Don & Megan: The Madness Begins
The shock waves are still reverberating from the turn of events in the life of Don Draper that left viewers of “Mad Men” literally gasping during the stunning finale episode of Season 4. Fans of the highly-awarded show will have months to debate whether Draper’s surprise proposal to his secretary Megan was as crazy as it seemed—or if it will make perfect sense in the world of the mid 1960s that’s spinning out of control of the...
An Old-School Finale for ‘Mad Men’
Speaking of masculine locations, there couldn’t be a more perfect place to celebrate the finale of “Mad Men”’s fourth season than New York City’s storied 21 Club. And why is it that Don Draper comes to mind when one thinks of the ultimate bachelor? Well, spoiler alert—his short-lived singlehood is over. The crowd at the exclusive event marking the end of another award-winning season went absolutely nuts when Don proposed to Megan. In...
Lovely Rita
There’s a big difference between a facialist trained at a beauty school and one trained by some of the top estheticians in the business. Rita Csizmadia is one of those people—and one of the best in the biz. She worked in the offices of some of Beverly Hills’ top plastic surgeons before starting the Institute for Beautiful Skin. Housed in a medical office building in Santa Monica, Rita gets to work quickly by analyzing your...
Sizzle and Steak at the VMAs
MTV’s Video Music Awards have a storied history of sensational and surprising moments that have gone on to become pop cultural milestones. Who could forget Britney’s open-mouthed smooching of Madonna, or Michael Jackson making out on stage with Lisa Marie Presley way back in 1994? How about Prince revealing his pants-less behind in 1991? And then there was last year’s big fiasco and huge shocker, with even the president weighing...
Stewart’s Late Night Sanchez Snack
Without intending to, Jon Stewart has become quite influential over CNN’s personnel decisions. Before Rick Sanchez, people may forget there was Tucker Carlson, whom Stewart made mincemeat of after a disastrous guest spot on “Crossfire”—a show that was canceled after Stewart lambasted its journalistic ethics. Stewart actually went a bit easy on Sanchez in a 10-minute opening segment on “The Daily Show” Monday night, Oct. 4, 2010, even...