TONIGHT April 27th: Playmate Dancers' Japan Fundraiser
Live in or near Los Angeles? Then be sure to join the Playmate Dancers, comedian Jeffrey Ross, rapper Too Short and other Playmates, musicians and comedians on Wednesday, April 27 at Colony Nightclub in Hollywood for an evening of entertainment to support the relief efforts for Japan. Read the flyer below for all the details, and be sure to mark your calendars for a good cause!
And if you don't live near Los Angeles, but still would like to help, you can make a donation via the Operation USA website.
DITA RETURNS TO THE ROXY MAY 17TH AND 18TH BURLESQUE: STRIP STRIP HOORAY!
DITA RETURNS TO THE ROXY MAY 17TH AND 18TH
BURLESQUE: STRIP STRIP HOORAY!
BURLESQUE: STRIP STRIP HOORAY!
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| BURLESQUE: Strip Strip Hooray returns to The Roxy Theatre on May 17th and 18th for two shows per night - 8pm and 11pm. Dita will perform three numbers including her Opium Den Show (see a preview here) and will welcome special guests Raja from Rupaul's Drag Race (Season 3), Lada from the Crazy Horse Paris, Perle Noire, Diamondback Annie, La Cholita, Monsieur Roméo Host of L'Effleur Des Sens, and Emcee Murray Hill. For tickets please visit http://dita.tx/roxytix or call The Roxy Box Office at 310-278-9457. You may see images from the last Burlesque: Strip Strip Hooray at The Roxy here... |
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DITA'S NEW LINGERIE COLLECTION IS COMING THIS FALL!!
DITA SIGNS A GLOBAL FASHION DEAL WITH
AUSTRALIA’S LIME DOOR BRANDS
DITA SIGNS A GLOBAL FASHION DEAL WITH
AUSTRALIA’S LIME DOOR BRANDS
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| International burlesque star and fashion icon Dita Von Teese has signed a global deal with Australian brand development powerhouse, Lime Door Brands. The agreement sees Lime Door Brands and the performer becoming co-owners of a number of brands. Lime Door Brands’ first offering with Von Teese will be a line of lingerie and associated undergarments. The collection — with sizes ranging from extra-small to plus- will offer a touch of glamour to women of all sizes and shapes. The line is intended for global distribution. Read the full press release here: http://dita.tk/limedoor |
| DITA CREATES HER SECOND SIGNATURE COCKTAIL WITH COINTREAU... INTRODUCING THE "MARGADITA", A GLAMOROUS REINVENTION OF THE CLASSIC MARGARITA!
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Competing Las Vegas burlesque promoters in legal battle
Sam Morris / Las Vegas Sun
Tasia performs at the 20th annual “Best of Burlesque” pageant during the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend Saturday, June 5, 2010 at the Plaza.
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25 April 2011
9:15 a.m.
Promoters of the annual Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend event in Las Vegas are suing organizers of a competing show, alleging trademark infringement and other counts.
The Burlesque Hall of Fame Inc. filed suit Friday in federal court in Las Vegas against Frederic Apcar Productions LLC, Frederic Apcar Jr. and Luke Littell.
The Burlesque Hall of Fame plans its annual weekend event at the Orleans hotel-casino in Las Vegas from June 2 to June 5. It will feature a burlesque pageant, a fundraiser, a reunion and displays of memorabilia and merchandise.
Apcar and Littell, according the lawsuit, previously produced the Burlesque Hall of Fame’s annual event but – after a falling out with the Hall of Fame -- are now planning a Sassy Lassy Burlesque Show including a competition in the Copa Room at the Plaza casino in Las Vegas June 3-4.
"Apcar and Littell have not only advertised their own 2011 burlesque event as being held on the same weekend that the Burlesque Hall of Fame intends to hold and, in fact, has always held, its event, but also Apcar and Littell have called the event the Sassy Lassy Burlesque and the Sassy Lassy Showcase thereby wrongfully incorporating marks owned by the Burlesque Hall of Fame and in turn intentionally creating confusion among the burlesque industry and family as to affiliation with the original Burlesque Hall of Fame events," the lawsuit alleges.
"Apcar and Littell have persuaded well-known burlesque performers and legends, including Dixie Evans and Tempest Storm, who in previous years performed at the Burlesque Hall of Fame events, to participate in their event in 2011 and not in the Burlesque Hall of Fame event," the suit alleges. "Numerous burlesque pageant performers and attendees of the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend are boycotting Burlesque Hall of Fame’s 2011 event because of the confusion as to which is the 'real show’ and 'to wait and see who is still standing in 2012.'"
