Posh makes a splash on viral video...

Victoria Beckham left a bad taste in Critics mouthes on Monday when she debuted her new show, Posh Comes To America, on NBC. But that darn Posh won't give up! She's only been here two months and she's making her comeback already! On Viral Video. She's a star on Youtube, The American video sharing site that has recently surpassed web giant Google as the highest visited web service. Posh's new show has clps on the site, which feature her out of the ordinary life and incredible style. We decided to share a clip we found. See for yourself if Posh is the diva the Brits believe her to be...

Fergie gets embarassed by her mom...

Fergie was in the middle of an interview with KissFM dj Ryan Seacrest when he suprised her with a suprise guest, her mom! Her mom began to immediatly ask and confront Fergie with questions about the stripper pole which Josh Duhamel had told a magazine the couple had installed in their new Hollywood Hills home. Josh had previously stated,

"Fergie is taking lessons, but she won't get on it until she knows what she's doing, because she doesn't want to look stupid."

Fergie, clearly embarassed, didn't let the suprise ruin her sense of humor. She replied by saying that she's in Europe on tour, and that she wouldn't know for sure if there was a stripper pole installed until she gets home, adding,

"I guess we'll know in a few days."

Jessica's Beauty Secrets

Jessica Simpson reveals what keeps her glowing. Jess is one of those good ole' Southern girls who'll tell you everything about herself, while keeping a lot of things private. (Southerners will know what we mean.)Jessica is dishing out the most sacred of secrets for tabloids all over the place. Here we'll list a few of the ones we recall from all that strenuous research...

1. Jess loves the Five Factor Fitness diet and lifestyle plan. It's a basic five meal, five excercise plan that is really healthy and has great results. Many Hollywood regulars are doing it. You can too! Check out at Skinny on Diets.com.
2. Jess went back to her signature blonde waves. She's trying to go back to the fun, flirty girl we all fell in love with in the first place. Her fashion sense got a little funky in the last two years, so we'll be seeing her tone that down and try more classic pieces. Developing a signature style or hairdo is the best way to be remembered, and with Back to School season approaching, now is a good time to rethink your look for fall. Now would be a great time to enhance your natural hair color with dimension and luminosity. Try Loreal Color Expert. Simpson Pal Eva Longoria is a fan.
3. Get toned. Getting the beach body is easy in summer, since appetites aren't as heavy and weather is perfect for a lazy run or walk in late afternoon. Small lifestyle changes make all the difference. Pretend you're a celebrity and run from the paparazzos.

Remember Celebrities are only human. What seperates you from them is supposedly discipline. Work hard and you can get anywhere you want to just as well as them.

Ashlee Simpson Carrying Peter Wentz Hybrid?

Ashlee Simpson and Peter Wentz are really busy lately, denying rumors that is. Rumor has it Ashlee's with child and getting engaged soon, although sources don't know when or where. The couple will probably take a trip soon, and it's likely the news will come out then. Meanwhile, Daddy Simpson, (Ashlee and Jess's manager) is working overtime to combat the rumors of pregnancy. According to In Touch magazine, the family is terrified of Ashlee running off and eloping with Wentz, making a media buzz of herself, and getting pregnant before marriage. You may recall sister Jessica was a virgin until marriage. Ashlee most likely has not and will not follow in the Simpson family tradition in that respect, and news of a pregnancy may come sooner or later. Other stars have denied pregnancy until the last minute, a la Nikky Richie.

Lohan's Tanlines Making Raunchy Comeback...

Lindsay Lohan is showing up in the strangest outfits lately! LL is in a heated race to get her nudey pics back before they show up on the internet. Lohan, who was recently released from the rehab facility, Promises, has had no time to relax since her release. She apparently had these naked photos on a pc that was hacked when she left rehab! How unfortunate! LL's bitter rival, Paris Hilton, and all her recent presstime and coverage probably had nothing to do with LL's leak, I mean *ahem*, loss of privacy. Lindsay Lohan is a smart mature woman. That's why she flew into Las Vegas for a big party after she got out of rehab Friday. Right? Lindsay has also posed nude for Maxim, and Vanity Fair in the past.

Queen Latifah Likes the Hairspray

Queen stayed in character for the premeire of Hairspray in New York City on Monday, quiping to Access Hollywood,

"Once you get the peroxide on, something happens, something from inside comes out."

Queen was all smiles as she donned a elegant gown and further proved that big girls are beautiful!

