Fashion Slam: Travel As Being A Star

First Launched: December 21, 2011 11:22 AM EST Credit: FilmMagic La, Calif. -- Caption Charlize Theron knows how you can travel popular, as shes spotted walking through Londons Heathrow airport airport terminal Airport terminal terminal on March 29, 2011Hitting the road this holidays? Dont pull an Alec Baldwin and let it stress get you started. Travel and lifestyle expert Stefanie Michaels (also called Adventure Girl!) will be here with helpful advice. Named Americas Tweetheart by Vanity Fair Magazine on her behalf greater than millions of Twitter fans at Twitter.com/adventuregirl, Stefanie shows the easiest method to travel as being a celebrity with suggestions to construct your holiday travel simpler. Traveling lighter with kids the celebrity way: Choosing kids might be demanding enough when confronted with air-ports, on top of moving along their extra luggage, child child car seats, Pack n Plays and toys. Stars Conan OBrien, Sarah McLachlan and Alfred Molina make choosing their kids simpler while using Traveling Baby Company, single-stop search for baby equipment rental with locations across the US. Go to the website, choose your destination and order the one thing you'll need instead of moving everything along. Neat and safe rental costs include from baby baby cribs, baby baby strollers, child child car seats, highchairs, and toystrusted brand items shipped to your destination. internet.travelingbaby.com Less demanding E-mail: It doesn't take like a celebrity to not become many e-mails, especially getting an excessive amount of these when on holiday. The fact remains, around you need to escape, avoiding e-mails when on holiday is tricky. The web service, Awayfind.com, earmarks a clients important e-mail contacts, after which it pings with the clients cell phone the special e-mail has turned up. Zac Efron, is that you simply? Download free: internet.awayfind.com Medical Services On The Move: mPassport can be a downloadable application for mobile items, which supplies Celebs and travelers utilization of global healthcare information and medical servicesfinding reliable doctors around the globe, schedule visits and translate medical phrases. Say, I have got a stomach discomfort to the phone using mPassport as well as the application will translate from British to no matter the locations language is. internet.mPassport.com Get Social and Register with Family and Pals: Following celebrity travel tweets from Kim Kardashian and Ashton Kutcher is entertaining. A lot more informative for holiday travelers is setting up the mobile Twitter application and using traffic, weather, and airport terminal terminal feeds via Twitter, for instance @BostonLogan (airport terminal terminal) whose info includes from waiting occasions and cancelations to airfare sales. For world travelers, @TravelGov - the condition US Condition Department account, sends alerts and travel advisories. You'll find also local US Embassies on Twitter, which regularly share facts and information that travelers may need if abroad. internet.Tweets.org Foursquare.com supplies a mobile application for travelers to educate yourself regarding locales, check-in and garner local special deals and special discounts. Clients can create a travel log by checking-in at places for instance restaurants, shopping institutions, museums and tourist sights with the geo-finding service. Clients could also make favorite location lists (Ellen DeGeneres has one, here) and keep close track of places visited on holiday. In addition, clients can select to keep accounts private and tell only family and pals. internet.Foursquare.com TSA Karma: J.Lo, Attacking Youthful Boys and George Clooney typically walk-through airport terminal terminal security with Private room status within the airline carriers. But, for people individuals who will need to go it the non-celebrity way through security, there is something I call, security line karma. Have the line effectively, and security line karma returns for you personally the next time. Prepare ahead of time by eliminating all jackets, hats, products, change from pocket, piercings, watches, and personal computers from bags while browsing line. Leave hair hair conditioners, creams, batteries, liquids in your house if whatsoever possible, or place people items in checked bags. You can purchase people items in the destination. Should not mind to the x-ray screener? Let TSA know within the conveyor belt the pat lower is much more appropriate. No requirement of wait time whenever you have the primary metal detector, you will notice a TSA person waiting however to suit your needs. *** Pittsburgh Airport terminal terminal is now offering a TSA Steps For Achievement line for travelers with one little bit of carry-on luggage. Pack light and be taken through their satisfaction in easy. To learn more about Stefanie, have a look at internet.adventuregirl.com. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Were Barbara's Most Fascinating People Actually Fascinating?

