Sad Press Release of the Day- February 12, 2003 Attn. SALTYT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, Feb. 11 -- An American candy icon has been transformed for Valentine's Day. With the help of The New England Confectionary Company (NECCO), SPLENDA® Brand, the no-calorie sweetener, is offering a new twist on February's favorite candy to prove that you can enjoy the great taste of sugar with fewer calories. Over 16 million of the popular "conversation hearts" will have a 30 percent sugar reduction this Valentine's season. SPLENDA® Brand...http://saltyt.antville.org/stories/291095/ Take your side: Fernanda vs Gisele- February 12, 2003 By Robert Kahn STAFF WRITER, NEWSDAY Fernanda Tavares says there's more than one way to, well, uh, skin a cat. When PETA protesters in November rushed the catwalk at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Tavares was just a couple of strides behind fellow Brazilian supermodel - and target - Gisele Bundchen, who was accused of being "Fur Scum." "It was a little bit scary for us, because we were just working," Tavares says. But yesterday, there was the 5-foot-10 glamazon sitting in the front...http://saltyt.antville.org/stories/291086/ Surprise, surprise- February 12, 2003 Cosmo big newsstand seller By PAUL D. COLFORD, DAILY NEWS Not since the legendary Helen Gurley Brown was editor - 10 years ago - has Cosmopolitan sustained such big sales on newsstands. The magazine for the "fun fearless female" in search of "65 Ways to Love His Body" and similar insights had an average newsstand sale of more than 2 million copies in the second half of 2002 - for the second straight six-month period. Under editor Kate White, who's made a gold brand relevant to a new...http://saltyt.antville.org/stories/291065/ Fashion Week News- February 12, 2003 And this is one of the true favorites of this humble weblog, Valerie Sipp, yesterday at the NY Fashion Week. She was yesterday on the front page of The New York Times (pic), but thx to SALTYT special undercover agent S.C. I can also show you a cute backstage pic of her: The main story in the shows today was still Eva H. (more about that latter), but the papers still had a lot to say about other models, too. Here you go: Who was that handsome hunk in the front row that Karolina Kurkova..http://saltyt.antville.org/stories/290882/ Dating Karolina- February 11, 2003 If I were Steven Meisel, you could hear my screams all over the Conde Nast building. I rarely saw in American magazines photographs ruined by editors and production managers as his ed with Karolina Kurkova was in the February's issue of Vogue US. First of all, there's a greenyellow overdose in all the colors pics, Karolina looks almost ill. The bw pics are blurry (the only OK pic technically is this one, but it's the most boring). In pages with white background, the paper is almost...http://saltyt.antville.org/stories/290337/ Where's Maggie Rizer- February 11, 2003 SHOWBUZZ Maggie Rizer ushered in New York Fashion Week by helping 7th on Sixth chief Fern Mallis ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange, but that was her sole appearance; the all-America model has decided to sit out the shows. Rivals snipe that Rizer wasn't booked for the top runway displays and that rather than appear in a few mediocre shows, she decided to skip the whole thing. But her handlers insist that's just idle gossip, and that, in fact, her absence is due both to a better...http://saltyt.antville.org/stories/290307/ Acting performance of the Day- February 11, 2003 By Adrian Shaw The Mirror Catherine Zeta-Jones told yesterday how her dream wedding was ruined by a photographer who took sneak pictures of the private event. The 33-year-old actress said she broke down in tears and felt violated at discovering paparazzi snaps of her tying the knot with Michael Douglas had been sold to Hello! magazine. And the move scuppered a £1million deal the couple signed with the journal's bitter rivals, OK! Catherine complained the Hello! pictures were poor...http://saltyt.antville.org/stories/290298/ a delightful hatchet-job on the US editor- February 11, 2003 Bonnie - she's just like us Lights! Camera! Help! Not all famous editors are natural-born fashion divas&8212; but this one sure tries hard BY LIBBY CALLAWAY NY POST Everyone will be watching Bonnie Fuller this Fashion Week &8212; but let&8217;s hope for her sake they&8217;re not watching too closely. While the Us Weekly editor made a splash in the Bryant Park Tents last fall with her flashy, gossipy Us Daily, mastering her own style has proven more of a challenge. Whether it&8217;s...http://saltyt.antville.org/stories/290281/ Where the wild girls are- February 11, 2003 The NY Post has a special NY Fashion Week supplement this week, including "Off-duty models: why do they have to look so good without make up", a double-spread of infantile bits and juvenile gossip. Me, I never read gossip about models, but I thought maybe a few readers here would like to read it, so here you go (special thx Janie): Mini Anden: Someday, this 24-year-old Swede will have her own talk show &8212; and she&8217;ll probably do all the talking. As she riffs a mile a minute about...http://saltyt.antville.org/stories/290254/ The unhip magazine is still here- February 11, 2003 Editor takes LHJ in a cozier direction By Aileen Jacobson STAFF WRITER NEWSDAY Diane Salvatore hasn't actually changed the name of the 119-year-old magazine where she recently became the first new editor in 21 years. But by enlarging the type size and shifting the placement of its middle word, she has transformed Ladies' Home Journal. Journal used to be the dominant moniker - and still is, temporarily, on home-delivered and some newsstand copies, for a smoother transition, says Salvatore....http://saltyt.antville.org/stories/290250/ |