The Hills Season 3 First Look

The Hill's season three debuts on August 13, and as the clip shows, it's gonna be full of interesting twists and suprises. Our minions over at MTV are whispering that it's the most dramatic season yet, no doubt based in the feud between Lauren and Heidi. If you're a fan, then this upcoming season will be great for you, but if you hate the show, it's gonna be bigger than ever and harder to avoid. It's also interesting to point out that this could be the last season, with MTV not releasing details on whether Lauren Conrad has signed on to do it again. Laguna Beach only had three seasons with the original cast, and after that it fell apart. Hopefully the same won't happen here, but with the stars of The Hills shining so brightly, it seems more possible than ever.

Hillary Duff stunned by Joel's crazy behavior...

Joel madden told Hillary Duff he hated the Hollywood party club scene, which is why she was stunned when that's exactly where he ran after their breakup. Duff's talking to Seventeen Magazine about the ills of the Hollywood date scene, and finally breaking her silence about the Nicole Richie drama that follows Duff now too.

"All of the going out he did after we broke up sort of shocked me. Like, that's just so out of character for him, and when we were together, he hated stuff like that, so I felt like I didn't really know him as well as I thought I did."

Breakups are always hard, and we all know most of us wonder if our weight, nagging, or taking-for-granted had something to do with the relationship's demise. But can you imagine not feeling fat if your beau left you for Mrs. Richie? Duff goes on in the interview to say that she's still believing in love and hopeful for the future,

"I still want the cookie-cutter American dream--to get married, have kids, and have a house with a picket fence. I still believe that marriage can work."

Jane Magazine says Adieu...

Jane magazine says goodbye with their August issue being their last. The magazine has reportedly suffered for the last two years since founder, Jane Pratt, left the Conde Nast publication. Jane was one of those magazines we liked here at Charmflakes for its blazen and sassy outlook on life, which we felt is the heart of southern life. We will miss Jane, who now joined the list of defunct teen magazines from the nineties such as TeenPeople, YM, Ellegirl, and others.

Lauren Conrad plays it cool

Lauren and Jason in happier times

The Hill's have had some major drama going on lately, bless their hearts, with L.C. and Heidi Montag continuing the feud that Heidi started after her recent engagement to Spencer Pratt. Spencer and Heidi have both been manipulating the media to get publicity lately, appearing in engagement stories, boob jobs, feud drama, photo-ops, and interviews with no-name tabloids all just to get more fame than Hill's main star, Lauren Conrad. Not that Lauren has been exempt from media scrutiny. The former Vogue Intern was in the middle of mess when a sextape Perez Hilton labeled 'very vanilla,' was leaked out this spring. The tape showed intimate moments between Lauren and former boyfriend and also former Hill's star, Jason Wahler. Jason has been in prision for attacking a police officer in West Hollywood and driving under the influence. While Heidi and Spencer will receive no blatant airtime on this site, Lauren remains one of our favorite girls, a positive role model in the midst of a storm. Rumors are now circulating that Lauren and Jason may be reunited in either a trial relationship or a desperate publicity stunt by MTV producers to keep their star of the show in the spotlight as the 'it' girl. It remains to be seen, but the new season of the Hills continues this Fall on MTV. It is one of MTV's most acclaimed reality series, spawning trends among young americans and launching it's star's careers.

Julia Roberts, Oprah investing in Maryland...

Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Jackson are all set to purchase homes in St Michael's, Maryland, which is a no-fly zone. Dick Cheney originally pushed for the law in 2005, and since then, many a-listers have sought hot property in the beachside town. Privacy, famous neighbors with like-minded interests, and few paparazzi all ad to the allure of the place. Maryland is one of those states which is still debated as to whether or not it holds 'Southern' status; but stars claim that the place is well worth the investment on it's southern charm alone. But let's be real, do you really want to live next door to MJ and Cheney in a no-fly zone? We think not, which is why smart investors head for the city, like Brad Pitt and Sarah Jessica Parker, who each have townhomes in the up and coming New Orleans.

Deal of the day: Convertible Bag

Urban Outfitters is still having their awesome sale, but now you can take an extra 20% off the sale price. This Lovely bag is $49, which we think is a total steal! Roomy enough for all the essentials, yet sexy enough for meeting up with the girlfriends for lunch, it has all the go to power of a Balenciaga, without the price. We didn't want to leave the guys out, so we had to throw in the fact that this green duffle that we've had our eyes on is now just $40! What a deal. There are dozens of other deals to be had right now, especially in online boutques. Stores are pushing out the summer merch to bring in the back to school gear. If you're a salewhore, now's your season. But, then again, if you're a sale whore you're not reading this either.

