Tuesday, May 31, 2011

RIHANNA'S "MAN DOWN"



RUM PUM PUM PUM RUM PUM PUM PUM...

Today the video has been released for RIHANNA'S "MAN DOWN" single. It has a reggae tone to it and it's really catchy, but the video is pretty heartbreaking to watch, you'll get the gist that's revealed later. Check it!








You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille

Photographer Anton Fury searches clues about pre-fame shots of Marilyn Monroe




In 1980, photographer Anton Fury paid two dollars at a Parsippany, New Jersey garage sale for a folder full of black and white negatives of Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield (he calls it "probably my greatest garage sale discovery ever"). The photos have apparently never been published before, according to CNN, and their origins remain a mystery. Fury is working with Beverly Hills art dealer David W. Streets hoping to find out more about the photos, which they believe were taken in 1950. Streets says "I know they were taken here in Los Angeles...from the backgrounds that we see in the photos...You see Hollywood Hills, Hollywood 1950s architecture." He's hoping people see the photos and figure out more details, so pipe up if that pool looks familiar.

BLAKE LIVELY CAUGHT IN THE NUDE!!!



Here goes another celebrity who fell victim to her own fame. There are now nude photos of Blake Lively which surfaced on the internet today.

Check them if you want here: http://unratedperez.com/2011-05-31-gossip-girl-star-blake-lively-rocked-by-naked-photos-leak





There's nothing else to really say about this, but Blake's publicist Leslie Sloan claims the photos are fake, YES 100% FAKE. Blake claims she has never taken naked photos of herself [really?!]. Most of the pictures are of the "starlet" concealed by the phone, and with Blake's blooming career and "budding romance" with Leonardo DiCaprio, there's no denying her life is on the fast track. I guess we'll see where this pans out, but when does nude photos go anything but boost a celebs career?




You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille

Hot Times Call For Cool Air Conditioners



Temperatures above 90 degrees require air conditioners.
People are looking not only for a cool answer to hot weather, but convenience, too. There are window units alreay around but more people prefer portable air conditioners because they can be moved from one room to another easily. Although you still needs to be closer to a window. This is very simple to hook up a portable air conditioner.
"Your hose locks on the back of the unit. Just stick it in and give it a turn counter-clockwise. This hose is 3 feetlong. A built-in evaporator evaporates the water out the hose. Also, if you've got a sliding window, you can put it in the window vertically.
Many units include dehumidifiers, air cleaners and remote controls -- features to help cool down those hot days.
Portable air conditioners can run anywhere from$300 on up. Regardless of what kind of air conditioning unit you buy, bigger isn't necessarily better. Check the size of the room you want to air condition. If the air conditioning unit is too strong for the room, you could be wasting money.

Carla Bruni’s round belly confirms pregnancy rumors



Carla Bruni-Sarkozy showed off a rounded belly last Thursday. This confirms rumors which stated she was pregnant.


Italian-born Bruni, who madea career as a singer, already has a son from a former relationship but has frequently stated that she would like to have a child with Nicolas Sarkozy. It would be the fourth child for Sarkozy after the three sons he has from his former two marriages.


Posing for photographs at the a Group of Eight summit in the French resort of Deauville, she wore a loose-fitting white mock dress which from time to time stretched over an obvious bump around the midriff.


She has not confirmed the rumors of her pregnancy so far, but she didn’t make any effort to dismiss them. She fended off any direct questions about it and started concealing the heavymidriff with baggy clothing.


A British charity delivered a maternity basket containing a childbirth kit and hygiene supplies to Carla Bruni to publicize the issue of child mortality in developing countries.
President Nicolas Sarkozy refused any comment on the reports that they are expecting their first child together. A German newspaper however quoted Sarkozy’s father saying the rumors are true.


"I'm glad to be having a grandchild".


Voici, a French glossy magazine, cited sources saying that Carla was “expecting twins in October”.


She kept the mystery with a series of interviews:
"My lips are sealed to protectsomething."

LRG hip-hop clothing designer Jonas Bevacquafound dead

The Twittersphere was buzzing about Bevacqua on Tuesday:
"I just learned about the passing of a revolutionary mind," one fan tweeted. "RIPto Jonas Bevacqua the Co-Founder of LRG, You brought much swag to this world, rest in peace," said another.
-- Jenn Harris

Kim Kardashian flashes her ring in Monaco



Kim made sure to flash her 20.5 carats in Monaco this weekend, where she and her fiancé attended the Amber Lounge nightclub's benefit fashion show for the 2011 Special Olympics.
Other stars at the event included Prince Albert of Monaco, his fiancée Charlene Wittstock and singer Taio Cruz, who performed his hit song Break Your Heart.


