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Posted on July 20, 2011 – 7:43 am | Author: chrisolds Baseball, Basketball, Beckett Updates, Football, Hockey, Pro Wrestling, Racing | Beckett Updates, Beckett.com | Comments (17)
July is Customer Appreciation Month at Beckett Media … a contest a day beginning today!
How do you enter? Click here on Beckett.com, log in and that's it.
Today's prize? A 2008 Leaf Certified Materials Printing Plates Magenta #246 John Elway AU 1/1.
See a list of each day's prizes after the jump.
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Posted on July 5, 2011 – 2:10 pm | Author: chrisolds Baseball, Football, MMA, Pro Wrestling | cam newton, Hulk Hogan, Jon "Bones" Jones, Leaf, Mark Ingram, Muhammad Ali, National Sports Collectors Convention, Nolan Ryan, Pete Rose, Stewie Griffin, Tom Dwan, Vince Lombardi | Comments (2)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
Another trading card company has unveiled its plans for promo cards at the National Sports Collectors Convention, and this time it's Leaf with a healthy mix of big names from across several sports with a touch of entertainment, too.
First, the company will be giving away a 10-card set during the show which will include Muhammad Ali, Pete Rose, Vince Lombardi, Nolan Ryan, Cam Newton, Mark Ingram, Stewie Griffin (yep, this guy), Tom Dwan, Hulk Hogan and Jon "Bones" Jones.
Details on how to obtain the cards will be announced before the show and during the show.
See more — and see a selection of preview images — after the jump.
Posted on June 30, 2011 – 8:19 pm | Author: chrisolds Non-Sports, Pro Wrestling | Bret "Hitman" Hart, Canadiana, Donald Sutherland, Emmanuelle Chriqui, hockey, In The Game, Larry Walker, Manon Rheaume, Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, Michael J. Fox, non-sports cards, Pamela Anderson, Trish Stratus, William Shatner, wrestling | Comments (2)
By Chris Olds | BSCM Editor
Friday is Canada Day up north, and In The Game's latest release will celebrate the country that will be doing some celebrating.
In The Game Canadiana will include a 100-card base set comprised of notable Canadians while the insert lineups will include autographs and memorabilia cards from notable athletes from all sports as well as celebrities from the country.
Among the signers? Pamela Anderson, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Michael J. Fox, Bret "Hitman" Hart, Manon Rheaume, William Shatner, Trish Stratus, Donald Sutherland, Larry Walker, Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon and many more.
It's an eclectic mix and some will be first-time signers — Fox, for example, has never had a certified autograph card. (Or at least if one exists it's not in the Beckett.com database.)
Originally scheduled for release on Friday, the set has been delayed until later in the month as one key signer did not return autographs in time, according to ITG. Each pack will include an autograph, a memorabilia card and an additional insert to make up for the delay.
See more images from the product after the jump. (Click on the images for a closer look.)
Posted on June 30, 2011 – 12:22 pm | Author: chrisolds Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Hockey, MMA, Pro Wrestling, Racing | baseball cards, basketball cards, Beckett Sports Card Monthly, collecting, featured, football cards, hockey cards, supercollector | Comments (31)
Update: CLICK HERE FOR THE UPDATED STEPS ON HOW TO PREPARE YOUR SUBMISSION—
*** NOTE *** We run Supercollector entries every month in our magazines. Send yours today!
We're going to dedicate an upcoming issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly to showcasing SuperCollectors — and we want to see your collections.
We'll pick the most interesting and most outrageous collections for the magazine, but first we need to hear about your stash.
You don't have to have the most-expensive collection on the block but it needs to be unique — downright crazy — in some way that it stands out.
Here are your instructions …
Send in an email to email@example.com the following information:
1. Name, age, your email address, your location (city, state) and who/what you collect.
2. Statistics about your collection (total cards, number of 1/1s, number of autographs, number of game-used cards or items, etc.)
3. Tell us why you should be picked. Sell us on what makes your collection the best — and how/why it started.
4. Send us LINKS to images that we can examine or use with your item. (Bad images won't help your case … and 900 MB attachments won't either!)
5. Be patient. We have a group of baseball entries from awhile back to go through as well. We WILL be in touch if you are selected or we need more information.
6. Act fast … we want YOUR info NOW!
Above is a sample of a SuperCollector who recently appeared in the magazine. See what information he presented if you're struggling. (Click for a closer look if you need it.)
Posted on June 24, 2011 – 3:14 pm | Author: chrisolds Pro Wrestling | 2011 Signature Impact, featured, Hulk Hogan, Jeff Hardy, pro wrestling, Ric Flair, TNA, TNA Wrestling, TRISTAR, WWE | Comments (1)
For those who follow pro wrestling, they have likely noticed a new look for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as the company has in a way re-branded itself.
That new look and vibe in its marketing campaign — all to enhance the "wrestling" aspect of the programming — is seen on the forthcoming TRISTAR release, TNA Signature Impact.
Signature Impact will be the rarest TRISTAR wrestling product ever released as there will be a mere 90 24-box cases made with each 20-pack hobby box packing three autograph cards, one memorabilia card, two parallels and one short-printed card of Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair or Sting.
The newest chase here, though? A 1/1 cut autograph of the late "Macho Man" Randy Savage, who briefly wrestled for TNA in 2004.
Posted on June 23, 2011 – 5:59 pm | Author: chrisolds Baseball, Football, Pro Wrestling | baseball cards, Checkoutmycards.com, featured, football cards, MLB, Nick Swisher, Topps, wrestling cards, WWE | Comments (5)
Just what does Beckett Baseball's Chris Olds collect? A bit of everything … here's a box of a few months' of purchases off of Checkoutmycards.com ….
What'd he buy? Watch and find out …
Share your mailday successes in the comments field below!
Posted on June 6, 2011 – 9:17 am | Author: chrisolds Pro Wrestling | 2011 Topps WWE, featured, Topps, wrestling cards, WWE | Comments (3)
One of the WWE's newest talents is a high-flying Mexican luchador named Sin Cara, whose name translates to "faceless."
The latest pro wrestling release from Topps, which it unveiled Monday morning will be anything but that.
The 2011 Topps WWE set will include Sin Cara and plenty more inside its packs when it arrives in early September packing an autograph and an event-used Relic card into every 24-pack hobby box.
What else will be inside?
Oh, yeah, The Rock.
Read more — and see more images — after the jump.
Posted on May 24, 2011 – 9:19 pm | Author: chrisolds Baseball, Pro Wrestling | baseball, baseball memorabilia, Cincinnati Reds, featured, Macho Man Randy Savage, milb, minor league baseball, Randy Poffo, Randy Savage, Tampa Tarpons | Comments (17)
By Chris Olds | Baseball Editor | Commentary
After I watched the news of "Macho Man" Randy Savage's unfold via Twitter on Friday morning — first with an unusual one-word expletive tweet from one current WWE wrestler and then a I-hope-the-rumor-is-untrue tweet from another — I immediately started writing.
