Poiret: King of Fashion

through August 5, 2007
Special Exhibition Galleries, 1st floor

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue & 82nd St.
NYC

In the annals of fashion history, Paul Poiret (1879-1944), who called himself the "King of Fashion," is best remembered for freeing women from corsets and further liberating them through pantaloons.

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Paper Moon

Free Movies in the Park

Mon. Jul 2 (8:30 PM)

Bryant Park

Fifth Ave. and 40th St.

NYC

The uber-dysfunctional duo, Tatum & Ryan O'Neil, play con artists who scam widows for cash. This movie garnered an Academy Award for Tatum in 1974.

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Rodrigo y Gabriela, Vietnam, JDH and Dave P


2007 Central Park Summer Stage


Sun. Jul 1 @ 1pm - 3 PM)


Central Park Summerstage


69th St At 5th Ave Entrance/Rumsey Field


Central Park, NYC

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The UK's premiere rock and roll couple, supermodel Kate Moss and rocker Pete Doherty, are starring in their first his and hers photo shoot for the latest Roberto Cavalli advertising campaign.
In the strongest signal yet that Kate and Pete are to become the next super brand, the pair posed for pictures by Mert and Marcus in Ibiza after Cavalli saw them together and invited Pete onto the shoot, which was originally designated as solely Kate's.

"It happened quite casually. I was immediately struck by their intensity and freedom of the relationship. They're very sweet," explained the designer on his decision to include Pete.
"Kate brings beauty, intensity and personality with a hippie spirit that is perfectly in tune with my collection. Pete is a dreamer and a rebel. He's authentic and oozes a new, unexpected brand of sexiness, in sync with the spirit of the Cavalli man," he added.

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Stella McCartney is dipping her toe into the virtual community of Second Life to stage a peaceful antifur protest. On July 12, the designer and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will cohost an event on a specially created island in the virtual world. Visitors to the island - which is inspired by the English countryside, complete with stables, picnic tables and a Linda McCartney veggie burger stall - will be able to show their support for PETA in virtual terms. All visitors will receive a selection of antifur accessories for their Second Life character to wear; they can donate money in Linden dollars, the community's currency, which the animal rights group will be able to exchange for real U.S. dollars, and they will be able to dress their character in a T-shirt bearing the slogan "I'd rather be pixilated than wear fur."

"Sometimes it's nice to have a bit of humor on serious subjects," said McCartney, whose island will be open through July 29, in a statement. Those who take a trip to the online idyll will be able to scoop real-world prizes, too. A competition will run until July 19, for which visitors can submit a new PETA slogan, based around its tag line, "I'd rather go naked than wear fur." Prizes will include two tickets to McCartney's spring 2008 show in Paris, one of the designer's Appaloosa bags and her entire Care skin care line.

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Claiborne died Tuesday at the New York Presbyterian Hospital after suffering from cancer for a number of years, said Gwen Satterfield, personal assistant to Claiborne. She was 78. With husband Art Ortenberg and partners Leonard Boxer and Jerome Chazen, Claiborne launched her label in 1976 after working for years as a relatively unknown dress designer. The brand emphasized ensemble sportswear, quality and keeping the price tag below that of other designers.

Fashion designer Liz Claiborne revolutionized the way working women put together their wardrobes because she was one of them. She made it easy for them as they pioneered up corporate ladders in the 1970s and 1980s, offering coordinated outfits at once serious and stylish, but also affordable.
The new approach to dressing revolutionized the department store industry, which had focused on stocking pants in one department and skirts in another....full story at CNN

Interesting Points:

• Claiborne launched her company in 1976
• retired from management in 1989
• Liz Claiborne Inc. was first company founded by a woman to be in Fortune 500
• Her designs catered to the growing number of women entering work force

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LOS ANGELES - Carlos Gomez could be the recording industry's ideal mobile music customer. His phone is his music player of choice and he spends about $100 a month buying songs for it -often on impulse after hearing a tune on his car radio. That's why he's not buying an iPhone.
It's not that he doesn't want one. The 24-year-old office clerk is mesmerized by the look and feel of Apple Inc.'s uber-sleek new phone that's a combination cell phone, iPod media player and Web-browsing gadget. He particularly likes its touch-screen navigation.

