Haute Heigl

Actress Katherine Heigl appeared on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno wearing Randi Rahm’s Lindsey style cocktail dress with charcoal sequin and beaded bodice and pleated chiffon skirt. As a modern American Couturier, Randi Rahm’s designs have also been worn by stars including Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Catherine Zeta Jones, Halle Berry, Fergie, Sofia Vergara and Carrie Underwood. Heigl's shoes are by Rene Coavilla, her earrings by Kimberly McDonald, Bangles by Vram at Gray Gallery.

Alexandra Paul Talks Overpopulation (And You Better Listen)

Overpopulation -- Yes, It's 
Still a REALLY Big Deal

BeansTalk got this email from our friend, the beautiful activist and actress, Alexandra Paul (who can be seen in Fox's "Stars in Danger: Alexandra Paul The High Dive" tonight, Wednesday 9 January 2013 at 8 p.m. PT/7 p.m. CT on Fox.)

"I recently had the honor of speaking at TEDx Topanga about a topic that is very important to me, human overpopulation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNxctzyNxC0  

If enough people watch the video , it will move to TED.com, a site that opens up this discussion to millions of people. As of now, amongst the thousands of TED talks, not one focuses on human overpopulation.

 Please help me start a conversation about stabilizing world population by playing my video so it can move to a larger arena.   And please share the link on your facebook and twitter pages.  Every bit helps to spread the word!  I look forward to your feedback."

Please take a moment to watch this fascinating video!

For more info, check out Alexandra's website and her page on Overpopulation: http://alexandrapaul.com/activism/overpopulation/

Her website is fascinating and we got caught up in checking out her entertaining, informative and well-written articles and blogs -- you will, too.

2013 Grammy Nominee Album 

The Recording Academy®'s GRAMMY Recordings® and Capitol Records have teamed to release the 2013 GRAMMY® Nominees album, which will be available Jan. 22, 2013, in stores and via digital retailers. The 19th installment of the best-selling series will feature a bevy of this year's GRAMMY-nominated artists and hit songs across multiple genres. A portion of the proceeds from sales of the album will help support the year-round efforts of the GRAMMY Foundation® and MusiCares Foundation® — two charitable organizations of The Recording Academy. Following the success of last year's contest, music fans can log on to www.grammy.com/2013grammyalbum to pre-order the 2013 GRAMMY Nominees album and enter to win a trip for two to the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards®.

"It's an honor to join forces with Capitol Records to deliver a truly diverse collection encompassing a variety of genres and highlighting today's most talented musicians," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "After the success of last year's pre-order enter-and-win sweepstakes, we're once again thrilled to give music fans the opportunity to experience Music's Biggest Night® firsthand. And, it's gratifying to be able to continue our support of the crucial work that MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation carry out year-round."

Dan McCarroll, president of Capitol Records added, "Capitol is honored to collaborate with The Recording Academy on this prestigious series. This year has been a remarkably strong year in music, and encompassing the highlights of 2012 on a single release supporting these charities is immensely gratifying. "

Launching in conjunction with "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live…Countdown To Music's Biggest Night, airing Dec. 5 on CBS, music fans can log on to GRAMMY.com, GRAMMY.com/2013GRAMMYAlbum or CBS.com to pre-order the album and enter to win a trip for two to the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Music's Biggest Night will be held on Sunday Feb. 10, 2013 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.

Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards — the preeminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the most credible brand in music — The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs. The Academy continues to focus on its mission of recognizing musical excellence, advocating for the well-being of music makers and ensuring
music remains an indelible part of our culture.

For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, join the organization's social networks as a Twitter follower at www.twitter.com/thegrammys, a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/thegrammys, and a YouTube channel subscriber at www.youtube.com/thegrammys.

The Start of Primetime Soaps on PBS

"Pioneers of Television's" “Primetime Soaps” premieres Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET on PBS

PBS' Market Warriors Returns

 Market Warriors Returns

PBS’ Market Warriors returns on Monday, 7 Jan. 2013, with a new expert and new premieres. These will be airing as part of a back-to-back antique-themed block on Monday nights, alongside Antiques Roadshow (both are produced by the same team and share the same host, Mark L. Walberg). The new episodes of this popular, treasure-hunting series will feature a new competitor, Auctioneer Bene Raia.

Links to watch episodes (both require PBS pressroom registration):
EPISODE 1 - January 7 (Antiquing in Walnut, IA): http://bit.ly/WZbGnB
EPISODE 2 - January 14 (Antiquing in Chicago): http://bit.ly/RWdCeZ

Market Warriors returns with new episodes in the new year, beginning Monday, January 7, 2013 at 9/8C PM on PBS New picker Benedicta “Bene” Raia joins popular series

On Monday, January 7 viewers will be treated to a double dose of antiques when brand new episodes of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW and Market Warriors premiere. Market Warriors will start off the new year with the first of nine new episodes. In a game of finding the best antiques at the best price before time runs out, the pickers will be faced with some of their fiercest competition yet when a new competitor is added to the mix. Market Warriors (9/8C) follows ANTIQUES ROADSHOW (8/7C), making Monday nights a true destination for all things antiques and collectibles.

