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My Beauty-Related Desert Island Must-Haves

Baigneuse — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:23:06 -0800

I would like to begin this post by fixing the paradox of the almighty "Desert Island Must-Haves" question: whatever you bring, you will be granted an endless supply of. Yes, this has always bothered me, and I am glad to finally get that off of my chest. I would also like to say that there is a reason for this post. Whenever I hear this question answered, I almost always hear the same items: waterproof mascara, blush, tinted moisturizer or foundation, eyeliner, and the ridiculous list goes on. So here it goes, my ten sensible, practical, beautiful must-haves. To find out more, keep reading.

Spring '08's Must Have Nail Polish

leeluvfashion — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:27:49 -0800

Chanel Blue Satin (461) Nail Polish -- $19

Chanel's Blue Satin nail polish is becoming a must have. It is featured in InStyle's Feb. 2008 issue; also it is sold out at the Chanel web site and as of January 15th, sold out at Neiman's online. Although, it is available at Nordstrom. I have my own bottle arriving soon, so I will post photos and a review. Until then here is a (far away) photo from Chanel's spring runway show (sorry it isn't the best!)

Summer Must Haves Under $25

FashionWithoutGuilt — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:35:39 -0700

Summer is steadily approaching and sprinkling a few affordable trends in your wardrobe here or there never hurt anymore. Here are some Summer Must Haves that are somewhat seasonal but still moderately priced.

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Photo Credit: Forever21/Target

My Summer Beauty Care Must Haves (OT)

Fiend — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:10:46 -0700

I wanted to share my must have summer items that i stock up on every summer. I have been using some of these items for years and even though i may have strayed a time or two i always returned to tried and true. (that last bit ryhmed!unintentionally i might add, heehee).I know this is off topic but i figured that the list included lipbalm so it sorta counts. sorta.

What's Your Must-Have Makeup?

Tabloid — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:10:47 -0700

What's your must-have makeup and why?

My Current Too Expensive Must-Haves

CocoChic — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:47:07 -0800

Chanel: Collections and Creations. At $32, it's not expensive but it's definitely a must-have!

Marc Jacobs Daisy Perfume. Again, at $55 not that expensive but I've only smelled it out of a magazine so I'm not positive I really like it!

Posse Juliana Tote in Navy. I want this! But not for $250.

Coach Legacy Heart Keyfob. I would never spend $38 on a keyring but this one is so cute!

Fit For January: Must Haves

FitSugar — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0800

Happy New Year! January is a time of new beginnings, resolutions, and brand-new outlooks. It's also a time of recovery from the holidays and keeping warm from the harsh Winter.

I'm hoping my picks will keep you optimistic, fit, and hopeful as you head into the new year.

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Review by The Herald: Remember Me not just an ordinary love story

sharpysunshine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:13:01 -0700

Forget what you may have heard about the film “Remember Me.” Yes, the story does include Tyler Hawkins (Robert Pattinson’s character) meeting Ally Craig (played by Emilie de Ravin). Ally is a quirky girl who prefers to eat dessert before the entrée in the small chance that an asteroid hits Earth (or some other disaster) and she misses out on the one part of the meal that she wanted. Tyler is an introspective character who sees the world as right and wrong. He isn’t necessarily right in how he accomplishes things, but he seems to know that. While the trailers for “Remember Me” make it out to be a stereotypical love story, it is much more than that. The plot is a deep and twisted tunnel that ends in what many viewers consider a controversial slap to the face. There are sappy moments between Ally and Tyler, but don’t be fooled-the backbone of the film is relationships in general. There’s the relationship between Tyler and his father (Pierce Brosnan), Ally’s relationship with her father (Chris Cooper), and a personal favorite, Tyler and his sister, Caroline (Ruby Jerins). The sibling bond between Caroline and Tyler is one of the driving forces of this movie. Through their conversations, the viewer gets to know most of the other characters and what they’ve all been through together. Jerins is a skilled actress for someone of her age, and it will be interesting to see what becomes of her through the years. This is a fast-paced film with great character development and is visually appealing. It was directed by Allen Coulter and shot in New York, and the urban grit of the city is a primary character in the story line. Overall, this is a must-see movie. It is an emotional roller coaster, and most definitely is not family friendly, but it was more than worth the ticket price. There aren’t many films these days that are impactful, but this one is. Many fans are comparing it to the “Twilight Saga” simply because of the Robert Pattinson connection. Take it from a “Twilight” fan: this is NOT “Twilight.” At all. Despite being a well-made and intriguing movie, sadly, Remember Me only made $8 million opening weekend, which in the box office world, isn’t very successful.

