BeansTalk’s Item of the Week: Luxe Link

We love this so much, we could make this our item of the month. We don’t understand why so many women invest the big bucks in gorgeous, pricy handbags and then put them on the floor at the movie theater, restaurant, etc. We had some low-rent version of this when we were little (and still going to church with our parents), and could hang it on the back of a pew. But it was so not pretty. Luxe Purse Link is the ideal solution for anyone who cares about their pocketbook. We have a cousin so smitten with her Chanel bag that she announces she needs someone to hold her “Chanel” whenever she has to turn away or step away from a group (Rhea May Weigel, are you reading this?)

Luxe Purse Link keeps your purse off the ground, off of the chair corner behind you (where anyone can simply walk off with it), and off of your lap, hindering your full enjoyment of whatever festivity or event you’re attending. Luxe Purse Link is also environmentally friendly and made only with recycled zinc alloy.

Luxe Link fans include Lindsay Lohan, Nikki Hilton, Paris Hilton, Kimberly Stewart, Jessica Alba, Tori Spelling and Queen Latifah. www.luxelink.com

Seen above: Skull Crystal Skull Crystal Light up the night and let your purse sparkle with our exclusive Swarovski crystal design. Hand crafted with genuine crystals, these will be the talk of town. $79, allow two weeks for this little beauty to be created just for you. Luxe Links range in price from $35 to $79.

Luxe Link was created by Kalika Yap (that's her, above) and her “former NYU roommate, Rosella Bignami, based on her serendipitous discovery of purse links while traveling in Italy. The portable devices attach easily to table and countertops, allowing a woman's purse to hang, rather than sit on a potentially dirty floor, dangle from a chair back where it might fall, or rest uncomfortably on her lap or behind her back.

As a tidy, fastidious sort of person, she said: "When I saw them I freaked out. I thought, 'So I don't have to put my purse on the floor?' I was really excited."

The problem with many other hooks on the market is that they're not very attractive. Because those most likely to care about their handbags are also likely to carry designer purses, Yap figured she'd found a niche for her more upscale Luxe Link, of which 100 styles are available, 15 to 20 of them bearing Swarovski crystals. They cost $35 to $59.

Rather than a bulky hook, the Luxe Link features a sleek chain link that wraps around a polished disc that slips easily into any purse -- in its own little pouch, of course -- or attaches, like a charm, to any handbag.” (from the Honolulu Star Bulletin)

A President's Man Sits Down on TCM
John Dean, Former Counsel to President Nixon, Sits Down with Robert Osborne To Introduce Special TCM Presentation of All the President’s Men Oscar®-Winning Film Starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman Coming to TCM Sunday, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m. (ET)

John Dean, former White House counsel to President Richard M. Nixon, sits down with Turner Classic Movies (TCM) host Robert Osborne for an interview introducing TCM’s special election-week presentation of All the President’s Men (1976). Dean provides viewers an insider’s look at the Watergate scandal, which led to Nixon’s resignation. All the President’s Men will air Sunday, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m. (ET), just prior to Election Day on Nov. 4.


“Watergate was a landmark event in American history, and All the President’s Men is a riveting account of how the investigation unfolded,” said Charles Tabesh, senior vice president of programming for TCM. “We’re excited that John Dean is sharing his insights about Watergate and, of course, the way the events were depicted in All the President’s Men.”

Dean, who has written several books, says in an interview with Osborne that All the President’s Men is one of his favorite films. “It’s not the full story of Watergate by any stretch of the imagination,” he says. “It’s not a documentary.” But All the President’s Men is an entertaining story, he says, about a very complex topic. Dean also says the movie inspired two generations of investigative journalists.



All the President’s Men follows the story of Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) and Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) as they chased what became the most politically charged story of the era. The film opens as Woodward looks into the arrest of a group of men accused of breaking into Democratic campaign headquarters, located in the Watergate hotel complex. When two of the men prove to have connections to a White House aide, Woodward smells a potential scandal.



After taking his story to his boss, legendary newsman Ben Bradlee (Jason Robards), Woodward is teamed with Bernstein, who has more experience and more contacts. The two reporters pursue the story relentlessly, getting assistance from an insider they dub “Deep Throat” (Hal Holbrook) and a bookkeeper (Jane Alexander) who fears for her life. They come to realize that the scandal reaches all the way into the Oval Office.



Nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (Alan J. Pakula) and Best Supporting Actress (Jane Alexander), the movie took home four awards for Best Supporting Actor (Robards), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Sound.