Benedicta “Bene” Raia will be introduced to viewers on Monday, January 7, 2013 in an episode filmed at Iowa’s Walnut Antique Show. Her competitive advantage? As an auctioneer she knows her margins. Bene is a generalist with specific interests in furniture and American folk art, and her core specialty is antique dolls. This mom of four has enjoyed a multifaceted career in antiques and architecture with a focus on the Massachusetts-based auction company she runs with her husband. In her more than 15 years in the business, she has sold at auction highly coveted items belonging to many serious collectors. Bene joins a rotating cast that includes Kevin Bruneau, John Bruno, Miller Gaffney and Bob Richter. Each episode of Market Warriors will feature four pickers.

According to series executive producer Marsha Bemko, “Bene brings to Market Warriors the insights, instincts and true market knowledge of an auctioneer. In her professional life, she sees thousands of antiques and collectibles go through her auction house in any given month and knows the crucial hammer prices that make up the marketplace. It’s a perspective that we wanted to highlight in 2013.”

From the producers of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW—PBS’s most-watched prime-time series—Market Warriors follows antiques pickers on a nationwide treasure hunt, scouring flea markets for antiques and vintage valuables with an eye toward selling their finds for profit at auction. Over the course of nine new, one-hour episodes, viewers will enjoy an up-close look at the fierce competition and obstacles the pickers face in the marketplace each week, as they make their best guesses about who will come out ahead at the end of each episode. Showcasing what different areas of the country have to offer the intrepid antique hunter, the 2013 episodes were filmed at flea markets across the country including Walnut, IA, Long Beach, CA, Chantilly, VA, and Liberty, NC.

Walnut, IA

Market Warriors on PBS 2013 episodes (in airdate order): 

Walnut, IA: January 7 

Chicago, IL: January 14 

New Milford, CT: January 21

Long Beach, CA: February 4 

Chantilly, VA: February 11 

Greenwich, NY: February 18 

Oronoco, MN: February 25 

Rochester, MN: April 8 

Liberty, NC: April 15

About Market Warriors on PBS

In each episode, four pickers travel to different market locations across the country to purchase certain items with a set amount of money. Viewers not only will learn about different objects and their history; they’ll also see the competitors apply their knowledge and skills to real financial transactions. Along the way, we will get to know our pickers, learn about what they bought and why through individual interviews, and discover the current value of the objects as only the marketplace can determine.

The sale of our pickers’ items takes place at an auction on a different day, in a different location. All four competitors watch the auctioneer take charge of the bidding, and the picker whose objects earn the highest total profit at auction is the winner of that episode. The new treasure-hunting series, which launched on PBS in July 2012, reaches 3.5 million viewers every week.

As off-screen host of Market Warriors, Mark L. Walberg provides sharp and informative off-camera commentary. He not only anchors the viewer in the competition but we learn from him the techniques, strategies and sometimes the foibles of the series’ pickers.

Market Warriors website – pbs.org/marketwarriors

The Market Warriors website on PBS.org is the online platform for engaging and informing Market Warriors fans. The site highlights the broadcast, streaming full episodes and offering tune-in details and episode information. The Web destination, found at pbs.org/marketwarriors, extends and enhances the broadcast experience through Web-exclusive videos and profiles of the series’ expert pickers. The Market Warriors blog provides the latest behind-the-scenes news from the series along with articles about featured objects from the episodes and insights and tips from the pickers and other experts from the world of antiques and flea markets. The site’s Scoreboard feature further encourages audience participation by tracking each picker’s season-long successes and failures. Market Warriors Web content is available via social media channels, and fans can contribute to conversations on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest and share their own favorite flea market finds on the series’ website.

"Cougar Town" Moves to TBS

Cougar Town Moves To TBS 

New Season of Courteney Cox Series January 8, 2013

Cougar Town is coming to TBS on 8 January 2013. Cougar Town stars Courteney Cox (Friends, Dirt), Brian Van Holt (John from Cincinnati), Christa Miller (The Drew Carey Show), Ian Gomez (Rita Rocks), Josh Hopkins (Ally McBeal), Busy Philipps (Dawson’s Creek, White Chicks) and Dan Byrd (Easy A). The new season is set to premiere Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), on TBS.

