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I was just invited to a very cool master class " Deconstructing The EXORCIST " at the Egyptian Theater in LA  led by the VERY talented  Visual Consultant Thomas Ethan Harris .   Now when I hear about Harris's master class film events, I usually I try to make it up there as they're absolutely wonderful, but this film?  Really?  REALLY?   OMG. This film STILL scares the living shit out of me STILL.   It still scares the living fuck out of me.   Like nothing else. I found out last year my older daughter watched it on YouTube (against my better judgement) and now just laughs at me about this (and everything else) and thinks it's a dopey crap film.  But me?   No way.  Still the scariest thing on film ever made. If I even watch the shortest clip of it I seriously can't function alone at night.  I'm like LIGHTS ON.  DO NOT THINK ABOUT EVEN ONE SCENE FROM THAT THING.  If I'm out walk...

OC's newest, biggest event fashion and beauty expo is about to hit the runway! This time? ~ Costa Mesa, OC!  v STYLE CON OC FASHION EVENT - Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  I can get you a $10 discount for this amazing deal if you go to purchase your tix at stylecon   for $19 by using my promo code: LOUISE.   (You're welcome!) I just spoke with Robyn Grant, one of the brains behind the beauty of this new concept in fashion who describes the event as a bit less of a shopping event  than a huge exploration, fashion-forward happening, or a "platform for all things style." ---- Love it! What STYLECON.COM  promises is a super fun, generous celebration of trends, culture, beauty, fashion and fitness, food, selfies, famous bloggers, free stuff by the bagful and more. Basically, if you are a women age 16 to 30+  with a heartbeat, you are gonna LOVE this event.    One $29 ticket buys you all this and a massive swa...

Or Otherwise Entitled: "Be Comfortable In Your Own Shoes Because You're Going To Be In Them A Long Time."      23-year-old supermodel-turned-actress Cara Delevingne has never shied away from telling the public how she really feels — especially when it comes to the modeling industry. However, here her astonishingly frank, brave interview with the wonderful Rupert Everette, contains insights which I hope all women, especially young women, do take the time to watch from start to finish. Hats off to Delevingne for her inner strength and courage not to give up on herself. That took the most courage of all.

Still speechless at how perfect she was. And so filled with grace to keep sharing her profound talent with the world while facing her own crushing, lethal imperfections. Heartbreaking.

OCTOBER 11, 2015 Sacred Carnality BY MARY KARR This essay is drawn from “The Art of Memoir,” by Mary Karr, published byHarperCollins. My holy of holies is the human body —Anton Chekhov, May, 1888 Carnality sits at the root of the show-don’t-tell edict that every writing teacher harps on all the time, because it works. By carnal, I mean, Can you apprehend it through the five senses? In writing a scene, you must help the reader employ smell and taste and touch as well as image and noise. The more carnal a writer’s nature, the better she’ll be at this, and there are subcategories according to the senses. A great glutton can evoke the salty bite of pastrami on black rye; the sex addict will excel at smooth flesh; the one with a painterly eye visual beauty, etc. Every memoir should brim over with the physical experiences that once streamed in—the smell of garlicky gumbo, your hand in an animal’s fur, the ocean’s phosphor lighting up bodies underwater all acid green. O...