Friday, December 31, 2010

The Top Ten Whedonverse Moments of 2010

Majors spoilers for Season 8 if you're not completely caught up...


Time really flies when you're having a Whedon-filled year and this one was no exception! Over the course of the year, we conducted 35 interviews and published tons of exclusive content and images. But well beyond this place we call our home, the fandom was hit with a slew of information and news this year, both good and bad.

Here's a look back at our Top Ten Whedonverse Moments of the year. Happy New Year to all!

#1 - The Death of Rupert Giles
The wounds are still fresh, but we couldn't leave 2010 behind without acknowledging our favorite Watcher. Giles is a beloved character here at Buffyfest and he will be sorely missed.

#2 - San Diego Comic Con
Seriously, no words can express this experience. There was laughing and excitement one minute and then something akin to four deers caught in the headlights another. No matter what, the hard work paid off because we got to mix and mingle with the "who's who" of the Whedonverse.

#3 - Twilight-Gate
The spoiler heard round the world. That is all.

#4 - Jane Espenson Interview
We were humbled when Ms. Espenson talked with us about all things Buffy and to be honest, we're still feeling a little gitty in the after-glow of that interview.

#5 - Buffyfest 2010
This year we gambled it up with kittens, of course! The annual Buffyfest celebration was "high stakes" with all the usual fun, food and a dash of debauchery for good measure.

#6 - Other Cons without Michelle (NYCC, Big Apple Con, and Philly Comic Con)
It was a busy year for us as we navigated the Convention scene all along the northeastern sea board. With Michelle living in Sunny Los Angeles, these had to be handled East Coast style by Tara and Bits.

#7 - License-Gate IDW has treated Angel well, but with the news of the move to Dark Horse next year, Angel's unlife will be in the hands of 2011's Season 9 umbrella. It was another one of those "-gates" that rocked the fandom hard.

#8 - Joss and The Avengers
The demise of Dollhouse opened the door for Joss's huge directorial debut on The Avengers. We broke the news in San Diego and can't wait to see what Joss has in store for this elite super hero bunch. We still think Buffy could kick all their asses. 

#9 - Space Sex
It was certainly something to talk about. Well, it was porn on paper. Buffy and Angel porn on paper. In space.

#10 - Buffy Movie Reboot
It's possible that by this time next year, the reboot release will be a rumor of the past, but no matter how you feel about this news, shocked or awed, a big screen Buffy movie has to make it on this list. Funny thing is that a year and a half before this news broke, we did our very own recast of a Whedonless Buffy movie.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Asian Style Geisha Girl Arm Tattoo Design

Asian Geisha Girl Tattoo Picture
Cross Tattoo design with wings and heart
Cross Tattoo design with wings and heart
Cross Tattoo design with wings and heart

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Love the life you live, don't live the life you love. -"Chicago"


The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation. ~James Cook, 1779


May I be forever grateful that at times, I did not receive that which I truly deserved.

 It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin. ----- Herman Melville -- Moby-Dick

Tattoos can denote the transition from childhood to young adulthood. It can denote the transition to reproductive availability or the transition from adolescent to warrior. ANTHONY NAPOLEON

To many people dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.
- John Mason Brown

Cross Tattoo design with wings and heart

Guys Back Tattoo Design Pictures
Cross Tattoo design with wings and heart
Cross Tattoo design with wings and heart
Cross Tattoo design with wings and heart - Loving Memories

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

What's funny is my husband doesn't have any tattoos at all, so he must be the very conservative one. ----Ashley Scott

Reason #7 For Not Getting a Tattoo: People will know you are running your own life, instead of listening to them! Sailor Jerry Collins, tattoo artist

Whenever missionaries encountered tattooing they eradicated it. Gilbert, Steve

Everybody wants to see the pictures, and yet nobody wants to see them. ---Ray Bradbury -- The Illustrated Man


Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cross and Vines Tattoos For Girls Feet Tattoos

