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MR. BLACKWELL’S WORST DRESSED LIST

For 43 years Mr. Blackwell has taken the liberty to list celebrity fashion victims in an attempt to keep beauty and elegance alive. We’ve all seen the awards shows and thought "what is she wearing?" or "who told her to wear that?". And we’ve all laughed at the tabloids that feature their own worst dressed list and star don’ts. After more than 4 decades no one dishes the fashion gospel better than Mr. Blackwell.
On January 7, 2003 Mr. Blackwell advised the following 10 women to get a new style:

10		Pink: "Out of the blue, pops Pink, and I’m seeing red! Cartoon-colored proof that any fashion sanity for her is really dead!"
9		Christina Aguilera: "Her barely-there bimbo bombs wouldn’t cover a gnat . . . let’s just call her the "Worst Undressed" and leave it at that!"
8		Meg Ryan: "A total fashion wreck . . . Ryan’s all chills and no thrills . . . looks like a Swap-Meet Fashion Queen in Beverly Hills!"
7		Donatella Versace: "Time to toss the peroxide once and for all . . . She resembles a flash-fried Venus, stuck in a Miami Strip Mall!"
6		Anne Rice: "Her musty, dusty Mausoleum-Wear redefines ‘Queen of the Batcaves.’ Anne looks like a cross between Queen Victoria and the Vampire Lestat!"
5		Princess Anne: "Her Royal Dowager Drag is dreary, drab and dour . . . wake up Anne, you’re getting worse by the hour!"
4		Cameron Diaz: "Looks like she was dressed by a color-blind circus clown . . . When it comes to fashion, it’s chaos when Cameron’s back in town!"
3		Shakira: "Overwrought and underdressed, she always strikes a familiar pose . . . somebody should tell her those are probably Madonna’s old clothes!"
2		Kelly Osbourne: "A fright-wigged Baby Doll, stuck in a goth prom gown . . . now we know what happened to Ozzy’s hand-me-downs!" and...
1		Anna Nicole Smith: "Anna’s fashion follies are the worst of the year . . . don’t bother with a new designer Anna, just hire a structural engineer!"

Mr. B’s not the only one that feels the need to critique the world’s stellar elite. Other C-list observers have taken it upon themselves to create their very own 10-best lists. Check out RuPaul’s favorites at rupaul.com. Or visit AmIAnnoying.com to see who topped that category in 2002. The following are 10 of my favorite picks and their ranking on the annoying list of 100:

(1) Martha Stewart
(3) Sheryl Swoopes
(20) Judge Judith Sheindlin
(31) Mike Tyson
(34) Justin Timberlake
(51) Jennifer Lopez
(56) Rosie O’Donnell
(67) Josh Hartnett
(71) Lisa Leslie
(87) Jennifer Love Hewitt

STEVEN SPIELBERG ALWAYS AND FOREVER ENTERTAINMENT
By Sashya Waterman

The awards season officially kicked off with the Golden Globes this weekend and the most-influential filmmaker in Hollywood was missing in action from the lovefest. With CATCH ME IF YOU CAN starring LEONARDO DICAPRIO and TOM HANKS, Spielberg was certainly eligible for a nomination. But apparently, the foreign press and the Academy expect much more from Spielberg, especially, from his second pairing with Oscar darling Hanks. His effort with another TOM, of the CRUISE persuasion, and their MINORITY REPORT, released in summer 2002, also failed to make an impression with the "voting members."

Although this kudos season has not been kind to Spielberg, he has plenty to celebrate. In a ceremony on January 10, 2003, he finally received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And Entertainment Weekly crowned him the most powerful person in entertainment and the Best Director of the Twentieth Century. Spielberg is one of the two wealthiest men in Hollywood with a fortune towering around two billion dollars.

All this and he recently completed his bachelor’s degree at California State University Long Beach, only 35 years late. USC, the prestigious alma mater of one of his closest filmmaking companions, GEORGE LUCAS, twice denied him admission to their film school. Spielberg confesses, "my grades weren’t good enough at Long Beach State to transfer to SC so I stayed at Long Beach State for a couple of years."

Even though Spielberg never attended USC, at the endowment reception for a sound facility in the film school in October 2002, he raved, "I love the school through George’s [Lucas] love and passion for SC. I wanted to go to the film school that produced the man that produced THX. Then, George and I became friends that year. That was in ’67." He explained why they chose to support the sound department, "visuals are everything but you have to understand that also sound is half of the experience of a total movie -going experience. We’re here to raise consciousness and appreciation for a sound effects editor or a music editor who has done such extraordinary work throughout the decades and to try to bring attention to the importance of sound, which is something overlooked in our industry. Although, not overlooked in the recording industry." Spielberg cites the importance of sound in film, "It brings your movie to life. I always say my movies are just kind of like floundering. But when Johnny does the music and Kenny Weinberg cuts the music and when the sound effects come in to play and the dialogue is balanced and the surrounds are used, the movie basically starts to get up off the operating table and celebrate it’s life." Despite acceptance by critics or film schools, undoubtedly, STEVEN SPIELBERG, will continue to mesmerize audiences in all mediums - television, cable and on the silver-screen.

The biggest director of all-time, the one who started the summer blockbuster with 1975’s JAWS, is looking to start production with Lucas on INDIANA JONES 4 in 2004 for wide release July Fourth weekend 2005. According to Spielberg, he and Lucas, "work together all the time. We’re always on the telephone. We’re always working together on something. We’ve been working together for thirty years." Until then, Spielberg keeps busy with a Sci-Fi channel mini-series, TAKEN, and negotiating the release of his classic RAIDERS trilogy on DVD. Speilberg hopes audiences "like [CATCH ME IF YOU CAN] when they see it. It’s so much fun." However, he has no idea what’s coming next. He says, "maybe it’ll surprise me whatever it is." Let the action continue for one of the best storytellers Hollywood has to offer.

FUNNY LITTLE MAN
By Sashya Waterman

ROB SCHNEIDER only stands at 5’ 5" but 1999’s DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO made him a comedy giant. Even after a couple of not so grand box-office performances THE ANIMAL and THE HOT CHICK, Paramount Pictures is looking to cash in on his success with THE ADVENTURES OF SINBAD THE INSURANCE SALESMAN, currently in negotiations.

Apparently, Schneider has gotten so big in Hollywood that he doesn’t need publicity for his own movie. At the premiere of his latest release THE HOT CHICK, the big-little man didn’t even feel the need to talk the press. Instead, he rushed past reporters on the red carpet. Maybe that’s why the movie failed to live up to it’s earning potential.

So, how long can one man ride the success of one hit movie? Audiences will soon find out with Schneider attached to other projects, such as, DEUCE BIGALOW II (Touchstone Pictures), BLIND SIDED (DAVID PERMUT and Constantin Films), PROVIDENCE (Disney) and HARV THE BARBARIAN (Dreamworks).

It turns out that Schneider became a comedian so he didn’t have to get a day job. In 1990 he landed a coveted spot as a writer on the legendary SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and, Rob’s career took off. He joined ADAM SANDLER’S crowd and created memorable characters in Sandler’s hits, THE WATER BOY and BIG DADDY. Schneider’s off beat on-screen personas have put him in the $1 million plus salary range and as long as there are teenagers, shorty won’t be needing a day job.

MANMADE MULTIMEDIA, INC.

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