But Gomez says he won't buy the handset because users can't use it to buy and download music over a wireless network. Instead, iPhone owners will have to buy music via their computers and then download it to their phones, a process called side-loading.

Some analysts say mobile music sales will be dampened as long as users are limited to loading music on their phones via their PCs and Macintosh computers, and blocked from buying music wirelessly.
"The whole idea of on-the-go instant gratification isn't there," said Ted Cohen, managing partner of media consulting firm Tag Strategic....Washington Post

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Winehouse: "I'm not in this to be a f**king role model"

Amy Winehouse Shocks Reporter With Self-harm.... British singer Amy Winehouse shocked a reporter at U.S. rock magazine Spin by self-harming herself with a broken mirror during a recent interview.
The Rehab star etched "I Love Blake" - a reference to new husband Blake Fielder-Civil - into her stomach with a shard of broken mirror left over from a photoshoot.
And the outspoken singer told the magazine her rough-and-ready attitude to life and success allows her to be as dangerous and controversial as she wants to be.

Winehouse, who recently confessed she was considering quitting the music industry to become a full-time wife and mum, explained, "I'm not in this to be a f**king role model. I don't care about any of this and I don't have much of an opinion of myself. I don't think people care about me. I made an album I'm very proud of and that's it."

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Tom Cruise may suit up nicely as an American flying ace or an acrobatic crime buster, but when it comes to portraying Germany's most beloved anti-Nazi, Germans would prefer a different actor, bitte. Cruise is due to play German officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, celebrated for trying to kill Hitler in 1944, but the German Defense Ministry has warned that if Cruise gets the role, Ministry sites will be off-limits to the filmmakers. The reason? Because Cruise, as the Defense Ministry puts it, "has publically professed to being a member of the Scientology cult."

The German authorities have had a long history of run-ins with the Church of Scientology, which they accuse of masquerading as a church in order to make money - a charge the group vehemently rejects. Germany, along with several other European countries, has aggressive laws targeting groups that they deem to be cults....TIME

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HOLLYWOOD - Cameron Diaz has issued an apology after 'insulting' locals on a visit to Peru by carrying a bag emblazoned with a communist slogan. The Shrek actress was visiting the Inca city of Machu Picchu on Friday using an olive green bag with a red star and the words "Serve the People" written in Chinese. The message was seen by many as a reference to Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong. Zedong's Maoist Shining Path insurgency fought the Peruvian government in the 1980s and early 1990s, killing almost 70,000 people. Human rights activists described the actress' bag as "inappropriate". However, Diaz has now apologized for her ignorance. She says, "I sincerely apologize to anyone I may have inadvertently offended. The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China and I did not realize the potentially hurtful nature of the slogan printed on it. I'm sorry for any people's pain and suffering and it was certainly never my intention to reopen what I now know is a painful wound in this country's history."...Hollywood.com

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Fashion rocks! And since clothing can bounce from grunge to girly glamour, it's no wonder musicians are so good at hitting all the right style notes.

To honor the synergy between singers and their passion for fashion, the Conde Nast Media Group is gearing up for its Fourth Annual Fashion Rocks event, airing September 7th at 9 p.m. on CBS.

The star-studded blowout appropriately kicks off New York's Fall Fashion Week with the hottest bands and bods. OBO, an international fashion production company that's in on the gig this year (they produced the Victoria's Secret va-va-voom 2007 show), will get the crowd pumped by sending models down catwalks while the likes of CARRIE UNDERWOOD croon and FERGIE boom live on-stage.

Other "Fashion Rocks" musical performers for the two-hour event include AEROSMITH, ALICIA KEYS, AVRIL LAVIGNE, FALL OUT BOY, FERGIE, JENNIFER HUDSON, JENNIFER LOPEZ, LUDACRIS, MARTINA McBRIDE, SANTANA and USHER.

Can't get enough models and rockers? Vogue magazine's Editrix, ANNA WINTOUR, serves up more info on how to hit the fashion high notes, too, with Fashion Rocks™ magazine, out this September.

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Heigl to wed at Christmas...

Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl is to wed her rocker fiance Josh Kelley two days before Christmas, according to U.S. reports.
Friends say the actress chose the date in the middle of a hiatus from the medical drama, so she could get used to being Mrs Kelley and take time to plan and prepare for her big day.
An insider tells America's Life & Style magazine, "She'll be in the middle of a holiday break for her show, and she'll still have enough time after for a short honeymoon.
"Everyone is already so full of cheer just before Christmas, so, to throw in a wedding at that time - she just loved the idea.
"Her idea is to get married under this snow covered tent at her property with Josh in rural Utah. She wants glamour, so the dress is upscale. But she also wanted everything to feel down-to-earth, natural and beautiful."
The couple met on the set of Kelley's Only You music video, in which she played his sweetheart, in 2005.

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Victoria Beckham's new range of jeans have been branded "cheap" by her former fashion colleague.
Rock and Republic's UK distributor, Robert de Keyser of Dekeyser Fashions, has slammed her latest designs, claiming they're over-priced.
Keyser, who sold Victoria's Rock and Republic designs in Britain, said of her DVB jeans line: "The new Victoria Beckham range appears to be seriously over-priced for a line made, unlike other premium denims, in China out of a cheap fabric.
"Whatever Victoria learned from Rock and Republic appears to have been lost."
However, a source close to the mother-of-three refutes his claims, saying: "Early samples were made in China but the main range is made in Canada. They are a must-have designer item and the materials and methods used to make them reflect that."
Victoria, whose new jeans cost $249USD a pair, ended her association with Rock and Republic last year under a cloud of controversy.
The company were said to be furious after she quit and wouldn't let her use the embroidered crown logo sewn on the pockets of the denim range.
Victoria, 33, refuses to be drawn into the row and said she respects Rock and Republic.
Her spokesman said: "Victoria had a happy working relationship with Rock and Republic and she's not going to start being negative about them now."

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Italian luxury group Fendi will hold a fashion show on the Great Wall in China in October as parent company, LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton, seeks to double its sales by 2008.
"It's true," said a spokeswoman for LVMH, confirming a report in France's Les Echos newspaper.
LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault has said repeatedly he sees potential for Fendi to become a "star brand" alongside LVMH stablemates such as leather-goods maker Louis Vuitton and TAG Heuer watches.
"We can't be a global luxury group without a strong Italian brand," Fendi Chief Executive Michael Burke told Les Echos.

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25TH ANNUAL CONEY ISLAND MERMAID PARADE

The Silver Anniversary

Saturday, June 23, 2007

King Neptune: Adam Savage, host and star of MythBusters!!!

Queen Mermaid: Patti d'Arbanville, star of Rescue Me!!!

Registration Begins at 10 AM...Parade begins at 2 PM, Rain or Shine

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TOSHI'S SWEDISH PARTY FRIDAY

JUNE 22, 2007 @ 9PM - 3AM

THE DOMINO SUGAR FACTORY - EAST RIVER 7,500 person capacity! 3,750 tickets already sold!

MAIN STAGE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

LIVE MUSIC ACTS - flown in from SWEDEN

10.00pm IRYA GMEYNER

10.30pm MAPEI

11.00pm SWEDEN'S #1 HIP HOP ACT: TIMBUKTU & DAMN!

http://www.maximumdownforce.com/toshi

$30 girl

$50 boy

$80 VIP River Tent

$20 scandanavian girl*

$30 scandanavian boy*

* Scandinavian, European passport OR Student ID

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Bad Brains Concert Cruise

Mon. Jun 25 @ 7 PM

World Yacht Marina

41st St. & West Side Highway - NYC

Cost: $35
Official Site: http://www.rocksoffnyc.com/boatcruise/

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KANE TO SWEETEN FASHION ROCKS: London designer Christopher Kane is about to get one big boost to his fledgling career this fall when he joins the designer big league in London at Fashion Rocks. Kane, a design consultant for Donatella Versace who is known for his curvy, body-hugging shapes, will show his spring 2008 collection alongside houses including Burberry, Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel at the Swarovski-sponsored event. "I am still in shock that I am actually doing this, as it has only been a year since I launched my own label," said Kane. Swarovski is bankrolling Kane's participation in the event, which takes place Oct. 18 at the Royal Albert Hall. The fashion and music event, in aid of the Prince's Trust, Prince Charles' youth charity, will be hosted this year by Samuel L. Jackson.

