Serve Yourself Some New Shoes

Monday, August 31, 2009

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Step out of your tennies. Maria Sharapova takes her skills from the courts to the pavement with a new line for Cole Haan. Her grand slam debut includes flats, boots, and heels crafted with Nike Air technology, as well as leather handbags, accessories, and apparel.

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End your Summer with a getaway. Virgin America has introduced low-flying fares on West Coast trips and cross-country routes. Book by Sept. 8 and pay only $49 to $109 each way on flights through February. Check here for blackout dates and jet on your way!


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It's all Greek to me. Relive your university years when Greek returns for its third season tonight. The fictional fraternity fun kicks off on ABC Family at 9 p.m. EDT. Then, Weeds harvests its fifth season with a finale at 10 p.m. EDT on Showtime.

Festivals Take Center Stage

Friday, August 28, 2009

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Finally, a festival for the rest of us. If you weren't movin' and groovin' in 1969, you can still rock out when Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock takes theaters today. Comedian Demetri Martin leads the show, while Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, and Eugene Levy round out the supporting lineup in this nostalgic dramedy.

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Think outside the 'stock. San Francisco's newest music festival, Outside Lands, kicks off today featuring headliners Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Tenacious D, Black Eyed Peas, M.I.A., and dozens of other acts. Can't make it to the Bay? Point your browser to YouTube to catch a live broadcast of the three-day festival.


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Save the last film. To help The Impossible Project on its mission to revive instant film photography, Urban Outfitters is selling the last remaining deadstock of Polaroid film and cameras today. Find your nearest store selling the exclusives and get there fast: supplies are scarce! If fashion is your fix, shop jewelry designer Anna Sheffield's limited time collection for Target in stores and online today.

Dress With the Head of the Class

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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Let an icon pick out your clothes. Kate Moss's new Autumn/Winter Collection for Topshop launches today online and in stores on Monday. The dresses, tops, blazers, and jumpsuits capture the edgy essence of the famed fashionista.

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Go Mac to school. Apple is giving away a free iPod Touch with the purchase of a Mac computer, laptop or desktop. The back-to-school deal, available to teachers and students, is good until Sept. 8.


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Ease into Fall with a Summer bargain. Shop Lord and Taylor's Big Sale, where you can save 15 percent on regular and sale items or 25 percent off of clearance items when you enter the code BIG at checkout.

Show Your True Colors

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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Shop the ace of Spade. Now through Aug. 28 at the Kate Spade Sample Sale, you can snag handbags, shoes, accessories, clothing, jewelry, and more at up to 75 percent off. Talk about having a card up your sleeve.

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Color yourself charitable. Fresh off the presses from t-shirt collective the Yellow Bird Project, which benefits causes like Art for Change and the World Wildlife Fund, comes a coloring book for big kids. The Indie Rock Coloring Book features illustrations inspired by bands like Broken Social Scene, Bon Iver, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, with a foreword by Rilo Kiley. Who says crayons are just for kids?


Primp

Milk it. Beauty company Tokyomilk unveils its first line of lipsticks, with a red hot twist. Each Kiss Me Kit comes with a shimmery shade of lipstick made with emollients like avocado and jojoba oil, as well as a pocket-sized box of Kiss Me Quick Hot Mints to get your mouth ready for action. Sorry, boyfriend not included.

Adventures in Entertainment

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

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Take a wild ride. Pick up coming of age roller coaster Adventureland, starring Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg, when it drops on DVD and Blu-ray today. Or jump in the van of another adorable pair when Sunshine Cleaning, with Emily Blunt and Amy Adams as crime-scene cleaning sisters, also hits homes.

Sing Along

Refresh your playlist with cool tunes. Arctic Monkeys' third album, Humbug, produced by hard-rocking Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, debuts today. For tracks with a woman's touch, cue up Colbie Caillat's Breakthrough or Imogen Heap's Ellipse.


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Peek into the life of an icon. Read The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, a new biography that exposes unpublished notes and interviews from the actress's life, as well as revelations about her closest relationships. If your hot Summer needs a chill, reach for Dan Chaon's dark thriller Await Your Reply.

Fashion From Head to Zoe

Monday, August 24, 2009

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Say hello to Zoe. Follow Hollywood's best-known stylist from store opening to red carpet fitting when The Rachel Zoe Project premieres its second season at 10 p.m. EDT tonight on Bravo. If you prefer physician's assistants to hotheaded ones, check yourself into Showtime at 10:30 p.m. for the first season finale of Nurse Jackie.

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Christian Siriano wears many hats. Morphing from Project Runway star to Renaissance man, he makes his debut in the beauty world with an exclusive cosmetics collection for Victoria's Secret. Stock up on his fashionable facial essentials and get your makeup bag ready for Fall!


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Freshen up your Summer wardrobe. End the season with savings when you shop Tory Burch's Shoe and Handbag Sale. Everything from evening clutches and everyday totes to versatile thongs and peep-toe pumps has been reduced up to 40 percent off. Plus, cash in on free shipping when you spend $150 or more.

Glory to the Discounting

Friday, August 21, 2009

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Become an ally of Quentin Tarantino's latest tour de force. Inglourious Basterds, a western-style WWII film, seizes theaters today, armed with a winning cast, including Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, and BJ Novak. For a less brutal battle, see how a jobless girl, played by cutie Alexis Bledel, gets through life after college in the lighthearted comedy Post Grad.

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Come clean. Kissing your lipcolor goodbye just got a whole lot easier with Maybelline's new Superaway. The lipcolor remover, available at a drugstore near you, will leave your pucker soft, conditioned, and rouge-free.


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Sweeten the pot. To send Summer out with a bang (for your buck), Pottery Barn has reduced items ranging from home accessories to furniture up to 75 percent off. Now you've got no excuse not to kick that college papasan chair to the curb.

Sew Up a Stylish Agenda

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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Gear up for project TV. Tonight, Project Runway returns for its long-awaited season six premiere at 10 p.m. EDT on Lifetime, and it's not catwalking alone. At 8, whet your couture whistle with the two-hour Project Runway All-Star Challenge, a special rematch featuring eight of the show's most famous contestants. Stay tuned for sister series Models of the Runway, following the lives of the strutting muses, at 11.

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Put fierce on your feet. Project Runway's season four winner brings you affordable ferocity with Christian Siriano for Payless, in stores and online now for a limited time. The heeled boots and platforms are tough but look luxe, and nothing is more than $50.

 


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Exhibit the art of beauty. MAC Make-Up Art Cosmetics, the brand's collaboration with esteemed artists Marilyn Minter, Richard Phillips, and Maira Kalman, debuts today. The work of each virtuoso influences the richly pigmented hues in the collection of eye, lip, and blush colors.

Savor Sin City on the Cheap

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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The dice are loaded. Watch what happens in Vegas to 17 new contestants when season six of Top Chef premieres tonight at 9 p.m. EDT on Bravo. At 10 p.m., stay put to see which of three world-renowned chefs takes the cake in the season finale of Top Chef Masters. For a totally different home-ec lesson, go behind the scenes of the life of Nadya Suleman in the two-hour Fox special Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage at 8 p.m. EDT.

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Over the hill never looked so good. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its best-selling lip balm, Kiehl's has created a limited-edition set of six flavors of Lip Balm #1 for the price of four, including original, mango, vanilla, coconut, mint, and cranberry. This calls for a birthday kiss.


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Keep a secret. Now through Sept. 3, fill your lingerie drawers for less at Victoria's Secret. Just enter the code SAVE09 at checkout and you'll save $15 off orders of $100, $30 off $150, $75 off $250, and $150 off $500. Shop now and get your undies under wraps.

Give Your TV a Workout

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Tune In

Put some Type A in your TiVo. High-strung home flipper Jeff Lewis and his staff return to Bravo tonight for the season three premiere of realty reality show Flipping Out at 10 p.m. EDT. Or if you'd rather a dose of estrogen, click over to WE for all-new episodes of documentary series The Secret of Lives of Women, also at 10 p.m.

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Catch up with some killer shows. Today is your chance to get in on buzzworthy TV dramas Gossip Girl and Dexter when their second and third seasons, respectively, release on DVD and Blu-ray.


Study

Find a diet you can stomach. The Flat Belly Diet Cookbook, from the folks who brought you the original tummy toning guide, bows today with recipes for meals and snacks that will help you look and feel healthy.

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