Summing up an iconic person's life isn't always an easy task, particularly within minutes — and I briefly pondered whether I really should include a Slim Jim reference in the story — but I brainstormed about what I knew of the former WWE champ and childhood icon of many. Former minor league baseball player. Memphis wrestling. Miss Elizabeth. WrestleMania III. "Ohhhhh yeah" …
I searched the Beckett.com database for Randy Poffo, his real name, knowing full well that he didn't appear on a single baseball card — it was searched long, long ago under more casual and trivial times. One should really know better than to expect an early 1970s Rookie League team to have a card set, but I looked once again, anyway. I called up his baseball stats — half-surprised they were actually documented — linked and kept writing. Then I searched Beckett.com for "Randy Savage" where I found his stats as a wrestler, the most pertinent piece of information for collectors and finished up my piece.
Then, on a whim, I hit eBay, wanting there to be a long-omitted baseball card to be there waiting for me. After all, I had never even seen a photo of Savage as a ballplayer — it's the stuff of Internet wrestling lore, kind of like that epic image of Triple H with 1980s Flair Hair. It's out there — I've seen it — but I can't seem to find it when I need it. (You know, I've got important emails that need to be sent.)
It wasn't to be … but I did find something else for Randy Poffo.
Posted on May 22, 2011 – 6:06 pm | Author: chrisolds Pro Wrestling | autograph, Edge, The Miz, Undertaker, Undertaker autographs, WrestleMania, wrestling memorabilia, WWE | Comments (1)
The arrival of this year's WrestleMania — the Super Bowl of professional wrestling — on DVD means more than just another chance to watch The Undertaker win once again.
It also means the arrival of autographed 'Mania-used memorabilia plaques — aka one of those rare chances to own an autograph from the man who has never lost in 19 matches at the WWE's premiere event.
While Undertaker has only signed two certified autograph cards for card companies though the years — a 1994 Action Packed card and a 2001 Fleer Raw is War Booty card — he has signed a limited number of these plaques through the years, which are sold on WWEShop.com. This year's version, which is 15-by-17 inches and includes a piece of the ring rope from the event, is limited to just 500 copies and is presently available on pre-order for $99.99.
It's not the only plaque commemorating this year's event, which marked the return of The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) to the WWE fold, either.
Posted on May 20, 2011 – 11:08 am | Author: chrisolds Pro Wrestling | featured, Macho Man, Randy Savage, WCW, wrestling, WWE, WWF | Comments (7)
Former WWE world champion Randy "Macho Man" Savage — who was known for his colorful ring attire, successful career in the heyday of the 1980s professional wrestling explosion and at least one very memorable commercial endorsement — died of an apparent heart attack while driving in Florida on Friday. He as 58.
Savage, born Randy Poffo, was a two-time WWE heavyweight champ, and his match with Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat for the Intercontinental title at WrestleMania III is considered one of the greatest matches in the history of wrestling's premiere event. He was a high-flying main event performer alongside Hulk Hogan in the late 1980s glory days of the WWE (then WWF) with his wife and ringside valet Miss Elizabeth often by his side.
Before he was a professional wrestler, he briefly played minor league baseball in the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds organizations before he turned to his family's business after an injury. His father, Angelo Poffo, was a wrestler and his brother, Lanny, also was a WWE performer best remembered as "The Genius."
While Savage never appeared on a baseball card in the Beckett.com database, he does appear on 103 different cards as a wrestler. He has two certified autographs — a 1994 Action Packed autographed promo card limited to just 500 copies and a card in the 1999 Topps WCW/nWo wrestling set, which typically sells for $150 or less.
Posted on May 4, 2011 – 7:37 pm | Author: chrisolds Pro Wrestling | @realmickfoley, baseball cards, charity auctions, ebay auctions, featured, Mick Foley, pro wrestling, RAINN, TNA, Topps, WWE | Comments (6)
Mick Foley's professional wrestling career is one that can be summed up in one word — violent.
But these days, outside the ring, Foley is anything but that. In fact, you could use the word charitable to sum up his latest efforts to raise money for victims of sexual abuse.
That's meant auctioning off his childhood baseball and basketball card collections — his personal treasures just like everyone else who bought plenty of 1972, 1974 and 1976 Topps — but now it's getting serious as the mementos of a career are on the auction block with 100 percent of the proceeds benefitting RAINN.
Now, significant items from his wrestling career — one so infamous he'll end up in multiple Halls of Fame — are on the block. The shredded white dress shirt seen above? It was what Foley, as Mankind, wore in one of the most-brutal matches in WWE history, a Hell in the Cell match against Undertaker.
Sure, the result of the 1998 match … it was fixed. But there was nothing fake about the bumps Foley took. Here's a highlight reel of two moments — then read more after the jump.
Posted on April 15, 2011 – 10:28 am | Author: chrisolds Pro Wrestling | featured, federal tax forms, IRS, Irwin R. Schyster, pro wrestling, taxes, Topps, wrestling memorabilia, WWE | Comments (0)
Today's normally the day one might take a hit from The Taxman, but if you're a long-time collector of pro wrestling cards then you might be familiar with another guy who probably gets a kick out of April 15 each and every year.
His name is Irwin R. Schyster, and he's a former superstar with World Wrestling Entertainment.
The taxman cometh to the ring in the past for each and every match wearing what you see above, save for the glasses. He wrestled in dress clothes, suspenders and necktie under that moniker from roughly 1991 to 1995. Fittingly, he also teamed with "The Million-Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, a team titled "Money, Inc."
Posted on March 21, 2011 – 5:45 pm | Author: chrisolds Baseball, Box Busters & Ripping Retail, Pro Wrestling | baseball cards, Don Mattingly, featured, New York Yankees, Rickey Henderson, Roger Maris, Tim Wakefield, Topps, Trevor Cahill, WCW, wrestling, WWE | Comments (0)
By Chris Olds | Baseball Editor
Visit any sports card and collectibles forum and you'll likely see one of these types of posts — a recap of what arrived into a collector's possession that's one part "Check This Out!" and one part bragging. It's one part a reflection of a hobby and, perhaps, a reflection of the madness that is what we do as collectors.
It's the mailday report.
I tested the waters of live online video to a select few Twitter followers late Monday afternoon with a UStream mailday report after I received a big ol' box of goodness from CheckOutMyCards.com at lunchtime. The video was one part to show a curious few the end result of how that sales site works and to examine my stuff — a stash that had been amassed over the last few months of buying — while subtlely showing off — ok, maybe not so subtlely — what I collect. (As if you didn't know, as a regular reader, already …)
This time, though, it was a little less Swisheriffic. Don't get me wrong, there was plenty of Nick Swisher — and Jose Canseco on Topps Tiffany cards (a recently completed kick) — but the big guns were something else. It was a selection of cards that caught my eye for one reason or another. A couple were cards I had always wanted and the specimens presented themselves, while a few others were just good buys or unique cards that grabbed my attention. I did some spring cleaning of sorts in the ol' collection recently — something long overdue — and turned some not-so-wanted cards into these you see here (and more).
So, here's a rare mailday post from me. (Do you have a cool mailday to report? Start a thread at the first link above or comment below.)
The biggie, was a Roger Maris 1958 Topps Rookie Card in PSA 4 condition. It's not the prettiest specimen, as seen above, but I've seen worse-looking copies — in lower condition with higher prices to boot. Unlike many of you guys out there, dropping $500 on a single card just isn't an option here — but a lesser-grade guy, one that's pretty well-centered and free of a heavy dose of 1958 Topps "snow" (white spots in the photo) was. To top that, I got it for roughly the price of a PSA1 or 2 after making an offer to the previous owner. Yes, it's still a rough copy … but I won't be able to top it without a firesale from someone who deals in higher-grade vintage. (When's the last time that happened?)
