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There is a rich tradition of people who make large amounts of money within professions where emotions play a significant part in their success (like sports, music and acting) making highly emotional decisions about what to do with that money after they’ve flaunted it for awhile. Sooner or later, we all have to become some kind of investors, after all. But Las Vegas is a very special place, in that avarice and grandiosity are the rule, instead of the exception. And when celebrities try their hands at owning restaurants, something of their personal brand always comes through. Let’s look at a few examples of what a celebrity place looks like.

“Lagasse’s Bar, Book and Bam!” is a restaurant and sports bar owned by Emeril Lagasse (which is kind of obvious, judging by the name). While you won’t find Emeril in the kitchen, you will find extremely comfortable couches (which he had nothing to do with) and flat screen TVs showing sports (even though I doubt Emeril has done any running lately). And on their site, they advertise that they’ve got an impressive selection of beer, which leads me to wonder where Emeril comes in, aside from his name.

Wolfgang Puck also lends his name to something – fortunately, it’s a bit less “generic high end pub” and a little more “limousine liberal eatery.” Wolfgang’s Springs Café endeavors to keep it American, with American eats made from regionally produced ingredients. And the fact that it’s all organic does a lot to pad the price; I mean, build the quality of the offerings.

And, of course, celebrities in Sin City don’t “manage” their own places. They hire people to handle the books, maintain the staffing and generally handle all the “little people stuff.” To say nothing of the fact that Las Vegas property management companies line up around the block to offer to “take care” of their buildings.

Most celebrities have pets and those pets seem to be just as famous as their owners, they are carried around wherever their owner may roam, and you will find them on the covers of countless magazines.

For ages celebrities and people of power have had some kind of pet that they loved dearly and that pet got a lot of attention because of who their owners were. Throughout the years, this transfer of status from owner to pet has remained, even until this day, and it is not uncommon to find that certain pets are just as famous as their owners are.

Possibly, one of the most famous celebrity pets would be Tinkerbell, who belongs to none other than Paris Hilton. Paris enjoys dressing Tinkerbell in all sorts of pink outfits, and it seems that Tinkerbell is Paris’s perfect accessory. Other celebrities who have famous pets are Oprah Winfrey - she had two dogs named Sophie and Solomon, but sadly Sophie recently passed away, and George Clooney, who had a pig named Max.

Celebrities have many different types of pets, but no matter what they are, their owners pull out all the stops to have them cared for properly and maybe sometimes even overdo it a bit with the things that they do for their pets, from custom built dog houses to couture outfits designed by top designers.

Celebrity pets are sent to the best groomers and have the best treatment from special shampoo treatments to animal massages. Even though celebrities may not want to admit that their pampered star pets get fleas and ticks you can be assured they have them taken care of professionally, and of course using some of the best pet care brands around, well known brands such as Frontline Plus, which can be used on both cats and dogs.

People who smoke cigarettes will tell you that they can’t go through their workday without stopping for “smoke breaks.” People who don’t smoke cigarettes will tell you that they don’t think it’s fair.

Smoking starts off as a fad, develops into a habit, and ends up as an addiction. Smoking does not have any positive side. Smoking only kills. A few years back, governments woke up to the dangers of smoking and directed massive campaigns via print-ads and TV commercials, to educate people. As part of these campaigns, cigarette companies were asked to put pictures and/or ‘statutory warning’ to remind smokers of the dangers of smoking. To some extent, people would pay heed to these measures. However, a majority of smokers turned a blind eye to the health-risks associated with smoking.

The online world has brought us so many possibilities in recent years that even the people who invented the Internet would be amazed. Now, instead of spending countless days, weeks or months tracking down posters of your favorite silver screen moments and spending an equivalent amount of money on it, you can print your posters online.

At one time posters were items that you could only lay your hands on buy going to the store, browsing through thousands of them and selecting the ones you wanted. The problem with this is that you would be forced to choose something that the store had and often these images would not be the ideal images you had in mind. Many people who have experienced this first hand have also thought that it would be so much better if they could just choose their own images, take it along to the store and have it made into a poster for them. Well, now this is possible.