Before becoming White House counsel in July 1970 at age 31, John Dean was chief minority counsel to the judiciary committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, the associate director of a law reform commission and associate deputy attorney general of the United States. He served as President Nixon’s White House lawyer for 1,000 days.



Dean did his undergraduate studies at Colgate University and the College of Wooster, with majors in English literature and political science. He received a graduate fellowship from American University to study government and the presidency, before entering Georgetown University Law Center, where he received his J.D. in 1965.



Dean has long written on the subjects of law, government and politics. He recounted his days in the Nixon White House and Watergate in two books: Blind Ambition (1976) and Lost Honor (1982). In 2001, he published The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment that Redefined the Supreme Court. He followed that with a biography of President Warren G. Harding and Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush. In 2006, Dean published Conservatives Without Conscience. His newest book is Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches.

Having retired from his career as an investment banker, Dean now devotes his time to writing and lecturing. He lives in Beverly Hills, Calif., with his wife, Maureen.

***Major Spoiler Alert***



Primeval’s Creatures Return For Season Finale



The season finale of BBC America’s hit thriller, Primeval, will prove deadly for more than one member of the team. Since unexplained anomalies began ripping holes in the fabric of time, Professor Nick Cutter (Douglas Henshall) and his team have faced off against everything from a sabre-toothed tiger to a family of raptors to deadly predators from the future. Now a lethal experiment may unleash all of these creatures at once, threatening to destroy the human race.

Primeval season finale airs Saturday, November 1, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT

In the season finale of the hit adventure series from the creator of Walking With Dinosaurs, tension has hit an all-time high. Cutter, Jenny (Lucy Brown), Connor (Andrew-Lee Potts) and Abby (Hannah Spearritt) are all being held captive in an abandoned Ministry of Defense base – surrounded by deadly creatures that all look too familiar. While Cutter is reeling from the revelation that his wife Helen (Juliet Aubrey) helped government lackey turned traitor, Oliver Leek (Karl Theobald), capture creatures from anomalies, he learns of Leek’s plan to breed predators for an army of beasts. This will make Leek the most powerful man in a new and troubled world.



As Stephen (James Murray), who is under the influence of Helen, faces off against a Silurian scorpion at a busy beach resort and Leek’s threat of creatures being released across Britain looms – it is clear this day will not end without tragedy. Is there anyone the team can trust? Will anyone be able to save them and could they all make it out alive? What hope exists for the world outside?



Before the season finale, the Primeval team faces mer-creatures from the future lurking in the canal, Stephen and Cutter are caught in the Silurian desert and Lester’s worst nightmare is realized as a mammoth rips through traffic on a London freeway.



Fans can download new episodes of Primeval on iTunes 24 hours after it premieres on BBC AMERICA. The fully-loaded 4-disc box set, Primeval: Volume One, hits stores November 4, featuring all 13 episodes as well as audio commentary and bonus featurettes - Making of Primeval and Through the Anomaly.

Always Elegant Kate Walsh

Actress Kate Walsh poses in the press room at the 60th Primetime EMMY Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. She wore a Zuhair Murad design, black scoopneck tiered tulle and lace gown with jet beading and signature floral waist from the designer’s Fall 2008 collection. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

It's That Thing You Think With

THE BRAIN

Throughout history, humans have created machines of amazing complexity, such as computers that can calculate in 100th of a second and technology that can carry us outside the bounds of this planet. However, scientists are only now beginning to understand the most complex machine in the known universe -- the brain.

THE BRAIN goes on a voyage of discovery into the evolutionary history of our last biological frontier. From early civilizations' attempts at neurosurgery to today's robotic laser surgery, revolutionary new techniques are finally unlocking the story of the brain. As a result, we've learned more in the last five years than in the past 100.

Using simple analogies, real examples, and state of the art CGI, this documentary explains how the brain grows, shows why it's so delicate and so resilient, and unravels the mystery of consciousness. See life through the eyes of living case studies, from newborns to college football stars. Travel inside the minds of people in extreme situations: How does a soldier make decisions under fire? What makes us good or evil? And why do autistic people like the "Rain Man" display such breathtaking skills?