Posted on March 8, 2011 – 12:34 pm | Author: chrisolds Basketball, Pro Wrestling | collectibles?, licensed products, NBA, NCAA sports, Pizza Prints | Comments (0)
By Chris Olds | Editor
From the Too Weird Not to Write About File …
If you've ever wanted to celebrate a birthday or a big game with an inspiring pie instead of a cake, now you can.
New on the sports scene is Pizza Prints, which is exactly what it sounds like — an edible pizza decoration — which has been licensed for home and commercial use (yes, that means delivery) by the NBA, World Wrestling Entertainment (a licensing deal unveiled today) and more than 80 colleges and universities.
Other "Happy Birthday" related images — as well as Nickelodeon characters such as Dora The Explorer — also are available … and the company apparently is pursuing a deal with the NFL.
The prints are slightly cheese-flavored and calorie-free. They are made from starch and food coloring just like what you see on birthday cakes. Pizza Prints are simply applied to a warm cheese or appropriately accommodating pizza — one where cheese-oppressive toppings are not center-pie — and the logo melts right in.
Posted on February 23, 2011 – 10:10 am | Author: chrisolds Pro Wrestling | 2011 Topps WWE Champions, featured, Topps, wrestling, WWE | Comments (2)
Topps is ready to get in the ring once again as it unveiled it's latest World Wrestling Entertainment card set on Wednesday morning.
A new line, Topps WWE Champions, features full-bleed photography — but no blood because that's not kosher in the WWE these days — and highlights from notable matches throughout the WWE years.
Set to arrive in early June, Champions will include 100 base cards in the set and Foil Champions insert cards one in every three packs. There also will be autograph cards to be found, though they will be rarer as odds were not mentioned on the sales materials.
See more images from the set after the jump.
Posted on February 14, 2011 – 10:53 pm | Author: chrisolds Non-Sports, Pro Wrestling | autographs, Dwayne Johnson, featured, The Rock, wrestling, WWE | Comments (3)
After seven years away from the world of professional wrestling, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson returned to a World Wrestling Entertainment ring on Monday night in Anaheim, Calif., as he was unveiled as the guest host for WrestleMania XXVII in Atlanta.
His 20-minute in-ring promo capped Raw, with his attention particularly focused on John Cena, prompting a few to believe that he might be up for more than some host duties for the April pay-per-view. That got us thinking — there might be a few collectors out there looking for the star's trading cards and memorabilia.
The Rock presently appears on 254 cards in the Beckett.com database — just one of them a certified autograph as a wrestler. (He does appear on non-sport autographed cards for The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King and Doom.)
Johnson's earliest trading card appearance comes as a member of the University of Miami football team. He was included in a school-produced set in 1994, and that card can sell for $50.
Posted on April 2, 2009 – 11:08 am | Author: chrisolds Pro Wrestling | Hulk Hogan, Trish Stratus, WWE | Comments (1)
Millions (and millions) of fans watch pro wrestling every week on television, but many won't admit it. That's OK — it'll be our dirty little secret. But there's no doubting that people are interested in the pop culture phenomenon that's part sport, part soap opera but wholly entertaining for many.
How much interest is there in pro wrestling? A lot. If the DVDs, video games and countless other items don't tell you that, consider this — there are two companies producing wrestling cards these days. That's more than you can say for a few pro sports.
On Sunday, the traveling caravan known as World Wrestling Entertainment makes its biggest stop of the year in Houston for WrestleMania 25, so we figured now's the time to examine 10 classic cards that should be in any serious wrestling collection.
1. Hulk Hogan — 2006 Topps Allen & Ginter Autographs Let me tell you something, brother, there's nobody bigger in WrestleMania history than Hogan. And in the last decade of card sets only a handful carry as much weight as the 2006 Allen & Ginter baseball release. Included as a "world's champion" for wrestling, Hogan signed just 200 of these cards, which sell for roughly $150. (The card was pricier before his family's recent drama.)
Posted on December 1, 2008 – 11:25 am | Author: chrisolds Pop Culture News, Pro Wrestling | Sting, TNA, TRISTAR, wrestling, WWE | Comments (3)
A 10-card subset in the upcoming TRISTAR TNA Cross The Line set that hits stores later this month will include wrestling writers' takes on a handful of stars in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
You'll never guess who's among them.
While I rarely write about myself or my collection, yours truly was selected by TRISTAR as one of the writers who selected a wrestler or moment and write that card for the Write Stuff subset. (I agreed to sign on during the summer when I worked for the Orlando Sentinel — before I came to Beckett Media.)
I chose TNA World Champion Sting.
How was I considered a wrestling writer?
Posted on October 21, 2008 – 9:52 pm | Author: chrisolds Non-Sports, Pro Wrestling | Clerks, Kevin Smith, Sting, TNA Wrestling | Comments (5)
You ever hear that one? No? There's no punchline, just a story …
So a dude pulls into a Best Buy parking lot to buy a Kevin Smith DVD after a hard day's work at Beckett Media. (Busting and sorting Donruss Threads is work!) He's just making a quick stop (no pun intended) there after previously heading to Wal-Mart only to find that said DVD wasn't on the shelves.
Dude notices a guy walking into the door of Best Buy with a black baseball bat — and another in the parking lot with another black bat. (Dude considers Target … but goes in anyway. Dude likes baseball.)
As he walks in, dude notices note on door, something to the effect that "we're recording inside so you're consenting to be on film."
First, dude checks new release DVD aisle for A Threevening with Kevin Smith. Alas, nothing — the two-disc special edition is nowhere to be found. Again.
Dude asks Best Buy Dude about dude named Smith's DVD. Best Buy Dude says they're all sold out. (Dude knew he should have bought it — signed — online. But now that site is sold out, too. Not cool, dude.)
What does dude find elsewhere inside the store?
Posted on October 14, 2008 – 10:28 am | Author: chrisolds Pro Wrestling | DVDs, WWE | Comments (0)
Among the DVDs arriving in stores today is World Wrestling Entertainment's Hell in a Cell three-disc set. Sure, you might think wrestling is fake (it's fixed), but there's nothing fake about the brutal matches that are included on this collection.
For those who don't know what a Hell in a Cell match is — it's a steel cage match where the cage has a roof and anything goes. One of the most brutal matches in WWE history — Mick Foley vs. Undertaker at King of the Ring in 1998 — is included. Simply put, It's shocking.
WWE has three notable DVD sets (click for a closer look) coming this fall, including Viva La Raza: The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero (Nov. 11), The Twisted, Distrubed Life of Kane (Dec. 9) and Edge: A Decade of Decadence (Dec. 23). Guerrero, who died in 2005, remains one of the most popular performers in WWE history, while Kane and Edge are long-time stars who really haven't had the DVD spotlight shine on them.
These wrestler-specific documentary DVDs have made up a good piece of the WWE market in recent years. In 2007, WWE shipped more than 4 million DVDs and had more then $53 million in revenue from DVD sales alone.
