Couture Central

Celebrities are always trying to bank of their celebrity status. Once you have any sort of celebrity name to yourself you usually try to start a new clothing line, vitamin water, and/or restaurant. But now days celebrities can also try to launch social networking powered startups. Here s a short list of celebrity owned social network or something websites.

• 50Cent - This is 50 - This site looks like his myspace, I would have named it This is Wacked.
• 50Cent - 50cent - A social oriented ad for 50s music.
• Ashton Kutcher - Blah Girls - A cross between TMZ and Power Puff Girls.
• David Hasselhoff - Hoffspace - A personal social fan club for the Hoff.
• Gwyneth Paltrow - Goop - At ths time, this seems like a newsletter, their is no content other than a message from Gwyneth.
• Kanye West - Kanye Travel - Find hotels, rental cars, and cheap tickets in a cheesy website.
• MC Hammer - Dance Jam - A cross between YouTube and America’s Best Dance Crew.
• The RZA - Wu Chess - Play chess with the Wu Tang?
• Will Farrell - Funny or Die - A cross between YouTube and College Humor, they had one break away hit video but since then I just assumed they had died.
• Will Smith - Plugged In - Watch videos online with social features, probably the only streaming video site using Java.

The Wave Magazine, a local Silicon Valley weekly paper recently put out their 2008 Readers Choice Award. Here are a short list of top restaurants by readers.

• Best Seafood
  Hawg’s
  150 S Second St.
  San Jose, CA
• Best American
  Arcadia
  100 W San Carlos St.
  San Jose, CA
• Best Chinese
  Taiwan Restaurant
  1306 Lincoln Ave.
  San Jose, CA
• Best Japanese
  Kyoto Palace
  1875 S Bascom Ave.
  Campbell, CA
• Best Vietnamese
  Vung Tau
  535 E Santa Clara St.
  San Jose, CA
• Best Korean
  Korean Palace
  2297 Stevens Creek Blvd.
  San Jose, CA
• Best Dim Sum
  Sino
  377 Santana Row
  San Jose
• Best Mexican
  El Burro
  1875 S Bascom Ave.
  Campbell, CA
• Best Indian
  Royal Taj
  1350 Camben Ave.
  Campbell, CA
• Best Ethiopian
  Zeni
  1320 Saratoga Ave
  San Jose, CA
• Best French
  La Papillion
  410 Saratoga Ave.
  San Jose, CA
• Best Italian
  Original Joe’s
  301 S First St.
  San Jose, CA
• Best Malaysian
  Layang Layang
  1480 S. De Anza Blvd.
  San Jose, CA
• Best Tapas
  Cascal
  400 Castro St.
  Mountain View, CA
• Best BBQ
  Sam’s BBQ
  1110 S Bascom Ave.
  San Jose, CA
• Best Hawaiian
  Hukilau
  230 Jackson St.
  San Jose, CA
• Best Fondue
  La Fondue
  14510 Big Basin Way
  Saratoga, CA

“Welcome to This Week in Hollywood”

• Jennifer Lopez threw Marc Anthony a glamorous birthday party!
• A-Rod’s divorce fiasco is finally over, it’s only a matter of time before we see Madonna’s marriage crash.. maybe after her “Hot & Sticky Tour”.
• Hillary Swank underwent a “minor medical procedure” and was briefly hospitalized.
• Travis Barker & DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) are recovering after a horrible plane crash that occurred in South Carolina after doing a free concert. The two are in critical but stable condition at a Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia. Friends Mandy Moore and Jermaine Dupree have been out to visit the two. There were 4 fatalities (Travis’ assistant and bodyguard, and the two pilots.
• Britney Spears has leaked her new single “Womanizer”, we’re all wondering who is the inspiration behind this song…
• The Naked Chef Jamie Oliver is expecting his 3rd with his wife Jools.

We were all shocked to hear of the news of David Duchovney’s sex addiction. He has been in what appeared to be the perfect marriage with one of Hollywood’s darlings actress Tea Leoni for many years. It appears that life began to imitate art after he starred in Trust the Man as a sex addict. Duchovney isn’t the first and certainly not the last celeb sex addict.

• Eric Benet is another celebrity known for his sex addiction. While married to Halle Berry, he chose to address his sex addiction issues back in 2002.
• Michael Douglas entered rehab in 1992 for his sex addiction, he wasn’t comfortable with the label of a sex addict but certainly fit the description!
• Russell Brand entered rehab in 2005 to address his addiction before he comments that he had “a harem of 10 women”.

