Friday, July 30, 2010

title pic Eat Animals? As If! Our Interview With Alicia Silverstone

Alicia Silverstone, best known for her role as the airheaded matchmaker in the 1995 comedy Clueless, is gaining a green following outside the multiplex thanks to her devotion to Earth-friendly causes. She developed the EcoTools line of beauty products, emplaced solar panels and water-conservation measures at home, and became a vegan

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title pic Help me search for art theft!

So I wrote earlier about how some instances of people stealing my art had made me feel unmotivated and unhappy, which contributed to my long absence. Most of those incidents are settled now, but there’s one site that so far hasn’t replied to my message about (I hate to drive traffic to them, but oh well) this Flash dress-up game which has uncredited, modified versions of four of my dresses. (Technically, one of them is ripped straight from Freyja’s colored version of a black-and-white dress I drew.) To my surprise, the very next one I clicked on also had uncredited and modified versions of seven of my dresses

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title pic Video: Hilarious Latisse Parody

Lashisse. “It’s like a penis pump for women, but with eyelashes!” There might be some minor side effect like the fact that a woman’s eyes “used to be blue, and I had two of them.” It’s funny because it’s terrifyingly true (Latisse is creeping us out more with every passing day). Apparently, Molly Sims , Andrea Savage and Allison Janney agree.

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title pic The New Hot Accessory: Gringo Masks

If you live in Arizona and are worried about being mistaken for an illegal immigrant under the absurd new immigration laws, what can you do? Well, you can move away, but that’s kind of expensive.

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The New Hot Accessory: Gringo Masks

title pic New To Me: DBSweets

I like to think that I know about every cupcake baker or bakery in the city, but someone new (or at least new to me) pops up. Last week at the Brooklyn Lyceum Food and Craft Fair I met Donna Block, owner of DB Sweets

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New To Me: DBSweets

title pic Danica McKellar Feeling ‘Much More Normal’ in Second Trimester

Michael Kovac/FilmMagic In an effort to ward off “big blob” syndrome, expectant actress Danica McKellar says she’s staying fit with maternity workout DVDs. “Exercising makes my muscles feel good, it gets the energy and blood pumping,” she tells PEOPLE Moms & Babies at Sunday’s Pregnancy Awareness Month kick-off, held at Coldwater Canyon Park in Beverly Hills

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Danica McKellar Feeling ‘Much More Normal’ in Second Trimester

title pic Yet Another Gay Anti-Gay. *Sigh.* Boo-ring!

Dr. George Rekers You know, it’s so funny, because I feel like just yesterday I was referencing repressed sexuality … Anyway, turns out another raging homophobe has stepped out with a male prostitute who coincidentally was not prostituting but accompanying said homophobe in some other capacity

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Yet Another Gay Anti-Gay. *Sigh.* Boo-ring!

title pic Veganism Has a New Face and It Is …

That’s right. Yesterday, heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson revealed to audience members during a taping of CenterStage that he’s gone vegan. (The interview is scheduled to air on May 26.) I’m sure they were all ears and eager to learn why the aspiring reality show star/pigeon exploiter has embraced the diet of choice for those who care about themselves, animals, and the planet

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Veganism Has a New Face and It Is …

title pic Beachy Perfume Review

This is a review of the Beachy perfume for Women, designed by Lilly Pulitzer. Palm Beach is well known for the amazing white sand beaches that it offers in combination with luxury living and truly carefree days. The Beachy perfume by Lilly Pulitzer was developed by a perfumer known as Karine Dubreuil, and the notes that she offers include citrus, watermelon, marine air accord, tiare flower, jasmine, salt crystals, frangipani leaves, vanilla and amber

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Beachy Perfume Review

title pic Build Your Own Birdhouse Kit

Before trying to build your own house, use this lightweight DIY set to build your own birdhouse. With simple, easy-to-follow instructions, your home will be popular with our feathered friends in no time. $10 @ Urban Outfitters

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Build Your Own Birdhouse Kit

title pic Happiness Comes in 3’s

June 7 is a very special day for our CEO Doug Ulman and for our good friend, Tony Hsieh, author of Delivering Happiness : A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose and CEO of Zappos . Doug is celebrating his 33rd birthday and Tony is celebrating the launch of his new book and what he hopes to be the start of a movement of Delivering Happiness

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title pic Wear A Cute Mini Dress All Day!

Who doesn’t love putting on a cute mini dress and heels and flaunt what their mama gave them? The thing is, mini dresses for night are usually quite tight, skimpy and wildy inappropriate for day wear

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title pic BumpWatch: Mario Lopez’s Blue Belle

Stephen J. Cohen/FilmMagic Ta-da! Mario Lopez proudly shows off girlfriend Courtney Mazza ‘s growing belly at Saturday’s Kentucky Derby , held at Churchill Downs in Louisville

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BumpWatch: Mario Lopez’s Blue Belle

title pic Book Roundup Wednesday: Books About Species Threatened by the Oil Spill

Every Wednesday, we review a selection of new and upcoming books addressing a specific aspect of environmentalism. This week we're recommending books about animals threatened by the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.

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Book Roundup Wednesday: Books About Species Threatened by the Oil Spill

title pic Hot or Not: Britain’s Political Wives

Niki Nikolova/FilmMagic (Gonzalez); Dan Kitwood/Getty Images (Brown); Indigo/Getty Images (Cameron). Remember when people would get all upset because here in America we focused so much on the fashion and hair choices of female political candidates, and wives of politicians? Well, you’ll be glad to hear that the UK is just as bad.

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Hot or Not: Britain’s Political Wives

title pic Palestine’s True Leaders

For many years, Palestinians have engaged in nonviolent actions aimed at resisting the Israeli military occupation and its violent and humiliating policies aimed at suppressing the will of the Palestinians in seeking to achieve their legitimate aspirations. Villages and communities have…

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title pic Food Is Fashionable: Party Dress Cake

No, it’s not the most adorable prom dress ever. It’s sour cream orange zest cake filled with pistachio and white chocolate buttercream. The cake, made by Pink Cake Box , stands 46” inches high

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Food Is Fashionable: Party Dress Cake

title pic Ok, I lied–How about one more giveaway?

Even though I’m still working on picking winners from my Craft Corps Giveaway-A-Day, I’ve already got yet another way for you to win some free stuff! As you may know, I’m Caron International’s spokesperson. Because they’re really supportive of all that I do, they’ve generously offered to team up with Lark Books to offer FOUR winners each a signed copy of Craft Corps and $25 worth of yarn!All

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Ok, I lied–How about one more giveaway?

title pic Gaming Goes ‘Old Skool’

If you prefer Atari to Wii or have dreams of getting your name on the Galaga Top Ten High Score Table, We’d like to introduce you to what could easily become your new addiction: Escape From the Slaughterhouse . Created by Mikael Romlin, this game is for the “old skool” gamer in all of us. It has a Crystal Castles feel, but instead of collecting gems and trying to escape Berthilda the Witch, you are searching for cages in each level in order to set your friends free and trying to escape from the slaughterhouse.

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Gaming Goes ‘Old Skool’

title pic 5 Things I Hated In the ‘Vogue’ Sarah Jessica Parker Cover Story

Image via WENN Though the Lady SJP is a hot topic here, I have to say that I’m mostly ambivalent about her. I watched the show, but not the movie, and don’t have plans to see the second one.

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5 Things I Hated In the ‘Vogue’ Sarah Jessica Parker Cover Story