Rob on the cover of Vanity Fair Italy + new interview

sharpysunshine — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:16:12 -0700

If humanity is divided between the party of “I wish but I can’t” and the party of “I could but I don’t want”, I propose Robert Pattinson as candidate of the second faction. 23 years old, vampire in spite of himself, unwillingly sexy icon, the boy with the case ( he has three of them, really, like the years that he spent among hotels ), he looks at the world from a porthole and thinks: “Boh?!”. But then he plays a DO, drinks a beer, crunches a Twix and goes on. He admits that he never has had the sacred fire of art, but he was a cute guy, and the acting school of Barnes Theatre Company was the right place to meet girls. One thing leads to another, and so it happens that you find yourself on the set of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Then it happens that you hears they are doing a screen test for Twilight, and then you shoots a video with one of your friends, but this is so disgusting that you not even send it. But since lucky is even more stubborn of you not looking at her, they call you the same, and you gets the protagonist role. If Pattinson had read attentively Twilight before answering yes – or he had made his sister read it – he would have perceive that Edward Cullen ( the intellectual and torn hunk that all women dream ), would have bled him dry first. But he didn’t read it, and the rest is history, if not of the cinema, at least his history: daily chronicle of the prisoner of luxury suites, forced of room service, incredulous witness of collective hysteria phenomenon by fans. Trying to separate Edward Cullen’s canines from his neck, between one episode and another of the saga by Stephenie Meyer, he shoot Remember Me, a romantic drama movie directed by Allen Coulter and place in New York, where he plays Tyler, student from a rich and devastated family, who despises icy dad’s money ( Pierce Brosnan ) and lives in a revolting apartment with a idiotic roommate. But Ally ( Emilie De Ravin ), even her with a baggage of troubles, comes putting in order his heart and his kitchen. The two of them fall in love, save each others, loose each others and then who knows: the ending leaves the audience still and silent, so we can’t tell it. But since movies go faster than life, when I met him, in London, he has already the features of his new character Georges Duroy ( “one which hates everybody. He was needed after all this romantic stuff. Being always good is annoying” he tells me ), the Bel Amy of Maupassant: polished moustaches and beard, under them his t-shirt with shapeless neck makes a strange effect. Just a warning about the interview for all those people who can’t sleep at night asking if Robert is still ( still? Has he ever been? ) or not with Bella / Kristen Stewart: yes, I wanted to ask him about this, no, I couldn’t. “No pics, autographs and questions about private life, or the interview will end”, they threatened us. We have to stick to the official statement: “ we are just friends”. It is certain that there is ( or there was?) feeling between the two of them, “many and complex feelings” said Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke. In their private life they are such as in the movie: between them there is an intense attraction that you can’t realize. In fact, during the shooting, Kristen was ( officially) with her historic boyfriend, actor Michael Angarano. So, I wish but I can’t. Perhaps. Biographic notes that accompanies every movie of yours, describes you like a good and humble person, but it is really possible not getting big –headed when you are perpetually surrounded by screaming girls? “Yes, even because the effect of all of this is more terrifying. Success is a thing in which I literally fall into. Probably, if I have worked hard to achieve it, I would see things in a different way, but since I didn’t do anything, I am, how can I say, perpetually surprised.” Интервюто и останалите сканове след прочетете повече… It doesn’t seem such a great sensation. Did you ever think: give my previous life back? “No, thinking like this would be absurd. I regret some things: meeting people who don’t know who I am, being able to go in a shop, do