"Monaco is so gorgeous!" Kim tweeted . "Backstage at the Matthew Williamson fashion show! He is amaze! Prince Albert and Charlene here too! About 2 go on stage! I always get nervous." She even tweeted as she and Kris were about to head in to the palace for dinner with Prince Albert.

Schiavone survives scare to reach semis



Defending champion Francesca Schiavone dug herself out of a huge hole to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1-6 7-5 7-5 and reach the semi-finals of the French Open.


The fifth seed looked to be heading out of the tournament when she trailed 4-1 in the second set but Schiavone is certainly a fighter and she gradually reeled Pavlyuchenkova back in.


A couple of superb one-handed backhands enabled the Italian to break for a 6-5 lead in the second set and from there it seemed there was only going to be one winner.


Pavlyuchenkova, the world's best teenager at 15th in the rankings, had knocked out third seed Vera Zvonareva to reach the last eight at a grand slam for the first time in her career.


The Russian continued to fight hard but her chances looked slim at best when Schiavone moved into a 5-1 lead.


There was another twist to come, though, as Pavlyuchenkova defied her flagging fortunes to win three games in succession. She then created two break points when Schiavone served for the match for a second time, taking the second with a mis-hit return.


From 5-5, though, the Russian faltered again, losing her serve and then finally succumbing as Schiavone served out for a place in the last four against either Svetlana Kuznetsova or Marion Bartoli.


Schiavone felt her extra experience had helped her against such a young opponent, saying: ‘The more I play, the better I play. That's always been the case. I started much too slowly. But by the end I felt much better and I could play better tennis.


‘She played really well but maybe she has less experience than me. Today I think I used my 30 years.’
The expressive Italian was a hugely popular winner when she beat Samantha Stosur last year and she delighted Court Philippe Chatrier again today.
She said: ‘I love tennis when I can express myself. I am transparent, so you can understand how I play and how I feel. Maybe I shouldn't show so much. I am like this on the court and off it.


‘I was 6-1 4-1 down and I was saying, “Francie, this is the way things go. Today it is like this. Keep going”. I was really sad inside, but what can you do? Nobody could change things except me.’


Schiavone's fightback continued a theme at Roland Garros this year, with Maria Sharapova, Li Na and Vera Zvonareva all winning matches they looked favourites to lose while Kim Clijsters blew a big lead against Arantxa Rus.


The Italian gave credit to the surface, saying: ‘Clay always gives you a chance. Grass and hard courts, much less so. On clay you have to go to the net and shake hands before you can say the match is finished.’
Pavlyuchenkova, 19, admitted the situation got to her and praised Schiavone for her comeback.


‘It was very tough match and it's very difficult to lose this kind of match,’ said the Russian.
‘I'll just try to move on and I will try to take all the positive things. It's very good experience. It's my first quarter-final and it's never easy to play a good game and to win easily in the quarter-finals, especially against Francesca. She was really great today.’

Anthony Weiner Hires Lawyer After Twitter "Prank"

The Associated Press reports that Anthony Weiner (WEE'-nur) has hired a lawyer to investigate what steps to take regarding a lewd photo sent from his hacked Twitter account. Weiner spokesman Dave Arnold says the Democrat believes it was a prank. But he's retained a lawyer to advise him on what civil or criminal actions should be taken.

The decision came after after a lewd photo of an unidentified man was posted to his twitter account and directed at a 21-year-old female college student from Seattle. Anthony Weiner (WEE'-nur) dismissed the picture, saying his account had been hacked and writing on Saturday in a Twitter message. “Actually, I became a fan after I saw him demolish Bachmann on Hannity about 2 months ago,” the post says. “It was great.”

Dave Arnold told The Associated Press in an email that the tweet, directed at a woman, was "a distraction" from the married New York Democrat's "important work representing his constituents." The congressman later joked about it on Twitter, asking whether his kitchen blender would be next to “attack” him.

The post was swiftly deleted, and the New York Democrat soon Tweeted that his account had been hacked. "More Weiner Jokes for all my guests," he Tweeted.

Clijsters stunned in second round of French Open

PARIS (AP) -- There were plenty of excuses available for Kim Clijsters after a stunning collapse in the second round of the French Open against a woman ranked 114th.

In assessing her 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 loss to Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands on Thursday, the second-seeded Clijsters could have pointed to her heavily taped right ankle, which she hurt while dancing barefoot at her cousin's wedding last month.

