Jenna Jameson's Chinatown General Store

This is just too good to be true!

One of my friends is a Real Estate broker and he told me yesterday over drinks that none other than Jenna Jameson (one of my favorites!) is opening a bar/store in Chinatown/Nolita! The word is it is around the Crosby/Grand area, although he couldn't be more specific.

Another clue is that it is in a former brothel, whore house...but there are tons of those in that area....massages with happy endings didn't come from thin air :)

That area is blowing up. The Mondrian. Danny Meyer. Everyone is heading for the Canal.

For those of you sleeping under a rock or scared of porn, Jenna Jameson is an X-porn star and mega entrepreneur. She will be partnering on the endeavor with Heatherette designer Richie Rich, best known for making Paris Hilton look like shit.

The bar will be called The General Store and will have a store in front where Richie's gastly designs will be sold along side clothing selected by Jameson. They plan to open in 2008.

Yumm! Hopefully this will not go the way of the god awful Goldbar!

CocoMyles :: custom clothing, not that bad

I am really wary of websites or stores that tell you that you can dye your own shoes or create your own dress. I think 9 times out of 10 or maybe 10 times out of 10 designers are designers for a reason, even the thieving ones at Forever 21, so you should just go with the compliations that they have made and not try to do your own thing.

CocoMyles is one of such sites. It allows members to choose a bodice for their custom dress, then a bottom and then a variety of fabrics, colors, sashes, beads, etc. I found about them from the great site Bloggy Giveaways.

Obviously this can get ugly. I can just see Pageant moms or people who live in Kentucky having a field day with this and end up looking like Swarovski encrusted pinatas.

However, I must admit that I really loved their celebrity inspired pieces. I am NOT one for knock offs and these might look super cheesy in person but the principle and the way that they are simple lines and clean colors, I really like!

I'm especially loving the Bradgelina (in grey or eggplant) and BlueBerry (in navy or red). Check them out.

Couture, it is not. But for simple dresses at super prices (most around $150), not that bad...

ps--site is annoyingly all flash (DONT PEOPLE REALIZE PEOPLE HATE THAT!?!) so I can't link to specific tabs. So you'll have to browse, if you dare!

H&M gets a Facebook page

I would have figured that many other brands would've jumped on the Facebook bandwagon now that they have Facebook pages way before H&M but kudos for them for beating out their competition. Forever 21 better gas it.

You have to log in to view it, but it isn't half bad.

In other news, go online to print out a 25% discount for their Friends and Family here. I know their stuff is cheap, but why not?

Friends and Family dates run from December 7th through 9th and are valid at any H&M location.

John Mayer :: Say :: Official Music Video

I know, the John Mayer obsession continues. I'll just call this JM's official week, how's that?


I got this last night for FREE on itunes. [Just search John Mayer Say] and you can get the video for free. They have the MP3 as well.


Anyhow, you have to watch the video. It is so moving.




He is going to win an academy award, fo shizzle.

I have been having a rough time as those of you who are my friends know--oh wait, you don't read this anyways ;) But anyhow, since I am talking to myself primarily here, as I know...I have been going through so many changes--and this song is like a light at the end of the tunnel. What a great message!

Sigh.

Say what you need to say...

Jennifer Love Hewitt has to be pregnant

Obviously they airbrush these Hanes ads...but even airbrushing couldn't cure all of this disproportionate weight that Jennifer Love has been sporting in these recent Hawaii vacation pictures.

If she had just gained weight the natural way then you would see it more in her arms and upper body. With the amount that she has put on, this is a definite. She'd be puffy all over just not in selected areas.

Instead, it is all concentrated around her midsection, her huge boobs (always kind of big but these are sagging in a preggers way) and thighs. You can almost see the baby bump forming! Look how low the bulge is in her tummy!

That coupled with the recent announcement of her engagement to Ross McCall has me convinced: SHE IS PREGNANT.

Mark my words, you heard it hear first.

Homegirl needs to come clean so people stop talking shit about her being a fatass!

ps--This is like a John Mayer day! She was JM's first girlfriend pre-uber fame (during the "No Such Thing" days). I bet she wishes she could have played that card better. This Ross guy is no JM! Then again, he's better than scary Carson Daly who was JLH's rebound. Ewe!

John Mayer weighs in on Pop Music

I knew we were meant to be together. Yep, I'm in love.

He posted a list of his favorite songs from Pop Music these days and they are almost all exactly in sync with mine. I knew I had good taste, despite my ex boyfriends.

Unfortunately he doesn't have his blog setup for specific links to posts (get on it MAYER!) so I'll just link to his blog and quote him here:

Those of you who've known me for a while are probably familiar with my firm defensive stance when it comes to the state of pop music. I don't hate things because they have a large audience, and often times I think they have a large audience because they're really good. Like any entertainment landscape, some moments in time are better than others, but I think pop music is on a hot streak right now. Sure, I downloaded the newly-released Miles Davis Quintet live album, and it's wonderful, but I love current events more than I do history. In defense of the state of pop music being exciting these days, I present to you my 5 favorite tracks of RIGHT NOW. They're great.

Not "actually" great, as in "I expected them to suck and I'm reluctantly giving it up" great. Just stand-out pop music of today.

Paramore - Misery Business - This girl can sing her ass off, the melodies are killer, and the lyrics take about a dozen listens to really take in. (When it Rains is KILLING ME, so I'm throwing it in too. Big hit song to be.)

Lovestoned/I Think She Knows (Interlude) - Justin Timberlake - Not so much for the "Lovestoned" part, but for the 45 seconds of ultimate sonic bliss that is "I Think She Knows. It's JT's breakthrough moment as an artist; a novel mix of Coldplay guitar lines, hip hop beats and a vocal approach somewhere in between. When that track comes on I spend the first 3:30 preparing for the awesomeness to come. Then I yell at the speakers, "Make this 4 minutes long and put it on the next disc!"

Tattoo - Jordin Sparks - I don't really know who Jordin Sparks is as an artist, but the song is great. All people want is a melody and some words they believe are actually coming from the heart of the singer, and even though I'm sure it's not self-penned, I buy it. It gets me. Mission accomplished.

Love Song - Sara Barieilles - What a chorus. What a chorus!!! This one is gonna go far. The lyrics, the cadence, the melody and the chords all stack up and KILL it. The whole song is great, but it's all about the chorus. Not enough songs like this. Verses make tension, chorus brings release...

Over You - Daughtry - AMA well deserved. High five.

And of course Alicia's Like You'll Never See Me Again makes me choke up like a little girl. I call it "Magenta Rain".

Well said, JM.

John Mayer's new song Say

This song is my new anthem. It is from The Bucket List (see below) a new movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson.

It is beautiful. You can currently buy it on itunes. I suggest you do it.



The lyrics:

Take out of your wasted honor
Every little best frustration
Take out all your so called problems
Better put them in quotations
Say what you need to say (8x)

Walkin like a one man army
Fightin with the shadows in your head
Living out the same old moment
Knowing you’d be better off instead
If you could only
Say what you need to say (8x)

Have no fear for giving in
Have no fear for getting older
You better know that in the end its better to say to much
Than to never to say what you need to say again

Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open
Why?
Say what you need to say (20ishx)

He is an amazing person.

Cavalli gets spice-y

Images keep surfacing on the web of Roberto's spice girl duds and I must say....looking good.

I love how Posh's boobs are always almost up to her chin.

I'm digging Baby Spice's dress in this one.

Tour kicks off this weekend, I wish I could be there!

Katie Holmes goes to see Wintour's hair stylist

I really love Katie and I want her to look amazing. I'm not one of those TomKat haters...

But I am just not buying the Wintour Vogue bob on her.

She looks a hot mess. Capelet and all.

In Touch + JR Rotem = Text Buddies?

Trying to salvage the very little reputation that they do have and drop the smack down on J.R. Rotem calling him a liar.

Contrary to the statement J.R. Rotem released on November 28, In Touch claims that they have "documented proof" that on Monday, November 26, the music producer did indeed confirm in these text messages that Britney is pregnant and that he is the father [see left].

When asked about rumors about Britney’s pregnancy and whether he is the father, J.R. texted “It’s true.” And when questioned about Britney’s intentions regarding her unborn baby, he responded, “No clue on what she will do. She is unpredictable.”

Hmmmm he was either just joking or two In Touch workers are in cahoots and one of them is saved as "JR Rotem"

I am going to vote negative on this.

The Hills IS fake + James Franco IS funny

This is awesome.

Olsen Twins Pad on the Market

Those of us West Villagers already know that MK + Ashley live in a brownstone on Barrow St.

A few blocks away at Morton and the Westside Highway [ just down the street from me! amazing how much can change in a few blocks :)] the Olsen twins have a penthouse that they have NEVER lived in at 1 Morton Square.

The 5,700-square-foot apartment was victim of a failed attempt to flip the Hudson-facing home but they pulled it off the market and have been renting it out since for a cool $35k a month plus.

Now, the Observer's Max Abelson reports that the Olsens are trying to sell it again, upping the asking price to $11.995 million, or $4.695 mill more than they paid three years ago.

Corcoran's Jared Seligman has the full listing and apparently 10 appointments on the books.

I know what I want for Christmas :)

shoes :: an oldie but goodie

If you haven't seen this you have to watch. It is hilarious.

Tionna :: he just want to get in and get right"

This week's Tionna column on Gawker chronicles the problems of a girl who has a 2 minute man.

The highlights:

Maybe you bore him so much that he just want to get in and get right. Maybe you don't give it to him often enough, so that when he does get it, he gets a little too excited. My other thought is, maybe he has a problem, you know like a sexual dysfunction

I won't tell you to leave him, because then you will meet some loser with some good sex and a smile who won't have the great qualities your man does have.

He has to understand that what he doesn't do, the next man will do happily and willingly. I don't know how he feels as a man when you guys discuss this. Maybe he thinks it's all in your head since he survived this long with the old shooting gun.

Tionna for President! Love her!

Posh does Marc Jacobs!

WWD began the original rumors several months ago and now I've heard from Fashionista and every other fashion blog in the world that that Victoria Beckham has indeed been styled, photographed, and paid (MAJOR!) for the Spring '08 Marc Jacobs ads.

Juergen Teller was behind the lens and Posh was shot just after Halloween.

I bet this is going to be MAJOR!

Jennifer Love Hewitt - WTF?

TMZ posted this up today and I honestly don't even know what to say. Ewe!

HauteLook: Members only Sample Sales

If you are into contemporary fashion thenHauteLook is a no brainer.

It's a members-only club [if a friend invites you, you're a member! And she scores a $10 credit for the referral] whose clients are privy to 48-72 hour online private sales with very deep discounts (up to 75%).

Sales will offer items from Miguelina, Robert Rodriguez, and kicking off next week, Development by Erica Davies.

Membership is gratis--log on to www.hautelook.com to sign up and start quietly gloating about your finds.

Some of my favs are coming up in future weeks so hurry!

LaRok
Rock & Republic
Robert Rodriguez

... all on deck!

Yumm!

banksy exhibit is coming to NYC!

Per the Banksy US website: Banksy New York is an exhibition of Banksy prints and originals at the Vanina Holasek Gallery. The show will open on Sunday the 2nd of December at 1.00pm.

The gallery is situated at 502 W.27th Street.

Please note that Banksy is not represented by either the gallery or the other muppets involved with this exhibition. The art for sale has been privately sourced, over a period of time, especially for this show.

I love him! I really hope that he makes a surprise hidden cameo. I know I'd be able to spot him.

Sigh. My secret lust for Banksy continues.

John Mayer does Keys Mashup

This is a great medley that John did the other night of "Waiting for the World to Change" and Keys' "No One"



Love him!

" :: and a job it is

“You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses. Easy? Honey, they don't call it a job for nothin'.”

--Sex and the City

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a blogger.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad updated his blog today after tons of months of silence {last post was in March}. What has he been doing during said time?

According to him replying individually to people who submitted comments. Hmmm. Right.

He writes:

"Since my last post on the blog, a few months have passed. But this doesn't ‎mean that I have not been keeping my promise of spending fifteen minutes per week ‎on it. As a matter of fact, I have spent more than the allocated time on the blog. The ‎magnitude of the reception and acclamation from the viewers was beyond ‎expectations. So I had to decide how to spend the limited time that I have allocated ‎for the blog; should I write new notes or respect those viewers who kindly and ‎generously have shared their thoughts and opinions with me and sent messages and read ‎their numerous received messages."

I don't even know what to say on this one.

Barneys holiday windows go Green. Kind of.

Barneys has gone green once again (remember Loomstate pop ups?). My sister was in town this weekend so we went looking around at holiday windows (Bergdorf still reigns supreme, as if there was ever a doubt).

I must say I was very intrigued by the Barneys display. The brain behind the department store's beautiful window displays, executive VP of creative services Simon Doonan, decided to pay homage to the eco-friendly movement sweeping the fashion industry with this year's holiday windows.

In a humorous video interview with New York Magazine, the window man states that his staff had to buy raw materials like cans and bottles off of homeless people on the Bowery to put the looks together.

What? Really? Yes, Really.

Recycled cardboard and sustainable wood were also used to create the displays. The effort feels a bit tongue-and-cheek, which is in line with Doonan's slapstick sarcastic humor.

It seems a little over the top--even for him.

Window Explanations as follows:

Top: Caracatures of eco-friendly celebs such as Bono and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Reindeer: Rudolph the Recycling Reindeer who has tons of green bulbs surrounding him, a peace sign and smiley face on his face, and an ornament baring the expression " Green is the new Black" Oh yes. They went there.


The Red Window: Paintings/Portraits of Mother Earth painted by the children of the East Harlem School. Cliche? Yes. Cute? Yes.

The pieces are for sale of course and proceeds benefit the school.

Text at the bottom of the windows reads: Give Good Green on repeat. What a great holiday anthem!

The Elf Window: An ecological countdown.


Number 12 on the 12 Green Days of Christmas scroll reads "12 tons of tofu," followed by "11 solar panels," "10 new age gurus," "9 organic carob bars" and "8 tickets to Burning Man."

So yes, they officially there/here/everywhere with this whole eco-Christmas.

So much for the subliminal.

This is a bit over the line for me, but at least they are trying to send a great message--aren't they? Or is this just a dog and pony show? How genuine can a message be when it is coming from a well paid window maestro who sends his employees to seek out the homeless in order to truly be organic/civic minded? I just don't know if I buy it.

What do you think?

Controversial American Apparel Ad is a Spoof

This American Apparel advertisement spotted at West Broadway and Grand Street in Soho has been causing a whole TON of controversy, as I am sure you can imagine.

They are pretty forward with their advertising but not that crazy. I knew it was a spoof. So it is not surprising that American Apparel is saying that it must be consumer created because it isn't official.

The poster reads "Safe to say she loves her socks."

I know, I can't believe they went there and am not surprised that they actually didn't.

Kimora Lee Simmons Sued.

This is just way too good.

Kimora Lee Simmons [aka ex-wife of Russell Simmons who married him, pretended to love him, used him for his loot and then ditched him for the sexy Djimon Hounsou] is being sued by Macys!

The Baby Phat former model turned entrepreneur is charged with scamming the department store out of money.

Simmons allegedly overcharged Macy’s for her beauty products and then refused to pay back the extra profit, according to a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.

In September 2006 Kimora signed an agreement to provide Macy’s with her line of cosmetics.

But then she supposedly jacked up the price of her beauty products. I guess homegirl needed more bling. It will be really interesting to see this unfold.

Hostess + Yum Sugar Mega Giveaway

Hostess with the Mostess & YumSugar have paired up to do a holiday grand giveaway and it is pretty sweet.

* 3 prize packages:

• Grand Prize - worth over $5000!
• Second Prize - worthe over $1500!
• Third Prize - worth over $700!

*Giveaway Timeline:
Starts: Tuesday, November 27 at 7am PST
Ends: Monday, December 10 at 5pm PST

*How to Enter:
Go to the contest entry page here.

hypnotize is not that bad.

Akon is a total piece of shit but I must admit, this song is addicting.

R.I.P. : Sean Taylor.

Sean Taylor, the Washington Redskins safety who was shot early Monday at his home in Miami, has died, according to a family friend. He was just 24. This is awful!

The Pro Bowl safety had taken a bullet in his upper leg, reports the AP, damaging an artery, causing serious blood loss and loss of consciousness. According to his former lawyer, Richard Sharpstein, Taylor seemed to show signs of recovery when he squeezed a nurse's hand late Monday night, but never regained consciousness thereafter.

