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Blizzard
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Man that was a lot of snow! Ed saw more inches over the last two days than that time he spent a whole weekend watching porn.

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Ed needs some lovin'
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ATLANTA: Ed's been lying awake at night missing you, dude. It??™s been wayyyy too long since he??™s chatted with you over some type of alcoholic beverage down there in Atlanta. So! Meet Ed at The Grape at The Forum for the first mixer Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 6:30 p.m. Kindly RSVP to Atlanta@ed2010.com so that he can tell the bar how many people to expect. Once again, that's...
Tuesday, January 25
6:30 p.m.
The Grape @ The Forum, 5145 Peachtree Parkway
Norcross, GA 30092, 770-447-1605

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News
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1. NY Post
Our Nuptials Nation
January 24, 2005
http://www.nypost.com/business/39166.htm

The Brad/Jen split may not be in the headlines this week, but the spirit of celebrity canoodling is ??” and how. We've The Donald's nuptials, spreads on celebrity weddings, love stories, and romance's rebirth to keep us occupied ??” cozy reading for the coldest days of the year.

Donald Trump's new bride Melania Knauss is an undisputed bombshell, but we think her wedding dress is a downright bomb, as pictured on the cover of the February issue of Vogue. Sure, it lives up to The Donald's reputation for over-the-top glitz, but it looks right tacky to our eye. The preview of last Saturday night's nuptials reads a bit sugary, as well. Hard as it is to believe, Knauss isn't marrying Trump for his money (she's in love with him, really!), oh, and they'll be together forever. Much more refreshing are the first glimpses of spring fashion, evoking the old sailor theme in cool updated blue and gold.

Maybe it's the approach of Valentine's Day, but celebrity weddings are certainly in the air. InStyle adds its own spin to the subject with a 55-page spread of celebrity weddings and love stories of the year. It's not enough that these people are rich, successful and beautiful ??” they have to be in love, too! The mag offers its take on spring fashions, with alternating tribal and feminine looks. As for the cover of Nicole Kidman, isn't she a bit overexposed at this point?

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2. NY Times
'A Little Armadillo' Propels Cond?© Nast Abroad
By David Carr
January 23, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/24/business/media/24newhouse.html?adxnnl=1&oref=login&adxnnlx=1106586356-bGaWx/lTjEeZoA2+Ybj+Zw

Cond?© Nast Abroad Cond?© Nast International's British version of Glamour magazine became the best-selling monthly magazine in Britain, with a circulation of over 600,000. International markets have historically not been as lucrative as the United States for magazine publishers.

In 2002, a year after Cond?© Nast International first published a British version of Glamour magazine, Cathleen P. Black, the president of Hearst Magazines, the publisher of British Cosmopolitan, promised to crush the upstart magazine in Britain and elsewhere like "a little armadillo in the road."

It was a remark that stuck with Jonathan Newhouse, who is chairman of the international division of Cond?© Nast Publications, the American company that produces high-end magazines like Vogue, Architectural Digest and Vanity Fair.

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WhisperJobs
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Ed hears that ??¦
??¦ Seventeen is looking for a senior editor to do health (they??™re talking at least five years??™ experience). The executive ed. there is Leslie Heilbrunn: lheilbrunn@hearst.com. Do NOT mention Ed.
... send your job whispers to whispers@ed2010.com.