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The beauty spotlight this week is shining on Natalie Portman! No matter what she does or where she goes, this girl seems to always look amazing!

This week Natalie is in Venice for the 67th Annual Venice Film Festival and she looks positively GORGEOUS!

Here she is arriving for the Opening Ceremony of the Festival  and the ‘Black Swan’ premiere held at the Sala Grande Palazzo, in Venice, Italy on September 1.

This is one of Natalie’s classic red carpet looks! She’s rockin’ the dark brown smokey eye with natural lips, rosy cheeks, and a slightly off-center bun to perfect the look. PERFECT!

*Natalie keeps Rosebud Salve handy at all times for a perfect pout. (I never leave home without it!) Rosebud Salve can be found at Sephora www.Sephora.com

I LOVE this light breezy look on Portman! Her skin is dewey with light makeup and her hair is worn down with big loose curls just at the ends for more of a fresh summery look!

*I recently ran into Natalie at the Erykah Badu concert in LA and she had no makeup on… her skin was FLAWLESS!! She reportedly uses Mario Badescu Drying Lotion to keep her skin squeeky-clean!  www.mariobadescu.com

Va-Va-Voom!! Wow! Natalie is totally rockin’ the “bombshell” hair – LOVE it!! Her hair is loose and slight messy with a lot of volume giving her a bit of a Brigitte Bardot look. She contemporizes the look with charcoal-lined eyes, silver shadows and lots of mascara. This is my favorite!

*Portman says she compulsively uses Bumble and Bumble Hair Products! www.bumbleandbumble.com

This is another very sexy “beachy” look. Her hair is loose and tousled and makeup mostly natural with emphasis on those eyes!

*Portman recently just inked a deal to be the new face of Parfums Christian Dior! This is her first beauty endorsement! Other beauties who have been the face of Dior include, Sharon Stone, Charlize Theron, and Monica Belluci.

Peace, Love and Sexiness!

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We all know New York is the city that never sleeps. But it’s also the playground of the rich and famous. If you’re ever in the Big Apple, check out some of these hotspots where celebrities dine, shop, relax and party.

After a long flight or drive, first up is the spa. Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz both frequent Exhale, according to People. Located in Central Park South, the upscale spa offers eyebrow waxing, facials and fitness routines, all integrating emotional and physical well being. But, you better be prepared to pay up – the “Eliza’s Eyes” eyebrow waxing costs $120.

Relaxed? Check. Now on to some shopping. Sexy songstresses Carrie Underwood and Beyonce both get their threads from Henri Bendel’s boutique. No wonder these two always look hot. Known for its unique fashion, Bendel has all your 5th Avenue needs.

And now moving on to What Comes Around Goes Around. Jessica Simpson and our favorite foreign fashionista, Victoria Beckham, shop at this stylish vintage boutique to find fashion trends from the last hundred years. Bring your charge card, because a classic pair of Levi’s from the 1940s can cost $3,000.

At this point you’ve definitely shopped up an appetite. In an unmarked West Village townhouse, you’ll find Bobo. The restaurant serves up celebs like Natalie Portman and Orlando Bloom. It’s no wonder, because the pan-European restaurant with antique décor and brownstone serves fresh, local food with a contemporary, personal touch. Hey, if it’s good enough for Orlando, it’s good enough for me!

Ok, enough running around. Time to hit the clubs! Just ask party girl Lindsay Lohan…she knows the hottest bar in NYC. Club Marquee gives you the choice of house, hip hop and rock-n-roll classics.

According to People, the club has three bars and if you’re Jamie Foxx, maybe you can afford the $14,000 bottle of Hennessey. Marquee staffs a hospitality manager to cater to the special needs of celebrities. No Wonder Lohan has been coming here since the club opened!

The Belles of the Ball

Most improved: After her gypsy-inspired ensemble at the Golden Globes and peach bridesmaid dress at the SAG Awards, Oscar nominee Marisa Tomei finally got it right with her one-shoulder silver, pleated Versace gown.

