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Kristen Stewart wore a little white dress — a Chanel Haute Couture number — to the BAFTAs in London, and Demi Moore chose another Chanel dress for the L.A. premiere of Valentine’s Day in February.

Forget the LBDs. It’s all about the LWDs.

But bare necks work as well as a drop earring to add a little sparkle. The possibilities are endless. If you dare to be bare, be mindful of making sure you’re self-tanned — or at least your skin looks soft and not flaky. (It’s been a cold and snowy winter, so it will be nice to shed that alligator skin!)

By Sasha Charnin Morrison for UsMagazine.com. To read more of the Recessionista blog, click here.

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It’s a week before Fox unveils the seventh season of So You Think You Can Dance, and the show’s hostess is on the phone with a confession. “The first dress Christian Dior I bought where I thought I had gone completely mad was an Alexander McQueen,” Cat Deeley tells Style.com. “It was the most beautiful dress I had ever seen, like I had gone up to my grandmother’s attic and opened a trunk and pulled out this treasure of millions of layers of white tulle. It looked like a fairy-tale rock princess’s dress. I spent a fortune on it. But it’s so over the top that I’ve never, you know, actually worn it.”

Huh? This from the hostess of a weekly Fox dance-off?

But Deeley’s enviable wardrobe is reason enough for Christian Dior fashion-minded viewers to tune in, however they feel about splits and pliés. She’s quietly brought Balenciaga, Christian Dior, YSL, and Givenchy to prime time. “I like to have fun with what I wear on the show,” Deeley says. “People either love it or hate it, but they always have strong opinions about it. And, for me, that’s what fashion should be about.”

Even with more designers—especially countrymen like Burberry’s Christopher Bailey, Stella McCartney, Matthew Williamson, Alice Temperley, and Giles Deacon—making their collections available to her, Deeley says she still picks up many of her ensembles at vintage stores on the road during auditions. (She’s also got a strong feeling for French designers like Roland Mouret, Isabel Marant, and Lanvin.) So, what’s on deck for next Thursday? “I never know what I am going to actually wear until the morning of the show,” she explains. “I Christian Dior go into the studio and see how I’m feeling—ballsy or not? Then I pick the outfit and turn to my makeup team with detailed scenarios—like, think Talitha Getty in Morocco or Jerry Hall meeting Andy Warhol. That’s how we do it. I’ve definitely put some crazy things together in my time.” So why not wear the McQueen dress after all? “It’s so over the top that everyone would literally turn around and say I’ve gone clinically insane,” she laughs. “Maybe instead I will just get it framed.”

The U.S. government takes action only when an affected U.S. company or industry has filed a legal petition showing it has been harmed or threatened by the imports, he said.

(Reporting by Doug Palmer; editing by Mohammad Zargham)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. concerns about China’s Giorgio Armani  policies to promote domestic innovation by imposing unfavorable terms on foreign companies will be a major topic at high-level bilateral talks this month in Beijing, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday.

Locke also defended a string of U.S. anti-dumping duties against Chinese steel and other goods over the past several years that have prompted Beijing to accuse the United States of protectionism.

The United States is in the midst of a review on such "export controls" and will have more to announce on that in coming months, Locke said.

The issue is seen as a sign that China is retreating from Giorgio Armani  steps it has taken to open its economy to foreign companies over the past several decades.

On another topic, Locke acknowledged Beijing’s interest in the United States’ easing restrictions on U.S. exports of high-technology goods to China.

Many companies in the United States and Europe object to Chinese policies aimed at increasing China’s share of the world’s most valuable patents and trademarks by requiring companies to develop and register intellectual property in China to qualify for certain government procurement preferences.

"We will be raising the issue of indigenous innovation … throughout the trip, including at the S&ED" (Strategic & Economic Dialogue) meeting, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told reporters ahead of a clean energy trade mission he is leading next week to China.

He noted the cases represent less than 3 percent of total U.S. imports from China.

But he noted less than 5 percent of U.S. exports to China currently require a license, and said most exports of controlled technologies to China are approved in Giorgio Armani  a "very fast and expeditious way."

