Nicole Richie at Gym

Nicole Richie Hits the Gym

Well it should be no surprise that Nicole Richie was spotted leaving her Studio City gym this morning! She certainly has become quite the workout fiend lately.

I love it though – I love that she’s taking that time for herself. There have been a few baby bump rumors lately as a result of a loose fitting shirt Nicole Richie wore to the gym last week, but she seems to be looking pretty svelte in these pictures.

I’m jealous that she can look so beautiful even on her way out of the gym! Love the sunglasses and leather jacket!

imnotobsessed/Photos by FAME

Halle Berry Bikini Treat weekend

Bikini Treat Halle Berry

Bikini treat for the weekend: Halle Berry, who looked fabulous (almost) in a bikini while taking a walk on the beach in Malibu the other day.

Check out all the rest!

skinnyvscurvy

Heidi Klum Magazine Cover Pics

Heidi Klum Lands ‘Good Housekeeping’ Cover

The ALWAYS beautiful Heidi Klum graces May’s cover of Good Housekeeping. This girl certainly can take a GREAT pictures. The model / host opened up about her marriage go Seal, the pleasures of parenting and what’s next in her career.

On her husband, Seal: “He’s the most charming, loving, fun, gentlemanly, inspirational man I could have wished for. He always makes me feel I’m the only woman in the world.”

“We may be parents, but we can still make time to be a couple. We’ll go shopping together. The kids think that’s the most boring thing on the planet.”

On their sex life: “We like to have fun with each other,” she says, this time in a sexy purr. “We do have four kids.”

On juggling it all: “Keeping it all together as a modern woman means multitasking, especially when you work. I think you always need to try your best, but at the same time you can only do what you can do, and you don’t need to beat yourself up about it. I’m not white-picket-fence perfect.”

On her priorities: “Family comes first. You’re the only thing they have.”

The May issue of Good Housekeeping hits newsstands April 12.

imnotobsessed

Sheryl Crow Opens Up To

Sheryl Crow Opens Up To ‘Prevention’ Magazine And Lands May Cover

Who doesn’t love Sheryl Crow? The singer sat down with ‘Prevention‘ magazine and opened up about her new boyfriend, being in a long term relationship and ditching the LA scene.

Here’s your sneak peek:

On her new guy (Sheryl has been dating a producer for several months) and how he is with the kids:

“Really good. I’ve been in the situation where I’ve been involved with people and their kids, and if the relationship doesn’t work out, it’s heartbreak. So I’m keeping the relationship friend-based when we’re around the kids.”

On a long term relationship—say celebrating 50 years together

“I’d love that. But I’m pretty set in my ways, and whoever I’m going to end up with, God willing, will have gone through their things too. So I’m not looking at having a fifty-five-year relationship. I’ll be happy if I have a ten-year relationship.”

Conscious choice to ditch the celebrity swirl of Los Angeles and move to 154-acre farm outside of Nashville:

“I love LA,” she say candidly. “I am so happy to see my friends there, but after four or five days, I’m like, ‘Let’s go home.’ Nashville feels more reality-based. I feel centered here. There’s a connection between me and nature.”

A few more quotes under the cut! Click on the continue reading link to see more.

On what kind of parent she is (Sheryl has two boys: Wyatt (4) and Levi (1):

“I’m strict. I think one thing that is missing now with kids is the hierarchy of adults not being friends, even though ultimately that’s what you want with your kids. They have to understand that somebody’s in charge and sometimes the answer is no. It’s about being consistent.”

On what getting cancer taught her:

“Anyone who’s diagnosed with anything will agree that such news is not only a showstopper but also an opportunity to recreate the way you live and how you look at life. It was for me.”

On her age (49):

“Age is such an indefinable experience. I look at my grandmother when she was my age—she had boobs down to her waist and looked like an old lady. At sixty-five, my mom is a fun, cool, and beautiful as ever. I think it’s just a state of mind.”

imnotobsessed

Pia Toscano Lands Record Deal

Pia Toscano Lands Record Deal 24 Hours After Being Booted Off 'American Idol'

Well, it's certainly been a roller coaster of a week for Pia Toscano! The American Idol contestant went from being a frontrunner on the show to getting booted off Thursday, and then Friday she landed a record deal!

The singer, who had never been in the bottom 3 before being forced out of the competition, will release an album under an Interscope Records imprint, reports Us magazine. Apparently Idol mentor Jimmy Iovine is the chair of the imprint.

"Pia is being signed to a deal with Interscope Records who are rushing her into the studio to record an album ASAP," a source said. "Starting [Thursday] night after the show, Interscope told her they wanted her and first thing [Friday] morning Interscope brass started calling every top songwriter and producer in town to get an album together and rush release it."

Toscano was seen smiling around LA on Friday and was photographed arriving at a record studio, so now it's all making sense! The insider added about her upcoming contract: "Papers are being finalized. It's basically a done deal. She's signing. They rushed everything but she's so excited."