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Bella Freud has quit Biba, the label she was hired three seasons ago to transform from Sixties icon into a 21st century must-wear fashion house. The British designer is now said to be turning her attention to a new own-name collection, one that promises to include luxe cashmere and elegant T-shirts. Freud told Women's Wear Daily,
"Even when I was working with Biba, I was doing my own collection on a minute scale," she continued. "Now, I really want to put all of my energy into it. It's still going to be small, but it will reflect all my passion and imagination."
Freud's debut collection will be unveiled as an exhibition with the Belarus-born model and photographer Elle Muliarchyk, at London's Frieze Art Fair in October. The designer has also created a capsule collection, which will go on sale at Dover Street Market at the end of June. Biba has yet to comment on her replacement.

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The worlds of design, music and dance will collide at one of the busiest hubs in downtown Toronto later this summer at a three-day event showcasing the best in local and international fashion.
The catwalk will meet the sidewalk at the inaugural Fashion and Design Festival - Toronto being held from August 23-25. The event will include 30 world-class fashion shows at Yonge-Dundas Square, which style-watchers in Canada's largest city can check out free of charge.
In addition to the shows, organizers have also come up with six special events designed specifically for the festival, which they hope will transform the bustling intersection into "fashion central."
Among them, "I Love Kyoto" will put the spotlight on designers of ethical labels on the cutting edge of fashion, while "Fashion School Special" will feature graduates of the city's leading fashion design schools showcasing their works.
The festival will close out Saturday night with the lingerie special, featuring women walking the runway in elegant undergarments under the moonlight.
The event has been wowing crowds in fashion-forward cities for the past seven years. Other cities that have hosted the fashion extravaganza include New York, London and Tokyo.
Earlier this month, the festival was held in Montreal during the Canadian Grand Prix.

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CHRISTINA AGUILERA has reportedly bought OZZY and SHARON OSBOURNE's former Beverly Hills home. The rock couple turned the estate into a reality TV mecca after shooting The Osbournes at their Los Angeles mansion. The Osbournes put the Doheny Drive estate on the market in April (07) after Ozzy confessed, "I don't want to stay in that house any more... The house holds bad memories for me because it reminds me of the terrible time Sharon got cancer and of times when me and the kids were doped out of our minds." Reports in America suggest Aguilera paid an undisclosed sum for the mansion and plans to turn it into her Los Angeles base.

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MySpace, in an effort to tap into the rapidly expanding internet fashion community, has launched a new section in it's news area. It functions essentially like a technorati page, collecting headlines from top fashion sites and blogs from all over the net. While still in it's beta stages, the site has a rating system built in so that users can weigh in on topics internally through the MySpace environment.
All well and good, but MySpace is a bit late to the online fashion game. Iqons.com, which launched earlier this year, has already been dubbed the "MySpace for Fashion." Following in their footsteps, Nick Knight added a social networking section to his SHOWstudio.com, enabling users to post profiles and samples of their work for others to browse and comment on.
While MySpace is focusing more on the news side of fashion, the other sites seem to have a pretty solid handle on the networking side of things. Perhaps a showdown for user-ship is in order; or, in this case, a walkoff might be more appropriate.

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With this year's designer collaboration H&M opens its doors to the exclusive world of Roberto Cavalli. The Italian designer will create a one-off collection for women and men exclusively for H&M.The line will carry the vital touch and the intense sensuality typical of Roberto Cavalli, one of the world's most exciting and creative fashion designers. "Roberto Cavalli has created a world of his own, iconic and full of fantasy, when it comes to colours, prints, and style. There is no place for shyness and no possibility of ending up with a mainstream wardrobe of everyday basics. The Roberto Cavalli collections represents an exuberant, successful lifestyle", says Margareta van den Bosch. "As the first Italian designer in the history of H&M, I enthusiastically welcomed this invitation, proud to bring the lively and positive spirit of my work to a new audience, who will be able to see and interpret my style in an individual way. I love freedom and challenges: breaking down barriers, experimenting in different directions. H&M is all this for me. I will add a dash of festivity and dreams", explains Roberto Cavalli. The "Roberto Cavalli at H&M" collection will be available in approximately 200 selected H&M stores worldwide for a limited period of time starting from November 8th 2007. The line will consist of iconic menswear, 20 pieces, and womenswear, 25 pieces, including lingerie plus matching accessories. Thanks to hisboundless creativity, Roberto Cavalli is known as a designer to the stars and the international jet set. He regularly dresses international personalities: Madonna, Beyonce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone, Gong Li, Victoria Beckham, Lenny Kravitz and Adrien Brody.