Today, the Xperia X10 is available in most parts of the world, though True Religion not in the U.S., and Sony Ericsson doesn’t have anything new to announce on that front, according to a spokeswoman. The X10 Mini and Mini Pro will go on sale by the end of the second quarter.

Prior to the big upgrade, the X10 will get a smaller software update. It will arrive in the next couple of weeks and aims to enhance the usability and performance on the X10,Discount Abercrombie&Fitch, according to the blog post.

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10, X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro will all get upgraded from Android 1.6 to version 2.1 during the fourth quarter, the phone vendor True Religion said in a blog post on Wednesday.

After the upgrade, the Xperia X10 will be able to record video at 720p and connect to other consumer electronics devices using DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance). Sony Ericsson will improve their own additions to Android, Timescape and Mediascape, as well. The two applications organize messages such as Twitter posts, Facebook updates and SMS messages, as well as phone calls and multimedia.

The use of version 1.6 on the Xperia Android devices has irked many users. The blog post thanks them for their patience, and acknowledges that the timing for the upgrade might not meet some of their expectations.

That kick-started Hollywood’s summer box office season in auspicious style in the United States and Canada, but quickly muted any further talk of a possible record-breaking weekend for the Robert Downey Jr. star vehicle.

Reviews have been mostly positive, if less than rapturous, potentially helping to sustain weekend momentum for "Iron Man 2" through the Mother’s Day holiday in the United States on Sunday.

The film unspooled earlier in international markets and has Ankh Royalty totaled $200 million in cumulative worldwide ticket sales. The sequel to May 2008’s "Iron Man" cost at least $170 million to produce, with Marvel laying out roughly $75 million in additional marketing expenses.

July 2008’s debut of "The Dark Knight" from Warner Bros. holds the opening-weekend record of $158.1 million, while Paramount-distributed "Iron Man 2" looks likely to land in the $125 million-$135 million range through Sunday.

Elsewhere on Friday, Warner Bros.’ remake of horror movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street" ranked second with $3.3 million and cumulative total of $42.7 million at the start of its second weak.

Fox’s action comedy &quot,Cheap Ed Hardy;Date Night" grabbed the bronze medal position among daily grosses, with another $1.6 million shaping a $77.2 million cumulative Ankh Royalty total on the cusp of its fifth weekend in release.

The Friday tally for "Iron Man 2" — featuring a $4.1 million contribution from 181 Imax venues — included $7.5 million in midnight Thursday receipts.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Marvel Studio’s "Iron Man 2" soared to the top of domestic box office charts with an estimated $52.4 million in ticket sales Ankh Royalty from its first day in release on Friday.

The plan aims to increase living standards, build the region into a "well-off society" after 10 years and maintain long-term stability, the newspaper said, citing a report in Oriental Outlook magazine, a publication of the official Xinhua News Agency.

The ethnic problems in the far-western region boiled over last July into riots that also left nearly 1,600 people hurt.

"Improving Xinjiang’s economy is the only way the government can stabilize the region, not by guns or increased security," said Hu Zhaoliang, a professor of regional development at Peking University, who has researched the region.

China’s worst ethnic violence in decades began when Ed hardy belts Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking minority ethnic group, clashed with police during a protest in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi.

Han Chinese in Xinjiang accuse Uighurs of being more concerned with religion than business, and unfairly favored by quotas for government jobs and university places.

The program will be launched in 2011 and is expected to yield significant results within five years, Vice Premier Li Keqiang was quoted as saying by the China Daily.

"If China had acted sooner, not as much resentment and anger would have been built up in the region," said Hu. "Now, with this new plan, the government is hoping to create more stability and prevent unrest."

BEIJING – China plans to inject nearly $1.5 billion into a western region that is the site of simmering unrest, boosting its economy in hopes of reducing ethnic Ed hardy belts tension after riots last year killed nearly 200 people.

The report in the magazine was published late last Ed hardy belts month. No reason was given why the China Daily did not report the news until Wednesday.

Xinjiang has been the site of simmering unrest for years, with ethnic Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs) saying they have been marginalized as more and more Han Chinese move into the area. Chinese experts say the plan, if successful, will help ease those tensions and any potential unrest.

