some of my very favorites from when I was a child. Growing up kind of makes you miss it.
Well, it looks like the guys of The Buried Life can check one more thing off of their list! In May of 2011, it was announced that the four guys had signed a book deal and now the finished product is up for pre-order on Amazon. The book will officially be released on March 27, 2012 and will be filled with stories and illustrations from their journey together. I’m glad to see that the four of them are still continuing their list and it makes me excited to see what’s in store for their future.
-The Kids Are All Right actress Mia Wasikowska is the new face of Miu Miu and featured in their latest campaign. [Source]
- Paul & Joe’s new beauty campaign is all about cats! [Source]
- Whitney Port will have her first runway show at New York Fashion Week. [Source]
-Viva Model Management has signed Lykke Li. [Source]
- Kristen Stewart is the new face for Balenciaga Fragrance. [Source]
Music
-Lana Del Rey covers Billboard. Have you heard of her yet? Dis girl be blowing up! [Source]
-Tavi gets even more cooler; featured in a Wilco music video. [Source]
-Lil Wayne will publish a memoir about his days in prison. [Source]
- Katy Perry’s parents try to play matchmaker and want to set her up with Tim Tebow. [Source]
- WELP! Coachella sold out in three hours for both weekends. [Source]
- The Sasquatch lineup will be revealed Feb. 2nd and City Arts Fest 2012 will be Oct. 18-20th, 2012. [1 and 2]
Movies
- Emma Roberts has pulled out of Spring Breakers due to a conflict in creative differences. The movies stars Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, and James Franco. [Source]
Television
- Kim Kardashian will host Live With Kelly! on Jan. 23rd. [Source]
- MTV’s Teen Mom 2 star Leah Messer is expecting twins again. [Source] Oh what’s up Kate Gosslin 2.0
- Zooey Deschanel and Channing Tatum will host Saturday Night Live. [Source]
-ABC’s “Work It” about two men cross dressing to find work was cancelled after two episodes. [Source]
Seattle
photo cred. | Seattle Times
- Congratulations to former Coffee Haus performers Champagne Champagne! The hip-hop trio will open for Wu-Tang Clan on their Seattle date. [Source]
- Philadelphia is the most depressing city to live in, and unfortunately, Seattle is in the top 5. [Source]
- Homegrown’s Turkey + Bacon + Avocado Sandwich is their best selling sandwich for 33 months! [Source] This is actually my favorite and I can vouch for it. If you haven’t tried it yet, you must!
Other
- Michelle Obama is officially on Twitter. [Source]
- Nevermind Sinhead ‘O Connor ends marriage again. [Source]
- The dessert for the Golden Globes will have gold flakes dusted on top of it! [Source]
- Contestants for Celebrity Apprentice have been revealed. Clay Aiken! [Source]
Movies
- Twilight will become a Broadway musical for one night on January 16. Proceeds from the event will go directly to charity Blessings in a Backpack. [Source]
Seattle
photo cred | The Stranger
- Apparently, the QFC on Broadway skipped three months ahead to Easter even passing on Valentine’s Day. [Source]
- Christine Gregoire will introduce a new bill to legalize gay marriage in Washington state. [Source]
Other
- Michelle Bachman has officially ended her presidential bid. [Source]
- Rumored Britney Spears is shopping for a wedding dress in the direction of Betsey Johnson or Jeremy Scott. It looks like our pop princess is spicing things up by opting out of the traditional gowns that would have been made by Vera Wang. [Source]
- Nick Cannon was hospitalized after suffering from mild kidney failure. [Source]
- Zooey Deschanel has officially filed for divorce from Ben Gibbard…is also a savvy spender according to TMZ. [Source]
- Sinhead O’Connor has called off her divorce after a night of passionate lovemaking with her husband. The divorce was filed after 16 days of marriage. So…Kim Kardashian wins again? [Source]
- Emma Roberts is deferring her college experience at Sarah Lawrence in Bronxville, New York due to her work commitments and budding romance with Glee star, Chord Overstreet. [Source]
- Russell Brand and Katy Perry did not have a prenup. He could end up making $20 million off of her. [Source]
- James Franco has sold his first novel to Amazon Publishing. [Source]
I may look like your everyday college student, but if you put a coloring book in front of me, I will go to town on it with my assortment of colored pencils, markers, and paint. This vimeo introducing Porta Pizzeria’s first coloring book, “What’s Behind The White Door?” is a little cute and a whole LOT hipster. Think I’m kidding? Watch the video and see.