PREMIERE: Monday, November 10 at 9pm/1am ET/PT LENGTH: 2 hours REPEATS: Saturday, November 15 at 8pm/12 am; Sunday, November 16 at 5pm ET/PT History Channel

The Original Karl Rove

FRONTLINE “Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story” (#2703)
11/11/08: 9:00-10:30 PM on PBS

In the wake of yet another hard-fought and bitter presidential campaign, FRONTLINE presents a spirited and revealing biography of Lee Atwater, the charming, Machiavellian godfather of modern take-no-prisoners Republican political campaigns. Through eye-opening interviews with Atwater’s closest friends and adversaries, the film explores the life of the controversial political operative who mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush, led the GOP to historic victories and wrote the party’s winning playbook. The story tracks Atwater’s rise from his beginnings in South Carolina as a high school election kingmaker all the way to the White House and his subsequent battle with cancer and final search for forgiveness and redemption. To Democrats, Atwater was a political assassin whom one Congresswoman dubbed “the most evil man in America,” but to Republicans, he remains a hero for his deep understanding of the American voter and his unapologetic vision of politics as warfare. In HD where available. PBS

The Queen's Visits

MONARCHY: THE ROYAL FAMILY AT WORK “The State Visit” (#101) *Miniseries Premiere* Wednesday 12 November 2008, 8 to 10 p.m. Program repeats immediately, airing 11/12, 10:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. ET


‘MONARCHY: THE ROYAL FAMILY AT WORK--In the year of her 80th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II granted the filmmakers of MONARCHY: THE ROYAL FAMILY AT WORK an exclusive look inside the modern British monarchy. In this intimate series, viewers join Queen Elizabeth II and the rest of Britain’s most famous family as they travel abroad, work at the palace and meet people from all walks of life. The programs follow the queen as she visits the first permanent British settlement in the U.S. and spends time with President Bush at the White House. The cameras roll as she visits the newly democratic republic of Estonia — where no British monarch has set foot before. Back in England, the series goes inside Buckingham Palace for exclusive interviews with members of the royal family, preparations for elaborate formal occasions and a behind-the-scenes look at the royal kitchens, royal wine cellar and royal car fleet, and the jobs of footmen, ladies-in-waiting, the Yeoman Guard and the crown jeweler. MONARCHY: THE ROYAL FAMILY AT WORK offers a glimpse behind the velvet curtain to reveal what life is really like for a member of the family firm.



“The State Visit”--How do American hosts entertain a monarch who has visited nearly every country on earth and dined with 10 U.S. presidents over the course of her 55-year reign? “The State Visit” follows the elaborate preparations as four localities get ready for a visit from the queen. At the site of the United States’ first permanent British settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, the chief archeologist brushes up on royal etiquette. In Williamsburg, Virginia, nervous hotel staff make sure they prepare Her Majesty’s room to an exacting standard of perfection. The White House hosts the first and only white-tie dinner of the administration and plans for every contingency, including canine misbehavior. In the royal household, they’ve invited celebrity photographer Annie Liebovitz for a formal photo shoot with the queen, although Liebovitz’s request to seat Her Majesty on a horse inside the state apartments proves a bit too much. In exclusive interviews, Liebovitz shares her desire to capture the essence of monarchy; First Lady Laura Bush personally leads a private tour of the White House; and the queen’s press secretary reveals the challenges of keeping up with her boss. Behind the scenes and at her side from beginning to end, “The State Visit” shows what it takes to plan and execute an official visit from the queen. In HD where available.

La Prairie's Platinum

From La Prairie offices: La Prairie's distillation of the rarefied powers and pleasures of Platinum into an extravagant anti-aging masterpiece is the most exciting advance in skin science of this decade.

This skin-transforming formula that recharges the skin's electrical balance with pure Platinum to insure ageless performance, protects the skin's DNA, and replenishes moisture continuously for a look of soft splendor. This is pure science at its best offering unparalleled benefits—quite simply, the skin looks, feels and moves like younger skin.

Benefits:
• Pure Platinum inspires perfect balance to improve hydration, protection, and receptivity to nutrients.
• Exclusive Smart Crystals™ help guard skin's youthful appearance, actively reducing the effects of time resulting in the reduction of lines and wrinkles.
• Climate-activated hydration adjusts to changing humidity levels and temperatures, continuously providing the perfect level of moisture.

Each Cellular Cream Platinum Rare is handcrafted in a package that combines the grace and power of ancient sacred geometry with space-age sleek minimalism. The accompanying applicator has been crafted using the chemical symbol for Platinum, which combines the Sun and the Moon, with a Swarovski® crystal to symbolize the capturing of light.

1.7 ounces.

