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Style secrets save red-carpet beauties

With Hollywood's awards season under way, fans will see plenty of stunning gowns, sculpted bodies,
flawless skin and camera-ready coifs on red carpets around town.
What they won't see are the industrial-strength girdles, silicone nipple covers, fake hair and skin
treatments beneath those flawless facades.
Stylists work overtime during the six-week stretch from the Golden Globes to the Oscars, and it
typically takes a team to ready stars for their stroll down the red-carpet runway. Some of Hollywood's
most-coveted image experts took time out to share their best style secrets with The Associated Press.
The first step? A body-enhancing airbrush tan, says spray-tanner-to-the-stars Jimmy Coco, who expects
to wield his tanning wand at least 100 times before the Academy Awards.
These tans do more than lend a healthy glow. They can add muscle definition where none exists, says
Coco, who has worked with Eva Longoria, Jennifer Garner, Jenny McCarthy and Lara Flynn Boyle.
"If they haven't quite been to the gym, I can make it look as though they have," he says. "I give them an
even glow and lightly etch in where the muscle is."
Next come body-shaping undergarments. Stylists swear by Spanx, a brand of bodyshapers that promise
to "rescue women from love handles, waistline spillage and cellulite," according to the company's Web
site.
"They go from under your bustline to the top of your knee," says celebrity stylist Inge Fonteyne, who
has worked with models
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Gisele Bundchen and Adriana Lima. "It compacts all your blemishes you want to smooth out. The key is
to be seamless and bumpless."
Breasts have their own set of needs. Busty beauties who want to wear backless gowns often turn to self-
sticking "bras" like Frederick's of Hollywood's new Flex Body Bra, made of adhesive-backed silicone
cups that fit separately over each breast.
Contoured silicone pads called "cutlets" can also be slipped into a bra to give smaller busts a boost.
Less-endowed women might go braless but opt for some kind of nipple cover to maintain modesty.
These days, stores sell silicone versions that are undetectable under dresses, but stylists and stars weren't
always so fortunate.
"We would literally put cotton balls on clients and put (tape) on top of the cotton ball," says stylist Estee
Stanley, who helped develop Frederick's Flex Body Bra. "It was like a science project."
Fonteyne recalls once putting tape over a model's nipples — "definitely the most painful and crazy" trick
she's used.
Tape is still a critical part of a stylist's toolbox. Surgical (or even electrical) tape can be wrapped beneath

the breasts, squashing them together to create cleavage. But double-stick tape is even more popular.
Stylists use it to hold spaghetti straps in place, keep loose dresses close to the skin and prevent plunging
necklines from becoming pornographic. Before companies made special two-sided tape for fashion use,
stylists relied on a brand of toupee tape called Topstick.
Natural fabrics are easily marred by sweat, so stars plan ahead to keep palms and armpits from
perspiring.
"With a silk dress, anything you touch will make a stain," Fonteyne says. "One drop spreads like it's the
ocean under your arm."
One solution is botox, which paralyzes overactive glands to temporarily stop sweating. Another is
Drysol, a prescription treatment Fonteyne swears by that "dries up" sweat glands.
Then there's the hair. Stars weren't born with the lush manes you see on the red carpet. It's all about
extensions, says Hollywood hairdresser Michael Shaun Corby, creative director for Alterna haircare.
"Celebrities get extensions like crazy for Oscar season because they want their hair to be thicker," he
says.
Stars who don't want to make a major commitment might opt for "hair for a day," he says: quick, clip-on
extensions that can be removed at the end of the night.
Corby even uses extra hair for updos. He wraps hair clippings in a hairnet and stuffs that inside buns and
chignons "for that huge, full look."
Corby would use ironing starch to tame hair static in a pinch before Alterna developed an antistatic hair
spray, he says.
Men have it easy on the red carpet. Their fashions aren't figure-flaunting so they can forego almost all of
the above. But they still have to look their best, so most wear makeup, Coco says. Still, male red-carpet
preparation pales compared to the Aphroditean efforts female stars make.