Nicole Kidman Likes Brain Exercise

Nicole Kidman will be the face of NintendoDS' new european ad campaign promoting their Brain series software that is supposedly good for your head. Says Nicole,

"I love the concept that Nintendo is reaching out to new audiences with their self improvement products like Brain Training. More importantly, I've quickly found that training my brain is a great way to keep my mind feeling young."

Is it us or does this seem all really fake and weird? Apparently, it's true, and we should be able to find the ads on youtube next September. Still weird. A little stepfordish if you ask all of us.

Kate Moss gets fired

Kate Moss was fired by Agent Provocateur, a British based lingerie label that is headed up by Vivienne Westwood's son, Joseph Corre. Moss was originally let go back during Mossgate in 2005, with AP being one of the first labels to fire her then, and rehire her after she cleaned up. According to sources, Kate no longer has youth appeal and can't help market brands to young people. For the companies' new ads, models as much as ten years younger than Kate will be appearing. Not only is this gonna affect her confidence as a top model, but it's gonna hurt her moneyhole. She's gonna be losing almost a million dollars in revenue from the split. However, a rep for the label says that Kate is still considered "Part of the family."

Boytoy 101

Our clever friend over at Fashion Addict Diary made up a cute little to do list if you're hot, hung, and wanna date Marc Jacobs.

"1. Make a myspace page with year of birth marked no older than 1987 2. Upload best of your suggestive pictures 3. Add Marc Jacobs as a friend 4. Get Marc's attention by leaving comments and sending messages 5. Have him fly you over first class to Paris for a rendez-vous 6. Voilà. You got yourself a hot daddy.

If this little Canadian did it so can you! And if it doesn't work out in the long run, just think of all that LV and MJ merchandise you get to keep. It's so worth it."

This will sadly probably not work for you if you try it out on Karl Lagerfeld. Or Anna Wintour. More here.

Simpson and Gyllenhaal?

Jessica Simpson and Jake Gyllenhaal apparently have crushes on each other. Jessica visited Jake at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills on June 20, where he was staying after some friends hooked them up. Following a nice get-together, they texted back and forth for three hours while Jess hung out at Chateau Marmont. Jess has recently been in the spotlight after a split from John Mayer, her first longterm relationship since her divorce last year. Jake's getting over a breakup too, he just cut things off with Reese Witherspoon three weeks ago after deciding he couldn't deal with the pressures of her complicated ties with her baby's daddy, Ryan Phillipe. So maybe Jess and Jake can help each other mend their broken hearts.

Sienna is not dating P.Diddy

Sienna issued a statement that is meant to quell the rumors that she is dating mogul Sean 'P.Diddy' Combs. In her statement she says,

"I am in love with someone but not Puff Daddy. He's just a good friend. Anyway he has a beautiful girlfriend."

Thank God Sienna cleared that up. Her intelligence oozes from her bangs. We bet she's back with Jude Law. But it's a good day, because now we can all go back to liking P. Diddy again and limiting Sienna to bad movies like Factory Girl.

Drew Barrymore + Zach Braff = Gucci Ads?

Drew Barrymore is adding a whole lot to her ever-expanding plate. She's already a producer, buisness-woman, actress, spokesperson, and now she's adding Gucci to her bag of companies she reps for. Gucci's creative director said this,

"Drew brought wonderful energy and excitement to this project. She is such a strong and confident woman, but her humor and sensitivity made her completely disarming."

Gucci has chosen Barrymore to represent the company in their first-ever celebrity-driven ads. Barrymore has previously shot scenes for Missoni, and Lancome. Also on Barrymore's plate is budding romance with Zach Braff from NBC's Scrubs. Spotted in various clubs and out for strolls in New York, they just may be the it couple of summer. Can you imagine the lips on the kid they could produce?

Clay's Aiken for a fight...

Clay Aiken had a rough weekend trip, getting in a spat with a woman on a flight to Oklahoma. Apparently Aiken had his foot on her armrest, and she got offended. Now Aiken, you know you don't go to putting your feet on an armrest. A-r-m rest. For arms, honey. Nevertheless, she shoved him after some words were thrown around, and a federal agent took notice to the spat, alleviating any terrorist activity that may have been posed as a threat by a burned out former idol contestant and middleaged menopausal housewife. Isn't it obvious that Aiken plainly doesn't like women, especially after that whole Kelly Ripa fued and now this? It's plainly ridiculous, and purely rude of him to be putting his feet on the armrest. Call us the dixie Chicks of bloggers, but we here at Charm Flakes are just plumb ashamed Aiken is from North Carolina. Save your letters, we're not changing our minds on this one.