How to use: AM and/or PM. After cleansing and toning, smooth over face and neck, avoiding the eye area. May be used over a serum as desired. $1000

How To Get Made Up Right
We Get Tips From a Pro
BeansTalk gets the makeup scoop from Dimitri James. Dimitri is a licensed cosmetologist, make-up artist & educator and is the Founder of SKINN Dimitri James Cosmetics. www.skinn.com

Q. How long have you been in the industry?



A. Officially 24 years.



Q. Which facet of your career is the most exciting at the moment?



A. Opening television shopping networks all over the world. I am also super excited about my book “Becoming Beauty” which is scheduled to be released in early 2009.



Q. What’s the skinny on your upcoming book?



A. I took 24 years of knowledge and experience in making women over and reduced it to basic steps any woman can take to completely repackage herself from head to toe.



Q. Will the book feature the celebrities you work with?



A. There will be quotes from many celebrities in the book, however the book is designed for every woman, from soccer mom to CEO not just a celebrity glamour make over.



Q. What is the most challenging aspect of your job?



A. Keeping the cost of my products, which are the highest possible quality, affordable for every day people. Because I believe if products aren’t affordable they are useless.



Q. What do you love about your job?



A. I love the opportunity to show and help women look beautiful and polish their appearance from head to toe. The thanks that I receive and the letters I get stating how I have helped change lives are priceless.



Q. Do you have a favorite feature to work on?



A. I love it all, I especially love challenges with bad hair, because it’s fun to use chemistry and color theory and make something fabulous out of something not so pretty. That said, I love making dramatic eyes!



Q. What's the question you get asked most often by women?



A. Do I need surgery? And what can I do about these lines around my lips.



Q. Which one is you’re go-to, can’t-live-without, you’d absolutely die if you didn’t have it product?



A. Orchid Gel original and tinted. It makes any skin look air brushed to perfection, male or female, and it is invisible.



Q. If a woman is going to invest in three makeup brushes, which do you feel are the most important to own?



A. Powder Brush, Blush Brush, and Large Shadow Brush.



Q. What is your most favorite makeup trick that you like to do?



A. Contour with my Professional Highlight, Contour, Blush and Bronze Kit, I can completely recreate a face with just this one kit. I can eliminate or accentuate any feature using this kit.



Q. What’s your favorite SKINN product to use on yourself?



A. DermAppeal, it makes skin look pore free and flawless just by scrubbing with it three times a week.



Q. Lipstick vs. Gloss?



A. That’s a hard call, I miss the 80’s when we used both and didn’t have to choose. Gloss is perfect for an everyday face and for before 5pm. Lipstick is perfect for a dressier face and for after 5pm. Women with lip-lines do better with lighter shades of lipstick that give a gloss look.

Primal Fear (You Know You Have One)

Being buried alive under six feet of suffocating dirt; the strike of a lethal snake; terrorist attacks that can occur at any time. These are just a few of the fears that cause the pulse to quicken and the muscles to tense up. Scientists refer to this as “fight or flight,” an instinctual response to danger, which throughout history has been essential to survival. PRIMAL FEAR, a two-hour special premiering on History™ Monday, October 27, 2008 at 9 p.m. ET/PT explores the science and background behind our deepest fears and their influence on pop culture and the human condition.



Whether the fear is inherent, traceable through our ancestry, or a learned fear caused by a traumatic event, the response is the same: the trigger of a small gland in the brain called the amygdala. Once engaged the physiology to survive takes over. Blood flow increases to the arms and legs for defense or escape, the pupils dilate for better focus. Even when a fear is imagined, such as the ‘boogey man,’ fight or flight goes into effect.



Primal Fear recounts historical events and legendary tales that invoked massive panic, as well as interviews with individuals who recently lived through harrowing occurrences:



· Shark attacks—on the Jersey shore in 1916, four people were killed by sharks in less than two weeks, creating widespread panic and eventually a best-selling novel and the Hollywood blockbuster, Jaws.

· Fear of snakes—many are deadly, leading to their portrayal as a symbol of evil, yet some people still dare to handle them.



· Concept of Hell—its power in religion and society, and how it has affected the human psyche, leading some to take drastic measures.



· Fear of monsters—from Dracula to the bogeyman, imagined fears typically begin in childhood.



· Fear of drowning—a lifeguard who overcame treacherous ocean waters to save a group of kids, shares his story of nearly succumbing to the powerful waves.



