One of our faves, Debi Mazar, has been announced as part of the 2009 cast of “Dancing With The Stars. ” She currently is starring on the HBO series “Entourage” as Shauna, the sassy and sophisticated publicist. Debi started out in the entertainment business as a makeup artist for Madonna, and appeared in many of her music videos.

NBC is set to launch their “Green Your Routine” campaign starting tomorrow and running until November 23rd.

“Green Your Routine” will spotlight NBC stars discussing how they are eco-friendly in their own lives off-camera. Some of the stars spreading the eco-cheer are Jane Krakoswki of 30 Rock, Masi Oka of Heroes, Tori Spelling, Debra Messing, Ann Curry, Meredith Viera and the lovely ladies of Lipstick Jungle, among others.

We have all been looking forward for the release of the film The Women. It has an all-star cast of some of the most famous ladies in Hollywood — Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing and Jada Pinkett Smith, just to name a few.

One of our favorite actresses Debi Mazar plays a manicurist during a very pivotal scene in the film. We came across a really interesting interview in BlackBook Magazine with the former makeup artist turned actress. Click here to read about her role in The Women and the upcoming season of Entourage.

We have fabulous news for all of you reality show lovers out there!  Lifetime has given a six-episode order for the new reality show “Blush: The Search for America’s Greatest Makeup Artist.”  Here is the report from Variety:

Pickup of “Blush” reflects the ramp-up of unscripted development at Lifetime as it preps for the arrival of its pricey “Project Runway” acquisition this fall. “Blush” will follow eight aspiring makeup mavens as they compete for the grand prize of a one-year contract as a professional makeup artist with Max Factor, $100,000 in cash and a shot at doing the makeup for a major glossy magazine cover shoot.

Contestants will live together in Los Angeles and engage in weekly elimination competitions. Skein will feature a still-to-be-named host, an artist mentor in the style of “Runway’s” Tim Gunn, and three judges from the fashion and beauty worlds.

We’ve been talking about it for months and it’s finally here! Today, Sex and the City hits theaters nationwide. Our favorite four girls are backing enjoying there favorite three things — Manolo’s, martini’s and men.

There has been sooo much press covering the movie that we wanted to share of few of our favorite articles with you. Here we go…

The New York Times has written a great article entitled, “Sex and the Rest of the City.”

The Los Angeles Times offers some very interesting observations about the movie.

MSNBC has a fashionable article about the fashion of Sex and the City.

Click below to watch a fun interview with Sarah Jessica Parker.

The “Sex and The City” theme song always brings a smile to my face. During the shows run, I adored their music choices. I began to think about all the great music they must be putting together for the feature film soundtrack. Well, it’s being reported that Fergie is recording the films opening number called “Labels & Love.” The film’s director Michael Patrick King said, “It’s an entirely new song with lyrics, but it has the Sex and the City theme as the DNA — on steroids.”

“Sex and the City: The Movie” will be released May 30th, ladies! Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock…

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According to Suzanne Westmore, Emmy nominated make-up artist on the hit show Dirt, “Complexions must be flawless.” Yet at the same time, “Every blemish, line, and brush stroke is amplified.” In addition, problems such as shine, redness, and inconsistent pigments are magnified in high-def.

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