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Why Be Famous When You Can Be Almost Famous?

YumSugar — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:13:31 -0800

Before you can be famous, you need to be almost famous. The folks at S.Pellegrino understand this concept and are giving more than 60 culinary students the opportunity to claim their fame. In the 6th Annual S.Pellegrino Almost Famous Competition, students work their way to the finals by competing in regional contests. More than 30 top culinary schools in the US and Canada are participating and students will be given the opportunity to go head-to-head against each other in front of a panel of judges.

Once they've excelled in their region, they are able to proceed to the final event at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in Napa Valley. The event takes place March 7–10 and consists of three categories: Harvest Mystery Basket, Signature Dish, and People's Choice. This year the event will be hosted by Top Chef season-one-winner Harold Dieterle and Sopranos star Lorraine Bracco.

When asked about the competition Harold said:

"The restaurant industry has all the qualities of a real-life competition. Almost Famous sets up these young
chefs to feel comfortable and thrive in these high-pressure situations, which is why so many of the students leave the competition and go on to work for some of the best restaurants in the country."

This indeed may be true. Last year's winner, Ranbir Batra, was able to experience work opportunities he never would have had otherwise, including working alongside Sara Moulton. In addition to new culinary adventures, the overall winner will receive a $10,000 cash prize.

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Little Ms. Rock n' Roll Makeup: How To Get Kate's Look

BellaSugar — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:05:27 -0800

Our Little Ms. Rock n' Roll Kate Hudson plays Penny Lane - a "band aid" in the wonderful 2000 movie Almost Famous. In this memorable roll, Kate portrays a groupie that trails a rock n' roll band on their cross country tour.

This endearing role put Kate on the map. Her winning charm and cool rocker chick style have made her very famous! Further enhancing her rock n' roll persona, later that year, Kate married real life rocker, Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes. Unfortunately, they have since broken up.

No matter who she dates, or what role she is playing, Kate has a hippie luxe style all her own. She's not afraid to try new looks and she's got the cute bod to wear anything she wants!

As we all know, achieving the "natural look" is anything but natural. A lot of products go into creating a glowing, perfect complexion. To find out how to recreate Penny Lane's look from Louis Burwell, the film's makeup artist, read more

Begin with a light foundation and a brightening concealer. Here Kate is wearing YSL Touche Eclat #2 and it has been carefully yet liberally applied under her eyes and on her lids. Personally, I also love YSL's Perfect Foundation.
Set your concealer and foundation with a light dusting of loose ivory powder. Kate has on Lancome Dual Finish Fragrance Free Versatile Powder in Matte Porcelain.
On her cheeks, she is wearing RCMA Cheek Color in blush pink. This adds just a bit of natural warmth to pale skin.
On Kate's eyes, she has on a natural taupe color such as Bobbi Brown Eye Shadow in Matte Taupe which was applied to her eyes with little dots of color in between her lashes to give her eyes some definition.
Louis used Lancome Aquacils Mascara in Brown/Black on her lashes. This is no longer in production, however, try Lancome Difinicils High Definition Mascara in Deep Brown for a similar shade.
Lastly, a variety of colors were applied to Kate's lips here, but the main color used was Guava Stain by Clinique. You can also try any number of sheer lip tints too. Party on!

GiggleSugar Reader Spotlight: Almost Famous

GiggleSugar — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:00:00 -0700

The mysterious Almost Famous cracks me up, and has the distinction of being the only spotlighted reader who likens her sense of humor to Don Rickles! Haha. To find out about her, read more

GS: What’s your motto?
AF: My motto is the traditional, "Follow your dreams..." whatever they may be. It's actually why I'm still here kicking it with a smile from ear to ear. Sometimes I get the blues like everybody else, but once I remember my dream for the future, I continue on striving!

GS: Where are you from?
AF: I was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, which I'm happy about, because Chicago is a laid-back city!

GS: What do you do?
AF: That's a good one! Right now I'm addicted to this site. Can't get enough. However, I'm currently writing my first novel!

GS: How would you describe your sense of humor?
AF: Gosh. My sense of humor is really out there! I love to laugh! I'm a witty person, and I usually make fun of the ones I love. More like Don Rickles. Hehehe.

GS: What’s your favorite GiggleSugar post?
AF: My favorite GiggleSugar post has to be the one posted last week for IDoSugar. A guy pulled a prank on his buddy pretending he proposed to his girlfriend at a baseball game. I died and came back to life. LOL.

GS: Who’s the cutest (best looking) funny man and funny woman?
AF: Best looking funny male: Dane Cook. Best looking funny woman: Mo 'Nique.

GS: Who are your favorite male and female comedians?
AF: For the males, I'd go with Chris Rock. For the females, I'd choose Sheryl Underwood.

