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Though "The Hills" star is no longer with Teen Vogue, she wants her fans to know the rumors of her being fired are not true, according to a report on People. "No, no, it was a decision I made because I was kind of done," she told the magazine on Friday at the opening of the Jimmy Choo Flagship store in Beverly Hills. "I've been doing it for about two years, so I'm kind of done." When contacted by Access Hollywood, MTV had no comment on the report of the firing. Now that Lauren is no longer with Teen Vogue, what's next for reality star? "Honestly, I can't tell you because I haven't decided yet. I'm looking. I really like working backstage at fashion shows, so I'm looking kind of in production. I love it. It's like the most amazing high.
How Rihanna and M.I.A. delivered the most profound political ...
But despite her quasi-reinvented persona (new haircut!) and semi-scandalous tabloid misadventures, she was mostly a stunning conduit for the song's songwriting/production team. The distinctive melodies that emergent Atlanta songwriter Terius "The-Dream" Nash and producer Christopher "Tricky" Stewart jammed out this year will be emblematic of an era, in the same way Ginuwine's "Pony" handed Timba-land the late '90s and ODB's "Got Your Money" predicted the Neptunes' early-'00s dominance. Dream and Tricky's '07 collabos, including J. Holiday's "Bed" and Dream's own effervescent "Shawty Is Da Sh*!," were strung indelibly together by the signature "Umbrella" stamp, that hiccupping eh, eh, eh vocal phrase, a device Dream kept on his Prince-y fantasia of a solo record, Love/Hate. Before Good Girl Gone Bad, her third, Rihanna was a beautiful blank slatewhatever personality she brought on her own wasn't exactly dazzling us into her orbit.
A taste of things to come?
And the MGM Grand Detroit, which opened Oct. 2 to oohs and aahs and a steady stream of gaming-hungry visitors, is precisely the sort of palace that casino advocates envision for Block 37, or any of a handful of other suggested Chicago sites.
Because the MGM Grand Detroit—note the absence of the word "casino" in the official name—is one impressive, $800 million piece of eye candy, loaded with appealing features. A 100,000-square-foot casino floor. An attached 400-room luxury hotel with a 20,000-square-foot spa. Five lounges and bars with tricked-out visual features. And, of course, acres of meeting space.
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