Megan Fox to Host Saturday Night Live’s 35th Season Premier

Saturday Night Live’s 35th season will premier September 26 and they can’t think of anyone better to host their season premier than the Transformers star Megan Fox.

An insider close to Fox told Life & Style:

“Megan is psyched to have gotten this opportunity. She has a lot of surprises in store for the audience. This is the perfect opportunity for her to show off her comedic skills, as she’s launching her new movie Jennifer’s Body [on September 18].”

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First Phase of Credit CARD Act Takes Effect

The initial provisions of the Credit CARD Act have gone into effect, giving consumers more notice on interest rate hikes, more time to receive their bills and the ability to say no to APR increases.

The more significant aspects of the bill, signed into law in May, don’t go into effect until February of 2010. Those provisions include restrictions on interest rate increases and marketing credit cards to people under 21.

Three changes that have went into effect:

Issuers must now give a 45-day notice instead of 15 days before a rate increase. This gives the cardholder a chance to shop around or pay off the card.

“The extra month of notification is good for consumers but it is still our responsibility to notice these changes. Rate increases are fairly widespread right now, so pay attention to your bill inserts, email notifications, or the plain white envelopes in your …

Project Runway’s Lifetime Debut a Huge Success

The sixth season of Project Runway premiered on its new home network, Lifetime, and it premiered in a huge, huge way.

According to the Nielsen ratings, Project Runways’ ratings were up 32% from 2008′s season 5 premier, bringing in over 4.2 million viewers.

Congratulations to a great premier Project Runway, the highest-rated competition reality series on cable this year!

If you didn’t catch the season premier, you can watch it online at MyLifetime.

Credit Card Fraud–How to Protect Yourself

This week, Albert Gonzalez was charged with involvement in the biggest case of credit/debit card data theft in United States history. Federal prosecutors allege that he was part of a group of hackers that seized access to 130 million credit and debit accounts. This is a startling number and a good reminder of the importance of protecting account information.

According to a Javelin Research study released in February, the number of identity theft victims in 2008 increased 22% over 2007 levels to 9.9 million adults in the United States. The total annual fraud (the amount criminals were able to obtain) increased only 7% in 2008 versus a year ago to $48 billion. Surprisingly, the average fraud amount decreased by 12% to $4,849 and the consumer costs of fraud dropped by 31% to $496 per incident in 2008, down from $718 the previous year.

“The cost of …

Kat Von D Creates Tattoo Concealer for Sephora

Kat Von D, the famed tattooed lady and artist has recently released a concealer exclusively through Sephora to cover up tattoos. To show how well the new product works (a formula she says, quote “[she and her team] pretty much almost killed ourselves over…[because she] really wanted it to be something that was waterproof and wasn’t going to get on [her] clothes”) she posed for a photo shoot of both herself before applying the concealer and after.

Take a look:

That is pretty impressive, if you ask me!

Tattoos are very difficult to cover, especially if you try covering them with regular concealer; not to mention the fact that your concealer color is going to wind up on your clothes, regardless of where your tattoos are located. I have two tattoos myself that are both made …

Non-Toxic, Natural Craft Supplies for Your Young Artist

Safety is the biggest factor when buying arts and crafts supplies for your children; but parents are not double checking the ingredients used to make some of the biggest-selling supplies on the market. All natural, non-toxic, water-based supplies are definitely the route to go when purchasing new supplies for your kids to dive into (sometimes literally.)

Here are some safe supplies to opt for the next time you find yourself shopping for the supplies to let your little artist create their masterpieces.

Crayons

Stockmar’s Beeswax Block Crayons ($29.95)
Stockmar crayons are made of non-toxic and sweet smelling beeswax. Long lasting and brilliant in color, they are a favorite for parents, children and schools. This set of 16 block crayons presents endless artistic possibilities. Place the crayon on one side and draw endless skies with a single swoop. Use …