Disney star Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie has announced they are expecting a baby.
On Sunday, she writes in her official website, “This weekend, Mike and I are celebrating our one year anniversary! In memory of the special day, we decided to post some of our favorite pictures from our wedding!”.
“I can’t believe it has already been a year. Time really flies when you’re having fun! We also want to share the exciting news that baby makes three! We are extremely happy and ready to start this new chapter of our lives. Thanks to everyone for the continued love and support throughout the years!”
Hillary, 23, married pro hockey player Comrie, 30, on August 14, 2010.
“We both love kids and we’re really excited,” Duff told Us Weekly Wednesday at the Kendra Scott jewelry event in L.A., just days before sharing her pregnancy news with the world. “It was a big deal for us because we had a year to be married.”
In a blink, Hilary Duff catapulted from quirky Lizzie McGuire star to buxom red carpet beauty (what are they feeding those little girls over at Disney?). If you want to copy her look, the goal is to create smoky eyes and polished skin without looking overdone. Here are a few Hilary Duff makeup tricks to get you started. You can try on her makeup in our virtual makeup studio.
To mimic Hilary Duff's bronzed skin, make like a minx and mix equal parts sheer foundation and luminizing liquid bronzer. Apply it with a foundation brush, then sweep powder bronzer on the outer parts of the face (think temples and cheekbones) to avoid a muddy look. Get Hilary Duff's pretty pink cheeks by sweeping on a pale pink blush on the apples of the cheeks. You want to look fresh-faced and alluringly youthful.
To get Hilary-inspired eyes in mere seconds, reach for a fluffy eye shadow brush and dip it in pewter colored eye shadow (pewter is like dove grey with shimmer). Starting at the lashline, apply the color to the lid, working it up into the crease and blending it outward as you go.
Warrant front man Jani Lane was arrested for DUI. According to sources the singer was arrested for running into a parked car in his Sedan. When police arrived on the scene, they essentially gave him a alcohol field test, that he did not pass.
He was released Sunday however there was severe damage to his Sedan. He doesn’t remember hitting a parked car however I bet he will when the owners come forth with a bill or a lawsuit against him.
This isn’t the first time that he has had a run in with the authorities for DUI although he pleaded no contest to those and was released. He was placed on probation for three years. This was in July of 2009. Ironically the officer that arrested him Sunday was the same officer that arrested him in 2009. He probably knew it was coming, because you can’t hit a parked car and expect to get away with it.
There was no injuries to anyone during the accident but the owners of the car he hit that was parked and not moving will most likely sue the rock band star and he will probably try to get out of it saying he can’t remember. And if he was really drunk he may not remember hitting it, unfortunately a police report doesn’t lie.
Before when he got arrested in 2009 and placed on probation it probably didn’t cost him much, this time he is going to have to pay for what he did. Depending on how much damage was caused to the parked car.
Authorities at the scene said that the car that Jani Lane hit suffered an ample amount of damage and whoever owns the car is going to get him for as much as they can. He won’t get off so easy this time.
Although there has been no official cause of death Police say drugs and alcohol were found in the hotel roo, where Warrant singer Jani Lane was found dead yesterday.
Lane, aged 47, was found in a hotel room outside LA in Woodland Hills. He had been battling drugs and alcohol for some time.
Police say the drugs found in the room were prescription.
Lane has served time in jail after a second conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol.
My rating: Book: 4 of 5 stars - Movie: Two Thumbs Up
This particular edition of "The French Connection," the Bantam Books mass market paperback edition, was the 17th printing of the book, published in mid-late 1972. I recently picked up a near-new condition copy for $1.00 at a used book store. Having seen the movie several times previously (I still own a copy on VHS, really gotta upgrade to a DVD copy!), I was glad to finally have a chance to read the book as well. On the front cover of the copy I picked up, above the title of the book, in red lettering are the words "Best Picture Of The Year! Winner of Five Academy Awards!" This refering to the fact that by this point the movie adaptation of "The French Connection" had been released and done very well indeed, winning all kinds of awards and critical acclaim, evenutally going on to become what is considered by many to be one of the finest movies about organized crime and the dope trade ever produced.
The book reads particularly well if you've seen the movie. If you haven't seen the movie, the book would still read well, but might turn off some readers as the plot revolves heavily around the seemingly never-ending descriptions of how the cops tailed their suspects around New York City - up and down north-south streets. Back and forth on the cross-town streets. Up and down and all around the town on streets that will be familiar to people who live in New York or who have spent time there but will have absolutely no meaning to those who do not know the city and these heavily detailed descriptions may seem a bit overdone to those unafmiliar with the streets of Manhattan.
