Potter No Box Office Prisoner: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban made $93.7 million opening weekend, according to final studio figures released Monday.
Must Have Fashion Accessory: Insiders are predicting “The Capelet” as a must have for fashionistas. It’s just what it sounds like, a little shawl/cover-up, but very stylish. Made of 100% Mohair, the capelets come in black, cream, chocolate, scarlet, tan, denim, turquoise, bubblegum, celery, blush, which assorted pins as accents. Cree by Chrissy Azzaro of My-Tee. Retail $76 to 94.
Anna Sui Goes Under: Anna Sui’s joined forces with underglam for a new line of lingerie, dubbed ‘both rock and roll, as well as whimsically decadent.” The line includes camis, briefs and thongs with touches of metallic and lace that create a unique look. Will hit stores this fall.
Tend Nail Needs: Seki Edge offers the EZ View Clipper, featuring an oversized, acrylic lens attached to the clipper for nail bed grooming accuracy. $15. visit www.sekiedge.com
What a Nut!: Gatuline, an active plant product derived from walnut trees grown in Southern France is, makers claim, a clinically-proven anti-aging multitasker. It diminishes the depth and appearance of wrinkles by about 27% in 30 days, stimulates new cell production and slows deterioration of elastin. It’s also a powerful antioxidant that prevents and reverses UV and environmental damage, they say. The French line is called Gatuline from Spa Sciences.
Say Moo: Popular at the Oscars, Moo Roo bags are darling, whimsical and charming event purses. They’ve now introduced their new line of Fall/Winter 2004. We like the quirkiness of Baby Fou Fou, which takes a 20s style chained bag and fills it up with multicolored ostrich feathers. As far as minaudieres go, Moo Roo has some real sweethearts, including “L’opera” and “Greta” each with gorgeous beading. “Lucy’s Lunchbox” is a little Camen Miranda meets Lucy Ricardo, a cute little mini traincase styled bag with accents on top. These retail from $515 to $965.
Hollywood Hair Care : Scruples Professional Haircare products now includes the brand new Rock Hard extra-firm finishing spray. Rock Hard is enhanced by polymers for retention and memory as it withstands humidity and winds.
"For Sarah Wynter who loves to swim in her home pool, the Hair Clearifier worked wonders on getting rid of accumulated chlorine and other residue build up in her hair,” says Susan Kelber, key hairstylist at FOX-TV’s "24". “I also like using the O2 Originals line and use the Direct Volume Foam spray on myself.
Danny Goldstein at "CSI" says, "What I found worked well was the Renewal Hair Therapy polish which I used on Gary Dourdan to restoring moisture to dry hair. I also used the Urban Potions Texturizing Spray on our lead actress Marg Helgenberger to give it a light hold. But what I found truly great was the Crème Parfait Mousse that I used for Jorja Fox. Other mousse products I’ve used do not create any shine to hair. But with its ultra thick formulation for volume and texture, the Crème Parfait left Jorja’s hair gleaming."
Scruples' O2 Originals is specially infused with 300% more oxygen than any other product in the market. The distinctly unprecedented formulation enables the hair to absorb more of the vigorously active nutrients resulting in ultra healthy hair. The Urban Potions group is set of styling aids; while Blazing is the sulfate-free products that preserve vibrancy of color-treated hair and enhance body and shine. Scruples products are charged with the exclusive Protective Barrier Complex to strengthen the hair shaft, replenish moisture to leave it with a silky, shiny finish and powerful ultraviolet inhibitors to protect hair from sunlight as well as harmful environmental pollutants.
Scruples products have been used on Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Keiffer Sutherland, David Boreanaz, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sarah Wynter, Alyssa Milano, Courtney Thorne Smith, Debra Messing, Stockard Channing and Tiffani Thiessen. Key hairstylists on "Alias", "CSI", "Will & Grace", "24", "ER", "The West Wing" and "Six Feet Under" are fans.
Style Notes: Natalie Portman, despite her youth and alluring beauty, has chosen not to mark her style in low-cut jeans and barely there tops. Instead, she always looks pretty and elegant, but with a hint of sexiness that isn’t in your face, a la every other young actress. She’s just classy. She was out last night at the Premiere of Drive-In Movies at the Rock - Garden State Screening at NY’s Rockefeller Center, wearing a turquoise print wrap dress (sort of early 80s inspired), that was just a little bit shorter than the dresses it was influenced by, with tangerine slingbacks.
