We just started a new family tradition and I couldn’t be happier! I wanted to go to the pool, but Bill insisted we go to this civil war reinactment happening about 15 minutes from our house. It is actually a restored village that you can visit all year long. However, on the 4th they really do it up.

So we went and the kids LOVED it! Everyone was walking around in costumes and men were playing baseball in old uniforms. Rifles everywhere you looked. A town parade. Blacksmiths, farmers you name it!

We are absolutely going to go there every year. People were having picnics on the grass – so we will be better prepared during our next visit.

Afterwards, we went to my cousin’s house and jumped in the pool, ate BBQ food and took salsa lessons. My cousin is a professional dancer and her boyfriend is as well. They split up the group and we tried our hardest. LOL!

So much fun.

What did you do?

I guess she colored her hair and got hair extensions because Britney Spears has been keeping with this new darker look for a few consecutive days in a row. I thought it was a wig at first.

The singer isn’t afraid to change up her look – no matter how drastic. Here Britney is in Paris leaving her hotel. She’s about to launch the European leg of her tour.

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Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were seen going green while shopping for groceries at Whole Foods Market in Brentwood. These two are keeping the nay sayers quiet aren’t they? It’s been several years and they continue to go strong.

Just look at how happy they look together.

Just teasing – we all know Jessica and Justin hate the paparazzi.

Have you started using eco shopping bags yet? I feel like I sound preachy on this subject and I apologize for always bringing it up. But it’s such a SMALL thing to do which has such a positive impact. Imagine if we all stopped using plastic bags?

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Jewelry should not overpower a woman’s natural beauty; it should simply enhance it,” says designer Margo Morrison of the aesthetic sense that has inspired her to create a line of semi-precious and pearl jewelry known as Margo Morrison New York.

“My philosophy resonates with women of all ages. The great thing about my jewelry is that it looks young and edgy on a 20-year-old, yet elegant and sophisticated on a woman of 60.”
Combining semi-precious stones and pearls with Swarovski crystal, she finishes each piece with toggles that are cast from grass, twigs and berries. The result is a refined, sophisticated look that has been described as "visual music."

Blake Lively, Julianne Moore, Julia Roberts, Sharon Stone, Brooke Shields, Karen Allen and Gwyneth Paltrow are part of Margo’s growing celebrity clientele, wearing her jewelry on camera and off. Twenty-year-old Blake Lively, star of the hit show Gossip Girl and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants films, combined eleven Margo Morrison necklaces to create her own look at a recent press event, a look that showed up in over 15 fashion magazines and fashion websites. She told Margo, “Without your necklaces, my outfit wouldn’t have been anything.” And 56-year-old Indiana Jones star Karen Allen has said, “Your jewelry goes with my style of dressing. With an elegant gown or just jeans and a sweater, I add a Margo Morrison piece and feel beautiful.”

Margo’s collections are carried in exclusive boutiques and department stores throughout the United States, Canada, England and Japan. Editors of Japan’s top fashion magazine, Madame Figaro, recently voted her "one of the top 15 most exciting jewelry designers in the world." Her pieces have appeared in the pages of Vogue,Elle, Marie Claire, People, Lucky and dozens of other publications.

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What’s more fun that sun and sand on a holiday weekend? Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren celebrated Independence Day with their daughter Honor Marie at a beach house in Malibu.

I’m loving Jessica’s nautical look. And Cash isn’t hard on the eyes is he?

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I would be excited too if I landed a network gig! Ashlee Simpson is about to enter the homes of millions of viewers a week. This could mean BIG things for her singing career as well. A whole new fan base is just waiting to be found. Melrose Place… here she comes.

"For me, I started off doing ’7th Heaven.’ I went on to do my music
career so now I’m really, really thrilled [to be back on TV]. This is
what I wanted to do and this is such a great show. I’m so excited about
the show."

The new mom talked about her upcoming character, Violet Foster with MTV News.

"I play the girl that’s straight-off-the-bus. It’s fun. It’s exciting because we don’t get to see the next episode. We don’t get to read the scripts until we’re actually about to shoot it, and everyone is dying to know what’s going to happen to their characters, so it’s fun. It’ll be exciting to play that arc. … It’s got good drama."

Melrose Place debuts this Fall. Will you be tuning in?

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