Here is a recipe for adorable Froggy-in-the-Water Cupcakes from pages 54-55 of kids cookbook, The Princess and the Frog: Tiana's Cookbook. The Princess and the Frog DVD and Blu-ray will be released on March 16th. You can whip a batch of these Froggy cupcakes to eat while you watch the film.
INGREDIENTS:
Blue food coloring
1 cup buttercream frosting
1 dozen baked cupcakes
12 large green gumdrops
2 dozen white chocolate chips
Black decorators' icing
DIRECTIONS:
Stir drops of food coloring into the frosting until you have a shade of watery blue. Frost the cupcakes.
For each cupcake, create a pair of frog eyes by slicing a gumdrop in half. Press a white chocolate-chip tip down into the cut surface of each gumdrop half, centering it near the bottom edge. Squirt a dab of black decorators’ icing onto each chip.
Set the frog eyes on the cupcakes, gently pressing them partway into the frosting to hold them in place.
Some plastic surgeons have a message for their wrinkle-conscious patients: stop chewing gum. Chewing gum leads to wrinkles.
It freshens our breath and helps us quit smoking, but some cosmetic surgeons believe chewing gum does one more thing: It gives us wrinkles.
"Many of my patients who are gum chewers have a certain pattern of wrinkles around their mouth," says Dr. Joel Schlessinger, a board certified dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon from Omaha, Neb. "And I think the gum is responsible to some degree for it."
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Experts attribute the gum-wrinkle connection to two things. First, there's the repetitive motion of chewing, which causes lines and folds around the mouth due to muscle overuse, says Dr. Hema Sundaram, a Washington, D.C.-area cosmetic surgeon and laser expert.
"I believe chewing gum promotes muscle over-activity and potentially breaks down support tissue within the skin, contributing to volume loss and perhaps loss of skin elasticity," she says.
What's more, chewing gum can dislodge dermal fillers that people have injected into their faces to plump up their wrinkles.
"It makes your Restylane and other fillers last less long," says Sundaram.
Your dentist will tell you that chewing sugar free gum will help reduce cavities and will reduce stains from drinking coffee and tea. But he or she will also tell you that chewing gum can dislodge expensive dental work. Plastic surgeons will tell you that using a straw all the time will make more wrinkles around the mouth, similar to those of smokers.
So, to sum up: to prevent wrinkles and keep your teeth white, don't eat, chew gum, drink coffee, tea or red wine, use a straw or go outside without vampire-level sunblock. Oh, and don't smile -- or frown. That really causes wrinkles.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on a potentially breakthrough treatment for severe asthma. The procedure is called bronchial thermoplasty, in which heat is used to reduce the airway smooth muscle in all airways reachable by the bronchoscope in hopes of reducing the airways ability to constrict. The procedure just finished trial studies and had good results. But there are risks and there are no long term studies on the procedure. It is meant for generally healthy people who have severe asthma which cannot be completely controlled by medications. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports:
Well, it's official. Reps for Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy confirm
that the couple has broken up. But no one knows why.
After a year-long romance, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy have broken up, a rep has confirmed exclusively to People.
No further details were available.
Jamie has been getting grief from fans on his Twitter page. Jamie retweeted a comment that said "I hate you. Jen is such an amazing person." He then asked "is this really necessary?"
Unfortunately, this is just the beginning of those kinds of comments, because they didn't issue a joint statement. So, what's going to happen on Ghost Whisperer? Will Jamie be off the show? Can they even stand to be on the same set together? Fans want to know.
Elizabeth Arden is celebrating its centennial with several specia limited edition products. The Elizabeth Arden Anniversary Scented Candle Floral Essence of Red Door ($29.50) is a limited edition candle encased in a porcelain canister as a collectable. The design was inspired by Elizabeth Arden's landmark building on 5th Avenue in New York City. Elizabeth Arden has also launched a limited edition Anniversary Lipstick in Red Door Red ($20). There is also a 100th Anniversary Celebration Eight Hour Cream ($29.50). You can find all the items here on Elizabeth Arden's website.
Kathy Hawk, the Senior Mammal Keeper at the San Diego Zoo, introduces panda cub Yun Zi to the public. Yun Zi is learning to climb and loves to play with his mother in the morning. This is the fifth panda cub born at the zoo, which has wonderful facilities. Take a look:
This Eiffel Tower clutch is from Timmy Woods spring/summer 10 collection. It was carried by Carrie in the Sex and the City movie. The crystal encrusted Eiffel Tower clutch containts sky blue enamel panels. It is handmade and handcrafted from acacia wood and Swarovski crystals. It is also contains a silkd cord handle. It comes with a signature Timmy Woods dustbag and can be purchased here from Harrod's for £ 3100 - about $4,700 U.S.
Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Joan Jett, Cherie Currie and director Floria Sigismondi all hit the red carpet to celebrate the premiere of The Runaways, in which Kristen plays Joan and Dakota plays Cherie. Taylor Lautner also showed up to support his friend Kristen. Take a look:
Gerard Buttler and Jennifer Aniston cover the April issue of W magazine. The two actors star together in the romantic comedy, The Bounty Hunter, which arrives in theaters on March 19th. W also interviewed Chris McMillan, Jennifer Aniston's longtime hairstylist and close friend, who was by Jennifer's side during the W photoshoot. He says they left Jennifer's hair dirty for the photoshoot because it created a "nice chunky texture."
You can see the photos from W's desert photoshoot here.
Marc Jacobs showed a new direction for Louis Vuitton at Paris Fashion Week. The fall 2010 ready to wear collection featured women -- as opposed to girls -- as models. Adriana Lima, Bar Refaeli, Elle MacPherson and Laetitia Casta all walked the runway and showed actual curves and cleavage while doing it. Now there's something you don't normally see at Paris Fashion Week. Marc let the hemlines down, way down, and showed perfectly cut skirted suits with a 50s feel and a modern cut, many with cleavage baring tops which brought to mind a young Sophia Loren. He paired the low cut tops with a simple pony tail to keep the look classic and elegant.
There were fabulous handbags and some really beautifully cut coats, as well. The color palette was dark, with many black, grey, navy and brown pieces. There were no pants in the collection at all, which he said is a bit old fashioned, but he likes it. So do we. Marc looked quite handsome; he took a bow in a perfectly tailored grey suit which had prominent shoulders. Take a look:
