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Vintage covers and advertising! Seriously, just go look. More »
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Following the birth of her son, Skyler Morrison, Rachel Zoe has been given a $250,000 push present by her husband, Rodger Berman. It's a ring. Not just any ring. A 10 carat cushion-cut Neil Lane diamond. The perfect piece to wear while dealing with poopy diapers. [Radar Online] More »
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Loving the lashes! More »
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Poor Voguester Andre Leon Tally took a spill at the Costello Tagliapietra show! Seems his seatmates suddenly rose en masse, "so the bench acted like a seesaw...He fell onto his side, and security immediately pulled him to his feet." [NYP] More »
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Ousted White House social secretary Desiree Rogers will become the CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, which publishes Ebony and Jet. Hopefully at her new gig she will not be constantly criticized for her wardrobe. More »
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Why do so many Mobama covers feature the First Lady with her hands demurely clasped? Deliberate signaling of her approachability? Or is it just how she likes to pose? What does it all mean? More »
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What does "Young Hollywood" look like? According to Vanity Fair, it's pretty, thin, female and white. More »
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• Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady were wed yesterday in Santa Monica. The bride wore Dolce & Gabbana, and so did her three dogs. [Us Magazine]

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If it wasn't enough that Michelle and Barack Obama have been named one of Ebony's 10 Hottest Couples for "[changing] the look of black love," an adorable 1996 interview about their marriage has been discovered. More »
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The way "black" magazines and "mainstream" mags discuss diet strategies is very different, according a recent study done at the University of Iowa. According to a U of Iowa press release: "African-American women's magazines are more likely to encourage fad diets and reliance on faith to lose weight, while mainstream women's magazines focus more on evidence-based diet strategies." "Fad diets" include Atkins and South Beach, as well as any diet that "may work in the short term," but doesn't ultimately result in longterm, lasting lifestyle changes. The authors of the study based their findings off 406 articles published between 1984 and 2004 in Ebony, Jet, Essence, Good Housekeeping, Better Homes and Gardens, and Ladies' Home Journal. The problem with almost all the weight loss strategies employed by both African American and mainstream publications, explains researcher Shelly Campo, is that they rely too much on individual accountability, and do not consider the external factors. More »
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