Other than that one small consideration, this book is top notch reading as one would come to expect from the legend of the title...every one's heard of "The French Connection," right? But not everyone has read the book AND/OR seen the movie. I've done both now and can attest to the equal enjoyment of both experiences...great movie, great book...experiencing both at least once each is highly reccomended.
For those of you who could give a rats ass about the book, there's the movie, which does have the added bonus of the inclusion of the stunning visuals of the setting of the story - the New York City of the late 1960's: a much grittier, less sanitized looking place when the movie was filmed on location there in the late 1960's. With the movie, unlike with the book, you don't have to try to visualize what city of that time looked like, and where the story is taking you...it's served up to you in all it's ragged, ravaged glory and all you have to do is sit there, shovelling fistfulls of hot buttery popcorn into your yap, effortlessly watching it appear on the screen...but you still have to try to follow along!
A shorter, more action packed trailer...
The filming of one of the craziest car chase sequences in cinema history!
...and more random scenes from the movie.
...and no, Red Box does not have "The French Connection" available for rental this month. You'll have to find a copy someplace other than McDonalds.
In the 1991 book "The Making of a Cop", author Harvey Rachlin follows the 1988 class of new recruits of the New York City Police Academy through their physically rigorous and mentally challenging training as they work their way up from entry-level rookies right up through the day, several moths later, when they finally their receive their shields (that's cop talk for "badge") and weapons - graduation day as it were - and join the elite ranks of the N.Y.P.D. as full fledged law enforcement officers.
Author Rachlin attended all the classes right along with the '88 NYPD recruits and this is his story of how, with very hard work and self discipline, an average citizen of a certain age group (and other, stringent qualifying characteristics) can become an important member on an specialized force in the never ending battle to keep the streets of New York City safe for citizens of the city and tourists alike.
An enjoyable book to be sure that will probably only take most readers a few day to one week at most to finish up depending on the ammount of free reading time you have available - I read it over the course of about 5 days. My only complaint, and I do understand that it was out of necessity, is that the book does not go in to a bit more detail of the training the recruits received, but there is, I guess, plenty enough here to keep the reader interested throughout the course of the 302 pages.
If you can pick up a used copy for a buck or even two, you can't go wrong...
Following their triumphant 08/14/85 concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City with special guests Loudness, Motley Crue's management threw them an invite-only after-show party. Party goers needed one of these to get in...
Though the magic of Shammi Kapoor was experienced by generations away from the one I grew up in. His songs, and the stylish, light-hearted portrayal of the romantic hero was quite popular during my growing up years too thanks to weekly movies and the chitrahaar sessions on DD.
In the later years, his warm grandfather image in ads like Pan Parag and a few movies was also quite endearing.
May you rest in peace!
Leaving you with some super awesome, unforgettable, evergreen melodies that have been synonymous with the epic that is Shammi Kapoor. And this is going to be one long play list - a good companion for your Sunday...
- Tumse achha kaun hai...
- Badan pe sitaare lapete hue...
- Yeh chaand sa roshan chehera...
- Deewana hua badal...
Baar baar dekho...
- Kahin na kahin...
- Akele akela kahan jaa rahe ho...
- O haseena zulfon waali...
- Deewana mujha sa nahin...
- Tumne mujhe dekha...
- Aaj kal tere mere pyaar ke charche...
- Aaja aaja main hun pyaar tera
- Aasman se aaya farishta...
And I could go on and on...what are your favorite Shammi Kapoor numbers? Some big ones that I'm forgetting?
After spending most of the afternoon walking from uptown Minneapolis to downtown Minneapolis, grabbing some concert tickets for an upcoming show at First Avenue, then walking much of the way back uptown again, we were just about back to our car when we heard some pretty intense musical noises coming from down an alley near Bryant Avenue and 32nd Street in South Minneapolis. We decided it would be wise to investigate.
We turned down the alley and found the yard from where the music was coming from. We had a peek through the bushes encircling the yard, affording it a bit of privacy, to find a group of people gathered, having a great time by the looks of things, enjoying a rather noisy "Grind Core" kind of band who were playing at pretty loud volume on a crudely constructed platform in this otherwise non-descript back yard. We were motioned into the yard by someone who spotted us by the gate, we made our way into the yard and joined the situation, already in progress...we stayed for just long enough to enjoy ourselves a bit and bring you some exclusive footage right here at ThisAintTheSummerOfLove to rock your Saturday night into the history books...
