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13 Jul 2011

In the News…

***** Hey readers! Brace yourself – it was a big news day!

The UK’s Daily Mail published a photo along with a headline naming the wrong Olsen twin. For most of their early lives (Ages 0-16,) I believed they were identical because they were always dressed alike, but these days I can tell the two of them apart within seconds. You don’t have to see it in their faces to tell who is who, but you will see it in the way that they are dressed. Need some help telling the fashion icons apart? Check out Fashionista for their guide here.

– If you loved Lauren Conrad’s recently dyed tips as much as I did then learn how to do them yourself with the help of Lauren’s hair stylist Kristin Ess in this step-by-step tutorial. [Source]

Rihanna will be the star of Armani’s campaigns this fall/winter 2011. [Source]

Kal Penn will have a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother. [Source]

Kurt, Rachel, and Finn will not be returning for Season 4 of Glee, but of course we already knew that when Ryan Murphy said they would be graduating after this next year. [Source]

MTV has renewed Teen Wolf for a second season. I seriously only watch it for these two. [Source]

Lindsay Lohan apparently thought she was good enough and should have been considered for the role of Nina Sayers in Black Swan. Girl, you delusional? [Source]

– An exact replica of the house from “Up” has been built. Would you live in it? [Source]

Miranda Kerr named her son Flynn after a late boyfriend. [Source]

Rosie Huntington-Whitely is the new face of Burberry Body. [Source]

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are also launching a handbag line. Do these girls ever stop working? [Source]

– Today, one of my favorite bands has officially broken up. Sad day Rilo Kiley. [Source]

– The original stars from the classic “American Pie” will all return for the fourth installment “American Reunion.” [Source]

Daisy Lowe will pose in next month’s issue of Playboy. Daisy is the daughter of Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale who is also the husband of Gwen Stefani. [Source]

– Meet the 20 new competitors for Project Runway. They all look like such characters! [Source]

– Who wants to wear a dress with Steve Buscemi’s face on it? Not I… [Source]

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are finally getting married. It’s been 6 years. [Source]

– Time to start building your Bumbershoot schedule! [Source]

Yogurtland is collaborating with Hello Kitty. I wish the real life characters would visit our Capitol Hill location though… [Source]

– In case you missed it (like I did) the US women’s soccer team is headed to the world cup finals! [Source]

Weezer is offering a concert cruise. [Source]

Cupcake Royale ended up raising $10,000 towards the It Gets Better Project selling their rainbow-covered cupcakes last month. Tomorrow, founder of Cupcake Royale Jody Hall, will present Dan Savage with the check at 4:30 PM at the Capitol Hill location. [Source]

Amon Tobin and Moby will headline Seattle’s Decibel Festival. [Source]

The Black Eyed Peas are going on hiatus. Not phased by this. [Source]

Chris Brown is securing his spot as the celebrity no one will ever like again. [Source]

– The first teaser poster for the Dark Knight Rises. [Source]

Weezer and The Flaming Lips will share the stage together in New Jersey on July 28th and New York on July 29th. Literally. As in… all of their gear will be up on stage at the same time and they will take turns performing a song. Yeasayer will open each night. AWESOME. [Source]

13 Dec 2010

In the News…

I figured that I had better just make a roundup post…

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden got married this past weekend! No pictures have been released yet, but Nicole did wear 3 gowns – one being a Marchesa custom-made wedding gown for the walk down the aisle. Also, there was an elephant present. Not an elephant in the room, but an actual elephant stomping all over Lionel Richie’s estate where the wedding was held. Paris Hilton was not invited.

– Obligatory qt Elle Fanning gif.

Natalie Portman is on the cover of Vogue’s January 2011 issue and for some reason this cover looks extremely vintage. I’m not diggin’ on the awkward hand placement.

Anderson Cooper’s new talk show has a name: “Anderson.” NICE. [Source]

Gwyneth Paltrow will be returning to Glee! [Source]

– 2010 not only brought us the end of highly profiled couples, it also brought us the worst in fashion [here]

– Actor James Franco explains what it was like to witness a male prostitute in action (getting action…pun intended?) so that he could do research for a role. [Source]

Lindsay Lohan is upset that Gwyneth Paltrow made fun of her in Glee. Boo hoo. That’s what you get when you make bad choices Hohan. [Source]

– If Robert Pattinson weren’t an actor, he probably would have tried pursuing his dreams of being a rapper. [Source]

Leighton Meester will end her run on Gossip Girl in two years when her contract is up. The show will most likely not survive without her. [Source]

Project Runway is getting a spinoff dedicated to creating accessories on Lifetime. ugh. [Source]