The suit, filed by attorneys with the Las Vegas office of the law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, asserts counts including trademark infringement, website-name cybersquatting, deceptive trade practices, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and unfair competition.
The Hall of Fame last year moved to the Emergency Arts collective in downtown Las Vegas.
The lawsuit says the nonprofit Burlesque Hall of Fame was founded in about 1965 by burlesque performer Jennie Lee and has its roots in the Sassy Lassy nightclub in San Pedro, Calif., near Long Beach. For a time it operated in Helendale, Calif., in the desert southwest of Barstow, Calif.
A request for comment on the lawsuit was left with Frederic Apcar Productions.
Rarely Seen Photos of Hugh Hefner at Chicago Playboy Mansion
We're used to seeing Hugh Hefner surrounded by a bevy of beauties and old pictures of the Playboy mogul from 1966 show much of the same.Rarely seen photographs of Hef's early years, however, are a little different -- it seems back then, judging from the pics, he preferred brunettes.
Don't get us wrong, blondes are definitely represented. (And all of his recent girlfriends, including fiancee Crystal Harris, have been towheads.)
But in this photo of Hefner by the pool, brunettes clearly dominate.
So as we prepare to watch Hef get married again, take a walk down memory lane at his Chicago mansion. Check Out the Pics Below!
Meet An Inspiring Woman Who Helps Seniors Former Gossip Columnist Rona Barrett Is A Resource For Seniors
Before TMZ, Access Hollywood, E!, Extra, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, and all the internet gossip sites, there were only a few gossip queens that had the attention of the country. One of them was Rona Barrett. She paved the way for Barbara Walters’ TV celebrity interviews and published magazines on Rona Barrett’s Hollywood. “Nothing But the Truth,” she promised.
Today Barrett’s big swirly blonde do has become a natural looking platinum banged bob. And her cause célèbre has changed from gossip to do-good. The Rona Barrett Foundation is dedicated to providing more and better affordable housing for seniors, as well as advocacy work on behalf of seniors.
“I founded the Rona Barrett Foundation in 2000 because I saw firsthand the great need our seniors have today for an advocate to speak on their behalf,” says Barrett, who moved from Hollywood to Santa Ynez in Santa Barbara county. “I was caring for my own aging father, who came to live with me after my mother passed away. He was later diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and I found that even with the resources I was able to provide for his care, all the decisions that needed to be made were daunting and overwhelming: health insurance, prescriptions, pills for this, doctors for that, in-home health, adult day care, surgery options, end of life decision making, hospice care, and so on.”
The Foundation employs a dual approach. With Barrett’s name recognition, it has been able to help nonprofits raise funds to provide housing, basic and medical needs, food and other services for the elderly in need. “I’m often asked about why someone might want to donate to my foundation directly,” Barrett remarks. “My answer is simple. I care. I have no hidden agenda and feel a tremendous responsibility to give back. Additionally, I spend a great deal of my time meeting with leaders in the field of senior care, researching and discovering organizations who are on the cutting-edge of senior care and housing across the country. Since most people don’t have the time to research organizations that spend their money wisely and on the most critical things, they can look to me to do that work on their behalf.”
The other tactic the Rona Barrett Foundation is taking is to build community-centered housing for the elderly, with an emphasis on “orphaned seniors” who don’t have a family. The Foundation is focused on the development of an innovative combined housing, adult day care, short term caregiver respite and community center model called “The Golden Inn and Cottages.” A pilot program is in progress on California’s Central Coast with the goal to create a replicable model to serve low-income seniors in communities throughout the United States.
Barrett is performing in a one-woman stage show to raise money for the securing of land and construction costs for the Golden Inn and Cottages. “The show is full of anecdotes and clips from past interviews, including a candid moment with Lucille Ball speaking about her relationship with Desi Arnaz and one of John Wayne’s last interviews,” says Barrett. “Throughout the show I also talk about my own personal journey. Where I started as a youngster in Queens and how I became one of the closest confidantes to ‘Young Hollywood,’ a term I coined back in the 1960s with a series of successful entertainment magazines and a career on television as the original entertainment journalist.”
“Nothing But The Truth” premiered in Beverly Hills at the Paley Center for Media. “My hope is to perform the show nationally,” Barrett says. Given Barrett’s drive and talent, that wish is likely to come true.
For more information about the Rona Barrett Foundation, please visit http://ronabarrett.com.
Judy Kirkwood lives in Delray Beach, Florida and writes frequently for ThirdAge.com .
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