Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

Trick-or-Treat Celebrity Style

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From Lady Gaga to Prince William and Kate Middleton, Halloween is the perfect time to channel your inner celebrity! Whether you’re looking to turn heads at a party, in the office or trick-or-treating, ShopRunner (the new members-only online shopping program that features FREE, two-day shipping) has just announced their top five celebrity costumes for 2011! [...]

Soulja Boy Takes Over Macy’s Broward Mall This Weekend

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I’ve always been fascinated by hip hop artists. They may be the only high-profile professionals who find it (and aren’t called out on it) perfectly acceptable to bring their entire posse to work with them – and give them random, odd jobs (or none at all). Soulja Boy is no different. The rapper made an [...]

Seeing Red: Louboutin Loses Trademark Its Signature Soles

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Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery…unless it’s in the business arena. Yesterday, infamous French footwear designer Christian Louboutin lost a suit attempting to protect its trademark red outsoles. Specifically – the designer was protecting the use of Pantone 18 (Chinese Red) in outsoles – a color that has become synonymous with his brand [...]

Twenty-Five Years Later, Baby Is Back Out Of The Corner

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Following in the popularity of such dance flicks as High School Musical and Glee (and following the announcement of the planned remake of Footloose), Lionsgate has announced that it will be remaking the 1987 dance classic, “Dirty Dancing.” While no casting decisions have been publicly made, Kenny Ortega has been slated to direct the remake. [...]

The Charade Is Over: Smug Casey Anthony Faces Sentencing This Morning

The timid, conservative, somber Casey Anthony that we’ve seen in trial is gone – replaced by a smug, smirking Casey Anthony, all smiles and more concerned about her hair than the fact that her daughter, Caylee, is gone. As she awaits her sentencing, the media is taking interviews with protesters on both sides of the [...]

Pirates IV Hits Its Audiences’ Mark

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Executives at Disney have devised a formula for the second set of Pirates films that truly hits their audiences right where they want it. Namely, that formula is – put Johnny Depp, in costume, on the big screen for as long as possible to please fans (like this one) who are going to see exactly [...]

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s DNA Foundation Launches Interactive Online Campaign “Real Men Don’t Buy Girls” To Raise Awareness about Child Sex Slavery

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The Demi and Ashton Foundation (DNA), which aims to raise awareness about the harsh reality of child sex slavery, will launch its “Real Men Don’t Buy Girls” interactive video campaign this week. The goal of the campaign is to educate people about child sex slavery in the United States and to create a cultural shift [...]

Hall Wines Presents Second Annual Cabernet Cookoff

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Hall Wines (Napa Valley – www.hallwines.com) presents its Second Annual Cabernet Cookoff (www.cabernetcookoff.com), taking place April 11th from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. HALL Wines is first winery in the state of California to be Gold LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, and received its Organic Certification from the California Organic Farmers in [...]

PARIS HILTON GIVES FANS ALL-NEW ACCESS INTO HER LIFE WITH UPDATED INTERACTIVE WEBSITE AND UNIQUE IPHONE APP

Hilton Launches New Website With Cutting-Edge Technology to Provide Exclusive Features and Closer Interaction With Fans Los Angeles, CA (February 18, 2011) – International entrepreneur and media icon, Paris Hilton, launches her own mobile application, which is currently available for the iPhone and iTouch, giving fans an inside look into her jet-setting life. In addition, [...]

Bamboo Room Grand Re-Opening

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Last night, the hubby and I were able to attend an invitation-only, pre-Grand Opening launch party for the Bamboo Room, on J Street just off Lake Ave. I’ve not had the opportunity to see the old Bamboo Room, which closed down two years ago for renovations and to await an improvement in the economy, but [...]