Today, Universal Studios/Parks and Warner Bros announced that Hollywood would be getting their very own “Wizarding World of Harry Potter.” The park will be located within Universal Studios Hollywood and in addition to this news, the Orlando park will be expanding.
Oh my gosh – so excited that I don’t have to travel all the way to Florida to see this in real life now. I suppose I can wait a couple years for it to be built or however long it will take.
Malcolm Gladwell’s “Collected,” includes three of his best titles: Blink, Outliers and The Tipping Point. Sure, the new design is pretty sleek, but just think how great it would be to gift a friend or a family member the entire series for Christmas. I probably shouldn’t talk though since I have yet to finish Blink and The Tipping Point even though I started both four years ago. Anyways, if the rest of the world enjoys his books, that has to mean something right?
Should probably take my own advice on this one – will attempt to finish both books over break.
- Charlize Theron covers Vogue’s December issue. [Source]
- Co-founder and chief creative officer Tamara Mellon is leaving Jimmy Choo along with CEO Joshua Shulman. [Source]
- Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, daughter of former editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld, is preggers! [Source]
Music
photo courtesy of CBS News
- Apple is recalling the first generation iPod nanos due to a possible safety risk caused by the batteries. [Source]
- Lady Gaga and well-known choreographer Laurieann Gibson are no longer working together. [Source] “Honey” used to be one of my favorite dancing films and Laurieann did the choreography for every single part of it.
- OFWGKTA were dismissed from New Zealand’s Big Day Out festival lineup because of their offensive homophobic and misogynistic lyrics.[Source]
- Jay-Z says Kanye is obsessive-compulsive plus Jay-Z highlights some odd behavior as described in GQ. [Source]
Television
- MTV will bring back their hipster television series, “I Just Want My Pants Back” on Thursday, Feb. 2nd 2012. [Source] I was hooked after their teaser episode in early fall!
Seattle
- Seattle’s Intiman Theater will reopen in 2012 with a summer festival. [Source]
Other
- A nearby rave event caused Shadow, the dolphin, to become stressed out by the music. As a result, the dolphin became so distressed by it that he died. [Source]
- The recent updates of porn on people’s Facebook newsfeeds are terrifying users. [Source]
- A new magazine devoted entirely to the news of reality television stars called Reality Weekly will debut next year. [Source]
- Evelyn Lauder, beauty mogul and breast cancer activist, passed away this weekend at age 75. [Source]
- I was disgusted and almost nauseous reading this interview with Penn State’s accused defensive coordinator Jerry Sandursky. [Source] Note: this contains disturbing content.
You should never believe anyone that tells you you’re going to eat packets of Top Ramen every day of college because that isn’t true. I seriously believe that adults tell new freshmen that just to scare them. For the most part, as long as you’re living on campus, you are going to use your meal plan. Even though I had a mini fridge in my room, I never actually bought any real groceries except for snacks and I wasn’t ever going to use the community kitchen. So when my sophomore dorm-living friend Riley mentioned to me that he made a meal in the community kitchen last week, I said…”Oh Rly?”
I never did that, but maybe I should have. Maybe I should have listened to my own mother when she said she wanted to give me cooking lessons while I was still in high school. I didn’t. If I had, I wouldn’t have butchered so many of my meals. And to this day, I can only make one of her recipes. When I graduate in the spring, I won’t be able to write these “college” type posts anymore so I’m gonna pump this information out while I still can.
- Have a meal plan. Use it wisely. Don’t buy irrational food items like frozen yogurt every day and a cookie at lunch. Just because you have the option of eating dessert every day doesn’t mean you necessarily need to. The only exception is pie day.
- Own at least one cookbook. It doesn’t need to be fancy, but it should be practical. One that mentions “college” in the title or is a beginners book will usually do. My first cookbook – How to Boil Water – was a gift from a best friend’s mom and I still refer to it often.
- Cook with friends! This weekend, I made a zucchini dish for Sasha using a recipe that another friend had introduced to me and last night Max and I collaborated on a meal together! Cooking with your friends is fun and there is nothing more relaxing than sharing a meal with someone. It’s the perfect study break and a great way to catch up with friends you haven’t seen in awhile.
