Zara Phillips’ wedding dress….granny-chic?

The Second Wedding as it will probably come to be known took place on July 30, when the Queen’s granddaughter wed long-term beau Mike Tindall in what was a surprisingly innovative affair by royal standards, complete with drunken merriment thanks to a vodka fountain; fish and chips and a best man with a black eye (Yes, we’re just as intrigued). But let’s cut to the chase – were not concerned with the finer details of the biggest day of this royal’s life as much as we’re feasting our eyes on what she wore. Yes, (deep breath) another dress to dissect and ingest, only to throw up and re-examine in a different light.

We were taken aback by Kate’s dress choice as she stayed true to her homeland but chose a designer so eccentric, the fashion population couldn’t help but choke with happiness. She broke free from the quintessential shackles of ‘well-behaved’ royal wedding wear, and chose to let her fashion personality coyly peep through her silk tulle McQueen veil. But for me, equestrienne Zara’s novel approach to selecting her wedding dress truly defines the term ‘granny chic.’ She only went and chose Stewart Parvin, her grandmother’s regular (and favourite) outfitter and the very man who kitted out Queenie on the day.

OK, to the dress:  a fussy silk tulle cathedral veil which appeared to oddly sprout from the top of Zara’s head rather than fall gently onto her face wasn’t the most appealing first view as she stepped out from the car, but things improved slightly as we focused lower down. The dress itself; a silk faille and duchess satin creation with a corseted waistline appeared flattering, but averagely exciting. It didn’t give me the sudden I-will-replicate-very-dress-for my-wedding-day moment as I got with Kate’s.

For a person considered something of a royal rebel this wedding dress was a safe choice. Maybe Zara was sending out a silent message, that by keeping it low key she wanted to avoid direct comparisons with wedding dress limelight outlaw, Kate. Or maybe being 13th in the line of succession to the throne means you’re in no rush to charm the public into ‘accepting’ you as the future queen with your choice of needlework or dress cut.

But critics will refer and compare Zara’s sartorial shrewdness to that of Kate’s, and will measure, inch for inch, the godliness that Sarah Burton’s touch  brought to Kate’s big day with that of humble Edinburgh College of Art educated Parvin’s. Even though Kate’s dress was phenomenal in comparison, for me it’s a case of creating a fresh legacy that will have us recalling Zara Phillips as the woman who made grannies fashionable again.

Jersey Shore' isn't affecting how nation views N.J., poll says

Here's the real situation: It turns out MTV's "Jersey Shore" isn't killing New Jersey's reputation after all.
A new nationwide poll finds the reality show about a group of hard-drinking, foul-mouthed 20-somethings at a beach house in Seaside Heights may even be helping a bit by bringing attention to the real Jersey shore.
The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll, released today, found no statistical difference between those who have seen the show and those who haven't.
It also found that the series is drawing attention to the state's 127 miles of beaches and generating positive buzz for the Garden State as a whole.
"The show isn't hurting the nation's view of the state," said Peter Woolley, director of the poll. "In fact, it may be promoting one of the state's best features — not Snooki, but the shore itself. It seems to me viewers are looking past The Situation to the shore scene itself."
The poll found that 43 percent of those who have seen the show have a favorable opinion of New Jersey, while 41 percent who've never seen it also think New Jersey is great.
Michelle Diaz of Philadelphia was strolling the Seaside Heights boardwalk Friday with two friends when they happened upon Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino during a break from that day's taping of the show.

JWoww, Snooki & Pauly D Get MTV Spin-Offs

Well this was a shore thing.
With the huge success of MTV’s Jersey Shore, it’s no surprise that fans would be clamoring for a little more quality GTL (Gym, Tanning, Laundry) time with the shows breakout stars. Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Paul “Pauly D” Delvecchio and Jenni “JWoww” Farley are currently filming season 4 of Jersey Shore in Italy and are scheduled to return to Seaside Heights this summer to film a fifth season with their fellow Guidoes and Guidettes that could be their last.
Snooki, JWoww and Pauly D have all inked deals with MTV to star in their own 12-episode spin-offs set to air sometime in 2012. “We’re excited to put the spotlight on their lives away from the shore as they pursue their individual passions, careers and relationships,” Chris Linn, MTV’s executive vice president of programming and head of production, said of the spin-offs. “Both series are fun, fresh ways for us to evolve what is an already successful brand for us.”

