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Texas-born designer Emily Jane showed on the first day of San Francisco Fashion Week and she instantly caught my eye with her fem/mas designs. What was interesting about her collection is that despite the masculine details (tuxedo-inspired blouses and bow ties), it retained an air of girliness and elegance. Some taffeta dresses were bridesmaid-y, but on the flip side, belted silk frocks could Read more
The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) are gathered in New York for their annual week-long conference. Last night, ceremony emcee (and Cooking Channel's Food(ography) host) Mo Rocca announced which finalists took home the top nod of best cookbooks of 2012. Among the winners: Nathan Myhrvold's standout Modernist Cuisine, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik's essay on eating, The Read more
The West Wing lovers, rejoice — Aaron Sorkin is coming back to TV with another politically charged drama, but this time he's focusing on the lives of those who cover politics. In the first trailer for the HBO series The Newsroom, we meet Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels), a TV journalist who's known for being vanilla ("the Jay Leno of news anchors," as a detractor says). When he breaks his neutral Read more
What does he really mean in his online dating profile? — YourTango Girl talk: My husband and I have separate bank accounts — TheFrisky Thoughts on Justin Bieber's new single "Boyfriend" — CollegeCandy Absurd anti-feminist attacks on Hillary Clinton — The Jane Dough Questions for a non-monogamous couple — The Hairpin Bravo's gay Iranian star — The Daily Beast Reasons not to use a Read more
Angelina Jolie shopped in LA this afternoon with her youngest children, Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt. Also along for the retail outing to Auntie Barbara's Kids Boutique was Brad's mother, Jane Pitt. Angelina spent the day with family after hitting the red carpet at yesterday's Oscars. In Atelier Versace, Angelina Jolie turned more than a few heads thanks to a serious slit in the black velvet Read more
Thousands of cookbooks were published in the last year, but which ones are really worth buying? The International Association of Culinary Professionals, or IACP, tackled the question as it announced its cookbook award finalists for 2012 today. Among them: plenty of cookbooks from top restaurant chefs, like Jean-Georges Vongerichten, John Besh, and Andrew Carmellini, as well as new books from Read more
While the Edwardian era is all the rage at the moment, due to Downton Abbey, the 19th century was pretty fascinating as well, thanks in part to its fantastic literature. The Victorian era produced an amazing number of fantastic romance and horror novels, and one family that contributed greatly to the literature of the time was the Brontes. Sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne produced an impressive Read more
The People's Choice Awards are tonight, so now's your chance to get a good look at who's up for the trophies. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is dominating the movie categories, especially since there was no Twilight film eligible for this year's awards (though Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson still earned nods because they appeared in other movies). Vampires are still big at the Read more
Well, folks, we're finally getting into the heavy hitters of award season, as the 2012 Golden Globe nominees were announced this morning. As expected, award season darlings The Artist and The Descendants led the way with five nods apiece, but there are plenty of surprises here, too. George Clooney is going to have a big night, as his The Ides of March scored four nods, including one for him as a Read more
8:00 Dancing With the Stars (new) 10:00 Castle (new) 12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (new, with guest Jane Lynch) 8:00 How I Met Your Mother (new) 8:30 2 Broke Girls (new) 9:00 Two and a Half Men (new) 9:30 Mike & Molly (new) 10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (new) 11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with guest Sting) 12:37 The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guest Lily Tomlin) 8:00 Read more