In Cougar Town, a family of friends keeps things funny as they support each other through the challenges and pitfalls of life – with a little dysfunction and a whole lot of wine. Courteney Cox stars as Jules Cobb, a recently remarried mom who is never far from her wine and her group of friends known as the "cul de sac crew." They include her under-achieving ex-husband, Bobby (Brian Van Holt); next-door neighbor and confidante Ellie (Christa Miller); Ellie's loveably average husband, Andy (Ian Gomez); Jules', neighbor-turned-husband Grayson (Josh Hopkins); and Jules' feisty protégé, Laurie (Busy Philipps). Meanwhile, Jules' 21-year-old son, Travis (Dan Byrd), often proves himself more adult than anyone in the group.

In the new season of TBS's Cougar Town, Jules and Grayson are adjusting to married life just as Jules' son, Travis, tries his hand at being a "playah." Meanwhile, Ellie will head back to work, Bobby jumps back into the dating scene and nosey neighbor Tom (Bob Clendenin – Scrubs, TBS's 10 Items or Less) will try his best to become a part of the crew. Along the way, Jules and her group of friends will wrestle with big life issues, like whether it's considered adultery if a married man hooks up with a sex robot or what kind of courage it takes to stick an arm into a muddy hole in order to catch a catfish barehanded.

Cougar Town was co-created by executive producer Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Spin City) and consulting producer Kevin Biegel (Scrubs). This season, Ric Swartzlander (Gary Unmarried) joins the show as executive producer and showrunner. Courteney Cox and David Arquette also serve as executive producers. Cougar Town is produced by ABC Studios.

Connect with Cougar Town
Website: http://www.tbs.com/shows/cougar-town
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/CougarTownTBS | #CougarTownTBS

Darling Drew

Drew Barrymore attended the BVLGARI event, wearing a black ‘Blake Blazer’ by Bec & Bridge. She carried an Oroton Icon Mini Clutch, in smoky quartz gold Retail - $345.00 Available at www.oroton.com. She also wore Pedro Garcia’s  black patent -leather ‘Rianna’ pump with metal heel from the Resort 2013 collection.  

Happy New Year's Day from BeansTalk!

Happy New Year's Eve!

Stuart Weitzman's Study in Black & White

Stuart Weitzman's It's a Guy Thing

Stuart Weitzman's Itsaite

Stuart Weitzman's Puff's 

Anna Kendrick wore a cocktail dress by Georges Chakra Couture to the "Trevor Live" event. Anna selected to wear a short sky blue tulle and lace cocktail dress from the Spring 2012 Couture collection.

GREAT PERFORMANCES at 9 p.m. on PBS, 4 January 2012: “Paul Simon’s Graceland Journey” explains why Graceland was so controversial in 1986 and why Paul Simon faced such vehement criticism.

From All of Us at BeansTalk...

Christmas Concert

Legendary Carly Simon held a special concert that streamed via StageIt, with donations to benefit Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. Classic and iconic singer-songwriter Carly Simon performed live from her living room along with her children, Ben Taylor and Sally Taylor. Fans were invited to request songs and ask questions. A portion of the tips were be donated to the Red Cross for victims of Hurricane Sandy. The top five tippers will be sent signed CDs by Carly, Sally and Ben.

11/21, 8:00pm EST/5:00pm PST Carly Simon, Ben Taylor, Sally Taylor   http://www.stageit.com/carly_simon_sally_taylor_and_ben_taylor/live_from_carly_s_house/15895

Bella's Mom Cleans Up Nice

Actress Sarah Clarke attended The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 2 premiere wearing British designer Pamella Roland’s midnight-blue ombre sequin cap-sleeve cocktail dress.

Bling It

Fun, sparkly footwear for the holidays: Tory Burch's Eddie with glittery bow. $250.00

Nirvana News

New Nirvana Book

Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989 Features Dozens of Never-Before Seen Early Photographs of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana's Original Lineup

Sub Pop Founder Bruce Pavitt Returns to Public View with E-Book About Nirvana's Pivotal First European Tour

A Portion of Proceeds From Book Sales Will Go to
The Vera Project in Seattle


Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, a historic photo journal of the band's pivotal first European tour featuring dozens of never-before seen early photographs of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana's original lineup, is now available exclusively on Apple's iBookstore.

Independently published by Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt and filled with an unexpected trove of previously unseen photos from his personal collection, the immersive digital book-a "grunge micro-history"-chronicles Nirvana's legendary 1989 maiden voyage overseas from a truly intimate perspective for the first time.

A portion of the proceeds from book sales will go to the Vera Project (http://theveraproject.org/) in Seattle. Vera is an all-ages volunteer fueled music and arts venue. By engaging participants at all levels of music production and community organizing, Vera strives to fulfill its mission to foster a participatory creative culture through popular music concerts, arts programs, experiential learning and volunteer opportunities for all ages, especially young people. Vera's programs are always all ages, with a focus on young people ages 14 to 24.