· Burned alive—a survivor of the tragic Rhode Island nightclub fire in 2003 describes how she lived through that terrible night and the fears she lives with today.



PRIMAL FEAR can also be seen on Halloween night, Friday, October 31 at 10pm ET/PT.



PRIMAL FEAR is produced for History by Northern Light Productions. Bestor Cram is Executive Producer and Ken Winikur is Producer/Director. Executive Producer for History is Susan Werbe.

Kate Walsh: Doing Errands around Los Angeles, Calif. in her 7forallMankind jeans.

Johnny Cash New Release

Johnny Cash Remixed CD And DVD Documentary Set For January 27 Release On Compadre Records Iconic Artist's Sun Records Masters Remixed - Artists featured include Snoop Dogg
Compadre Records/Music World Music has announced the release of JOHNNY CASH REMIXED, featuring bold new interpretations of Johnny Cash classics from top music remixers and producers who were recruited to take the original master recordings and infuse them with the sounds and technology of modern music styles such as hip hop and dance music. The album, which includes a performance from Snoop Dogg, will be available in stores and online on January 27. A vinyl deluxe-edition will be available on September 23 in select independent record stores.

Johnny Cash Remixed is a tribute to the legacy of an American music icon whose work has touched every contemporary genre, and has the blessing and support of the custodians of Johnny Cash's legacy.

"My father made his stead by defying the expected and accepted way of things" says John Carter Cash son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash and Executive Producer of the Academy Award(c)-winning film, Walk the Line. "He set the standard at the same time. He would have loved this remix record. While it stays true to the original recordings, this CD touches on undiscovered ground. This is what my father was about: staying true to tradition while creating groundbreaking new music."

Johnny Cash classics were licensed from Cash's first record label, the legendary Sun Records, also the first record label home of luminaries such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison. The original tracks, recorded with Cash's first band the Tennessee Two from 1956-1959, were pure and stark, with only the essentials; guitar, light percussion and Johnny Cash's unmistakable voice and presence. The new mixes maintain this fantastic charm and personality while filing out the sound and creating daring re-interpretations.

The remixed tracks (and remixers) include "I Walkte The Line" featuring Snoop Dogg (QDT, the new production team led by Snoop Dogg - featuring Snoop, Teddy Riley and DJ Quik), "Country Boy" (Sonny J, whose album was released in August on Astralwerks US), "Get Rhythm" (Philip Steir, the only remixer allowed to work with the Reprise Records Frank Sinatra collection), "Leave that Junk Alone" (Alabama 3, creators of The Sopranos theme song), "Folsom Prison Blues" (the legendary Pete Rock), "Hey Porter" (Mocean Worker, whose remix of Elvis Presley's "Burnin' Love" was used as a soundtrack to Honda's Superbowl TV commercial), "Sugartime" (Kennedy, cornerstone of the new UK Dirty Pop movement), "Trail To Mexico" (indie favorite Mexican Institute of Sound/MIS), "Doin' My Time" (The Heavy, critically-acclaimed UK-based band) and "Wide Open Road" (Count de Money) among others.

A documentary following the making will be included with the album, and was produced by Phear Creative in NYC. This short film features interviews from select remixers, filmed in their home studios, including Snoop Dogg captured at the Cash Recording Cabin in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Johnny Cash Remixed is Executive Produced by John Carter Cash, Snoop Dogg, and Mathew Knowles for Music World Productions, Inc. and Co-Executive Produced by Brad Turcotte for Compadre Records/Music World Music and Gregg DeMammos for DeMammos Entertainment.

Isla Fisher in Height of Fashion

Isla Fisher arrives at Elle's 15th annual Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. She carried a handbag by Mary Norton. The redheaded beauty perfectly accessorized her LBD with Mary Norton’s TYLER clutch – a black acrylic rectangular clutch with gray geometric square front. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles). Confessions of a Shopaholic star Fisher (seen left) attended Amazon Watch at Christophe Salon wearing a dress by Lela Rose. The redheaded beauty looked sweet in a grey silk chiffon ruffle neckline dress with black ribbon belt.

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BeansTalk’s Exclusive Interview with IcePod’s Jon Levine

BeansTalk finally got icopod.com’s owner to talk to us about his extremely cool (and celeb popular Icepod).