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at email@example.com.
Posted on October 8, 2008 – 9:22 am | Author: chrisolds Pro Wrestling | Ric Flair | Comments (3)
A recently retired professional wrestling legend will make a rare autograph appearance to sign limited edition Jakks action figures (and more) next month in New York City.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, a 16-time world heavyweight champion who retired after his loss at WrestleMania XXIV earlier this year in Orlando, Fla., will appear at the fifth-annual Ringside Fest on November 1 in New York City.
Flair, known for his trademark "Woooooo!" among many other catch-phrases, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during WrestleMania weekend. And despite his status in the wrestling world — many consider him the finest performer and talker of all time — he does not have a single certified autographed card produced by a WWE trading card licensee.
(Hey, Topps … can you help us out?!?!)
In fact, Flair has made only one other wrestling convention appearance this year, so the only way to get his autograph was via the handful of promotional appearances he made for World Wrestling Entertainment before he left the company or by old-school autograph hounding.
Advance autograph tickets are on sale now on the site — $35 for an autograph; $80 for an autograph, photo and Q&A session ticket; $40 for an autograph and Q&A ticket or $15 for the Q&A session.
An exclusive Jakks Pacific figure will be produced for the event, which shows Flair in the distinct robe he wore for his final match and includes a miniature Hall of Fame plaque. Pricing on the figure was not yet announced on the site. Unsigned, limited edition figures such as these can be very hot sellers in the toy world.
Signed? Well, that would make more than a few wrestling fans say "Woooooo!"
Update: If you can't make the show (and most of you reading this can't just like me), you can order signed figures from the show's promoter, Ringside Collectibles, on its Web site for $59.99. You can have it personalized for $10 more.
Posted on October 6, 2008 – 5:51 pm | Author: chrisolds Pro Wrestling | autographs, Beth Phoenix, CM Punk, Hornswoggle, Jeff Hardy, John Morrison, Royal Rumble, WWE | Comments (2)
World Wrestling Entertainment 2008 Royal Rumble autograph plaque. (WWE photo)
With my first blog post here at Beckett Media, I figured I'd throw out something that you might not expect — yet something that more than a few collectors might be interested in.
A piece of professional wrestling memorabilia.
It's a plaque for the 2008 Royal Rumble, limited to only 500 copies, which includes a piece of ring mat and ring rope used during the event held in Madison Square Garden — along with the autographs of 11 WWE stars. Included are the signatures of John Cena, Jeff Hardy, Beth Phoenix, CM Punk, Mr. Kennedy, The Miz, John Morrison, Tommy Dreamer, Hornswoggle, William Regal and Hardcore Holly.
It's a solid piece of WWE memorabilia that can currently be found in the clearance "aisle" of WWEShop.com for half price ($99.98).
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I'm Shannon, a twenty-something island dweller with a passport at the ready and a never-ending bucket list. I didn't start as an island dweller. I started as a California resident – a newly minted grad – and in 2009, I embarked on a journey. I left my home in California to begin graduate school in the UK and at that moment, life changed. Since that time, I have had an amazing opportunity to see parts of the world I never imagined, meet incredible and inspiring people, and enjoy…
If you follow me on Instagram, you may remember the post below:
Yeah, not so fast. Many people who hadn't visited Brazil (or hadn't looked into it) didn't realize that Americans even need visas to enter the country legally. You do, and they can't be handled at the border. $160 per visa in the form of a money order, plus a visa application that needs to be filled out and submitted online, plus an appointment at the embassy to get everything processed.
Scott and I scheduled a visit to the Embassy of Brazil in New York during our time in NYC in December. Documents in hand and freshly printed passport photos prepped, we approached the window, anxiously awaiting the visa processing. Visa processes are handled differently around the world: some don't require visas at all, some allow visitors to acquire a visa upon entry to the country for a fee (this was the case in Jordan, Kenya, Turkey, etc.), some allow an eVisa process, some require a visa in advance that can be processed same day, and some take a much longer time to process. Apparently Brazilian visas take a while to process.
I'll be honest, Scott and I felt like novice travelers sitting there with the representative as she explained that no, we wouldn't get the visas the same day, and that yes, we would have to leave our passports at the embassy for roughly three weeks for the visas to get processed.
THREE WEEKS?! Lady, we're going to Brazil on an eight day vacation, I'm not trying to open a business there! Though we already understood this factoid, she explained to us that the visa requirement for entering Brazil as an American is a show of reciprocity. Brazilians are required to acquire visas before entering the United States and the cost is — you guessed it! — $160. For other nationalities, the visa fee is significantly lower, if it's required at all.
Well, shoot. What now? She suggested we follow up with the embassy in Miami which would likely be the location we'd go through as residents of Anguilla. This was our biggest conundrum: we live on an island wherein any real movement requires a passport. If we go to neighboring St. Maarten to pick up supplies – a mere 20 minutes away – we need a passport. If we had to actually go to Miami to process a visa, we'd have to stay in Miami until the visa was processed since we couldn't actually return home without a passport. 5 – 10 or more days in Miami to get a visa to go to a place for 8 days?! None of this made sense.
I spoke with the team in Miami. Mailing in our passports wasn't an option; we'd have to be present – us, not a third party – to ensure the visas could be processed. After explaining this, they also informed us that as residents of Anguilla, we'd probably fall under Barbados' jurisdiction.
Score. This was turning into quite the run around but I was finally getting somewhere.
After reading Barbados' rather convoluted website and trying to figure out this process, it was clear that residents of Anguilla would fall under Barbados' umbrella, and that we could, in fact, send our passports in as part of a 'third party' option. Instead of the $160 per person, the price would be $201.02 per person, but that additional $40 was a heck of a lot cheaper than a flight to Miami or Barbados.
So, with applications filled out, money orders processed, passport photos taken, bank statements produced (they require this to show that you can sustain yourself while in country), and original documents gathered, we FedEx'd our most prized possessions – our passports – to Barbados for processing (a $90 FedEx fee, mind you, for some lightweight docs to be shipped to the Southern Caribbean). So, $500 later, we're thisclose to finally having our Brazilian visas. On the bright side, these visas should be good for a 10-year period which means there's a fair likelihood that we'll be visiting Brazil again within the next decade (gotta make these visas worth it!).
Moral of the story: know the legal requirements for entering a country when you're planning a trip, and do not underestimate the time it will take to get everything processed. Scott and I have done a fair bit of international traveling and have dealt with visa issues before (in a number of capacities), and we felt like utter amateurs this time around because we took for granted our status as American citizens. We tend to think that with a US passport, we can easily be granted access to any country by flashing our photos and putting down a few dollars for an entry stamp. Not always, guys!
Planning an upcoming international trip? If you're traveling within North America or to Europe or South America, you're probably okay for the most part (there are a few exceptions, like ours). If you're traveling to Asia, the Middle East or Africa, there's a decent likelihood that you'll need to secure a visa, either in advance or at the border. The following countries require visas for American travelers, to be acquired in advance (this list is ever-evolving and is probably not inclusive of all countries, though it represents the majority). Some smaller territories require documentation of their own to enter legally (e.g. places like Crimea):
Have you run into any visa issues in your travels? Have you ever been turned away at the border?
