A Jewelry Lover's Guide to 2020

Awards season kicked off with the 76th Annual Golden Globes (read our story here) with a dazzling array of diamond jewelry that was styled to perfection on many of the A-list actresses.  Tune in to see if this direction continues (which we think it will ) and what other celebrity trends will be made as the red carpet arrivals continue with The 25th Annual (SAG) Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019 and the 91th Academy Awards, which will be held on February 24, 2019. One prediction: more colored gemstones!

The Cartier Collection: Jewelry

The world-renowned house which produced iconic jewels from the 19th through 21st centuries is captured in this ultra-luxe two-volume tome of over 3000 pieces which date from 1860 through the present day. The Cartier Collection: Jewelry (Flammarion, Pub date: March 26, 2019) features legendary jewels from Queen Elizabeth, The Duchess of Windsor, Daisy Fellowes in addition to a host of other celebrities and royalty. Written by François Chaille , Thierry Coudert , Christophe Vachaudez , Violette Petit and Michael Spink, it traces the history of the house and the originality and daring of its designers. The books include works that are previously unseen and also included full-size reproductions and an illustrated chronology and documentation. It’s a lavish tribute and a must have for any jewelry enthusiast’s library. US price $450.

Is on view at Bard Graduate Center Gallery from February 14 through July 7, 2019, explores how the past is affecting the present. Curated by Sasha Nixon, the exhibit focuses on contemporary jewelry makers who borrow from antique forms, details and techniques to create modern jewelry works of art.

To reveal the process of jewelry wrought by hand throughout history, the theme reveals the history of the jeweler’s bench, where an ancient dapping block can be found, as well as a page from Diderot’s sixteenth-century encyclopedia and displays these elements alongside contemporary in-progress pieces. “We are attempting to engage our visitors in the way in which contemporary makers continue to build on the legacy of the lure of the past,” explains Nixon, “This includes ancient gold, cameos, and memory, value and fashion, power and prestige, or archetypes and attachment. “

Jewelry display and highlighted throughout the exhibit dates back from centuries and includes ancient Egyptian and Roman jewelry,  Etruscan goldwork and revival styles by Castellani, the Wade necklace by Tiffany & Co., a nineteenth-century masterwork wrought in diamonds and platinum and sentimental jewelry—which continue to emote long after leaving its original owners’ hands. There are also numerous supplementary images from antiquity through the present day.

These are accompanied by contemporary jewelry artists’ pieces. The artists include Ashley Buchanan, Jeanette Caines, Lin Cheung, Giovanni Corvaja, Mary Lee Hu, Gabriella Kiss, Otto Kunzli, Mary Hallam, Pearse, Nicole Jacquard, Anya Kivarkis, and Kiff Slemmons.

Beau Clark Reveals Details About His Wedding To VPR Star Stassi Schroeder -- Here's Why Their First Choice Venue Turned Them Down!

Beau Clark is one of the latest Vanderpump Rules significant others to earn an official spot on the cast. He recently revealed in an interview that he and Stassi Schroeder are in the midst of planning their wedding but hit a roadblock with their first venue of choice. Beau Clark Reveals Details About His Wedding To VPR Star Stassi Schroeder -- Here's Why Their First Choice Venue Turned Them Down!

Stassi has been a part of the show since the first season (with a brief intermission) so it made perfect sense to her to get married on the series which a few of her co-stars have already done. Unfortunately, their original Italian venue won’t allow filming!

Clark explained to Hollywood Life: ‘We’re doing it in another country so it’s like, and also dealing with production and stuff and trying to make sure that the venues allow filming. Like, our first choice they didn’t allow filming so that was a bummer.’

However, since the couple won’t be saying ‘I do’ until October 2020 — they have nearly a year to get things right.

Beau continued: ‘But it’s going, so we’re not stressed and I feel like at least we have enough time. I feel like we’re in limbo, but we’ve at least begun to start the first steps. We just have to wait for all the filming permits and going from one country to another country.’

