Blink at Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba has been spending her preggy days staring at herself in her webcam. She and her bf Cash started a website called iBeatyou.com, where you compete in games like staring and photo contests. (I Don't Like You in That Way)
Uma Thurman is suing Lancome for 15 million dollars for using her image post-contractual agreement. (WWD)
Jimmy Fallon will take over Conan O'Brien's "Late Night" spot when he moves to "Tonight." I think Jonah Hill would have been a better choice. (AP)
SJP wouldn't be caught dead on the Home Shopping Network — even to sell her fragrances. Does this surprise anyone? (Page Six)
According to this report, your Mom is probably on Twitter... so why aren't you? Please join and follow me at @ijaggers. Seriously, it's time. (Mashable)
Thanks, Matt & Trey...
... for this. You guys "brung it" last night, in a
major way.
Def in my personal South Park top ten.
You know you can watch every episode for free on
their newly revamped site, right? Check it. (South Park Studios)
I found a David Cook fan
site. Sweet, now I don't have to start one. (David Cook, The
American Idol)
Sixth graders demanding highlights — who says young
girls are especially high maintenance these days?
(NYT Thursday
Styles)
David Beckham's golden iPod touch is almost as hot as
he is. (Almost.) (Engadget)
Seinfeld got into a car accident in East Hampton this
weekend. He's OK. (AP)
Chelsea Clinton Does Something Cool
Image
via NYmag.com
Butler University clearly
has some class acts on its student roster. Yesterday,
during a Q&A on the Indianapolis campus, some
doofus asked Chelsea if her mother's credibility was
hurt during the Lewinsky scandal. Who is this person
and what is his/her problem? Why should she have to
acknowledge this personal trauma publicly? So
obnoxious. Chels handled it far better than I ever
would've. Get the scoop and watch the video on
The Huffington Post.
David Cook is my hero. Billie Jean? Are you kidding
me? Unreal. I'm a total "Cookhead." (Idolator)
P&G announces acquisition of Frederic Fekkai.
(Reuters)
Elle Macpherson is the latest Revlon face. And she
looks really hot in this pic. (Bella Sugar)
... and Kat McPhee is now a Neutrogena pimp.
(Perez)
Roll your mouse over
here!
iJustine Gets A Pretty Deal
Above: iJustine, checking out her iMakeup.
Web celeb Justine Ezarik (more commonly known as
'iJustine', or 'iPhone Bill Chick')
has literally twitter'd her
way to becoming the most popular 'friend add'
in the social networking revolution. Last year,
she literally lived online for six months when she
wore a web cam on her head. Dorks like me who
value the art of lifecasting followed her for
those six months and thought she was the coolest
person ever. (I still might think that,
actually... ).
So now, iJustine goes and infiltrates
the beauty biz. At first, I didn't know how to
handle this news. I mean, this is my territory.
After thinking it through, I decided she can
probably say the same thing re: me pretending to
be as much of an internet geek as she is... so I
guess I can't be territorial. 
Seriously, I must give iJustine props: her hair and
makeup is always perfect in all her videos (that's
saying a lot -- the girl must make five vids a day.
If I did that you guys wouldn't be reading this right
now because you'd be scared of how I look when I wake
up in the AM). I'd be lying if I said I haven't
wondered what makeup she wears. So now we know. Go,
iJustine! Lets be beauty geeks together... ok?
Roll your mouse over
here!
Olay! Olay, Olay, Olé!!!!!
Above:
Me, midway through my personal skin care consultation
at
OlayforYou.com
As you know, I love,
love... LOVE to hear about web-savvy beauty tools.
Let's face it... anything that combines the internet
with beauty products? I'm all over it.
You can imagine how thrilled I was to find OlayforYou.com, Olay's
personalized skin care consultation web service
for confused beauty junkies. It takes all the
guesswork out of choosing the best ingredients for
your biggest skin concerns — whether they be fine
lines, wrinkles or brown spots. The intuitive
program takes about five minutes from start to
finish, and gives tailored product suggestions
that you can save to your desktop, e-mail to
yourself, or buy at an online drugstore (but only
if you want to — there's absolutely no pressure to
buy anything, which is refreshing.)
