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Who: Something for the fashion-forward (and eco-conscious!) fellas.What: Bloomingdale's at Santa Monica Place is hosting an evening of surfing style, eats, and games to benefit the Surfrider Foundation. Guys can get style advice from designers like Simon Spurr, stylists from Unis, Trovata, NSF, and The Riviera Club. And for people who just want to play, there will be surf-themed grub, a DJ, ping pong, and Wii Water Sports.

Bloomingdale's Surfrider Foundation Beach Party

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Stephen Colbert's testimony before Congress about migrant workers got a lot of attention, but one person is very unhappy with his appearance: Fox News' Megyn Kelly.On Friday's edition of her show, "America Live," Kelly said that, while Colbert's appearance might have been "hilarious to some," others might have found it "a huge waste of taxpayer time and money."

Megyn Kelly Outraged At Colbert Testimony: 'What The Hell Was He Doing?' (VIDEO)

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At 3am last night a stereo blasted out from one of the other neighbors' apartments in our little Spanish style courtyard here. It's a lovely little place here. Very faded and worn -- pretty cheap to get a place to rent in the middle of Hollywood. A fountain bubbles at its center.Within three minutes of the music rattling everything, I was down in the courtyard. Angry. Bewildered. So was another neighbor, a wonderful, young composer confronting our un-sober music lover and his boyfriend in a shirt with the shimmering word lust across his chest. I can't remember the other words on his shirt, because there were words happening very quickly between all of us by then.More...

Music of the Spheres

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A friend and I were driving to Fresno yesterday morning when I received a very welcomemessage on my blackberry: Meg Whitman has come out against Proposition 23.More...

Good News with a Caveat: Meg Whitman Says Vote "No" on Prop 23

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Veteran former cast member Amy Poehler hosted "Saturday Night Live" for the first time last night and kicked off the show's 36th season with a hilarious, cameo-laden monologue. The sketch centered around the "stress dreams" Poehler used to have before the show when she was a cast member, and depicted the ridiculously anxious visions she had the night before hosting.

Highlights included singer/actor and "SNL" regular Justin Timberlake appearing in Poehler's dream to practice a kissing scene, former cast member and friend of Poehler Rachel Dratch getting attacked by a polar bear, and previous "Weekend Update" co-hosts Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon returning to bully Poehler into peeing her pants on live television.

Justin Timberlake & 'SNL' Alums Shine In Amy Poehler's First Monologue As Host

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Five minutes into David Fincher's movie about the birth and gnarled development of Facebook, "The Social Network," you get the picture of founder Mark Zuckerberg trying to impress his girlfriend by putting her down. Clueless, he doesn't get why she picks up and leaves calling him an Asshole. 

We get it though, and ponder how this ill-adjusted kid got into Harvard in the first place. Said to have studied people with Asperger's Syndrome in order to play this part, Jesse Eisenberg frowns his way through a movie that many hail as the "Network" of the new media.Surely there must be some joy in grimacing all the way to the bank!

New York Film Festival Goes to Harvard

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The spaces might be small and the rents might be high but New Yorkers know how to decorate.  When it is time to upgrade from the Ikea couch and Target lamps, they head to stores like BoConcept for a modern bed-frame or GlobalTable for an unusual vase or throw pillow.Below, check out 10 picks for cool design stores in New York and vote on your favorites:More...

10 Great Design Stores In NYC

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In the heat of the day, with the very best crew, Sir Branson was flying quite far from the ground, enjoying the view of our planet so blue, when he heard a distinct, but a very small sound...Sir Branson looked down.  He looked toward the sound,More...

Branson Hears the Who? A Climate Change Poem With Thanks to Sir Richard Branson and the Great Dr. Suess

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By Steve Mayes, The OregonianReligion News ServiceMore...

Alayna Wyland, Infant Child Of Faith-Healing Parents, Returned Home

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What follows are questions for Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren from Coach Kemper and IFE Journalism Interns1.  Q: As a historian and author, what 3 books would you recommend to high school students who wish to gain a better understanding of the world and the middle east in particular?More...

A Q&A With Ambassador Michael Oren