One of my favorite designers, Marc Jacobs, who once had a chance to play himself in a 2007 documentary Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton, is reported to get a real job as an actor. No details have been revealed so far but the designer confirms his new venture via Twitter: "I got cast in a role in a movie. They’re filming next week and I’m excited. I get to play a character that’s not myself at all.”

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The beautiful Rachel Bilson covers the November issue of Nylon magazine looking really stylish in a DKNY jacket and a Marc Jacobs embellished top and skirt.

Fashion Designer Roberto Cavalli brought Dancing With The Star's Elisabetta Canalis as his date to Germany's GQ Men Of The Year Awards on Friday night. And who else would she wear?

So, so I am a little mad that they left this week's episode of "Once Upon A Time" with a cold stare of the evil mayor. At least tonight we get some backstory on how Regina became the Evil Queen with no soul and that she may not even realize that she's the evil queen. The flash of the present day world and the fairy tale world is slightly confusing, though I do love a good backstory to catch people up. Plus, the way Regina was looking at the picture of the evil queen, I truly don't think she knows who she is just yet.

She’s upset with her son because there are missing pages from the Big Book of Exposition. He asks why she cares, and she says “I care because you think I’m some evil queen,” she says, which is really funny. He says she isn’t his mother. But then she looks really confused when the clock chimes so maybe she does remember? How long can the show keep this up? And on a side note, how many seasons can this show go on? This is what is baffling.

So then Miss Regina arrives with a basket of apples for Emma, the birth-mom, and who Henry believes, the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, and immune to the curse that keeps everyone from knowing who they are and time from moving.

Emma is staying at an inn run by Little Red (Riding Hood, yes) and her grandmother .Thanks, Emma says, all suspicious. I mean come on, mayor, you don’t want to be thought of as an evil queen and you show up with a basket of apples? How dumb.

Ok, so now it's flashback to the wedding and evil queen in a black lace outfit. The mirror, who seems kind of like her evil sidekick, wonders how she’ll destroy everybody’s happiness. She goes to her BFF's fortress to get the Curse from her—bestie being Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty?).. It’s kind of funny that Regina took a sleeping curse from her and its obvious, since Snow woke up with one little kiss.

Maleficent pets her kind of shabby brown unicorn and tells her to consider a pet. Um, ok? Cue a major cat fight, with sparks flying. Regina wins, but Maleficent tries to warn her that “there are lines even we shouldn’t cross,” and “enacting it will take a terrible toll. There will be an emptiness inside you.” Maybe the horrible job of being a mayor of a snooze of a town??

Next question...why is the editor SO afraid of the neighbor? Who is this character?

Ok, so now we see Emma about to eat an apple at a diner, because she’s just that dumb, when Little Red , who works there, brings her a hot chocolate, sent to her by an admirer. Saved by the hot chocolate. She chats with the Sheriff, thinking it’s from him, but it turns out it’s from Henry, who wants her to walk him to school. Cute kid.

He has a plan to break the curse. It will be called Operation Cobra (I would have called it Operation Stiltskin). Emma’s about to take a bite out of the apple when he says “don’t eat that!” and throws it away. Ok, Emma is just a plain dumb blonde.

At school, Emma chats with teacher Mary Margaret (ah, Ginnifer. Love her!)  who admits that Henry thinks she’s Snow White (Emma's mommy!). Emma says she’s not in the book. Liar.

She goes to see Jiminy Cricket aka the kid's shrink. She says she wants to know what is causing Henry’s fairy tale obsession. C'mon girlfriend, you can understand why).

Regina, his mother, is a complicated woman, the therapist admits, when Emma points out that he’s been seeing him longer than he’s had the book. Jiminy then offers to show her the file, because “you’re very important to him.” It’s completely unthinkable, but this is a fairy tale after all. He warns her to be careful how she handles his mental obsession with the book because destroying his imagination would be devastating.

The minute she leaves, he calls Regina. “Did she take the file?” Great, a set-up. Regina interrupts class to tell Henry about Emma’s arrest and that she’s a con-artist. This teacher is too nice. Seriously. She comes to the rescue of bailing out Emma, who gets arrested for the "stolen file".

