Gendy Alimurung

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La Vida Loca: Monsters, and Cory Kennedy's Socks

Gendy Alimurung
What happens in La Vida never stays in La Vida. Partly, I like to think of the section as a tour through the city’s various cultures and subcultures. The people profiled here are helicopter pilots, fencers, plush-food collectors, organic gardeners and skinny-jeans connoisseurs. What’s been going on since last we......
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Michelle Obama's Inauguration Dress Predictions

Gendy Alimurung
Has she picked her dress yet? Womens Wear Daily asked designers to send in sketches of what our new First Lady should wear on Inauguration Day. Isaac Mizrahi, Monique Lhuillier, Carolina Herrera, Badgley Mischka, Karl Lagerfeld, Diane Von Furstenberg, even Betsey Johnson (oh please no, Michelle) submitted designs. From WWD:Just......
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Louboutin to Create Barbie Pink Pumps

Gendy Alimurung
Women's Wear Daily reports that Christian Louboutin will be making pumps in Barbie's iconic Pantone 219 Pink. The pumps will debut at New York Fashion Week in February at a special Mattel runway show:Fifty as-yet-undisclosed designers will produce Barbie-inspired outfits for the runway, and each of the 50 models will......
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Candy Cane Lane Light Insanity in Woodland Hills

Gendy Alimurung
'Twas the night after Christmas, and all through the hood, people were driving super slowly, but this was pretty much understood. Kinda. Candy Cane Lane is an eight block stretch in Woodland Hills where the neighbors put up a plethora of Christmas lights and pay massive electric bills. (For more photos,......
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Turn Your Cash Into Awesome, at Machine

Gendy Alimurung
You waited until the very last minute to buy your Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa presents. There is still time to give your loved ones the gift of art. Become a member of Machine Gallery in Echo Park. Mark Allen, its founder, promises a "complimentary hug" to new members. He writes: "W......
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Plot Twists for Whitney in The City

Gendy Alimurung
Whitney Port's new solo reality show finally debuts next week (Dec. 29). I hate to admit it, and I'm throwing up just a little bit into my mouth as I write this, but I'm really looking forward to it! Of all The Hills girls, Whitney is the one you most......
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Nikon's Creepy, Funny S60 Ad Campaign

Gendy Alimurung
These are hilarious. "The Nikon S60 detects up to 12 faces." Look closer.This last one with the tribal men is my favorite. The photos remind me a little of those old photos of people out in the wilderness that "captured" images of fairies and gnomes lurking in the background. Campaign......

Gendy Alimurung Recalls September 11, 2001, at L.A. Weekly

Gendy Alimurung
They say you always remember the first story you publish. In my case, I remember the first story I didn’t publish. It was years ago, for this paper. I was a fact-checking intern, fresh out of school, slaving away in L.A. Weekly’s Research department (back when we had a Research......

Dame Edna, Makeup Muse: Painting the Town Varicose Violet

Gendy Alimurung
Dame Edna has a new makeup collection. Is that scary? Maybe a little. On an unusually soggy day in Los Angeles, the unusual new MAC cosmetics muse is giving interviews at a creaky old bungalow at the Chateau Marmont. You know Dame Edna — wacky cat-eye glasses, lavender hair, Tony-winning......