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Downsized Season 2 Bonus Episode
If you thought Abby Lee Miller got herself in trouble with her dance moms, wait until you see what pageant…
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Web vs. Television – What’s the Difference Anymore?
If you have been paying attention to your media updates, you may have noticed that there have been a lot…
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VIDEO: DCTV Interview with Jane Espenson, Cheeks & Sean Hemeon of Husbands!
Daryn Strauss of Digital Chick TV hit up New York Comic Con and chatted with the cast and creators of…
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VIDEO PICK: Jimmy Kimmel Pitches New OWN Shows To Oprah
If you were still awake after the Oscars last night, then you may have caught Oprah looking fabulously gold on…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Rules of Inheritance
This book is about grief, and you won’t want to put it down. It took me one sitting to read…
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Writers Guild Awards Names New Media Winners For Second Year
The Writers Guild Awards occurred on both coasts last night, honoring the best writing in television, film, news, radio, video…
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DCTV Interview with Elisa Donovan
Generations of chicks know Elisa Donovan from her role in Clueless (both the film and tv series) and Sabrina The…
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VIDEO PICK: Strand
Sci-fi fans, here’s one for you. A scientist (Nathan Guisinger), his creepy daughter (Anevay Darlington), an injured test subject, and…
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VIDEO PICK: Throwing Stones Season 2
Last year, Saturday detention got even more terrifying when Bart Van Bemmel and Jason Wheeler’s stylish horror series Throwing Stones…
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Ok, Ok, Is Dance Moms Scripted?– A Look At the Storylines So Far
We are three episodes into Dance Moms Season 2, and the storylines have emerged. (We all know they use writers,…
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VIDEO PICK: The Slope
How does one react when faced with the question “Do you think I’m pretty?” In the world of the new…
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VIDEO PICK: Unintentionally Awesome
So, we all know that the high school outcasts end up being the coolest, most awesome people on earth, right?…
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Goddess Circle (Motherhood): Jennifer- Battling Resistance
Since becoming parents, my husband and I have had precious little time to have actual adult conversations. Recently, thanks to…
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SOPA Dead? Is PIPA Next?
Shortly after President Obama announced he would veto SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act), House leaders also announced that all…
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DCTV Interview: Whole Day Down’s Tai Fauci
Some people just know how to do web tv. Tai Fauci is one of them. She co-created the hit teen…
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BOOK REVIEW: Why Women Need Fat
Fat… It’s such a cute, short, innocuous word that brings with it such baggage. In the new book, Why Women…
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Downsized Nominated For Writers Guild Award
Digital Chick TV’s original series Downsized was amongst the nominees for the Writers Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing…
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Dance Moms Season 2: There’s No Crying in Dance Competitions!
My addiction (and yours, admit it), Dance Moms, returned for Season 2 last night, and hold on to your top…
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VIDEO PICK: Casey Anthony’s Second Video Diary (Parody)
So, a Casey Anthony vlog leaked last week. She sported a blonde pageboy, glasses, and talked about… pretty much nothing,…
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VIDEO PICK: I Like You Better On Facebook
Sometimes colliding with a Facebook “Friend” who is not a real-life “Friend” is a bummer when you suddenly have to…
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VIDEO PICK: Sh*t White Girls Say to Black Girls
Adorable and unbelievably smart YouTuber Franchesca Ramsey (aka ChescaLeigh) parodied the new 8 million views strong series Shit Girls Say…
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Lena Dunham Goes From Web Series to HBO Series
We’ve seen all different paths connecting web series to television. Shows like Parks and Recreation and 30 Rock created derivative…
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VIDEO PICK: The Louise Log “How to Be Cool”
In the latest Louise Log from Anne Flournoy, Louise (Christine Cook) tries to keep her cool while attempting to produce…
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The Guild, Web Therapy Nominated for Producers Guild Award
The 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards announced its nominees today, with five well-known web series taking the new media noms….
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What Women Did in Online Video in 2011
2011 felt like a bad a case of PMS– moody weather, protests, desperation, and general unpredictable bitchiness. But as it…
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VIDEO PICK: Missed Connection
In one quirky YouTube video entitled “How to Pick Up A Chick,” a New Yorker attempts to connect with another…
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MUSIC PICK: Songs From… Christmas!
