The 411 on Liv Tyler

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CREEM Magazine — more than any of the other numerous bad influences I was exposed to during my reckless youth — probably was the one that finally ruined me for life. In fairness, rock and roll itself had already dug its own hooks pretty deep in my heart, mind, and soul by the time I discovered America's Only Rock And Roll Magazine in 1972 — right around the same time as my sophomore year in high school.

So the damage was at least partially already done.

But by that time, I had pretty much already figured out that I wasn't gonna make it as a rock star. All of the long hair, velvet blazers, and platform heels in the world weren't going to change the fact that I basically had no musical talent. However, within the pages of CREEM, I discovered a new rock and roll dream, and indeed an entire new brand of rock star. For you see, in the pages of CREEM, it was not only the musicians who were the rock stars, but the writers who wrote about them.

Yep. CREEM pretty much ruined me all right.

CREEM became such an obsession with me throughout my high school years in the seventies, that I knew the exact day each new issue would arrive at my corner drug store in the West Seattle Junction. It was always the first Tuesday of the month. After school I would rush there to grab my copy — often before the clerk even put it out on the rack — and rush home to devour it cover to cover in a matter of hours.

Oh sure, there were other rock magazines at the time, and I bought them all too. Circus could always be counted on for the coolest pictures on the glossiest color paper. Rolling Stone usually had the most newsworthy stories before anyone else. But CREEM was hands down the magazine that best celebrated the rock and roll attitude and lifestyle, with it's irreverent — and often hilarious — no holds barred of rock journalism.

CREEM also had the best writers bar none. By this time, I was …

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Food is a good thing. That
is my profound post-Thanksgiving pronouncement. My mother is an extraordinary,
amazing cook — a fact I remember acutely when I visit my parents.
By virtue of having grown up in a home with good food, I’ve continued
to appreciate good food all my life. And it’s still a connection
I share with my mother: I call her when I’ve had a great meal, when
I’ve cooked something interesting and when I’ve seen a good food movie.

So, in the spirit of the overeating
I’ve been doing at my parents’ home for the past few days, I’ve been
thinking about some of my favorite food movies. These are not all great
movies, and they are not necessarily the greatest food movies, but they’re
all food movies that I’ve enjoyed, and that came to mind recently.

1. What’s Cooking? (2000)

What’s Cooking? is the
no-brainer. First, we have gay-friendly director Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham).
Then there’s the mouthwatering multi-ethnic Thanksgiving food prepared by Joan Chen, Mercedes Ruehl, Alfre Woodard, Julianna Margulies and Kyra Sedgwick, among others.
Last, and most important,
we have Julianna Margulies and Kyra Sedgwick as perhaps the most attractive
and appealing lesbian couple in the history of movie lesbians.

Yes, the movie has its flaws.
(Every time I watch, I cannot believe the Vietnamese college student
tells his parents he’s not coming home for Thanksgiving and then goes
to his girlfriend’s house. Across the street from his parents’ house.)
But then Julianna Margulies flexes her perfect arms, and she and Kyra
Sedgwick giggle over the turkey baster. And all is well in the world.

CelebritySpotlight.co.uk recently ran a hilarious quote by Liv Tyler about playing a lesbian (the original source was her interview with Allure Magazine). Actually, the hilarious part was the headline, Tyler’s Lesbian Regret." There is so much you can do with the concept of "lesbian regret," …

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Kevin Smith has written a new movie and it is set to start filming sometime in January in Pittsburgh, where he previously filmed Dogma. I am a die-hard Kevin Smith fan as are many people, and my expectations for Zack and Miri Make A Porno are through the roof.

Smith has signed on Seth Rogen to play Zack and Elizabeth Banks to play Miri. Smith couldn't ask for a better situation than this one. Rogen is absolutely on the top of his game right now and he will bring a level of heat and marketability (not to mention the potentially hilarious performance) to this Smith vehicle unlike anything that Smith has ever seen for any of his movies in his entire career.

Of course, Smith had Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez on board for Jersey Girl. There were no two bigger celebrities in the world when they made that movie. But if you remember correctly, Jersey Girl had the unfortunate timing of having to follow one of the most trod upon movies in the history of cinema, Gigli, starring the two biggest pieces of his huge cast. As a result, the general movie-going public didn't even bother to give Jersey Girl much of a chance. This was especially ridiculous considering the movie was really about Affleck's character interacting with his father, played by George Carlin, his soon-to-be girlfriend, played by the impossibly cute Liv Tyler, and his daughter, played by Raquel Castro.

