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Common to Tour With John Legend, De La Soul (Pitchfork) With Be having just hit stores, Common is promoting the absolute shit out of it. For the next week or so he’ll be in record shops on the East Coast signing copies of the new album and just generally spreading good, soulful vibes. Who’s afraid of scary movies? (Boston Globe) Melissa Macero thinks Pinhead is a classy guy. Sophisticated, even. The spiky-faced, gravelly voiced prince of pain from the “Hellraiser” movies isn’t raunchy and crass like Freddy Krueger, she says, or a pound-’em-to-pieces meathead such as Jason Voorhees. Not so posh (Khaleej Times) There is one sentence in Victoria Beckham’s book that made me laugh out loud. It’s the bit where she claims that her ultimate style influence is, wait for it, Audrey Hepburn. Posh is wearing thin (Daily Mail) As Mrs Beckham brings out her book on style and claims Audrey Hepburn is her ‘style icon’, SIMON MILLSasks: Why would anybody want to look like this emaciated footballer’s wife? Dress for excess (The Palm Beach Post) When your clients include the uppermost members of global high society, wearing a cheap, ill-fitting suit is not an option. Party with spooky savings (Toronto Sun) Nab deals on seasonal wares such as cozy comforters and winter boots No ordinary designer label (Gulf News) A snatched conversation with Ray Kelvin calling from Hong Kong airport just moments before catching a flight was a fitting introduction to the man who prefers to remain out of sight. Queen fatale: There’s something about Marie (Independent) Here we go again, losing our heads over Marie Antoinette. The cake-fixated clothes-horse whose rumoured appetites are widely held to have resulted in the French Revolution appears on screens this Friday in the much-anticipated film by Sofia Coppola. Marie Antoinette, sporting a head of hair which would put Marge Simpson in the shade, is played by Kirsten Dunst. Her “sprite-like spirit and Taking on Victoria’s Secret (Fortune Small Business via Yahoo! Finance) At 9 on an overcast morning, controlled chaos reigns at the headquarters of lingerie merchant Bare Necessities. An unusual team of consultants has just taken over the company’s unadorned conference room in Avenel, N.J. Glamour’s Big Book of Dos & Don’ts (ABC 7 Chicago) Ashley Baker, Glamour’s Associate Style Editor, goes over Glamour’s Big Book of Dos & Don’ts.

Amazon.com Jewelry and Watches Sales up More Than 100% in Third Quarter 2006 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) SEATTLE—-Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that third quarter 2006 jewelry and watch sales increased more than 100 percent year-over-year. Each quarter, an increasing number of Amazon.com’s millions of customers are shopping the Amazon.com Jewelry & Watches store, especially for important gift-giving occasions, such as the upcoming holiday season. Daylight Saving Time Falls Back With Omega – With Video (SYS-CON Media) Swiss watchmaker Omega reminds America to ‘Fall Back’ and change their watches and clocks at 2:00AM marking the end of Daylight Saving Time. This time changing reminder is inherent to the watch brand’s history of ground breaking developments in fine watchmaking, including timekeeping, mechanics, and design. World of watches revealed (The Star Online) An enormous watch exhibition is set to provide enthusiasts with an in-depth look into the world of luxury watch making, reports DZIREENA MAHADZIR. Higher prices usually mean better quality (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) Though the overall watch industry has taken a hit, sales of high-line watches costing more than $750 keep growing. They are valued as much for their status-symbol presence – think a Cadillac on your wrist – as their time-telling utility. Here are someof the basics about them: MultiVu Video Feed: Spring Forward or Fall Back? (SYS-CON Media) Spring forward or fall back… well it’s time to fall back. This means the end of daylight saving time and the return to standard time. So on October 29th at 2 AM iconic watch brand, Omega, wants to remind everyone to set his or her watches back. ON SOAPS (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) Annie tells Ryan about her association with Greg Madden. Annie genuinely believes she gave birth to Emma, eventhough their DNA doesn’t match. Tad and Dixie battle Ryan and Annie in court. Tad refuses to give up without a fight. The judge wants to have Annie investigated. Jonathan thinks Emma should stay with Annie. Annie panics when she discovers that Emma is missing. Ryan believes Annie is SOAP OPERA UPDATES: Experimental drug helps Laura awaken on ‘General Hospital’ (Bradenton Herald) Annie tells Ryan about her association with Greg Madden. Annie genuinely believes she gave birth to Emma, even though their DNA doesn’t match. Tad and Dixie battle Ryan and Annie in court. Tad refuses to give up without a fight. The judge wants to have Annie investigated. Jonathan believes Emma should stay with Annie. Annie panics when she discovers that Emma is missing. Ryan believes Annie is Student charged for campus thefts (Brown and White) Rahul Peter Yukich, ’09, was arrested on charges of access device fraud, theft and receiving stolen property Friday. Police said Yukich stole property from Taylor Gymnasium on Thursday, Oct. 12. and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity on Friday, Oct. 13. Exhibits: Rose Garden (El Paso Times) Art Windows of El Paso Airport Gallery — El Paso International Airport, 6701 Convair. 541-4481; www.elpasotexas.gov/mcad. Cielo Vista Branch Library — 8929 Viscount. 591-6812; www.ci.el-paso.tx.us/library. MultiVu Video Feed: Spring Forward or Fall Back? (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Spring forward or fall back… well it’s time to fall back.
Daylight Saving Time Falls Back With Omega – With Video (SYS-CON Media) Swiss watchmaker Omega reminds America to ‘Fall Back’ and change their watches and clocks at 2:00AM marking the end of Daylight Saving Time. This time changing reminder is inherent to the watch brand’s history of ground breaking developments in fine watchmaking, including timekeeping, mechanics, and design. Amazon.com Jewelry and Watches Sales up More Than 100% in Third Quarter 2006 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) SEATTLE—-Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that third quarter 2006 jewelry and watch sales increased more than 100 percent year-over-year. Each quarter, an increasing number of Amazon.com’s millions of customers are shopping the Amazon.com Jewelry & Watches store, especially for important gift-giving occasions, such as the upcoming holiday season. Exhibits: Rose Garden (El Paso Times) Art Windows of El Paso Airport Gallery — El Paso International Airport, 6701 Convair. 541-4481; www.elpasotexas.gov/mcad. Cielo Vista Branch Library — 8929 Viscount. 591-6812; www.ci.el-paso.tx.us/library. A little something from everyone – except men (The Daily Star Lebannon) A sexual encounter unfolds in the minaret of a mosque. A tube of red lipstick triggers all manner of madness in a convent for “unmarriageable” girls from good families that have fallen on hard times. A mysterious young woman shows up on a doorstep one day, her body bruised and her head roughly shorn. Scoop Top 27 Daily Ratings 16 October 2006 (Scoop.co.nz) Yesterday’s top 27 rating items on Scoop were…