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- Design Tips from Celebrity Florist Stephanie Schur
- Art Crush: The Best 'Hunger Games' Fan Art
- 10 Celebrity-Inspired Prom Dresses
- Lady Gaga Not Amused By Weird Al Yankovic's 'Born This Way' Parody
- Did Corey Simms Cheat On Leah Messer?
- 'The Dark Knight Rises': Gordon-Levitt and Cotillard Casting, Plus 5 Things You Didn't Know About Talia al Ghul
- 4/20 Gallery: Celebs on the Cover of High Times Magazine
- Boyfriend of the Week: Rob Mariano
- 'Glee' Recap: All Hail General Zon!
- 5 Facts About '16 and Pregnant' Star Jordan Ward
| Design Tips from Celebrity Florist Stephanie Schur Posted: 20 Apr 2011 11:10 AM PDT
Former clothing designer Stephanie Schur is parlaying her love of punchy colors and unfussy elegance into Botany, her months-old Parisian-inspired floral shop at the Brentwood Country Mart. Schur’s striking custom arrangements typically consist of gorgeous water lilies, blackberries, fringed tulips and rare garden roses. “We use the freshest, most unique flowers we can find,” says Schur, who lines her store with buckets of just-cut blooms, so customers like Reese Witherspoon and Uma Thurman can select their own mix. Schur also stocks an impeccably chic assortment of tabletop items, such as wild-blackberry-scented candles by Paddywax, vintage Wedgewood vases and John Derian decoupage plates. With spring in bloom, we asked Schur how to create a fast and easy floral arrangement and the quickest way to spruce up a dinner table. What is the secret to creating a simple but stunning flower arrangement? “First, select your vessel–and be creative. You can really put flowers in any type of container, and sometimes, the more unusual it is the more special the arrangement looks. You can also use small, simple water glasses, a pitcher or a jar. Whether you’re picking flowers from your garden or going to the farmer’s market or to your neighborhood flower shop, stick to one kind of flower. Select whatever looks the freshest and go for a strong color. Vibrant flowers overflowing out of a vase always look chic and beautiful. Make sure to cut the ends at an angle, and then arrange the flowers in your hand first to get all the stems straight. Next, place them in your chosen vessel filled with room-temperature water. To help your flowers last longer, keep them away from heat and direct sun.” What’s the easiest way to decorate a dinner party table? “Flowers, of course! I love to place an assortment of vases, maybe three or four, in the center of the table and fill each of them with different fresh herbs, such as rosemary, basil and lavender. It looks like you cut them all from your garden, and it smells amazing. Plus, it’s inexpensive. For decorating ideas, I’ll check out inspiring blogs like mylifemyvibe.com, habituallychic.blogspot.com and stylemepretty.com.” What are your go-to tabletop items? “When I entertain guests, I love to set a table with a beautiful pitcher, like this one from Terrain, filled with homemade sangria. I’m also a big fan of clean white dinnerware. The Caterer’s set from Pottery Barn is the best. And Flair has a beautiful selection of trays that can be used for everything.” More Floral Inspiration: Post from: Crushable Design Tips from Celebrity Florist Stephanie Schur |
| Art Crush: The Best 'Hunger Games' Fan Art Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:38 AM PDT
The hugely anticipated Hunger Games adaptation has begun to fill out its cast: Elizabeth Banks has been added to a crew including Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth. Each casting decision comes with a round of outcry from devoted fans of the books, many of whom lament the lack of physical resemblance between the actors and their fictional characters. So what do devoted fans of the series think Katniss, Peeta and Gale look like? We went over to DeviantArt to find out. (main photo via) Post from: Crushable Art Crush: The Best 'Hunger Games' Fan Art |
| 10 Celebrity-Inspired Prom Dresses Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:29 AM PDT
“This year, kids are spending wedding prices for proms,” said the manager of a Queens-based boutique. “Everyone wants to be Kim Kardashian or Lady Gaga. It’s increased by $500 since last year.” We’ve tracked down the prom dresses that match not only the styles described in the article, but also mimic the looks of other A-listers. Post from: Crushable 10 Celebrity-Inspired Prom Dresses |
| Lady Gaga Not Amused By Weird Al Yankovic's 'Born This Way' Parody Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:19 AM PDT Weird Al Yankovic is known for his pop culture parodies, and he’s done reworked versions of songs by everyone from Michael Jackson to Nirvana. However, one artist evidently doesn’t find Weird Al’s work to be funny – Lady Gaga. Weird Al announced via his YouTube channel that he wrote a version of Gaga’s song “Born This Way” called “Perform This Way,” and although he intended for the song to appear on his upcoming album it won’t be included. He’s not stating the exact reason why, but he has promised to update fans on the situation on his website soon. Our theory? Gaga put the kibosh on the song because the lyrics make fun of her. We thought she had a better sense of humor than that. Here’s the song: Post from: Crushable Lady Gaga Not Amused By Weird Al Yankovic's 'Born This Way' Parody |
