Dear Willow Smith’s Hairdresser,
Just over a month ago, we admired Willow’s lovely new mohawk at the June 7 premiere of her brother’s film, Karate Kid 2. We noticed that today, Willow attended yet another premiere of the film, this time in London. Since then, her hair has seemingly changed dramatically. After careful analysis, it appears that her hair may have been straightened and brushed to the left? We’re not sure! But such a change in such a short period of time seems impressive! Anyway, she looks awesome.
Did it grow out? What kind of magical hair iron did you use to achieve this style? Will you do our hair? Who are you?
With admiration and envy,
Concerned Willow Fans
<3
NOW

THEN

(Photos via WENN)
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Every month, we ladies have  problem. No, not just that we’re bitchy, bloated, and need chocolate…but on top of that, it’s super obnoxious to try to hide our lady products in those bags we carry around. Luckily, there are tons of crafty DIY designers who have figured out a way to stealthy hide your hygiene products while still maintaining your style.

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Next month, one of my oldest friends from elementary school is getting married, and today I got an email inviting me to a sort of anti-bachelor/bachelorette party for the couple. Basically, instead of spending one of their last nights of singledom out partying it up with strippers or phallic-candy and pink shots (respectively), the duo is spending their time together. What sort of sense does that make?
Apparently, “Jack and Jill Showers” have worked their way into the mainstream, where both the future bride and groom get their friends together while they receive tons of presents. Which I get: If a guy wants to have as big of a fuss made over him as his wife to be, then by all means, have yourself a Bridal and Groomal Shower.
But taking the raunchy sanctity of a bachelor party and turning it into a couple’s night seems completely incongruous to the ritual of pre-wedding jitters. I asked my friend what prompted her and her fiance to decide on a party with all their friends (isn’t that just called ‘the wedding?’), as opposed to the traditional girls and boys night out. She responded:
I think if (my fiance) and his pals were a different breed of dude they might have more of an interest in going the traditional bachelor party route, but i think the idea of being anywhere near a stripper is confusing for most of them. He has also said that the main people he would invite to a bachelor party are his band mates, and he hangs out with them all the time at danky bars anyway. as for a bachelorette party, there’s a plan to do a pre-wedding massage/nails type of thing a day or two before the wedding with bridesmaids and moms.

Obviously Marielle’s fiance is a pretty enlightened dude to see that going out and drinking with your bros isn’t something that happens only a few days before the wedding. And while I’ll be sad not to purchase a novelty penis-shaped box of chocolate for my friend, I respect her decision to have a low-key, less stressful event as well.
But we want to hear from you guys: Would you consider forgoing a bachelorette party, or ask your boyfriend not to have one in exchange for a ‘Jack and Jill’ event? Let us know!
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Lady Gaga fans dressed up like the pop star for the first stop on her “Monster Ball” tour last night in New York.
(Photo via Wenn)
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‘I Just Can’t Be With You Like This Anymore, Alejandro’

If Emma Watson isn’t careful, her 17-year-old brother Alex might just become the more famous of the family.
The Harry Potter actress’s younger brother is now a model for Burberry, after being discovered while shopping for a suit for one of Emma’s premieres.
So, while Alex models for a high end luxury brand (with his sister, natch) Emma’s running around with her boyfriend and appearing in music videos. And also starring in a little movie called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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Emma Watson’s Teen Brother Models Burberry

I’ll admit to being skeptical when I heard last year that MTV’s newest reality show would feature “guidos” living on the Jersey shore. Having visited the shore myself — with mixed results — I knew exactly what to expect, and as the premiere date of Jersey Shore drew closer, and the outrage over the term “guido” increased, I found myself getting giddy.
I also have to admit to a love of Real Housewives of New Jersey, which premiered several months before Jersey Shore. And unlike it’s MTV relative, Housewives was not just based in Jersey, it featured real Jersey natives, too. The housewives’ thick Joisy accents, big white SUVs, gaudy home design sensibilities and perfectly maintained French manicures reminded me of the Italian women I grew up around in suburban Connecticut. They were ridiculous but relatable, loud and crass and unfiltered, but unabashedly honest to their friends and the audience. It actually made for great reality TV. There was nary a table-flipper among the New York and Orange County Housewives, who didn’t have Italian tempers to contend with.
Whether it was the Housewives or Jersey Shore that made Jersey a popular reality show destination, we now live in a world where shows like Jerseylicious (Jersey Shore in a hair salon) and Jersey Couture (the equivalent of Teresa Giudice running a dress shop with her two grown daughters) exist — and I couldn’t be happier. Unlike Real World and other shows that stress the differences between the participants, Jersey shows underline the similarities between the people who live in the Garden State. Even the feuding salon staff in Jerseylicious, Olivia Blois Sharpe and Tracy DiMarco, put their differences aside and commiserate when a New York stylist tells them to lose the things that are so uniquely Jersey about them: their long fake nails, big hair, heavy eye make-up and garish outfits.
These reality stars may not represent everyone who lives in New Jersey, and the “characters” they portray can be whiny and unbelievable and too much to take at times, but they are also lovable. No matter what your feelings about reality TV, watch an hour of Jersey Couture and you’ll want Diane Scali touching you inappropriately and singing you the “booty pop” song. I’m actually considering driving to Freehold the next time I need a formal gown. But I really just want to be friends with Diane and, especially, her daughters Kimberly and Christina. I want them to cook me macaroni and gravy, loan me a pair of Louboutins and fluff me (you have to watch the show to get that one). That’s the difference between reality shows based in Jersey and things like Jon & Kate Plus 8. They’re not all guilty pleasure, they’re actually really enjoyable to watch.
Don’t believe me? You should watch it for yourself. Watch them all. Soak in the Jersey. By the time you’re done, you may not want to spend a day with The Situation, but you will have a smile on your face.
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Because I totally clicked a friend’s Twitter link today that said Cats in argyle!, hoping for some new sort of meme, but instead it took me to this woman’s online stationary store. Apparently, she just likes dressing her cats up in nature’s preppiest pattern.
Haha, these cats were totally dressed by their mom on school photo day. These cats get to skip out on gym class because they got their  chauffer to forge a note from their parents saying that their Vermont wintering chateau was on fire and they were needed back at the heliopad. Okay, I’m done here. But someone please, make CatsWearingArgyle.com a real thing.
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Can Someone Please Make ‘Cats Wearing Argyle Sweaters’ A Thing?

Wait, this actually a great idea: If more colleges make “the practice colloquially known as sexting” into a 45 research document, then no one will want to do it anymore because it sounds like something your dad spent his senior thesis paper on. Harvard’s Berkman Center For the Internet & Society has the right idea:
This Initiative is exploring policy issues that fall within three substantive clusters emerging from youth’s information and communications technology practices: Risky Behaviors and Online Safety; Privacy, Publicity and Reputation; and Youth Created Content and Information Quality.

Sorry guys, time to find a new way to piss off your parents. This one has been officially compromised by the ivory tower of academia.
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Crushable’s been collecting evidence for months supporting the fact that Real World: Austin’s Danny Jamieson and Melinda Stolp have split up. The tips keep coming in, but no one close to the couple will confirm what we know to be the truth.
Crushable recently learned that Danny’s been bartending in Boston at The Greatest Bar. A manager there confirmed he works there, but wouldn’t dish on his love life. Our spy says he’s definitely divorced, but calls to Massachusetts divorce courts have turned up no records with Danny and Melinda’s names. Why are we so insistent to know what happened to this reality couple? Because we actually liked them when they were on Real World, and when a couple that seemed so well matched and happy breaks up –whether it’s people we know in real life or through TV — we want to know where it all went wrong.
So here is our challenge to you: if you live in the Boston area and want to visit Danny, grab your flipcam and head to the Greatest Bar. If you can get Danny on tape saying he’s single or divorced, we’ll send you some awesome Crushable swag. Send whatever you dig up to tips AT crushable dot com.
Keep the tips coming.
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Q. My boyfriend and I have been together for a year. He’s a great guy: handsome, sweet, honest, faithful and (most important) completely and totally in love with me. He supports me in everything I do and is always there for me.
So what’s the problem? For some reason I keep wondering if I really want to be with him. I care about him and he’s so good to me, but I just don’t feel passionate about him the way I used to, and lately I’ve been getting annoyed at how clingy he is. Recently I had to travel for work and was gone for two weeks, and it was almost a relief to be away from him for awhile.
But at the same time, he’s exactly the kind of guy that I want to marry one day, I can’t imagine living without him, and I don’t want to just let him go! He would be devastated if I broke up with him. Is there anything I can do to bring back the spark in our relationship and make myself fall in love with him again?
A. You know, there are plenty of ways to bring back the spark in a healthy-but-dull romance – things you can do together to shake up your routine and inject a little fun back into the day-to-day blahs of relationship maintenance. Like, say weekend vacations! Or date nights! Or a drawerful of new, lacy underthings and a suite of battery-operated sex toys!
… But I’m not going to suggest any of that. (No, really – please put your pants back on and return that vibrator to wherever it came from.) Instead, I want you to do this:
1. Go back to your letter.
2. Switch all the male pronouns for female ones.
3. Now, read it again… and imagine that it was written by your boyfriend, about YOU.
And now, tell me: If the roles were reversed, would you counsel your guy to just hang in there and try to reignite his tepid not-love for you through the creative application of dildos?
Or would you tell him to cut you loose, for crying out loud, so that you could find someone who actually appreciates you as a complete human being and not just as a source of security?
You’ve as much as admitted that you don’t really love this guy; you just love that he loves you. And hey, I understand! It feels good to be cared about, and you deserve to have a partner who supports, appreciates, and loves you for who you are.
You know who else deserves that?
Your boyfriend.
Which means that you’re not doing him any favors by staying with him for safety’s sake. Sure, you’re sparing him the in-the-moment hurt of being dumped by someone he loves – but you’re inflicting long-term damage every day that you keep him in a relationship with someone who doesn’t love him. And if altruism isn’t your thing, don’t forget that you’re also hurting yourself, here, because (gasp!) this guy isn’t right for you either. The kind of guy you want to marry one day isn’t one who worships the ground you walk on but otherwise irritates the hell out of you; it’s someone you like, someone you’re attracted to, someone you think is so completely and totally cool in every way that you’re thrilled to be hanging out with him. A healthy relationship is one where you feel lucky to be loved by that particular person, not just lucky to be loved.
And as long as you’re both tied to this non-starter of a romance, neither of you will ever meet the right person.
So rather than looking into your heart (or your underwear drawer) for a way to force yourself back into love with your boyfriend, look to the future – one where you’re both free to find a more suitable mate.
And then pursue it, by breaking up with him.
Right now. Go do it.
You’d better not still be here.
Got a question about dating, relationships, or friends (with or without benefits)? Get advice from Kat! Send your questions to shipninja@gmail.com.
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