​Four Hermes purses worth $126,000 were stolen from a Newport Coast home Saturday.

Because there is usually (read: always) less money in my wallet than the actual cost of the billfold, I guess I can relate?
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​Animal rights activists plan to spend their Black Friday not in lines in front of cash registers but in front of the malls themselves. That's because it's also Fur Free Friday, "the most widely attended annual demonstration in the history of the animal protection movement," according to an email seeking supporters to join activists in Beverly Hills from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and/or in front of the Bloomingdale's entrance at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday.
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​Van Morrison might want to consider tweaking the lyrics to "Brown Eyed Girl." People may soon be going blue.More >>

Bob's bitch tits were his claim to fame in Fight Club. ​More >>

​It's now the world's most famous mouthless white cat's turn to help out Japan: Tomorrow, Sanrio.com and select participating boutique locations will donate all net proceeds toward Japan disaster relief.

The company (whose stateside headquarters is housed in Torrance) seems to be following in the footsteps of Forever 21, who also recently set aside a day on which 100 percent of its online proceeds went toward earthquake and tsunami aid.

A full list of participating stores--yes, South Coast Plaza is included--after the jump.
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This year alone, a handful of New York storefronts suffered closures thanks to the invasive pests, but it seems the rumor mill has finally hit close to home: We just heard gossip a few minutes ago that bedbugs have invaded Neiman Marcus' Fashion Island Newport Beach location, causing it to shut down temporariliy.

Rest assured, we have confirmation: This is totally not true.
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The world might have their collective eyes glued to the live feed of the rescue of the Chilean miners who have been trapped underground for 69 days, but Oakley--whose HQ is located in the Foothill Ranch area of Lake Forest--just sees dollar signs instead.

The sports/action company delivered $450 sunglasses to each of the 33 miners--in order to shield them from ultraviolet light and resulting retina damage as they were retrieved. The only problem?
 
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Elle Spain via ONTD!

Goofy and Mickey as Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of D&G.

​First the Simpsons went to Paris with Vogue Italia, and now Elle Spain is featuring the world's biggest fashion designers--Lagerfeld, Versace, Gaultier, Jacobs, Rykiel and more--as your favorite Disney characters in a brand new spread this month.

Click here to see the rest of the illustrations--note that Captain Hook is in the audience for Galliano... and Elbaz as a duck? