YOU’RE NOT LEAVING THIS HOUSE DRESSED LIKE THAT, And Other Parental Reactions To The 2012 Billboard Music Awards

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Apparently the 2012 Billboard Music Awards were on last night, which sounds about right since I’m typically the last one to know about the most ragin’ parties. So, when I started clicking through some of the images from the red carpet, I was expecting to see some awesome dresses (lookin’ at you Carrie Underwood & [...]

Real Grandmas Of Orange County: Best Reality TV Grannies

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Real Housewives of Orange County star Vicki Gunvalson is going to be a grandma.  Let me rephrase:  the woman who purposefully gave a statement to US Weekly that her “love tank is full” will soon be in charge of handing out fossilized Werther’s Originals from the bottom of her Balenciaga. 50-year-old Gunvalson, an original cast member [...]

George Lucas Strikes Back – What to Expect When George is Your Landlord

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George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars saga and flannel shirt aficionado, has taken how-to-deal-with-your-lousy-neighbors to a whole new epic level.  The director, who owns a large patch of land north of San Francisco in Marin County, has, for 25 years, attempted to build a 300,000 square foot movie studio on the lot, in another attempt [...]

10…Um…Interesting Looks From Met Gala 2012

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Forget the Globes and the Oscars and whatever. The annual Met Gala is BY FAR my favorite celebrity dress-watching event. Everybody busts out the couture and the big, dramatic ball gowns and I LOVE IT. Especially because—at an event with an already high risk-taking chance of OH HONEY NO—there’s always a handful of people who [...]

Forget Hats, Kentucky Derby Winner “I’ll Have Another” Sparks Baby Name Trend

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I’m not a hat-as-fashion fan.  I’ve never understood how you gracefully disengage from a hat.  With my heavy hair, once the hat is on my head, there it must stay until the day is done or a shower and re-style can occur.  I’ve always envied people who can jauntily wear a hat and then flip [...]

FIFA Says Hijab Dangerous In Women’s Soccer

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Prince Ali of Jordan is the vice president of FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football which-means-soccer-to-you-Americans Association), and Prince Ali says that women football/soccer players wearing hijabs can still bend it like Beckham. Actually, he didn’t say exactly that. What the prince did say was ”I think that the hijab will not hinder the participation of Muslim [...]

Not-Slutty Prom Dress Guide 2012

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This prom season, you don’t need to undress to impress!