Cross Tattoo with Vines Wrapped around in on Ankle
Cross and Vines Tattoos For Girls Feet Tattoos
Cross and Vines Tattoos For Girls Feet Tattoos
Girls Ankle Tattoo Designs - Cross and Vines Tattoos For Girls Feet Tattoos

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself." ----Alan Alda


My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist. -- Johnny Depp

 I have this huge lion tattoo embossed on my arm. I was a little worried as to how we would cover it up. But my makeup man covered the tattoo with makeup. It took close to two hours. ----Sanjay Dutt


Just remember, the sweet is never as sweet without the sour. And I know sour, which allows me to appreciate the sweet. -"Vanilla Sky"

Beautiful Angel Tattoo Design For Arms

Angel Tatttoo on Guys Arm Picture
Beautiful Angel Tattoo Design For Arms
Beautiful Angel Tattoo Design For Arms
Beautiful Angel Tattoo Design For Arms

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. ----– Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 1871


I think I have enough tattoos for now. If I get any others, I'll probably do my kids initials. ---- Niki Taylor


You think it, I ink it. ~Saying of tattooists

 Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past. ~Jack London


Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.

Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful. ----Pamela Anderson

Butt Tattoos - Black Widow Spider tattoo Design

Buttocks Tattoo Design
Butt Tattoos - Black Widow Spider tattoo Design
Butt Tattoos - Black Widow Spider tattoo Design on Buttocks

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Usually all my tattoos came at good times. A tattoo is something permanent when you've made a self-discovery, or something you've come to a conclusion about. - Angelina Jolie – 2003


There is no better remedy for love than to love more.


Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos - they're rebellious. Jennifer Aniston

 Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. -Rainer Maria
Rilke


Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past. ----JACK LONDON, 1883

Biomechanical Heart and Chest Tattoo Design

Biomechanical Tattoo Design Pictures
Biomechanical Heart and Chest Tattoo Design
Biomechanical Heart and Chest Tattoo Design
Biomechanical Heart and Chest Tattoo Design

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Tattoo. What a loaded word it is, rife with associations to goons, goofs, bikers, tribal warriors, carnival artists, drunken sailors and floozies. ~Jon Anderson, "Epidermal Dalis," Chicago Tribune, 6 October 1994


He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. -Friedrich Nietzsche

 Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it. ----MICHELLE DELIO, Tattoo: The Exotic Art of Skin Decoration


Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate? ~Author Unknown

Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around. -"Vanilla Sky"

Biomech Face and Neck Tattoo Design

Biomechanical Tattoos For Guys
Biomech Face and Neck Tattoo Design
Biomech Face and Neck Tattoo Design
Biomech Face and Neck Tattoo Design

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good. ----Unknown, Author


The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos. ~Author Unknown

 Your necklace may break, the fau tree may burst, but my tattooing is indestructible. It is an everlasting gem that you will take into your grave. ~Verse from a traditional tattoo artist's song, as quoted on pbs.org, "Skin Stories: The Art and Culture of Polynesian Tattoo," 2003

 Tattoos aren't meant for everybody and they're too goddamn good for some people. ---Lyle Tuttle, tattoo artist, author, and lecturer.

I dropped my pants in a tattoo parlor in Amsterdam. I woke up in a waterbed with this funky-looking dragon with a blue tongue on my hip. I realized I made a mistake, so a few months later I got a cross to cover it. When my pants hang low, it looks like I'm wearing a dagger! ---- Angelina Jolie

Tribal Angel Tattoo Design

Tribal Angel Tattoo Design Picture
Tribal Angel Tattoo Design
Tribal Angel Tattoo Design
Tribal Angel Tattoo Design

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Before I almost used to think there was something wrong. Everybody else seemed to have the brakes on. A scene in a movie, a voice, a phrase was not for them volcanic. I never feel the brakes. I overflow. ----Anais Nin


For westerners, the tattoo has always been a metaphor of difference. ---DeMello, Margo

 Women, don't get a tattoo. That butterfly looks great on your breast when you're twenty or thirty, but when you get to seventy, it stretches into a condor. ----Billy Elmer

The tattoo attracts and also repels precisely because it is different. -- Margo DeMello