The site is DEF worth checking out if you've always
been lost while perusing your drugstore's beauty
aisle, or if you're curious about how to tackle those
newly emerged smile lines you've been desperately
trying to ignore.
OlayForYou, FTW!!
Beauty Blogs are Blowin' Up
By far, the most popular
question I've received via e-mail, text, twitter, IM,
or even phone in the last 24 hours has been "Have you
seen The Times Style Section yet?"
Yes, I have. And Holy awesome.
In case you haven't seen it yet... here's the article
my fam and friends are referring to. Check it out!
I Triple Dog Dare Ya
Conan is still hot—even with his auburn beard. And even though he had Bob Saget on as a guest last night. (NYTimes TV Decoder)
Wanna see the Kylie Minogue/ Paul McCartney New Years Eve duet? You totally can't tell he just had his arteries cleaned out. (You Tube)
Shockingly, there's more drama in the Brit-Fed custody battle. Her legal team wants out. Again. (Page Six)
Anne Hathaway has been signed as the face of an upcoming Lancome fragrance. Loving that! (Elle UK)
I'm Like a Rolling Stone...
I saw this mag cover toy on GeekSugar yesterday and obvs had to make my own. (Duh.) To see what you would look like on the cover of pubs like Playboy, Time or People, here's the link: MagMyPic.com. Bonus: There's a rad option to post your "cover" on MySpace, Facebook et al, so your friends can see how
This A.M., A Fine Frenzy
- A Fine Frenzy
Lyrics
Found
this tune over the weekend while listening to
Deliah (in an
obviously uber-sappy moment.)
This girl's voice is so rich -- she reminds me of
what KT Tunstall might sound like
if she were to put her guitar down and relax for a
minute.
Listen to 'Almost Lovers' and see the video on
A Fine Frenzy's
homepage.
Here's a full list of
winners from the 2007 American Music Awards.
So psyched for Daughtry. (ABC)
I don't understand how Beowulf made almost
30 million dollars this weekend. You seriously
couldn't pay me to read that shiz in high school.
(Yahoo! Movies) (Reuters)
The Broadway stagehand strike will continue through
Thanksgiving, but Xanadu is still open! Go see
it! (NY Daily News)
Which are you more excited for: Black Friday or Cyber
Monday? (USA Today)
Tim McGraw is launching a new fragrance line, which
smells like pure hotness and looks like a cute tush.
(MediaPost)
The show totally went on for SNL this past Saturday
night—it just wasn't on TV because of the writers'
strike. The cast was live at the Upright Citizens
Brigade theater in NYC, performing a too-racy-for-TV
string of sketches. Tickets for the show went for
$300 on Craigslist. I hope YouTube gets some
bootleg-age! (New York Times)
Nicole Richie is having a boy and had one of those
overly-themed baby showers. (People)
Make Way for Total Beauty
Image
via TotalBeauty.com
Two things you probs know
about me by now: I have a loving (to the point of
unnatural) relationship with my beauty product
collection, and I live on (well... in front of) my
iMac. The former happens to be my profession, the
latter is a hobby-turned-infatuation with scoping out
the latest in online trends. With these two things in
mind, one can imagine the dance party I threw for
myself when I found my new friends at TotalBeauty.com.
I'll tell you why.
Total Beauty is like a Facebook app that 'superpokes'
your best friend's face cream; a Google search for tips on how
to create a peacock eye effect; or a Perezelle post about what's
'peppered' in the beauty biz. Doesn't that sound
delicious?
YBLAG's Breast Cancer Picks
For
more on how you can fight breast cancer, visit
Susan G. Komen For the
Cure
Also, visit the American Cancer Society
website for
info on early detection, Mammograms, and support
groups.
