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90s phenoms Clueless and 90210 have both gone through the remake ringer a few times, but now it's iconic styles from the original film and television series that are being resurrected. Thanks to a request by Ilaria Urbinati, co-founder of boutique Confederacy in L.A., Calvin Klein is reissuing the strappy dress that Alicia Silverstone made famous in the cult classic. Now you can channel Cher Horowitz with your very own spaghetti strap mini dress, which costs a cool $915 and comes in white or 'Hot' red. Says Instyle.com of Calvin Klein's designer Francisco Costa, he "was so taken with [Urbinati's] passion [after she reenacted a scene from the movie where Horowitz announces to her father she's wearing Calvin Klein for him] that he went home, watched the scene on YouTube, had the original dress pattern dug out of the archives in Italy and had it re-created exclusively for Urbinati’s boutique."

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imageMaybe viewers miffed with this bit of casting news from the set of 90210 will borrow a title from Nick Flynn to express their ire toward the show. Jessica Walter, née Lucille Bluth, is being downgraded from series regular to a regular role for the second half of the series' first season. One insider said it didn't make sense to "pay her all that money to utter two funny lines an episode." Note that, however, it does make complete sense for them to keep Annalynne McCord on payroll full-time for her terrific contributions.

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The actress enrolls in West Beverly High and lives to blog about it

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The new [not Beverly Hills] 90210 just lost what little legitimacy it might have aspired to. In conjunction with the show, a whole line of products -- ranging from apparel to cosmetics and school supplies -- will soon be available. These products will feature "iconic graphics" from both the new and original shows. Luke Perry's sideburns, perhaps? The original show did have a line of products too, most noteworthy being the Beverly Hills 90210 action figures!

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We'd die. But since the spin-off looks worse than Tori Spelling's, um, face, wethinks we'll live. But some of the Peach Pitters are coming back, in what will surely turn into the "Celebrity Rehab" of primetime soap operas. First, Jennie "Kelly Taylor" Garth announced that she would pick up her role—as a guidance counselor at Bayside or whatever it was called. Then today, Tori "Donna 'I'm A Virgin But Now I'm a Total Slut' Summer" Spelling said she would be back as the owner of a fancy boutique in Bev Hills. Which totally makes sense, since she was the worst dressed character on the show. But what of the other denizens from that famed zipcode, and the former key to my savings account? How should they blossom from 30-year-old high-schoolers to outright adults?

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