In recounting how she managed to waste two match points and drop 11 of the last 12 games after leading 5-2 in the second set, the Belgian could have mentioned that she last entered the French Open in 2006, and had played a total of five clay-court matches anywhere since.

And in explaining her 65 unforced errors - 43 more than her opponent made - and 10 double-faults, Clijsters could have reminded everyone that she hadn't competed at all since late March because of that bum ankle and previous injuries to her right shoulder and wrist.

Instead, the winner of the last two Grand Slam titles, and four overall, pointed a finger squarely at herself and an odd crisis of confidence.

The 27-year-old Clijsters also gave credit to the 20-year-old Rus, who entered the day with a 3-4 career record in major tournaments and only twice before had been to Court Philippe Chatrier - and those visits were as a spectator.

After delivering one of the most surprising tennis results in recent years, Rus acknowledged she was nervous at the outset, perhaps because Clijsters is one of her favorite players, someone she used to cheer for when watching on TV.


She said she had trouble dealing with wind that gusted at upward of 20 mph, making the balls move unexpectedly at times and occasionally kicking up clouds of loose clay into players' eyes.

Those conditions led to this bon mot from Rafael Nadal: "If you play good, seems like much less wind. If you are playing bad, seems like a hurricane.''

The five-time French Open champion wasn't forced to work nearly as hard as he did in getting past John Isner in five sets Tuesday, but Nadal was hardly satisfied after beating 48th-ranked Pablo Andujar of Spain 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

He needed to erase eight set points after trailing 5-1 in the third against Andujar, who said he thinks Nadal is "going through perhaps a period of doubt.''

Also reaching the third round were past Grand Slam finalists Robin Soderling and Andy Murray, along with No. 10 Mardy Fish, the last U.S. man in the field. Six seeded men lost: No. 8 Jurgen Melzer of Austria, No. 20 Florian Mayer of Germany, No. 24 Sam Querrey of the U.S., No. 27 Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, No. 28 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and No. 32 Kevin Anderson of South Africa.

Davydenko, a French Open semifinalist in 2005 and 2007, was beaten in five sets by Antonio Veic of Croatia, a qualifier ranked 227th whose reward is a third-round match against Nadal.

Garcia was the youngest and, at 188th, lowest-ranked woman left, and was playing in only the second tour-level event of her nascent career.

Many expect great things from her, including Murray, who after beating Simone Bolelli 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-5, took to Twitter and wrote, "Girl sharapova is playing is going to be No.1 in world one day caroline garcia, what a player u heard it here 1st.''

Sharapova's take? "She's on her way up, definitely.''

Actually, Garcia looked like the poised veteran early, taking the first set and a 4-1 lead in the second, buoyed by a partisan crowd that roared with approval after her 17 groundstroke winners, seven more than Sharapova accumulated.

But during a changeover, spectators raised a ruckus by doing the wave, and Garcia acknowledged later that flustered her a bit.

"I had many things going in my head, because I was leading. I was playing well. She was not really in the court,'' said Garcia, who now will play in the junior tournament. "And then she reacted just like a champion, because she is a great champion.''

The French Open is the one major title Sharapova doesn't own, but she and Svetlana Kuznetsova are the only women with multiple Grand Slam trophies who are still around. That's because the Williams sisters didn't enter the French Open - and because Clijsters already is unexpectedly headed home.

[UPDATE] Snooki Loses Her License After Car Crash; Wears Neck Brace

This is the latest update that The 4-foot, 9-inch breakout star of the MTV series Snooki has lost her driver’s license and faces a possible lawsuit for crashing her car into a police vehicle in Florence yesterday. She was briefly taken into custody by local police after the car she was driving collided with a parked traffic police car. visit also "Jersey Shore" Snooki Car Crashes In Italy:

Snooki emerged Tuesday in a neck brace after the accident which took place in Italy. Daily Mail wrote that it seems the car crash she was involved in yesterday is just one big joke to Jersey Shore's Snooki. The smiling MTV reality star was pictured today wearing a neck brace in the Renaissance city of Florence although apparently she didn't seem to need it.

TMZ also said about it that while it is unclear whether or not she was really hurt, it's all fun and games until Snooks loses her ... tan.

The 27-year-old 'Jersey Shore' reality star known for her bright, skimpy outfits and loud voice, and has emerged to be one of the most popular "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi was in a minor traffic accident in Florence, Italy. Late on Monday MTV, the network that airs Jersey Shore, released a statement confirming that two cast members were involved in a crash. visit also "Jersey Shore" Snooki Car Crashes In Italy:




"It was nothing serious and they have been released, but they will not be back at work for a week," a Florence police spokesman tells Us Weekly. Apparently the cops have 90 days to decide whether they will take civil action against Snooki.