5. Amy Adams: Sure the Oscar nominee’s Fred Leighton necklace was huge, but it was stunning with 39 carats of diamonds and 630 carats of sapphires, emeralds and rubies. While it could have matched a little better, it still didn’t take away from her red Carolina Herrera gown. The draping fabric in the front and black stitching across the bust and down her back made for some exquisite details.

4. Taraji P. Henson: The best actress nominee didn’t look anything like her frumpy alter ego in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” in her delicately pleated, fitted champagne gown. Her big diamond necklace and train added extra elegance to the Roberto Cavalli gown without overpowering her.

3. Reese Witherspoon: The rich blue and black colors of the former Oscar winner’s Rodarte gown made for a striking contrast. Adding to the beautiful ensemble are the sparkles on the bust area and the draping black fabric.

2. Alicia Keys: We’re not sure why the Grammy-winning singer was at the Oscars, but she sure showed those movie stars how it’s done with her elegant yet young fuchsia Giorgio Armani Prive gown.

1. Natalie Portman: This beautiful actress was a lovely fresh breath of air in her Rodarte orchid-colored gown, which set her far apart from the many other metallic and black gowns on the red carpet. It fit her perfectly, and her simple silver bracelet, rings, and earrings were just enough.

Better luck next year

Least Improved: The “Slumdog Millionaire” beauty turned heads on the red carpet at the Golden Globes with her strapless mustard slightly ruffled gown and at the SAG Awards with her purple whimsical gown (although she could have lost the draped scarf). Yet, her blue John Galliano gown at the Oscars didn’t look like a million bucks with the laced one sleeve.  

5. Melissa Leo.  The Oscar nominee hasn’t had a lot of practice on the red carpet, but she could have used some pointers when it came to her frumpy brown dress with the oddly placed brooches pinned to her cap sleeves. A vibrant gown color and a more polished hair style could have done wonders.

4. Miley Cyrus: The huge volcano-looking skirt on her Zuhair Murad silk tulle gown was just too overpowering for the petite 16-year-old.

3. Beyonce: Hugh Jackman’s dancing partner should have taken a cue from fellow singer, Alicia Keys when picking out a gown. The House of Dereon dress was yet another mermaid-style that we’ve come to see her wear again and again; but, the biggest crime was the gold leaf design. It’s one thing to want an Oscar, but you shouldn’t match it.

2. Sarah Jessica Parker: Her alter ego, Carrie Bradshaw, is a fashionista, but this Dior Couture gown would have been better off on Barbie with its belt and overly puffy skirt.

1. Jessica Biel: You’d think Justin Timberlake could give his girlfriend better fashion tips. It looked like she had some extra fabric left over, so she just tucked it right back into her champagne Prada gown. The stiff round bottom of the gown was no hit either, but at least it hid her black close-toed shoes.

Best surprise: With song/dance man Hugh Jackman as host, surprise presenters, and funny gag bits, the Oscar’s was one of the most entertaining it’s been in a long time. (Ratings were even up 6 percent from last year’s telecast.)

Worst surprise: Chances are you won your office pool because just about no surprise winners threw off our ballots. “Slumdog Millionaire” cleaned up winning 8 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay as predicted, and Kate Winslet, Heath Ledger, and Penélope Cruz won as expected. The biggest upset was Sean Penn winning Best Actor over Mickey Rourke, but really we all knew it was between the two anyway.

Worst use of presenting the Best Pictures:  Up until the last ten minutes of the show, you wouldn’t even know which films were nominated for Best Picture, and isn’t this what the night was really all about? Instead of showcasing clips throughout the night like usual, the clips were only shown right before the award was handed out. Even worse, they were intermingled with previous films that have similar themes making the clips confusing and taking attention away from the nominees.

Best presentation of movies: The montages of film genres recapping the best of 2008 were done so in great pop culture fashion. Coldplay’s “Lovers in Japan” played to the great romance flicks, Wall-E the adorable robot found a tape of the best animation movies, and the hilarious James Franco and Seth Rogen reprised their “Pineapple Express” roles as they watched DVDs of the funniest comedies.