Pavitt did a "Meet the Author" session at the SOHO Apple Store (103 Prince Street, New York, NY 10012) Friday, November 16, at 7 pm. He did a short reading, a Q&A session with legendary rock journalist Michael Azzarad and fielded questions from the audience. Pavitt then went to the Ace Hotel (20 W 29th Street, New York, NY 10001) and DJ'd a grunge set from 12 am - 2 am.

Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989 provides an inside look into a crucial eight-day period in the life of pre-fame Nirvana. Pavitt, who had signed the band to Sub Pop, connected with them in Rome, as they were finishing up a grueling European tour with fellow label-mates Tad. Pavitt followed the bands to London, where Nirvana and Tad would support headlining act Mudhoney to perform the biggest showcase of their careers, "LameFest UK." Nirvana's stunning opening performance that night at the Astoria Theater won over both fans and the influential British music press, and marked the beginning of their ascension from humble opening act to global superstars.

The book's photos, taken by Pavitt with an Olympus pocket camera, were shot randomly and intuitively on venue stages, in dressing rooms, submerged in sweaty roiling crowds and while walking among the great monuments of Europe with a future icon who had only recently tasted life outside of his native Aberdeen. The candid, spontaneously shot images -- sometimes out-of-focus or oddly cropped -- enhance the book's uniquely honest, revealing, and intimate feel. Mojo magazine's Keith Cameron, who was among the press who attended the "LameFest UK" show, penned the forward. The book also includes an interactive map tracing the tour's progress across Europe and reprints of original UK press coverage from 1989.

EW.com spoke with Pavitt about Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989. You can check out the interview at http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/11/12/experiencing-nirvana-kurt-cobain-bruce-pavitt/.

The book marks Pavitt's return to the public after moving to Washington state's remote Orcas Island following his departure from Sub Pop in 1996. Pavitt was compelled to create the book following his re-discovery of the photos, his desire to share a truly intimate look into Kurt Cobain's less-chronicled musical adolescence with the world, and to correct the historical misconception of grunge as a soundtrack for anguish and depression instead of the loud, sweaty, joyous and fun music he experienced at its inception.

Pavitt was also driven by recognizing Apple's iBooks Author book creation app as the natural evolution of the DIY 'zine culture where he first cut his teeth. Pavitt and collaborator Dan Burke created the book with iBooks Author, and are self-publishing exclusively on Apple's iBookstore.

Download Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989 from the iBookstore at http://bit.ly/WWE89T

First in Five Years: L.A.'s 
The Bronx to Release Album 
5 February 2013

The Bronx

Today White Drugs/ATO Records released "Ribcage," a song from the forthcoming album by acclaimed Los Angeles punk outfit The Bronx. Fans can stream the new track at http://soundcloud.com/thebronxxx/the-bronx-ribcage. It is available as a download at all digital retailers and on 7" vinyl at http://thebronxxx.shop.musictoday.com. The limited edition vinyl also features "Into The Black," a previously unreleased b-side.

The Bronx (IV) will be released by White Drugs/ATO Records in the U.S. on February 5, 2013. It's due out February 4 in the UK/Europe (PIAS) and February 8 in Australia/New Zealand (Shock Records). Produced byBeau Burchell, The Bronx (IV) is the band's first album in five years and comes as the group celebrates its 10th anniversary. It can be pre-ordered now at http://thebronxxx.shop.musictoday.com. See below for track listing. In advance of the new album's release, all three of the band's previous full-length records are now available digitally.

NME hailed The Bronx III as a "brilliantly sleazy punk rock'n'roll album," urging: "Play it loud; for 33 thrilling minutes it'll make you feel like you can walk through walls." Since its release in late 2008, the band members have recorded two eponymously titled mariachi albums as Mariachi El Bronx and toured widely under both names.

The Bronx - Matt Caughthran, Joby J. Ford, Jorma Vik, Brad Magers and Ken Mochikoshi Horne - will be playing songs from throughout its career on a fall headline tour of the UK and Europe. The band will also supported The Hives on a series of European dates in December.

The Bronx (IV) - Track Listing

1. The Unholy Hand
2. Along For The Ride
3. Style Over Everything
4. Youth Wasted
5. Too Many Devils
6. Pilot Light
7. Torches
8. Under The Rabbit
9. Ribcage
10. Valley Heat
11. Life Less Ordinary
12. Last Revelation

Carla Gugino stayed chic for the Gate Negro Films & The Cinema Society Screening of "Hotel Noir" wearing Platinum Cluster Flower Earrings with round brilliant cut diamonds and the Cluster Diamond Ring with more than 4 carats of pear shape diamonds from Jacob & Co. Her dress was by Naeem Khan Resort 2012.