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Just in time for the Rebecca Grant fashion show, is the new look Rebecca Grant website. Come and visit, and if you want to see all new photos and even shop for my new fashion line, you can do it all here.  I welcome you, and invite you back for more galleries, more clothes in the store, and more news to follow.

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Rebecca Grant Fashion Line to be shown just in time for Mothers Day 2012 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village, California. The fashion show is a charity benefit for the Universal Love Foundation. This special event will include: luncheon, silent auction, boutique, entertainment as well as the Rebecca Grant fashion show. Rebecca Grant would like to thank Richard Bowman and Xavier Othon for their help in the production of the Rebecca Grant Fashion line.

Date of Fashion Show: May 5, 2012

Location: Four Seasons Hotel
2 Dole Drive
Westlake Village, California

Invite: CLICK HERE FOR INVITE

Charity Website: Universal Love Foundation

Charity Phone: (805) 231 – 3618

Luncheon donation $135

Rebecca Grant will not only be featuring her own fashion line, but will model her line in an upcoming photo shoot.

Hi everybody who loves IHOP, college basketball, is a fan of mine, or just wanted to see some pics of a babe.  My Mary Clark IHOP sportscaster character is back with a new commercial titled  ”Final Favorites”  to announce my final pick.

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The IHOP commercial was released after last weeks “ Eggstatic 8″  Breakfast Bracketology commercial for IHOP.  I really take over in this new commercial as my co-host is way to busy stuffing his face with IHOP pancakes. People really want to win breakfast for a year at IHOP, so the campaign has been very successful.

We all knew Kentucky was in the finals and would most likely win the college championship game. Kansas was a bit of a surprise if you follow all the sports talking heads and the no it all’s, but if you look at consistency, Kansas is usually on everybodies list and brackets.

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I was kind of rooting for Ohio State, just because Kansas will be losing anyway to Kentucky in the big game, and partly because I wanted to see a change of tempo to that of half court Big 10 style. Ohio State deserved to lose after self destructing in the second half with such a demoralizing lead.

Most people in the country who follow college basketball had Kentucky to win it all, a long long time ago. Do you have them winning, or was your bracket ruined a long long time ago?

Follow me on Twitter and like my facebook fan page. To win breakfast for a year, go to IHOP’s facebook page and play Breakfast Bracketology.

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Rebecca Grant Audi commercial for Fletcher Jones Audi of Beverly Hills.

Women are buying cars:

A new study by an automotive industry analyst says: 38.5 percent of all new vehicle registrations in the United States are attributed to women. The analyst added that the rate of women buyers, keeps going up each year. Car dealerships know who is buying their vehicles, and they also know that people who drive Audi are amongst the most beautiful behind the wheel. A new survey brings to light the idea of who’s sexier behind the wheel, and according to a UK firm, Audi drivers are more physical appealing. Confused.com says 21 per cent of men rated women Audi drivers as the sexiest – and women agreed, voting male Audi drivers top with 31 per cent.

Luxiourous travelling is important for when I travel the world exclusively in first class, but is equally important when riding locally near my home. When I found out fletcher jones opened an Audi dealership in Beverly Hills, California, I had to check them out. Audi has always been one of my favorite automobiles, because of their attention to detail and their approach to style, handling and power. The Fletcher Jones commercial came about because I am really into cars with power and style and they wanted someone with the sincerity and honesty to really desire an Audi. I showed up to the video shoot in my St. Johns dress, and they went crazy for it, and told me not to change a thing. The commercial turned out great and I had a great time driving the Audi TT RS around Beverly Hills. Follow me on twitter and make sure to like me on facebook.

For the most Part my last four are intact, well at least 3 of the 4. How well did your bracket hold up?

The next commercial for IHOP’s breakfast bracketology just came out where I play sportscaster Mary Clark. You finally get to see my playful side, as I get into a fight on the set over who has the beat bracket picks. Anything with pancakes, is my pick.  I would really like to know your picks for the remaining four, and for your favorite breakfast at IHOP? Comment on this post, or on my Twitter  @rebeccagrants  or my Facebook to let me know.

