Young Lego fans who also like stickers will enjoy this Lego minifigure sticker book from DK Publishing. The Ultimate Sticker Collection: Lego Minifigure contains over a 1,000 resusable stickers of Lego minifigs. Over thirty years of Lego minifigures are represented in the sticker collection. With so many minifigs in the sticker book, there are bound to be some minifigs that even diehard Lego fans have never seen.
Disney Mobile plans to launch a line of diamond encrusted cellphones. Disney's diamond mobile phone DM005SH will contain a 8-megapixel camera and a 3.4-inch screen. The body of the mobile phone contains 22 pieces of diamonds of different sizes, some of which are arranged to represent the Disney logo. The phone will be available in three colors: red, dark blue and white. The phones
navigation keys consist of three radio buttons shaped as Mickey Mouse's head. Pricing information and a release date for the blingy Disney phones have not been announced.
All of Gap Inc.'s website, including Gap.com and OldNavy.com, where down for about three and half hours on Wednesday reportsInternet Retailer. The websites showed a variety of errror messages during the late afternoon outage.
Reasons for the crash were unclear. "At first the site started responding with the HTTP error code 500, which means 'internal server error,'" says Peter Alguacil, an analyst with web monitoring firm Pingdom. "Then a bit later it switched to responding with HTTP error code 503, which means 'service unavailable.' This indicates their problem wasn't related to their Internet connection, but rather that they had internal server issues on their end."
3 hours is a long time for a major online retailer to be down. It doesn't appear to have been the result of heavy traffic from any promotion Gap Inc. was running.
ITNreports that Rihanna spends about half a million pounds - about $760,000 $U.S. - on looking good. This includes clothing, hair, makeup, a personal trainer and a personal chef. The money Rihanna spends includes $1,500 per day for her personal trainer and about $750 for her personal chef. A year ago we learned that singer Lily Allen spent $143,000 on clothes and jewelry in 2008. We would like to know what Lady Gaga spends. Take a look:
Apple has decided to stop selling protective screens for its iPods, iPhones and other products at apple.com and in its retail stores. iLounge reports that the ban will "impact all forms of screen film, including completely clear film, anti-glare film, and mirrored film, regardless of whether the purpose of the film is protective, decorative, or both." The ban also includes cases containing screens.
Apple has not explained why it has decided to stop carrying screens.
The City star Olivia Palermo is launching a jewelry line with Roberta Freymann. The collection will be called the Roberta Freymann by Olivia Palermo Collection. WWDreports that the inspiration for the collection is Olivia's favorite cities. The collection will launch this spring at Roberta Freymann boutiques and select retailers. Prices for the pieces will range from $175 to $300.
Pamela Anderson told Ellen DeGeneres that she joined Dancing With the Stars because she had never taken a dance lesson in her life and she wanted to learn how. Ellen DeGeneres decided to help out Pamela Anderson. She created some special pasties for Pamela in case she has a wardrobe malfunction on the show. Take a look:
Forty of the Philippine's designers have created Barbie dolls for a special Ballet Barbie auction. These dolls are being auctioned for the benefit of Ballet Philippines' scholars. The Barbies above were designed by James Reyes. His inspiration was the black swan Odile in Swan Lake. The Barbies below were inspired by the four elements and designed by Rajo Laurel. You can see all of the designer Barbie dolls here.
Chanel has created skis for the fashionable skier. Chanel says the skis are from its Fall-Winter 2010/11 collection. They are Swiss hand-crafted skis, in compressed cherrywood with azure staining. Chanel has other winter sports items here include ski goggles and snowboards.
Chanel has been getting sporty lately. Chanel also designed basketballs, soccer balls and tennis rackets.
The New York Timesreports that Karl Lagerfeld will be collaborating with Tod's Diego Della Valle for a collection for Tod's Hogan brand.
Mr. Lagerfeld, 76, described Hogan as a "contemporary brand" and said in a statement that he liked "the idea of collaborating" with Diego Della Valle, the founder, president and chief executive of Tod's.
Mr. Della Valle is looking to globalize the reach of Hogan, founded in 1988. It has been developed by his son Emanuele as a creative and inventive provider of technosport and urban footwear and leather goods.
Not much is known about the future collection other than that it will include clothing, shoes and accessories and will debut in spring 2011. It will likely be a one-time only collaboration.
HTC Corporation announced today that it disagrees with the patent lawsuit Apple recently filed against it. HTC also released the above image of a T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition by HTC. HTC says this was the first 3.5-inch color touch screen smartphone in the United States in 2002.
"HTC disagrees with Apple's actions and will fully defend itself. HTC strongly advocates intellectual property protection and will continue to respect other innovators and their technologies as we have always done, but we will continue to embrace competition through our own innovation as a healthy way for consumers to get the best mobile experience possible," said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. "From day one, HTC has focused on creating cutting-edge innovations that deliver unique value for people looking for a smartphone. In 1999 we started designing the XDA(i) and T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition(ii), our first touch-screen smartphones, and they both shipped in 2002 with more than 50 additional HTC smartphone models shipping since then."
Reality TV Worldreports that Marcel Vigneron is going to star in a new reality tv show on the Syfy channel called Marcel's Quantum Kitchen. Marcel Vigneron is a molecular gastronomist. He was the runner-up on season two of Top Chef. On the reality show, Marcel will have to create themed cuisine for a variety of clients.
Each Marcel's Quantum Kitchen episode will follow the molecular gastronomist and his new catering and event company as they concoct a theme and cuisine at the request of different clientele. Events Vigneron will plan include a fairytale graduation party, a Goth-rock fashion show, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new subway line.
