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Best of the Best: Memorable Outfits in 2014

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Celebrities attend many award shows, opening nights, charity galas and other events where everyone pays attention to fashion, but the Vera Wang, Michael Kors and Hugo Boss numbers can be hard to remember after a while. They might wow crowds on the big night, but being memorable for the right reasons is difficult. Here are a few outfits that still stand out at the end of the year.

Taylor’s Transition to Pop Star

Taylor Swift had no shortage of fabulous outfits to choose from as she made People’s Best Dressed List in 2014, but her outfit at the MTV Video Music Awards was especially memorable because the singer wanted to promote her new album “1989” and emphasize that she was no longer a country singer. Her Mary Katrantzou romper gave off the right impression as it was bold, fun and perfect for the pop star who graced the VMA stage to perform “Shake It Off.”
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Celebrity Death Hoax – Is it Fun?

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When Global Associated News reported that Brad Pitt died in a snowboarding accident in Switzerland and then placed a small disclaimer at the bottom that the headline is merely for entertainment purposes, it is almost as if such a thing is fun to do.  It was placed with the intention to shock and to earn from such a shocker and then invoke its role to provide entertainment to the public at the expense of a named celebrity.  The practice itself doesn’t seem to be a shocker in any way judging from the long list of celebrities targetted by previous celebrity death hoaxes.

There were many other celebrities who have been victimized by similar death hoaxes such as Eddie Murphy, Paul McCartney, and Jeff Goldblum, just to name a few.  Apparently, they are all still alive and kicking up to this day.  But what is it that makes celebrities such fun targets for this kind of hoax?  What else,but their popularity.

Any newspaper will sell like hotcakes when a big name in showbusiness is reported as dead in its front page.  The natural reaction of the public is to find out how it happened, where it happened, and why it happened.  Before they get to the truth that the death news is simply a hoax and has even been admitted as such, they would have already bought the newspaper. 

What is most puzzling about this whole scenario is not that media will find extraordinary news about well-known personalities.  It is how some sectors of media take pride in making use of a strategy to sell their ware using bad news about other people  and faking it.  Is this because a large part of the audience is gullible to whatever piece of information is thrown their way even if they are obviously erroneous?  I’m sure the celebrities who have been cast off as dead for a day don’t enjoy such publicity.

Madame Tussauds “Star” Wax Museum

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Jonny-Depp-and-FansAnyone who has visited one of Madame Tussauds’ museums would know just how amazingly lifelike the exhibits are. And for those who just can’t get enough of their Hollywood stars, Madame Tussauds has something especially for them – the newest museum in its already vast line up.

This time, the museum is dedicated to the stars – the human kind, not the twinkly kind you see up in the night sky. The newest addition to Madame Tussauds’ museum is located right next to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, near the Kodak Theatre. If you follow the Walk of Fame, you will go by the new museum, which opened on the 1st of this month.

There are 115 celebrities immortalized in wax, and guess what? This is no stuffy museum where visitors have to stay behind the red ropes! Those who go inside Madame Tussauds can literally rub shoulders with the wax figures.

To add to the whole experience, the stars do not come as stand alone figures. Some of them actually have props, which they are most known for. Tom Hanks, for example, sits on a bench as Forrest Gump did. You can even put on some the available habits around Whoopi Goldberg’s figure to join her in Sister Act. Needless to say, the possibilities for fun are endless in this museum.

Tickets are sold online and at the door. Online, you can buy Priority Access or Flexi Tickets, both for a 10 percent discount. What are you waiting for? It’s the perfect trip to end the summer.

Talk Freely with Calling Cards

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Getting the most out of your phone calls is very easy nowadays, thanks to the business of calling card companies – a good calling card can easily solve all your problems related to the monthly phone bills, as well as the additional issues that commonly arise in trying to stay connected all the time when living an active social life.

Free calling is one of the factors that are considered most attractive about calling cards – and it’s certainly easy to understand why. When you’ve got a little piece of plastic that lets you place phone calls completely free of charge, you can get many benefits from its proper use, and make your life easier as a whole. There are some things to keep in mind when looking for a calling card though – as certainly free calling isn’t all there is to these deals.

Make sure the card comes with proper customer service – you’ll probably have to make use of it at some point, and the quality of some companies in this regard is just abysmal. Protect yourself from this common pitfall so that you can get assistance when you truly need it – get yourself a card from a renowned company who’ll serve you well. Also, think about the recharging scheme – it should be a good and convenient one, not one that’ll have you running around town like crazy to make the payment before your card has expired. It doesn’t take much to make the right choice, but you have to be patient.

Ecco: Hollywood’s First Eco-Friendly Lounge

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Just because Hollywood is where some of the richest people on earth live, it does not mean that the community does not have a sense of social and environmental responsibility. Indeed, some of the most socially aware people are big figures in Hollywood. As another testament to how this part of the world is contributing to the effort to save Mother Earth, the first eco-friendly lounge is set to open in November of this year in Hollywood.

Dubbed Ecco, the lounge is located in the Cahuenga Corridor and is set to lay down the standards for an environmentally friendly night out. Ecco used to be the Tokio Hollywood, which was renovated and transformed into something which, many would say, is better.

So what makes Ecco different from the plethora of night clubs and lounges in Hollywood? Here are some of its features:

— Multi-colored state-of-the-art LED lighting, exclusively designed and installed by Disco Designer and Cosmos Lighting.
— Neutralized carbon emissions through LivClean.
— Green energy supplied by L.A. Department of Water & Power’s Green Power resources.
— Certified organic cuisine and beverages without fertilizers, pesticides, hormones or antibiotics.
— Energy efficient insulation, saving 20% more energy than standard insulation.
— Eco-friendly bathrooms with flushless toilets, Dyson “Airblade” hand dryers, and organic cleansers and hand soaps.
— Free valet service for hybrid vehicles.
— Paperless event ticketing, table and bottle reservations provided by UpCode Solutions USA/Mobile Access & Interaction technology (MAI)(TM).
— Custom audio provided by Turbosound, winners of the Best Club Awards

LED lighting, flushless toilets, organic food – you can’t get any “eco-friendlier” than that can you?