The first spin-off will star BFFs Snooki and JWoww as they move into a $1.5 million house together. “It’s pretty much just the concept of me and Jenni being on our own without our roommates,” Snooki told MTV News. According to MTV:
“Snooks is finally moving out of her parents’ house and into a place with JWOWW—but she’s unprepared to deal with actual problems. The two have their sights set on a $1.5 million pad, but they don’t know what a mortgage is. Or how to write a check. Conflict erupts because Snooki ‘didn’t change the toilet paper.’ She also ‘ate a ton of JWOWW’s food.’”
Apparently the girls planned on moving into together after Jersey Shore, whether or not the cameras were rolling. “It was a concept before the show [was green-lit]. We legitimately just wanted to buy a house together,” JWoww revealed. “She wanted to get out of her dad’s, and I wanted to move out of the home that everyone could see on TV, so they were like, ‘Let’s shoot it!’ ”

Pauly D’s spin-off will follow the gel enthusiast jet-setting around the world as an in-demand DJ. “We threw around some ideas that maybe could be about my life, before the show and now after the show, maybe bring my entourage along,” he told MTV News. “It’ll be probably along the lines of, I used to be this DJ in Rhode Island, DJing two sets a week, hustling, promoting and all of a sudden, I’m on this show, and now they’re sending private jets for me to DJ for these huge crowds, yet I’m still the same guy that was DJing for 200 people, just loving life.”
“He’s distinguished himself onscreen as the fun-loving, well-coiffed and dependable guy you can’t help but want to hang out with,” said Linn. “We know viewers are curious about his life away from the shore, and we look forward to exploring new possibilities around that.”

 

Jersey Shore' cast's season in Italy premieres Thursday

The "Jersey Shore" gang is now back right where many fans of the MTV hit think they belong — in Seaside Heights — taping their fifth season.
But first comes Season Four, which begins Thursday and transports the motley crew across the Atlantic to Italy. These new episodes were shot over six weeks this spring in Florence, one of the most important architectural and art centers of the Renaissance.
Given the splendor of that setting — and the reportedly strict ground rules to which the production had to adhere — could this season really be as raunchy as usual?
MTV's preview clips certainly seem to suggest so. But the mayor of Florence reportedly tried to thwart the public rowdiness. In fact, RadarOnline reported that everyone was packed and ready to go, but their departure was delayed by filming-permit problems.
 

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Jwoww Pictures

 

Jwoww has an amazing body, and she's not afraid to show it off.  Every time Jersey Shore graces my TV, I picture her huge round fake tatas busting out of her top.  Lucky for us, Jenni is one sexy operator and there are plenty of pictures all over the web - she has even posed for Playboy!  Check this space often for new Jenni Farley pics!

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Fountain wedding cakes

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Wedding Cakes For Geeks

Here are three Geek wedding cakes that we recently came across.

Fondant Wedding Cake

There ar many different choices for a bride and groom to make while ordering a wedding cake. They have to make decisions about flavor, shape, size, and even color. The number of decisions to make can easy overwhelm a couple. How will they ever know where to start? First and foremost, they need to decide upon a type of icing.