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A street in Milan is said to be named Via Versace in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of Gianni Versace's death, which takes place on July 15 this year. Via Versace will be located in an area of northern Milan, and is currently under construction to house shops, hotels and also a museum dedicated to Italy's most famous stylists.

In addition to the Via Versace a show entitled Thanks, Gianni With Love will also take place at Milan's La Scala opera house on the July 15. Talking about her brother Donatella Versace told Vogue, "Gianni was a great man and a great artist; a genius who deserved all this."

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IN Britain, it's the accessory of the season, but will American women decide to make an eco-friendly fashion statement their bag, baby?
We'll find out tomorrow - when a $15 medium-size canvas tote emblazoned with "I'm not a plastic bag" hits stores in New York and Los Angeles.
The message bag was created by British accessories designer Anya Hindmarch, who's known for her otherwise pricey pouches, in partnership with nonprofit campaign group We Are What We Do. The aim is to encourage fashionistas to replace plastic grocery-store bags with this not-so-plastic alternative.
In spite of the dubious premise that fashionistas ever go to grocery stores - or even eat - the bags are causing quite a stir. Keira Knightley was spotted with one in England. Meanwhile, Reese Witherspoon and Petra Nemcova both ordered bags and sported them full of groceries in L.A. Soon after, it sold out in stores and was going for as much as $675 on eBay...NYPost



above: Petra Nemcova with bag

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Jennifer Aniston is celebrating after her directorial debut Room 10 was named Best Short Film at the CineVegas Film Festival at the weekend.
Aniston made the movie, which she co-directed with Andrea Buchanan, as part of Glamour Magazine's Reel Moments' series.
Room 10 won the CineVegas Short Film Jury Prize, while David Schmoeller's Spanking Lessons picked up the CineVegas Nevada Short Film Jury Prize.

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Amy Winehouse, Arcade Fire and The Good, The Bad And The Queen were among the winners at the Mojo Awards in London last night.
Newlywed singer Winehouse accepted Woman Of The Year and Song Of The Year for Rehab at the star-studded ceremony in The Brewery venue.
Blur frontman Damon Albarn's new project The Good, The Bad And The Queen picked up Best Album for their eponymous-named debut, while Arcade Fire was named Best Live Act.
Music veterans Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper were named Icon Of The Year and Hero Of The Year respectively, while Ike Turner was named Legend Of The Year.
Iggy Pop's The Stooges accepted the Lifetime Achievement honour, while The Door were entered into the Mojo Hall Of Fame.
Bjork, Peter Green, The Only Ones and Bob Marley were also winners on the night.

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MILAN, Italy (AP) - Gianfranco Ferre, the Italian designer known as the "architect of fashion" for his structured, sculpted shapes and for his groundbreaking tenure at Christian Dior, died Sunday, a hospital said. He was 62.
Ferre was taken to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Italy, on Friday after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage. The hospital, in a statement authorized by Ferre's family, said he died at 9 p.m. (3 p.m. ET) Sunday.
Ferre started his career as an accessories and jewelry designer, and then moved on to clothes. His unofficial title as Italy's architect of fashion came thanks to the degree in architecture he obtained in 1969 from Milan's Polytechnic Institute that inspired his designs.
He started his own company in the mid-1970s, but his major leap came in 1989, when he was tapped by Bernard Arnault to be the top designer for Christian Dior. At the time, it was almost unheard of for a non-French designer to take the reins of the venerable Parisian house.

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Prince Williams ex, Kate Middleton, is the most fashionable hat wearer of 2007 according to a new poll.
The 26-year-old beat off the likes of Victoria Beckham and J-Lo to claim her crown at the top of the annual list compiled by Luton's millinery and hat industry.
Second place went to Mrs Beckham, closely follwed by model Nell McAndrew and another trendy royal, Camilla, took fourth place.
Kate's number one ranking caps off an eventful year for the fashion buyer, who was dumped by Prince William in April. She has since been named one of the world's best dressed women by Tatler and secured a top job with clothes line Jigsaw.
Leading the men in the hat stakes was Hollywood heart-throb Johnny Depp, beating Justin Timberlake, David Beckham, Boy George and Prince Harry.