Intuitive Entertainment is producing Marcel's Quantum Kitchen for Syfy. Syfy was previously known as the Sci Fi Channel. The network rebranded itself so it could broaden its scope to include fantasy, paranormal, reality, mystery, action and adventure, as well as science fiction. And -- apparently -- cooking shows, as well.
Now here's a beauty secret you really should not try at home. Jersey Shore's Snooki has a really awful secret: she goes for days at a time without washing her face. In fact for a recent TV appearance the makeup artist revealed she was wearing five days worth of old makeup. MSNBC reports on this breaking skincare tragedy.
"She was bragging that it had been five days since she's washed her face," said one makeup artist who recently prepared her ready for a television appearance. "She said she was too tired to wash her face. I had to scrub to get down to her skin. When I apologized and said it would be worth it because she'd look great, she responded with, 'I always look great anyway.'"
When it was time to move over to the hair department, Snooki had no poof demands. Rather, she wanted to look like another reality star. According to the hairdresser, "Snooki just looked at me and said, 'Kim Kardash me.' She's no Kim Kardashian."
But wait, there's more. The shell shocked makeup artist also shared Snooki's final ritual before going on TV: she leans in to the mirror and says,
"I'm hot. Yeah, I'm hot."
We're not really sure where to start with this, but first off the idea of not washing one's face for five days is just horrifying. We can't even imagine what her pores were looking like in hi-def. As for the "Kim Kardash me," that is just hilarious. We've been saying it all day. Well that and "Yeah, I'm hot" every time we walk past a mirror.
Amazon.com has announced Kindle for Mac, a free Mac version of its Kindle software that lets Kindle users read Kindle books on their Mac computers. Kindle books can now be read on the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC and Mac. Amazon.com also said in its press release that readers will also be able to soon read Kindle books on Apple's upcoming iPad. Amazon.com must be expecting Apple to allow a Kindle for iPad app.
Here are some of the features of Kindle for Mac:
Purchase, download, and read hundreds of thousands of books available in the Kindle Store
Access their library of previously purchased Kindle books stored on Amazon's servers for free
Choose from 10 different font sizes and adjust words per line
Add and automatically synchronize bookmarks and last page read
View notes and highlights marked on Kindle, Kindle DX, and Kindle for iPhone
Read books in full color including children's books, cookbooks, travel books and textbooks
E! chatted with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning at the premiere for The Runaways. Kristen wore wearing a Pucci strapless minidress, with her hair in an updo and fuchsia lipstick. She looked fantastic. Kristen says she always has to have several wardrobe options before an event and she goes with what she feels. Kristen has had a difficult time with all the photoshoots, but she's getting more used to it, she says. She says she chose the Pucci dress because it's "funner," then laughed and quickly corrected herself to say it's "more fun." Oh relax, Kristen, we knew what you meant. She then had to give her very low-cut dress a good yank to make sure she didn't have a wardrobe malfunction. Take a look:
Bang & Olufsen have announced the launch of its slimmest flat screen TV, the BeoVision 10. The BeoVision 10's design is a black glass square framed by a polished aluminium frame. On the back, a concealed wall bracket lets you swing out the screen at an angle up to 45 degrees. Bang & Olufsen says its BeoVision 10 has great quality sound despite the slim design. The flat screen tv has a two-way stereo loudspeaker system with a center bass, located below the screen covered by a fabric front. The BeoVision 10 offers a digital surround sound module as standard. The connection panel allows you to add up to five extra speakers for a full surround sound setup.
BeoVision 10 will be available in all North American showroom locations by summer 2010. The front grill cover will be available in black, white, silver, dark grey, blue, and orange. MSRP for the television screen starts at $6248.
Lunchwalla has launched its beta website and service for the social planning of breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks. The idea behind Lunchwalla is to make lunch planning easier. It aims to eliminate the calls, texts and drafted emails that go into the effort to coordinate places and times for a lunch meeting among friends or coworkers. Lunchwalla lets users pick an invite list while Lunchwalla provides reviews, menus, gathers votes and helps you make reservations. Lunchwalla also sends you reminders of scheduled plans.
Graco has recalled 1.2 million of its Harmony high chairs. The screws holding the front legs of the high chair can loosen and fall out. The plastic bracket on the rear legs can also crack. Both of these incidents can cause the high chair to become unstable and tip over unexpectedly. The CPSC says there have been 24 reports of injuries including bumps and bruises to the head from children falling out of the high chairs. Graco also has recall information here on its website.
The Celebrity Cruise's Mercury has been hit with the norovirus again. This is third consecutive outbreak on the Mercury cruise ship. At least 400 people are sick on the latest cruise. It also comes after a four day No-Sail Recommendation was issued by the CDC. USA Todayreports that 20% of the passengers are sick on this trip. The voyage is being cut short by two days so the Mercury can stop for an "extensive top-to-bottom cleaning and sanitizing of the ship that will stretch over three nights and four days."
They just can't seem to get the norovirus off this cruise vessel. Take a look:
E! has some great rehearsal footage from Dancing With the Stars and we're so excited because Shannen Doherty looks just fantastic. She said she's not a dancer, she was more into sports over the years, but she looks like a natural in this brief clip. We also see Evan Lysacek wearing a ridiculous hat, but learning his moves and Niecy Nash taking it a bit slow for Louis Amstel's taste (he looked stressed to us). NFL star Chad Ochocinco looks like he has the moves, but he's driving Cheryl Burke crazy telling her he loves her repeatedly. But he also told the camera crew (or perhaps the audience) that he loves them too, so clearly he's feeling the dancing love. Cheryl notes "See what I have to put up with??" Take a look: