No sooner had I begun to rejoice that this year’s Oscars competition is one of the tightest and most interesting in years (Laura Linney and Viggo Mortensen. Yeay!), than news came saying Heath Ledger had died–and that overshadowed all. Just wanted to say how saddening it is that instead of seeing the talented, Oscar-nominated actor […]

Hello Pretties! Happy Friday! I hope you all have fun, fabulous plans for this weekend. I’m on my way to Miami this evening for a beauty event on Saturday at the Miami International Mall. And–if you read this week’s blog entry about my little eye-poking incident–because my peepers are still sore, I’ll be boarding the […]

Ow. Ladies, I’m in pain. I’m sitting here at my office desk testing mascaras for our May issue (where we’ll feature the most lash-tastic wands ever!), and I have literally poked my left eye out. Well, okay, not out out, but badly enough that I am still unable to open it after 10 minutes. I’m […]

My love for bags has become a hobby, but my friends refer to it as an obsession. Still, when I told a couple of them about Freddy & Ma handbags (freddyandma.com), their cheeky comments suddenly changed. Freddy & Ma lets you become a “handbag designer,” which is something my friends now brag about among […]

Hello, ladies! It’s been a minute since I’ve spoken with you all. I hope you’re doing beautifully! I’m afraid I’ve caught myself a bit of a cold. And it could be due to the fact that I tend to run around the snow-dusted Manhattan streets in bare legs and dresses. I’m not always in the […]

I like movie awards shows. I like watching stars one-upping each other in gorgeous couture dresses on the red carpet. I like watching the movie clips when the nominees are announced. I even like the dead-people montage. Who are these people always complaining about how they hate bad awards shows? Would they rather watch orange-tan […]

OK, this is totally backward, but I love that the new bond girls—Gemma Arterton Olga Kurlyenko, who will be in the yet-to-be-named “Bond 22″ in November—are both brunette. And so were Eva Green and Carina Murino, of “Casino Royale.” This is probably because new Bond Daniel Craig is blond and the producers have realized that […]

I will now perform a death-defying feat I’ve never tried before: Break into the heads of 86 old-fart foreign journalists and predict their taste in movies of the past year. In other words, welcome to my first ever Golden Globes predictions.
This seems an inauspicious year to begin, being that the only really interesting thing about […]

You’ve heard everyone say it, from your mom’s priest to those CNN insta-experts that pop up after a big tragedy: Watching violent movies makes people go do violent things! Of course, we all know that’s crap, but now comes confirmation. According to a study by a bunch of economists, violent films—contrary to popular belief—actually keep […]

Major embarrassing moment: I was recently at a photo shoot for one of our fabulous beauty stories (which you’ll see in the February issue now on sale!) where a co-worker came up to me and said “Hey, I’ve been wanting to do this all day,” and then proceeded to rub my cheek raw with her […]