By: Chris P.
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Filed under Reality Television by on Nov 18th, 2010. 
One of the most under-utilized strategies in non profit fundraising is the celebrity endorsement.
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By: John DeFalco
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Filed under Celebrities by on Nov 18th, 2010.
Almost every female celebrity has had her name associated with a certain diet at one point or another. However no matter how much you trust and admire a celebrity they don’t always recommend good dietary advice.
Remember Oprah Winfrey pushing the Cabbage Soup Diet about a decade or so on her television. This diet alternated eating one certain food all day with drinking a high sodium broth made from cabbages, V8 juices and Lipton’s onion soup mix. One day you would eat nothing bananas, another day nothing but soup and another day nothing but meat. The problem with this diet is that it was basically a calorie deprivation diet that many people found hard to stick to. It was also a diet that was extremely high in sodium. Oprah later retracted her faith in this diet, but this is a good example of “When Good Celebrities Diet Wrong.”
Unfortunately, many celebrities do not really realize the impact that their blithe comments have on their faithful followers, especially when it comes to diets. Here are some examples of celebrity diets that may or may not work depending on the condition of your health, your budget and whether or not you have a private chef.
Drew Barrymore – Drew Barrymore advocates engaging in at least one fun but strenuous activity a day such as crazy golf, swimming or playing a team sport. This is combined with three meals a day, staying away from cola and eating sugar free Jell-O. She also stays away from eating meat as much as she can. This is a very sensible plan but it will not create a stick thin figure. Drew Barrymore is one of those curvy celebrities who is not caving in to Hollywood peer pressure to be less than curvaceous.
Heidi Klum – Supermodel Heidi Klum stunned the world by losing thirty pounds one month after giving birth to her baby. She did this by embarking on a calorie restricted diet that allowed her no more than 1700 calories a day which most doctors would consider to be too low for a nursing mom. However it might be just right for an average adult who is not nursing!
Gwyneth Paltrow – Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is a follower of the Zen Macrobiotic diet that bans dairy, caffeine, alcohol, meat, fish and eggs. Whatever you eat that is left over must be organic. This can be an expensive or inexpensive diet depending on whether or not you go for the organic option. Also most foods on this diet are served raw which means buying plenty of fresh produce, which can get expensive. It is very difficult to cook anything tasty on this kind of diet. As it is mostly vegetables, nuts and seeds it can lead to severe calorie restriction as well. Staying on this diet for more than a week is very challenging for most people who usually give into cravings. Furthermore the lack of proteins, vitamin B12 and fats in this diet can lead to mental and emotional disturbances.
Claudia Schiffer – Supermodel Claudia Shiffer sticks to eating three meals a day, but they must be totally organic. This is probably the best of the celebrity diets around as it is built on the common sense prescription of “three square meals a day.” However eating organic can double the expense of your grocery bill which is not economical for many.
Rene Zellweiger – Rene Zelleweiger keeps her figure by sticking to the Zone Diet. This diet which involves food combining is not that practical for ordering out in restaurants. Furthermore strategizing your meals takes a lot of planning, grocery shopping and making special meals. This is just not that practical for today’s busy women. There are many companies that specialize in delivering Zone prepared meals directly to your door in large urban centers and you can find this information in your local phone book or you can check on the internet.
By: Patricia Zelkovsky
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Filed under Health And Fitness by on Nov 18th, 2010.
Solstice, the brand new addition to the Celebrity fleet,has finally arrived and the only word to describe her Is phenomenal!
I was lucky enough to be invited to Miami to see her first-hand and what an experience it was. Solstice is 122,000 tonnes and there will be five ships in the class, Solstice, Equinox, Eclipse and a further two yet to be named. The moment I stepped onto the ship I knew she was going to be something special. The public areas are spacious and this feeling is enhanced by tranquil lighting. The pedestrian traffic flow through the ship works incredibly well. There is an amazing choice of bars, lounges and eating options. As you’d expect, there is, the usual high standard main restaurant and the casual buffet style Oceanview cafe. There are also four specialty restaurants: Silk Harvest serving Asian cuisine, Tuscan Grille steakhouse, Murano French cuisine and Blu.
Although they all carry a surcharge they’re well worth trying for something different or for a special occasion.
The Blu restaurant is reserved primarily for guests staying in AquaClass cabins. These are ideal for those looking for that little extra bit of peace, quiet and luxury. To tell you the truth, I find it hard to express how good the food and
service is in the Blu restaurant. On top of this, AquaClass guests also have their own spa area, The Persian Garden, with its steam rooms and aromatherapy this makes this grade of cabin great value.
Entertainment was also great with so many different options from seven-piece bands to steel drums. The shows are definitely state of the art and have great variety. They range from Broadway one night to a modern, breathtaking acrobatic and balance show the next. There were people flying through the air all over the place! One of my favourite areas was Celebrity Central.