What, you haven't heard of Tela?
I hadn't either. In fact, when it came to planning our first annual #SibTrip, we evaluated a slew of options including Nicaragua, Mexico, Costa Rica, the Cayman Islands and Colombia, and never once did Honduras really come to mind. Beyond Roatan, it's not exactly on most people's radar for a vacation destination. Costa Rica has taken the lead on Central American getaways, followed closely by Belize, but the remainder of Central America's destinations are largely considered too dangerous or too poorly developed to be worthy of the annual vacation splurge.
Let's backtrack here. First, what's #SibTrip? It's a new tradition-in-waiting that we hope to kick off this year with our inaugural getaway. SibTrip is short for Sibling Trip, a trip that involves Scott, myself, and our siblings (both younger, both same-sex siblings). There's this thing that happens as you get older: you begin forging your own path, moving forward with your own career, living in a new city (or country!), and generally building your own life and your own family. While life is happening, we sometimes forget to nurture important family relationships and keep up to speed with our siblings. Scott and I are generally fairly good about staying in touch with our siblings but we really get very little quality time to bond; to find out what's really happening in each other's lives. This trip – hopefully an annual getaway – was proposed to do just that; to provide us with one unadulterated week of bonding, of relaxing and of making memories together in new locales. We'll democratically pick a new location each year – preferably a location that none of us have been to, and preferably a location that makes sense for everyone in terms of travel time (i.e. a somewhat central point).
Here's the kicker with our sibling trip: it was dreamed up as a way to spend time with our siblings, not as an excuse for a romantic week together. This means that my sister and I share a room, and Scott and his brother share a room. I'm not sure how it works from a guy's perspective, but some of the best conversations I've had with my sister are hanging out before bed, in pajamas, being real, and laughing until our stomachs hurt. For those interested in starting a SibTrip of their own, I'm happy to share other details with you (like what you do when a sibling wants to bring a significant other in the future; naturally, we've discussed this and have put rules and regs in place). Read More
In general, I've gotten away from making lofty New Year's resolutions since they tend to be rather fruitless and generally unattainable aspirations (e.g. I'm going to begin juicing, or I'm going to buy fewer shoes, etc.). Somehow I do feel okay making travel resolutions though since those goals can be wrapped into my bucket list and trip planning. My travel resolutions for 2015:
I do have to say that 2014 brought a major improvement for me on one front: generally speaking, I stopped comparing. Especially with the prevalence of social media and the associated need to share all of life's highlights (and none of life's obstacles), I think we all have a tendency to compare our lives to others. We see snapshots from other people's seemingly glamorous lives: securing a great apartment in a big city, picture-perfect vacations on a far-flung island, getting a promotion, having children, etc. and we can't help but compare our own lives to those snapshots: why can't we live in NYC? Why can't we have family reunions in Italy? Why can't I get this dream job that my friend managed to secure? Why can't we do all of these great things that our friends are doing?
I felt a lot of that for a long time (as we all do), but 2014 brought a huge change for me on that front. It was the first full year that I can totally say that I felt genuinely happy in nearly every facet of life. We have achieved this great work-life balance which perhaps is the key to unlocking bliss. Yes, when we're at home, we pretty much work seven days a week, and our days are often a bit longer than a typical 9 – 5 gig, but I love what we do and I love where we work. Plus, we have vowed to always have a light at the end of the tunnel; a trip that helps break up life on a tiny island. Yes, living here is beautiful and wonderful, but the key to sanity for us is getting away on a regular basis (every few months or so) to delve into a new adventure for a brief period or enjoy the buzz of a city. I'm entering this year greatly looking forward to what lies ahead!
What are your resolutions for 2015?
2014 brought some incredible adventures for us; a rather unbeatable year by most standards with a number of bucket list trips wrapped into some great experiences. While 2015 may not include as many getaways, it's a year that will be filled with some seriously special celebrations as we ring in a number of milestone birthdays with family. Naturally, this list is ever-growing and ever-evolving, but here's the line up we're looking forward to, including many places that I've never visited before. If you've ventured to any of these destinations, I'd love thoughts on hidden gems, great restaurants, and highlights!
Photo courtesy of Kevin Owens via Creative Commons
1Our first trip of the year is actually a work-related rendezvous in Puerto Rico for the annual CHTA Marketplace Event taking place on the island. This will be my first time in PR, and I'm looking forward to exploring a bit of what San Juan has to offer. It's a super quick flight from our home in Anguilla but offers a stark contrast to what island life in AXA brings.Photo courtesy of Dave C. via Creative Commons
2While this isn't set in stone quite yet, we're currently working on a getaway that I've dubbed SibTrip, a sibling trip that involves Scott, myself, and our siblings. We came to the realization this year that it had been far too long since we'd really had quality time with our respective siblings. This year we've decided to kick off an annual getaway with our inaugural #SibTrip during the spring for a five-day escape in Tela, Honduras at the Indura Resort for a mix of adventure and R&R. This will mark my first time back in Central America in a decade (last time I was in El Salvador visiting family).Photo courtesy of Rubem Porto Jr. via Creative Commons
3The first of a series of milestone birthday celebrations, we're heading to Igussu Falls and Rio for a fabulous birthday extravaganza during the last part of May and early part of June (which, coincidentally crosses through my birthday, too). We'll have a few days in Iguassu Falls, exploring primarily from the Brazilian side before heading to Rio for the remainder of the trip. For others interested in traveling to Brazil, do know that Americans need tourist visas, a fact that many people don't realize since Americans typically travel pretty freely around the globe. Visas must be secured in advance ($160 each). I'll share our mishap on the visa front in a forthcoming post!I'm looking forward to a pretty incredible and insanely diverse year of travel, and am especially excited to experience some great new destinations with family. Nothing's better than making those memories!
What highlights on your agenda for 2015?
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I have a series of posts forthcoming on the destinations we have in store for 2015 plus travel resolutions along with some hot spot predictions for the coming year but I wanted to take the first day of the year to wish everyone a fun, fabulous, and travel-filled 2015. My family has a series of incredible milestones to celebrate this year – a 30th, 60th and 90th birthday! – and I couldn't be more excited to be spearheading some incredible adventures with great people.
From us to you, HAPPY NEW YEAR! What adventures do you have in store this year?
xo from Anguilla,
Buying Christmas gifts for parents (or in-laws) is one of the most difficult tasks. After our first year together, Scott and I opted out of buying each other Christmas gifts and instead opted to pick a travel destination together as our gift to each other. We would both far rather collect memories than things, and we've extended that idea to birthdays, anniversaries and special holidays.
When it came time to figure out the perfect gift for his parents, we wanted it to be something great; an experience that the whole family could enjoy. Last year, we chartered a plane and headed to St. Barths for the day (a total blast!) and while we considered a reprise of 2013, we decided instead to try something different. His parents had mentioned their desire to try out Tradition Sailing Charters with hosts Deb and Laurie, and we thought this was the perfect occasion to give it a whirl. (You can read about our first time on Tradition here.)
