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Honest: Jessica Alba’s Now an E-Commerce Geek (Video)

Kara Swisher in Commerce on January 25 at 10:05 am PT

Can a Hollywood star sell online consumers on a healthier lifestyle for them and their kids?

Geek-tastic! Twitter Queen Kim Kardashian Reportedly to Wed at Eric Schmidt’s SoCal Estate (Or at Kleiner Partner’s Luxe Crib).

Kara Swisher in Media on August 17, 2011 at 1:43 pm PT

Here’s a delicious juxtaposition you don’t get often: Various reports indicate that reality show empress Kim Kardashian’s upcoming wedding to New Jersey Nets basketball player Kris Humphries will be held at either the Montecito estate of Google’s Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt or that of a VC legend.

Memo to the Vanderhook Clan: Stunt Casting Justin Timberlake Isn’t Going to Get Myspace’s SexyBack

Kara Swisher in News on June 30, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

Oh dear, oh my — with the first move that the new owners of Myspace have made, it’s pretty clear they are taking the worrisome look-at-the-shiny-celebrity approach. The trio of Vanderhook brothers who run Specific Media, which paid $35 million to buy the News Corp.-owned music-focused social networking site, began by swanning around the appealing singer and actor’s name as an investor. Maybe they should focus on making products the star first.

The Facebook Movie: Sorry, Mark–But Critics Like It, They Really Like It! (Plus the Taiwanesed Version!)

Kara Swisher in News on October 1, 2010 at 7:15 am PT

The Facebook movie is finally here, the reviews are in and–no surprise–the critics are raving. After all, it was done by Hollywood pros with director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin, who have apparently transformed the appalling badly penned and very fictional book “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal” by Ben Mezrich into some bit of cinematic art. But that’s not BoomTown talking, so here is a rundown of five reviews by top critics.