Golden Globes Best Dressed for 2012
This year’s 69th annual Golden Globes featured Hollywood’s most stunning women in the hottest designer fashions. If you missed all the fun you can still see the top clips here at NBC.
Check out our picks for the best dressed, we consulted the fashion experts at Spontaneous Chick and the Isn’t She Lovely Store. They chose some beautiful celebs from the red carpet photo collection…
Reese Witherspoon in Zac Posen
Reese Witherspoon in Zac Posen Photo by Getty Images
Martha Stewart Gets Cancelled
Yes, you heard that right! After seven seasons, the Hallmark Channel has opted to discontinue shooting “The Martha Stewart Show.” Despite garnering two Daytime Emmy Awards during its first season, the show has since been besieged with poor ratings; when combined with high production costs, the Hallmark Channel has decided that it is in its best interest that the show stops taping in April, and re-runs end after the summer.
“Our expensive studio lease is expiring next year, and we will either bring television in-house or find lower cost space, which will significantly reduce our TV operating margins,” Lisa Gersh, president of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO), said in a statement.
Gersh, who joined MSLO last June, sounded optimistic in an internal company email:
“The daytime block on Hallmark demonstrated year-over-year ratings growth and ‘The Martha Stewart Show’ earned two Emmys in its first season,” she wrote. “The show will continue on Hallmark through the end of this season and we are currently exploring programming concepts for Martha Stewart and other MSLO brands beyond this fall.”
In addition to the upcoming demise of “The Martha Stewart Show”, The Home Depot will no longer sell Martha Stewart Living brand paints, although they will continue to allow customers to use her color palette with Glidden paints. In a statement, The Home Depot explained this decision: “The response to the paint base has not been as strong with consumers who are looking to mix the colors with our other paint brands.”
In the same internal email, Gersh defends MSLO: “As just a reminder of the power of our audiences and brands, a recent study conducted in August last year by Public Strategies indicated that Martha Stewart remains a strong brand with incredible awareness. Unaided, meaning without being prompted, 53% of women name Martha Stewart as the first person who comes to mind for providing lifestyle ideas and information in the home.” Read more
Kate Plus 8 Clips Coupons
Kate Gosselin: Jon and I always knew we wanted kids.
Jonathan Gosselin: But we never thought we’d have this many!
It was these sorts of keen insights that characterized Kate Plus 8, the TLC reality blockbuster that enriched our lives for so many years before finally crumbling during its tragically truncated sixth season.
America watched with bated breath as Kate Plus 8 weathered the challenges of raising a litter of eight children born only a few years apart. Straddled first with twins and then with sextuplets, Kate’s brood was a handful, and their shenanigans kept viewers glued to the screen. Kate has been known to wear many hats, and literally stretch herself to the limit—appearing on Dancing With the Stars in 2010, for example. (We can safely assume she was the only mother of eight on the show.) Sadly, however, the family came apart during the show’s run, and before the sixth season was completed Jon’s lawyers ordered the show’s production crews to cease and desist filming. The show may have crashed and burned…but life goes on. And Kate has reinvented herself since the set closed down.
She’s been reincarnated—as a coupon goddess!
Yes, it’s official! Kate uses coupons to make her money stretch. This should come as no surprise—what mother with eight children doesn’t need coupons to fill out her food budget? But with food expenses at an all-time high, couponing is actually sort of in vogue. Kate has found a new audience among a growing demographic: extreme coupon moms! Always in search of a good deal, the single mother of eight youngsters insists, “No matter how much money you have, it’s just smart to use coupons. It’s like free money in your pocket.”
Gosselin continues: “One week, I remember saving more than half my grocery bills that week with coupons.” She started blogging about her couponing on Coupon Cabin, and regularly tweets about her money-saving adventures: “I’ve never shopped at Bed, Bath and Beyond WITHOUT coupons! I’ve returned with my receipt and a coupon many times, even when ‘not broke,’” she recently bragged on her Twitter feed.
In a sequence of recent blog posts, she’s insisted that Cyber Monday has much better deals than Black Friday (a conclusion many savvy shoppers seem to share), as well as providing coupon codes to Bath & Body Works.
As has been evidenced by the surge of popularity of reality shows such as TLC’s Extreme Couponing, and websites which offer coupons and deals to consumers, what was once thought of as a time-consuming task reserved for mothers and the elderly has become a way of life for many. Whether it’s due to economic hardship, or just to make a dollar stretch all the more, couponing has made its way into society, and is likely here to stay.
If you find yourself cash strapped for the upcoming holidays, or simply trying to save a buck, why not give couponing a try? Coupons are pretty much anywhere and everywhere, and if used properly, can save you oodles of money. Newspapers, magazines, mailings, and the Internet are all places you can turn to for these money-saving slips of paper.
The key to successful couponing is proper organization, which can be done in a variety of different ways, depending upon personal preference. Coupon organizers are inexpensive, can be found at most dollar stores, and help you separate your coupons by type. For the more hardcore couponers, three-ring binders are a quick way to organize and reference large amounts of coupons.
Once you have everything organized, be sure to keep an eye on sales. Only shop at stores that double (or triple) coupons, and try to use them on items that are already on sale in order to maximize your savings. Keep your coupons with you at all times, as you never know when you may come across a deal!