GS: What’s your favorite comedy of all time?
AF: Darn, only one?! Well, Life, starring Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy.

GS: If your life were a comedy, what would it be?
AF: Ha! I like this question. There really isn't one that describes my life. However, I'll just pick one and roll with it. Clueless.

GS: Do you look like someone famous?
AF: Eh? Um. . .No! LOL.

AF free-for-all: I'm currently working towards my purpose in life. Everyone's here for a purpose, so make sure your purpose for the most part, is to live, learn and love life!!!

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(Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Mo 'Nique, Chris Rock, Sheryl Underwood, Dane Cook)

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Do Tell: Who Was Your Favorite Teen Heartthrob?

TresSugar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0800

A heartthrob is defined as a man, typically a celebrity, whose good looks excite immature romantic feelings in women. Immature or not, almost every woman I know once crushed on a fresh-faced famous person with heavily-marketed sex appeal. In fact, some grown women currently lust for ~~Edward Cullen~~ Robert Pattinson. Who got your heart throbbing when you were a teen? (And if you're nostalgic, note that you can still check out Tiger Beat and Bop.)

The Look For Less: 10 of Your Favorite Dupes

BellaSugar — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:20 -0800

Once a makeup item has achieved cult status, we can almost assuredly expect replicas to pop up anywhere from drugstore brands to competing department store collections. Recently, I mentioned that I had found a great dupe for Nars's famous Orgasm blush in Milani's Luminous. Thanks to input from readers Baby Girl, yajairab, JessRose, and SnufaLuffaGus143, I've gathered together 10 products that could easily pass for the original. To join in on the fun, why not become part of our Beauty Dupes Group? And for more lookalike cosmetic items, check out some of my Look For Less coverage, too.

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What to Download: New Music Today

BuzzSugar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:30:59 -0700

It's Tuesday! I've already given you some picks to beef up your Netflix queue, but now it's time for your iPod. Check out today's new music releases for what you should download.

The birth of new sound: The latest from The Flaming Lips, Embryonic, is the musical equivalent of an acid trip. The band reportedly improvised a lot in the studio, so the entire album feels raw and pretty much all over the place. MGMT joins in on the track Worm Mountain, Karen O lends silly animal noises (yes, really) to I Can Be a Frog, and a mathematician spouts out equation, x=y type stuff on Gemini Syringes. Weird? You bet. Every track is experimental, which means you'll either embrace it for its free-spirited creativity, or write it off as too strange. Either way, it's worth checking out.

Pop culture candy: Hell has frozen over - Jack White is on the 90210 soundtrack. Hey, I'm not knocking TV music - I've already professed my love for it - but I was surprised to see The Raconteurs associated with a CW show. The band lends a wicked guitar riff to the first track Many Shades of Black (featuring soulful singer Adele) to start the album off. The rest of the playlist includes a mix of new offerings from indie artists and more mainstream pop, but my favorites are the sleepy Valium by MuteMath and the Postal Service-ish Sunburn by Owl City.

See one more release when you read more.

Bah-hum-blah: I was pumped when I heard that Bob Dylan was making a holiday album. It may be Halloween time now, but I always love a good carol, and Christmas in the Heart includes 15 of my favorites. But that's where my excitement ended. Dylan's voice will always be uniquely his, but the throaty quality seems out of place here, singing famous ditties like Here Comes Santa Claus. It's almost like your uncle had too many spiked ciders and started caroling. Even so, I'll probably still download I'll Be Home For Christmas or Winter Wonderland just so I'm not a total Scrooge - the proceeds go to the charity Feeding America.

Summer of Salads: Garden Salad

YumSugar — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:43:56 -0700

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Movie Preview: Philip Seymour Hoffman in Pirate Radio

BuzzSugar — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:56:13 -0700

I'm an unabashed Richard Curtis lover - he's the writer and director of Love, Actually, one of my favorite movies, and his next one, Pirate Radio is out next month.

The movie stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a 1960s deejay in Britain who takes to the water when the government bans rock and roll. I'm all for a retro Hoffman (he's totally channeling his rock critic character in Almost Famous here) but I'm just as excited about the British support: frequent Curtis stars Bill Nighy and Rhys Ifans, as well as Simon Pegg's right-hand man Nick Frost. Keep an eye out for Mad Men's January Jones, who gets to embrace the '60s hippie side of things.

To see the trailer, just read more.

Almost Famous

GiggleSugar — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:17:24 -0700

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What To Sky+: Wednesday

PopSugarUK — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0700

BBC2 has Dragon's Den Online and Shooting Stars
Ch4 has The Secret Millionaire and Ugly Betty
E4 has Clueless
More4 has The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Five has Farmer Wants a Wife
Sky1 has a new series of Project Runway and Almost Famous
Sky Classics has Breakfast at Tiffanys, Sky Indie has Fargo