Tradition is a traditional West Indian sloop that was built on the island of Carriacou. During this trip, we were lucky enough to meet Norman, the man behind the boat. Decades ago, Norman and his father built the boat by hand, without equipment, hauling pieces of wood and slicing metal with a handsaw to get this vessel to come together. It's an incredible example of artistry and workmanship, and to see Norman masterfully working Tradition was an absolute highlight. Norman visits the Anguilla-based team to add his expertise on the maintenance front, and to see him taking the reigns is a pretty cool sight.
It's been another amazing year of memories and it's difficult to believe that 2014 is coming to a close so quickly. As someone who holds down a full-time gig (with a few part-time gigs sprinkled in), I would say that our year of travel was a rather exceptional one, with some really incredible opportunities to see some bucket list destinations. It's pretty hard to rank experiences as they're all different and offer fulfillment in different ways, but this list represents my best attempt.
So, for the 2014 year, my Top 10 Travel Moments:
My wrap up for our Israel trip is finally coming to a close and I have so much more to share about our holiday trip to New York and some upcoming adventures that I'm really excited to experience. I would be remiss to not touch on one final topic though, one that struck me early on during our time in Israel, and one that I knew I had to share: media vs. reality on the ground when it comes to visiting Israel (and the West Bank and Jordan, for that matter).
When we were gearing up for this trip, there was one common sentiment expressed by friends and family before our departure: be safe.
Had we been jetting off to Paris or to the Amalfi Coast, we would have likely heard things like, "Amazing, enjoy!" or "Oh, I've always wanted to go there, have fun!" This trip was different, though. Not one person said, "Oh, I've always wanted to go there!" Instead, most people said, "Now? Why?" Or, from supportive friends and family who still thought our actions were a bit questionable, we'd hear the universally shared sentiment: be safe. I'm sure people genuinely hoped that we would have fun but what people felt and shared was a deep-seated concern for our safety in the region. Be safe as you go to the Middle East, an area that the media has told us is replete with terrorism, human rights violations and a million other soul-draining realities. None of that was said, of course, but mainstream media would lead us to believe that these are realistic concerns on the ground as travelers.
I get it. I really do, because none of us are really immune to that feeling; that concern over venturing into unknown territory where linguistic and cultural barriers exist. I still have those feelings when I hear about my LSE comrades traveling to Syria with the UN or doing development work in Afghanistan. I can't help but think, be safe.
Here's the reality though – and it's really not a shocker as we all know how the media loves to sensationalize stories – we never really felt unsafe. There were two occasions that I will say we felt a touch of tension: during our time in Hebron, a hotbed for conflict; and during our time on Temple Mount when there was clearly tension between a large Muslim group on Temple Mount and a Jewish man who entered (he was escorted off the premises by IDF soldiers). Those were the only two moments where I felt a bit more aware of my surroundings and a bit more vigilant. The rest of the time I felt the same that I do visiting any other beautiful, culturally rich locale.
Now, that's not to say that it's 100% safe. It's not, as most large cities in general are not completely safe. Temple Mount was closed the day after we visited due to tension and a shooting that happened in relatively close proximity, and we heard about the saddening murder that happened in a synagogue after our return to the US. That being said, those two events got a fair bit of publicity both within Israel and internationally. And yes, those are horrible incidents; I will never downplay the significance and sadness of either. Let's ask ourselves though: how much crime is there in Chicago? NYC? Los Angeles? Are we honestly that concerned for safety when we visit any of those cities?
We hear major concerns, like news of the Gaza War this past summer, and can't help but extrapolate. If there is this great loss of life in Gaza, then Israel is broadly unsafe, and naturally the West Bank is even less safe since it's Gaza's weirdly distant sister.
The reality is that the majority of Israel is totally safe (I mean, their military is insanely strong which is worth keeping in mind) and that you won't walk down streets looking over your shoulder. Instead, you're likely to be visiting a hip Jerusalemite restaurant, shooting the breeze with some gorgeous young Israeli who is serving you local spirits from behind the bar and encouraging you to join in on the round of Arak shots (gross, by the way). You'll navigate the Old City's narrow streets, sipping freshly squeezed pomegranate juice and slowing your pace to accommodate a cane-wielding older Palestinian who negotiates cobblestone steps with utter mastery. You'll visit a shop, pop in for a brief moment, only to find that you're sitting there with a cup of Turkish coffee having a conversation with a shopkeeper in broken Arabic. You'll gobble up so much homemade hummus and pita that you'll swear vegetarianism would suit you just fine. You'll watch the sun rise over the Sea of Galilee and feel like you're transported to another world where the sun shines so bright and so vibrant that you'll want to pause it for eternity. Read More
Our experience in Israel was the first time that we opted for a group travel experience vs. a totally independent journey. I typically prefer to craft my own itinerary, prioritize my musts and work on my own schedule. After all, sometimes the most magical moments are unplanned. Being that we were heading to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan where the history is so rich, the culture is so different, and the logistics can be a bit complicated, we opted to experience a fair bit of Israel through tours.
For those that are in the same boat, thinking group travel or day tours may be the better route to go, here are some thoughts and takeaways from two distinct experiences during our time in the Middle East.
I can't speak highly enough about our experiences with Abraham Tours. If you're not a 'tour person', this is the right choice for you if you want a fun, educational experience and are wary about traveling independently in the region. These were half-day and day tours, which meant we woke up early, had breakfast on our own, headed out, and made it back in the afternoon or evening to explore Jerusalem solo. We weren't tied to a group for the week which meant we could blend independent travel and group tours to build out the ultimate Israel experience. One of the tours was just six or seven people, small enough so that we got to know each other over the course of the day. Even our two-day Jordan tour was only 15 or so people, all of whom we got to know on a first name basis. We interacted with each of our guides and got to hear their stories which made the experiences much more rich. The majority of the travelers we met on these tours were very well-traveled; adventurers looking to experience the culture of the area and see the human face of a place. The tours were much more real, raw and educational than I expected, plus having the logistics handled made it much easier for us to move across borders and checkpoints.
If you can't afford to hire a private tour guide, this is the way to go. The groups are small enough so you can ask questions and get some great insight, and the tours are very unique, allowing you to see parts of Israel and the West Bank that may seem intimidating to travel to independently. Major thumbs up to these guys – fabulous experience. Read More


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Khloe Kardashian's New Butt Implants are Even Bigger Than Kim's!
Khloe Kardashian and her sister Kim stepped out last week to go to the NBC Universal Upfronts Presentation in New York and…Good God! Look at Khloe's gigantic new fake butt!!
Khloe showed up with her sister Kim, and they proceeded to pose in every which way possible so that the photographers could shoot Khloe's newly enlarged derriere in all of its ridiculousness.
Times sure have changed for Khloe, haven't they? It was just last year that Khloe was desperately trying to get pregnant with Lamar Odom's child, but her embarrassing divorce seems to have thrown her into a tailspin of clubbing, bad plastic surgery and poor fashion choices. Honestly, I am not a fan of any of the Kardashians, but Khloe was always the least abrasive to me…Well, that sure changed quickly, as Khloe has suddenly become the most desperate for attention!
Seriously, though, what was Khloe thinking? You know that old saying, "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."? Well, maybe we need to update that to today's times and use instead, "you can put a big ol' grandma butt on a wookie, but it's still a wookie"?
