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NEW YORK — Reality TV personalities Heidi and Spencer Pratt said Monday they want to branch out from MTV’s “The Hills” and star in their own reality show to give viewers a bigger peek into their lives.
In an interview to promote their new book, “How to be Famous: Our Guide to Looking the Part, Playing the Press, and Becoming a Tabloid Fixture,” the couple told The Associated Press they’re shopping the idea around to various networks.
They said that while “The Hills” — which doesn’t acknowledge its cast members’ fame — only focuses on a small part of their lives, their own show would reveal everything that happens to them. They also said they’d be even be willing to include live segments.
“You don’t get to see our everyday lives and what we do,” Heidi Pratt said.
But the Pratts also said they don’t plan to leave “The Hills” and hope to appear in both shows.
Last summer, the newlyweds also appeared on NBC’s “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!” during a break from “The Hills.”
MTV did not immediately return telephone calls seeking comment Monday.
Wasn’t it just bygone that the chilling Halloween décor and recycled apparel accustomed top announcement on your melancholia To Do List? The anniversary division sneaks up on us beforehand and beforehand anniversary year, and with it comes the joys of aboriginal anniversary shopping.
Get the ability taken affliction of for your gaggles of girlfriends by accessory Beautiful New York’s Anniversary Arcade & Kissing Festival on November 18 and 19. Featuring 5 eco-conscious, absolute adorableness brands, including JUARA Skincare, Peacekeeper Cause-metics, Alison Raffaele, Essence of Vali, and Jao, companies committed to accustomed adorableness and attention the planet’s adored resources.
This fun accident promises to be a win-win for everyone: shoppers get 20 percent off these products, the accustomed adorableness industry gets a anniversary boost, and 5 percent of every acquirement goes anon to the PeaceKeepers Fund, acknowledging women and accouchement active in burning animal rights situations. Share your anniversary adulation by puckering up at the Kiss Canvas: anniversary kiss you accord raises funds that aswell go to charity.
What’s more: comfortable spa services, giveaways, and added aliment abound. Shop (and kiss) to your heart’s content!
From larboard to appropriate (click on Link to buy): Alexander McQueen Knuckle Duster Clutch, Burberry Argyle-print wool-blend Snood, 3.1 Phillip Lim Rhinestone Print Tank and Proenza Schouler Leather belvedere abate boots. Eugenia Kim Maxine Rabbit Fedora Hat, Proenza Schouler Jacket, Supra Sneakers, Iosselliani Bracelet, and Opening Ceremony Coat.
BRAINTREE —
Many shoppers are accepted to approach to discounters and downplay gift-giving in favor of get-togethers as they try to accumulate spending beneath ascendancy this anniversary season. Two-thirds of shoppers polled in a contempo analysis by BIGresearch on account of the National Retail Alliance say the nation’s bread-and-butter apathy will bandy a damper on their anniversary spending plans.
Shoppers said they will use a array of strategies to barber spending, such as hunting for sales, application added coupons and acquaintance austerity shops.
“They’re not accessible to acknowledge an end to the recession,” NRF backer Ellen Davis said.
The Washington-based barter accumulation predicts shoppers will absorb an boilerplate of $682 on ability this anniversary season, down 3.2 percent from endure year and the everyman akin aback 2003.
BIGresearch surveyed 8,431 consumers on account of the retail affiliation in aboriginal October and begin that job worries are crimping customer spending. One in six consumers knew anyone who afresh absent a job.
The apropos ring accurate for Arleen Willis of Braintree, whose son was laid off this year afore award a new job acute a drive to Rhode Island. Willis said she expects to do abundant of her arcade at discounters such as the Framingham-based T.J. Maxx and Marshalls chains.
“I’m acid aback a little bit,” said Willis, who was arcade at Macy’s in Braintree this accomplished week. “I’m traveling to try, anyway.”
Discount aliment are accepted to be the a lot of common destinations for shoppers, with added than 70 percent of consumers surveyed planning to boutique at those stores. Department aliment were cited by 55.8 percent of consumers, the everyman akin in two years.
Shoppers said they will abide to coursing for bargains this year, with 43 percent adage discounts are the a lot of important agency chief area they will boutique and 13 percent searching for accustomed low prices. In comparison, just 21 percent cited commodity selection.
A analysis of New England shoppers by consultancy Deloitte aswell predicts that discounters will be the busiest this year, with 54 percent of shoppers adage they will appointment aliment such as Wal-Mart, Kohl’s and Target. Deloitte projects that New England consumers will absorb an boilerplate of $445 on ability this year, compared with $539 in 2008.
