Diane Lane

Diane Lane, Fergie From the Black Eyed Peas, Rosario Dawson & Shannen Doherty Are Among Those Who Personally Designed Corsets to Benefit Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance.

Frederick's of Hollywood hosted a private, live auction for VIPs last night at its new flagship boutique, hosted by four-time Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore who actively raises awareness for the TS Alliance. The online auction is the first opportunity for the public to bid on corsets personally designed and signed by celebrities, including: Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas, Tori Amos, Rosario Dawson, Diane Lane, Alan Cumming, Allison Janney, Patrick Dempsey, Jamie-Lynn DiScala, Shannen Doherty; and famous lingerie designer Jacalyn Bennett.

Each corset is a true reflection of its designer; racing-enthusiast Patrick Dempsey designed his with racing patches and checkered ribbon; Tori Amos accompanies her "Midsummer Night's Dream" corset with a narrative in her sketch book. Winning bidders receive the celebrity's autographed sketch page of their corset design.
Here's the corset designed by Diane for this event:

Hair loss

Diane kicked off the campaign on July 13th by cutting her hair live on NBC's Today Show. Her interest in health and wellness and her compassion for others led to her involvement in Pantene Beautiful Lengths.




“For some women, dealing with the stigma of hair loss, an inevitable side effect of certain cancer treatments, while trying to get well again can be overwhelming. It's one more burden that they have to bear during an incredibly difficult time.


Pantene Beautiful Lengths was created to help ease this burden. My dream is that every woman who hears about this will become inspired to grow her hair and donate a natural resource that only she can give.

twenties

i love all movies too! cotton club and the big town i like it too, because it's the gold old time in the twenties and this fab music! you have to know, that i'm playing sax and i love this great jazzmusic!

Lengths Charity Campaign

I have added more pictures of Diane on her apperance on "Today Show" cutting her hair on live tv and donated to Pantene Beautiful Lengths Charity Campaign for women with cancer!!

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filed a petition this month with the U.S. Forest Service to bar such construction in 4.4 million acres of roadless areas covering one-fifth of the land in 18 national forests. The targeted areas are not currently protected under federal laws or regulations.

The governor's action sets up a battle over proposed new management plans for the four Southern California national forests, including the Cleveland forest of San Diego, Riverside and Orange counties, as well as the San Bernardino forest of Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The plans, essentially zoning documents that provide general guidelines for what activities may take place, and where, were unveiled late last year.


Collectively, the four plans would open the door to road building in 90 percent of the region's 1 million acres of unprotected roadless areas, said Mary Wells, executive director for the California Wilderness Coalition. Schwarzenegger is proposing to slam that door shut. He is calling on the Forest Service to revise its management plans to reflect his goal of keeping roadless areas roadless.

"We are taking action to keep our pristine forests roadless and in their natural state," Schwarzenegger said in a statement. "It is critical that we safeguard these areas. They are home to plants and animals at risk of extinction, provide incredible recreation and are the source of drinking water for millions of Californians."

The governor's action is being lauded by environmental groups that have been pushing for designation of more wilderness areas in the Southern California forests and greater protection for endangered species.

But it is being roundly criticized by offroading groups seeking to expand recreational opportunities for what they say is a growing number of people who prefer to explore the forest via four-wheel-drive truck, motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle.

Lane looks forward to reunion with old partner Rodney

If not as well-known as Seals & Crofts or Loggins & Messina, Lane & Rodney were at least as famous as Cecilio & Kapono.

Of course, the early 1970s were the heyday of the acoustic folk duo. Simon & Garfunkel may have been the most successful, but the above bands also carved out significant fan bases during the '70s. And if the folk duo pretty much disappeared from the Top 40 charts in the 1980s, the lingering popularity of the format some three decades later can be seen in recent reunion tours by Loggins & Messina and the ongoing career of Cecilio & Kapono.

John Lane & Mark Rodney issued three albums in the early 1970s, and had two hits ("You Are a Song" and "Somewhere in the Night") - and then split up in 1975, pretty much disappearing from public view.


They will reunite, playing together in public for the first time in 31 years at Normal Heights Methodist Church for the Acoustic Music San Diego series.

So where have they been all these years?

"My last contract was in 1980 with 20th Century," Lane said by phone from his San Fernando home he shares with his wife and twin college-age sons. "They signed me to do a solo record.

"Shortly before the album was supposed to be released, the label got sold," he said.

If that album never saw light of day, the process of making it led Lane into a different musical career.