So how did 29-year old Khloe achieve the butt of an obese grandmother, set atop a pair of skinny as hell legs and flat-as-a-board stomach? The same way her sister Kim Kardashian did: plastic surgery. Just like Kim, Khloe has had a "brazilian butt lift", or liposuction with fat transfer. During this procedure, the fat is removed, via liposuction, from the waist and thighs, and it is then injected into the butt to add volume and round the shape.
Don't get me wrong, I like big butts and I can not lie, but I'm already so tired of the weird fake butts that are becoming trendy. Bigger is not always better.
Tags: Kartrashians, reality stars, under 305 Freakiest Plastic Surgery Procedures, Ever!
1. Elf Ear Surgery
"The elegance of the elf ear is something I adore a lot." Says 23-old Canadian model, Melynda Moon. And so in August of 2011, she underwent surgery to get elf ears of her own, a tribute to all of the Hobbits out there. Not surprisingly, Moon is a big fan of "The Legend of Zelda," fairies and pixies too. So how do surgeons turn human ears into elf ears? They cut your ear open and take out a triangular piece of cartilage before sewing it together with its new shape. According to Moon's YouTube video in which she details her procedure, it doesn't sound too fun—she makes references to wanting to drag her ear straight across the carpet the itching and irritation was so bad.
2. Fake Testicle Implants For Dogs
Kim Kardashian knows a thing or two, or maybe one hundred, about implants. So of course her beloved dog Rocky got a pair of implants all his own. Fake testicles for dogs are apparently real, and according to some are necessities! It is argued that after a dog is neutered he knows a part of his manhood is gone. This can cause him to act differently, maybe even depressed or unsocial. To prevent this, some people (including Kim Kardashian) believe that you can trick your dog into thinking his testicles are still intact by adding testicular implants during neutering.
3. Toe shortening Surgery
Want to look better in your heels? Just opt for toe shortening, or any other wacky foot procedure women are undergoing these days all in the name of shoes. Some women are having their feet injected with things to reduce the pain felt when walking in heels. Other women get Botox on the bottom of their feet to stop feet from sweating in their shoes. Yet, perhaps the craziest are those willing to have a portion of their toe severed. If your second toe is bigger than your thumb-toe, it is said you are a leader. Apparently some women don't care, they just want their second toe made shorter—toe shortening it is! The procedure includes sawing around 2-millimetters of bone off, then inserting a titanium rod to re-attach the toe back together. My first thought: if your toe shape changes, your weight distribution is going to change, causing who knows what problems to arise!
4. Dimpleplasty– Surgically Enhanced Dimples!
Have you ever noticed that Grandparents are really obsessed with dimples? That's because dimples were coveted big time back in the 1950s, when the idea for 'dimpleplasty' was first used. Since then, several methods for the procedure have been identified. The only thing that seems sort of odd is that the dimples appear to be always present, but natural dimples only appear when you smile.
5. Change Your Palm Lines With Surgery
Changing the lines on ones' palms is increasing in popularity with none other than major palmistry believers. They believe by changing the lines on their hands, they can change their fortune. Apparently, the procedure is simple, taking 10-15 minutes to create the new lines. It's the healing process that takes months. The weirdest part is that after everything has healed, the new palm lines look like scars and not authentic hand lines. At least the procedure only costs around a reported $1,000!
Nicole Kidman's New Face Is Almost As Bad As The Reviews For Her New Movie
Just when you think Nicole Kidman has righted her plastic surgery wrongs, she pops up looking even more bizarre than before. Case in point, Nicole Kidman and her new face at the Cannes Film Festival, yesterday.
The 46-year old actress was at Cannes to promote and support her latest film, "Grace of Monaco", which opened the Cannes Film Festival to dismal reviews. Receiving equally bad reviews at Cannes is Nicole Kidman's face. While she looked glamorous and pristine in the "Grace of Monaco" movie, apparently the actress has since had a little (too much) work done and looks totally unnatural and bizarre. So what is behind Nicole's new look and where did she, and her plastic surgeon, go wrong? Well, we here at Famous Plastic know and would like to address it with this public service announcement to Nicole and all of those other rich aging women out there:
Stop injecting shit into your face to plump it! It does not give you a youthful appearance! The supple cheeks of a newborn baby do not look good on a middle aged woman and it doesn't make you look young and beautiful! It makes you look crazy and weird!
Seriously folks, stop with the stupid cheek filler injections. It didn't work for Madonna, it didn't work for Kim Novak and it doesn't work for Nicole Kidman. (Or, Courtney Cox. Or, Jenny McCarthy, or any of those other woman that have surgically plumped "pillow faces".
If you believe Nicole Kidman, her beauty routine consists of sunscreen and healthy foods and she would never consider going under the knife, but clearly Nicole is a closet lover (and over-user) of plastic surgery. As a matter of fact, these new "pillow cheeks" that Nicole is sporting is just the latest in a long list of cosmetic surgery procedures that she has undergone over the years, those of which include: a lip augmentation, Botox, rhinoplasty and breast implants.
What do you think of Nicole Kidman's new look at Cannes? Too little too late, or too much too soon?
Bree Walker Would Like You to Believe That She's Never Had Plastic Surgery
There are a lot of layers to former newscaster Bree Walker. She was a successful, and strikingly beautiful, newscaster in the late 80′s and early 90′s. She infamously started a scandalous relationship with a married co-anchor. She identifies herself as an alcoholic. She was born with missing fingers and toes (ectrodactyly) and a genetic condition that fuses her finger and toes together (syndactyly). She is a disability-rights activist. But the thing that we find most shocking about Bree Walker is that she denies having plastic surgery…
Bree Walker has been incredibly open about her private life, her disability and even her alcoholism, so why she feels the need to blatantly lie about the obvious, and copious amounts of, plastic surgery that she's had over the years is beyond me. And, if you think Bree's pictures are bizarre, you should check her out on video:
The most obvious change are in Bree's super-sized lips, but a lip augmentation is not the only poorly done plastic surgery procedure that she has undergone. The 61-year old former news caster has also had a least one facelift, a necklift and a pretty aggressive eyelift that has left her eyebrows in an unnaturally elevated state. Judging by the lack of animation in most of her face (see the video above), it also appears that Bree has a Botox addiction to top it all off. All in all, her face and neck looks unnaturally pulled back, and the bad facelift has even cause a marked change in the shape of her eyes.
Bree has tried to explain away the bad plastic surgery by saying that her lips have always been large and that perhaps they just look larger nowadays because she's lost a bit of fat in her cheeks due to aging.
Worst. Denial. Ever.
Tags: newscasters, over 60Joan Collins is an English actress and writer, scoring her first gig ever at only 9 years old in a production of A Doll's House. She went on to become famous enough to be considered competition for Elizabeth Taylor, Collins even tried out for the role in Cleopatra which Taylor ended up earning. Today, Joan Collins has had a vast career and she can't believe that she is nearly 80 years old. We just can't believe how good she looks for her age, especially considering she denies ever having any plastic surgery at all (rolls eyes). She attributes her tight skin to wearing makeup—because anyone with wrinkles knows how well that works. Not just any makeup by the way, she calls lipstick her go-to youth enhancer.