October has become
synonymous with walking, glossing and ribbon-ing in various shades of
pink. Breast Cancer Awareness Month
makes it easy to support breast cancer research
with its seemingly millions of limited-edition
products made exclusively (or partially) for the
cause. Below, I've listed and linked out my
favorites.
Tory Burch Canvas Tory Tote, $195, toryburch.com
Belkin Remix Metal for iPod Nano, $30, Belkin.com
Smashbox BCA Blushing Pink Fusion Soft Lights &
Brush Set, $59 ($82 value), sephora.com
It's Christina In a Bottle
Hump Day Headlines, The Evening Edition
The latter half of today
was extra headline-y:
Dan Rather is suing CBS for $70 million bucks.
(E!)
Brit tries a third lawyer on for size in between drug
tests and parent school. (MSNBC)
O.J. went home today. His legal team is doing some
hardcore training, too. (ABC)
They started filming Sex and the City today.
Squeeeeal! (Defamer)
The "Leave Britney Alone" dude is getting his own
show. WTF? (Variety)
You Blog Like a Girl's First Beauty Giveaway!
Mess Up Your Hair on Purpose
Photo:
Bumble and
bumble
As the fashion blogs went
live from London this
weekend to see shows like Kate Moss's Top Shop and
Chloe for H&M, I've been sorting through the
New York coverage for a "must post" beauty look.
One hair 'do, from Reyes, stuck out for me because 1)
I would wear it (or at least try to), 2)I trust
Bumble and bumble (the stylists who created the
look), and
3) The behind-the-scenes view from which
NYTimes Beauty Editor Natasha Singer tells
us this hair story is fluff-free and
easy to follow (Check out the multimedia slide
show where she actually helps mess up the models'
hair).
Technically, you don't "have to" try this messy-tress
look until Spring '08, but I see nothing wrong with
giving it a whirl the next time you're near your
skinny flat iron, mousse and some bobby pins. Here,
see for yourself, tell me
what you think. You like?
I'm Coo Coo for Coco (and Joss Stone)
Take a look inside Coco
Chanel's apartment! (Credit: New York Times)
My online video obsession
of the moment can be found on a special Chanel site:
mademoiselle-forever.com, where
visitors can take a virtual tour of Coco Chanel's
private home. Although the sound effects kind of
remind me of the haunted mansion ride at Disney,
the mini-film is truly breathtaking enough to make
me drool and wish I were French all at once. Only
thing: I totally wish they panned to her closet
space!
The chic cyber treat is a teaser for the latest Coco
Mademoiselle fragrance campaign, featuring Keira
Knightley and set to Joss Stone's take on "L-O-V-E,"
(the Nat King Cole tune) . The ad will run primarily
online, on sites like NYMag.com, Eonline.com and Mtv.com, but will also pop up
on TV spots during shows like "Ugly Betty" and
"Desperate Housewives."
Next week, mademoiselle-forever.com will
morph into cocomademoiselle.com, where
visitors can still tour Coco's house, but
also watch Keira slink her way around
Paris while jamming to Joss Stone. Can't beat that
with a stick.
The Newsiest Eye
Jennifer Hudson to star
in Sex movie. (E!)
Kate Moss does another line! (WWD)
Guitar Hero III to be out by Christmastime. YESSSSS!
(Boomtown)
Kanye won yesterday. Maybe now he'll shut up.
(News.com.au)
Joe Francis to Vanessa Hudgens' rescue. (TMZ)
Today in Tidbits
The Marc Jacobs show may have been "torturously tardy," but I'm willing to bet his trenches were to die. (NY Daily News)
Waste time at the office on a social network? What kind of a person would do such a thing? For reals. (BBC)
Not to pay too much attention to this Kid Rock/ Tommy Lee thing—but Tommy's latest blog post really made me chortle. (RollingStone.com)
It's on: Kanye vs. Fiddy. Who's winning as of this afternoon? No idea. All I could find were these reviews from the AP.
JT wins an Emmy for his SNL skit. As if he ever loses anything. (Yahoo Music)