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Victoria Beckham launched her debut denim collection in New York to a throng of photographers, television cameras and journalists.

Ahead of their move to Los Angeles, where husband David has signed to play with LA Galaxy, Beckham has boosted her profile by unveiling her dVb collection of denim jeans, skirts and shorts at Saks Fifth Avenue.
Wearing her own white jeans, silver heels, and a sparkly, silver vest, Victoria posed for photographers before heading upstairs to sign autographs for fans waiting in line.
A pair of dark jeans, that have a large star stitched on the back pockets, will set you back around $250 USD. The dVb range also includes retro style sunglasses.

This is not Victoria's first foray into fashion. She has previously designed a collection of jeans for label Rock and Republic and also handbags and jewellery for Japanese brand Samantha Thavasa.

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Courtney Cox-Arquette, 1964

Waylon Jennings, 1937

James Belushi, 1954

Lisa "Screwer Brewer" Kuscan, 1967

Ice Cube, 1969

Helen Hunt, 1963

Neil Patrick Harris, 1973...Happy Bday Doogie!

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TELEVISION
bring the marquee moon...

Sat. Jun 16 (7 PM)


Central Park Summerstage


69th St At 5th Ave Entrance/Rumsey Field


Central Park NYC

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BOWIEBALL
THE ULTIMATE GLAM ROCK REVOLUTION

an absolute MUST for this weekend...and our good friend, Steve Conte of the New York Dolls will be performing!!!

Friday June 15 2007
Don Hill's: 511 Greenwich St.
10 pm-4am

Dress Code: Vermillion Mullets, Thespian Jumpsuits & Space Age Lamé
RSVP: BowieBall@gmail.com
Cost: $10 w/RSVP&Costume, $15 without
Official Site: http://www.bowieballnyc.com/

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Angelina rocked the shabby chic look at the New York premiere of "A Mighty Heart" last night.
Did she show up wearing St. John, the label she's the contracted face of?
Nope!

The crushed velvet dress she was sporting was from the fabulous vintage store Wasteland on Melrose Avenue in LA.
The outfit's total cost? $26!

The film, which opens June 22, is about the kidnapping and execution of journalist Daniel Pearl.

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MySpace and Ford Models Inc. today announced an exclusive partnership to create the online destination for Ford Models Supermodel of the World(TM), Ford Models' international model search that has spanned 50 countries annually since the 1980s. The search, which has discovered many industry stars including Chanel Iman, Liliane Ferrarezi, Nataliya Gotsii and Camilla Finn, will be open to applicants in any country around the world for the first time ever.
Until now, the competition only accepted applicants from countries and cities where Ford Models has scouts on the ground. Now, aspiring models in any city will be able to participate through the competition's MySpace profile, where they can apply and interact with the agency, scouts and models already on Ford's roster. Additionally, visitors to the site will have access to videos, editorials, blogs and other content created by Ford models, artists, photographers, agents and stylists. Select applicants from around the world will be invited to New York City in January to compete in the Ford Models Supermodel of the World international finals for one of three contracts with Ford Models Inc., the top prize being a $250,000 Ford Models contract.

The profile and competition will launch in July.

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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, has created a contemporary armchair entirely from recycled drinks cans. The UK interior designer was commissioned by Can Couture to make the Can Can Chair using nothing but cans he and his family collected from around the house.

As a nation Britain produces enough rubbish to fill the Albert Hall every two hours. But experts have determined that 60% of everything we throw away could be recycled. The eight billion drinks cans alone that we consume each year, if recycled, would produce enough energy to light every household in Britain for a year.

Laurence said: "I really enjoy working with new material so the idea of using recycled drinks cans to produce an elegant, yet flamboyant chair was a huge challenge for me." His chair will be displayed at City Hall in London and is set to embark on a European tour portraying how design and looking after the environment can go hand in hand. The Can Can Chair will return to the UK in the autumn when it will be auctioned off for charity.