not asking to myself if people is acting in a certain way with me because I’m famous. While I was shooting Remember Me, it happened that there were 40 people around the corner, ready to take a picture of me, or asking me an autograph. Well, this all is weird.” Where and how are you able to find a little peace? “There are a couple of friends who are close to me. And the presence of my sister Lizzie also ( a singer of discreet success ), helps me to maintain things the most normal as I can. Having some targets give me peace, I must always know what I’m doing, otherwise I get stressed.” Tyler, your character in Remember Me, is so different from Edward. How has it been returning human? “Even Tyler is not such a normal person. It’s strange, but I never performed an ordinary person. Also because the roles of ordinary people are rather boring. Tyler is simple, but not too much simple. I liked the idea of being not a vampire, but at the same time non a banal one.” Was it difficult? “Yes, from a certain point of view, but also not, because I could follow my instinct more. With Edward you can’t improvise. But I allowed myself to give Tyler little things of mine: I thought about how I was at 21, totally at the mercy of my emotions.” Were you one person willing to beat life, too? “Of course, and I’m still so. I know well that anger without any specific object” And how do you get over this? “Splitting everything.” When you go out with a woman for the first time, what do you tell about you first, to make splash? “I don’t talk about me, at the beginning. I think that it is always better listening than talking.” Now that you are famous, is it easier or more difficult to seduce a woman? “I think it’s more difficult, for different reasons. First, I can’t go where I want without someone being able to recognize me, and many of the women approaching me are doing this for exhibitionism. People don’t understand, but I’m not interested in this kind of conquests. So, at the end, all becomes really stressful: distinguishing who is authentic and who is not, fearing to hurt who is really kind. It’s all different from before, when nobody noticed me.” How do you distinguish the good ones from the bad ones? “The good ones call the day after…” Remember Me tells us that love can save a life. Do you believe in this, or is it a romantic thing? “I believe that is a really beautiful and important idea. I think that even seriously ill people can heal, literally, thanks to love all around them. Love gives you purposes. Tyler hadn’t any of them, but he met Ally and his perspective changes. She is like a pair of glasses, and you can see things through them. All begins easier when she arrives.” The movie also tells the things can end in an instant. There are people who spent all their life agonizing over this. And you: would you be ready to loose everything, happy about what you have received? “All movie turns around happiness and being able to see it. Having, here and there in life, moments of consciousness about our happiness makes life deign of being lived.” Do you recognize those moments? Yes, I think so. They last a little, e and I am always ready to ask myself: and now how much time will pass before I will regret or worry about something else? But between a trouble and another, there is peace.” Could you tell me one of those moments? “Little odd things: seeing how my little dog behaved in her last two days of life, how she was proud. I realize that it is a such a depressing thing to be told as happy moment.” What do you do to make the many hotel rooms you attend like home? The presence of my guitar makes much home, to me. And even going to Skype. Last year I practically didn’t talk to anyone and only when I returned to London, I realized that my social life has been completely collapsed. Now I put it again on its feet, and I cultivate it in the distance. Then, luckily, there are people in flesh and bones, the colleagues. Emilie De Ravin, beside that fragile aspect, is a tough person. One evening she drunk 25 beers in succession without feeling the blow. I need two weeks to recover myself and I stopped before her.” Sorry, but what do they mean the words SB on your hat? “I believe Santa Barbara. But I bought it in Tokyo. At least it seems to me….”

