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Word on the street is, being a bridesmaid sucks. In fact, they've made several romantic comedies centered on just this premise! And in addition to being exhausting, demoralizing and degrading, apparently the honor of attending is, along with everything else, also increasingly pricey. In addition to the usual costs of gifts and (more and more often) travel, bridesmaids "are often expected to buy a dress, matching shoes, and jewelry, not to mention professionally applied makeup and nail polish on the day itself. And well in advance of the "I do's," they usually serve as host for a bridal shower, bachelorette party, or both." In fact, TheKnot.com calculates that before travel, the average bridesmaid will pony up $700. Multiply that by 27! [US News] More »
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• Tyra Banks is taken seriously enough by this country to host Presidential candidates.

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Today marks the opening of the Katherine Heigl-helmed romantic comedy 27 Dresses. We feel like we knew everything about the movie's plot before even reading a single review. So what did we learn by reading the reviews? That it, in addition to its thin storyline — and we don't mean "thin" in a pro-ana sort of way — 27 Dresses is pretty bad. Also, it's probably even more anti-feminist than that movie Katherine Heigl claims to be have been so ashamed to have appeared in, Knocked Up. See what some hilarious critics had to say, after the jump. More »
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Though most don't know costume designer Catherine Thomas by name, they are no doubt familiar some of the iconographic cinematic looks she has created (Uma Thurman's yellow leather jumpsuit in Kill Bill; Meryl Streep's Little House-goes-Dolly Parton garb in A Prairie Home Companion). But now Thomas created a number of looks that no self-respecting person would ever want to be associated with: The ugliest, tackiest, trashiest bridesmaids dresses imaginable, part of Katherine Heigl's costumes in 27 Dresses, which opens next Friday. Thomas' favorite? A Gone With the Wind inspired frock, compete with hoop skirt, bonnet, and parasol: "I think that was a combination of both someone from the South and a huge 'Gone With the Wind' fan and Vivien Leigh fan who had this fantasy since she was a little girl to be married in that scenario." Ha! What is it about being able to force your friends into matching dresses and denying them any stake in the decision that so warps women's minds? More »
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Katherine Heigl tells the January issue of Vanity Fair that, although her co-starring role in Knocked Up launched her career into the A-list stratosphere, she now feels that the movie was "a little sexist." While Heigl's comments echo Slut Machine's issues with the Apatow blockbuster, it's a little disingenuous to cash the $300,000 paycheck and, after you've reaped the benefits of the movie's success, slag your character to a major magazine. Heigl obviously read the script before she committed, so she knew what she was getting into, though now she claims, "It was hard for me to love the movie." Then again, she also criticizes Grey's Anatomy, telling VF she's upset because of a sweeps-week stunt that had her character, Izzie, boning down with her married best friend. Let's get this straight: "ratings ploys" are bad, but shilling for a Grey's Anatomy-themed line of scrubs is totally fine. More »
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