Various regions across Xinjiang, including 82 cities and towns, will received investment from 19 provinces and municipalities around China next year to help improve housing, employment and education opportunities under the plan, the state-owned China Daily newspaper reported Wednesday.

The plan calls for pairing financially strong regions such as manufacturing-powerhouse Guangdong province and Beijing with less-developed cities in Xinjiang, such as Hotan and Kashgar, the China Daily reported. It did not give financial figures but said areas outside Xinjiang will be required to provide training and education in addition to financial support.

China has touted its success in developing Tibet’s Ed hardy belts economy, creating jobs and substantially raising the standard of living. But critics worry the rush into Tibet could wreck much of the high-altitude region’s delicate ecosystem, and an influx of the majority ethnic Han Chinese threatens its Buddhist culture and traditional way of life.

China blames the rioting on overseas-based groups agitating for greater Uighur rights in Xinjiang, but has presented no direct evidence. The region was smothered in heavy security following the violence.

The Uighurs see Xinjiang as their homeland and resent the Han Chinese who have moved into the region in recent decades. They say the Han have unfairly benefited from the riches of Xinjiang, a strategically vital Central Asian region with significant oil and gas deposits.

China’s leaders, who recently replaced Xinjiang’s unpopular Communist Party boss, Wang Lequan, are expected to hold a major development meeting later this month on the region.

China’s other major ethnic area,Discount Abercrombie&Fitch, Tibet, has also suffered from tensions, and the government has poured billions of dollars into the region, encouraging development of transportation and other industries in the long-isolated region.

"By helping locals with language barriers and giving them better opportunities, the resentment will slowly wane," Hu told The Associated Press.

Viewership of the yearly contest that has dominated television for much of the past decade is off. The 19.4 million people who watched last Tuesday represented a 17 percent decline from the same week in 2009, the Nielsen Co. said. Wednesday’s tally was off 10 percent.

For the week of April 26-May 2, the top 10 shows, their Abercrombie shorts  networks and viewerships: "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 20.4 million viewers; "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 20.06 million; "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 19.42 million; "NCIS," CBS, 16.29 million; "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 15.62 million; "The Mentalist," CBS, 14.84 million; "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 13.63 million; "60 Minutes," CBS, 13.5 million; "Survivor: Heroes vs Villains," CBS, 12.74 million; "Dancing With the Stars Results," ABC, 12.39 million.

NBC’s "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.7 million viewers (5.1, 11). ABC’s "World News" was second with 7.1 million (4.8, 10) and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.3 million viewers (3.6, 8).

ABC has reasons not to be happy about the premiere of "Happy Town," a series it debuted last week on Wednesday night. It ranked No. 57 for the week with an estimated 5.3 million viewers.

Meanwhile, it appears CBS’ "60 Minutes" had a "Conan bump"Abercrombie shorts&nbsp,fake abercrombie;  in the ratings, a trend that TBS can only hope continues. Nielsen said 13.5 million people watched Conan O’Brien’s first interview since leaving the "Tonight" show, with Steve Kroft. That’s about a million more than the newsmagazine usually gets in April, when Daylight Savings Time cuts into its viewership.

The caustic Cowell, "American Idol’s" most dominant personality, announced in January this would be his final season. He’s doing it without his frequent foil, Paula Abdul, who was replaced by Ellen Degeneres.

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A ratings point represents 1,149,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation’s estimated 114.9 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

CBS won the prime-time viewership race last week on the strength of its regular lineup, averaging 9.5 million viewers (6.1 rating, 10 share). Fox had 8.3 million viewers (4.9, 8), ABC had 7.7 million (5.0, 9), NBC had 5.7 million (3.7, 6), the CW had 1.9 million (1.3, 2) and ION Television had 1 million (0.7, 1).

NEW YORK – The Simon Cowell era of "American Abercrombie shorts  Idol" is sputtering to a close on Fox.

It’s pulling "Idol" back to the pack. The two airings were still the second- and third-most popular prime-time programs last week, but ABC’s "Dancing With the Stars" was No. 1.

ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox and My Network TV are units of News Corp. NBC and Telemundo are owned by General Electric Co. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks. TeleFutura is a division of Univision. Azteca America is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V.