Schroeder previously revealed that they are having a ‘small’ and ‘intimate’ overseas wedding which should make it less stressful. However, she called the wedding planning process a pain but still very fun.

Beau also claimed that his soon-to-be wife already has a wedding gown that he’s not allowed to see.

Although the VPR star prides herself in being ‘basic,’ there will be nothing basic about her nuptials.

She even joked in her Straight Up With Stassi podcast that they may get married on Halloween and have a spooky theme to their ceremony.

Aksys Games has officially launched the physical editions of Deadly Premonition Origins, the Switch exclusive release of the cult-classic survival horror game Deadly Premonition. The physical copies are available in both standard and collector’s editions. Act fast if you want to snag one, because it’s a very limited release.

The standard physical version of Deadly Premonition Origins comes with 2 collectible postcards featuring original artwork by Swery65, the creator of the game. The collector’s edition, however comes with a few cool extras. Not only do you get the collectible postcards, you will also receive a st of 6 metal pins in a collectible case. Purchasing the collector’s edition directly through the Aksys Games online store will get you an exclusive 13″ X 15.5″ copy of the Greenvale map. Quantities on the map are also limited, so hurry up and place your order if you are interested. Physical Editions Of Deadly Premonition Origins Are Now Available At Most Retailers.

Deadly Premonition Origins is a re-release of the PlayStation 3 Director’s Cut version of Deadly Premonition, a survival horror game that was released on the Xbox 360 way back in 2010. The game follows FBI Special Agent Francis York Morgan as he heads to the small town of Greenvale, Washington to investigate a mysterious murder of an eighteen-year-old woman. The murder bears some similarity to other killings that have been happening across the United States, and Morgan believes they are all tied to the Raincoat Killer. The story, setting, and overall atmosphere of the game are heavily inspired by the television show Twin Peaks.

Upon release, the game was received with incredibly mixed reviews. Some publications gave the game super low scores, with websites like IGN rating the game as low as a 2 out of 10. Other sites, like Destructoid, gave the game a perfect score, with many labeling the game as the perfect example of “video games as art.” In fact, the reception to the game was so polarizing that it actually holds a Guinness World Record for the “most critically polarizing survival-horror game” of all-time.

A Director’s cut version was release for the PlayStation 3 in 2013, which fixed some of the major issues with the gameplay. This version is considered the definitive experience, but once again was critically and commercially divisive. Over the years, the game has become almost legendary and grown into a cult hit. Fans have been so supportive of the project that an official sequel is finally on its way, titled Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise.

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise is for release exclusively on the Nintendo Switch sometime in 2020.

Untitled Goose Recreation, 2019 ‘s Indie Hit, Arrives In 4K Extremely HD On Xbox This Christmas

Untitled Goose Recreation was this yr’s shock hit. A easy sport, that apparently began out as a little bit of a joke, took the web by storm earlier this yr. You might need seen the memes and even performed the sport your self – it’s a stealth sport with shocking depth, attention-grabbing aesthetics, and an ideal humorousness. Untitled Goose Game, 2019 ‘s Indie Hit, Arrives In 4K Ultra HD On Xbox This Christmas


The sport was this yr’s surprising runaway hit. It offered over 100,000 copies within the first two weeks, with a giant displaying on the Nintendo Switch, turning out to be one of many largest video games of the yr for Nintendo’s flagship console. It even beat Hyperlink’s Awakening for the Quantity One spot within the States for a short while. However why?

Classed as a puzzle-stealth sport – it’s primarily Hitman with a goose – in Untitled Goose Recreation you tackle the position of a bothersome goose, terrorizing a quiet English village. The sport was developed by four-man studio Home Home from Australia, and revealed by Panic Inc.