Officials in Florence had already banned the MTV production from shooting at some of the most famous locations in the Renaissance city. According to Italian police Polizzi was cited and released. MTV says no drug was involved and no one was arrested. The cast is in italy filming the show's fourth season. visit also "Jersey Shore" Snooki Car Crashes In Italy:

‘Single Ladies’ review: Stacey Dash, LisaRaye mirror ‘Basketball Wives’ formula

The scripted new series “Single Ladies” packed in so many music references, I half-expected VH1 to resurrect “Pop Up Video,” with informative thought bubbles hovering over the heads of Stacey Dash, LisaRaye, and Charity Shea.
The cameos were in full effect on “Single Ladies,” an original two-hour movie turned TV series.  First it was Eve .  Then TLC’s Chilli stopped by.  Then Common played a Mayor while Jermaine Dupri and the “Real Housewives” Kandi Burruss partied in the background.

LeAnn Rimes on Bikini Body

Country cutie LeAnn Rimes and her husband 'The Playboy Club' star Cibrian arrived in Mexico for their honeymoon a month after their wedding. LeAnn Rimes took to Twitter over the weekend to show off photos of herself in a string bikini on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, where she and Eddie Cibrian are honeymooning. She Tweeted a photo of herself in a skimpy blue bikini--and ended up having to defend herself when some of her followers claimed she looked too thin. "Whoa, you're scary skinny! Sorry don't mean to offend but that's a lot of bones showing through skin."

This is not the first time. Country cutie LeAnn Rimes defensively tweeted back: “Those are called abs not bones love,” adding after the fan once again voiced her concern, “[T]hx but this is my body and I can promise you I’m a healthy girl. I’m just lean. Thx for your concern but no need [to] be".

Terrelle Pryor, NBA Finals 2011, Basketball Wives and Tuesday's Hot Sports News

Clear out the foundation of the Ohio State football program and all you have left is dirt. Nowthat Jim Tressel has packed up, amid the impending destruction of the Ohio State Buckeyes, the focus is shifting to just how far, wide and deep their transgressions go.
Again, it’s not as if anyone should be surprised. These days, scandals in college athletics are as common as rabid fandom and BCSarguments. The questions now becomes about the next steps.
What will this mean for the Ohio State program? What sanctions will be imposed?
If you are in the Ohio State inner circle, you must be thinking: "How long will we have to wait to get back on top?"


The Sports Illustrated investigation into Ohio State was not eye-opening, but was more validation for those that never believed a big-time school could sustain success for so long and be so clean.


The new target of the NCAA will be Terrelle Pryor. Pryor must have thought his misdoings would have blown over by now, but he’d be sorely mistaken. His nightmare is just beginning. College athletes do their best to keep those skeletons in the closet. Once you open that closet, you can’t close it again.
For more on the Ohio State football scandal and the rest of Tuesday’ssports topics, stay right here.

‘Mark Haines Suicide’; Cause of His Death Hit The Web

Lot of people are thinking or whispering that CNBC Anchor Mark Haines died with cancer. Some of them searching in the google by using the keyword of “Suicide’. This is not true or this topic is not able to talk.

The cause of death of longtime CNBC anchor Mark Haines has become a big sign of interrogation. His sudden death has left many wondering what the cause of death was. A large number of people are searching in the google to know the real reason of death of co-anchor of CNBC’s morning “Squawk on the Street” show Mark Haines. CNBC announced that Mark died at his home Tuesday evening.

CNBC made the announcement of Haines’ death on their website, but the cause of death has not been released publicly. “He was trained as an attorney,” Ritholtz said. “He brought that keen lawyer’s eye to everything he did. It wasn’t something often seen in the financial media.” Haines had a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and was a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, CNBC said.

"Jersey Shore" Snooki Car Crashes In Italy

The 27-year-old 'Jersey Shore' reality star known for her bright, skimpy outfits and loud voice, and has emerged to be one of the most popular "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi was in a minor traffic accident in Florence, Italy. Late on Monday MTV, the network that airs Jersey Shore, released a statement confirming that two cast members were involved in a crash.

Officials in Florence had already banned the MTV production from shooting at some of the most famous locations in the Renaissance city. She was briefly taken into custody by local police after the car she was driving collided with a parked traffic police car. According to Italian police Polizzi was cited and released. MTV says no drug was involved and no one was arrested. The cast is in italy filming the show's fourth season.