Royal Wedding Cakes in Kuwait

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Ratings Extraordinary For "Jersey Shore's" Worry-Free TV

There is a remarkable Situation brewing with MTV's "Jersey Shore." Forget about cable, the addictive series is now posting ratings that place it among the highest-rated series in all of TV. It's beating the likes of "Survivor" and "Modern Family" in the ratings networks generally care most about.
Last Thursday's season premiere drew an average of 5.674 million viewers in the 18-to-49 demo. That comes close to topping even "Grey's Anatomy" and would place it squarely in TV's top 10.
To be sure, these rankings compare the one episode of "Jersey Shore" with full-season averages for the others with repeats. But, there is little reason to believe the buzz around "Jersey Shore" won't lead to higher ratings as the summer moves along.
Triumphs in the 18-to-49 demo, however, may be less important for MTV than the cable trade group that asserts cable is on par with broadcast. MTV network focuses on a 12-to-34 demo, where "Jersey Shore" just might top every regularly scheduled series.
What makes the show, now in season four, so appealing? While the question bubbles up with smash comedies and dramas, it seems to carry more weight when breakout reality hits arrive, starting with "An American Family" in the 1970s.
With "Jersey Shore," the answer may be an easy one: there's plenty to talk about, but not much to worry about. It's like a good summer vacation.
For those older than 24, the show isn't about much more than eight young Italian Americans living in a house together and passing the time at the gym or tanning until it's time to go out at night and booze it up.
One of the characters, the delightfully diminutive "Snooki," was horrifyingly punched in a bar in the first season, but short of that all of the drama has been self-created.
Last season, a principal storyline involved two characters, Sammi and Ronnie, in a relationship that had them on and off again more than Congressional negotiators while trying to hammer out the debt-ceiling deal. This season, it appears as if a maypole will be Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino's infatuation with "Snooki."
"Snooki" does ram her car into a police vehicle this time, but the officers riding in it suffer minimal harm, according to the Florence police. The season is set in Italy.
On the groundbreaking reality series "An American Family" in 1973, there were serious family fissures exposed. On "The Real World," a character raised awareness about the AIDS virus. On "Survivor," cast members can get horrible news about a relative back home.
But there's been little to rock audiences with anything resembling the real wor

ld on "Jersey Shore." The show thrives on escapism and a chance to poke some good-natured fun at over-the-top characters.
In the spring, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino's estranged father blasted his son in the media for not giving him some of his newfound money for help, but that was a story for TMZ and didn't make it onto the show. Probably won't.
Outside Sorrentino, the show offers characters who appear to come from stable, loving homes -- ones where, in addition to parents, there are aunts and uncles to dote on them.
There's no sign of any trouble back home as the characters live and love in Jersey, Miami and Florence. That's except when a character has to grapple with how to balance temptation on the show with relationships back at home.
For the most part, the characters seem to have a pretty problem-free life, save crises with hair treatment. There are some interpersonal issues and plenty of self-imposed idiocy - "Snooki's" bad driving, cluelessness about the basics of Italy - but not much to cause the audience much consternation.
MediaPost social media standout Amy Chou, a rising senior at NYU, said she tried to avoid watching the show early on. She thought to a degree she was above spending time with "ridiculous" characters. But "then I caved with season two."
A friend brought her around saying "it's just relaxing and you just shut off your mind and watch people do stupid things."
So that means there's not much to discuss, right? Actually, Chou found herself at a dinner last week, where conversation about the premiere episode lasted about half an hour.
There were romantic antics to ponder, ludicrous quotes to rehash and "Snooki's" unending luggage pile to mock, but it was all in fun.

'The Dark Knight Rises': First official photo of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman

Meow! "The Dark Knight Rises" has released the first photo of the its Catwoman.

And fan reaction has been mixed towards Anne Hathaway's look as the famous Bat-villain cat burglar.

A number of commentators are saying that the costume choice is in line with director Christopher Nolan's tone for the films, which take a grittier, more realistic approach to the "Batman" universe.

That doesn't mean that others aren't unhappy with the choices being made.

While it seems that this Catwoman is more of a pull-no-punches, physical variety, fans are disappointed at the lack of anything ... well, cat-like, about the costume.

"Her goggles have slightly pointed ends, which may be -- maybe -- supposed to be vaguely Catwoman-ish or something," posts Rob Bricken of Nerd Blog Topless Robot. "But...well...I'm not feeling it."

Both the promotional shot and the production photo show Hathaway on the Batpod, in the latter driving down the court-house steps where a fight between Batman and Bane is meant to happen, according to production photos released last week.

