Blog Posts by Piper Weiss, Shine Staff

Marc Jacobs' ad featuring Dakota Fanning is banned in the UK.

Child star Dakota Fanning never went through much of an awkward stage. But her audience has. Watching the teenager move from family blockbusters to graphic rape scenes in indie films made viewers squirm. Now its the UK's Ad Standards Authority that's uneasy.

They're demanding a Marc Jacobs print ad featuring the 17-year-old child star be pulled immediately, because it's way too suggestive. "We considered that the length of her dress, her leg and position of the perfume bottle drew attention to her sexuality," an ASA spokesperson said in a statement.

"Because of that, along with her appearance, we considered the ad could be seen to sexualize a child. We therefore concluded that the ad was irresponsible and was likely to cause serious offense."


Let's look at the facts: There's a young-looking 17-year-old dressed almost like a doll, holding a floral bottle of perfume in between her legs, in a way that would make Georgia O'Keefe blush. The model in question is a child by most

It only happens every 100 years, so buckle up. Things are about to get weird.

Do you know what Wednesday is? The day after an asteroid narrowly misses our planet. It's also the day the emergency alert system has its first nationwide test. At 2pm, radio stations and TVs nationwide will be interrupted by 30 seconds of the most panic-inducing sound humans have come up with, but don't worry, it's only a test.

A test for what, an asteroid possibly hitting our planet? Maybe they should have tested this thing out a little earlier, just in case.

The emergency alert system has never seemed like the most reliable form of communication. First of all, who's idea was it to kick off news about an impending national disaster with a noise that makes any babies within earshot start crying? ("Before we tell you how bad things are about to be, a drumroll of baby wails, please.")

And how many of us are likely to turn to our TVs and radios before the internet-the fastest and most efficient alert system in the world. Thanks to instant messages, Twitter, Facebook and news feeds,

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When Ashley Richmond told her dad she was getting married, he was already thinking about his first dance with the bride.

"He said right away we're not going to do a slow dance," Ashley tells Shine. Father-of-the-bride David Sparks was prepared to put on a show for his daughter's wedding guests, but neither he nor Ashley were prepared for the 7 million viewers who'd turn their wedding reception video into a viral sensation.

It's been dubbed the best father-daughter dance ever: a medley spanning musical genres choregraphed by Ashley and her dad and performed on her big day. A month after their August 8 wedding, she posted the video on YouTube and things haven't been the same since.

There have been interviews with major news outlets, a live performance on Good Morning America, a front page article on their hometown paper, The Houston Chronicle. And more Facebook friend requests than Ashley can keep up with.

"My dad and I, we actually had people stop us at the airport because they

I'm done playing it cool: I'm really excited for Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux's new movie, "Wanderlust". The first trailer was just released and it looks really funny. I'm still going to pretend I knew this movie was the gateway to their love affair, though. (I didn't know that, did you?)

"Wanderlust" is one of those fish-out-of-water premises where a snappy New York couple ends up in a laid-back environment, which only heightens their anxiety. Usually that place is Alaska. But in the case of "Wanderlust", it's a hippy commune.

What separates this trailer from say "Did You Hear About the Morgans" is Paul Rudd, a bunch of funny people from "The State" (including director David Wain) and the chance to ogle at Justin and Jennifer in moving picture form.

Justin is part of the commune where Jen and Paul (the snappy city couple) move to. Based on teaser photos involving the real life couple in a sexy goat milking scene, the bearded J will be seducing the non-bearded J into some

The ice cream of the future could become the ice cream of the past. Dippin' dots is filing for bankruptcy protection which might mean the end of eating tiny little moth-balls while walking around a mall.

There's a chance the company can reorganize and pull itself up from it's bootstraps for the sake of dot-heads everywhere.
"Dippin' Dots, Inc. does not anticipate that this situation will interrupt its ability to deliver supplies or service to any of its valued customers during this period," a company spokesperson said in a statement. "Under a plan of reorganization, Dippin' Dots, Inc. will seek an equitable restructuring of debt that will allow the company to honor obligations to its vendors and other stakeholders."
I'm taking that to mean Dippin' Dots wants to live! Right now we're holding a vigil and placing a sample spoonful in a time capsule.

Perhaps the greatest cold snack invention since Bon Bons (remember those guys?) Dippin' Dots were, in fact, mounds of ice cream flash

Queen of Bhutan Jetsun Pema on her wedding day. (Getty Images)Kate Middleton is a style icon because she makes glossy magazine top ten lists, she whips little known designers into household names just by wearing their dress to dinner, and turns totally outdated trends into worldwide crazes (pantyhose, anyone?). But Jetsun Pema, the newly crowned Queen of Bhutan, is earning the title for very different reasons.

The poised, raven-haired 21-year-old is the fashion pinpoint of culture changing more rapidly than any other on the planet. The Buddhist kingdom of 700,000 has been one of the last to adapt to global technological trends, in an effort to preserve its ancient culture. Only a certain number of tourists are allowed in the country at a time, and television was just introduced 12 years ago. But these days Bhutan has a version of "American Idol", a generation of teenagers on Facebook, and now its very own fashion superstar.

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Like Kate, Jetsun is a commoner with a knack for updating