Heidi Montag, The Hills star, has recently undergone a 10 hour plastic surgery to enhance her looks. This is a dramatic transformation- going under the knife for 10 surgeries- in just one day. She went through an extensive surgical procedure including buttock augmentation, bigger breast implants, a mini brow lift, and a nose job revision.
Montag admits her obsession, and says that it is necessary for a star to look attractive, and it is very important for her career as a pop star. She said that looks sell in the industry, and sex appeal is the basic thing that sells for pop stars.

With this news, people are found asking, “Is this safe?” How safe is it to undergo a complete 10-hour cosmetic surgery procedure? There are generally no deaths involved in the cosmetic surgery procedures, and the studies of ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons) estimate that there are chances of 1 death in about 57,000 surgeries.
Though it is a less-risk procedure, yet it is not completely risk-free. The mortality ratio is very less, but deaths do occur in cosmetic surgeries too.

Apart from deaths, there are high chances of infection, especially in extensive procedures. Some medical problems might arise, like excessive blood loss, unfavorable reaction to implanted or injected material, or wrong use of anesthesia.

Some Los Angeles plastic surgery doctors advise taking precautions while going for this kind of surgery, as they say that these surgeries might not improve your looks in the way that you want. There are many cases of cosmetic surgeries gone wrong, where the person ends up looking worse than what he began with. There are also some people who are allergic to some medicines given during the surgical procedure. In case you are looking forward to getting a cosmetic surgery, it’s better that you consult a good doctor first.

Why is it that despite as much as the makers want to shove him down my throat, it is still the image of Pierce Brosnan that comes to my mind, the moment you think of Bond. Maybe it is just the mind that still refuses to erase the memory that has been clogged up in some part of my puny little skull due to years of seeing the Irishman. But the fact remains, that Daniel Craig is ‘Bond... James Bond’ (Now was I dying to get that out of my system, or what?)

Nicole Kidman’s forthcoming flick ‘The Golden Compass’ has made the Christian groups furious out of the fear that the movie would promote atheism in children. The Christian critics of the movie concede that the film itself is harmless but since it is based on a book that celebrates the virtues of atheism, it would inspire the children to read the book and other such books. And that would have a bad influence on them.

Cate Blanchett, the plump actress known for her cute, curvy figure shocked her fans and audience when she appeared in a thin and almost skeletal figure to promote Shekhar Kapur’s ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age in Rome’, in which she herself plays the part of Elizabeth at a charity gala in May

appears to have waved her scrawny appearance goodbye as she stepped out to promote Shekhar Kapur’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age in Rome. The star shocked many when she showed off her skeletal frame at a charity gala in May. Talking about her character, Cate said ‘If Botox had been available then, Elizabeth would have been first in line. Her beauty regime was like an actress’.

Source: TOI

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Universal pictures released the first set of pictures for its upcoming movie- Wanted. Wanted is due to be released in early soon. Wanted is based on a graphic comics series by the same name. The comic series was written by Mark Millar and the graphics were by JG Jones. The comic series is about a protagonist who discovers that he is destined to be a super villain in a world that has been taken over by villains.

The People magazine renetly reported that American actress Jessica Simpson’s movie ‘Blonde Ambition’ is going to be released in the theatres at Texas on 21st December, 2007. Initially it was pressumed that only the DVD version of the movie will be launched starightaway in January next year. The production company in charge of the release of this so-called porn movie said,

It is being released in this crowded marketplace in eight theaters in Texas The reason we chose Texas is the two stars are from Texas: Jessica Simpson and Luke Wilson. As an independent studio, we, as a rule, don’t have major wide releases. It’s a very common release practice for independent studios.

The production house is immensely excited about the outcome of this movie and has promised not to disappoint Jessica fans across the world. ‘Blonde Amition’ is jokingly considered as a cinematic masterpiece in the actress’s film career. To add to the ridicule, subsequent to this report, people are mockingly speculating about Jessica’s Oscar nomination next year.
The same production company has completed another film with the American pop/country singer/actor, Jessica, which is named ‘Major Movie Star’ and is slated for release in 2008.
There is a general discontent among the people of Texas, as they are reluctant to sacrifice an additional screening of the movie ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ for this Jessica film. They unanimously opine that this film should be screened only for the perverted minds in pornographic theatres.

Source: dlisted