Sadie Frost is very determined it seems to be very voluptuous and happy, despite her divorce from Jude Law (she’ll show him, dating that 21-year-old!). She was out at Glamour Women Of The Year Awards 2004 in London in a deep-gold silk satin dress in which she vamped and smiled widely. The dress featured a mermaid hem and train.
Kristin Davis is making the most of her post-“Sex in the City” days. She was out at the fashion awards the night before last, and last night, she was at "Style in the City" Weatherproof Garment Company's Spring 2005 Collection at the Cellar Bar at the Bryant Park Hotel in NYC. She wore a sweetly fitted chocolate spring dress with ribbon criss-cross accents across the bodice and looked lovely.
Meryl Streep showed up in a blousy ivory silk satin blouse, and newly very close cropped hair (think Edie Falco) at the amfAR's Fifth Annual Tribute To The Pioneers In The Fight Against AIDS in New York.
Can you believe that Hello Kitty! Is 30? Yup, Hello Kitty had its 30th Anniversary party at NY’s Rockefeller Center, with such illuminaries as Betsy Johnson, Lisa Loeb, Kathy Hilton and Tamia. Kathy’s daughter Nicky Hilton even sported a baby-blue sundress with Hello Kitty appliqués at the bosom and around the ruffled hem!
Reuters Oddly Enough Reports:
Homer Simpson's emphatic exclamation "Doh!" has topped a British poll of favorite TV comedy catchphrases, easily beating an array of home-grown classics.
Bulky four-by-fours could be banned from clogging up the chic streets of Paris after a top official in the capital's left-wing government described them as a polluting "caricature of a car" unsuited to city life.
Inmates at a jail in Ciudad Juarez on the U.S. border, where more than 300 women have been murdered over the past decade, are enjoying aromatherapy and piped classical music as part of a novel rehabilitation program.
A German motorway was flooded with 34,000 liters (9,000 U.S. gallons) of pig's blood on Wednesday after an accident that caused a 20 km (12 mile) tailback, police said.
A posse of real-life American cowboys have called off their summer rodeo in the Chinese capital after just a few weeks and ridden off into the sunset.
Vietnam Airlines has banned a woman from flying on its planes after she attacked an attendant who tried to stop her from repeatedly using a mobile phone during a domestic flight last month.
Owners will be able to take their cats, dogs and ferrets on holiday abroad this summer even if they do not have a pet passport as required under EU law, the European Commission said Wednesday.
Laptops containing sensitive financial details and all manner of corporate secrets can be snapped up at auctions for a pittance, a security firm revealed Wednesday.
A Texas woman who threatened to run against her ex-husband, U.S. Rep. Charles Gonzalez, after a bitter divorce now says she will not be a candidate.
Courtney Love was charged with attacking a female friend of her former managers in April with a bottle and a metal flashlight, authorities said.
“The Restaurant” Update. From AP: NEW YORK - A judge gave television chef Rocco DiSpirito permission Tuesday to enter the restaurant that bears his name so he could take photographs of himself for a cookbook to be published this summer. DiSpirito had to get a court order because China Grill Management, a group of financial backers who say they own Rocco's 22nd Street restaurant, sued him over management of the eatery and barred him from entering.
MTV Movie Award Winners: Taped at Sony’s Culver City studios, here’s a list of the winners:
Best Movie: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
Male Performance: Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."
Female Performance: Uma Thurman, "Kill Bill: Vol. 1."
On-screen Team: Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, "50 First Dates."
Best Kiss: Owen Wilson, Amy Smart and Carmen Electra, "Starsky & Hutch."
Best Villain: Lucy Liu, "Kill Bill: Vol. 1."
Action Sequence: The Battle at Gondor, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
Dance Sequence: Seann William Scott, "American Wedding."
Breakthrough Male: Shawn Ashmore, "X2: X-Men United."
Breakthrough Female: Lindsay Lohan, "Freaky Friday."
Best Fight: Uma Thurman vs. Chiaki Kuriyama, "Kill Bill: Vol. 1."
Comedic Performance: Jack Black, "School of Rock."