I always look for a woman who has a tattoo. I see a woman with a tattoo, and I'm thinking, okay, here's a gal who's capable of making a decision she'll regret in the future. ~Richard Jeni

Angel Tattoo Design

Large Angel Tattoo Design on Back
Angel Tattoo Design
Angel Tattoo Design
Angel Tattoo Design

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. -Walt Whitman


Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish ---- John Maxwell


Today, people with tattoos, body piercings, and brands are everywhere. They are shown in advertisements, on television shows, and in magazine and newspaper photographs. Even a glamorous toy icon, Barbie, comes with temporary tattoos. ----KATHLYN GAY, Body Marks

 What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. -Ralph Waldo
Emerson


Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos. ----Chuck Zito

Rumor Control: The Beckhams Will NOT be Moving to NYC

Now that was a rumor I doubted from the very beginning!

Despite reports that soccer star David Beckham and wife Victoria are looking to move to Manhattan, the couple's publicists told the NY Daily News they have no plans to become New Yorkers anytime soon.

"There is no truth to the story," reps for both David and Victoria told the Daily News Wednesday.
source: NY Daily News

David Files Legal Action Against Prostitute Irma Nici

A few months ago we learned about the scandalous claims made by prostitue Irma Amici saying that she had an affair with David Beckham. We also learned that Beckham denied the story and filed legal action against her... to which she turned around and did the same.

To add to his lawsuit, David has filed a declaration to a Los Angeles court in his $25 million battle against Nici and the publishers of In Touch magazine: "Irma Nici's statements have caused me and my family great anguish and emotional distress, and have adversely affected both my personal and professional life."
source: DM

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Dragon My Tattoo My Love

Animal My Tattoo My love

Bird My Tattoo My Love

Flower Tattoo My Tattoo My Love

 Flower Tattoo  My Tattoo My love
Flower Tattoo  My Tattoo My love
Flower Tattoo Dark  My Tattoo My love

Celebrities in VB: Kim Yun Jin in Victoria Beckham Fall 2010

Korean actress Kim Yun Jin wore the metallic Asymmetric Corset dress recently. If you notice, she did a bit of self modification in how she wore it. Instead of wearing the dress over her shoulder as it was presented on the runway, she decided to turn it into a tube dress. From the front, it actually doesn't look half bad, but the backside view seems to be a bit odd with the extra material just kind of hanging there.

What do you guys think of this mini modification? Love it or leave it?
source: DenDen - vbgoddess

Video: Victoria's Christmas Message from Love Magazine

Celebrities in VB: Lucy Liu in 'Marry Me' Wearing Victoria Beckham Fall 2010

In the Lifetime movie, Marry Me, Lucy Liu's character Rae wears the lovely (and one of my personal faves) teal drape front fitted dress, #53, from Victoria's fall 2010 collection.

In an interview with Lucy, she discusses the wardrobe and had this to say:

"There’s a gorgeous teal blue, greenish Victoria Beckham dress. It fit so well and it was pretty comfortable to wear. We ended up using that a lot in the movie. It’s my character’s basic style.”

*Thanks Vanessa!

The Beckhams Go Skiing... Indoors!

David and Victoria Beckham were spotted on a pre-Christmas indoor ski trip with their sons at The Snow Centre at Hemel Hempstead to the north of London on December 23rd.

One of the Beckham's sons, Romeo, had a ski lesson, while Brooklyn enjoyed some free skiing on the main slope.

"It was a family visit and The Snow Centre worked closely with the Beckham's security people to ensure it was a low-key and family day out for them all," Peter Gillespie the snowsports director at The Snow Centre has confirmed to PlanetSKI.

"David was a perfect gentleman and though he didn't ski himself he watched the boys from the side," adds Gillespie. "Victoria had a coffee in the bar that overlooks the slopes."
source: PlanetSKI

Victoria Congratulates New Dad Elton John

It seems that no-one was more thrilled about Elton John's baby news than Victoria Beckham who was among the first to send her congratulations to the singer and his partner David Furnish when they became parents on Christmas day.

