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The finale of NBC's Fashion Star concluded a knock-out first season Tuesday night as 4.9 million viewers bit their nails in the anticipation of the first ever Fashion Star winner.
Kara Laricks came into the competition as an unlikely winner, as she started out designing ties, and truthfully, we didn’t even think she’d make it past the first round! But thanks to the fashion industry panel of judges (Jessica Simpson, John Varvatos, & Nicole Richie) Laricks was saved and ultimately stepped her game up, improving by leaps and bounds episode after first episode, and was finally pronounced the winner.
On Thursday, March 29th at 8:00pm, The Nature Conservancy will host "Cocktails Under the Canopy: A Benefit for LEAF" in support of Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future, an ambitious program to train the next generation of environmental leaders by targeting the largely underrepresented urban youth population. This exciting event includes an open bar, live music, a silent auction and sustainable food plates from renowned NYC chefs, including: Jonathan Waxman of Barbuto, Jimmy Bradley of The Red Cat and The Harrison, Johnny Campanaro of The Little Owl, and Jason Giagande, Director of Food Service Operations and Events for NBCUniversal.
September may mean that it's time to go out with that extra sweater in tow, but there's no need to carry a frown when you're headed to 116 MacDougal. With their September line-up of events, there's something for everyone to look forward to.Even better, there is no cover for their weekly events.
Mondays: Hit up Gaslight Refueled (8pm) for live stand-up comedy with funny peeps from Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, NBC, and more, with host Vicky Kuperman.
Tuesdays: Hit up Open Mic (6pm) where the legendary Gaslight stage plays host to singers, poets, comics, and storytellers with host Manoo Halati.
Since recording their debut album 'Things Of That Nature', BLACK TAXI's video to the catchy opening track 'Shoeshine' has been featured on Virgin America's in flight entertainment network, alongside The Black Keys and Duran Duran. The Brooklyn based quartet have also been interviewed by MTV, NBC, ABC and PBS. They recently bolstered their profile by supporting Third Eye Blind at the opener of Stamford's Alive @ Five concert series in Connecticut.
It was only a matter of time before the fine foursome combined their creative minds and conjured up a whole bunch of new songs to share with the world, but they need your help! In order to make this happen they are counting on fans both new and old to pool their monetary resources until July 13 through the artist's innovative funding platform, Kickstarter.
Actress Minka Kelly definitely has a lot to be happy about. Not only was she named Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive last October, she also has a thriving career, not to mention she's dating Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.
Beauty, success, a hot man...no wonder Leighton Meester wanted Minka all to herself in The Roommate.
She has appeared on guest spots on television as well as lead roles in NBC's Friday Night Lights and will be co-starring on ABC's new nadaptation of Charlie's Angel in the fall. As for film, the star, in addition to others, was featured in (500) Days of Summer, starred in The Roommate, and appeared alongside Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston in Just Go With It.
Comedy takes a backseat as tragedy strikes.
TV personality & daredevil Ryan Dunn, who just turned 34 several days ago, has died in a fatal car accident in Pennsylvania, along with another unidentified person. April Margera, Bam's mother, has confirmed with TMZ as well as Preston & Steve's radio show about the incident.
Officer Geiger from the West Goshen Police Department describes that the vehicle flew over a guardrail on Route 322 in West Goshen, PA, slammed into a tree and immediately burst into flames. The incident reportedly occurred at around 2:30-3:00 this Monday morning. Hours later, a tow truck was sent to remove the damaged remains of the car.
So not funny! Reports claim that actor/comedian Tracy Morgan was booed and bashed after a stand-up routine in Nashville, Friday 06/03/11 went out of hand. Comedy patrons were not prepared for the hateful tirade, whether or not he's joking, the 30 Rock star was spewing out against the LGBT community.
Unfortunately, not all members who witnessed the fiasco were disturbed. In fact, they actually followed up his insults with cheers, audience member Kevin Rogers (from Truth Wins Out) says. Alas, this is not-so-liberal Tennessee.
Less than 5 years after becoming the first woman to anchor a network evening newscast on her own, Katie Couric is leaving her post at CBS Evening News. Her contract with the network runs through June 4th but no departure date has been announced yet.
The rumor has it that Couric might launch her own syndicated talk show in 2012. It's said that she has been in talks with ABC, NBC, CNN and CBS.
On Monday, a CBS News representative said, "We're having ongoing discussions with Katie Couric. We have no announcements to make at this time. Until we do, we will continue to decline comment on rumor and speculation."
Well, it's just a question of time before Couric announces her departure.
It’s no secret that there’s soon to be a live action adaptation of Wonder Woman for TV that have a lot of people divided. Not since the 70s and The New Adventures of Wonder Woman starring Lynda Carter has there been a show about the Amazonian princess. With the recent premiere of Young Justice and the launch of MAC’s line of Wonder Woman make-up, however, she’s garnered a lot of interest.
This comes as awesome news to fans of her comic books, who recently were also witness to a costume change for Wonder Woman that received mixed reactions. While more practical in many ways, a few found it lacking, and others were just too upset that the original costume was gone in the first place. The rest of us were fine with it, as the change from star-spangled bikini briefs to pants made sense and didn’t grate the eyes.
As the peacock lowers its feathers between its legs and walks away, Comcast settles in to take its place.
Since 1956 NBC has been recognized by a peacock mascot and a three-bell jingle. But now with the stepping in of Comcast, the NBC network symbol seems to no longer be needed.
In other words, the birds got to go.
The colorful peacock of NBC became most prominent in 2004 when it symbolized NBC’s complete Universal assets. Since then the peacock surrounded by a circle was another way to display the merging companies of NBC and the Universal spinning planet.
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