- When grocery shopping, make a list. If you go without one, then you’re going to buy things that you don’t need. Instead, plan the meals you want to have that week and buy the ingredients to go along with them. Also: Never go to the grocery store when you are hungry.
- Fruits and vegetables are your best friends. You are not seven anymore and you can’t avoid them forever.
- Make sure you have a balanced diet. For about two seconds just now, I considered making myself that food pyramid chart about how many servings I needed in a day. I never paid any attention to that magnet on my fridge when I was a kid, but I still remember it now and they wouldn’t make stuff like that for nothing. It’s easier to eat healthily when you have some guidelines to follow.
As most of you know, I’m not much of a book reader these days. However, having two people reccommend me the same series twice in the last month has made me reconsider. The trailer for The Hunger Games was just released this morning and now I’m wondering if maybe reading the books is what I should be occupying my time with over winter break before the film comes out.
Are any of you Yow Yow readers fans of the series too?
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are covering Vogue’s second annual best dressed issue. The issue highlights the best in fashionable sisters including the Olsen twins, Kate and Pippa Middleton, Dakota and Elle Fanning and many more. [Source]
- Dakota Fanning’s ad for Marc Jacobs’ “Oh Lola” fragrance has been banned for being too sexual. [Source]
- In Chloe Sevigny’s recent cover shoot for Candy Magazine photographed by Terry Richardson, the two of them collaborated in…another way. [Source] Must be weird for Terry to make out with someone that completely looks like him.
“There are a lot of pop stars making fashion collections – Kylie and J.Lo, Puff Daddy and Kanye West…Maybe next season, [Domenico Dolce and I] should sing a song.” – Stefano Gabbana
- The lovely and talented Dia Frampton will be releasing her first debut album on December 6th. [Source]
- To celebrate Christmas at the Rockefeller Center, Tony Bennett, Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, Cee Lo Green, Faith Hill, Carole King, Katharine McPhee, Javier Colon and The Radio City Rockettes will be performing for the live broadcast. [Source]
- Justin Bieber is definitely taking the paternity test in two weeks and Maury is trying to recruit him to be on his show when he reveals the results. [Source] I would love to hear Maury announce, “YOU ARE NOT THE FATHER!” or vice versa.
- An acoustic performance by Fun of “We Are Young” featuring Janelle Monae. [Source]
- EMI Music has been sold to Universal for $1.9 Billion. Sony bought out EMI Music Publishing for $2.2 Billion. [Source]
- Taylor Momsen’s band, The Pretty Reckless, will support Guns ‘N Roses on tour. [Source]
Television
- Showtime has renewed Weeds for an eighth season. [Source] I can’t believe this show isn’t over yet.
- Billy Crystal will be hosting the Oscars this year replacing Eddie Murphy. [Source]
- Lifetime TV is planning a new reality series called “Starving Secrets” to highlight the effects of having an eating disorder. [Source]
Movies
- Breaking Dawn fans are camping out for the premiere of the movie in Los Angeles. [Source] Wow, that doesn’t sound like fun at all.
Seattle
- The Chihuly Gardenand Glass Exhibit will open next spring at the Seattle Center and will be the world’s largest Chihuly exhibit to ever exist. [Source] Above is a photograph of our Chihuly sculpture on campus in Pigott.
- Cupcake Royale has made Breaking Dawn cupcakes to celebrate the release. [Source]
- Meet Seattle’s most influential people of 2011. [Source]
- Seattle made the list for being the 8th shopaholic city. [Source]
Other
- These are the worst action figures of Kate and Pippa Middleton I have ever seen. [Source]
- Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves are finally following in the footsteps of their previous characters and are dating! [Source]
- 25- year old Kyla Pratt (One-on-One, Proud Family) has a one-year old daughter. [Source]
- Ex-pornstar, Sasha Grey, read children’s book to elementary students yesterday and parents were not enthused. [Source]
- A 10-year old girl from Mexico gave birth to a baby boy in a 31-week pregnancy. [Source] OH MY GOD.
- A straight rugby player suffers a stroke and goes into a coma – wakes up gay and fabulous! [Source]