Miami-Dade Police are investigating the attack, which occurred when an intruder apparently entered Taylor's home, in what the cops are considering a possibly burglary. It is so sad that these things still go on!

Prayers go out to his family & The Redskins. Sad!

gone baby gone.

Quite possibly the best movie of the year.

You must see this film!

Riley Giles.

I just can't understand. Someone slightly better than this has to one to date her. Look at this guy. He is a hot mess.

Deacon is damn cute.

Just look at his little face! Obviously he was a contender with Mama Witherspoon and Papa Philippe upon birth, but he is just going to be a lady killer! Hopefully he gets Mama's acting chops, I just saw Daddy in Breach and he is no bueno.

I think he should date Apple or Shiloh!

Odd Couple: Dax Shepard + Kristen Bell

Errr. I'm at a loss here. This new rumored couple left Katsuya in LA. together with Kristen looking kind of like a high school senior and Dax looking like the substitute teacher.

Kristen supposedly recently split from her long time boyfriend, some producer guy.

Shortly after that news, she and Dax were rumored to be getting cozy in Vegas at Tao's 2nd Anniversary party and were even spotted leaving together.

Isn't she like 10 years younger than Kate Hudson? I don't really get how this D-List dude keeps snagging hotties.

I am still pondering this match up. What do you think?

Fake Merchandise on the Decline: Hurray!

From the New York Post: Illegal peddlers who clog Manhattan's sidewalks with their cheap, counterfeit goods are getting hit with a double-whammy this holiday season - extra attention from cops and plummeting sales.

That's great news for legitimate shop owners, who argue that the fly-by-night peddlers should be tossed in jail for routinely breaking the law by hawking knockoff handbags, watches, perfumes and the like.

It is about damn time. I think they should start arresting all of those middle America fly-over state tourists who come here and break the law in droves by grabbing up knock off stuff.

Margaret Elman Furniture

Via Daily Candy:

"Time to talk to Margaret Elman, a furniture redresser with a super keen eye for color and shape.

Aquamarine water ripples, bright green grass blades, mottled tree branches, and softly lit dandelion fields are magnified to sensational proportions on pieces like ornately carved bergères, a Prohibition-era chaise lounge, and a 1930s French Country bed frame.

It’s one-of-a-kind functional artwork. And it’s absolutely pricey."

This stuff is TO DIE FOR! I NEED A RAISE!! MAJOR! APPROPRIATE!

This is officially on my wish list: Available at Distant Origin, 153 Mercer Street, between Houston and Prince Streets (212-941-0024); online at chaircouture.com.

Someone, hook up a poor girl :)

Vanessa from Gossip Girl --EEK!

There is something about this girl, I just can't get over. She reminds me of Ryan's maybe baby mama on the OC, the ghetto intruder here to try to mess things up. She just needs to f-off in my opinion. I really just don't like her. Everything from the wanna be hipster-boho fashion to the annoying mane. I just can't deal!

I started thinking about why I hate her so much...then I realized. She's the homewrecker from What about Brian that busted up his relationship with the lovely Krista Allen. As if!

The actress who plays her is Jessica Szohr [didn't someone tell her to change her last name pre-show business? obviously not. homegirl--fire your agent]. This week she coughs up a reason for why Vanessa is such a loser:

"In the book, Vanessa was very gothic, always in black, with piercings and when we started the show, they wanted to make her kind of Lower East Side ... tight skinny jeans, high-tops, and things like that," Szohr explained. "I had just moved here so I wasn't aware of the neighborhoods, so when I was doing homework for my character, I went to the Lower East Side."

Gotta love that research.

Spotted Pig is the shit.

In case you already didn't know [and have been in some dungeon somewhere] Spotted Pig is like totally the coolest restaurant/gastropub/place to pick up men like, ever.

Here is a chart to their infamous and celebutante friendly A-list of investors. Cute, huh? Thanks Observer, who deemed the investors cool enough to write a whole article about them.

On this place is cool enough to have Bono, Jay Z and Bill Clinton dine together at one table [yep, it happened].

Go Hova!

It is Official: brad was harassed beyond belief.

I'm glad Gawker agrees.

These women are nuts.

LEAVE BRAD ALONE!