What would the holiday season be without caroling? Who says you can’t carol online?! After hearing some of the worst…
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VIDEO PICK: SRSLY
Why is it so difficult to find a date and a good shoe? In this new female-centric sketch series SRSLY,…
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VIDEO PICK: Emotistyle, Be Your Own Princess
In this special empowering episode of YouTube fashion guide Emotistyle, the opinionated ladies show you how to be a princess…
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VIDEO PICK: Color Rwanda With Hope
Filmed last summer in Rwanda and released in order to bring education and hope to children in Rwanda this holiday…
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VIDEO PICK: Sh*t Girls Say
Originating from the twitter account of the same name, Shit Girls Say is about… shit girls say… told by guys….
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DCTV Interview: Broad City’s Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson
The Great Wall between Online and TV has been diminishing this year — with Netflix taking on Arrested Development, YouTube…
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VIDEO PICK: Pretty Season 3 (So far…)
Are you caught up the satirical take on all things sparkly, Steve Silverman’s Pretty (which is always a DCTV fave)?…
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VIDEO PICK: Parker and Maggie
In this relationship comedy, the immature, aimless Parker and rational, hardworking Maggie enter couples therapy shortly after moving in together,…
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YouTube Launches Redesign Focusing on Channels
The world’s most popular online video service YouTube released a new redesign to their website, as part of its shift…
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VIDEO PICK: Katherine Heigl Hates Balls (But Loves Pets)
In this spoof from Funny or Die, Katherine Heigl promotes a pro pet neutering charity by explaining her motivation for…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Lake of Dreams
I have not read The Memory Keeper’s Daughter nor have I seen the movie, so I went into Kim Edwards’…
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VIDEO PICK: Funny In Love
Julie is smart, funny, and perpetually unlucky in love. (The Millionaire Matchmaker would have a field day.) In Funny in…
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ABC Soaps Won’t Be Moving Online After All
Despite excitement from the soap community and soap fans, All My Children and One Life to Live will not move…
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FX Picks Up Female Comedy Web Series Broad City
FX is currently developing a TV version of the comedy web series Broad City, created by and starring Ilana Glazer…
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Would You Crowdfund Your Baby?
If you have Facebook, Twitter, or even just an email account, you have likely gotten an invite at one point…
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VIDEO PICK: Inside Venice Season 3
The Emmy winning dramatic series is back and prettier than ever. Stars of the series (which include Crystal Chappell, Jessica…
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VIDEO PICK: Good People In Love Episode 1
Check out the first episode of dramatic ensemble miniseries Good People in Love starring Anyone But Me’s Rachael Hip-Flores and…
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DCTV Interview: Tina Cesa Ward
DCTV Creative Director Daryn Strauss chats with writer/director/producer Tina Cesa Ward, winner of the first Writers Guild of America Award…
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VIDEO PICK: The Actress Season 2
So, if you have paid attention to web series, then you know there is a proliferation of series about actresses….
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What Premium Online Video Is and Isn’t– Recap & Thoughts on Digiday Video
Digital media professionals gathered at the fancy Roosevelt Hotel in New York City yesterday to talk online video and what…
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VIDEO PICK: Good People In Love Trailer
Get your first look at the new series from the prolific writer/director Tina Cesa Ward. The dramatic mini-series set at…
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VIDEO PICK: Pretty the Series Season 3 Opener
Our favorite pageant family is back! Steve Silverman’s parody of all things sparkly, scandalous and completely age-inappropriate returns with the…
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VIDEO PICK: Elle’s Women in Hollywood
Viola Davis, Naomi Watts, Evan Rachel Wood, Freida Pinto, Elizabeth Olsen, Jennifer Aniston and Barbra Streisand talk being a film…
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VIDEO PICK: Timeless Seasons
Now for something really scary — home shopping infomercials. Timeless Seasons is a parody of all things home shopping network….