Christina Applegate resurrected the celebrity war on Breast Cancer. Many celebrities have struggled and they have been strong survivors. Christina Appplegate recently made the brave decision to get a mastectomy, now she is 100% cancer free. We are sure her inspiration comes from the many A-listers who have managed to beat the odds. Below is a quick list of other prominent celebs who were diagnosed with breast cancer.

• Robin Roberts
• Melissa Etheridge
• Cynthia Nixon
• Edie Falco
• Sheryl Crow
• Olivia Newton-John
• Kylie Minogue

The iPhone is one of the most design conscious consumer electronic device on the market. A year ago, if you had an iPhone you where a trend setter but now, especially with the release of the latest 3G version, the iPhone is fast becoming a commodity. If you want to distinguish your iPhone and bling it out you can take a look at some of the following couture iPhone accessories. Some of the items listed below include diamond encrusted and top designer leather cases.

• Diamond iPhone Case
• Apple iPhone Diamond Leather Case
• Louis Vuitton Taiga iPhone Case
• Dior Homme iPhone Holder
• Juicy Couture iPhone Case

If you want to customize your iPhone and not spend hundreds or thousands of dollars, you can take a look at custom iPhone decal skins.

Welcome to “This Week in Hollywood”!

• Marion Jones is done serving her time in federal prison for perjury.
• Gwen Stefani’s Clothing Line L.A.M.B will launch a uniform line for W Hotels.
• Usher Raymond and Tameka Foster are expecting their second child.
• Minnie Driver gave birth to a baby boy!
• Kanye West was arrested for breaking a photographs camera!
• Amy Winehouse is still a walking disaster- there’s no sign she’s leaving the party scene anytime soon!
• Britney Spears‘ mother continues to be a publicity whore and profit off of her daughter’s unfortunate circumstances.
• Jordin Sparks rubs everyone the wrong way by bad mouthing everyone who doesn’t wear a purity ring.

Here are the latest celeb sightings from LA to NYC. If you know some more feel free to post them in the comments. Perhaps next time you go out to dinner, go clubbing, or stay in a lavish hotel you will run into your favorite celeb!

Los Angeles

• Foxtail Restaurant(West Hollywood)- Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
• Asia de Cuba (West Hollywood)- Halle Berry
• STK Restaurant (West Hollywood)- Sarah Michelle Gellar
• Parker Palm Springs Hotel (Palm Springs)- Justin Timberlake
• Green Door - Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt
• Il Sole (West Hollywood) Fergie and Josh Duhmel; Hillary Duff and her beau
• Hamasaku (Santa Monica)
• Sushi Roku (West Hollywood)- Audrina Patridge
• Madeo (West Hollywood)- Victoria and David Beckham
• RockSugar (Santa Monica)- Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox

Chicago

• Blue Frog Bar & Grill - Nate Berkus

Miami

• Mokai- Robin Thicke

New York

• Corneila Day Resort (NYC)- Blake Lively
• Lure Fishbar (NYC)- Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr
• Nick and Toni’s Restaurant (East Hampton) Naomi Watts & Liev Schreiber
• Barney’s (NYC)-Paris Hilton
• Night Hotel (NYC)- Leighton Meester
• Tenjune (NYC)-Josh Madden

Below is a list of some of the A-listers’ favorite mascaras. If you’re truly looking to look like some of your favorite stars, this list will be perfect for you!

• Givenchy- Ashlee Simpson
• Estee Lauder Turbo Lash Mascara-Gwenyth Paltrow
• Maybelline New York Colossal Volume Express- Amber Tamblyn
• Mally Volumizing Mascara- Amy Adams

Everyone was shocked with the news of Ricky Martin becoming a father via gestational surrogacy to twin boys. Slowly details have been coming out thanks to TMZ! Apparently, the woman who gave birth to Ricky’s spawns was only in contact with Ricky via email and phone. She was employed through an agency and she has played the role of a surrogate mother one time before. Ricky supplied the 26 year old who has remained nameless was treated by Ricky to a housekeeper and weekly massages. There’s no word on how much money was involved, but we do know that Ricky was present for the birth of his twins in San Diego. As soon as there’s more news to report we will update everyone!