TMZ reports that the reality star was driving around the city of Florence when she rammed into a local cop car. Snooki is said to have hit the back of the patrol car and “smooshed” her own vehicle into the space between the cop car and a highway protection wall. A sources told TMZ that Cortese had to climb out the window of the car Snooki was driving, as it was stuck between a highway security wall and the cop car.

She reportedly had to exit the car through a window because the door was blocked by the wall. It is also said that Snooki wasn't arrested but was taken to Florence's central police station to fill out paperwork. Radar Online reports that the two officers in the car The Snookster hit were put on stretchers with their necks stabilized, and taken to Coreggi hospital.

'Basketball Wives' Season 3 premiere bonus clip: Meeka trashes Royce because she was a dancer



Basketball Wives " returned last night with its Season 3 premiere -- and it picked up right where all the drama left off last season: Everyone's mad at Royce, Tami hates Evelyn and Shaunie pretty much stays out of it all.


Fans were also introduced to a new Wife: Meeka, who'smarried to former Golden State Warrior player-turned-scout Speedy Claxton .


In a bonus clip that VH1 didn't air, Meeka dines with her husband and gives him the lowdown on all the ladies, namely Royce, a former Orlando Magic and Miami Heat dancer, who hasa child with Magic center Dwight Howard -- a big no-no to the Wives.
"I think what bothers me most about Royce is she was a dancer," Meeka tells Speedy. "She crossed the line. I don't know how I can be a wife and be her friend. You know how I feel about stuff like that."


Although Meeka and Royce did have a face-to-face meeting in the premiere, it was hardly a showdown of Wife vs Dancer.


"Ok, it was a rule you're not supposed to fraternize with players," Royce says to Meeka. "However, you can't really tell someone who they can and cannot be with."


Meeka must quickly get her claws out because in a preview for the season, she seems to have dove head-first into the catfights.
"Meeka is a trouble-maker," Tami says matter of factly.

Call of Duty Elite Adds Social Layer to Hit Gaming Series [PICS]



Video game company Activision has finally revealed Elite, a new social layer for its wildly popular Call of Duty games. Elite was designed to unite the massive community of Call ofDuty players as well as provide tools to help gamers of all levels improve their skills.


Cross-platform services are becoming more popular as video game designers realizetheir community isn’t console-specific . Web playerswant to test their mettle against console players and vice versa. Elite goes beyond the game to include social networks like Facebook. Users can link up their Facebook accounts to Elite topull in Likes and automatically find friends who are also using the service.


Elite also introduces groups and clans, which will play a much larger role in Modern Warfare 3 , the next Call of Duty game. Groups are largely open and can be based on anything. Like eating lobster? You can join or create a “Lobster” group. Like playing with machine guns? There’s a group for that. Same with “Yankees” or “Los Angeles.” Groups operate similar to fan pages on Facebook. Users can track and compare themselves to these mini-communities of players. Users can join a totalof 64 groups.


Clans are more limited. Userscan only belong to one clan and there is a cap on how many players can be in a clan. The Call of Duty folks were tight-lipped about how clans will play into the next iteration but promised they would be key.


We recently sat down with the game’s designers for a demo of Elite. The room, a penthouse hotel room in Manhattan, featured rows of huge black computers with the Elite skull logo. There, they talked about their goals and plans for Elite.
The service is available on web browsers, consoles and mobile apps and will work with all future Call of Duty games, including Black Ops , the most recent game in the series. Elite features four main sections: Career, Connect, Compete and Improve.

Capitol Police not investigating Weiner incident



The Capitol Police are not investigating what Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) is calling an online identity theft that led to a lewd photograph being posted from his Twitter account.
Over the weekend, a photo of a man’s bulging underwear was sent to a Seattle woman from Weiner’s active Twitter account. Weiner said his Twitter and Facebook were hacked, and on Monday he said he’d hired an attorney to look into civil and criminal actions.

Will Smith’s Death is a complete hoax



Will Smith is very much alive and well, currently filming “Men in Black III” in New York, which is a wonderfully long 9000 miles away from New Zealand.


Will Smith has been the latest target for death hoaxes, ranging from a car accident to a drug overdose and, now, a tragic 60 ft drop from a New Zealand cliff while filming his latest movie. Kauri Cliffs also falselyclaimed the lives of George Clooney, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Jeff Goldblum and Tom Hanks, to name a few.