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Neutrogena said today it has signed actress Jennifer Garner as a spokeswoman to be featured in future print and TV ad campaigns....Women'sWearDaily

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Indian born designer, Anand Jon, has been slapped with 13 new charges of sexual assault in Los Angeles County Superior Court, increasing the number of charges to 46.
The prosecutor referred to Jon as a 'serial rapist'. The celebrity designer has been accused of three counts of sexually assaulting a minor in the state of Texas. The 30-year-old was arrested on March 6 by Beverly Hills police. Anand Jon, who has dressed the likes of Paris Hilton and Janet Jackson, is accussed of using the Internet to meet women and young girls who were then persuaded to meet him on the promise of help with their modelling careers.
Anand Jon, also a Spokesman for CARE International children's charity, now faces more than 40 felony and misdemeanor counts of sexual assault that include rape, sexual battery and committing a lewd act on a child.
He has pleaded not guilty to all offences and since his arrest in March he has been free on $2.3 million bail...DailyIndia.com

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Detmar Blow is planning to set up a foundation to look after his late wife's collection of hats.
Blow was responsible for kick starting the careers of Alexander Mc Queen. Sophie Dahl and Philip Tracey.
Detmar said: "Issy was a walking art form. I'm hoping all the people she helped in her life will cough up some money to get this up and running."
Many of her trademark hats are already on display in St Petersburg and are expected to show in New Zealand, Venice, Istanbul and New York before returning to the UK.
Detmar and Isabella's sisters are also considering the possibility of a new museum dedicated to Blow, which would exhibit her extensive collection of designer and couture clothes and shoes as well as her headwear.

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According to industry sources, Lancome, the L'Oreal-owned beauty brand, has signed Kate Winslet to be a spokeswoman. Winslet - perhaps best known for her starring role in "Titanic" with Leonardo DiCaprio - is expected to be introduced to the press at a Lancome event tonight in Paris. She and DiCaprio are currently filming "Revolutionary Road," a movie slated for a 2008 release.

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Can sensibly priced clothing from a down-to-earth actress stand out in an increasingly crowded market for celebrity-branded fashion? Sarah Jessica Parker's bubbly personality was evident as she strode through the Manhattan Mall's Steve & Barry's store Thursday at the launch of her clothing line, Bitten, greeting shoppers with a cheerful, "Hi guys!" With Bitten, Parker joins Madonna, Kate Moss, Jennifer Lopez, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and other stars who are seeking success with celebrity clothing collections.
They haven't saturated the market yet but we're getting kind of close," said Marshal Cohen, chief analyst at NPD Group Inc., a Port Washington, N.Y.-based market research firm. "Celebrity branding makes it easy for a company to a sell a brand because it becomes a talking point." So far the lines have done well, but since most are in their first season, there isn't much to compare them with, Cohen said.Parker and Steve & Barry's -- best known for its inexpensive college apparel and $14.98 Starbury One sneaker -- are hoping the Bitten line stands out because of its cheap prices. While other celebrity lines sell items for up to $100 or more, nothing in Bitten's 500-piece collection, Steve & Barry's first for women, is over $19.98, and sizes range from 2 to 20.That mass accessibility is what attracted Parker to the project...amNewYork

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Sienna Miller is the new face of luxury Italian brand Tods.
The actress was photographed for the autumn winter 2007/2008 campaign by Mikheal Jansson in Manhattan.
She said: "I am flattered to be representing Tod's in their upcoming campaign."
"I am a fan of both Tod's and [Tod's creative director] Derek Lam. I love the addition of their new clothing line to their already chic accessories. It was a brilliant collaboration and a fun project for me."
Lam told vogue: "Sienna brings not only her contemporary glamour and beauty to the new ad campaign, but her infectious enthusiasm and charm embody perfectly the spirit of the Fall 2008 season at Tod's."
Sienna manages to make every man fall head over heels in love with her and every woman wants to be her, as well as to be her best friend.
"What more can you ask for as the embodiment of the Tod's philosophy?"

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LES ROOFTOP FILM SERIES

Fri. Jun 8

Open Road Rooftop Project

350 Grand Street, NYC

Doors open at 8 pm
Tix $8 door; $5 online w/ code RFJUNE

www.rooftopfilms.com

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JOSS STONE & COMMON

SUMMERSTAGE 2007

Fri. Jun 8 @ 6:30 PM

Central Park Summerstage

69th St At 5th Ave Entrance

(Rumsey Field)

Central Park, NYC

tix $40

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