Hathaway drew criticism before she was even seen in-costume.

The internet has buzzed back and forth over whether or not Hathaway is the right choice for portraying Catwoman.

Prior to the announcement of her casting, rumors were rampant that the frontrunners were Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox.

Julie Newmar, who was the first to play Catwoman on screen in the '60's TV show, promoted Jolie, saying she "would own the part."

While Hathaway is being shot down pretty early, it was the same a few years ago when it was announced that Heath Ledger would be the Joker in "The Dark Knight."

His original, frenetic take on the character proved many critics wrong, earning him a posthumous Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman

Look, we want to see Anne Hathaway in a cat suit as much as the next guys — she's a wonderful, beautiful actress, and the Catwoman getup is second only to the Princess Leia bikini in the fantasy costume hall of fame. But we're afraid this is going to turn out to be one of those things that's better in theory, like chocolate beer, or sex on a beach, or Halle Berry in a cat suit.
First off, Hathaway's got big — call 'em iconic — shoes to fill, namely Michelle Pfeiffer's kitten heels. And unlike Michelle Pfeiffer, who could star in a YouTube series if she cared to exist in this century, there's nothing particularly feline about Hathaway — not in the face or the gait or the intonation. Her intonation, as you will learn at the Oscars next month, is less villainous than vapid, more charming than disarming. And though she's proven her chops in a variety of genres (Anne Hathaway is a pharmaceutical rom-com pro if there ever one), there's this kind of lovable goofiness to her that's more doglike than catlike. And we mean that in the kindest possible way.
But the real problem with this — because this is kind of a big deal — is the fantasy thing. Christopher Nolan, who'll be directing Hathaway in the third installment of his Batman series, The Dark Knight Rises, can't do sexy female characters, which Catwoman sorta has to be. His stories are cerebral parables about men and their choices. Women in his films tend to be butch or asexual (respectively, Hillary Swank in Insomnia and Ellen Paige in Inception). Nominally sexy characters, like Marion Cotillard in Inception or Scarlett Johansson in The Prestige, are treated almost as afterthoughts, plot necessities, or concessions to male viewers. They're gorgeous, but they're buttoned-up. Practically Victorian. You don't button up Scarlett Johansson, man.

 Anne Hathaway Catwoman & Biography

Anne Hathaway  Biography

Biography and Career :

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 12, 1982 to parents Gerald Thomas Hathaway, a lawyer, and Kathleen Ann, an actress who inspired her to follow in her footsteps. 

At the age of 6 the family moved to Millburn, New Jersey .Anne Hathaway has two brothers, an older one, Michael, and a younger one, Thomas. Anne Hathaway is of mostly Irish and French ancestry, with distant Native American and German roots. Anne Hathaway had dramatic roles in "Havoc" "Brokeback Mountain" in 2005. She starred in "The Devil Wears Prada" in 2006 and starred in "Becoming Jane" in 2007 as Jane Austen. In 2008, she was acclaimed for her lead role in "Rachel Getting Married", for which she won awards and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. 

In 2010, she starred in the box office hits "Valentine's Day", "Love and Other Drugs" and Tim Burton's "Alice In Wonderland". 

People magazine named Anne Hathaway one of its breakthrough stars in 2001, and she first appeared on its list of the world's "50 Most Beautiful" People in 2006. 

Why is Anne Hathaway famous?

Anne Hathaway is an American actress that after several stage roles appeared in the 1999 television series "Get Real". She played Mia Thermopolis in "The Princess Diaries" in 2001. Over the next three years, Hathaway reprised that role for "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement", and starred in family films, appearing as the title character in "Ella Enchanted" in 2004.

Why do we like Anne Hathaway? 

Anne Hathaway is really involved in donations and charities like The Creative Coalition, The Step Up Women's Network, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, The Human Rights Campaign, and The Lollipop Theatre Network, an organization that screens films to very ill children. In 2008, she was honored at Elle magazine's "Women in Hollywood" tribute and she has also been honored for her hard work with The Step Up Women's Network and The Human Rights Campaign.

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