Preacher-Teacher: Resurrection

We celebrate Jessica's one year anniversary at IGN with Jess Month... beginning today!
by Jessica Chobot
January 5, 2007 - Welcome back to Preacher-Teacher: The Resurrection! This time, it's no holds barred.
For those of you new to this article, PT: The Resurrection is actually a sequel of sorts to the original
dating advice column that I published here on the Babes channel for a decent number of months.

It did well traffic-wise and was often fun and hilarious to write. However, like most everything I do, the
shine wore off and I got bored. And when I get bored I do what I always do: move on to bigger and
brighter things.

After answering the same relationship question for the hundredth time, I made the decision that Preacher-
Teacher was no longer any fun and decided to retire it….for good.
Shortly thereafter I went on a personal trek to try and discover new, more exciting things at IGN. Did a
few Weeklys, a few interviews, a few red carpets and what-have-you but something always seemed off.
A little stale. A little stagnant. My heart hung heavy with the loss of something….but what was that
elusive ingredient that was missing from my joi de vivre?

After chatting with a few PT fans, it has been decided that Preacher-Teacher shouldn't have been
abandoned, but rather, should have been the recipient of a well-deserved makeover. Much like a decent-
looking middle aged mom, Preacher-Teacher just needed a few tweaks here and there, a day at the spa
and a good rub down with some Saint Ives Apricot Scrub to make it feel sexy again.

In short: what you see before your eyes now is the result of said re-working. I have decided that
Preacher-Teacher will now answer ANY and ALL questions you could possibly have (whether I answer
them correctly or not is an entirely different story). It's a resurgence. A re-birth. Nay, some might even
say a Resurrection!

Hey Jess. Name is Dima (dimasok on your blog ), Toronto Canada, immigrated first from Russia and
then from Israel.

I'm really sorry that starting from your last PreacherTeacher (Vol 25), you will move to a monthly-
edition of "ask my anything you want" type of editorials, but I do agree with you that, judging from
every PreacherTeacher I read, it seems that all of the relationship questions are repetitive and don't
warrant a special PreacherTeacher to begin with.

Needless to say, I'll be waiting for whatever that awesome column will morph into, so as a sort of
prelude, i wanted to send you a few questions of mine that you might want to put in (or not) whenever
your last masterpiece makes it to the web There are some personal questions here, so in case you feel
offended, feel free to kick me in the slats for my impudence They mostly stem from my interest in your

persona, rather than any specific advice I might need your take on...

1) How did you and your husband split? I did read that in the past, you considered yourself to be inexperienced and all these sorts of things when it came to relationships; was your ex-husband a culmination point that sort of impelled you to make a U-Turn and really change something about yourself, the way you relate to things or there were other reasons? It's just that it's hard for me to imagine how anyone might be "incompatible" with you if you happened to choose him as your knight in shining armor.

2) What is important to you in a man? After reading all these dating books from DeAngelo, Mystery and the myriad of other pickup-artists, I have it all jumbled up in my mind. On the one hand, many of the things they write about are concomitant to my own experience in the field, namely that a guy should be confident, shouldn't pamper to a woman's every quirk, etc but on the other hand, especially in some of it's offshoots the dating scene branched out to, all these guys do is sit on forums, discuss new techniques of preying on "unsuspecting" victims or laying smack on them in bed and then moving on to a new target and I find it even more repelling than simply being a "nice guy" and treating your woman with respect. I mean, shouldn't there be a "middle ground" where the nice guy-bad boy line is blurred? So what is important to *you* personally in a man and his behaviour?

3) What are some of your dreams/goals for the future? I know you landed your dream job at IGN, but would you want to branch out in the future to other fields as well? Art seems to be out of the question since the government screwed you over with that one (AFAIRecall) but what about pursuing a modelling career (ala joining the Victoria Secrets team, etc), making yourself a paparazzi cannon fodder, as popular as Adriana Lima and making heaps of money in the process? Or maybe becoming a Hollywood actress or a reality tv show host?

4) What is the meaning of life for you? Is it kids, healthy relationships, caring husband, lots of close friends, travelling around the world etc? Do you think there is something that goes beyond subjective experience (as in a Global Meaning to existence)? Do you think life and death are meaningless on a cosmic scale?