Jersey Shore’s Jenni “JWoww” Farley is penning an advice book for little aspiring guidettes that want to learn “secrets on landing a mint guy, staying fresh to death, and kicking the competition to the curb.” [Source]

-HBIC of the day Gwyneth Paltrow also got her Hollywood star today. [Source]

Dexter stars Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter are divorcing after two years. [Source]

Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper Brian Mitchell was founded guilty today. [Source]

– We took a look at all of the couples that broke up this year. [Source]

14 Jul 2010

In the News…

– Project Runway will start up again on Lifetime beginning July 29th with just a couple of changes. Each episode will now run 90-minutes long and the “Bluefly Accessories Wall” will be replaced by the “Piperlime Accessories Wall

– Congratulations Jenna Lyons on becoming the new President of J. Crew!

Carey Mulligan will be on the cover of the October issue of Vogue while Halle Berry receives the coveted September issue cover.

– Last night Glee star Amber Riley sang the National Anthem at the All-Star Game. [Source]

Victoria’s Secret Angel model Doutzen Kroes is three months pregnant w/ her first child. The father is her boyfriend DJ Sunnery James.

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem tied the knot secretly earlier this month.

Craig Ferguson and wife Megan Cunningham-Wallace are expecting. He announced this via Twitter.

– Actress Keke Palmer graduated high school one year early and plans to attend Howard University in the future.

Taylor Momsen is the face of Material Girl, a line launched by Madonna and her daughter Lourdes.

Lindsay Lohan has claimed that she will “kill herself before she goes to jail.” [source]

Kelly Osbourne has broken things off w/ her fiance Luke Worrall after discovering his unfaithfulness. [source]

Cheryl Cole is recovering from from her Malaria, but has banned her Girls Aloud bandmates from visiting her in the hospital. [source]

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are engaged and decided to hide it from Sarah Palin, but went to the press first. Hmm…

Urban Outfitters launched a new jewelry collection today with designers that include: Archive, Erika Pena, BJ by Jules, Calourette, Dara Ettinger, Lizzie Fortunato Jewels, Species by the Thousands and Sabrina Dehoff. Check out the goods here

Joan Ginter, a math professor from Texas has won the lottery four times. The chances of this happening are one in 18 septillion. 18 septillion is 18 with 24 zeroes behind it! She didn’t win small amounts of money either. “Ginther won $11 million in 1993, $2 million in 2006, $3 million in 2008 and $10 million last month.” She is one lucky lady… today she resides in Las Vegas! Can’t think of a better place for her to live than there. [source]

Spencer Pratt attempted disguise himself in order to sneak into The Hills series finale event last night in Los Angeles. He would have definitely added an extra kick to the after-show had they actually let him in.

Stella McCartney will design uniforms for the British athletes competing in the London 2012 Olympics after being named the creative director. [source]

In case you missed it, everyone hates Mel Gibson! This sign was spotted outside a gym in New Jersey.

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In Capitol Hill news…

Octo Sushi on 12th Ave [in the old Crave space] and Genki Sushi in the new Broadway Building are now open!

– So is Homegrown Sandwiches, my favorite organic, sandwich shop located in the Melrose Market.

– This Thursday, the Silver Cloud Inn will be debuting their new restaurant Jimmy’s on Broadway, which will be sort of like “a sports focused classy place that caters to the stadium crowd.” [Source]

– Awhile ago, I tried to make a visit to the local Jamba Juice at 1303 Madison when I discovered it was no longer there. I was sure that there had been a Jamba Juice there, but maybe I missed it by a block? Supposedly, it had been shut down unexpectedly. Now, Crêpan Crepe World, a Japanese-style crepe restaurant is moving in.

06 Jan 2010

In the News…

Project Runway is back! Here’s the trailer for the 7th season:

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Marilyn Manson has proposed to girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood.

Russell Brand and Katy Perry are also supposedly engaged.

Taylor Lautner is now the highest paid teenage actor in Hollywood.

Mischa Barton will make an appearance in Law & Order SVU as a hooker in March.

ESPN and the Discovery Channel will be the trendsetters of 2010 when they test out the idea of having a 3-D channel.  Source

Gary Coleman was taken to the hospital this morning…story still pending.

Brooke Shields encourages the young Smiley Cyrus to go to college after hearing of her plans to skip it.

Marc Jacobs and long time boyfriend Lorenzo Martone tied the knot in St. Barts over the holidays! possibly…

Yao Ming is going to be a father!

Michael Cera wanted to spend the entire day hanging out w/ the Jersey Shore cast… why?