Why icepod? (ie Where did you get the idea for it)

In late 2004, my brother, Danny, who was (and still is) very in to hip hop, retro Jordans, basketball, and high-end urban style, had just bought an iPod. He also just started an online sneaker and apparel website (kixclusive.com) and the two of us were always brainstorming about different product and business ideas. Around the same time we happened to catch a few music videos where the artists were wearing huge blingin’ chains and charms... It didn’t take long after realizing the soon-to-become iPod craze and peoples’ obsession with bling that I put together the two. So, out popped the idea – why not combine the iPod and the bling together. The initial idea was to simply have a case for iPods made of precious metal and diamonds. My brother added the twist that led to adding the wearability, so that the iPod could be worn on a chain. My brother Danny also came up with the name – icepod. Over the next several months I developed the idea further, created a business and then finally after two years, given that no one else had beat me to the punch, I brought icepod products public and officially launched the company in January 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival.

What makes icepod different from other "I" products available on the market today?

icepod is the only wearable (on a chain or on a purse strap or belt loop) precious metal with or without diamonds (or other stones) line of pendants for the iPods and the iPhone. icepods and the icephone are fully customizable whereby the customer can choose the metal and stone type and laser engraving and other high-end handcrafting is available.

We will soon have products available for other popular hand held gadgets, such as the Zune mp3 player, BlackBerrys, and cell phones.

What kind of products do you have now?

We have a full line of products for the various recent iPod styles and the iPhone. Specifically, the icepods are made for: 30gb Video, 60gb & 80gb Video, Shuffle, both the 2nd and 3rd Generation Nanos, all model of the 1st Generation Touch, the 80gb & 160gb Classics, and the 1st Generation iPhone. We will very soon release pieces for the newest 4th Generation Nano, Touch, and 3G iPhone.

What is the price range and where can people buy them?

Prices range from $75 for a gold-plated icepod for the Shuffle, for example, all the way to thousands for a custom-made platinum and diamond pave piece for the 160gb Classic. All pieces come with a matching necklace. Prices for the mid-tier line that consists of 14K gold plated or Sterling Silver plated with either Swarovski Crystals or high-end cubic zirconia range from $75 to approximately $400. These products will soon be available online and in select boutiques around the country. Currently, icepod is available at Traffic Boutique in Dallas and New Orleans and will soon be available at Lulu in Bal Harbor Shops in Bal Harbor (Miami area), Florida. Check the website frequently as icepod will be everywhere very soon! We have just begun selling...

Also, occasionally we will have a limited release (no more than 100 pieces) of a special edition icepod that has been featured on TV, at a celebrity event, or in a magazine. Stay tuned to the website to catch one of these exclusive pieces while supplies last!

Is it a challenge keeping up with the changing sizes and shapes of the "i"products?

It can be challenging in that it is expensive and time consuming. Each time Apple, for example, changes an iPod style, we must have new tooling developed, samples made, and a new production process started that includes a long testing and quality control period. Plus it is very expensive and requires much collaboration with our manufacturers overseas. We do our best to release all new, in-demand styles as soon as possible.

Tell me about some of the reactions you've gotten regarding the product?

Literally ALL reactions have been positive, many times wildly enthusiastic... After all, icepod is truly unique and is a product never seen before in the marketplace. Customers are tired of the same old accessories and are always excited when something new appears! When I wear my icepod out, I am constantly stopped by random individuals wanting to know what it is and where they can get one! It’s definitely a conversation piece.

Purposely, icepod’s initial launch and promotional activities have been in the celebrity arena, such that we will become known as THE product to have, thus creating the demand. So far, every celebrity that we have met and gifted, from the A-Listers on down absolutely LOVED icepod. Miley Cyrus, for example, stated publicly, “I just love the little icepod...” and Rachel Hunter commented that icepod was such a clever and absolutely genius product idea. Every celebrity that I have personally met and gifted an icepod to were thrilled. I recently gifted icepods to Holly, Bridget, and Kendra (The Girls Next Door) at a recent Playboy Mansion charity event. They were very thankful, enthused, had nothing but kind comments, and wore their icepods the rest of the night, including while on stage during the Ludacris performance!

What are you hoping for, for the future of the company?

The parent company, Ice Innovations, hopefully will continue to grow and expand. We will soon be launching glamorous products for other popular handheld gadgets. We also have plans to one day launch a clothing line and possibly a fragrance. We will always strive to develop innovative, high-end, fresh products that our customers will want to be the first to own.

My husband has the ipod 80 gig video and it has that silvery thing that shows fingerprints like crazy. Will a product like yours prevent that?