"David and I are absolutely thrilled for Elton and David," said Victoria. "They have so much love to give and will be wonderful parents."

It seems that Victoria may be asked to be godmother to Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John. The 62-year-old singer is godfather to her 11-year-old son Brooklyn.
source: Hello!

Contest: Want a Free DVD of the Buffy S.8 Motion Comic?

With all this talk of the Buffy Season 8 Motion Comic, there's no time like the present for a little contest.  The motion comic takes Joss Whedon and Dark Horse's S.8 print comic and shakes it up like a little bottle of fruit juice. The DVD of 19 episodes comes out next week, January 4th, and you can get it here for FREE!

You can enter the contest 2 ways:
Sign up for Buffyfest updates by simply emailing buffyfest@aim.com with MOTION COMIC in the subject.

or follow us on twitter and RT the following:
Win a free Buffy S.8 Motion Comic on Blu-Ray and DVD @Buffyfest. Follow them and RT to enter.

Winners will be announced this Monday, Jan 3rd! Here's a trailer to keep you sedated in the meantime:

Saif Ali Khan Forearms Tattoo Design

Saif Ali Khan Forearms Tattoo Design
Saif Ali Khan Forearms Tattoo Design
Saif Ali Khan Forearms Tattoo Design
Bollywood Actor Saif Ali Khan along with her Girl friend Kareena Kapoor. Saif has a forearms tattoo in hindi language. Its the name of his love Kareena.

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage. ---- Drew Barrymore


A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition. ~V. Vale and Andrea Juno, Modern Primitives

 Don’t go where the math may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail


Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye. -- Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn)


It will be an honour to represent my country and get all the kit, stay in the Olympic village, and, when I'm old enough, get a tattoo with the Olympic rings. ----Tom Daley

South Indian Actress Nayanthara Tattoos

South Indian Actress Nayanthara Tattoos
South Indian Actress Nayanthara Tattoos
South Indian Actress Nayanthara Tattoos
South Indian Actress Nayanthara Tattoo Pictures. Nayanthara sports a hip and thigh temporary tattoos.

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

But to become a freak one needs a strong character and unusual determination. ----George Burchett


My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years. ----Ashley Scott


Think before you ink! ~Author Unknown

Giving birth was easier than having a tattoo. -- Nicole Appleton


Let your joy scream across the pain.


A tattoo is an affirmation: that this body is yours to have and to enjoy while you're here. Nobody else can control what you do with it. -- Don Ed Hardy

Bollywood Actress Kareena Kapoor Tattoos

Bollywood Actress Kareena Kapoor Tattoos
Bollywood Actress Kareena Kapoor Tattoos
Bollywood Actress Kareena Kapoor Tattoos
Kareena Kapoor Belly Button Tattoo Design
Bollywood Actress Kareena Kapoor Tattoos
Bollywood Actress Kareena Kapoor Tattoos
Actress Kareena Kapoor and Shahrukh Khan - Still from Superhit Hindi Film "Ashoka".
Kareena Kapoor Temporary Tattoo Designs.

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist. ----Johnny Depp


With the Haidas, however, every mark has its meaning … ---- James Swan, Tattoo Marks of the Haida, 1878.

My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist. ----Johnny Depp


The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation. ~James Cook, 1779

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Ray-Ban - RB4125 Cats (5913 758/32 Red Grey W/ Brown Gradient) - Eyewear

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Ray-Ban - RB4125 Cats (5913 754/32 Yellow/Grey W/ Brown Gradient) - Eyewear

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Ray-Ban - RB4125 Cats (5913 757/51 Orange/Brown W/ Blue Gradient) - Eyewear

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The Beckhams Arrive Home in LA

After spending several weeks in London for the Christmas holiday, Victoria Beckham and her family were spotted arriving home in LA through LAX airport. Victoria was dressed in leather pants, a long jacket, a tan scarf, and a self designed bag.

Check out Victoria's new YSL pumps! They were a bit unexpected after the endless Brian Atwood shoes she's been parading around in!