One week later, I'm still annoyed! He's a great guy, back off you co-dependent mongrels!

Michael Buble a cheater?

I would love to think that my lovely Michael Buble who dates the likable (although not as much as him) Emily Blunt, would NOT be a cheater. How could this crooner who is such a lover (and who is the author of my favorite song Home) be so stupid (especially with a chick that looks like this)?

But while I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt, I will say that nothing would surprise me these days. I become further and further convinced that men ultimately are pigs, and that even the great ones, like Buble, can often not resist the urge.

Tiffany Bromley, 28, claims she repeatedly hooked up with the Canadian singer, who is currently dating out-of-his-league actress Emily Blunt, star of The Devil Wears Prada.

"We've made mad, passionate love a couple of times since he and Emily have been together," Bromley tells the Globe tabloid. "The last time was August 17 in the apartment they share in Vancouver."

Bromley claims the relationship ended when Buble suggested they take part in a threesome. RIIIIGGGHHHHT! "I told him, 'No way!' He said: 'Don't knock it till you've tried it. You don't know what you're missing,'" she says.

But Bromley didn't leave the relationship empty-handed. She allegedly stole one of his designer shirts, as well as taking some truly disturbing pictures of the singer sleeping naked with her cameraphone. If this does end up to be true, Michael, please avoid any girl in the future who would be a big enough slut to take pictures of you with her cameraphone and then auction them off!

What a hooker!

....and Paris does Shanghai

It is crazy that she's been spotted all over Shanghai mingling with the locals [she's like MAJOR over there, you know how they love Western pop culture!] and celebrating the pinnacle holiday of the founding of our country with one that isn't exactly on our team.

I'm a huge fan of Shanghai, but this just strikes an extreme chord of irony for me...

This is her presenting at the MTV Asia awards in Shanghai.

Christina Applegate (Who?) does no fur

She looks pretty cute. The gloves are just horrible. But the cause is SUPER! Majorly appropriate. Go Christina who? What? Samantha? I can't get tired of the Samantha who what jokes? It is just way too funny.

leave dennis quaid + wife alone!!!!

The paparazzi are just being relentless with this whole fiasco over their twins. It is devastating and serious, back off paps!

no ma'am!

can someone please make a YouTube video?

LiLo does Manhattan + Intermix

Guess who I ran into....

Yawn.

She's so orange! Otherwise, I must say though, she looks radiant. Sister Alli needs to be careful. She is heading down the road already traveled.

ps--notice how sister has Lindsay's Alexander McQueen scarf from LAST SEASON. Can't Lindsay give her sis the new scarf of the season? Skulls are so last year.

hulk + linda call it quits

I'm really sad about this for some reason. Too much reality tv?

Does anyone make it these days?

Time of relationship demise: The day it started?

Official time of demise: November 20th, 11 a.m., EST

Hilary Duff is just so damn cute.

While all of these other bitches are out getting arrested and just being bad contributers to society, Hilary Duff continues to be such a cute contribution! We love her! She is adorable + a super person. Go Hilary!

Even better: She was the first to wage war against LiLo over that whole Aaron Carter fiasco. Smart Duff!

This is her at Butter on Tuesday! Presh!

Happy Thanksgiving!

....you turkeys.

gobble, gobble.

Remember to eat organic!

Brad Womack is a great guy

Leave him alone, America! He DID THE RIGHT THING! This goes to show you how delusional females are that idiots are actually angry with him. These girls are just retarded.

sisters

My sister is visiting from the dirty, dirty NC this week for her birthday so I will only be checking on momentarily throughout the next six days. Sad. I know.

So all you invisibles out there, I'll catch you post-holiday.

Until then gobble, gobble and count your carbs!

Be there or be rectangle...and no one wants to be rectangle :)

Oprah's Holiday Gift Giving Frenzy : THE LIST!

Oprah's annual Holiday Giveaway of Tons of Shit Bonanza is today, coming at you live from Macon, Georgia. What? Why? Is probably what you are thinking...but apparently in Macon, Oprah has an average of 50% viewership! Yep, that's right--50% of the city watches her show.

These psychos definitely deserve the goods.

This year the highlights include a fridge with HDTV built-in, a Kitchen Aid mixer [always great and cute in custom colors], a Samsung video recorder, and United Artists 90th Anniversary DVD collection.