It’s a easy premise that’s so fully healthful, surprising and numerous enjoyable. For many who’ve by no means met a goose in actual life, it’s additionally a reasonably correct illustration of the brazen orange-beaked birds. There are a variety of missions you should tackle, akin to destroying folks’s gardens and stealing a poor man’s hat. Oh, and a number of honking.

From December 17th you’ll be capable of decide up Untitled Goose Recreation on Xbox One and play it in 4K Extremely HD, possibly a bit pointless for a sport developed in Unity and working with easy block colours, however what higher approach to get pleasure from working rampant round a village with a goose? You’ll additionally be capable of take heed to the sport’s nice rating and scrumptious goose honks.

Alongside the announcement of 4K gameplay, the sport’s achievement record was additionally leaked. They’ll be 25 achievements total, together with some achievements which encourage you to finish ranges inside a sure period of time, and a variety of secret achievements which you’ll unlock as you play.

Caitlyn Jenner Reveals She BannedKardashians From Talking About OJSimpson After Trial

Caitlyn Jenner didn’t want to hear the name OJ Simpson in her home after he was found not guilty of murdering her friend Nicole Brown, she revealed on the new episode of ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’ KUWK: Caitlyn Jenner Says She Banned The Kardashian Sisters From Talking About OJ Simpson Following His Acquittal!

Two years after releasing her explosive tell-all memoir, Caitlyn Jenner spoke out about OJ Simpson’s murder trial again. Caitlyn, 70, told her co-stars on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! that she “banned” the Kardashian sisters from ever talking about OJ in their household after he was acquitted of friend Nicole Brown Simpson‘s murder. “It was a bad time for everybody, very difficult, We knew what happened and this trial was a joke and when the verdict came down Kris just turned around to me and goes ‘we should have listened to Nicole from the beginning, she was right,’” Caitlyn said on the December 4 episode.

She continued, “That night the verdict came in Kourtney and Kimberly were in school and obviously they loved their father, and they should, and they’d been following this for a year and a half and when they walked in the door. I think it was Kourtney who said: ‘Well I told you he didn’t do it.’ And I just said to the girls, ‘just because he got a not guilty [verdict] didn’t mean he didn’t do it and I don’t want his name ever mentioned in this house again.”

Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, and Rob Kardashian‘s father, Robert Kardashian, was one of OJ’s defense attorneys during the infamous trial. OJ was accused of murdering Nicole, as well as her friend Ron Goldman, and famously acquitted despite overwhelming evidence of his guilt. Nicole was Kris Jenner’s best friend, and OJ was Robert’s best man in their wedding (Kris and Robert divorced in 1991). Caitlyn revealed on the Australian reality show that she had seen Nicole two days before her brutal murder, and that she never liked OJ. “Too big an ego for me. We went on some vacations together with OJ and Nicole and the kids. I liked Nicole and she sure didn’t deserve what she got,” Caitlyn said.

Kim and her sisters lashed out at Caitlyn in a May 2017 episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians when Kris received an advance copy of her memoir, The Secrets of My Life. In the book, Caitlyn claimed that Robert knew OJ was guilty, but joined the defense team to “get back at his remarried ex (Kris).” Kim told the camera, “It is so shady that Caitlyn came over and gave me the book and then on the phone she said, ‘Well, the final version has a few more things in it. But don’t worry, it’s nothing about you.'”

“So she lied to me because that is about me if it’s about our dad,” Kim continued. “If you talk about my dad I will cut you. I have always had Caitlyn’s back. She is a liar. She is not a good person.” Caitlyn doubled down on her claims in a radio interview in November of that year.

Kitchen Remodeling Ideas and Designs

Our best kitchen designs will give you inspiration for your own kitchen makeover. Take a look at these kitchen decorating ideas to remodel kitchen decor and features for style, function, and flair in the heart of your home. Updating your cooking and food-prep area with a tile backsplash is a visually appealing, functional and long-lasting design choice, and it allows plenty of room for your own creativity to shine through. If you opt for a subway tile, you can even design your own pattern that harmonizes with the look you want. Check out more kitchen remodel idea.