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YouTube Announces Premium Channels
Rumors have swirled around the www, but today it’s official. YouTube announced its plan to roll out premium channels, somewhat…
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In Her Words (Experimentation): Mary Higgins
Can you tell a story on film without ever seeing an actor’s face? That’s the gyst of BodyLine Technique, an…
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Transmedia: Books and Web Series, a Social Love Story
Books and Video sitting in a Tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. For all of you A.D.D. readers out there that hate looking at…
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VIDEO PICK: Daily Grace Reviews Britney’s Criminal
Yesterday’s Daily Grace episode got kicked off YouTube (oops!) probably for the re-hashed use of Britney Spears’ video Criminal (noooo!),…
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VIDEO PICK: Darla
Imagine Amelie if she was a homicidal sociopath and you get this strange little show, a dark satirical ode to…
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Blake Calhoun Previews First Episode of New Scifi Series Continuum
Blake Calhoun, creator of hit web series Pink, which features one of the most kick-ass female characters on the web,…
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The Rundown on Awards Shows for Online Video
Awards Season is upon us, and for union members, it means screeners and lots of glossy mail. For viewers, it…
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VIDEO PICK: Once You Leave
In the original dramatic series Once You Leave created by Nate Locklear, troubled lesbian runaway Kayla returns home after two…
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VIDEO PICK: El Porvenir
In the first episode of this well-produced, well-written, well-directed, and well-acted Mexican drama El Porvenir, Joaquin and Luis end up…
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VIDEO PICK: Miss Representation Trailer, Documentary to Premiere on OWN Oct 20
Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Jane Fonda, Margaret Cho, and Rachel Maddow talk about the way we depict women in media…
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Lifetime’s FIVE Mixes Humor and Heart
Lifetime’s film FIVE tells the intertwined stories of 5 different women and their battles with breast cancer. Each story was…
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VIDEO PICK: Bye Bye Sally
Sally has had a rough life. First of all, she hasn’t yet recognized she looks like Malin Akerman. Second of…
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VIDEO PICK: Game Room “Baristas”
Watch DCTV’s attempt at creating a game for hit virtual comedy series Game Room, Baristas the Kinect Game, where working…
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VIDEO PICK: Occupy What Street?
Check out this hilarious report from Occupy Wall Street from Travis Irvine. Who are the people downtown? And why are…
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Qwikster Suffers Quick Death
Rest in piece, Qwikster. We never really got to know you. We never really knew how to spell your name….
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VIDEO PICK: Pretty Season 3 Trailer
This season aint gonna be pretty… but it will be funny! Check out the trailer for the upcoming season of…
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Video Pick: None In The Oven
This could be my new favorite web series. Infertility is not necessarily a laughing matter, except that it totally is…
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VIDEO PICK: Bandwagon: Season 1 Finale
This quirky smart satire which follows actresses trying to do good in the world by supporting important causes has come…
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VIDEO PICK: Key of Awesome Takes On Adele’s Someone Like You
Because as we all know every song on Adele’s album is Adele mourning her ex-boyfriend… Key of Awesome did this,…
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Chicks Rule Fall TV, So Who Is the Queen Bee?
The big news about Fall TV: LADIES. They’re in. And everywhere. There’s NEW GIRL, the first show to get a…
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DCTV Interview with Koldcast TV’s Marti Restighini
Web vs. TV… is there a difference? Popular online network Koldcast TV is blurring the line, recently announcing a television…
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Video Pick: Bandwagon Season 1 Finale Teaser
A week from today. Things get intense for our Urban Glee gang. Holla. Check it out. Then read the DCTV…
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Video Pick: Dance Moms Preview
Because I’m clearly, hopelessly addicted to Dance Moms… here’s a preview clip from the upcoming episode. In part 1 of…
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YouTube Going Premium, How Will That Change What You’ll Be Watching?
Rumors and insiders have been leaking small bits of info about the changes to come at YouTube as the mega-site’s…
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Video Pick: A Day in the Life of a Female Comedienne
If you haven’t been paying attention, women in comedy are “it.” They’re slowly taking over this industry. In this Funny…
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Blip Adds Subscription Feature, Now What Do You Subscribe To?