"When I was doing that record, I met a guy who did commercials. He introduced me to these guys up in L.A. I ended up doing commercials and movies and theme titles for TV cartoon shows, like 'Tom & Jerry Kids,' 'Garfield and Friends.' "

"Then in the '90s, I met a guy named Michael McLean, who was up in Salt Lake City. He was an ad exec guy, and it turned out he was a great songwriter. So we evolved into a songwriter team, which we still are today. He kind of got me back into writing songs again."

By this time, Lane was the staff songwriter/musician for the hit TV show "Touched by an Angel" and its spin-off, "Promised Land."

After "Touched by an Angel" was canceled in 2003, Lane said he received an e-mail from a Lane & Rodney fan asking if he would perform at a house party in Malibu.

"I played a 2 1/2-hour set - it was really a lot of fun, people were singing along. It was a freakout."

Shortly after the house party, Lane said fellow '70s folk-rock veteran James Lee Stanley called. They ended up recording an acoustic album of Rolling Stones covers released last year, "All Wood and Stones."

Which brings us back to the present, and the upcoming reunion.

While Lane has been re-immersing himself in the acoustic music scene, Rodney (son of the late jazz trumpeter Red Rodney) hasn't been playing professionally for about 15 years, Lane said. Their breakup in '75 wasn't friendly, and the two men lost track of each other after the mid-1980s.

But Lane said a couple years ago, his brother-in-law found some old tapes containing live recordings of Bardorf & Rodney in concert.

"I had to find Mark - Mark had to hear this," Lane said.

He tracked down Rodney, and the two have been corresponding for a while. When Carey Driscoll, the producer of the Acoustic Music San Diego series, booked Lane, he mentioned in passing how exciting it would be to have a reunion at the show (which also marks the third anniversary of the Acoustic Music San Diego series).

Lane said the more he thought about the idea, the more he liked it. Rodney got excited, too, and they've been working out a short set of old Lane & Rodney songs to play during Lane's second set (Bill Batstone will be joining Lane for the rest of the evening).

"It should be fun," Lane said of the reunion with Rodney, "if nothing else, just for that night."

Talk about it

Sex therapists agree that it is more important for women to talk about sex than men: ‘with women, the brain is the biggest erogenous zone,’ says Knowles, ‘and anger is a powerful libido dampener.’ Feeling responsible for everything at home, even if you’re not actually doing all the housework, can lead to a cycle of feeling cross followed by withdrawal. Sometimes, we’re not even aware that we’re doing it. ‘But if you can’t feel, you can’t do anything else that begins with F,’ quips Knowles.

Self-reflection is a great place to start on working out issues, but also see Susan Quilliam’s book Love Coach (Thorsons, £6.99). Tricky issues may benefit from counselling or psychosexual therapy, which has a high success rate – 80 per cent of couples that go to Relate sexual counselling report improved sexual relations two years later.

Diane Lane back in a movie

I am so happy to see Diane Lane back in a movie. This is first american "Dog Comedy" that I have seen. The movie is predictable but it is definately worth a watch. Here is an excerpt from IMDB -

'Sarah Nolan, a preschool teacher in her thirties, is recently divorced. Her family's new pet project is to find her a boyfriend. After a series of disastrous, but hilarious, dates she decides to swear off dating for good. Her well-meaning family and friends are not going to let her give-up quite so easily though. Her sister enrolls her in on-line dating and includes the description of "must love dogs." She loves dogs but doesn't own one of her own, so she borrows her brother's dog to meet Jake Anderson at the dog park; he, too, had to borrow a dog. It's a hit-and-miss beginning - but could true love wag its tail for these two?'

Diane Lane

Diane Lane plays this run of the mill, plain Jane, maid??? I personally had a really hard time wrapping my head around Diane Lane in this role when the film started rolling. You notice quickly though the excellent job they did in her makeup and costuming... she truly did just look ordinary.... which I feel played a big part in making her character believable.

The storyline involves a group of friends and their significant others, almost reminded me of that tv show, Thirty Something. The friends are caught up in their lives and dishing on each others. The supporting cast included Joan Cusack, who someone should hand a sandwich too quickly, that quirky guy from Ally McBeal, Greg Germann, Catherine Keener, who I also enjoy and the well known Frances McDormand. After seeing North Country I didn't think that I would ever see McDormand play a character quite so well, but she really was outstanding as the depressed 40 something mother and wife of a closet gay guy.

I enjoyed the storyline, and the odd twist it takes, but was completely unhappy with the lack of ending. I thought for a second that the projector just shut down... I was mistaken. This is best scene at home, it's not worth the dollars to see in theatre.

I give this movie 5 'fundraisers for the homeless...ALS!' out of 10.

Diane Lane - First Pictures