No more Oprah?   Oprah Winfrey announced that after 25 years, she will be pulling the plug on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Sept. 9, 2011. Oprah is preparing to start her own cable channel, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Celebs voiced their support and awe at Oprah’s decision. Ellen DeGeneres said, “I don’t think I could be here without her,” and Gayle King said, “We don’t need to worry about [Oprah] filling her time, I promise you that!” The media-mogul reaches 7 million viewers a day with The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah Winfrey has announce today that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end (Read more…)

Twilight is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother re-marries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Edward is a vampire, but he doesn’t have fangs and his family is unique in that they (Read more…)

It was actor Jamie Campbell Bower who starred in Burton’s rendition of Sweeney Todd that initiated this buzz. Bower was asked who he would pick to direct the fourth installment of the ‘Twilight’ Series, ‘Breaking Dawn,’ when he responded with Tim Burton’s name. With the fourth book arguably being the most intense, why wouldn’t Burton’s name be suggested?  Actress Ashley Greene, who plays Alice Cullen in the Twilight series, validated this comment to MTV at the MoMA Second Annual Film Benefit saying, “…if you look at what we’ve done from ‘Twilight’ to ‘New Moon’ to ‘Eclipse’ director-wise, they’re all completely different, because the tones are different. The fourth one’s a little odd, a little weird, and I definitely think that Tim Burton would put an amazing spin on it.”  Of course he would. We have seen Burton take stories like the up (Read more…)

Black Friday, or Retail Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving. It is one of the two busiest shopping days of the year. In case you didn’t know, the other busiest shopping day is the day after Christmas, when throngs of shoppers, on holiday vacation, mob the stores to use gift certificates they received, and to exchange merchandise.  Why Black??  In the world of accountants, red signifies a loss, and black signifies a profit. For many retailers, the Christmas holiday sales season  (Read more…)

The Cut reports that 20 year old Korean model Daul Kim has died. She was found dead in Paris this morning, her agents at Next confirm to NY Magazine. “She was a top model and a great friend to all of us at Next. Please respect her family’s privacy at this time of sadness. We will all miss her very much,” they said in a statement. As a source told the 20-year-old committed suicide. Seul born model started her career in Korean Vogue and quickly became a favorite of i-D and Dazed & Confused with Steven Meisel and Sebastian Kim shooting her. She walked numerous shows including Chanel Couture and starred at Chanel Coco Cocoon video. Daul has been feautured as a face of Moschino campaign in 2007 and had a solo exhibit in her native Seoul of her paintings.

Uga VII, the white English bulldog mascot for the University of Georgia’s football team, died Thursday of heart-related causes. The 56-pound dog seemed oblivious to crowd noise during games and would sit patiently as excited fans snapped photos of him. Uga made his debut as the mascot in August 2008 after his father, Uga VI, died of congestive heart failure. “He was 10-3 last year, which is not bad for a freshman,” said Sonny Seiler, owner of Uga VII. The school said there would be no mascot at Saturday’s game in Athens against Kentucky, but that a wreath will be laid on his doghouse on the field’s sideline. Uga VII was 4.

The unstoppable rise of Thirty Seconds To Mars continues with the confirmation that they will play their biggest UK tour to date in February 2010. The tour heralds the band’s ascension into British arenas and includes a major show at London’s Wembley Arena.  Thirty Seconds To Mars previewed the December 7th release of their highly anticipated new album ‘THIS IS WAR’ with an intimate low-key show at London’s Koko on November (Read more…)