Somehow this year, Oprah managed to have some picks that make Rachel Pally [pictured] and UGG Australia both look ugly--which they are not. It truly is amazing that she's managed to make it look like HSN when it is usually celeb chic.

Rachel Pally is known for graceful lines and silhouettes. Oprah's picks have to be the worst pieces Pally ever created. It looks like a mu mu mixed with a unitard. She sites Shopbop and Nordstrom [shocker] as a pale to snag some Pally. Can you imagine them carrying this outfit as she pictures it? Merchandised this way? Ummm.. yeah that would NEVER happen.

And the crochet UGGs. Don't get me started. I am UGG loyal but this is just ridiculous. There are only so many times that you can reinvent the wheel, UGG. Get a clue!

If you are super rich like Oprah and her "sponsors" or you simply want a pint of Ciao Bella [one of the few affordable items on her Wish List] then you can download a full list of products here.

Britney vs. LVMH :: the ruling

A court in Paris has fined Sony BMG, Zomba, and MTV Online 80,000 euros and ordered them to stop broadcasting Britney Spears's 2005 video for "Do Somethin'."

Why? Because "one shot shows fingers drumming on a dashboard covered with what looks like Vuitton's 'Cherry Blossoms' design: dark pink blossoms on a pale pink, weblike background, embossed with the 'LV' logo."



One might think Louis Vuitton would be glad and that maybe even LVMH paid for that placement-but he isn't and they didn't. And now they've sued.

"The ruling said the video constituted an 'attack' on Louis Vuitton's brands and its luxury image."

Not looking good Britney. Better ditch that white Louis V bag you are always carrying around.

Note: It should be noted that this is the video in which Juicy Couture did the full wardrobe and outfitted Britney, the set, and the dancers. The interior is likely their fault. They are known for being copycats.

Danyelle Freeman is an idiot and possibly a tranny.

From her review[if you can even call it that] of Allen & Delancey:

"At Allen & Delancey, a well-heeled woman spooned bone marrow into her mouth. It was a nonchalant bar gesture, followed by a leisurely sip of a cocktail.

This is a culinary sign of the times.

Henry David Thoreau once wrote, "Live deep and suck out all the marrow of life." Dining on bone marrow was likely not what the philosopher had in mind, but fitting, as this is not an uncommon sight at New York City restaurants in the 21st century."

What? Is she serious? This has to be the most stupidest thing I ever did read.

This girl needs to cut the crap.

Patricia Field for Payless is Officially for Sale.. Sort of.

Patricia Field's much anticipated (by some, maybe not you) collection for Payless looks like it might finally start to trickle in.

On the site you can currently find the Tempura platform sandal, Sushi boot, and Sake clutch. How cute. Sigh. Currently the Tempura can be bought [$40] and so can Sushi [$55 ] but Sake is still MIA.

I'm not feeling the dual tone on the Tempura but I'm loving the funk of the Sushi enough that I am going to snag a pair and forgive this horrible kitchy naming strategy. I would have scooped the Sake but could only reach an error page :)

When will the rest of the collection turn up? I'm betting this weekend.

In other Payless news, Abaete's new collection is out and I am digging the Kaye boot, but hating the Rose Ruffle Pump. It looks like Pretty Woman pre-makeover.

Also, Lela Rose. You are letting down the great state of Texas with this garbage.

Thanksgiving Texan Style in NYC.

I'm not eating here but when I got this in my inbox I just had to share. It sounds so damn yummy.

Leave it to the Texans to be stuck in Chelsea hell and still manage to churn out a yummy turkey extravaganza!

Hill Country Thanksgiving Feast:Their feast serves 5-8 for $175, or 9-12 for $255, and includes a whole pit smoked turkey, with cornbread, honey butter and four sides (from choices like sweet potato bourbon mash, Longhorn cheddar mac’ and cheese, green bean casserole), and your choice of pies—Bourbon pecan, Grandma Betty’s Apple, Ginger snap pumpkin [umm YUMMY!]—or German chocolate cake.

Disney's $4 billion "Caucasian" Princess Empire

Almost by accident, Disney has built a lucrative $4 billion business upon the frail, anorexic shoulders of Belle, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, Jasmine, and Ariel.