But now, there is no doubt about it. Short of Seth Rogen entering a media circus-type situation where he dates Lindsay Lohan, does a bunch of coke, and goes to jail, he will undoubtedly bring some serious, legitimate Hollywood heat to Kevin Smith's new comedy. Let's look at Rogen's last few movies.

Although The 40 Year-Old Virgin was a Steve Carell project, Seth Rogen's performance didn't hurt that movie at all. It's worldwide gross was over $177 million to Box Office Mojo. After that, Seth Rogen produced and starred in Knocked Up which grossed …

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NEW YORK — Being the face of Givenchy’s Very Irresistible fragrance has proved to be quite an enticing deal for Liv Tyler.

For starters, the former model, 30, is loaded up with beauty and skincare products, courtesy of the brand. “I have a good amount of stuff, not crazy,” she says. “I have a little linen closet near my bathroom just filled. I don’t have hundreds of pairs of shoes or anything.”

And it pays to be pals with Tyler, because she’ll hook you up with some pricey products. “Givenchy sends me so many fun things to play with all the time, and I get to share with my friends,” she says.

She didn’t have much time to be a beauty queen while romancing Bruce Banner, as his love interest Betty Ross, in The Incredible Hulk. Tyler wrapped the film just before Halloween and calls the experience “intense,” perhaps because Banner is played by famously intense actor Edward Norton, who also wrote the screenplay.

“It was very physical, which was fun for me,” she says. “I got to do a whole bunch of action stuff I’d never done, (like) running in front of tanks.”

The film opens next summer and features a who’s who of character actors, including William Hurt, Tim Roth and Tim Blake Nelson. And Tyler promises that action sequences aside, “There’s a real story to it, a real relationship between all the characters.”

With a special focus on Banner, of course. “The basic idea is that he’s been in exile and really suffering with what he has become and what he has done to the people he loves,” she says. “The story is basically about him connecting with someone to find a cure.”

Now, Tyler is back in Manhattan for the holidays with husband Royston Langdon and son Milo, almost 3. Downtown dweller …

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A couple of months ago I decided I would do my bit for local businesses and craftsmen and suggested to my chief Christmas coordinator (this would be my personal assistant, Gabriella) that we only support small firms during the holiday season.

Puzzled at first, Gabriella quickly recognized my good intentions and confirmed what I was talking about.

“Just so I'm sure we're heading in the same direction, you don't want to send out gifts to clients from big brands. Correct?” she asked.

“Exactly. This policy extends all the way to our staff Christmas lunch and even includes our after-party,” I explained. “No hotel chains, no celebrity chefs, or bars belonging to bigger hospitality groups.”

Taking on the challenge with considerable enthusiasm, Gaby set to work deciding which companies she should go to for staff gifts, who should get our order for client and supplier presents and what restaurant or hotel would host our team of 55 for Christmas lunch.

Tackling the client gifts first we decided on a tiny workshop in Liguria specializing in leather goods. After considerable grilling, we were satisfied that this wasn't one of those Italian operations that makes the bulk of the range in China or Romania and then stitches on “Made in Italy” labels when they reach port in Genoa.

With a small atelier just outside the Ligurian capital Genoa, B Home's range of leather goods covers everything from notebooks to magazine holders to sleep service trays. Initially there was some concern that the tiny company wouldn't be able to cope with our sizeable order, but it managed the process, and brilliantly, and by Monday of this week our assorted leather-covered presents were dispatched around the world.

The only glitch came when we started revisiting the mailing list and realized that we had a number of clients who were in the leather/luxury goods business and the last thing they would want to be unwrapping was …

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People News
Housewife Liv Tyler