Laurie Ann Gibson (Making the Band) will choreograph Lady Gaga’s music video for “Telephone.”

Barack Obama has appointed Amanda Smith, a transgendered woman, to the Commerce Department. She’s not the first to have a government post, but she also  ran unsuccessfully for the Arizona House of Representatives and was a delegate for then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to the Democratic National Convention in 2008 Source

Martin Lawrence is producing a new comedy called “Love That Girl!” for black viewers which will be premiering on the cable network station TV One. Source

Vince Vaughn married girlfriend Kyla Weber.

Casey Johnson heiress to founder of Johnson & Johnson fell into a diabetic coma over the weekend, but later passed away. She was engaged to Tila Nguyen… yeah.

17 Dec 2009

In the News… [some really messed up news]

– Despite his entire personal life being splashed across the front pages of newspapers and tabloids and his god-awful new nickname of “cheater Woods,” Tiger Woods was still voted the top athlete of the decade. Really…?

Bilboard has also declared Nickelback as the band of the decade. What is wrong with the world?


– Today, Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry passed away after he suffered severe injuries upon falling out of a pickup truck during a messy dispute with his wife. He was discovered on a residential road and rushed to the hospital, but it was too late. He was 26.

– Our country is beginning to lose that “hope” that we were instilled with when Barack Obama became President this year. The numbers and percentages regarding optimism and reflection over President Obama’s job in the office have been declining rapidly. The numbers are online somewhere I’m sure, I watched the segment on NBC nightly news last night. If you thought our unemployment rate was bad in Seattle… well it’s 50% in Detroit. Yeah, that’s terrible.

– When I was nine years old, I was singing along to Spice Girls. These days I guess it’s okay for a nine-year-old Noah Cyrus, sister of Miley Cyrus, to be singing Akon’s “Smack That.” Does the girl even know what the lyrics mean? Miley’s camp is cheering for her like it’s cute, it’s not cute. It’s just discomforting.

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Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal have finally called it quits after three years together.

The Hills will be returning for a sixth season on MTV. Filming will start up after New Years. NOOOOOOOOOO!

On a happier note…

Kevin Jonas [The Jonas Brothers] and Danielle Deleasa will wed this weekend

Happy 20th Anniversary Simpsons! They premiered on television exactly 20 years ago.

Project Runway season 7 will return to Lifetime on January 14th.

American Apparel has just announced that they have launched a nail polish line.

28 Nov 2009

Memorable Quotes of the Decade

I came across this post today that featured the most famous quotes (phrases, whatever) in pop culture of the decade that we will never ever forget. So I wanted to share my favorite ten with you from the list.

1.

“Yo, Taylor. I’m really happy for you, Imma let you finish but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. One of the best videos of all time!” – Kanye West really stepped in it when he stole the mic from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts the “Best Female Video” award during the MTV Video Music Awards (2009)

Read more “Memorable Quotes of the Decade”

09 Oct 2009

In the News…

– Because this is what Heroes needs to survive right? Word on the street is that this kiss, which will end up leading to some relationship on the show with Claire and her college roommate was actually Hayden’s idea. If you’re still watching this show (I stopped) you can catch the random make out sesh on next Monday’s episode on NBC.

– After Harry Potter is over, Daniel Radcliffe will be returning to the stage with the 1961 musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying


Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis will play rival ballerinas in the new thriller out in 2010 called Black Swan. “They reportedly will participate in a racy girl-on-girl love scene” Is this the theme of the year?!

Miley Cyrus has shut down her super popular Twitter because apparently her new boy and co-star Liam Hemsworth doesn’t think she should have one…because he doesn’t.

Jennifer Lopez is going under another alias. Lola. hmm Beyonce – Sasha Fierce, Mariah Carey – Mimi… why?

Ellen Page is writing a new comedy for HBO titled “Stitch N’ Bitch.” She will star alongside w/ actress Alia Shawkat. “…a show about two hipster girls who move from Williamsburg, Brooklyn to Silver Lake, Los Angeles in a passionate quest to be artistes.”I need my HBO back.

Nintendo’s Wii would like to make the television show Project Runway into a video game.

Levi Johnston – the baby daddy of Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter Bristol Palin is taking it ALL off for Playgirl.

Robbie Williams may have tried to commit suicide last night? The singer “guzzled “heart-stopping” quantities of prescription drugs – and not cared if they killed him.”

Lady Gaga being FABULOUS in a new photo shoot.


03 Sep 2009

“Slobification of America”

If you want to dress to feel as though you never got out of bed, then don’t get out of bed.” – Tim Gunn