Kimora get's a new show

Kimora Lee Simmons is taking another stab at reality television with the announcement earlier this month about her new TV series set to air on the Style Network this fall, called 'Life in the Fab Lane', a tongue in cheek look behind the scenes at Simmons' career and homelife. CharmFlakes is excited about the new show, and we share in Kimora's continued sucess as a multi-ethnic american continuing to push the boundaries of gender, race and class. Kimora is a true pioneer, and we'll all be tuned in on August 5 at 8 p.m. on Style.

More details of "The Most Glamorous Fashion Show Ever..."

We reported earlier in the day that Sarah Jessica Parker had called the Valentino 45th anniversary Celebration ''The Most Glamorous Fashion Show ever." While here at CharmFlakes, we maintain that every fashion show is a glamorous affair, we couldn't help but be bowled over by the emerging details from Rome of the glorious event. Friday Night brought together the most famous of the famed for a dinner in honor of Valentino, 300 people dining alfresco. The site was the ruins of Venus' Temple, in Old Rome, which had been reconstructed carefully to embody old Roman Times by renowned set designer, Dante Ferretti. He carefully added lighting rivaling that of the Parthenon in Athens, and created a mood that was La Dolce Vita to say the least.

The Temple of Venus et Roma with Coliseum in background

We love the eloquent description in the London Times, which reads,

As an obligingly picturesque lemon-slice moon rose across the inky sky, the columns gave off a ghostly glow. Italian opera struck up and from nowhere classical ballerinas suspended from invisible wires began to pirouette above the Roman traffic against the floodlit backdrop of the Coliseum. ...No wonder that there is now talk of the city keeping the floodlit columns as a permanent attraction.

The evening will be a high-water mark for all fashionistas and as an Italian-American, I must say I felt a surge of Pride in my Eternal City. It was a celebration befitting a king, and Valentino is the King of Glamorous Fashion.

The End of Our Affair With Valentino

Valentino's story reads better than a Charles Dickens novel. A little boy with a big dream makes it all happen and becomes one of the finest ateliers in Fashion History. Leaving your visible mark on Twenty-First and Twentieth Century fahsions isn't easy, and after all, Valentino had plenty of company, Saint Laurent, Tom Ford, Chanel, Lagerfeld, Dior, Balenciaga; they all left their marks. Valentino was being honored in Rome this weekend, with the guest list at the lavish parties reading like a who's who of style-setters. Claudia Schiffer, Joan Collins, Royalty, Anna Wintour, and Sarah Jessica Parker all set in on the show, which was held in historic Roman Venues all weekend. The celebration fueled rumors that Valentino would be retiring, since the Ateliers usually on celebrate fiftieth anniversaries instead of the peculiar 45 one. Valentino maintains that he is not set to retire, but Permira, an italian investment fund bought out a majority stake in the stocks at the fashion house, which may lead to Valentino being booted to Creative Director. Nevertheless, the show was dazzling in it's immediacy and details, and led Sarah Jessica Parker to call it, "the most glamorous fashion show of all time."

Kelly Clarkson Spirals Out of Control

Kelly Clarkson's new album isn't that bad, I've listened and I have to say, it really is less annoying than her first singles. Kelly's found herself in a swirl of media spotlight lately, with news that she fired her manager, canceled her summer tour, and rumors of the head of her label paying her off to not include her own ballads on her new album, My December. It wouldn't be so interesting if we weren't aware of just how much weight Kelly's gained in leu of her admittance to being Bulemic in sixth grade some weeks ago in People Magazine. We here at CharmFlakes support Kelly, and hope that in a few months, she'll come back with a new look and better outlook on life. Until then, we have to suffer with rumors of a mental breakdown, pressure too hard to bear from her label, and weight spiraling out of control. We're rooting for you at CharmFlakes Kelly, and we know you'll overcome, Texas style.

Megan Fox Doesn't Do Drugs, (but her friends do)...

Megan Fox, the beautiful girl du jour from The Transformers film, is being quoted by sexy magazine Maxim as saying that she doesn't do drugs. But She says most everyone is Hollywood is on something.

I've done drugs, and that's how I know I don't like them. I wanted to try several things and make an informed decision, but I didn't enjoy anything other than marijuana. I don't even think of it as a drug--it should be legalized.