Oh, it’s on! Blip.tv now allows site visitors to subscribe to shows. Yes, that’s right. Blip has been a favorite…
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Video Pick: The Specials
In this Webby winning reality series from 2010, we are invited into the world of five housemates in England, who…
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Video Pick: RCVR
RCVR is not your old school extra-terrestrial show. In this new high-concept series from online giant Machinima, everyday people discover…
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Video Pick: Generic Girl
Love comics and the American labor system? Generic Girl has a little fun with both. In this campy superhero comedy,…
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DCTV Interview: Bandwagon’s Emma Caulfield, Camilla Rantsen & Karri Bowman
Perseverance and reinvention are some of the traits required for a successful career in the film industry. And while that…
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First look: Genie Francis in Season 3 of Pretty
It’s Laura! GH’s Laura! Soap royalty. Here’s the first look at Genie Francis in Pretty’s soap star-packed Season 3. She’s…
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Emmys 2011: Ladies in Comedy Storm Stage!
One of the best moments in Emmy history. Sisters doing it for themselves. And knowing what’s funny. And empowering. And…
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Netflix Splits Itself- Messing Up a Good Thing?
Netflix, that service that everyone was using instead of Blockbuster. That service where you could get an unlimited amount of…
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Video Pick: Missed Connections Live: Hey Beautiful Lady
In the latest hilariously odd episode of Missed Connections Live, the series inspired by the strange postings in the Missed…
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Diversity in TV Comedy: with Writers from “Parks & Recreation,” “The Office” & “Community”
Writers Guild of America, West’s Committee of Black Writers created this must-watch, eye-opening panel on diversity in television, with TV…
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DCTV Interview with Alessandra Torresani of Husbands
So, we brought you an interview with Husbands’ Writer/Producer Jane Espenson. Now it’s time to get the scoop on the…
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Video Pick: Hero Dogs of 911
In honor of those lost 10 years ago and those who risked their lives to assist, here is a poignant…
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Video Pick: Awkward Black Girl Episode 8
This show slays me. Check out the latest from Issa Rae’s hit comedy web series, Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl….
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DCTV Interview with Jane Espenson of Husbands
Jane Espenson is a cool chick. She’s written for Buffy, Angel, Firefly, The O.C., Gilmore Girls, Dollhouse, Caprica, Game of…
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Comediva Brings You G-Male, Google’s New Matchmaking Service
Google knows you better than you know yourself. Google knows your habits and life questions and tries to kindly read…
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Susan Lucci Passes on Online All My Children
Waaaaaah. For AMC fans, the online version of All My Children may look a bit different. According to Deadline, La…
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Lez Renovate Season 3: The Bathroom
The funny and honest Vancouver couple LL and Cool J are back, and this season’s DIY project is to renovate…
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Pretty Star Stacy McQueen Takes on Vampire Mob
We love her as a child, but Pretty’s favorite pageant kid Stacy McQueen pops into Joe Wilson’s Vampire Mob… as…
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Not the Sharpest Crayon Back For Season 2
The Long Island comedy, Not The Sharpest Crayon, returned for Season 2, playing on the hysterically clueless star Robyn Schall’s…
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Emmy Winning Web Series Venice Sneak Peeks Season 3
Because we get excited when subscription-only Venice releases things for free, here is a sneak peak from the Emmy winning…
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Is Dance Moms Turning Into Black Swan?
First of all, whoever decided to air Dance Moms and Toddlers & Tiaras at the same time should be grounded…
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Breaking Point
In this drama series created by Caryn K. Hayes, a group of friends find their love and work lives tangle…
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Diary of a Wedding Planner Episodes 3-5
Romance-a-holic wedding planner Khristy (creator Brandi Ford) is discovering that getting her California wedding planning business off the ground aint…
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We Made It Through Hurricane Irene Playlist
Yes, East Coasters, we took it… and we have extra water bottles and non-perishable food to spare! So, if you’re…
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Goddess Circle (Beauty): Karen- How to Find the Perfect Shade of Red Lipstick
It’s wedding season, which means it’s time for some GLAMOUR. Here are some great tips from make-up artist Karen Cecilia…