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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Lauren Conrad: Book Signing for Sweet Little Lies at Copperfield's in Petaluma, CA
More than 1,000 people lined up in Petaluma on Wednesday to catch a glimpse of celebutante Lauren Conrad, who parlayed a role on an MTV reality series to become a fashion designer and best-selling author.
The crowd, mostly pre-teen girls and young women in their early 20s, waited more than two hours to spend just a few moments with the former star of the TV series “The Hills” at a book-signing appearance at Copperfield's in downtown Petaluma.
“It was well worth it to meet her for 30 seconds,” said Tiffany Holbrook, 22, of Windsor.
“It's a fantasy,” Holbrook said, explaining the attraction. “Everyone wants to be rich and famous and live in LA.”
Conrad was the biggest star to hit the Petaluma bookstore since the late George Carlin, and rivaled that for any of the releases of the Harry Potter books, said bookstore manager Matt Brown.
“We expected 300 to 600 or 700,” Brown said. “It is definitely the biggest book-signing at this store. It's wild.”
No one said they were disappointed.
“You meet someone famous, it's an amazing moment, it is such a cool thing,” said Rosemary Dodd, 13, of Petaluma. “And she was nice. She asked me how my day was and thanked me for coming.”
Conrad, 24, rose to fame in her senior year of high school in the MTV series “Laguna Beach,” which spawned a spinoff, “The Hills.”
A fashion designer, she has written two books, “LA Candy,” a semi-autobiographical book about a 19-year-old who moves to LA and becomes a reality series star, and “Sweet Little Lies: An LA Candy Novel.”
“They are really good, I don't really read anything else,” said Finan Mehari, 22, of Santa Rosa.
Debbie McCulloch brought a group of 10 Petaluma girls ages from 11 to 13, who expressed their delight in a chorus.
“She's like amazing,” said Megan McCulloch.
The chorus went: “She's so nice.” “She's so down to earth.” “Role model.” “I like her fashion.”
McCulloch admitted that she had to be talked into bringing the group, but was happy how it all turned out.
“They are so excited that someone this famous is in Petaluma,” she said.
By Bob Norberg @ pressdemocrat.com via tfs
Roxy Olin and her Mom, Patricia Wettig: Family Values - Scans from People Magazine
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Lisa Rinna: turns into a Hypocrite and Lashes out at Heidi Montag
When Lisa Rinna is calling you out on plastic surgery, that's like ... we don't even know what. But it says a lot about the new, "improved" Heidi Montag.
Rather than being able to relate, the actress, who has had Juvederm fillers, Botox, lip-plumping, breast implants and more, thinks Heidi went too far.
In fact, she refuses to allow Heidi Montag plastic surgery photos inside her home, where her daughters, Delilah, 11, and Amelia, 8, could see them.
"I will tell you, I had to take that cover off the magazine before it came in the house," she says of People magazine, which touted Montag's surgery.
"We have two girls. I don’t think it is something you want to bring in and say, 'Oh, look.'" What they say when they see their mom is another story.
A couple of natural beauties right here.
Continues Lisa Rinna, "I take a lot of the covers off of magazines if they are just not appropriate. Obviously, we are raising two young girls. Anything that has to do with body or weight issues, I think you just have to be really careful.”
Yes you do. Such good parenting.
"That magazine has changed so much. I was actually on the cover a few times [in the '80s]. In those days, they had stories about people who hadn't had their faces cut open. They had stories about things that were really going on."
"I don't know. I mean, plastic surgery?"
Next think you know, Rinna, who has taken it all off for Playboy in the recent past, will be bashing the magazine's Heidi Montag nude spread as a bad example too.
~thehollywoodgossip.com
Lisa Rina is the queen of plastic surgery, botex and dieting/exercising to excess. People in glass houses...
Rather than being able to relate, the actress, who has had Juvederm fillers, Botox, lip-plumping, breast implants and more, thinks Heidi went too far.
In fact, she refuses to allow Heidi Montag plastic surgery photos inside her home, where her daughters, Delilah, 11, and Amelia, 8, could see them.
"I will tell you, I had to take that cover off the magazine before it came in the house," she says of People magazine, which touted Montag's surgery.
"We have two girls. I don’t think it is something you want to bring in and say, 'Oh, look.'" What they say when they see their mom is another story.
A couple of natural beauties right here.
Continues Lisa Rinna, "I take a lot of the covers off of magazines if they are just not appropriate. Obviously, we are raising two young girls. Anything that has to do with body or weight issues, I think you just have to be really careful.”
Yes you do. Such good parenting.
"That magazine has changed so much. I was actually on the cover a few times [in the '80s]. In those days, they had stories about people who hadn't had their faces cut open. They had stories about things that were really going on."
"I don't know. I mean, plastic surgery?"
Next think you know, Rinna, who has taken it all off for Playboy in the recent past, will be bashing the magazine's Heidi Montag nude spread as a bad example too.
~thehollywoodgossip.com
Lisa Rina is the queen of plastic surgery, botex and dieting/exercising to excess. People in glass houses...
Heidi Montag: Out & About in LA
Heidi Montag -- and all of her brand new refurbished parts -- managed not to melt while standing upright underneath the hot L.A. sun on Wednesday.
Heidi has graced the world with not one, but two new songs today, because she loves us all and wants us to be happy. And dancing.
"Trash Me" issues a stern warning to the haters who would tarnish Montag's meteoric rise to world domination with their negativity, while "Sex Ed" is a bawdy little romp that promises a wealth of carnal knowledge to any lucky man who can look at her radically altered face long enough to get it on. Sample lyric:
You got the green light
Now ready set go
Give me that student body
I'll teach you all I know
Now ready set go
Give me that student body
I'll teach you all I know
See? We told you it was good.
Brace yourself for a bout of sonic bliss and check out the tunes below:
~celebuzz.com, tmz
Brody Jenner: Avril Lavigne: Date Night at Guys & Dolls
Well we didn’t see this one coming: Today everyone’s talking about newly single stars Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner as a new couple — and now OK!’s got the inside details of their fresh romance! The twosome headed to Guys & Dolls last night in L.A. with Khloe Kardashian Odom and her hubby, Lamar Odom, for a double date.“Avril and Khloe didn’t seem like they were close friends, but they were definitely getting along and laughing. They were all dancing and taking pictures,” an insider dishes to OK!.
So were the non-married dates in that group just palling around? Hardly!
“Avril and Brody are definitely dating,” affirmed the source. “Avril sat on Brody’s lap, he held her hand and he had his other hand on her leg. They were drinking vodka and champagne. There were a bunch of Lakers stopping by their table but even after everyone else left, the four of them stayed until closing. Both couples left hand in hand.”
The twosome were spotted as far back as Feb. 4 at Koi and last week at Voyeur in L.A. Sounds like the real deal… at least for now! Brody split with girlfriend Jayde Nicole in December, while Avril filed for divorce from husband Deryck Whibley in October 2009.
~OK Magazine
Photos of Brody, Frankie and Avril leaving Guys & Dolls
~Laguna Lovers
~tmz
~Laguna Lovers
~tmz
Roxy Olin: Shutter Island: NY Premiere
"Cab pics!@ClaireWinter:
Roxy tweeted before the screening:
"On my way to Shutter Island premiere..soo excited!
and after:
Wow that movie was insane! What incredible performances!!!"