Worst use of presenting the Best Songs: The song nominees, which are usually played in their entirety throughout the night, also weren’t given their full due. The two “Slumdog Millionaire” songs and “Wall-E” song were shortened and played one after the other. We all knew “Jai Ho” was going to win, but “Wall-E” should have been given it’s own set piece rather than making John Legend sing with “Slumdog’s” Indian back-up dancers and drummers.

Best use of presenting awards: Rather than randomly presenting awards, the telecast walked the audience through the making of a movie starting with the screenwriting process to art direction to editing. Stars associated with the category was also a nice touch like action hero Will Smith presenting Best Visual Effects and Sound Mixing and “Religious” filmmaker Bill Maher presenting Best Documentary.

Best presenters: Steve Martin and Tina Fey presented the screenplay awards humorously (“Don’t fall in love with me” Martin stoically told a googly eyed Fey) and controversially (poking fun at Hollywood-favorite Scientology). And don’t forget about Ben Stiller who delivered a dead-on impression of Joaquin Phoenix’s bizarre appearance on the “Late Show with David Letterman” while presenting with Natalie Portman. It would have been even funnier though if it wasn’t just parodied at the previous night’s Independent Spirit Awards.

Best use of presenters: Keeping most of the identities of the presenters top-secret beforehand made for a more exciting show because you never knew who was going to come out next. Hello Will Smith, hello Reese Witherspoon!

Worst use of presenters: While it was fun seeing past winners like Nicole Kidman, Robert De Niro, and Christopher Walken, presenting the nominees, it came off too self-congratulatory. Instead of comments like “You really nailed it” and Marion Cotillard clasping her hands together cooing “Thank you” to Winslet, let’s see some clips instead. Most viewers at home haven’t seen all the movies, so it’d be more interesting to see the performances for which they’re nominated. 

Best acceptance speech: Instead of the director or co-stars accepting on his behalf, the acceptance of Heath Ledger’s Oscar by his family was much more touching. “Tonight we are choosing to be happy and celebrate what he has achieved,” his mother, Sally Bell, said.

Funniest acceptance speeches: Where to begin? First there’s Phillipe Petit, the subject of the documentary, “Man on Wire,” who not only balanced the Oscar on his chin, he also made a coin disappear.  Then the Japanese director of the Best Animated Short, “Kunio Kato thanked Mr. Roboto.” Finally, Best Director, Danny Boyle, bounced up and down in homage of Tigger for his children.  

Worst camera shots: Awkward alert… Not only did Jennifer Aniston have to present an award mere feet away from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the camera cut away to Brangelina twice! At least Jolie and Pitt made nice and weren’t giving dirty looks.

Best use of teeny boppers: While baby faced stars like Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Robert Pattinson, and Amanda Seyfried presented and performed on stage to most likely draw in the younger audience, their presence was downplayed and didn’t make the Oscars feel like the Teen Choice Awards.

Best secret talent: Anne Hathaway showed off her really good voice in her pretend-impromptu song and dance number with Jackman. Look out Beyoncé. Maybe you won’t be needed next year.

Here are the winners of the major categories:

Best Picture: “Slumdog Millionaire”

Best Actor: Sean Penn, “Milk”

Best Actress: Kate Winslet, “The Reader”

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”

Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”

Best Director: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”

Natalie Portman kept her summer sizzle at the Venice Film Festival, People Magazine reports. She looked perfectly chic in a sashed, navy Miu Miu dress with soft curls framing her face.

Drama, drama, drama. Keira Knightley looked anything but calm in her blue, tulle-topped, strapless Alexis Mabeel dress, pulled back hair and square-toe Maschino pumps. A huge fall trend, ladies.

Moving on to sexy Charlize Theron, also in Venice. The girl commanded attention in her sleek, fuchsia Versace dress. It was expertly shaped and paired with little accessories, to keep the attention where it belonged. Beautiful and simple Roger Vivier heels finished the look.

Anne Hathaway left me breathless premiering her new flick, “Rachel Getting Married.” She totally dazzled in an elegant and glamorous, Atelier Versace gown.  The detailed skirt and green compliment her shape and skin tone. 

Sweetheart Reese Witherspoon looked flawless at the Avon event in Brazil. Nothing says well put together like her Navy, Sari Gueron dress with matching shoes and accessories that added a gold sparkle.