| Did Corey Simms Cheat On Leah Messer? Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:07 AM PDT
What is it about people from Teen Mom using Wal-Mart as a meat market? Both Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley hooked up with people they’d met at Wally World during the last season of Teen Mom. I get that they live in small towns and are too young for bars, but what about Starbucks or something? Post from: Crushable Did Corey Simms Cheat On Leah Messer? |
| Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:25 AM PDT
I would give you a rundown of five things you didn’t know about John Blake, but due to the fact that Blake is an original character who has never appeared in any of the comics, I sort of, um, can’t. I can, however, give you a little more information in the form of Marion Cotillard. The prevalent theory regarding Cotillard’s casting was that she would be playing Talia al Ghul, daughter of Ra’s al Ghul (Liam Neeson in Batman Begins. Side note: I KNEW it! Batman was trained by a Jedi!). This, however, also appears to inaccurate, as her character in the press release is Miranda Tate, “a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father’s philanthropic endeavors for Gotham.” /Film speculates that “Miranda Tate” could still be a cover for Talia al Ghul, though, so we’ll have to wait and see about that. In the meantime, here are five things you didn’t know about Talia al Ghul, just in case the rumor turns out to be true: 1) She’s not really a villain. 2) She’s a mother. 3) She’s an Olympic-level athlete. 4) Talia is responsible for the Red Hood. 5) She’s going to appear in Batman: Arkham City. Post from: Crushable |
| 4/20 Gallery: Celebs on the Cover of High Times Magazine Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:19 AM PDT
Hey, everyone, it’s 4/20 — the giggliest day of the year! If this were high school, we’d probably wake and bake, then spend the rest of the day zoning out on Mr. Cho’s algebra lesson (whoooa, that “y” looks like a monster), but now that we’ve reached adulthood, we’re content to drink a cup of copy and stare at High Times Magazine. Check out this gallery of celebs who have appeared on the cover of the pot-themed publication. Post from: Crushable 4/20 Gallery: Celebs on the Cover of High Times Magazine |
| Boyfriend of the Week: Rob Mariano Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:08 AM PDT Welcome to our newest column, Boyfriend of the Week. Each Wednesday, intrepid pop culture crushmaster Andrea Seigel will spotlight a different one of her fake TV boyfriends.
Brent doesn't really love this. The smart part of him understands that he's my world and I'm just expressing admiration for and attachment to other guys that I don't know. The petty, jealous part of him says things like, "Describe me as a far-reaching visionary in your column. I like how that looks when it's written down." Visionary or not, there can only be one "Boyfriend of the Week," and that week this boyfriend is Rob Mariano, aka Boston Rob, who's in the middle of competing on Survivor again. I've been into him for a long time, and I've been pretty vocal about that in our apartment, but I think the moment when he really won me over was when he suggested to the merged tribe that they name themselves "Murlonio" because it means "from the sea, united" in Spanish. A bunch of tribemates made the same wowed tongue-click my mom does when she watches a Barbra Streisand special. Way to go other Survivors because the word and translation were total bullshit! Cut to an interview with Rob laughing, saying that Murlonio is the name of one his wife's stuffed animals. (I'd say more here about how Amber apparently keeps a stuffed animal collection, but I have too much respect for Rob to touch it.) I mean, here's a guy who's in a lot of danger on the show because everybody's freaking out about him winning the million dollars, and he's still entertaining himself, his sleepy eyes twinkling with good humor. Sleepy eyes, sleepy voice, but the mind is as sharp as a tack! That's my boyfriend! Even when Rob gets a little more serious in his interviews and talks about how the people he's in control of better not step out of line… well, one, this is hot. Two, he still has a barely perceptible smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. He never loses sight of the fact that this is a game, which maybe sounds obvious, but it's something that almost everybody else who plays forgets the second they step on the beach. Despite their best intentions, they end up hurt and bruised, thinking that the person you are when you're in a fictional CBS tribe is the same as who you are when you're home listening to your wife talk about her stuffed animals. But that's a losing mindset. And Rob knows it. And that's also why, if I were in Nicaragua, I would be right there at his side, informing him of the sad little plans other players were trying to put in motion against him. Also, I'd be laying off the crispy rice at the bottom of the pot because I know he's just crazy about it. During this week's episode I vowed to Brent, "I would tell Rob everything. No secrets between us. No broken