While an icepod will serve as a protective cover (it is lined with a cushioned fabric), it is a piece of jewelry and should be taken care of as such. The current icepod pendant line covers the front of the iPod only. A soon to be released full front and back case (also wearable) will protect the entire iPod. The best part of an icepod as a functional protective cover, is that if dropped or scratched, the iPod will be protected and the icepod can simply be brought to a jeweler to be fixed, polished, or brought back to its original perfect state!

Anything else you'd like to share?

Some upcoming events that icepod will be attending are

Justin Timberlake Celebrity charity golf tournament and concert in Las Vegas

“I will graduate” Celebrity concert in New York City

Kewl Fest in El Cajon, California

Check out the icepod.com website frequently to see where we’ve been and where we are going. We will also be launching a new, all flash, fully e-commerce website in the next couple months, in time for the holidays! So stay tuned!

Jon Levine, the owner of Ice Innovations, tells BeansTalk readers that he can be reached any time. Visit the Contact Us link on the icepod.com site, email info@icepod.com and he'll respond to any questions or comments. Customers can also place a custom order any time by emailing orders@icepod.com.

TCM Uncovers Lost Cult Classic


Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has uncovered one of the world’s most sought-after cult films to kick off the latest season of its late-night movie showcase TCM UNDERGROUND. The World’s Greatest Sinner, Timothy Carey’s rock-and-roll satire about politics and religion, features a score by rock experimentalist Frank Zappa. The movie will make its cable television debut on TCM Friday, Oct. 24, at 11 p.m. (ET).

“TCM UNDERGROUND is a great showcase for this memorable example of underground filmmaking,” said Charles Tabesh, senior vice president of programming for TCM. “We are proud to be able to bring this rarely seen film to our viewers, especially at a time when its take on religious and political themes is quite timely. It’s also a great chance for viewers to enjoy music from Frank Zappa during his pre-Mothers of Invention days.”

“The World’s Greatest Sinner is a film so underground, it doesn’t even register in most film guides and histories,” said Romeo Carey, son of the film’s producer-writer-director. “I’m thrilled TCM is able to give movies like this a chance to be seen.”

In The World’s Greatest Sinner, producer-writer-director Carey plays Clarence Hilliard, an insurance salesman who loses his job after telling potential customers that life insurance is pointless. He then starts preaching radical religious ideas to an ever-growing crowd, incorporating rock-and-roll music into his act and eventually declaring himself to be God. After drawing large crowds to his crazed performances, he catches the attention of a political boss and is soon put up as an independent candidate for President.

The World’s Greatest Sinner comes to TCM from Absolute Films and Romeo Carey, the son of the movie’s creator. This film has garnered a considerable cult following, despite never receiving a full national release. Much of the appeal is driven by Carey’s no-holds-barred performance and Zappa’s unique score.

In addition, notable voice-over artist Paul Frees provides the narration. And Ray Dennis Steckler, who won his own cult following with such films as Rat Pfink a Boo Boo and The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, served as a cameraman.

Lisa Leslie, Linda Hamilton Honored


The Diamond In the RAW Foundation has named two additional celebrity honorees who will be on hand at their inaugural 2008 Stuntwomen's Awards Luncheon.

Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist/WNBA star Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks and Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-nominated actress Linda Hamilton, will accept respective honors at the Awards Luncheon, scheduled for Sunday, October 19th, at MountainGate Country Club, 12445 Mountain Gate Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049.

The Reception and Silent Auction begins at 11 AM followed by the Luncheon and Awards Ceremony at 12:30 PM. Hosted by KTLA Morning News anchor Jessica Holmes, the special event recognizes and celebrates outstanding women in the television and film industry working in the areas of stunts, action, athletics and extreme sports.

Lisa Leslie will receive the 2008 Dare To Be Different Award, which is presented to a female athlete that is competitive, ambitious and dares to dream big. This award also honors the recipient for appearing in television and/or film, representing women in action.

Linda Hamilton, who starred as Sarah Connor opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the blockbuster movies, "Terminator" and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," will receive the 2008 Action Icon Award for her groundbreaking work as a leading lady in action genre films. As a female action hero, her work is an inspiration to many women in the stunt industry.

