Diesel celebrated its 30th anniversary this weekend by hosting the Diesel xXx Rock & Roll Circus event on Pier 3 in Brooklyn, NY last night. The coolest kids in NYC this weekend made their way off the island and ventured into Brooklyn for the festivities … here are a few pics from the red carpet:

Since 1978, Diesel has been producing (in my opinion) the most consistently cool fashions around. Year after year, season after season, Diesel has been designing and producing the hippest fashions, the coolest accessories and the best jeans around. While other fashion houses may have more caché, I find that Diesel manages to put out very cutting-edge fashions that are relatively inexpensive (at least, compared to the higher-priced fashion houses). I’ve been a Diesel fan for years and rarely ever go anywhere without wearing at least one piece from Diesel. But, I digress … last night’s Rock & Roll Circus soiree in NY was a balls-out shindig that really did bring out all the coolest kids in town. The concert was broadcast live online and performers included Chaka Kahn, Franz Ferdinand, T.I., Pharrell, Hot Chip and the always amazing M.I.A. — who also inadvertantly made an announcement while she performed on stage. She is pregs, y’all! After the jump, check out a few pics of M.I.A.’s very prominent baby bump … (more…)

Lego Building Blocks is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their minifigures this year and in celebration, Lego has come up with a few cute little celebrity incarnations of their famous little Lego people. Normally yellow, these celebrity Lego people are flesh-toned and, in my estimation, are pretty damn good representations of the celebrities they portray … here are the Lego versions of Vicki B. & David Beckham, Madonna, Amy Winehouse, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and the twins Vivienne Marcheline & Knox Léon Jolie-Pitt:

Lego, the Danish plastic toy firm is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the minifigure. It has launched a website with videos and photos and is encouraging enthusiasts to enter a movie making contest to show their own interpretation of the minifigures’ adventures. The minifigure started off in 1978 as a largely featureless yellow figure but has since evolved to include realistic characteristics including skin colour and facial hair. The plastics toy firm has also produced ‘famous’ minifigure versions of characters from the big screen such as Spiderman, Darth Vader and Indiana Jones. Last month Lego announced that its half year profits have more than doubled, partly due to the success of its classic and movie/celebrity contracts.

I’m a BIG Legos fan from way back in the day. Nothing would give me more pleasure than building a model out of Legos and then smashing that model onto the tiled floor of our basement so that it would break into hundreds of pieces. Unfortch, I would smash the models so hard that some of the Lego blocks would break and my mom stopped buying them for me … but it was fun while it lasted. I think it’s awesome that Legos is having this much fun with the 30th anniversary of their minifigures. I know there are some Lego fans out there who prolly appreciate this as well, yes? So cute! My fave is the Becks one ;)

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While George Takei and Brad Altman were just beginning married life together in downtown LA this weekend, “old married couple” Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale were bizzy celebrating their 6 years of marriage at Mozza elsewhere in LA yesterday. Here are a couple pics of the pair making their way out of the restaurant last night:

It’s kinda hard to believe that Gwen and Gav have been married for 6 years! I mean … I know they’ve been married for a while but 6 years is a long time — in Hollywood, it’s a lifetime … several lifetimes. Now that the couple have 2 sons (Kingston James McGregor who is 2 years old and Zuma Nesta Rock who was just born in August) and 6 years of marriage under their belt, I have to wonder what is next for the happy couple. More kids? Probably. More years of happily wedded bliss? Definitely. These two are so awesome together … it warms my heart to know that real love like this can actually survive — anywhere. Congrats!!!

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I have to send out much love and a very Happy Anniversary to my good friends Kirsten and Darion who I had the extreme fortune to meet one year ago today. Kiki, D and I met at the LA Film Festival screening of Once More with Feeling: The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Musical episode in Westwood, CA and have been practically insuperable since. Here is the very first pic that the 3 of us took together one year ago today:

Look at how young Darion looks! He looks like a baby in this pic … and my fauxhawk looks harsh, I’m glad I retired it (thanks Josh). Kirsten and Darion have become two of my best LA friends and I love them dearly. They always come as a set and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Kiki and Darion are among the founding members of The Gang^TM (along with Mike and Paul) and I love them both very much. We’re planning a big anniversary dinner when I get back to LA.

Tonight I fly off to Detroit to see my family and friends … but things are all great for me. I think I lost my wallet on Wednesday night and am stressin’ out hardcore. All of my credit cards, my ID and one of my Liz Phair ticket stubs were in there (along with some cash) and I fear I’ll never get any of it back. There’s still a chance it’s here in David’s apartment but thus far, no luck. Blah. I will have to spend sometime pulling together funds for my travels so I won’t have time to get much more work done today :(

Anyways, I’ll be comin’ atcha for the rest of the weekend from Detroit rock city … have a great Friday!!