Alright, this one is for my trendsetters. Attention daredevils walking outside the pretty circle and teetering on the edge of fashion: If you’re looking for something different, listen up!

Skinny jeans? Check. Form fitting mini skirt? Check. Okay, now add a bright-colored jacket to make an impression. Who needs casual anyway? Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and Katherine Heigl all tackle the bright jacket with dark denim and black skirt contrast. This stunning contradiction is sure to get attention.

Leather mini skirts are no longer 80s. Bring them back! Selita Ebanks, Ashley Olsen and Nicky Hilton all hopped on the trendy wagon, People Magazine said. Pair with gladiator heels and you are a force.

Business women, pay attention. It’s time to spice up the office. Wear a “short suit” like Anne Hathaway, Rihanna and Natalie Portman. Match your basic black suit jacket with a skirt or shorts, some heels and accessories and you will definitely be “fiscally responsible.”

Yellow is my favorite color. And it might become yours after you try on these jeans. Add pop and color to your ensemble with sunny yellow like Heidi Montag, Jada Pinkett Smith and Audrina Patridge. In fact you can add just about any color.

Take a moment to think about some of the biggest hollywood names of nineties entertainment…got them yet? Sure there’s a few, but how about these three in particular: Freddie Prinze Jr., Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Kevin Bacon. All names we know, but where have they been? Well, I’ve got the info for you on what they’ve been doing and their newest upcoming works.

Freddie Prinze Jr.: Well, we haven’t seen much of him since the brief run of his own sitcom, “Freddie”, and that was in 2005. Since then, this former heartthrob has kept himself busy with some voice gigs, a few guest roles on “Boston Legal”, and even some small scale movies in 2006 and 2007 that didn’t get much buzz.

This year however, his latest movie “Jack and Jill vs. The World” was released. In this movie, he takes on the lead role as Jack (could you have guessed?) opposite Taryn Manning (another face we haven’t seen in a while) who plays Jill (shocker). Otherwise, Freddie has been busy enjoying his happy marriage to his wife of six years, Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas: Not too much (unfortunately) can be found on the former child star who won us over in countless hilarious roles, for example as Tom Sawyer in “Tom and Huck” or as Tim ‘the tool man’ Taylor’s son, Randy on the show “Home Improvement”.

His most recent endeavors include a role as The Director in a movie called “The Extra” with Ryan Stiles (who name you might recognize from the popular improv comedy show “Whose Line is it Anyway”), about an actor who’s stuck being an extra in student films. Otherwise, JTT (as he used to be called) has been living life as a full time student. In Fall of 2001, he enrolled at Harvard University to study history and philosophy, and now attends graduate school at Columbia University.

Kevin Bacon: No, the free, footloose, fun-loving actor hasn’t been in the public eye lately – at least not in an extreme capacity, but yes, he has been busy.

First of all, he’s happily married to Kyra Sedgwick of “The Closer”, a well-known crime drama, for which he’s even directed a few episodes. He’s also just wrapped up a role in a film called “New York, I Love You”, set for release in February of 2009 – an anthology of love stories that take place in, you guessed it, New York.

Some of his costars include Rachel Bilson, Hayden Christensen, Orlando Bloom, Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, and Christina Ricci. Presently he is in the process of filming “My One and Only”, a comedy set in the 1950’s with Renee Zellweger. This film as a 2009 release date as well.

So, there you have it, the whereabouts and happenings of three great actors who seemed to have been M.I.A., but who actually (for the most part) have been extremely occupied. Maybe it has something to do with that old cliche: You can take the kid out of Hollywood, but you can’t take the Hollywood out of the kid!

Following in Carrie Bradshaw’s fashion footsteps, twelve-year-old Madeline Carroll, opening this weekend in her first lead movie, Swing Vote, is a fan of the girly girly pink pettiskirt styles of Kaiya Eve Couture.

Swing Vote movie star Kevin Costner says Maddie is wise beyond her years and is destined for Hollywood stardom.  A Natalie Portman look-alike, Maddie’s all-girl fashion statement will bring her stardom if she twirls in her couture tutu àla Carrie Bradshaw in the big city. You go girl!