Even Jaden Smith,Will’s Smith’s teenage son, had notbeen able to escape these death hoaxes, apparently dying from a snowboard accident in one report and from Kauri Cliffs in another. But rest assured, both father and son are alive.


So now that the air is clearedof these death rumors concerning Will Smith and hisson, why don’t you sit back and bask in the knowledge that Will Smith and his son will continue to make films for us to enjoy, beginning with “Men in Black III” which is set to hit theatres in 2012.





Five advantages of trading forex market .

1. 24 Hour Market: Since the forex market is worldwide, trading is continuous as long as there is a market open somewhere in the world. Trading starts when the markets open in Australia on Sunday evening, and ends after markets close in New York on Friday.

2. High Liquidity: Liquidity is the ability of an asset to be converted into cash quickly and without any price discount. In forex this means we can move large amounts of money into and out of foreign currency with minimal price movement.

3. Low Transaction Cost: In forex, typically the cost for a transaction is built into the price. It is called the spread. The spread is the difference between the buying and selling price.

4. Leverage: Forex Brokers allow traders to trade the market using leverage. Leverage is the ability to trade more money on the market than what is actually in the trader's account. If you were to trade at 50:1 leverage, you could trade $50 on the market for every $1 that was in your account. This means you could control a trade of $50,000 using only $1000 of capital.

5. Profit Potential from Rising and Falling Prices: The forex market has no restrictions for directional trading. This means, if you think a currency pair is going to increase in value; you can buy it, or go long. Similarly, if you think it could decrease in value you can sell it, or go short.

Actor Will Smith died while filming a movie in New Zealand early this morning

Preliminary reports from New Zealand Police officials indicate that the actor fell more than 60 feet to his death on the Kauri Cliffs while on-set. Specific details are not yet available.
The accident occurred at approximately 4:30 a.m. (UTC/GMT +12).
Additional details and information will be forthcoming.
New Zealand, in recent years has grown in populariaty as a backdrop for Hollywood producers because of it's scenic and rugged landscape.Recent movies filmed in NewZealand include The Lord Of the Rings, King Kong, and TheChronicles Of Narnia.






Five advantages of trading forex market .

1. 24 Hour Market: Since the forex market is worldwide, trading is continuous as long as there is a market open somewhere in the world. Trading starts when the markets open in Australia on Sunday evening, and ends after markets close in New York on Friday.

2. High Liquidity: Liquidity is the ability of an asset to be converted into cash quickly and without any price discount. In forex this means we can move large amounts of money into and out of foreign currency with minimal price movement.

3. Low Transaction Cost: In forex, typically the cost for a transaction is built into the price. It is called the spread. The spread is the difference between the buying and selling price.

4. Leverage: Forex Brokers allow traders to trade the market using leverage. Leverage is the ability to trade more money on the market than what is actually in the trader's account. If you were to trade at 50:1 leverage, you could trade $50 on the market for every $1 that was in your account. This means you could control a trade of $50,000 using only $1000 of capital.

5. Profit Potential from Rising and Falling Prices: The forex market has no restrictions for directional trading. This means, if you think a currency pair is going to increase in value; you can buy it, or go long. Similarly, if you think it could decrease in value you can sell it, or go short.

tapete vermelho x passarelas: como as celebridades vestem criações de desfiles!

Adorei essa matéria que o Fashionista fez, mostrando como as celebridades pedem alterações em peças vistas nas passarelas para que elas usem em tapetes vermelhos. Nem todo mundo tem o combo coragem + know how + estilo pra conseguir colocar um look de passarela da cabeça aos pés, nem mesmo celebridades. Dá pra ver que com uma pequena mudança ali, outra aqui, as coisas ficam bem mais "usáveis" e tranquilas para até as mais convencionais.

Mas, olhando bem para as passarelas e para os modelos alterados para as celebridades (e descontando o fato que a maioria das modelos pode ser levada por uma brisa), muitos acabaram perdendo um pouco da sua graça, da sua diferença. Infelizmente a linha entre transformar um vestido de passarela em algo usável é muito tênue, e as mudanças podem acabar por transformar o vestido que era algo "uau" em algo comum, até mesmo feinho.

Eu sou exigente e um pouco mais ousada que a média nas minhas escolhas, então sei que alguns agradarão a vocês mas não a mim. Vejam abaixo:










































Pra mim, as imagens mostram três grupos distintos: os que ficaram melhores que as passarelas, os que deram na mesma e os que ficaram piores. Dentre as que conseguiram melhorar os vestidos eu coloco o segundo vestido de Anne Hathaway (o azul cria um efeito beeem mais bonito que o vermelho), Diane Kruger (o efeito em florezinhas ficou bem melhor que aqueles borrões de tinta no original), Anna Wintour (o vestido ficou muito mais harmonioso, impressionante!) e Hailee Steinfeld (aposto que Miuccia queria ter criado esse pra passarela!).