Next shot is Emma cutting limbs off the apple tree while Regina looks out the window of her sleek black and white office. OMG who decorates the sets? I want this mayor's house badly! Welcome back Rumpelstiltskin, who is a troll? goblin? Ugh, he's ugly. One of the mice on the cell floor turns into Regina. He tells her how Snow and hubby visited and lets on something about a child and how it could break the curse. Because all curses can be broken. So she makes a deal with him. He tells her that all he wants is comfort in the new land and that the prize steed as a sacrifice wasn’t nearly enough. It has to be something more precious—the heart of the thing she loves most.

And it’s motivation time! “what I love most died because of snow white,” she emotes. There must be someone else. Oh the actors are having a lot of fun with this. “You know what you love,” says Rump. “Go kill it.” Uh oh! Who's gonna die!? Back at the Inn, grandmother says she has to ask Emma to leave. There’s a “no felons rule,” that’s a city ordinance. I smell a poison apple a brewing. Regina picks apples up as she talks to the cop to say she destroyed city property, and wants her arrested. The cop really doesn’t want to do it, and thinks she’s been setting up.

“I made you sheriff! I can rid you of your job!" says Regina. And the sheriff says if it will only get worse, and the only one who will get hurt is Henry. Regina does look upset. Which I don't get cause isn't the plan was to adopt Snow White’s grandson for evil reasons.

(Randomness, I hate the yellow VW bug).

Cue the meeting. Emma says she has no intention of taking Henry from anyone. But she wants to make sure Henry’s OK. Emma says that his obsession with fairy tale characters is crazy. Henry at the door hears the word and is upset and it’s another setup since Regina knew he’d come by.

You have no soul, Emma tells her. Cue the flashbacks! We see the queen striding along, as the mirror sounds really worried. Is she going to kill him? She tells the butler she has to cut out the heart of the thing I love most.

“Me,” he says. “Daddy, I don’t know what to do,” she says. What the hell!? Daddy is the butler? I don't even know what to say about this. He tells her to start over, be happy, etc. Tear. Boo hoo. “I can be happy, just not here,” she says, and stabs Daddy. “Sorry,” she mutters. RIP Daddy Butler. Sniff. What I don't get is what Snow White took from her? The original fairy tale showed that Snow White had the love and affection of her father and the title of being the most fairest of them all. Is this entire series over a title? Borrow one from those little brats on Toddlers and Tiaras.

Emma knocks on Mary Margaret’s (sounds like a nun) door, and pays her back the bail money. Over a cup of cocoa (running theme, she, Henry and now Mommy Snow take cinnamon in their hot chocolate, which is also a big love of mine)… Mary Margaret says she has the oddest feeling that they’d met before. Emma says she’s leaving, because if she stays it would be bad for Henry. Henry’s in therapy with Jiminy Cricket, all sad and lonely when Emma breaks in. He doesn’t want to talk to her but she says she thinks the curse is crazy, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t true. And that the only way to break the curse is by tricking the evil queen into thinking they are nonbelievers. He smiles and sits up. Brilliant! And Emma burns the pages so Regina will never see them. (FIRST smartest thing this woman has done so far in this town).

Back in fairyland, another bonfire, another box with a heart, no additional ghouls. Regina throws the heart on the fire and this time there’s a huge huge cloud. When it’s done, Regina puts a black rose on a grave and says “I love you Daddy.” “Henry, Beloved Father,” it says. Dum dum dum....now we know how adopted boy Henry got his name. How morbid. Regina is fixing up her tree while Mr. Gold, aka Rumpy, walks up. She brags to him that Emma is probably halfway to Boston by now. He lets her know he just saw Emma strolling down main street with the boy. He offers to help her, of course, for a price.She says she’s not in the business of making deals with him anymore. Does he remember? Oh right, the boy he got for her. Rumpy is a social worker? She then asks, "Where did you get him!?". Who is this Emma Swan? She asks Mr. Gold. He says she already knows. She orders him to tell her what he knows, but he refuses. Next week we’re going to get some of Snow White’s backstory, and some in present day of Snow and Charming in a coma.

So what do you think?  Does Regina believe she’s an evil queen? Will Charming come out of the coma? Who is Henry's father? Which fairy tale characters are the sherrif and the editor? Oh boy, can't wait!

