May 2010
A Look at Lauren Conrad’s Style Ambitions
Lauren Conrad will be releasing her latest book, a style guide entitled Lauren Conrad Style on October 5, 2010, concurrently with her third novel, Sugar and Spice. This won’t be the reality television star’s first foray into the authoring world.
And though it’s easy to look at Conrad as another person who’s just famous for being famous, she does seem to be putting real effort into her endeavors. But a look at the bigger picture suggests all is not as rosy as her bank account would suggest.
2012 Olympic Games Offer Area Development
Five years ago, London was approved to host the 2012 Olympiad. Now, construction for various venues are well underway to produce a unique Olympics experience that reflects the host country. But after the long-term failure of the Millenium dome, the Olympic Delivery Authority and the London Development Agency are working to produce venues that can […]
Gucci Appoints Sarah Burton to Become Alexander McQueen’s Saint-Laurent
By now, most people are aware of the sad, untimely death of Alexander McQueen. When the Gucci Group, the parent company of the Alexander McQueen label, formally announced that the brand would continue much of the speculation turned to which designer would have the tailoring chops and creative sensibilities to carry the label forward.
Movieclips Finally Allows Legal Film Clip Mashups
Mashups have been popular since broadband Internet has come to the US. Using clips from Hollywood movies can be dangerous, however, with movie studios often asking for the videos to be removed or clips just being tough to select or find.
Movieclips looks to be solve that problem. Movieclips has solved the problems by getting clips legally from six Hollywood studios. That doesn’t just include older, catalog films but new releases and unreleased films like Irons Man 2, Prince of Persia and Letters to Juliet. In all there’s an ever increasing library of 12,000 clips to choose from.
New Study Says Musclemen Aren’t as Appealing as They Think
Here is some potentially good news in follow up to our recent post about the rise of anorexia in men with the advent of the skinny jean: Jamie Dornan and other muscular male models with serious washboard abs are no more appealing than average or chubby men in advertisements, according to a new University of Queensland study.
America’s Next Top Modeling Lawsuit: Next Management and Ford Models Tug-of-War
The bitter relationship between Next Model Management and Ford Models continues to get worse. This hostility between both model agencies is not a new one. In fact, since 2009, Ford Models has sued Next Management at least 3 times for wrongful model-poaching, one of which involved the high profile poaching of Kendra Spears by Next […]
Wardrobe of Isabella Blow to be Auctioned, Philip Treacy Reveals Film Plans
This month marks three years since fashion icon Isabella Blow committed suicide following a battle with depression and ovarian cancer, but the infamous editor, known for championing milliner Philip Treacy and Alexander McQueen in his early career, has been making multiple headlines recently.
Will the NYPD’s John Wayne Bill Hit the Mark?
Police shootouts are one of the most recurring scenes on television these days. With a plethora of crime shows like the CSI and (already missed) Law and Order franchises, the general public has begun to believe that these shows accurately portray the actual criminal justice system.
Yet, here is where the double standard steps in.
The Mobile Disruption-What’s Next? :TechCrunch Disrupt
The first panel of TechCrunch Disrupt’s second day was “The Mobile Disruption-What’s Next?”, a panel about the future of Mobile. The panelists were Dennis Crowley, CEO of Foursquare; Chris Cox, a VP at Facebook and Vic Gundotra, a VP at Google. While the panel was largely about the future of mobile, special attention was made to location services and Facebook privacy issues.
While each of the three companies have different approaches to mobile, they all agreed that it’s definitely not going away anytime soon. Crowley agreed the Foursquare is not the winner of location, but simply one of many options. He disagreed that Google Latitude’s passive checkin model isn’t the way to go as making users check-in makes it more interactive.