Paint Dated Kitchen Cabinets

With a little work and a few basic skills, you can brighten a large or small kitchen design with fresh paint and new cabinet hardware. For a clean, sophisticated look, consider neutral tones or a bright shade of white. Check out How to Prep and Paint Kitchen Cabinets and our Cabinet Hardware Buying Guide for help with these simple kitchen ideas.

Add a Kitchen Island

From dining to dish storage to comfy seating, islands are for much more than preparing food these days. No matter your needs or the size of your kitchen, there’s an island for you. Take a look at these kitchen island ideas. Opt for open shelves instead of upper cabinets to provide display space and make a small kitchen feel larger. Install shelves at standard upper-cabinet height — the lower shelf should be approximately 18 inches above the counter. Open Shelving Ideas for Your Kitchen. 

You might be surprised how many new countertops impact kitchen designs. For example, this sleek granite countertop is beautiful enough to serve as a focal point for your entire kitchen. Countertop Buying Guide Make the most of an underused corner, and add extra storage space, by transforming it into a multipurpose nook for working, informal dining or simply enjoying a quiet cup of coffee. Don’t forget to accessorize your nook with plenty of plump pillows for maximum comfort. Get inspired with this Breakfast Nook Storage Bench.

A Weight Gainer

Why you need it: What better for packing on mass than a WEIGHT gainer. The main thing when bulking, next to getting your needed share of macro and micronutrients is, of course, packing on all the calories you can handle without turning into a balloon. Since you will be expending quite a bit of calorie while bulking, trying to add all that muscle, sometimes it will be hard to make your calorie-count every single day from nutritious self-prepared meals. Your family will not always be as supportive of an 8-meal a day habit. Take it from me. That's where weight gainers come in. Ranging from 600 to 3000 calories these gainers allow you to add serious additional calories from quality sources without having to spend hours behind a stove. Just mix and you have an instant high-calorie meal... and cost-effective too. They may seem expensive, but if you try to calculate what it would cost to make a similar meal yourself taking into account calories, quality and bio-availability of the nutrients, additional vitamins, bulking pills and minerals, and ease of preparation, you'll soon find just how little they really cost.

How it works: As an additional easy to prepare the meal they add calories to your daily totals drastically while giving you a correct balance of protein and carbs (1 to 1 up to 1 to 2, with most carbs coming from simple sugars) and a good helping of fat. Not to mention extra vitamins and minerals, which is not always the case with calorie-dense foods, which will be what you're targeting if growth is what you seek. This way you can get to your target healthily without running up the grocery bill too high.

How to use it: Use it as a post-workout meal, as a meal before going to bed (your burn up to 70 calls an hour while sleeping, keep that in mind) and potentially as meals when it is hard to prepare a meal, like midmorning or mid-afternoon, times you spend at work and so on. Use a serving, but be sure to pick a weight gainer that in combination with your regular meals and the number of shakes you will take will meet or exceed your demands without turning you into sumo. No need to invest in a 3000-cal shake if you already eat 3000 calls a day and take 2-3 shakes daily. That will only make you fat with that amount of sugar.

If you are of an endo-morphic (heavy) body-type it may be best to look into a low-carb gainer or even a Meal Replacement powder (negative protein to carb rate) to avoid excess body fat. The trouble with these is that they are very expensive, don't always provide the best balance of nutrients and they are pre-packaged, so they don't allow you to choose your doses and amounts. But for the endomorphs the amount of protein takes priority. If you are ecto- or mesomorphic its is best to get a weight gainer, it'll be hard to digest all protein and replenish Glycogen on an MRP. Protein powders are not an option because you need quite a lot, but the amount of pure protein that can be absorbed without extra fat or carbs is limited (30-35 grams). That's why neither protein nor MRP is included in this 'bulking' list.