by Allison Bethurem on March 12, 2010
Every Spring the film elite rub shoulders and pop champagne at fabulous parties and beach soirees, prance around in exquisite up-to-the-minute fashions and oh yeah, watch some movies, all in the south of France. The Festival De Cannes has been the hot European spot for directors, celebrities and socialites to schmooze since 1946.
What was once a tasteful and glamorous film festival at a serene seaside town in France decked with classic films, tuxedos and one-piece bathing suits has turned a bit topsy-turvy over the past few years. The films and celebrities are still there, but with over 10,000 film industry professionals coming from over 97 countries, the festival is now prone to some outrageous moments.
After seeing this post in Movie Moron, I had to re-share some moments they found and some we found! Happy Friday!
Paris likes to keep her man on her tongue leash in public.
Borat’s mankini was the must have for every man that summer!
Multitasking is key at Cannes. However does ‘The King of Cannes’ Jacques d’Azur do it?
Jerry Seinfeld buzzing around to promote Bee Movie. Is this all they could really think of?
What? The poor girl was hot! (note all of the empty champagne glasses by her feet 
)
This group of Belgium bicyclists were swealtering hot too! What a way to get the attention of their favorite celebs!
Finally after all of the partying is done and the wee hours of the morning approach, at least someone’s responsible enough to recycle! France is so green!
by krystyl on January 2, 2010
By: Krystyl Baldwin
The 2009 Tasty Awards are coming to San Francisco January 14. Featuring some of the best culinary and fashion arts of 2009 from television, film and the web.
Realizing that food, drink, fashion and design are all a dominate factor in video and television viewership, they did not have an award for their own achievements until 2008 at the New Media Tastemakers Summit.
The Tasty awards will showcase some of 2009’s best achievements in food, wine, and style programming. Online, televised, mobile or cinema, celebrity or self proclaimed, everyone has an opportunity to win.
Hosted by food and travel television star Zane Lamprey, the show features a star-studded lineup of food and fashion TV celebrities.
Winners of the Tasty will be announced on January 14, 2010 at an exclusive red carpet awards show in San Francisco at the Sundance Kabuki. Select portions of the show will be filmed for a televised broadcast to be aired in February 2010 to millions of households.
For more information, visit http://www.tastyawards.com.
To purchase tickets, visit http://tastyawards-2010.eventbrite.com
by Allison Bethurem on December 18, 2009
We have six days in counting until Christmas. Offices in the Bay Area have 96.5 KOIT on non-stop to hear new and old holiday tunes played on repeat until we start singing Deck the Halls in our sleep. Charlie Brown Christmas aired while National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story are shown on every other channel every other hour of the day. Face it, it’s officially the holiday season – so it’s time to be festive and soak it all in!
Festive you ask? Like music and movies aren’t enough? Well, there is nothing more joyful, nothing more frightfully ‘gay’ and nothing more hard core festive than the one and only holiday sweater. As my gift to you, here is my ode to fantastical holiday fun and cheer – an ode to holiday sweaters.
The ‘Um, is that blinking?’ sweater
The ‘ooh, this is just perfect for my PTA holiday party’ sweater
The ‘Glamour Shot’ sweater
The ‘everyone say CHEESE’ sweater
Now that you’re in the festive mood – I found the perfect place for you to get your hands on one of these oh-so-jolly sweaters!
Happy Holidays everyone!
by Kenneth Yeung on December 18, 2009
To help celebrate the holidays and give back to the community, the Silicon Valley tech community partied the night away during the second annual Silicon Valley Rocks event in San Francisco. Organized by Allison Murdock, this awesome event helps raise money and awareness for Music in Schools Today (MuST) and features some of the best and brightest of Silicon Valley in perhaps a totally new light from what you’d imagine of folks in the tech scene – musicians. With their dual identities in place, these geeks, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, etc shed their work clothes and donned on their band attire to jump on stage to help raise funds to support bringing back and keeping music in schools.
Some of the bands that performed included:
- Farewell Typewriter
- Marrow
- The Tell-Tale Heartbreakers
- The Open Source Band
- The Whitehalls
- Corrine Marcus & The Kindred Spirits
Overall, with the silent auction, ticket sales and the generosity of those in the Silicon Valley, maybe Silicon Valley Rocks did some good and helped raise some much needed money for the children.
Here are some photos of the event:
More photos from the evening can be found on Flickr by clicking here. To support Music in Schools Today (MuST), you can visit their site by clicking here.
by Allison Bethurem on December 4, 2009
How many times have you been out and about while mentally sifting through your closet for that perfect cocktail party outfit later that night? Well, maybe you haven’t, but I have!
I always wish that I could transport myself back home to my jam packed closet to see my options and plan ahead. Well, that’s not going to happen, but I have found an app that will transport your closet to you wherever you are.
My Style Fashion Assistant, is an app that allows you to take photos of all your clothes, shoes, handbags and accessories and upload them into your virtual wardrobe to have on the go. Once everything is uploaded, you can mix and match, plan ahead and create endless outfits with what’s already sitting in your closet but may have gotten lost in the mounds clothes!
The app, $2.99 on iTunes, even lets you schedule your outfits so you know when you wore what which day (tongue twister). I LOVE this for the pure fact that I have a phobia of wearing the same outfit, head to toe, on repeat. And I know I’m not the only one out there!
All in all, it would be difficult and take up too much space to upload my entire closet and two dressers onto my phone, but, I will start with my favorite pieces and go from there to get my wardrobe virtually organized so I can get ready to mingle!
Jerry Seinfeld buzzing around to promote Bee Movie. Is this all they could really think of?