The 1st-3rd rounds of the tournament are over. We are now down to 16.  Is your bracket miraculously intact, or is it broken, like most of America? Were you in some pool, where you had schools selected for you, or did you break your brackets all on your own? You need to share what happened to you, no matter how bad or how good.

My picks for the last four:

I had picked Florida State to make it to the finals, but now that its over and the school broke my bracket. I have to rethink things. Michigan State was in my original bracket going through, as well as Kentucky. I had also picked North Carolina as my fourth pick to make it. Perhaps Cincinnati will be my new 4^th team to make it? (If Ohio brag rights mean anything to the Ohio State  players, school and state, then Ohio State’s pride might be to much to handle for the upstart Cincinnati)

Big Ten Excites me

I have been very impressed by the Big Ten this tournament, much more than in the past, and if it was not for Michigan going down to Ohio University, they would have been perfect. I still think Ohio State has a great chance, as long as there are other players besides Sullinger coming to shoot the lights out. Indiana is also very impressive, and could give Kentucky a hard time. From what we all have witnessed, Wisconsin could take out Syracuse. Michigan State will have a tough battle with Louisville, but the matchups might not work out for Louisville’s favor, and we could see Nix and Payne have big games, or free up 3 point sharp shooters. Green is the answer for all problems.

Who else is left in the remaining 16?

Kansas, has had a tough game they had played in beating Purdue, but I am hearing about injuries, that may destroy their chemistry. I do see them beating North Carolina State though.

My last hope is the kids from Florida:

The Gators are looking very tough, so I would recommend not to count them out just yet.

IHOP wants you to fill out your breakfast bracket on our Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/FPSBvx for a chance to win breakfast for a year!

Don’t forget to start trending #BracketMary to let me know you are a true fan of mine.

Rebecca

Dungeon Siege 3 Katarina played by Rebecca Grant

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contest to win 8×10 photo of Rebecca Grant

ONLY HER FANS CAN HELP Katarina!!!

We are trying to get the word out about how good ds3 is, and about the Katarina character played by Rebecca Grant. If you post links about Rebecca Grant and Katarina and this post to forums, facebook walls, twitter, and any other high traffic sites, and you refer the most visitors, Rebecca will send you an autographed 8 x 10 photo. (this contest will run every week, with a new winner chosen each week) winners will be verified by site traffic analytics, and the top referral will be posted at the bottom of this post, or a new post with winners names, handles or avatar will be published. You can also send a tweet to @rebeccagrants with the link you placed.

Dungeon Siege III and the hot babe heroine Katarina

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The main differences in Katarina’s character and other video game characters, is the length and depth that Square Enix and Dark Horse Comics took to not only give the origins of Katarina, but actually visit her as a 4 year old child, to show how she used her powers as a child. Not since Superman and Superboy has a comic book and video game gone to such lengths to give the full background story for a larger than life character. Katarina is special because nothing was spared, when it came to the character development of the heroine Katarina, from the video game Dungeon Siege III. (DS3)

While the video game is now on sale, we expect many more images of Katarina in the very near future. Come back to the website to see more photos, screen captures and and wallpaper of the the video game heroine Katarina in ds3

Help Katarina!!!                        Help Rebecca Grant!!!

We are trying to get the word out about how good ds3 is, and about the Katarina character played by Rebecca Grant. If you post links about Rebecca Grant and Katarina and this post to forums, facebook walls, twitter, and any other high traffic sites, and you refer the most visitors, Rebecca will send you an autographed 8 x 10 photo. (this contest will run every week, with a new winner chosen each week) winners will be verified by site traffic analytics, and the top referral will be posted at the bottom of this post, or a new post with winners names, handles or avatar will be published. You can also send a tweet to @rebeccagrants with the link you placed.

Dungeon Siege III (ds3) is also a comic book

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Three web comic books will be released weekly, each introducing one of the four playable heroes from the upcoming game, making this an absolutely essential experience for players. Then with the release of the video game Dungeon Siege III on June 21, 2011 an all-new, full-color print comic introducing the fourth character will be packaged with Dungeon Siege III exclusively at Wal-mart.

The Dungeon Siege III web comic will deliver three exciting vignettes by writer Jeremy Barlow (Star Wars: Rebellion) and artists Iban Coello (Iron Man: Iron Protocols) and Sergio Abad (Transformers: Prime). This will be the first comic to be available digitally through www.digital.darkhorse.com.

We are looking forward to seeing a square enix display of Dungeon Siege III at  Comic-Con International on July 21-24, 2011 (preview night on the 20th) San Diego, CA

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Rebecca Grant exemplifies the body and spirit of an all grown up Katarina, and was the perfect choice to make the Katarina character come to real life.

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BUY dungeon siege III NOW!!!

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Why do people fantasize about video game characters like Katarina?

While teens and adults fanatasize about video game characters, Rebecca Grant as Katarina will make fanatsies come to life, as the character lives in the same way that Angelina Jolie brought Lara Croft to life. A very important fact is that both Lara Croft and Katarina are designed and developed by the same video game company Square Enix. The book Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium, discusses video game players (gamers) and other peoples’ inability to differentiate real people and objects from fictional people and objects seen in television, films, and video games. The book attempts to explain why so many teenage boys have crushes on video game characters, citing the tagline used for the above-mentioned article which reads “Virtually Sexy: Katarina is there for you when the real babes aren’t.” An editor for a newspaper on college campuses stated that characters like Katarina are cited as primary examples of a character who is in control of her sexuality, but added that this was only due to her “coy desirability”.
People who read the Dungeon Siege III comic book series, will feel like they have known Katarina, her whole life.

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Will Katarina become an action figure collectible?

In the world of action figures, we see the need for the Katarina character to come to life as a toy action figure, complete with two removable pistols and a diorama display base.

Who is Katarina?
Katarina is the illegitimate daughter of Hugh Montbarron – the former Grand Master of the Legion – and a Lescanzi witch. Her mother’s people are nomads and wanderers, distrusted by many people in Ehb… but they are skilled in both warfare and magic, and Katarina has been trained in their ways.

Katarina takes a thoroughly practical approach to conflict resolution: stay out of sword’s reach, and settle your problems with firearms. With her rifle in hand, she can fell distant foes, and even the most resilient enemy can be brought down by her ensorcelled bullets and debilitating curses. When forced into close combat, Katarina uses sorcery and a pair of short-range shotguns to repel attackers.

Dungeon Siege III, developed by Obsidian Entertainment, Inc., arrives on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and on Windows-based PCs on June 21, 2011. The three Dungeon Siege III comics are now available for free download on DungeonSiege.com at the Dark Horse Digital Store www.digital.darkhorse.com

Product Features
Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
For the first time, play DUNGEON SIEGE on high-def consoles
Players will be able to adventure by themselves or with friends in co-op multiplayer
Uncover a deep story that only Square Enix and Obsidian Entertainment can deliver
Pick from unique and highly customizable character classes with a wide range of abilities to choose from;
Players will have weighty decisions to make that will impact their alliances, enemies and the culmination of the story

Product Details
Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
ASIN: B003O6G1L4
Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 5.5 x 6.8 inches ; 4.6 ounces
Media: Video Game
Release Date: June 21, 2011

Pre-order Dungeon Siege 3 and receive the Bite of the Arakun, a Ring of Poison and Withering which gives all of your weapons a chance poison your target with lingering injury or soften their defenses. The promotional code will be emailed to you within 2 business days after the product ships. Offer valid when shipped and sold by Amazon.com. Limit one per household. Amazon reserves the right to change or terminate this promotion at any time.

Product Details
Platform: Xbox 360
Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
ASIN: B003O6E9EK
Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 5.4 x 7.5 inches ; 4.5 ounces
Media: Video Game
Release Date: June 21, 2011

Product Details
Platform: PC
Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
ASIN: B002I0JJAW
Item Weight: 5.4 ounces
Media: CD-ROM
Release Date: June 21, 2011

From the Manufacturer
For centuries legionnaires have protected the nation of Ehb until they were betrayed and all but driven to the brink of extinction. Now that evil has returned to Ehb the people turn to the few remaining Legionnaires for the protection of the past . As an heir to the legion will you accept this plea for help? How it will all be resolved is up to you!

Dungeon Siege 3 is an Action RPG that seamlessly blends intuitive fast-paced gameplay, a robust RPG system featuring a large selection of abilities, loot galore and the depth of story Square Enix and Obsidian Entertainment are known for creating. Players will be able to adventure by themselves, on the couch with friends, or online in a fully multiplayer experience.

Product Description
Torn asunder, the delicate balance of power between the kingdom of Ehb’s powerful factions has fallen apart. As one of the few remaining members of the disgraced protectors of the land, the 10th Legion, it is up to you to rebuild the once great Legion and stop Ehb from falling into darkness. Joined by a group of unique companions, you will travel through the striking land of Ehb defeating all manner of villains and beasts through a combination of heroic abilities, screen shaking magic and pure cunning. DUNGEON SIEGE 3 seamlessly blends intuitive action gameplay, a robust RPG system featuring a large selection of abilities, an extensive multiplayer component and the depth of story Square Enix and Obsidian Entertainment are known for creating.

This item will be released on June 21, 2011.

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Will Katarina become the next Lara Croft?

When you hear the name Lara Croft, you might think “what a babe”, “what a body” This is what a woman of action is supposed to look like. Perfect proportion. In the book “The Art of Virtual Seduction” by Mark Cohen, he describes Lara Croft as much more than a virtual heroine of a video game series. Lara Croft is a role model, industry spokesperson, actress, and seductress. Take an in-depth look at the making of this digital celebrity and her world-wide rise to stardom. Everyone knows how to make this tomb raider jump, shimmy, and swim, but do you know what makes her tick? We think that Dungeon Siege III’s heroine Katarina, is equal in many ways to Lara Croft.

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In the book: Lara’s Book – Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider Phenomenon by Kip Ward and Douglas Coupland, they explore the digital love affair people have with the character.

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Lara Croft is much more than the sum of her 38,000 polygons. Having jumped out of her virtual 3D environment and into the real world saturated with magazines and rock concerts, Lara has taken on a life of her own. With countless Web sites, fan letters, merchandise, TV commercials, and comic books dedicated to the worship of the world’s digital Diva, Lara’s fandom has swept the globe. Get to know the real Lara Croft-a fearless, tough, and completely loveable femme fatale!

Douglas Coupland turns his keen eye to the world’s love affair with pop culture icon Lara Croft of the fabulously successful Tomb Raider video games.

In another book about the sexy phenom Lara Croft intitled: Lara Croft: Cyber Heroine (Electronic Mediations) by Sue-Ellen Case, she describes Lara Croft as an international celebrity.

In Sue-Ellen’s book, The virtual archaeologist-adventuress has been featured in various sequels to the original game, a line of action figures, two Hollywood films starring Angelina Jolie, forty comic books, a series of novels, and a variety of clothing, merchandise, and ephemera. She has appeared on the covers of Time and Newsweek, spawned innumerable Internet fan sites and a library of adulatory fan fiction, become a pornographic sex symbol, and even inspired a look-alike beauty pageant. Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky’s groundbreaking study examines Lara Croft as a cyber heroine – a female body ubiquitously inhabited by game players, an icon of both female strength and male objectification, and the virtual future of fame. Despite Croft’s prominence there have been few critical inquiries into her bridging of the boundary between virtual and real worlds or the extent to which she reflects and influences the image of women in digital media.

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What were the marketing strategies and frenzy that precipitated the Lara Croft phenomenon? For girls and women, Croft is a symbol of empowerment, a tough and self-assured riot grrl who has opened up the overwhelmingly masculinized world of computer gaming to female participants. At the same time, she personifies both heterosexual male fantasies and the twinned processes of globalization and cultural imperialism. Drawing on feminist and cultural studies, Deuber-Mankowsky sees Croft as symptomatic of the new media environment and its tendency to erase all qualitative difference, even sexual difference.

Airing between Mad Men commercial breaks are period pieces or vignettes from real life products, but made to look like they are from the era of Mad Men or even part of the show. Rebecca Grant was hired to be part of this groundbreaking style of TV commercials.

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Set in 1960 New York, Mad Men is about the lives of the competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising. The task of filling this world with authentic objects falls to the production’s property master Scott Buckwald. In this photo essay Scott explains the unique challenges that he and his department needed to overcome in order for the show to recreate an accurate vision of corporate and home life in 1960′s New York.

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Actual books have been written on how to capture the fashion style of the hit TV show on AMC Mad Men, and it took a crew of fashion stylists, set decorators, and many others to produce the commercials, that correctly portray an era, an aura, and of beauty.

The Fashion File: Advice, Tips, and Inspiration from the Costume Designer of Mad Men
 

The best book about Mad Men fashion styles, comes from the costume designer of the TV show Janie Bryant. In her book  ”The Fashion File”, Janie gives advice, tips and inspiration from Mad Men.  How she dresses and styles Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks), Betty Draper (January Jones), The Fashion File is published by Apple Press

Who is Janie Bryant?
Janie Bryant is the winner of multiple Emmys and Golden Globes, the US television series Mad Men has recieved endless acclaim for its striking visuals and fabulous representation of 1960s America.
The book contains a foreword by Mad Men star January Jones, an introduction, and eight chapters that take the reader on an elaborate journey of styling. Despite drawing heavy reference to all of the Mad Men characters to illustrate her points and to juxtapose different styles, Janie provides styling advice that anyone can adapt for their own personal use.
As well as offering her own recommendations about styling, Janie constantly reminds the reader that she is someone who looks to other people for inspiration. I was fascinated to read that Janie compiles inspiration boards (boards on which you attach cuttings and pictures to help you reach an end goal – in this case, styling) and encourages other fashionistas to do the same in order to “capture the mood of how you want to look”. She also features an entire section of her icons and inspirations, featuring the likes of Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor.

With these facts in mind, there is a constant undertone that each woman is capable of compiling her own individual style and that – although these tips may be useful – the reader ultimately has the power and creativity to style themselves perfectly. This, for me, is what sets The Fashion File apart from other books of its kind; it exhilarated me to want to concoct my own fashion recipes.

The Fashion File would be an asset to the bookshelf of any fashionista and is a compulsory buy for a Mad Men fan.

About the AuthorEmmy-winning costume designer Janie Bryant creates all of the looks seen on TV’s Mad Men. She has worked on numerous films and TV shows. In 2005, she won an Emmy for her period costumes on HBO’s Deadwood and she took home the prestigious Outstanding Costume Design award from the Costume Designers Guild in both 2009 and 2010.
Monica CorcoranHarel is a Los Angeles-based style writer who has reported on fashion and the culture of keeping up appearances for InStyle, Variety, Forbes and the Style section of the New York Times. She alsoconsults as a fashion expert for Project Runway.

Product Details
* Hardcover: 192 pages

* Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style (November 4, 2010)

* Language: English

* ISBN-10: 9780446572712

* ISBN-13: 978-0446572712

* ASIN: 0446572713

* Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 1 x 9.5 inches

* Shipping Weight: 2 pounds