Já os que não fizeram diferença para mim foram os vestidos de Sandra Bullock, Blake Lively (pra mim esse vestido é horrendo por natureza, um pouco mais de glitter pra "cobrir" Lively não altera sua natureza "Globeleza saindo da cama pra atender a porta correndo"), Liv Tyler, Marion Cottilliard, Nicole Kidman, Tilda Swinton e o primeiro vestido de Anne Hathaway.

E os vestidos que ficaram piorados que a versão das passarelas são os de Amanda Seyfried (as alças não seguram nada e, em contrapartida cortam bruscamente a silhueta), Cameron Diaz (ela poderia muito bem ter usado o vestido direto da passarela, assim parece que faltou algo), Carey Mulligan (esse vestido ficou super sem graça comparado com o original), Freida Pinto (esse vestido é difícil de ficar legal, a pessoa tem que ter atitude, coisa que Freida infelizmente não tem, e a gravata mais fina só acentuou essa inadequação), Kirsten Dunst (o sapato ficou pesado e Kirsten, que adora um modelo na canela, resolveu alongar esse e tirou sua graça), Lea Michele (que só sabe piriguetar qualquer roupa que veste e mete uma fenda enorme), Rose Byrne (acho que com um underdress cor da pele ficaria mais leve e mais bonita a contraposição com a renda) e Uma Thurman (acho que cobrir as fendas no corpete até ficou legal, mas essa fenda na frente não curti).

Emma Stone eu não coloquei em nenhuma categoria porque, bem, é outro vestido né! Só o tecido é o mesmo - então não tem nem o que julgar!

Não sei se vocês concordam comigo mas isso já é um mini-exercício pra vocês irem olhando o que combina, o que não combina, o que pode ser melhorado e o que não precisa ser mexido no que concerne aquelas regrinhas sobre tipos de corpo, etc! Lembram-se da pesquisa? Então. Já já começarei a falar a respeito disso...

Quem discordar absurdamente de mim (ou concordar completamente!), é só gritar nos comentários. Estou à disposição pra tirar dúvidas, inclusive!

Teresa's shocking split: 'Fame destroyed my family!'

Publication: In Touch
Date: 6 June 2011

Every version of Real Housewives produces a breakout star, which invariably means there is one psycho bitch that that makes all the other psycho bitches look sane and reasonable. In Real Housewives of New Jersey this season, it's Teresa Giudice. Here are the headlines.
  • Housewives exclusive interview
  • Husband Joe Fumes, "I'm leaving"
  • Fights over money, booze & jealousy
  • "I'm embarrassed for my kids," she confesses
Embarrassment for her kids? OMG, what kind of weak psycho bitch is she? These women are supposed to be at least as bad as Sarah Palin, but this woman seems to have both some self-awareness and compassion towards others.

Some producer at Real Housewives slipping if this is the worst villain they could find.



Love Bird Alert™ and On The Rocks Alert: Scarlett trapped in Sean's dirty divorce.

Publication: Star Magazine
Date: 6 June 2011

Star writes that Scarlett Johansson is trapped inside Sean Penn's divorce proceedings. In point of fact, the divorce from Robin Wright Penn was finalized last August, so she's really trapped in a nasty post-divorce situation.

I've been so creeped out by this story, I didn't do the math for the Sophisticated French Rule, which says that an older person may date a younger person if the younger party is more than half the elder's age plus seven. Sean Penn is 50 and Scarlett Johansson is 26, so this is a massive fail of the Sophisticated French Rule. To give you an idea of how bad this is, ten years from now when he is 60 and she is 36, she's still too young for him.

Ick.



Least interesting cover story of the week: Win a Paris Hilton inspired wardrobe!

Publication: OK!
Date: 6 June 2011

Yet another cover story without a picture attached shows up this week, this one dealing with some kind of sweepstakes where you can win a Paris Hilton inspired wardrobe. As far as I can recall, this is the first contest on the cover of a gossip rag that is NOT part of the AMI kennel.

For me, it's a blessing to have a story about Paris Hilton where I DON'T have to include a picture. I get little pleasure looking at this skinny, squinty bag of bones.



Trend Menu destaque no Fashiolista!

Olha, não é porque eu quero me gabar não... até porque, oi, não fui eu quem criei a blusa (foram os lindos da Pixie Market, lojinha que amo de paixão no mundo!). Mas minha "descoberta" na Pixie Market me garantiu um destaque na página principal do Fashiolista! Fiquei super feliz ao saber disso; um elogio e tanto saber que o seu bom gosto é tão bom assim pra ser desatque na primeira página... hehehe.


euzinha ali, do lado da blusinha liiiinda da Pixie Market


Se você já tem uma conta no Fashiolista, der uma olhadinha no meu perfil (pra ir diretamente é só clicar na barra ao lado direito do blog com as minhas adições mais recentes) e curtir, agradeço o follow. E não deixe de deixar uma mensagem pra eu saber quem você é e ver o seu também!

Kick a corpse, why don'tcha? Gary Coleman still not laid to rest.

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 6 June 2011

Welcome back to gossip hell, Gary Coleman. Not unlike the story of the remains of James Brown, there is some dispute among his survivors about what to do with Gary Coleman's remains, according to the low rent Examiner.

This helps Gary stay near the top of list of favorite dead people in the tabloids, comfortably ahead of Osama Bin Laden but still trailing Princess Diana, Michael Jackson and Nostradamus.



Photos: LisaRaye Guides Daughter Kai Into the World of Fashion


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LisaRaye shows her daughter, Kai, a little love.


*Actress and business woman LisaRaye is letting loose her maternal instincts by managing her daughter Kai’s budding career on the fashion runway while launching her own clothing line with PZI Jeans®, called The LisaRaye Collection.

In preparation for the launch this summer, LisaRaye came to Los Angeles to select models with curves to wear her signature white jeans – a brand that will fit the contour of women who have hips and small waists, without the dreaded gapping in the rear. The jeans will be available in sizes 4-18 and lengths short to extra long.

“Women need a jean like this because not all of us are a size 2 or a size 4 or a size 6 and we always have that problem in the waist,” said LisaRaye, who fell in love with the PZI brand from the moment she first tried a pair on. “These jeans FIT! I’m putting on my designer hat and I’m really excited about it!”


LissaRaye strikes a pose with her PZI Jeans Models.




Meanwhile, daughter Kai is standing tall as the new face of the latest Apple Bottoms® by Nelly campaign for full-figured women. LisaRaye was by her side during her first photo shoot with celebrity photographer Derek Blanks to provide modeling tips to help her achieve the best shot.

“I’m actually supporting Kai and teaching her at the same time because mommy has been there, done that,” said LisaRaye. “I’m excited that she’s embraced her own curves and who she is. This is not something that I have given her. This is something that she is earning for herself and I’m very proud.”


Kai is a full-figured model for Apple Bottoms




Kai poses during her first photos shoot for Nelly's clothing line, Apple Bottoms.




Kai strikes a pose in Apple Bottoms jeans.




Photo Credit: Derek Blanks (courtesy of TV One / The FrontPage Firm)
LisaRaye: The Real McCoy airs Thursdays at 9 pm on TV One.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Hair today, art tomorrow at fantasy coiffure event

More than 500 combs, thousands of clips and 200 mirrors will all be put to work this weekend to create stunning works of 'hair' art.



Swans, snakes, flower arrangements, boats and ships are just some of the 'fantasy' creations previously designed from the flowing locks of patient models for the Organisation Mondial Coiffure European Championships in hair, beauty, nails and bodypainting.



More than 400 hairdressers from countries including Austria, Croatia, Norway, Russia and the US will fly into Dublin for the two-day competition at the RDS this weekend.



Saundra Fabian, president of the Irish Hairdressers Federation, said they had been campaigning for five years to host the event, which has been staged in Berlin, Las Vegas, Milan and Paris. "People will pick up hair and beauty tips. It is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in making themselves beautiful," Ms Fabian said.



Around 5,000 hair and beauty enthusiasts are expected to attend the event in the RDS, with tickets costing from €20 a day. Many of the trainee and junior competitions will involve cutting and styling mannequins, which come with real hair attatched .



"Some of the senior stylists also work on mannequins as they don't have to bring live models with them. Even though we argue live models don't eat a lot anyway so it wouldn't be that expensive and mannequin heads are expensive to buy," Ms Fabian joked.



The mannequin heads cost around €100 and are manufactured with real hair, mainly in China or Italy. It may take a stylist up to nine months to create a 'fantasy' creation around a particular hairstyle. Ms Fabian said the current trend in hair fashion involved long hair with curly blow-drys.



- Louise Hogan



Read more: http://www.independent.ie/