I have a love/hate relationship with television shows. I am either a devoted fan, obsessed with watching every episode on time or with the DVR, or I ignore the entire series. I cannot just jump mid-season into a television show due to hype. The last show I did this with was "Lost" and boy, was I lost. However, the creative team of writers from "Lost" are behind this fall's newest hit (ratings went thru the roof last night for it's premiere) "Once Upon a Time". I am a huge fan of Ginnifer Goodwin, my favorite sister wife from HBO's "Big Love". I was so happy to see her continue on television despite her transition to comedies on the big screen. Being a girl who still lives in a fairy-tale inspired world, I was so eager for this show to debut that I was scared that my high hopes would be crushed with a new series that could be cancelled early (I am still upset about NBC's "The Playboy Club" being cancelled. I thought it was great). However, by the end of the first hour, I was so sad to see it end. I ended my viewing of the show slightly confused, surprised at how great it truly was, and hopeful for a full series from ABC.

In "Once Upon a Time", Jennifer Morrison (one of the recent stars of "House") stars as Emma Swan, a bail bondswoman whose life changes when the son she gave up for adoption 10 years before shows up on her doorstep. Henry ( the adorable Jared Gilmore) tells the disbelieving Emma that she's the daughter of Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin!) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas).

In flashbacks, we the viewers learn that all our beloved fairy-tale characters are under the spell of the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla, who could be a clone of Angelina Jolie), who has catapulted them out of fairy-tale land and into modern times. They now live in Storybrooke, Maine (ok, the name of the town is slightly cheesy), with no memory of who they really are. It's up to Emma, Henry tells her, to break the spell. Other characters we get to see right away are Geppetto and Pinnochio, Rumpelstiltskin and Jiminy Cricket.

I think my love of fairy tales, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Disney movies made me an instant fan, but I believe any lover of anything fantasy should truly like this series and become a regular watcher.

The insanely beautiful American model Arizona Muse covers the November issue of Vogue Paris. Captured in a unique closeup, the cover shows off her natural beauty- she wears a vibrant red lipstick, minimal makeup and a black bow-tie. This issue is a "beauty special" and features articles on how makeup has revolutionized over the years This cover is just stunning.

Almost 4 yrs together, 2 yrs with a wedding band. i love my husband, my best friend, and the best daddy to our Riley. love you babe!

The Twilight beauty, following in the footsteps of Hilary Duff and Alexa Chang, will be appearing in ads for the Spring 2012 campaign for DKNY. Ashley Greene commented to WWD today: "I’ve always loved Donna Karan’s creations. To be a part of the brands’ message is incredibly exciting because it feels like such an organic fit. It’s easy to talk about how these clothes work for my lifestyle, whether I’m in New York, L.A. or traveling for work.” DKNY executive VP Patti Cohen commented: "Ashley embodies everything DKNY -her energy, her spirit, her eclectic personal style. She is on the forefront of what it means to connect with a global fan base through social media, a focus that is aligned with our digital and new media initiatives.” First images of DKNY Spring 2012 global ad campaign with Ashley Greene will appear in January. Do you guys think DKNY made the right choice?

Just a normal day toting around a pumpkin in NYC, while hailing a cab. P.S. I Love her shoes!

The adorable Emma Roberts attended a party at a Swarovski store in New York last night wearing a shimmering bronze minidress with a sheer black collar. She added a pair of opaque black tights, silver earrings, silver and gold chain bracelets, and black heels.

I have a new love. The website is nextdirect.com and it is an affordable, trendy & fashionable company for children (and adults). Their clothing is designed with a Euro-comfy flair and reminds me a lot of the Gap (esp. their recent Portabello collection). Their clothing prices are amazingly low ($11 for tees, $20 for sweaters, $12 jeans) and I am shocked at the quality of the fabrics for the price. I recently ordered a couple long-sleeve shirts and a sweater for my son and when they arrived, I was instantly happy at the softness of the material and how well it's washed. They have adorable girl clothing and feature tons of layered looks (tights, leggings, tunic dresses) and for boys, they have a clever mix of "Nantucket" and "Fun". I am completely happy with this new found treasure online. They have mailer catalogs available by request, which come with a $10 off coupon and free shipping promo code. It's a must have for Christmas gifts this season, esp. at the affordable prices. The items below I purchased and would recommend highly.

Ok. So these amazing tights are $200. It's on the expensive side BUT these are the coolest tights I have seen in awhile. These Sock Horror Wolford Back Seam Ruffle Tights are just so oddly awesome. They are slick black tights with a seam running down the back of the legs and scalloped ruffles in the back. Appealing? You will never know until you try them on yourself!