If you are someone who aspires to be like your favorite celebrity, why not take a page out of Kate Gosselin’s playbook this year, and save money while you’re at it? Not only will you have more money for the holidays, but you will create prudent spending habits that will last a lifetime and benefit you immensely. Your wallet will thank you for it!
A Eulogy For Berlusconi’s Scandalous Career
Someone should make a musical of Silvio Berlusconi’s storied time as Italian prime minister. Filling the lead role might be tough, but there’s plenty of room for guest stars in the roles of frustrated wives, beautiful concubines and other heads of state. Music by Phil Collins, Directed by Whoopi Goldberg. It will open in New York before hitting Broadway in Chicago. Maybe I should put this plan into motion before someone else makes billions off of it!
The (former) Italian Prime Minister, Berlusconi has been in the news a lot throughout his terms as PM, and most of it has nothing to do with politics. He’s been associated with call girls, sex orgies and getaway mansions filled with drugs, money and women; Berlusconi has lived anything but a quiet political life. His riches have wooed Italy’s finest women, his power has enraged his rivals, and now he steps down from the pedestal he built himself in order to pave a way for the “new” Italy, whether he likes it or not.
The free time will likely do him some good, considering his immense carnal appetite. The pressure and spotlight will be off of him, so he can spend more time gallivanting with his dozens of lovers. Jezebel put together a pretty comprehensive timeline of his controversies, and in commemoration of Berlusconi’s contributions to global headlines, here are his top exploits.
Bunga Bunga
In 2010, a teenage Moroccan belly-dancer revealed that she and as many as 20 other women were invited to Berlusconi’ s private compound in Milan. Each luxuriant room was filled with alcohol, drugs and various other “party-equipment.” Women would sometimes live there since Berlusconi was paying the rent and when he returned they were all obligated to cater to him, participating in “relaxing activities” to help him unwind from his high-stress position as “leader of Italy.” The bunga bunga parties would involve after dinner sex between male and female guests along with music, dancing and generally wholesome affairs. Read more
Dr. Oz Taking Over Oprah’s Territory
Dr. Oz
Dr. Mehmet Oz is slated to take over the time slot of Queen Oprah in over 150 locations around the country. The wonderful Dr. Oz is also Vice-Chair and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University as well as directing the Cardiovascular Institute & Complementary Medicine Program at NY Presbyterian.
Hopefully my husband and other men around the country will listen to his tips, especially when it comes to heart health.
We New Yorkers here love his show, but still sad to see Oprah leave. We will still try to catch her on OWN and SiriusXM. Read more
Snookin for Love… Really?
Rumors are swirling that their will be a Snookie show where she is searching for her perfect guido juice head with J Wow (Jenni) as her side kick helper… really? Are their enough juiceheads out there for Snookie to handle?? What’s next the Ronnie and Sammie couples therapy show? Pauly D lookin for America’s hottest DJ? Vinny and his search for the girl who makes mama’s marinara? the show possibilities are endless lol!
The Vampire Diaries Smart Funny and Sexy
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If you are not watching this show you are missing out on the fun! Whether you like the brooding smoldering hot Stefan or the dangerously dark Damon this show keeps you on the edge of your seat. Elena, Katherine, Bonnie all seem to mesmerize you to the television, and with quick plot changes and story explanations the show keeps you wanting more. All you Twi Hard fans waiting for your next glimpse of Bella and Edward in Eclipse can calm your anxiety by tuning in to The Vampire Diaries on the CW!
Kourtney Kardashian… Scott Disick… the epitome of the unhealthy relationship
I am sorry readers but I cannot let this one go. I am so confused. Kourtney Kardashian is still with Scott Disick, yet multiple reports claim his drinking, partying, and costant flirting continues. What confuses me is that Kourtney seems to come from and extremely supportive, well off family. She does not have to stay! New reports even claim that the couple may be moving permanently to NYC where Scott is from… wake up Kourtney this is what emotional abusers do! They isolate you from your friends and family so that you have no one but them! Is this the life you want for baby Mason? You deserve to be happy in a healthy relationship. Gone are the days that women stayed with men just so their babies would have fathers! If in fact all thse allegations are true, wake up and walk out!!! Both you and Mason deserve better!
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Jersey Shore… Fist Pumpin away from Fame
Between Mike’s constant wheelin and dealin and the rest of the cast actually thinking they are famous, is the Jersey Shore over and out? Rumors are flying that MTV feels the cast has become too big for its britches. As a result, look for Jersey Shore Season 3 to be without many of the familiar faces we know. Is America tired of Pauly D and Vinny G? Is Sweet Heart Sammie boring now that there is no Ronnie Drama?? Enjoy the upcoming premiere of the second season… it may be your last!!
Kim Crushin on a Cow Boy!!
Has Reggie Bush been replaced with a Cow Boy? Rumors are running rampent that the ever so lovely Kim Kardashian has moved on to Miles Austin! The two were even at a Lakers game together with Rob Kardashian sitting between them for cover! Are the Bush and Tush days really over?? Ms. Kardashian knows how to pick ‘em…. yum…
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