Barbara Walters Barbara's picked her fair share of questionable folks (Kate Gosselin, Monica Lewinsky, Geri Halliwell?!), but when the list was announced for this year's 10 Most Fascinating People, we wondered if Walters, at the ripe old age of 82, had officially jumped the shark. We decided to give Babs the benefit of the doubt and tuned in to see if the annual special proved that Pippa Middleton and The Kardashians (among others) were 10 Most Fascinating People-worthy. Our findings: Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler FergusonFun Fact: As a child, Stonestreet grew up on a farm, played football, and loved performing as a clown named 'Fizbo.'Memorable Quote: "Even just recently, [my father] asked me if I had a girlfriend and I had to say 'Dad, no, I don't.'" - Jesse Tyler Ferguson (who is openly gay)Fascinating Factor (on a scale of 1 - 10, 10 being most fascinating): 6. Their adorably close relationship outside of the show, and unlikely roads to stardom, were unexpected. Simon CowellFun Fact: Simon dropped out of high school and started his own music label by 20. His first big hit? "Ruff Mix," which featured dogs barking to dance music. Memorable Quote: (On Paula Abdul) "We didn't like each other in the beginning. I think it was sexual tension. On her part. I considered it...but then I thought, 'I don't think the after would be as good as the before.'"Fascinating Factor: 7. He's so quirky it's borderline OCD. His interview left me wanting to know more. The KardashiansFun Fact: The sisters identified Kourtney as the most book-smart, Khloe the most street-smart, and Kim the most conceited.Memorable Quote: "None of us think we have talents." -Khloe KardashianFascinating Factor: 4. No new discoveries here since privacy is not a part of this family's philosophy. Herman CainFun Fact: If he had his choice of any cabinet position, Cain would choose the Department of Defense, because he wants to influence the rebuilding of the country's military.Memorable Quote: "I happen to believe that the Democrats did not want an accomplished, articulate, optimistic black man to face President Obama. I can't prove that, Barbara. But I do believe that."Fascinating Factor: 2. Snoozefest. I think I fell asleep through the overwhelming majority of this conversation. Katy PerryFun Fact: The daughter of strict evangelical pastors, Perry wasn't allowed to celebrate Halloween, listen to music other than Gospel, or read books other than the Bible.Memorable Quote: "I did this Jesus tattoo when I was 18 years old. Legally. I did it because no matter how much I do change, I always want to know where my roots began."Fascinating Factor: 3. The chick that's famous for breaking out with "I Kissed a Girl (And I Liked It)" was raised in a strict household... and we've been reading about that ever since she released "I Kissed a Girl." Derek JeterFun Fact: He was drafted by the Yankees right out of high school, but Jeter ended up being stuck in the minor leagues for four years.Memorable Quote: "In my mind, if you don't win, it's a failure."Fascinating Factor: 4. Had he actually opened up about his love life, he probably would have been more fascinating, or at least interesting. Donald TrumpFun Fact: He let Barbara touch (and tug at) his hair. And it's definitely not a hairpiece.Memorable Quote: "We're $15 trillion in debt. We borrow from the Chinese. We're not a great country anymore. But there are millions of people that want my opinion. And I think that's fine."Fascinating Factor: 5. Trump is so overexposed, there weren't any surprises. Would have been interesting to hear more about his upbringing. Amanda Knox*Pippa Middleton* Steve Jobs (The Most Fascinating Person of 2011)Fun Fact: Rules indicate that the most fascinating person of the year must still be living, but it was decided that Steve Jobs was so deserving of the title, they gave it to him anyway. Memorable Quote: "He wanted things that were insanely great and would take, or accept, nothing less than that." --Disney CEO Bob IgerFascinating Factor: 10. The entire 90-minutes could have easily been dedicated to Jobs. Everything about the legendary Apple co-founder resonates with the word "fascinating." *There were no interviews done here, so they can't really be judged fairly. What did you think of the list?

Poor spend more on entertainment

No wonder Hollywood is hurting. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), spending on entertainment has declined 7% since 2009.The poorest Americans are doing more than their fair share to stem this decline by spending a larger percentage of their income on entertainment than the rest of society.Per BLS, the average U.S. household (or "consumer unit" in BLS speak) spent $2,504 on entertainment in 2010. That represents about 4% of the typical household's pre-tax income.As one might expect, the dollar amount expended on entertainment generally rises with income. Households earning $70,000 or more spent $4,438 on movies, music and other diversions last year, 3.7 times the average expenditure of those in the $15,000-$19,999 income slot. Yet, the latter group spent 6.8% of their total income on entertainment. The $70,000-plus households spent only 3.4%.Total U.S. household spending fell 2% from the previous year. That followed a 2.8% decline from 2008 to 2009. Entertainment spending was the hardest hit of all major categories, falling 7% in the 2010 survey. The previous year saw a 5% drop in the category.In the latest survey, health care (+1%) and transportation (+2%) were the only major components of spending to increase. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Exclusive Office Video: Can the Christmas Party Cure Robert California's Heartache?

Ed Helms, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski Fans of The Office know that Dunder Mifflin throws one heck of a Christmas party. It brings people together (Dwight and Kelly), it causes fires (to Meredith's hair), and, one year, it even prompted a surprise visit to rehab (seriously, Meredith, it's time to just accept that you have a drinking problem). But can the annual holiday shindig cure a broken heart? After his split from Mrs. California last week, Robert California (James Spader) stops by the festivities in desperate need of cheering up (and possibly more). "Kevin, I actually appreciate the human intimacy. I feel like a kitten being cradled by a gorilla," he says as Kevin hugs him. "It's been 10 days since I had sexual intercourse." Dunder Mifflin products coming to a store near you Watch the exclusive clip below to see how Robert's doing. Plus, hear his insightful take on The Black Eyed Peas (it's pretty spot-on): The Office airs Thursdays at 9/8c on NBC.

Applebaum & Nemec : Friendship leads to big-budget 'Mission'

Josh Applebaum & Andrew NemecIn the initial stages of "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol," screenwriters Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec huddled with star Tom Cruise, director Brad Bird and producer J.J. Abrams hashing over the broad story points."It was a communal process," says Appelbaum. "But when it gets down to me and Andre ""We spend a lot of time in room alone, laying it all out, beat for beat," continues Nemec."Because if we don't have that really detailed roadmap before starting the script, it can be mayhem," adds Appelbaum.It's not surprising to hear Appelbaum and Nemec complete each other's sentences. They're not just longtime professional partners -- they've been friends since they were third-graders at Riverdale Country School, a K-12 preparatory academy in NY .The duo went their separate ways for college, with Appelbaum attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, while Nemec went to USC. Reconvening in Los Angeles after graduation, they wrote a TV pilot they were certain would put them on the show business map. Nemec, who had guested on several series, would star; Appelbaum would direct."We had huge and ridiculous aspirations for it," Appelbaum says. But the script got them an agent they began working soon after that as staff writers on the first-run syndicated series "Fame L.A." (1997).Over the next several years, they bounced to the staff of a new show each season -- "Early Edition," "Martial Law," "Profiler," "Going to California," "She Spies" and "Fastlane" -- before landing on the Abrams-produced spy show "Alias" for three seasons. Finally, in 2007, they got their own show, "October Road," which lasted two seasons, and they went on to create the U.S. version of "Life on Mars" (2008-09) and "Happy Town" (2010).Since completing the latest "Mission: Impossible," the duo has been tapped to rewrite "Now You See Me" for Summit, script a reboot of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" for Paramount and producer Michael Bay, and a pen an untitled NY City-set disaster film for producer Mark Gordon."After that, our dance card is a little open," Nemec says."But we're definitely talking to J.J. about doing something in the near future," Appelbaum adds.TEN SCREENWRITERS TO WATCH 2011:Josh Applebaum & Andrew Nemec | Jay Baruchel & Jesse Chabot | Justin Britt-Gibson | Neil Cross | Andrew Haigh | Kurt Johnstad | Lauryn Kahn | Paula Pell | Jon Spaihts | Brian Yorkey Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com