The Diamond In the RAW Foundation also announced its nominees for the 2008 Stuntwomen's Awards Luncheon:

GEM AWARD
Mary Albee
Doug Coleman
Brad Martin

JEWEL AWARD
Debbie Evans
Sonja Jo Mc Dancer
Nancy Thurston

MENTORSHIP AWARD
Terri Cadiente
Paula Dell
Annie Ellis

"WHOA" STUNTWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
Joni Avery
Jwaundance Candece
Sonja Jo Mc Dancer
Lori Seaman
Nancy Thurston

The winners will be announced at the Awards Luncheon on Sunday, October 19th, which benefits the Diamond In the RAW Foundation.

The Diamond In the RAW Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and expose at-risk teen girls to various careers in the entertainment industry -- both in front of and behind the camera -- such as careers in directing, stunts or stunt coordination. The Foundation also bestows educational scholarships annually, including the winner of The Thrill of Victory essay contest, to be presented to a deserving youth during the Awards Luncheon.

The event co-chairs are Emmy Award winner Jim Vickers (2nd Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator whose credits include "CSI: Miami" and "Numb3rs") and Susan L. Savage, Chair of the Screen Actors Guild Women's Committee. The event is executive produced by La Faye Baker and Jadie David, co-founders of the Diamond In the RAW Foundation. Emmy Award-winning producer Romell Foster-Owens is the event producer.

To purchase tickets or for more information about the event, please visit www.diamondintheraw.com, email info@diamondintheraw.com or call (800) 566-4714.

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Actress Debra Messing, star of the film "The Women", poses at the film's premiere in Los Angeles September 4, 2008. Messing wore Platinum jewelry by Neil Lane, a pair of Platinum cluster earrings, stackable bracelets and a cocktail ring. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES) and (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

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the B-52s announce additional Fall tour dates.


Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland and Cindy Wilson will keep the Funplex party going strong with a riotous performance of full-throttle electro rock dance pop. Alongside new gems like ‘Funplex’, ‘Ultraviolet’, ‘Hot Corner’, ‘Keep This Party Going’ and the sublime new single ‘Juliet Of The Spirits’, the show features much of the B’s superb catalogue including the mighty ‘Rock Lobster’, ‘Roam’, ‘Mesopotamia’, ‘Planet Claire’ and the classic ‘Love Shack’.



“Every time they take a stage, The B-52s prove that there has never been another band remotely like them"- Rolling Stone



“Dance music sounds so much better when performed live by an actual band of flesh, blood and several cubic yards of eyeliner.” - The Washington Post


“The new songs jumped alongside the old ones with cheeky verve.” - The Boston Globe


“It’s impossible to attend a B-52s show and not find your leg reflexively bouncing or your head bobbing uncontrollably- Richmond Times-Dispatch



Recorded in their native Athens and released earlier this year, Funplex saw the band return to excellent reviews after a 16 year hiatus and once again deliver a collection of classic B-52s material. With its primal guitar hooks, driving drums and the B-52s unmistakable vocal style, Funplex is instantly recognizable as quintessential and contemporary B-52s.



The band recently released the “Juliet of the Spirits” Remix EP which features remixes from some of world’s most sought-after electronic producers - Zoned Out, Dan McKie, Glenn Morrison & Bruce Aisher, and Morgan Page.

Oct 17 Merrillville, IN Star Plaza Theater
Oct 18 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
Nov 1 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
Nov 7 San Diego, CA House of Blues
Nov 8 Palm Desert, CA McCallum Theater
Nov 9 Thousand Oaks, CA Civic Arts Plaza
Nov 11 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
Nov 12 Las Vegas, NV Primm Valley Casino
Nov 14 San Rafael, CA Marin County Civic Center
Nov 15 Bakersfield, CA The Fox Theater
Nov 16 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia at LA Live

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PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics, the first make-up company in history to donate ALL of its profits, after taxes, to women's health and human rights advocacy issues, unveils its unique and moving Holiday gift.

"A Heart As Big As The World" features PeaceKeeper's Eternal Equity Gloss, a shade of pale rose pink with a hint of gold shimmer that is universally flattering, coupled with a red hand-blown glass heart charm from Thailand with a silver loop and packaged in PeaceKeeper's bright eco-green packaging.

With this gloss, PeaceKeeper asks the question “What does true eternal equity for all people on the planet look like? Where no one thrives at the expense of someone else?” A dollar from the sale of each gift set goes to Micro-Credit Enterprises to fund women who live on a dollar a day to be trained in a trade that is sustainable. Now That’s Beautiful™.

“A Heart As Big As The World” gift set will be available starting in November at Whole Food Stores and on PeaceKeeper’s website at www.iamapeacekeeper.com for $9.99.