The 22-year-old singer was pretty shocked to be kicked off the show, but said she was excited for her future -- without mentioning the record deal, of course.

"You don't know for sure why things happen, but you know, it did!" she said Friday. "It was my time to go on the show and I'm excited to see what my future holds."

Zimbio

Chinese Apple Counterfeits Stores Popping Up

Local officials from Kunming, the capitol city of the province of Yunnan, China, have begun to crack down on the much-publicized “fake” apple stores that came to light last week. Two of the five stores have been shut down by the local industry and commerce administration. According to China Daily’s U.S. edition, the remaining 3 stores are awaiting a response from Apple as to whether or not they may continue operating.  Apparently, so far the products sold in the store have not been alleged to be counterfeit products.  But the store itself is unauthorized, thus selling gray marketing goods.


This is interesting news since foreign businesses have been skeptical about China’s responsibility to intellectual property. Patent trolls, knockoff brands, and gray markets have hurt China’s IP reputation. But this response from the local government could be a sign things are headed in the right direction. Granted, the news comes from China Daily, and Chinese news sources aren’t known for objective reporting. But the fact that certain of the stores have been closed down means that China didn’t simply turn a blind eye to the situation, as it has done in the past. Perhaps this was due to the extensive news coverage of the fake Apple stores, whose own employees didn’t even know they weren’t working for Apple.

However, it also appears that the reason the two stores were closed was the lack of a proper business license, not because of their intellectual property infringements. The remaining three stores (that have a business license) are awaiting a response from Apple.
Currently Apple only has four authorized stores, in Beijing and Shanghai. Maybe Apple should be expanding its Chinese market more quickly.

Lamborghini Trademark Infringement Lawsuit

The Italian car maker Lamborghini wasted little time in filing a lawsuit (US District Court, State of Nevada, Case No. 2:11-cv-01154-ECR –RJJ) against the Palazzo resort in Las Vegas. The Palazzo recently opened an exotic car showroom, an Italian restaurant, and a merchandise gallery called Dal Toro. The Dal Toro logo bears an all-too-similar resemblance to Lamborghini’s classic raging bull logo. According to the Las Vegas Sun, the suit claims that the logos are “studied imitations of the Lamborghini trademarks.”

The owner of these businesses, Lorenzo Barracco, seemed unconcerned with the trademark infringement suit, and called it frivolous. But the fact that the logo represents businesses that are upscale and clearly Italian car-themed doesn’t help. Given that the logo’s color scheme, overall design and Italian name are all similar to Lamborghini, the coincidence is a little far-fetched.

The suit continues:
“Defendants’ advertisement, promotion and sale of the knockoff products is part

of a sophisticated and elaborate scheme to target Lamborghini, to create products that are similar in appearance to well-known Lamborghini products, and to trade upon the goodwill and reputation associated with Lamborghini and its high quality, distinctive product lines, including by deliberately misleading the public and the trade as to the authenticity, source, affiliation or sponsorship of defendants’ operations and products.”

Sprinkles Cupcakes Wages Trademark Lawsuit

Sprinkles Cupcakes gained huge popularity due to its delicious cupcakes and also to a helping hand from the PR gained from getting on the Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart show. The company which has locations in Beverly Hills, Chicago, New York and throughout the country, is taking aim at a newer store which opened in 2009, called Pink Sprinkles . Sprinkles Cupcake, owned by Candace Nelson, a celebrity judg

e on the reality television show Cupcake Wars, has filed a lawsuit for trademark infringement and under the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (regarding the domain name it uses) in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut, all in connection with its federal registration for SPRINKLES CUPCAKE U.S. Reg. No. 3,250,609.

The case is a fairly straight forward trademark infringement claim. Will Pink Sprinkles claim that their addition of the word "Pink" is different enough to avoid infringement, or possibly do they have some other defense? Stay tuned.

DJ Pauly D Trademark Infringement

Several of MTV’s ‘The Jersey Shore’ stars have been applying for trademarks to be used in product lines of different varieties. The use of celebrity trademarks has been an increasingly-popular way to try and capitalize on minor-league fame. But apparently, Jersey Shore star DJ Pauly D will have a harder time than most. Unfortunately for him, there is already a “DJ Paulie D” who has had a registered trademark with the USPTO since 2008. The reality show star has applied for a trademark 3 times, and been rejected for likelihood of confusion.

To make matters worse for the MTV star, the original DJ Paulie D has filed a lawsuit against him. The suit (Paul Lis DJ Paulie Broadcasting LLC v. Paul DelVecchio Jr., 3:11-cv-01057-AWT, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut) claims trademark infringement, since, as Techdirt.com points out, any recent Google search will indicate that DJ Paulie D is a misspelling for the far-more popular DJ Pauly D of Jersey Shore. The original DJ Paulie D is asking for $4 million in damages. And it seems somewhat likely he’ll get some awards for damages, since he’s claiming MTV used metatags to intentionally redirect traffic away from him. Regardless of whether he gets any money from Viacom (MTV’s owner), he has already created a ton of publicity for himself.