Nov 30, 2007, 13:30 GMT

Liv Tyler is taking a break from Hollywood to concentrate on being a housewife.
Liv Tyler - © Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos
The 30-year-old ‘Armageddon’ actress, who has just finished filming ‘The Incredible Hulk’ alongside Edward Norton, is planning on taking a break from acting to focus on her family.
Liv, who has a two-year-old son Milo with husband Royston Langdon, told the USA Today newspaper: “It’s a good time for me to take a work break. I’m really excited to stay at home and cook and do some other fun projects with my son.”
The stunning brunette also revealed she is planning to move her family from New York’s Manhattan to a quieter town.
She said: “I don’t want Milo to grow up like this and have all this going on around him. I grew up in Maine, New England, and had this great sense of wide-open spaces. I just don’t want to deal with this, or for him to deal with this, anymore.”
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Hubert de Givenchy expanded into the fragrance business 50 years ago using a famous face as inspiration: his muse, the late Audrey Hepburn.L’Interdit was the first “celebrity” fragrance, created to honor the friendship between the designer and actress.The company celebrates its history this season by reintroducing L’Interdit, which is dominated by the scents of jasmine and May rose, along with the house’s other classic fragrances, Le De, Givenchy III and Eau de Givenchy for women, and Monsieur, Eau de Vetyver and Xeryus for men.Now it’s commonplace for celebrities to be linked to perfume. Top-tier actresses Hilary Swank, Keira Knightley and Kate Winslet all appear in advertisements, while Gwen Stefani, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Lopez and Victoria and David Beckham have their own branded fragrances.Givenchy also launched a new ad campaign for Very Irresistible Givenchy featuring Liv Tyler, who has been the perfume’s public face since its creation in 2003.Looking for your smell this season? Here are some new options:
Very Michael Kors. This adds citrus, black plum and golden sugar cane to the white floral scent that is Kors’ signature. Kors says it captures his essence: “I’m either the most outgoing or the shiest. I’m very casual but at the same time I kind of revere the classic and the traditional. I’m kind of jumpy and curious and, again, it’s ‘Show me what’s new’ and ‘Show me what’s a classic.’ “
DKNY Delicious Night. This seems made for a party Advertisementgirl: The opening note is a “cocktail” of the exotic citrus fruit pomelo, crushed ginger and blackberry martini, followed by florals and amber.
Midnight Poison by Dior. An update to the 20-year-old Poison features earthy notes of patchouli, rose and amber.
Elle by Yves Saint Laurent. A feminine fragrance for a cosmopolitan girl with notes of patchouli, litchi and freesia.
Black Orchid Voile de Fleur by Ford Beauty. As always with Ford, there’s a hint of dark glamour with truffle, black currant …

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Model Gemma Ward already has experience in film when she appeared in the Pink Pyjamas short film in 2001. She then left for Hollywoodfor a part in Strangers with Liv Tyler, catwalkqueen reports.

Now Ward accepted the lead role in The Black Balloon, joining Toni Collette in the Australian movie. A young man is battling with taking care of his autistic brother with the help of his girlfriend, played by The Black Balloon, which was written by young director Elissa Down for Gemma, will arrive at cinemas early next year.

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The Wakatipu High School 2007 prize list is:
ACADEMIC AWARDS:
YEAR 7:
Ashley Brickell, achievement in Art; Monty Brown, achievement in Music; Kate Burns, achievement in Dance; Ashton Corbett, achievement in Maori; Ngawai Davis, achievement in Maori; George Dickson, achievement in Languages; Ashleigh Glanfield, achievement in Languages; Laura McLaughlan, achieve ment in Languages; Shannon Ruffell, achievement in Dance; Rosie Simpson, achievement in Dance; Bethany Sturt, achievement in Dance; Dana Wild, achievement in Dance; Sarah Wood, achievement in Dance; Connor Adcock, achievement in Physical Education; Jarrod Johnston, achievement in Physical Education; Devoney Spark, achievement in Physical Education; Huiho Ma, achievement in English as a Second Language; Sam Collins, achievement in Social Studies; Maddie McClean, achievement in Mathematics; Harriet Norton, achievement in Social Studies; Mia O'Keefe, achievement in Science; Jock Rosie, achievement in Science; Tevin Arona, achievement in Physical Education and Dance; Jake Johnson, achievement in Physical Education and Art; Molly Stevens, achievement in Physical Education and Dance; Michael Foley, achievement in Science and Music; Chelsea Kerr, achievement in Social Studies and Dance; Bridget Kirk, achievement in Social Studies and Dance; Alyssa Waaka, achievement in English and Maori; Caitlin Casey, achievement in English and Languages; Steph Cook, achievement in Physical Education, Social Studies; Tessa Goldsmith, achievement in English, Languages; Abi Koberstein, achievement in Social Studies and Languages; Izzy Logez, achievement in English and Languages; Reid Long, achievement in Mathematics and Physical Education; Juliet Mackay, achievement in English and Languages; Olivia achievement in English and Science; Ruby Imlach, achievement in Mathematics and Social Studies; Korrie Middendorf, achievement …

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Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday was online Friday, Nov. 30 at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss what’s worth seeing in theaters this holiday season. the scoop on the latest movies, including " Enchanted," " I’m Not There" and more.

A transcript follows.