Joan might think she can fool her fans, but plastic surgeons are not buying it. When asked about the matter, they admit that most certainly Joan has had numerous cosmetic procedures over a period of time. Miami based surgeon, Dr. Michael Salzhauer comments that Joan has had, "…multiple cosmetic procedures such as a facelift, browlift, and eyelid surgeries." Another surgeon from Beverly Hills sees signs of Botox in the actress/author's face, despite the fact she publicly calls the stuff "poison." Technically Botox is 'poison' but it is still responsible for erasing wrinkles of the rich and famous—Joan likely included.
So why would Joan Collins assume the world doesn't recognize a face full of cosmetic procedures when we see one? Things truly make no sense until you realize her lies might have to do with Joan making some extra money—in order to afford the surgery she denies having of course. An anti-aging cream called Cellex-C Age-less 15 Skin Signaling Serum has hired Joan to be their spokesperson. Not to mention, some of the books she has authored also promote how to look young naturally.
The skin on Joan's face looks much younger than the skin on her chest, a clear sign of cosmetic procedures.
Even her costars are fighting back against her apparent cosmetic surgery lies. 78 year old Judy Parfitt, star in the Midwife, claims there is no way that Joan Collins has never gone under the knife. "There is one woman, Joan Collins, who I've been to parties with, who's had it done many times – but she totally denies it." She goes on to call Collins "… a fool. An absolute idiot." While Judy Parfitt is also adamant against plastic surgery, she actually looks like a naturally ageing woman who takes good care of her skin as her primary anti-aging technique.
Both women claim to be plastic surgery free… clearly Judy Parfitt (pictured at left) looks far more natural than Joan Collins (pictured at right).
So what do you think? Is Joan Collins magically aging in reverse, or is she a liar that's clearly gone under the knife?
Tags: actresses, denials, over 70Naya Rivera Flaunts Her Fake Butt Online Amid Career and Relationship Woes
Naya Rivera has certainly been creating a stir in the media lately, but unfortunately it's been for all the wrong reasons! The 27-year old actress has become known for her role as cheerleader Santana Lopez on "Glee", but lately it's been all about her temper tantrums and over the top plastic surgery.
Big Sean recently broke off his engagement to Naya after couples counseling failed to quell her fiery temper and controlling ways. (But it seems like only yesterday that he was starring lovingly into her gigantic breast implants! Awwww! We were really pullin' for these two!)
Now that Big Sean is out of the picture, Naya's anger and insecurity has been directed at her Glee co-stars and producers. After a tiff between Lea Michael and Naya exploded on set, producers decided that they were tired of Naya's diva behavior and rumor has it that she was fired from the show. No one is confirming or denying, but it's doubtful that Naya will be invited back for season 6 of Glee, and it's also been said that she has even been written out of the season 5 finale.
So with her career on the brink and her engagement to Big Sean in shambles, what is Naya Rivera up to now? Apparently she wants to show everyone her fake butt on Instagram (I think it's like the new, "I'm going to Disneyland!")!
Like many an attention-whore before her, Naya can't help but show off what the plastic surgeon gave her on her social media pages. It seems like the more trouble Naya gets into, the belfie (you know, "butt selfie") count on her Instagram page goes up. Naya's latest Instagram photo has people comparing her to Kim Kardashian, and there is a reason why…Both Kim and Naya have had butt augmentation plastic surgery!
Clearly Naya likes the Kim Kardashian look, as not only is she copying the reality star's style and makeup, but she is also having plastic surgery to mimic Kim's famous curves. Next stop: sex tape!
Tags: actresses, butt shots, Glee, under 30Self described as "the first supermodel" Janice Doreen Dickinson knows what it's like to live the high life. In the 1970s and 1980s Janice was one of the most famous models around, although with age her popularity dwindled. Now she is best known for a face full of plastic surgery and a handful of guest appearances on reality shows like "America's Next Top Model".
Janice is largely likeable because she went through so much adversity before becoming a famous model. Her own father told her she wouldn't amount to anything because she looked like a boy, and dozens of modeling agencies turned her down. One even telling her she was: "much too ethnic. You'll never work." Despite all of this Janice went on to grace the covers of Vogue, Playboy, and Harper's Bazaar—among many others. Even for this seemingly well-deserved model all good things must come to an end. But as any model dependent on her looks would do, as soon as the skin started to sag, Janice tried feverishly to turn back the clock.
Apparently she went a little overboard, accumulating over one million dollars of debt that she can't afford to pay off. Recently California courts ruled her bankruptcy final, potentially leaving those that she owes money to SOL (you know, sh*t out of luck). Janice owes Beverly Hills dermatologist Arnold Klein $8,000 and she also owes the Beverly Hills Anti-Aging Center $8,000.
At least Janice feels badly about it, telling the media: "I am upset and taking every step to pay everyone back and I feel terrible about it." Her new boyfriend, Dr. Robert Gerner, is helping her do so. He reportedly gave her $10,000 to start paying off the $300,000 debt Janice accumulated with overdraft charges from City National Bank. This issue arose all the way back in 2011, and has since been argued down; Janice has now been ordered to pay City National Bank $100,000 in installments.
<--- Janice with her fiancé, Dr. Robert Gerner--thanks to him (and bankruptcy) she can start paying off her debt!
It's not just banks and plastic surgeons that Janice owes money to, she's also forgotten to pay her taxes for the last 10 years and now owes $500,000 in back taxes! I've never heard of bankruptcy getting anyone out of their taxes—so Janice better start working soon. Although the 59-year old ex-model doesn't seem too hard-pressed for money, she clearly hasn't backed off the Botox—which can cost around $5,000 per year to maintain. Her spending doesn't stop there; Janice was photographed just the other week trotting off to the nail salon in what appears to be a new green dress and matching cap.
The ultimate sex symbol of the 90′s is without a doubt, Pamela Anderson. She basically paved the way when it comes to being unapologetically, and over the top, sexy. So in this day and age of desperate housewives hopelessly clinging to their plastic surgeons in hopes of finding the fountain of young in a needle or knife, who would have thought that 46-year old Pamela Anderson would choose to forego the anti-aging hype?
Not surprisingly, Pamela Anderson struggled a bit going from internationally known sex symbol to middle-aged soccer mom, but thankfully she decided against plastic surgery on her face. She did go through a period of time when she had her world-famous breast implants removed, but she missed them so much that she ended up having them replaced with even larger implants! I, for one, am glad that Pamela has the confidence to age naturally and doesn't look like a frozen-faced, pillow-cheeked desperate housewife.
Even in her 40′s Pamela Anderson is still sporting her signature bleached blonde hair, smokey eye-makeup and cleavage-bearing tops, but the biggest change is her drastic haircut! Last year Pamela ditched the extensions and got an extremely short pixie cut. (Who would have ever thought that Pamela Anderson would have short hair!?) At first, Pamela hated the new 'do, thinking that she "looked like Anderson Cooper or a Q-tip", but now she loves the new look and feels empowered by it.
What do you think of Pamela Anderson's most recent look? Love the short hair? Think she would benefit from a bit of Botox? Shocked that she has wrinkles? Let us know in the comments below!
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Nice Ninja cap haha! Next time though, don't trinket mortal coil lol. Also in the first video, you should pop starfall every single time its off CD.
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Ya i noticed i didnt use starfall vs the lock either, ive turned up the opacity on Doom cooldown pulse to see it more often.
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