Actress Marisa Tomei looked breathtaking in a dark blue Lily et Cie 1950 Charles James Couture gown which was accented with  layers of asymmetrical navy tulle.

She carried a Kotur miniaudiere and was shimmering with Van Cleef & Arpels sparklers.

Her hair and make-up was flawless.  Celebrity Make-up Artist Matthew VanLeeuwen created presenter Marisa Tomei’s Red Carpet look for the 83rd annual Oscar Awards.

For Marisa Tomei’s gorgeous red carpet look, makeup artist Matthew VanLeeuwen worked exclusively with Anastasia Beverly Hills product.

Matthew took the Anastasia Highlighting Crème Duo in St Tropez (image #1 below) dipped into the crème blush and applied it in gentle back and forth sweeps across Marisa’s smiling cheeks. (more…)

Amy Adams made the rounds of the Red carpet with finance Darren Le Gallo.  Her 2011 Oscar dress is a midnight blue fully sequined L’Wren Scott gown that Amy is “absolutely in love with”.

The 36 year old actress stopped by to chat with Ryan Seacrest on her way into the theater.  Besides her midnight blue gown, Amy was wearing $1.35 million of Cartier emerald and diamond jewelry.

Ryan Seacrest said that Amy whispered in his ear that for the very first time she’s nervous.  The actress who is nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar for her role in The Fighter told Seacrest “I’m really nervous. I think I’m more present than I’ve ever been before so I’m really able to take it in. And I’m really understanding what a big deal it is.”

When asked where she pulled the feistiness from for the role in The Fighter she laughed and said “it’s not that hard for me to pull the feistiness.”  And the right hook?  Laughing she said “that I had to practice.  I practiced that a little bit, but it’s in there.  I’ve got some boxing in me.”

In some of the kissing scenes Amy confessed that Mark Wahlberg was directed to make the kissing really sloppy. Amy said “they wanted him to appear hungry and passionate and lusty. (more…)

Catt Sadler at The E Countdown To The 2011 Academy Awards Red Carpet examined the secrets celebrities and their stylists use to keep backless, low cut and barely-there gowns smooth and sexy.  Catt asked Celebrity Stylist Alissia Marciana how the stars keep from falling out of their gorgeous gowns on the Red Carpets.

Indeed, both the designers, the stylists and the stars do their best to avoid booty baring disasters.   Marciano explained how celebrities keep their backless gowns perfectly in place on their bodies.  Afterall, backless gowns are a huge trend on the Red Carpets right now as demonstrated by Anne Hathaway who wore a breathtaking backless Armani Prive sparkly gown at the recent Golden Globes.

Self-Adhesive Breast Cups

Marciana explained that the gorgeous Hathaway’s stylist most likely created the star’s lift and perky bust line with self-adhesive breast cups.   Anyone can purchase the self-adhesive breast cups.  Marciana demonstrated how to use them on a model.  She pointed out that the cups go in the front just like a regular bra and it provides lots of lift and cleavage depending on where you place the cups. (more…)

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – February 22, 2011 — NBC issued pickups for three returning alternative series in 2011-12 in “The Biggest Loser,” “Who Do You Think You Are?” and the singing competition series “The Sing-Off.”  The announcement was made today by Bob Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment.

“Alternative series such as these three bona fide hits are important not only to their loyal audiences but also as strong components of the NBC schedule,” said Greenblatt. “They are each unique, attention-getting shows with terrific producing and talent auspices, and we’re proud to be associated with them.”

The Biggest Loser

“The Biggest Loser 10” averaged a 3.1 rating, 8 share in adults 18-49 and 8.3 million viewers overall in the fall and “The Biggest Loser 11” is averaging a 3.3/9 in 18-49 and 9.0 million viewers overall so far this winter. “The Biggest Loser” is NBC’s #1 entertainment series among women 18-49 and women 25-54. The series consistently over-indexes in upscale demos. (more…)

NASCAR.COM Launches the First and Only NASCAR Fantasy Game With Live Race Data as Part of its Scoring System

NASCAR Fantasy LIVE! to Provide Deeper Fan Engagement in the Short Term and Potentially Increased Interest in NASCAR in the Long Term

NASCAR.COM, the official online destination of NASCAR, announced today that it will be adding an innovative new fantasy game to its stable of live, in-race products. NASCAR Fantasy LIVE!, the first and only NASCAR fantasy game to offer live scoring during races, instantly becomes a one-of-a-kind experience providing deeper fan engagement for the sport’s millions of fans and potentially becomes, over time, a vehicle to help grow the sport among casual fans.

This interactive virtual competition, which allows players to accumulate points on an on-going basis throughout the race, will be the first and only NASCAR fantasy game with a scoring system that doesn’t focus simply on finishing position but rather on drivers’ in-race performance.

“As the official site of NASCAR, NASCAR.COM strives to provide the most interactive experience for fans before, during and after each race,” said Matthew Hong, senior vice president and general manager, sports operations, Turner Sports.

“The new NASCAR Fantasy LIVE! game will not only create a more exciting way for fans to get ready for each event, it will provide greater engagement throughout the race and the entire week as we continue to evolve to a more immersive, seven-day-a-week digital NASCAR experience.” (more…)

One of the best perks of my work with HairBoutique.com is the opportunity to meet some of the most stellar people in the hair and beauty world.

A few months ago Christopher Box, or Chris, as he prefers to be known to his friends, reached out to me via email and invited me to visit his chic hair salon, The Porch, in uptown Dallas.

(Image of Christopher Box in front of The Beauty Box Salon in Dallas, Texas -December 2010 – Photo by Jeffry Hines for HairBoutique.com – All Rights Reserved)

After a long and engaging phone chat with Chris, we agreed to meet up for lunch to talk further about the world of hair and beauty.   On a gorgeous November day  Chris and I, along with HairBoutique.com’s Brigid, met at The Porch for an engaging meal.

The Porch is one of my favorite restaurants because of the relaxing atmosphere, always amazing food and great service.  Unfortunately the chic eatery is a bit of a jog down 75 from HairBoutique.com so I don’t get to go as often as I like except for special events like meet ups with new friends like Chris. (more…)

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of catching up with Dallas based Reality Steve (RS) for a follow-up phone chat of our original 2009 interview.

I must confess I’ve been reading RS’s blog since he first started it.  I’m a true fan because as a long time editor, writer and blogger, I know how much time, effort and energy Steve puts into his work.

As I told Steve, he works hard to bring his visitors and fans lots of little details from the shows that many might miss.

Steve Does A Much Better Job Blogging About The Bachelor

I eventually realized over the past few years that Steve did a much better job blogging about the Bachelor/Bachelorette/Bachelor Pad shows than I could or would ever do.  I eventually stopped regularly blogging about the shows and on the rare occasion I did, I often quoted him.

Although Reality Steve has been religiously following and blogging about the Bachelor franchise for “8 years now” he admitted to me on the phone “his spoiler blogs are what ultimately drew attention to his blog.”

While Steve realizes some people are angry at him for spilling all the beans about the various seasons, he also knows many people actually enjoy reading what will happen before the shows ever air. (more…)

TEMPTU PRO Used Backstage at the 2010 Victoria’s Secret Fashion

William Lemon III Does Angel Body Art using TEMPTU PRO Airbrush Makeup

New York, NY – November 15, 2010 –TEMPTU was backstage at last night’s widely anticipated 2010 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

Makeup and body artist extraordinaire William Lemon III used airbrush and TEMPTU PRO DURA body makeup to create the Tribal Angel portrayed by Victoria’s Secret model Emanuela de Paulo and her entourage of male dancers.

Tribal Angel

TEMPTU sat down with William after the show to get the full scoop backstage and behind the scenes, also to share a bit of body art tips and tricks.

It was like being at camp but on the other side of camp where the boys weren’t allowed. It was fun on a professional level too; it was the top of the industry and all of the most amazing girls. Tod, the costume designer made it really fun and hilarious; he is such an amazing character.

You were called on to do the body art for the “Tribal Angel”, I believe this may be the FIRST TIME IN HISTORY that a VS Angel wore body art, can you tell us a little bit about the body art trend that is booming right now, you yourself have become quite famous for your body art… (more…)

September 23, 2010 – Mountain View, CA – Companies that force employees to use BlackBerries may be indirectly hurting the brand by fomenting low user loyalty, according to the latest Crowd Science (http://www.crowdscience.com) study into smartphone brand loyalty.

Only 35% of survey respondents whose smartphone choices were foisted on them by corporate mandate said they were “very satisfied” with their brand, compared with about 60% of users who exercised at least some choice in their smartphone purchases.

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BlackBerries were much more likely – in 2 out of 3 cases – to be the smartphone brand chosen by companies for their employees, the study found. About one-fifth (19%) of BlackBerry users had their phone chosen for them, compared with just 4% each of Android or iPhone users. In a related finding, Crowd Science found that one-third of BlackBerry owners use their phones mostly or only for business purposes, compared with just 20% of all smartphone users.

“Combine the low satisfaction levels of users of corporate-mandated smartphones with the fact that there is a high proportion of these among BlackBerry owners, and you’ve got a key factor in the low overall loyalty we’ve seen in BlackBerry users for the past year,” noted Sandra Marshall, Crowd Science VP of Research. (more…)

After being knocked out for some weeks with a horrendous case of bronchitis I finally recovered my normal energy levels a few days ago.

What did I do?  You guessed it.  I sat down at my Toshiba notebook in my Feng Shui approved directions and started blogging until my fingers were literally numb and swollen from typing.

I had not really been able to blog more than two or three times a day while I was ill so I had a lot of stuff I wanted to blog about roaming around in my brain.

(Image of hospital room courtesy of Haap Media, LTD – All Rights Reserved)

Unfortunately I wrote fifteen blogs in one day, ten the second day and was well on my way to ten on the third day when the HairBoutique.com server hosting my blogs started to sputter, smoke, cough and finally refused to allow me to access my blog.  Poof…it was down, out and in a complete non responsive coma.  Literally no responsive at all.  Even after a forced server reboot.  Ack.

I was beyond frustrated.  I was left hanging in mid-sentence. (more…)