2007 in Review

In addition to the announcement that Kate Moss was the “most e-Bayed” celebrity of 2007, FashionWatch.com reported that the Wall Street Journal awarded Dove 2007’s “Best Advertising Campaign” award for its “Eye of the Beholder” video. The online clip shows an average woman’s transformation into a billboard supermodel with the help of a team of makeup artists and hairstylists, bright lights, and elaborate post-production touch-ups. At the end of the clip, a caption reads, “No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted.” According to the Wall Street Journal , the clip cost $150,000 USD to produce and was viewed by over 24 million people after being posted on YouTube.

And what better way to ring in the new year than by being paid to attend a party? Alas, this isn’t the case for most of us, but as L.A. Times staffer Monica Corcoran pointed out in her blog All the Rage , celebrities, musicians, and socialites such as the Hilton and the Simpson sisters demand nothing less. Corcoran reported that this year, Paris and Nicky Hilton were to be paid $500,000 USD to “party” (read stand around and look pretty ) at Las Vegas’s LAX club, while Ashlee Simpson and her boyfriend Pete Wentz were promised $150,000 to host a party at Miami’s Shore Club. And don’t forget good ol’ Pam Anderson, who, according to Corcoran, was set to pocket over $100,000 for appearing at Pure nightclub in Vegas’s Caesar Palace — though compared to last year’s guest, Britney Spears, who pulled in $350,000, Anderson’s fee is… well… peanuts.

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