Blog Posts by Piper Weiss, Shine Staff

If it seemed like this year's TV slate was particularly entertaining, there's a reason: women. They're not just in front of the camera, they're literally running the show. The Hollywood Reporter's List of the 100 most powerful women in entertainment pulls the curtain back on the CEO's, presidents and creative executives steering the pop culture mothership in 2012. Most of the women in their round-up are TV executives holding down key roles in what used-to-be a boys-only club. You can thank these women for convincing networks to spend millions on a show about storage spaces, convincing a movie star to do a TV movie, and convincing you to watch one more episode of "Kardashians"--even nothing really happened in the last three episodes. Yeah, they get us.

Hudson and Brad in their most recent trip down the runway together. (via twitter @CC_Linlithgow) Hudson Kroenig: remember that name. He's fashion's rising runway star. He's also four.

On Tuesday night, Hudson walked his third Chanel runway show, at the annual Chanel Metiers d'Art collection in Scotland. Dressed like Little Lord Fauntleroy in a bowed blouse, knickers, kilt, and a velvet beret, it was the kind of outfit that would prompt most kids his age to throw a tantrum. But Hudson is a professional.

Christy Turlington's 8-year-old models

At age one, he was photographed for German Vogue. By two he was taking Paris' fashion week by storm, walking for Chanel hand in hand with his father Brad. By four he had two campaigns (Fendi, Dolce&Gabbana), and several glossy photo shoots (W, Harper's Bazaar, Pirelli Calendar) under his belt.

Hudson was born into the industry. The 32-year-old Brad Kroenig is one of the leading male supermodels in the industry. After rising the ranks from Abercrombie poster-boy to the face Chanel, Brad became close with Karl Lagerfeld, the iconic brand's

Jessica Hay giving an interview with the Today Show. (NBC/Today.com)Before Kate Middleton confirmed she was pregnant, Kate's friend spilled the beans. Uh-oh. On Monday, the royal couple's reps made an official announcement, putting to rest the seemingly endless speculation dating back to their honeymoon. The pregnancy is in its "very early stages," read a statement from St. James palace. "The entire royal family is delighted with the news."

The timing was suspicious. Only two weeks earlier, Kate's high school friend Jessica Hay broke the news to New Idea magazine, an Australian gossip rag.

"They're planning to make an announcement in December," Hay told the magazine. "They've discussed it endlessly and don't want to be older parents." She went on to predict William to be a "hands-on dad" and even dished about the amount of kids they plan to have. "It seems very traditional, but of course they'll be happy with boys or two girls, they don't want more," she revealed.

What will the royal spawn look like?

Not long after her quote was picked up

"We made a bad decision when we purchased this product," Marta Calle, CB2's President and Chief Merchant wrote in a statement to Yahoo! Shine. "We apologize for the product and the insensitive language used in its description. We have pulled the product from our stores and our website. Please accept our apologies for this lapse in judgment."

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The insensitive product is no longer available at CB2, Crate and Barrel's younger, edgier spin-off: A coffee cup wallet.

It may seem innocuous at first glance, but several news outlets took offense when the wallet appeared in CB2's latest catalog.

First of all, there was the product's name: "The Lucky Beggar Wallet," a reference to the coffee cup's use as a method of gathering spare change.

Then there was the description: "Street Fare. Inspired by the iconic blue and white coffee cup often seen in the hands of

When you're pregnant, everyone seems to offer unsolicited advice. But if Kate Middleton needs a fashion muse for her maternity wear, she need look no farther than her late mother-in-law. The People's Princess blossomed during pregnancy, remaining loyal to her two favorite designers, and letting her mood, rather than a guest list, dictate her wardrobe choices.

Move over Hollywood moms, there's a new maternity fashion icon. With Kate Middleton pregnant, the clothing industry is giddily anticipating a "Kate Effect." for the baby bump set. "Everything from styles through fabrics to designers are going to benefit," royal expert Charles Jacoby tells Yahoo! Shine. The biggest benefactors, of course, will be those lucky designers who become Kate's go-to stylists for the next nine months. So who will they be and how will Kate's look evolve with impending motherhood? We've got some ideas.

Have you heard of the "uncanny valley"? That's the theory of life-like inanimate objects. The more human they look the cuter they become, that is, until they're almost too human. Then they start to creep us out. That point of no return is called the "uncanny valley," and it's the home to a collection of dolls created by French Artist Laurence Ruet. Ruet is one of a handful of specialty doll-makers customizing "fake babies" so human-looking they're often mistaken for the real thing. But Ruet doesn't stop with babies. She's created a series of life-like kid dolls with remarkably "uncanny" human features and expressions. The result is not exactly something real kids want to hug when the lights go out.

(via Mary Jo Buttafuoco/Getty Images)

In the early '90s, everyone had a joke about the "Long Island Lolita." The tale of the promiscuous, troubled teenager who shot her lover's wife in broad daylight fueled late night monologues, "Saturday Night Live" skits, and endless tabloid alliterations.

As a kid I remember lighthearted debates over who made the better Amy Fisher: Alyssa Milano or Drew Barrymore, both cast as stars of the made-for-TV movies. The pronunciation of 'Buttafuoco' seemed to keep adults in stitches, as did impressions of a facially-paralyzed Mary Jo.

Looking back on the 20-year anniversary of Fisher's sentencing, the story is not the joke or sensation I remembered it once to be. It's a sad story about a troubled kid, a cheating husband, an era of demented tabloid journalism, and a woman who survived it all.

At 57, Mary Jo Buttafuoco is both prepared and reluctant to talk about the case. In an email this week to Yahoo! Shine, she offered only a nutshell description of all that happened, perhaps