Angeleno Magazine's Generation Next Spring Fashion Event

On Saturday, I had the opportunity to catch Angeleno Magazine's spring fashion event at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Los Angeles.  My day started at the fashion show where Angeleno Magazine's Fashion Style Editor, Elizabeth Varnell, helmed the latest spring fashions with two trend experts.  I am always interested in dresses for the red carpet, so I was thrilled to find a Mad Men-inspired black and white dress by Betsey Johnson and a pair...

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Flawless Fashion: Reese Witherspoon

Photo Credit:  Stephen Lovekin/Getty ImagesUpdated With Dress Designers:Reese Witherspoon in Monique Lhuillier with Irene Neuwirth earrings.Kate Hudson in Jenny Packham (My favorite designer of late.) with an Edie Parker clutch.Leslie Mann in Naemm KhanCan you say flawless?  Reese Witherspoon is in her second trimester and she looks glowing and beautiful as she arrives at the White House Correspondents Dinner as a guest of Newsweek/Daily...

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Will The Academy Recognize Stunt Performers At The Oscars?

Note:  This article originally ran on Fanboy Comics on April 16, 2012.  Check out my articles on their site every Tuesday.  Now that the 84th Annual Academy Awards are in the history books, this is the time of year that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) revises some of the categories, reviews the show, and makes changes to the overall voting rules.  This year, there is big buzz surrounding stunt performers...

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Dance Fans, This Is For You: First Position

Last Sunday, I had the opportunity to see the LA premiere of a new ballet documentary called First Position hosted by Dance Camera West.  The film follows the trials and tribulations of seven young dancers at different stages of their careers as they compete in the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix.  The documentary was developed by first time filmmaker, Bess Kargman, who followed the dancers for an entire year and filmed their compelling...

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Baby Bump Confirmed: Megan Fox Edition

Well, it looks like we are two-for-two in the Baby Bump Watch of 2012, this is becoming quite a fertile year!  We started off the year with a rumor of Reese Witherspoon possibly being pregnant and now that is officially confirmed.  I had heard a few rumblings earlier in the month that Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green were expecting their first child. According to E! News, that rumor is true!  So, congratulations go out to the expecting...

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16th Annual Prism Awards

Interviewing Tony Denison of The Closer.If you thought awards season was over, don't worry, there is always an awards show happening in Hollywood.  Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to cover the 16th Annual Prism Awards which honor the accurate depiction of social issues in TV and Film.  Honorees included shows like Parenthood and Southland as well as actors and TV personalities from William H. Macy, Craig T. Nelson, and Dr. Drew...

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The Toyota Live Farewell

Thank you, Toyota Live......Goodnight! The Ugly Cry....you know, the one Oprah always talks about. Every good ending....and beginning starts with a Magnolia cupca...

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Endings and Beginnings......

Post-show and I am a bit puffy-eyed and weepy for our final Toyota Live photo.If you told me in 2007 that I would still be doing the same show, Toyota Live, in 2012, I would laugh in your face.  Here I am, some 4000 shows later, and finally on the precipice of retirement.  It was a hard decision, but one that was pretty much sealed after this post.  I accomplished everything I wanted with a  show that was basically built...

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Is The Media Helping Women Lose The Morning Talk Show Wars?

If you have listened to either of my appearances on Driving with Gass or Cocktails and Conversation, I have been covering what has been happening in the morning TV talk show wars:  What is happening with Ann Curry and Matt Lauer over at The Today Show, Katie Couric's fill-in gig over at Good Morning, America, and CBS quietly bringing aboard Oprah as a guest to counter-program all of the shenanigans happening at ABC and NBC. Well, the gossip...

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