‘New Moon’ director gets away from frenzy

sharpysunshine — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:18:23 -0700

Chris Weitz was determined to get the moon right. And when you have a movie about vampires and werewolves whose fans pay attention to every detail, it’s important to get the moon right. For the director of „The Twilight Saga: New Moon,“ though, the impetus for showing the moon phase properly in the shot that opens the film was an astrophysicist, not a Twihard. „I went to a lecture by Neil deGrasse Tyson where he’s complaining that they’d gotten the stars in ‘Titanic’ wrong,“ Weitz said. „So his voice was in the back of my head, that we had to get the phase of the moon properly.“ „New Moon,“ which comes out on DVD Saturday, did a lot of things properly, indicated by the fans’ support. Though „Twilight,“ the first film in the series, received respectful reviews and good box office, „New Moon“ - which continues the story of lovestruck human Bella and vampire Edward - was the bigger blockbuster, outgrossing the first film by more than $100 million domestically and earning more than $700 million worldwide. Weitz, who directed „American Pie“ and „About a Boy,“ also had something to show besides moon phases. Coming off the disappointing „The Golden Compass,“ an experience that left a bitter taste in the director’s mouth, he wanted to demonstrate he could take a popular book and make an equally popular film by being faithful to the source material. Weitz talked to CNN about the „New Moon“ frenzy, an embarrassing shot and those ungrateful actors. The following is an edited version of the interview. CNN: For the DVD, what do you think the fans will appreciate the most? Chris Weitz: What they’ll appreciate most is certain scenes that didn’t make it into the film. … There’s basically more Bella [Kristen Stewart], there’s more Edward [Robert Pattinson], there’s more Jacob [Taylor Lautner], and it’s often sort of more extended versions of scenes where things are discussed at greater length rather than entirely new scenes. I think there’s a lot of good stuff in the movie for fans, and at the same time we didn’t want to get rid of any of their favorite scenes. CNN: At the time the movie came out, you said you were hoping to do the commentary with Pattinson and Stewart. What happened? Weitz: They blew me off! (laughs) CNN: Those young actors. Weitz: I have to say, they had a lot on their plates … and there came a day when it was just me in a room, and I said, „I don’t want to do this alone,“ so we managed to get my editor [Peter Lambert] on a satellite linkup, and we watched the movie together. And I think that it’s frankly rather amusing, because we have a joshing relationship, whereas it may have been a bit more stilted had it been the kids and me, because they’d have to say nice things about me all the time. CNN: When you watch the movie again, is it the kind of thing that you say, „Why did I make that decision?“ perhaps because there was a deadline you had to hit. Weitz: Well, there is that old saying, „A film is never finished; it’s abandoned.“ But there’s only one shot in the movie that embarrasses me, because every time I saw it in the movie, everybody laughed, even the most Twihard of them all. It’s when you first see Bella has become a vampire, and she’s running through the woods in this very diaphanous dress, and I guess my corny-meter was off that day. Everyone seems to find that terribly amusing. CNN: How did a Cambridge-educated, nice, half-Jewish boy get involved with „New Moon“ to start with? Weitz: (laughs) Well, they asked. I think the first reason that I got involved was that I liked the actors very much. I think they’re very good. Then I went to see the [first] movie in a little theater, and the response of the fans around me was amazing - their degree of devotion, the delight they took in it. And you don’t always get that as a director. You don’t always know that there are going to be people watching and taking pleasure from what you’re doing, so that’s kind of a wonderful opportunity. CNN: In the DVD commentary, you said you let the opening shot of the moon go on and on because you figured there would be 30 seconds of screaming when the titles came up. Was that true? Weitz: The first time I saw it, there was quite a lot of screaming, just because of the buildup and anticipation were so great. People had been waiting so long to see it that it was good that they had a bit of time to calm down before you first saw Bella. CNN: Were you reluctant to get involved in this, having come off „The Golden Compass“ - another big studio project, best-selling book series, where you had both fans who knew the books backwards and forwards and a studio that wanted a big hit? Weitz: Well, no. I had something to prove, which was that if you really made a movie that was faithful to the book that it was going to succeed, and I felt that hadn’t been the case on „Golden Compass.“ … I knew I could do it properly if given the right kind of support. So there was a bit of redemption that I was looking for in that regard. CNN: I don’t want to get too much into „The Golden Compass,“ but do you think the studio was reluctant because of the atheistic themes in the original books? Weitz: I think they were reluctant because there were any religious themes at all, actually. I still to this day really don’t consider it an atheistic series of books, and in a funny way, I’ve bounced from a movie which, if anything, would be considered irreligious to a movie that some people consider to be a hidden advertisement for religion and chastity and all those things. But I think New Line was frightened of the source material. But that’s crazy, of course, because if you’re going to make a movie of a book, you should be familiar with the book’s content. CNN: Are you surprised by the Beatles-level frenzy that has surrounded the „Twilight“ actors and the making of the film? Weitz: I wasn’t prepared for it, honestly. I knew it was a big deal, but it’s one thing to deal with that conceptually and another to fear for their lives in the presence of thousands of teenagers. I was really astonished … to encounter that level of devotion, and I’m very happy, I must say, to be able to lapse into complete obscurity again and never be recognized for the rest of my life.