The Shoe Diaries

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Little girls love boots. Period. Having a four-year-old daughter myself, I can attest to that! No lie, my daughter has five pair (not counting her winter boots) that she regularly wears no matter what the outfit and what the season! Even with having a lot of snow in Wisconsin, she often opts for her Nina boots or her EMU Australia boots instead of her nice warm weather-proof Keen boots!

It looks like Hugh Jackman knows what his daughter, Ava likes! She is wearing a pair of black patent boots similar to the Hush Puppies Sweety that retail for only $34.95. In addition to this picture of Hugh having Ava on his shoulders, other pictures were taken of him in New York City pushing her in a stroller with some cute mary janes on! It looks like they are having a lot of fun and have a great relationship together. Like everyone always says, she’s “Daddy’s little girl”!

Hugh was latest seen on Oprah via video link by surprising her and singing Happy Birthday as she celebrated her 56th birthday on her show. I don’t know about you, but he is one of my favorite actors, and it’s a bonus with his charming looks!

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Award Show Season continued Wednesday night with the 36^th Annual People’s Choice Awards.  Knowing my love of all things pop culture, you may be surprised to hear I completely forgot to watch!  I was so super excited to catch new episodes of ABC’s Wednesday night comedies that it never even crossed my mind.  Just imagine my disappointment Thursday morning when even the local radio DJ was talking about the show (and more specifically Mariah Carey’s acceptance speech).  Here’s hoping I don’t miss the Golden Globe Awards in a couple weeks!

CBS not only hosted the award show, but picked up some pretty impressive awards for its programming as well.  Alyson Hannigan won in the Favorite TV Comedy Actress category for her work on the show How I Met Your Mother, which airs Monday nights on CBS.  Such a funny show!  She’s certainly come a long way since her time on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  I will admit I don’t watch her show as often as I would like to, but love catching random reruns on Lifetime.  Big Bang Theory, which won the award for Favorite TV Comedy, is another CBS show I don’t watch as much as I should.  It’s also refreshingly good.

Steve Madden Alisah Pump

Not surprisingly the Twilight franchise and The Proposal both had big nights.  Other award winners included Miley Cyrus, Johnny Depp, Up and Glee.  And what would an award show be without fun parodies and snarky fashion police out in full force.  Whether you loved or hated the night’s star styles, you have to admit it is fun to see who wore what.  Although not everyone agrees, my favorite fashionista was Carrie Underwood.  Her outfit was unique, yet classy.

Nina Elga Shoe

Alyson Hannigan, pictured with her award, also looked striking in her tea-length, strapless, simple-yet-sexy gown.  Wearing such an understated dress allows you the opportunity to play up your accessories, which Alyson took advantage of with her decorated shoes and huge diamond bracelet.  Although I may not be able to get you a good deal on the bling, it’s easy to find a similar t-strap at a reasonable price.  Take a look at the Steve Madden Alisah Pump or the Nina Elga Shoe.  At $89.95 each, you could get both for the price of a similar designer shoe – as in one half of one pair of designer shoes.

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It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Holly Madison. Her new special, Holly’s World, premiered on E! Sunday night. I missed the original showing but am hoping to catch a rerun this week. I really liked her on Girls Next Door and can’t image she would be any less entertaining on her own special. If anyone caught the show, let me know what you thought in the comments section below!

Holly also admitted to a new love interest. Life and Style is reporting that Holly is in a relationship with Benji Madden. I must say this is an improvement over some of her past romantic choices! I haven’t heard too many details about this fresh matchup, but it sounds like Twitter played a role in their flirtations. Perhaps Benji got the idea from another Twitter friendly couple in his life?

Speaking of Twitter, Holly used the site to announce another exciting bit of news . . . Kendra Wilkinson gave birth to her first child today. (I had you going there for a minute didn’t I!) According to Yahoo Sports, Kendra and her husband Hank Baskett welcomed Hank Randall Baskett IV in Indianapolis. The little guy weighted in at 9 pounds and 5 ounces – a feat that wasn’t lost on Holly!

Nina Electra Sandal

And speaking of ‘feat,’ take a look at the hot pink pumps Miss Madison wore to the grand opening of BESO restaurant (owned by Eva Longoria-Parker) in Las Vegas. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – there is nothing like a brightly colored stiletto to spice up a little black dress. If you’re looking to copy her style, take a look at the Nina Electra Sandal. If you’re not completely sold on going pink don’t worry, this shoe comes in four other colors – including black!

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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again! After an unsuccessful first bid to see New Moon, I finally got into a screening yesterday afternoon. It was awesome! I loved the book, so I’m actually a little surprised I liked the movie as much as I did. Normally, movies based on books just seem to disappoint me. It was nice to be wrong! (If you haven’t seen the movie yet, I suggest skipping to the last paragraph of this post.)

I know leading up to the movie there has been a lot of talk about Team Edward vs. Team Jacob. Even after reading the book, I didn’t get it. The relationships between Bella and the two boys were so different that I just couldn’t grasp the comparison. Obviously Edward was the one for her. After watching the movie, I surprised myself with how much I liked Jacob more than Edward! Maybe it was cinematic magic, maybe it was screen time domination, maybe it was only my mood last night. Either way, I found myself unexpectedly and totally on Team Jacob.

Another pleasant surprise was Dakota Fanning’s (brief) role as Jane. She has certainly grown up since her days in I am Sam and Uptown Girls! (Both excellent movies by the way.) I especially loved her expression when she realized that her powers had no impact on Bella. She is definitely going to be able to make the transition from child to adult actor. So far she has also been able to avoid any major scandals or embarrassments. Here’s hoping she keeps this trend up!

Nina Ulexa Sandal

Dakota is pictured (all grown up!) at the New Moon premier in Los Angeles. Absolutely love the dress – not so sure about the shoes. A better option may have been something similar to the Nina Ulexa Sandal. I really like the texture this shoe would have added to her outfit. It’s pictured in black, but is also available in red or ivory. Any of these color choices would have worked with Dakota’s outfit and fit a little better with the very feminine feel of that gorgeous frock.

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I never really thought of Pushing Daisies as a must see primetime show, but I must say that I did enjoy all the episodes that I did take the time to watch. I always felt it would make a better movie rather than a TV series just because it seemed to fit my movie-type: The romantic comedy and an added bonus… with a fairy tale twist. Recently, I have heard more conversations that there may be a movie in the works sometime soon. Let’s cross our fingers for that to actually happen.

I was so proud of Kristin Chenoweth for winning an Emmy this past Sunday, it was so nice to see her get the recognition she deserves for her performances on the show. I just heard earlier today that she was ill backstage at the Emmys with a severe migraine headache. Ouch! For those of you who have suffered with one of them yourselves or know something who has, this would definitely not be a good, especially on Emmy night in front of millions of people. Who knows, with her Emmy speech, we might see Kristin pop up on Mad Men one of these days.

Nina Fortune $99.95

Not sure if you can tell she is ill from the picture above, but I definitely can’t! She is looking absolutely stunning in her glitzy glamwear from her fabulous dress down to her heels. The Nina Fortune can be found on ShoeMall for a fraction of the cost at $99.95. Cheers Kristin!