This is a smaller auditorium with a small stage which offered stand-up comedy. This was a great new innovative idea and it was always packed. Then there is the Quasar nightclub, where you can dance till the small hours. There was literally something for everyone. There is just so much to do on board it’s hard to remember everything. Croquet anyone? Or boules at the lawn club – yes, it is real grass.
Relax in the spa, energize yourself in the gym, fill up in the cr
Filed under Travel And Leisure by on Nov 18th, 2010.
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By: tennismnky93
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Filed under Celebrities by on Nov 17th, 2010.
Whether we like it or not, the truth is that the lives of celebrities are scrutinized with magnifying glass-curiosity by the paparazzi, the media and fans alike. In fact, celebrities rule the airwaves and gossip columns today. Every little detail of a celebrity’s life is usually big news among the public at large, and one such aspect is the celebrity wedding rings flashed by our favorite star couples. Among the ardent fans of celebrities, are couples who would love nothing more than to own and wear celebrity weddings bands, as similar as possible to the ones worn by their celebrity heroes.
The fact remains that today many couples wish to be different in terms of their wedding styles, themes and even their wedding rings. It is specifically such couples who are also choosing celebrity wedding rings. If you and your partner wish to own and wear celebrity wedding bands as close as possible to those worn by your favorite celebrity couples, there are some simple ways to do this. For a start, you may color-copy, or scan the designs of the celebrity wedding rings worn by the particular celebrity couple from a close-up of the same, published in any glossy, celebrity magazine. If you succeed in getting a reasonably, legible scanned picture or laser color-copy, you can get an experienced designer of celebrity wedding bands to come up with a more detailed, illustration.
There are several jewelers who can come up with prototypes of the final designs you present to them. Such jewelers can then easily make your celebrity wedding bands at a cost far cheaper than the originals of your favorite star couple. On the other hand, there are also several certified, jewelers who have a range of celebrity wedding rings that are identical to the ones worn by top celebrities, although not necessarily of the same precious metal or gemstone authenticity. The advantage here is, that you will not only have celebrity wedding bands that are virtually identical copies to their celebrity-worn originals, but at a price far less than their originals.
Perhaps, why many young couples are desirous of having look-alike, celebrity wedding rings, is that it gives them a sense of confidence, style, sophistication, and, above all, the satisfaction of being different. Thankfully, with the widespread interest among people in the lives of celebrities, coupled with the power of the media, the opportunities to find actual photographs of the celebrity wedding rings and reproduce them have become extremely easy. While it’s true that original, celebrity wedding rings or celebrity wedding bands, cost enormous sums of money, inexpensive, copies of such wedding rings can be made by any experienced and professional jeweler, using cheaper grades of metal and gemstones.
In the final analysis however, celebrity wedding rings will certainly reflect your sense of style, personality and taste and that of your partner’s, as well as give the overall atmosphere of the wedding you’ve planned, a degree of sophistication. However, what matters most is, the love that you and your partner share. After all, the real celebrities … are you.
By: Jen Carter
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Filed under Shopping And Product Reviews by on Nov 17th, 2010.
They way people see celebrities, try to be like them etc and how magazines, internet and newspapers are affecting this
By: Nikki
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Filed under Media & Journalism by on Nov 17th, 2010.
As we all know, celebrities have images and reputations to maintain. They take good care of these because aside from their talent, these two are considered the elements which make up the foundation of their careers.
Celebrities spend thousands to millions of their hard earned money just to keep their body in shape and to keep their looks as beautiful as ever. However, celebrities, no matter how famous they are, are just ordinary people who have to deal with very ordinary problems such as hair loss due to aging. Unfortunately, no one can stop this process. As humans every person has to deal with it eventually. Most beauty problems of celebrities could be corrected in clinics. They even go to spas and salons to make them look beautiful and to stay young.
But what if the problem is a receding hairline? What if their hair is thinning? What do they do? Do they hide it with makeup? What are the options to resolve this matter?
There are times that people wear wigs to cover up the fact that their hairline is receding or to cover up the truth that they are experiencing baldness. This is the trouble for most celebrities. They just couldn’t wear any wig or toupee like ordinary individuals. Most wigs don’t just look natural and that would ruin their image. Just like any other human being out there who is experiencing a hair loss dilemma, celebrities turn to hair transplants. There are a lot of celebrities, mostly male, who have undergone celebrity hair transplant procedures. They do this to keep their looks or their appeal to the public. Some celebrities choose the popular hair transplantation method referred to as the follicular unit transplantation and some choose the other non-surgical options for this certain problem. Whatever option a celebrity may choose is purely dependent on his or her decision. Some of the famous celebrities who have undergone the procedure are Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner, John Travolta, Brendan Fraser and Billy Bob Thorton.
Aside from them, there are many other celebrities who have undergone the procedure. No one can blame them though, as even ordinary people undergo the procedure just to make themselves better. One can’t expect them to do less.
By: Dan J Wagner
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Filed under Health And Fitness by on Nov 17th, 2010.
By: nochoise
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Filed under Celebrities by on Nov 17th, 2010.