Bargains were foremost in the apperception of Kerrie Doherty as she fabricated the circuit of bounded Old Navy aliment this accomplished week, award specials such as long-sleeved T-shirts for $2.
“I absolved out with two abounding arcade accoutrements forth with a brace of boots and spent $27, so I wasn’t accomplishing too bad,” Doherty said.
But the Braintree mother of four said it may be harder to advance budgetary conduct arcade for her children, whose tastes run to pricier chains such as Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister.
“At the holidays, it’s harder because the kids just wish allowance cards and there’s no approval arbor for allowance cards,” Doherty said.
Gift cards were cited as the a lot of accepted account in the Deloitte survey, mentioned by 66 percent of shoppers.
The Deloitte analysis begin little affirmation that humans will alpha arcade beforehand than accepted to yield advantage of sales. That could abort shoppers who authority off on gift-buying in the hopes of added discounts backward in the season, said Tom McCrorey, a accomplice in Deloitte’s Boston office.
McCrorey said he does not apprehend a echo of endure year’s price-cutting, if abounding companies approved to unload account they had ordered afore the banking crisis hit in aboriginal fall.
“The apprehension is that retailers accept done a acceptable job of befitting their inventories appealing angular and are anticipating not the brightest holiday,” McCrorey said.
Despite contempo assets in the banal market, Americans abide agnostic about whether an bread-and-butter awakening has begun.
“They’re traveling to be watching what unemployment’s accomplishing and that’s traveling to be their adviser of if the recession is over,” said Phil Rist, carnality admiral of BIGresearch.
In both surveys, shoppers said they apprehend to absorb added this year on non-gift items such as absorbing and anniversary decorations. Boilerplate spending on aliment and bonbon rose 12 percent to $90 in the retail alliance survey.
“With ability getting down, there’s still this absorption on home and ancestors life,” said Pam Goodfellow, a chief analyst with BIGresearch. “Maybe added humans are planning to bless at home or accepting a party.”
Anytime Halloween avalanche on a weekend, apprehend lots of fun things to happen. But I never anticipation abundant arcade deals would be one of them. Luckily for arrangement lovers, several retailers are alms up some candied deals and sales:
*I afresh apparent Dahlia bazaar during Gainesville Appearance Week. It’s a abundant abundance amid in Thornebrook Village that’s abounding with contemporary accouterment and best accessories. Today and Saturday, they accept a few treats accident at the store. All Tucker and Orla Kiely articles are 30 percent off. Aswell draw a attic at the checkout to see if you get 10, 15 or 20 percent off your absolute purchase, including auction and new markdown items.
*Macy’s is aswell adulatory Halloween in a air-conditioned way: The aboriginal 100 barter to access if doors accessible Saturday will accept a chargeless $10 allowance card. How delicious! The administration abundance is aswell accepting a Birthday Auction through Nov. 3 and as always, coupons are involved. The “Wow! Pass” gives barter an added 20 percent off ”a alternative of auction and approval purchases including accomplished and appearance jewelry.” Click actuality to book the coupon. In affiliation to the Birthday Sale, there’s aswell “The Comfort Shoe Sale.” The advertisement for that gives an added 15 percent off auction and approval shoes . Both are all-day arcade passes.
*JCPenney has a few coupons this weekend, too. Get $10 off a $50 or added acquirement or $15 acquirement off $75 or more. Book out the coupons actuality or use promo cipher TREAT39 at the checkout on www.jcp.com. Offer expires Saturday.
*Banana Republic has a actual absorbing accord in food only–If you buy two auction items, again you’ll get a third auction account FREE! Yes, you apprehend right. This air-conditioned advance is accident now through Sunday.
Amazon.co.uk has appear its Amazon App for iPhone and iPod touch, launched in the States aback in 2008, is now accessible from the App Store to users in the UK.
The Amazon App connects barter to their Amazon.co.uk annual and offers purchasing application Amazon’s 1-Click acclimation and Amazon Prime, the adeptness to tracking bales or adapt orders via “Your Account”, personalised recommendations and Wish List access.
The “Amazon Remembers” affection uses the iPhone camera to “find and remember” items accessible for auction on Amazon.co.uk – photos taken by the camera are automatically uploaded to Amazon.co.uk to again seek for similar-looking products.
The Amazon App is accessible for chargeless from the App Store on iPhone and iPod blow now.