Rumor of the Day: The Beckhams Moving to NYC?

Courtesy of Styleite:

Victoria Beckham may love America, but Los Angeles just isn’t her thing. That’s right, Victoria is moving her fashionable family across the country to our homebase of New York. Maybe she’ll even hang out at the Styleite office and order in Indian food with us!

David currently plays soccer for the Los Angeles Galaxy, which is why the Beckhams moved to the States in the first place. Alas, Victoria is now a serious designer, so California just won’t suffice: “My work is so important to me and LA just isn’t a real fashion city.” We can’t disagree with that, but we also may be a little biased.

We thought New York might be in the family’s plans when Victoria told WWD that New York could be the location of her first store because “New York sounds quite fabulous.” In that same interview she gushed about how much she loved America: “We’ve loved it from the minute that we arrived, so we have no plans on going back to the U.K. at all.”

Though David will continue to play for the Galaxy (and stay at the family’s Beverly Hills manse when he has games), he’ll be based pretty far from his team. A source explains: ”Her friendship group in L.A. has disbanded and David was traveling a lot more than she’d anticipated and so was she. It just seemed to make sense for her to be based in fashion capital New York. It’s closer to London and Europe for her business meetings.”

*I find this extremely hard to believe. I highly doubt the Beckhams will make a move to NYC. They may purchase something there in the future as a place to stay while they are in the city, but both Victoria and David have professed their love of LA and I can't see them being anywhere else. Any opinons on this new rumor?

Victoria Beckham's Bags Sold Out in Hours

One second they were there, the next they were gone. Two of the pieces from Victoria Beckham's debut line of handbags were snapped up within hours on the first day they were available on Net-a-Porter UK. Now, there's no trace of them ever being there.

The bags featured were a leather and nubuck purse (left) and a $13,950 chain-strapped crocodile handbag (right). The cheaper of the two bags was sold out within an hour, while the incredibly expensive croc sold out by the afternoon. Who has $14K to spend on a purse in the middle of the day?

The 6-piece collection ranges from $1,800 to $13,950 and will be sold in its entirety later this month at Bergdorf's, Neiman's LA and Net-a-Porter. Clearly, Victoria has a hit on her hands!
source: Style Bistro

Celebrities in VB: Carol Vorderman & Daughter Katie in Victoria Beckham Spring 2010 & 2011

During a recent interview and photoshoot for the UK's DailyMail, celebrity and huge VB fan Carol Vorderman and her daughter Katie both wore looks from different VB collections. Carol wore the lovely sleeveless Obi Seamed Fitted dress, #84, in blush from Victoria's spring 2011 collection with Christian Louboutin Madame Butterfly pumps. Katie wore the celebrity favorite
3/4 Sleeve Banded Dress, #36, from the spring 2010 line with simple black pumps.
I think that both Carol and her daughter looked wonderful and it's nice to see that her love of VB pieces is being passed down. Click here to read the story.
source: Style & DM

Victoria's Official Site is Updated with New Handbags

It's the time a lot of us have been waiting for... Victoria's official website has been updated with her new accessories (aka her handbag collection). Click here to check them out!

The Beckhams Dine at Gordon Ramsay's Home

It seems to be a tradition that is forming for the Beckhams during Christmas and that is a holiday dinner with the Ramsays. Here, David, Victoria, and the three boys made their way from the celebrity chef's home after having a pre-Chrismas meal. David left with a Marc Jacobs gift bag in hand... wonder what that was!

source: JustJared

Victoria Beckham Handbags Featured in NAP's Holiday Magazine

Most of you may already know that Net-a-Porter has a digital magazine that comes out onto their website often. In the new Holiday issue, Victoria's bags are featured and titled "Most Wanted". On the page where the collection is featured is a small ringing telephone. If you click he phone, you hear a message from Victoria herself. The message basically talks about her bag collection and what is inside her purse right now (an iPhone, iPad, and a car charger just to name a few).

Below is a picutre of the ringing telephone. Visit Net-a-Porter to hear all about the new bags!

source: NAP