Highlights from the article:

"Pocahontas and Mulan [aka the true minorities--Jasmine passes as an exotic brunette] are usually kicked off the throne. Disney says that's because their 'qualities' are different from the others..." Right.

In 2009 the studio will debut the animated film "The Princess and the Frog," featuring its first African-American princess (which is pretty shocking, if you think about the fact that there's already been Asian, Native American and Arab princesses). She's already stirred some controversy —she was originally a lowly chambermaid named Maddy, but after the blogosphere got wind of that, she was promoted to full princess and given a more regal-sounding name: Tiana.

You can't pay for stuff this good, people.

Disney, Disney. Only 40 years behind the movement.

Paypal is going to take over the world.

It is really that simple. They are going to revolutionize online + mobile WAP payment. Mark my words.

I rectangle Nordy's

Nordstrom has conquered the urge to celebrate Christmas before Thanksgiving and forgo to the early unveiling of the window displays that cost more money than to feed a child for his/her lifetime in Darfur.

Instead they will commence the tacky holiday over-celebration on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.

Nordstrom...better than Neiman Marcus.

That should be their tag phrase.

Come to New York, Nordstrom!

Damien Hirst is a sexy, confused possible nutter ?

Some people think he's sexy. Others think he's insane. He has more money than I do, and you do too...and like all of your friends.

I don't really know what to call the latest show of artistic rich boy Damien Hirst. Shitshow, bloodshow, horrorshow?! Hmmm...the jury is out.

His exhibition at the Lever House, titled School: The Archaeology of Lost Desires, Comprehending Infinity, and the Search for Knowledge, opened a few weeks ago and will run through February 16th.

The show contains per the New York Times, "30 dead sheep, one dead shark, two sides of beef, 300 sausages, a pair of doves."

Talented and disturbed or a total nutter? I can't make this one out. Click the Times above to check out more horrific pics.

Goldbar and DBTH = golden douchebags

I can say with total certainty that Goldbar and Down By the Hipster [the pseudo blogger, total douche, who thinks he is in the know about a variety of useless information such as Goldbar t-shirts] are both officially douchebags.

Is it possible for a place to be a douchebag? Hmmm....maybe not, but when it is populated by them and then rewards them with ridiculously tacky t-shirts then it, as an entity, official has become one.

I had high hopes for this place (love gold, love skulls, love Cain) but this is just too much.

Ugh! No ma'am.

Leave our Nolita alone!

Michele Elyzabeth: Heather Mills' Publicist is insane

If you can stomach it, you have to check out the most recent Michele Elyzabeth VIDEO blog posting.

She is Heather Mills' most recent publicist.

This woman is total trash and completely insane. This must be some kind of joke, right?

Where did crazy Heather find this woman?

trista + ryan are still together

I am glad to see that Trista and Ryan [from The Bachelor/ Bachelorette] are still together. As far as the Bachelor goes, they are the only ones...

She's moved over to the Brunette side, smart girl!

Here they are out with baby, Maxwell. How cute is that?

I will forgive her for the capris and flops and just be glad she really kept it real with reality and fell in love.

Brad, no worries, even if you aren't #2 I'm still proud of you for a job well done in maintaining your integrity during the show.

Go Womack Family!

brad is choosing a mate.

I knew it would be two Brunettes. Go Brad! You're still the best Bachelor ever :)

words :: intransigent

intransigent: uncompromising.

I believe that collectively all of my ex-boyfriends would agree that I am totally intransigent. Ha.

King Henry gets arrested for being wasted.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers was nabbed yesterday by Irish cops, after he allegedly got rowdy in Dublin Airport, and he's been charged with public drunkenness and breach of peace, reports the AP. What? You? Drunk? Again? Why?

The actor was arrested Sunday, over what was reported to be "erratic, abusive" behavior at an airport gate and an airline desk on his way to London, even after the cops asked him to chill. He was charged by the Garda Siochana (that's the Irish national po-po) with two counts of violating the Public Order Act. He'll have to return to court on Dec. 5.

Rhys Meyers told the AP back in 2006 that he "would never drink again" to help preserve his career. Time to head to Promises, my friend.

Please don't let us down--we NEED a new season of the Tudors!