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Summer Style Essentials
SUMMER HEATS UP WITH MEN’S SUMMER STYLE THAT TAKES SHABBY TO CHIC AND MAKES MEN & LADIES SWOON. Every guy has been there. You start flipping through an old issue of GQ magazine that’s been sitting on your desk for months and, “Eureka!,” you have a fashion revelation. Immediately, you run to your closet and start layering your looks to create the perfect ensemble to bring you from drab to fab. Day-after-day, you get more daring with your looks and then something terrible happens. Summer starts. Each summer, I weep my most fashionable tears, as I move my lightweight jackets and high-top sneakers to the back of the closet. There they sit…
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My Big Fat American… Body
Hey, it’s me again. No, not the informative and often hilarious (no commentary please) blogger from Listen! It’s Vetrano. It’s the voice from 2015 that reminded myself –and urged my readers– to ditch the ‘Fat Jeans‘ and get back into shape. Remember that voice? I hear it often and loud enough, so I assume you hear it on your end, too. From that 2015 holiday binge to now (2017), I’ve managed –with the help of carb overloading, gallons of rosé and countless hours of sitting on my ass, watching Housewives bicker– to reach an all time high in weight. A whopping 229 lbs fat, which is about 50 lbs from…
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Sneak Peek: Bravo’s Three-Part RHONY Reunion
BRAVO BRINGS BIG DRAMA IN “THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY” THREE-PART RHONY REUNION KICKING OFF WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16 AT 9PM ET/PT Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New York City” concludes with a three-part RHONY reunion beginning this Wednesday (August 16 at 9pm ET/PT). Host and TV personality Andy Cohen looks back on a season filled with accusations, love triangles, laughter and major revelations. Housewives Bethenny Frankel, Carole Radziwill, Dorinda Medley, Luann D’Agostino, Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, and newcomer Tinsley Mortimer will all gather to recap the season’s biggest on-screen moments (meaning no mention of Tom-Luann divorce). On the reunion’s first of three parts, the ladies put it all out on the…
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Top 10 Songs of 2017 (…So Far)
Hey all! I am back and I apologize that you haven’t heard much from me this year. Why? Because I am busy as hell: planning a wedding (more to come on that), working for one of the fastest-growing brands, and getting settled into my new home — with my new puppy. Yep, I’m pretty much a domesticated diva these days, spending my downtime watching one bitchy Housewives franchise after another. And honestly, I needed a break to refresh my mind and reset my priorities. But, break over. To kickstart my return, because music is where I started, I’m sharing my picks for the Top 10 songs of the year… so far.…
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National Watermelon Day: Yay for Frosé
Happy National Watermelon Day! It seems there’s (quite literally) a holiday for everything these days. Listen, I’m always willing to splurge on tacos and margaritas on their official national holidays (October 4th and February 22 for the record) because “why not?,” but others I can’t bring myself to acknowledge. For instance, do we really need a National Stuffed Mushroom Day?! They’re little round nuggets of mold, filled with breadcrumbs… and yes it exists, every year on February 4th. Mark your calendars. Today though, is National Watermelon Day. It may be just as useless and silly as those mentioned before, I love biting into a crisp, sweet, perfectly juicy piece of…
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Music Monday: Ashley Roberts
Listen! It’s Vetrano is excited to welcome former Pussycat Doll and new host of NBC’s “1st Look,” Ashley Roberts, to the site to take over my Spotify account to share the songs that she’s been playing all weekend, celebrating the Fourth of July. Following her time in one of the biggest girl groups in the world, the Pussycat Dolls, Roberts has proven herself to be a multi-talented force in entertainment on a global scale. NBC’s national Emmy-winning travel and lifestyle show “1st Look airs weekly immediately after Saturday Night Live (1am PT/ET Sundays) and takes her all across the globe to find the hottest trends in food, nightlife and local activities and excursions. In 2014, Ashley Roberts released her debut solo album Butterfly Effect in the U.K., which featured the…
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Best & Worst of 2016
2016 was a weird year. “Fake news” became a hot topic of debate. Technology took center stage. We said goodbye to some of the most influential characters of our time. And the Presidential race set new standards for America’s political process. I watched a moronic blowhard convince a portion of the country that he could lead them. No matter what side you voted for, this year’s race was hard to watch. Violence, racism, sexism and hatred played a part in the election more than in years past. We lost living legends who lit up our screens and stereos. Prince, David Bowie, Gene Wilder, America’s “father figures” Alan Thicke and George Michael. And in a tragic series of events,…
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Cassadee Pope Summer Sizzles
If you’ve felt a rise in the temps, it’s not just because the summer heat is upon us. Cassadee Pope delivered her long-awaited new Summer EP today and, with the help of the single and video of the same name, it’s helping steam up the season. Telling the story of a red hot love affair that heated up on “the boardwalk” and ended at the season’s end, “Summer” is sure to hit home for those with an impassioned love story above the age of 18. With country radio currently filled with sweet summery ballads, Pope’s single delivers what music lovers really want this time of year — a turn the volume up, roll the windows down kinda…
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Music Monday Playlist: Madi Wolf
Listen! It’s Vetrano artist-to-watch, Madi Wolf, takes over my Spotify account this week to curate a list of her favorite songs that help to get her ready for a night out. The Los Angeles-based pop starlet is feeling pretty “lucky” these days after her new single, “Lucky,” was featured in the premiere season of the FOX series Coupled. Wolf’s debut track is produced by Isaac Hasson (Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez) and was co-written by Madi, Isaac and musicians Ryan Cabrera and Nash Overstreet. “‘Lucky’ is about loving someone through the good times and bad,” Madi explains. “It’s about bad luck in one’s life and through it all they still see how lucky they are because they have that special…
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Music Monday Playlist: The Magnettes
Listen! It’s Vetrano artist-to-watch, The Magnettes take over my Spotify account to curate a list of songs that inspire and move them (and me, too!). The girls, who have set out to “reclaim the word ugly” with their fresh Icona Pop-meets-Sleigh Bells sound, are currently promoting their latest single “Killers In A Ghost Town.” “Why does beautiful have to be the standard?,” they said, “we think speaking your mind and being weak, weird, sad, anything but perfect, and ultimately real is cool. We have no regrets.” The video for The Magnettes new single, which debuted last month on FM.tv, is “about being an outcast and an underdog,” the pair explains. [It’s] “about claiming your space and identity. About growing up as…
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Music Monday Playlist: KYTES
Listen! It’s Vetrano artist-to-watch, KYTES takes over my Spotify account to curate a list of songs that you can find playing on repeat this summer while traveling and touring their new music. After a successful run at SXSW, KYTES delivers their new single “I Got Something,” which features a remix by Berlin’s hotly tipped producer, Robot Koch. Stream their top picks in the playlist below and find out why they chose them. Then hit that repeat button on their latest single “I Got Something,” out now! LIV PRESENTS… KYTES’ PLAYLIST 1. NVDES – Unforgettable: We were working together with Filous in the studio a few weeks ago and he showed us this song, since then it’s on repeat! 2. Mura Masa – Lovesick: This is one of the grooviest…
