Carry All and Looking Good

Fashion, form, function and affordability. Those words describe Caboodles, and if you’re not familiar with the brand, check it out. Since 1987, it’s made organizing your cosmetics fun and fashionable, with a variety of cases, some of which can double as handbags and be personalized for your needs. The “Envy” soft-sided bag shown here gives you outside zippered pockets and inner compartments to hold make-up, brushes, electronics. It...

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Santa Monica: The New Place To Be

This wasn’t just a facelift.  It was a complete re-do of a ship that had long since sailed, one that took two years and cost several hundred million dollars. So when the curtain came up on the new Santa Monica Place last week, she was bold, beautiful, exciting and enticing, urging one and all to take out their wallets and spend, spend, spend. Bloomingdale’s was first to open its doors in a sneak preview of its boutique-style...

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TCA Network Party Smackdown

It’s that time of the summer, when TV networks present their new and returning programming and talent to the nation’s television critics in a series of panels and presentations in a hotel ballroom. But at the end of the day, it’s time to party. As with the on-air programming, the competition is tough. Here’s how it shook out amongst the big broadcasters: CBS The party: An open-air tent at the former...

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No Sweating the Emmys for Fallon

Jimmy Fallon’s parents won’t be coming to the Emmys to see him host the 62nd edition of the awards show on August 29. They want to come, but he doesn’t want them there. Why? Because he might sweat too much. The affable host of “Late Night” has seen his perspiration level drop in the 18 months since he took over the program and interviewed his first guest, the notoriously incommunicative and sweat-inducing...

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Truly, New Blood at the Emmys

Some fresh, new blood has been injected into the races for this year’s Emmy awards and some interesting additions and omissions make this one of the most interesting seasons in years.  And, it will be a short one with the televised ceremonies set for August 29. The Emmys are known for anointing some of the same people for years on end.  Tony Shalhoub is a perfect example.  Although his show, “Monk,” has ended its...

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