won't be fooled again
In keeping with the holiday spirit, hungry-media-magnates magnet Michael's will serve a curious table of four today (five if you count the doll) in an effort to bring attention to a languishing industry, the celebrity Web site. Still perfecting your practical joke on your cube mate? Brush up on the psychological reason behind pranks. Jokester Simon Doonan wasn't among the men polled on spring's surreal heels, but based on his shoe choice in Dallas last week, he'd be kinder to Dior than these guys. Jeremy Scott's new bag for Longchamp should hold more man appeal than rhinestone heels, as the latest iteration of fashion-forward men favor solid staples over trends. Staple-maker American Apparel is being sued by Woody Allen, who claims his mien is being used in their ads without his permission. Allen or not, the bearded billboard rabbi could benefit from the newest at-home hair-care device: personal handheld lasers. At $995 a pop, they're a bargain next to the $24,000 it'll cost "Sex and the City" fans for a trip to New York to live like their favorite TV heroines. Does that include bribes and jealous cat fights? There are surely more foolish ways to blow 24 grand, but we can't seem to think of any now.



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