O’Brien begins a talk show on TBS in November.

Among the Spanish language networks, Univision led with a prime-time average of 3.6 million viewers (1.8, 3). Telemundo had 1.2 million (0.6, 1), TeleFutura had 850,000 (0.4, 1), Estrella had 220,000 and Azteca had 200,000 (both 0.1, 0).

Both measures exceeded the expectation of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, who forecast earnings of $1.50 per share on revenue of $180 million.

Baidu’s American depositary shares rose $88.61, or Bape  14.3 percent, to $709.99 in after-hours trading on Wednesday, after climbing $1.27 to close at $621.38 in the regular session.

NEW YORK – China’s Internet search leader Baidu Inc. Bape  said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income jumped 165 percent as revenues and advertising customers grew.

Revenue per online marketing customer rose 34 percent from a year ago to $864. That figure was up 3.5 percent from the previous quarter.

The company also announced a 10-for-1 split for its American depositary shares that will be reflected in share prices as of May 12. The ordinary shares are not changing.

Net income in the three months to March 31 rose to $70.4 million, or $2.02 a share.

For the second quarter, Baidu said it expects revenue to rise 67 percent to 70 percent to between $268 million and $274 million.

Baidu said it had about 221,000 active online marketing customers, up nearly 20 percent from a year ago but down 1 percent from the previous quarter.

Baidu got a big boost in China last month after Google Inc. shut its mainland-based search engine to move to the Chinese territory of Hong Kong. Google was Bape&nbsp,Discount Abercrombie Fitch; protesting government censorship of search results.

Revenue grew 60 percent to $189.6 million.

Sallie Mae set aside $325 million for managed private education loan losses, or loans that are likely to go unpaid. Its overall provision for loan losses increased 43 percent to $356.1 million, from $250.3 million last year.

In preparation for the change, Sallie Mae started restructuring its operations to align costs with future revenue expectations. The restructuring will result in a work-force reduction of 2,500 and accounted for the restructuring charges. Holler said about half of the positions will be gone by the end of this year, and the rest will be eliminated by the end of 2011.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters, on average, expected profit of 29 cents per share. Wall Street typically excludes one-time charges in its estimates.

Operating expenses rose to $328 million in the latest quarter from $295.1 million a year ago, increasing mainly because of the restructuring.

RESTON, Va. – Sallie Mae, the nation’s largest student Dieselreatment lender, on Wednesday posted a profit for the first quarter, reversing a year-ago loss, as bad loans eased and it lent to more students.

The better-than-expected results boosted shares in aftermarket trading following the release. The stock added 38 cents, or 3 percent, to $13.50, from its close in the regular session at $13.12.

Sallie Mae originated $7.7 billion in federal student loans in the first quarter, up 16 percent from a year ago. Average managed student loans slipped to $181.9 million, from $185.2 million a year ago.

Sallie Mae said its &quot,Cheap True Religion;core," or adjusted earnings, came in at $212 million, or 39 cents per share. Core earnings included the restructuring charge, but excluded tDieselreatment  for student loans bundled together as securities and derivatives, the complex financial instruments used as a hedge against swings in interest rates.

First-quarter private education loan originations were $840 million, compared with $1.5 billion one year ago, reflecting tighter underwriting and increases in federal programs. Sallie Mae spokeswoman Martha Holler said such loans will be the company’s primary business in the future.

After paying preferred dividends, Sallie Mae, formally known as SLM Corp., earned $240.1 million, or 45 cents per share, compared with a loss of $21.4 million, or 10 cents per share, last year.

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The results included a charge of $19 million, or 4 cents per share, for restructuring.

These federal loan originations will soon end. As a result of student loan reform signed by President Barack Obama during the quarter, private sector companies will no longer be able to make federal student loans after June 30.

Net interest income, or money earned from lending, shot up to $854.5 million, from $215.1 million last year. Fee income, which included a gain on debt Diesel repurchases, was $255 million, down from $353.7 million last year.

The company charged off — wrote off as uncollectable_ $284 million of private managed education loans, down 5 percent from $298 million in the fourth quarter of 2009.

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