5) Finally, what would you do if you found out tommorow that you had 48 hours to live?

Thanks Jess for your input and sorry for the lengthy post, I'm a big fan of yours and I really do hope that whatever it is you end up doing in the future, that success and prosperity would be your eternal companions. Hope to see more of you on the blog, IGN Weekly and hopefully, in a follow-up reply that might or might not arrive in my mailbox All the best wishes,

Here’s hoping for a happy New Year

Commentary by KEVIN TRAVIS, Sports Editor If the cork doesn’t poke me in the eye after revelers open the champagne bottle just after midnight on New Year’s, I’ll consider that 2007 is off to a smashing success. Actually, I’ll probably be somewhere on a comfortable couch unwinding after watching the Packers-Bears football game tonight. I know. I know. I should be out gallivanting with the rowdies, wearing a funny “07” hat and blowing that funny noise-maker thinga-me-bop. But I want to watch Brett Favre. It could be the final game of his tremendous NFL career. While I think he’ll return to the Packers for at least one more year, I would hate to miss his finale. You know he’ll come out slinging against the Bears. The Packers actually still have a shot at making the playoffs, which makes the game even more interesting. I’ve always loved Favre’s style. Sure, he’s not the most accurate passer around and he does take chances, but it’s those chances he takes that make him so darned fun to watch. I really hope the Packers can somehow get into the playoffs so I can watch Favre at least once more. Here’s some other things I think will happen or that I would like to see in 2007: Terrance Copper and the New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl, capping off an unbelievable turnaround for the Saints and their city. (I was hoping for a Browns Super Bowl victory, but they were eliminated in, well, about Week 2.) Miraculously, my hair begins to grow back and I have a full head of hair just like I did in college. (Of course, I don’t require as much shampoo as I used to, saving me a nickel here and there.) Damien Wilkins and the Seattle SuperSonics win the NBA championship. (That is, unless LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers can win it all). How cool would it be for Damien to return to Washington for his annual “Fun Day” sporting an NBA championship ring? I always remember to take the gum out of my pants before putting them in the washer or dryer. (Ever spend an afternoon trying to clean a dryer full of gum? It’s no fun and I don’t recommend it.) Terrell Owens writes a book, “T.O. Learns to Shut Up,” and lives by it. (He already wrote one book about sharing, but I think he’s getting carried away in that department. I really don’t think Atlanta Falcons’ defensive back DeAngelo Hall wanted T.O. to share his spit with him.) I will be linked romantically to supermodel Adriana Lima, singer Shakira, actress Kate Beckinsale, tennis star Maria Sharapova and golf star Natalie Gulbis. (Feel free to start spreading those rumors about me now.) Magically, sports editors will be as high a commodity and in as great demand as left-handed pitchers in Major League Baseball. (Somehow, I don’t think I’ll be reeling in a $126 million, seven-year contract like the one Barry Zito just signed with the San Francisco Giants.) I’ll be writing about former Plymouth High School standout Damien Linson and his first year in the NFL, while also writing about former Williamston High School star Elton Coffield in his first year as a pro. (This could definitely happen.) Parents will let their kids play for the joy of the game and not be so darned critical or demanding. They’re kids!! (This might happen for a day or so.)

My gorgeous and sweet friend Amber Bollinger becomes the new “It Girl” in Hollywood. (My favorite
athlete of all-time has the makings to become a star.)
The East Carolina Pirates play under sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s every game this season.
(Heck, ECU baseball is fun to cover no matter the weather.)
Everybody would respect everybody, love one another and be happy for accomplishments achieved.
(Unfortunately, this one doesn’t stand a chance.)
One of our area teams wins a state championship. (We’ve covered some individual champions, but I’m
selfish; I want a state title for a team.)
Those are just some of my dreams, wishes and predictions for 2007. I hope all of you have a healthy,
happy, prosperous New Year.
Kevin Travis is the Sports Editor of the Washington Daily News. You may reach him at 940-4217 or by
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