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Link Time: Forever 21's New Designer Collaborations

FabSugar — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:30:04 PST

First look: Forever 21's new designer collaboration - People Stylewatch
Michelle Obama wears foreign designers because they "have cute stuff, too" - The Cut
Rodarte for Opening Ceremony is now available online and in stores - Fashionologie
Pregnancy won't keep Victoria Beckham from her beloved high heels - Jezebel
Carey Mulligan doesn't feel famous - Vogue UK Daily
Jimmy Choo makes a leather tote for women who refuse to overspend on straw - Purse Blog
How to dress for a Valentine's Day date - Stylelist
Copenhagen Fashion Week's great Danes - Interview
The new jean pool: Altuzarra and Current/Elliott - Vogue Daily

Can an Unwanted Spokesperson Ruin a Restaurant's Image?

partysugar — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:00:00 PDT

Like many young American women, Kendra Wilkinson loves the food at Olive Garden. However, unlike the majority of these women, Kendra is a Playboy Playmate, girlfriend to Hugh Hefner, and star of the reality show The Girls Next Door. On the series, she expresses her profound love for the Italian chain's artichoke dip and unlimited breadsticks. She's not a spokesperson for the brand, and her public, undying love is not returned. Rumor has it the officials at Olive Garden would like her to stop inadvertently promoting the restaurant. They've worked hard to craft their family-friendly image, and a Playboy playmate doesn't exactly fit into that picture. Although many brands welcome a celebrity's endorsement, if the celebrity doesn't match the brand's image, problems can arise.

I think it's an interesting topic, and wonder what you have to say about the matter. Can an unwanted spokesperson ruin a restaurant's reputation?

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Brett Ratner to Direct Hugh Hefner Biopic

BuzzSugar — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:32:49 PDT

Brett Ratner's doing what now?
Brett Ratner has signed on to direct a biopic all about Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. Ratner is known for directing mostly action movies like Rush Hour, so he's probably just the "man's man" for the job.

Ratner says:
"'Hef came from a puritanical upbringing and reinvented himself to be the godfather of the sexual revolution,' Ratner told Daily Variety. 'He also used his magazine to advocate civil rights and free speech, and put James Brown on his show 'Playboy After Dark' when they didn't put black performers on national television. He broke all kinds of taboos, especially in sexuality.'"

Why I care:
Having started a confusing love affair with the E! series "The Girls Next Door," I have acquired this intense fascination with Hugh Hefner. Where there was once vague annoyance toward the man who's made millions exploiting women's bodies, there is now a strange curiosity.

Why?
He's super old. He has three girlfriends around whom he behaves like an affectionate, sometimes confused grandpa. Every so often he'll talk about "his girls" with great fondness, and he makes comments like "I'm in a really good place right now... This is the best time of my life." I have to wonder if he is referring to the fact that his current situation - living with his three main girls - is really like a family situation in which he can play daddy, sugar daddy and granddaddy at any given time. And yet, to some people he's still a sex symbol. I'm not interested in reliving Hefner's successes photographing naked ladies, but I am interested to see how he went from that to this wrinkled old man with a reality TV show. I look forward to this movie.

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The Highlight Reel: The Week's Best and Worst TV

BuzzSugar — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:01:49 PDT

Every Friday in the Highlight Reel, I round up the week's best, funniest, strangest, and most embarrassing moments in television for your amusement.

Dr. Boogie - who got cut from "Shear Genius" this week - talks his way, cuts hair his way, and apparently cries his way too. After seeing a cute message of encouragement from his son, Boogie said: "I just boo-hooed, and tears just ran out my nose."
"I'm just glad you taste like hot dogs." - Homer Simpson, after Bart was released from the grip of evil on the "24 Minutes" episode of "The Simpsons."
On "The Girls Next Door" this week, Hef and the girls celebrated Hef's 81st birthday in Las Vegas with a photo signing, where Bridget mused, "It's an unexplainable experience on how many lives we've affected and how many people look up to us as role models... People know who we are and we're not just a blonde chick, we're people now!"
This is a photo of Joel Bernabel from the first audition episode of "So You Think You Can Dance." This is a photo of Jemaine Clement from Eagle vs. Shark and "Flight of the Conchords." Coincidence? I think not.
And now, like your favorite shows, the Highlight Reel will be on hiatus until the fall. But don't worry - as "Brothers & Sisters" taught us this week, not all finales have to be sad.

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The Highlight Reel, 12/8: The Week's Best and Worst TV

BuzzSugar — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:20:57 PST

Every Friday, we'll round up the week's best, funniest, strangest, and most embarrassing moments in television for your amusement.

MTV’s new reality show, "24/7," centers around a group of conveniently diverse guy “friends” who are trying to make it in L.A. My favorite moment: Flaky musician Cipes swears by the power of infusing one’s food with “good vibes." Tenderly touching his water glass, he says: “I’m doing affirmations on my water… You should write ‘I love you’ on your water because it changes the molecules on your water. It helps." Helps with what? Apparently, with getting a late-night reality show on MTV.
In this week's final "Gilmore Girls" before the hiatus, Kirk is selling wrapping paper in competition with the town's middle school kids:

Miss Patty: I already bought my wrapping paper from the kids from the Stars Hollow Middle School.
Kirk: Well, then you got ripped off... Those kids are gouging you.
This week, Regis grilled Derek Jeter about his male relationships, though he took the subject to a whole new, kinda creepy place. -Best Week Ever