Miss Fox goes on to say that Celebrities aren't trying to hide the blatantly unhealthy behaviour except when fans have cameraphones handy. It must suck to be an addict in Hollywood and have to go to Promises everytime you get caught on a Razr phone with a razor and cocaine. Megan also adds in the interview to Maxim that "Cocaine is back with a vengeance."Fox also said that marijuana was the only drug she liked, saying "I don't think of it as a drug, it should be legalized." Yes miss Fox. We're gonna legalize just because you said so ten minutes into your career. And Since Shia wasn't mentioned as one of her friends not on drugs, I think it's safe for us to now assume fully that mary-jo-wanna is why he always has that sheepish grin on his face. May also explain that weave she recycles from Courtney Cox as well.

Trend Watch: While storms ripped through the Queen City today, leaving unfortunately 18,000 without power all afternoon, we at CharmFlakes were ripping through the latest runway looks from Net-A-Porter.com. Most interesting find? This Chloe Square Silverado bag that is available for a mere 1.5 grand of your cash. Before you jump me, let me reassure you that this is half-off the beginners price of $2,365. Worth it? You decide. Other choices for the same look can be found at Ioffer, as usual, for around $200.00. While we here at CharmFlakes don't advocate the purchase of a blatant fraud which could lead to funding terrorism or a child's career in a sweatshop, we certainly don't hesitate to jump all over a 'inspired' piece with no claims to the original creator or designer present on the bag. Fake it til you make it honey.

We here at CharmFlakes appreciate a feel-good just as much as anyone else. But here in The Queen City, feel-good stories today are tainted with the news that drunk driving convictions are on the rise in North Carolina. According to the lovely Peter Gilchrist, Mecklenburg County D.A., DWI convictions are expected to rise even more. Lawmakers passed new driving under the influence laws in recent years that have limited judges interpretation of the laws and set a stricter tone in court. But while DUI convictions have risen in Charlotte and the region, over in the Research Triangle, they've only risen 31%. But not to fear! Gilchrist thinks 90% of DWI suspects may be convicted under the new laws. Good thing Lohan, Richie, and Paris Hilton haven't made the move to Charlotte, aka 'the new LA.'

J.Lo and Posh still feel ugly inside

Apparently, Victoria Beckham is so rich, she even gets publicity for free. No, honey, I'm not joking. And you won't believe who's talking now. My minions have confirmed over at Glamour magazine that Jennifer Lopez is indeed speaking for both herself and Posh, stating in a recent interview with afore mentioned magazine.

I was just talking about this with Victoria Beckham. Victoria said: ‘People would never guess you’re insecure. Are you? Because I know I am’. It was like she had to hear it from me. And I said: ‘Yeah, of course I am’. She said: ‘But you seem so confident’ and I said: ‘Because I am confident. It doesn’t mean I don’t have my moments. But you have to remember the value of your individuality - that you have something special and different to offer that nobody else can’. Victoria said: ‘Oh. I love hearing this. What you’re saying is so great!’.

Awww. I'm so glad that even celebrities can sound cheesy with empowerment talks. But the truth is, we all feel un-sexy sometimes. That's when, as every Southern Beau and Belle knows, you gotta throw on the sexy jeans and blow dry the hair bigger baby. When you don't feel like it, you fake it til you make it, sugar.

While Nicole is all in the news with the details of her upcoming shotgun wedding leaking out all over the web, her arch-nemesis, (Not P. Hilton) Hillary Duff, is in the news for a different reason. According the China Daily, Duff alledgedly strays clear of the 'bloids and blogs ever since her fued a few years ago with another rival, Lindsay Lohan. Duff apparently said, "I try to stay away from the gossip stuff. I used to be obsessed and I just feel like it's so negative." In case you're wondering how such a good-hearted girl like Duff has racked up so many enemies in H-town, it's because women like stealing her men. Lohan alledgedly began dating ex-star Aaron Carter at the same time as Duff, prompting a teenage catfight which helped launch Lohan's place as a tabloid darling. More recently, Nicole Richie scooped up Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden from Duff's clutches, appearing in public with him just three days after Duff's reps confirmed a split. Duff's a nice girl, and we all know that nice girls are a rare commodity in the hills these days, which may be exactly why Hillary Duff has a corner on her market, unlike either Lohan or Richie, who come a dime a dozen these days.

Nicole Richie is preggers and is even set to marry! Nicole, a darling of CharmFlakes, is set to marry boyfriend Joel Madden, from the band Good Charlotte, in a secret ceremony in upcoming weeks.

According to TMZ.com, Nicole is three months pregnant with the MaddenRichie hybrid. It's almost painful to watch, knowing that the kid is gonna end up premature, or breaking Nicole's spine. It takes hips to push a baby, and for that reason, we at CharmFlakes are feeling confident enough to say that this baby is gonna be born by a ceasarion section.