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NKOTB = GAY

It's been confirmed that NKOTB's Jonathan Knight is gay. A friend of Cupid's confirmed that the two are now dating. Maybe he and Lance Bass should O, O, Oh O O...check out the Right Stuff.

The longtime stylist and "play mother / older sister" of the Olsens seems like she might be having a set of twins herself. The 9 month first time mom is about to blow! Looks like babies are the must have accessory of the season.

Nicole + Joel (Text Me)

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden launched a groundbreaking fundraising tool today that allows people to text the word CHILD to 90999 to make a $5 donation to the Richie Madden Foundation. The money will be used to help build a playground for a shelter in downtown Los Angeles. For more on this, check out MySpace.com or the Foundation's MySpace page.

Doughboys - Not Enough Dough $$$$$$$

As we all know, the Doughboys on 3rd Street (thanks readers for your correction) closed their doors due to rodent infestation. Only a couple short months after the placed was boarded up, they opened a new, flagship location on Highland. AND, if you hadn't heard, the new Doughboys recently shut their doors! Why might you ask...

Some claim rodent infestation others food contamination. Cupid heard from a reliable source at Ammo Cafe that Doughboys attorney fees had gotten $$$$$$$$$ due to a neighbor complaining about the noise. How you like them apples?

Coco CHANEL - TONIGHT (Lifetime, 8pm)

If you missed it last night or forgot to set the TIVO, Lifetime is re-airing Coco CHANEL tonight at 8pm. PS - Did you know Coco started her career as a hat maker? Lifetime is so educational!

NY Times Review

Extract or XXX

We don't know what you think, but we like the new pictures of Ben Afflect from his new comedy, Extract (Miramax, 2009). Love it or Hate it? Let Cupid know.

Haute Is Sizzling Hot! (Ouch, That Hurt)

As reported by the NY Times, Haute Couture is the key driver to incentivize celebrities to attend shows during NY Fashion Week. Thus, consumers see photos of their favorite celebs seated front row at the shows which entices the fashion novice to purchase the "affordable" pieces from the collection or imprint labels of the collection. For example, Marc Jacobs isn't realistic for many, whereas Marc by Marc is more attainable. 

FASHION REVIEW
An Adventure in Detail and Perspective

By CATHY HOYRN
Next year the Calvin Klein company expects to generate $6 billion in retail sales, a small fraction of which — about $40 million — will come from sales of the runway collections designed by its star Francisco Costa. A money-loser, the collections’ real value lie in marketing and the skillful use of advertising and celebrities like the hot-bodied Eva Mendes, who was at Mr. Costa’s show on Thursday, and thus its prestige is wildly inflated.

More and more, expensive ready-to-wear functions like haute couture, as the bait that hooks consumers. Fashion houses get news media exposure for their shows — that’s one purpose of Fashion Week — while the bulk of their clothing sales comes from preseason collections, which reflect the designer’s aesthetic as well as enjoy a longer selling time in stores because they are delivered before runway pieces.

Besides, runway looks are typically ordered in such small qualities that relatively few people will ever see or touch the actual garments, much less own them.

The gap, then, is widening between what you see on the runway and what, in effect, you get, although how much this bothers editors is hard to say. They have their own reasons for attending shows.

But one dress from the fall 2008 collections — Balenciaga’s look No. 2, a sculptural black sheath — illustrates the point. Editors raved about the dress’s modern cut. It appeared in major fashion magazines, and stores like Barneys featured it in their ads.

To see full story, visit the New York Times.

Lohan Gets Politcal - Ranting On Her MySpace Blog

From The Daily News:

Lindsay Lohan has some serious beef with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. And she's taking it to MySpace.
"I really cannot bite my tongue anymore when it comes to Sarah Palin," the "Mean Girls" star wrote on her MySpace page on Sunday. To see the full story, check out MySpace Celebrity.

VMAS - Behind the Scenes

MTV VMAs - Red Carpet Ready!