For the rest of this week's highlights,

While Tyra Banks has been growing larger and more in charger with time, at least she's been keeping it real. Real crazy. In this week's "America's Next Top Model" finale, there was discussion about hopeful CariDee being too "unpredictable," and Jay astutely pointed out that "everyone at this table is unpredictable." To which Tyra responded:
"I'm not unpredictable, child, you know I'm gonna have a hair weave, a bunch of makeup on, and a dress that's cinched in my waist."
Any shred of glossiness to that show has fully disintegrated.
In Thursday's episode of "Scrubs," Elliot coaches Carla through labor by telling her to think of herself as a tube of toothpaste, but instead of squeezing out minty gel, "it's a little black baby."
"I want to be known as the girl who did the Heisman Trophy pose naked in Playboy. Because who has done the Heisman Trophy pose naked before?! NOBODY!" -Kendra, "The Girls Next Door"
"I just felt like a stupid." -Bridget, "The Girls Next Door"

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Real Talk With TV Broke Girl Beth Behrs

LearnVest — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:59:07 PST

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy!

Since when is being broke funny?

Since CBS released its new sitcom 2 Broke Girls, in which actress Beth Behrs plays a recently humbled heiress, Caroline, who moves to Brooklyn to hide out after her father loses their family fortune in a Ponzi scheme.

Caroline winds up living with her perpetually poor fellow waitress, Max, played by Kat Dennings, and the two hatch a plan to save their wages and start a cupcake business.

Recession-era cupcake businesses have been all the rage lately (see: Bridesmaids), but shows addressing personal finances - or lack thereof - with humor and honesty is something we don’t see very often. Caroline and Max manage to plan for their future while hustling for their present - and survive on a shoestring with admirable grace. We love that these characters live richly, even on a tight salary: After all, that's what LearnVest is all about.

And, of course, any show where the leading ladies discuss interest rates is right up our alley.

Check out our exclusive talk with Behrs on her penny-pinching past, her first pair of Louboutins - and why she still chooses to live with a roommate in real life. It turns out that we can learn something from celebs about money.

LearnVest: As a 26-year-old in Hollywood, how much of Caroline and Max’s financial struggle can you relate to?

Beth Behrs: Literally up until we shot the pilot, I was working as a nanny five days a week and then as a bartender and concierge at The Geffen Playhouse on the weekends. So, I can definitely relate to being broke, right out of college and working tons of odd jobs to just pay the rent.

Real-life waitress stories and more from Behrs.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Rooney Mara

Hannah Weil — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:30:35 PST

As The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo hits theaters, Rooney Mara officially seals her status as a serious A-lister - though if her red-carpet appearances were any indication, we had a hunch that the actress would be one to watch. Just as she's gone from television to film - and now worldwide blockbuster, as the title character in the highly anticipated film adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s series - Rooney, too has honed her own style résumé. From long, girl-next-door locks and pretty premiere dresses to a sharp, sophisticated coif and ultrachic couture from the likes of Givenchy and Prabal Gurung, Miss Mara may just be as fascinating to watch off screen as she is on. Click through to see her fashionable evolution now.

Watch Kelly and Erin's Latest Video From Subtle Sexuality, "The Girl Next Door"

Shannon Vestal — Fri, 06 May 2011 11:27:34 PDT

In case you didn't know, Mindy Kaling and Ellie Kemper's The Office characters Kelly and Erin have a faux girl band on the side called Subtle Sexuality. They had one of my favorite songs and viral videos last year with "Male Prima Donna," and they've done it again with "The Girl Next Door."

The song and video are both inspired by Taylor Swift - Kelly is the bespectacled nerd with a crush on Ryan, and Erin is the glamour girl he lusts after (I love that Kelly's glasses are just like Swift's in the "You Belong With Me" video). It's catchy and goofy, and like the last song, "Ry" Howard (B.J. Novak) has the best verse - watch it when you

What to TiVo: Saturday

BuzzSugar — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:59:39 PST

8:00 College Football

8:00 The Big Bang Theory (repeat)
8:30 2 Broke Girls (repeat)
9:00 The Mentalist (new)
10:00 48 Hours Mystery (new)

8:00 Cops (new)
8:30 Cops (new)
9:00 Terra Nova (new)
11:00 Hell's Kitchen (repeat)
12:00 New Girl (repeat)

8:00 Harry's Law (repeat)
9:00 Prime Suspect (repeat)
10:00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Repeat)
11:30 Saturday Night Live (new, with guest Jason Segel and Florence and the Machine)

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony Spotted Together in Puerto Rico

Katie Henry — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:49:39 PST

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony together - and smiling! - People
Randy Jackson close to inking deal to manage Mariah Carey - Hollywood Reporter
See the original sketch for Ashley Greene's Breaking Dawn premiere dress! - InStyle
Reviews are mixed for Julia Roberts's Mirror, Mirror - Lainey Gossip
Find out Joseph Gordon-Levitt's occupy Wall Street connection - Huffington Post
Is Showtime's Homeland the best new show of the season? - The Daily Beast
Did Ashton and Demi escape to Turks and Caicos for marriage counseling? - Us Weekly
Miley Cyrus blasts critics over "fat" comments - TooFab
Old and new holiday movies to share with your family - Rotten Tomatoes
America's girl next door, Meg Ryan, is turning 50 - Wonderwall
Gayle King quits Oprah's OWN - Lifeline Live
Dancing With the Stars reveals top three finalists - Zap2It
Kris Humphries may not be as sad as he appears - Celebitchy