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Archive for March, 2008


Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Hillary — Dumb and Dumber
By Len Butcher
I don’t have a problem with a president who may not be the best speaker in the world. Or one who doesn’t have movie star looks. Or even one who may commit a politically incorrect faux pas. But I have  – as all of us should — a real problem with, in this case, a potential president [...]
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
No time for racism to rear its ugly head
By Len Butcher
It is little wonder our country is in the mess it’s in. Why can’t we concentrate on what’s really important and get our priorities straight? We are in the middle of a presidential campaign to select the person who will be hopefully leading us in the right direction over the next four or eight years [...]
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Hats off to Obama
By Len Butcher
My hat off to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. In this nail-biting race between Obama and Clinton, every little word, every phrase, can be taken out of context, or mistrued, to damage one or the other, and most of the time, the words are not even uttered by either candidate. Such was the case last week [...]
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Friday, March 14, 2008
Mean Girls
By Xazmin Garza
Forget hot girlfriends, dontcha wish  L.A. Fashion Week had a better finale? The Pussycat Dolls closed the show. Someone remind me what Nicole Scherzinger and her four dancing friends have to do with fashion because I'm at a loss over here. Of course "over here" is outside the doors of the show because I didn't [...]
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Things that make you go hmmmm
By Xazmin Garza
Larysa Poznyak, the talk of L.A. Fashion Week, actually dresses like this. This is what serious journalism looks like at L.A. Fashion Week. Her name is Larysa Poznyak. As a Fashion TV host she sits front row at most of the shows, conducts interviews on the runways and strikes sexy poses for bored paparazzi. And, [...]
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
That's Entertainment!
By Xazmin Garza
Day four put the "show" in fashion show. Check out highlights from the two most entertaining catwalks to hit L.A. Fashion Week thus far. Young girls walked the runway to a loud applause at Lilikoi THE GREEN INITIATIVE HUMANITARIAN FASHION SHOWKiddie Corner: Throw little girls on stage with glammed out hair and struts that could shame Naomi [...]
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Paparazzi get their 'stars'
By Xazmin Garza
Associated Press Photo Paris Hilton and boyfriend Benji Madden at the Nicholai by Nicki Hilton show. At last, the bloodthirsty paparazzi got their fill as did the famished fashionistas. The former came in the form of Paris Hilton, whose mother had to scold her into paying attention to sister Nicky's fashion show. The latter consisted [...]
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Who's that girl?
By Xazmin Garza
AP File Photos  Jenna Jameson wears Herve Leger at L.A. Fashion Week. Victoria Beckham dons the same Herve Leger dress, different color scheme, only she wore it last September at the Marc Jacobs show in New York. Day Two of L.A. Fashion Week pulled in the kind of celebrities that made you wish you [...]
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Lauren Conrad gets slapped around
By Xazmin Garza
Imasu by Kelly Nishimoto A shiny Mercedes to the left of me, open bar to the right. Here I am, stuck in the middle of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. They say it's a non-stop party but keep in mind the host: L.A. There are lines to get into other lines. Paparazzi linger about. It's a thick, [...]
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Saturday, March 8, 2008
Hillary trying to play the numbers game
By Len Butcher
Okay, I may not be the smartest guy in the world, but I wouldn’t put myself in the “dummy” category either. So am I missing something when I hear Hillary Clinton say that she would be the better candidate because she was able to beat Barack Obama in the big states like New York, California, [...]
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