threads of trust. And we would go to the end together." Brent dismissively waved his arm in front of my face, saying, "You team up with him, and I guarantee you'd come back home to me a runner-up, and I'd be like, 'Where's the money, baby? You're supposed to be a smart girl. A smart girl.'" But Brent's just too jealous to realize that is the smart game because I wouldn't be playing as Rob's passive floater. Rob and I would be a power duo, able to set into motion sly, unspoken coups. We'd know that the game requires making unsentimental decisions— even about each other— and that understanding would protect both our standing and our relationship as we mowed down our tribemates on our way to the final two. He would win some of the puzzles. I would win the rest of the puzzles and some of those balancing challenges that girls always seem to do better at. And at that final tribal council, when we had to get up in front of our peers and give our reasons for why we deserved to win, the voting castoffs would be so tortured by their impossible choice that when Jeff Probst began opening the scraps of parchment, they would all read, "Andrearob." As with Murlonio, another new word invented. Together. Andrea Seigel has a website and a Twitter! Post from: Crushable Boyfriend of the Week: Rob Mariano |
| 'Glee' Recap: All Hail General Zon! Posted: 20 Apr 2011 08:52 AM PDT
Across the quad and during daylight hours, Schue has it in his head that if the New Directions can only sell 20,000 pieces of salt water taffy at 25 cents each, they'll have paid their way to Finals. As always, Santana is the voice of awesome as she pointed out how insane that idea is. Seriously, I would pay 25 cents to not have to eat a piece of taffy. Simultaneously, The Brainiacs, McKinley's Academic Decathlon team made up of Mike, Tina, Artie and Britney, don't have to funds to get them to their Nationals in Detroit. Not to toot my own euphonium, but I myself was on an Academic Decathlon team from Ohio that went to Nationals when I was in high school, and these kids would have shredded us. Feline AIDS? White rappers? Call me when you have questions about the history of the American Southwest. Unfortunately, Schue's solution for the Brainiacs dilemma is….even more taffy. Some times I really wonder about that ma. I really do. Gwyneth is back as substitute teacher and Schue's snuggle bunny Holly Holliday. Holly soon realized that Schue is, was and forever shall be smitten with Emma, whose failed marriage to The Hottest Dentist Alive has caused her OCD to come back in full-force. Holly is also the one who suggests the group throw a benefit concert rather than sell SALT WATER TAFFY, i.e. more pieces of salt water taffy than the state of Delaware eats in a year. Schue announces the upcoming Night Of Neglect, featuring songs from neglected artists. The kids leap on board, where they immediately scheme a way to get around the premise; when Rachel suggested Celine Dion for her song, my eyes rolled approximately 360 degrees in their sockets. Post from: Crushable 'Glee' Recap: All Hail General Zon! |
| 5 Facts About '16 and Pregnant' Star Jordan Ward Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:32 AM PDT
1. She’s a twin. Jordan has an identical twin sister, Jessica. Though Jordan is the older twin and defines herself as “the mature one,” she ended up getting pregnant. At 16. Because that’s kind of the point of the show. 2. Her parents aren’t really in the picture. Jessica and Jordan’s parents got divorced when they were infants, and their mom “couldn’t handle the pressure” of caring for twins. They were officially adopted by their grandparents when they were nine and have lived with them ever since. Brian also doesn’t have a close family (it sounds like his dad isn’t around), so he and Jordan wanted to live together and create a strong family environment for their son. 3. She and Jessica have been working as models. At fifteen, the twins dropped out of school to pursue modeling careers. Their grandmother traveled with them and was their tutor. Once Jordan got pregnant, they quit modeling and enrolled in a GED program. I wonder if Amber Portwood and Chelsea Houska are in their class? 4. There was drama between Jessica and Jordan’s boyfriend Brian. Jessica is jealous of how Jordan spends so much of her time with boyfriend Brian Finder, and the pregnancy only exacerbated that. Jessica cried about feeling left out when Jordan decided that it was only going to be her and Brian in the delivery room. Jordan later changed her mind, and Jessica filmed the birth and held Noah after he was born. 5. Spoiler alert: Jordan and Brian got married! Since this episode was filmed, Jordan and Brian ended up getting married. Brian joined the Air Force, so he, Jordan, and Noah moved out to California. Let Jordan tell you about it herself: Post from: Crushable 5 Facts About '16 and Pregnant' Star Jordan Ward |
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The third season of 16 and Pregnant kicked off last night on MTV. We met Jordan Ward, who lives in St. Louis. Here’s what you need to know about her:| You are subscribed to email updates from Crushable To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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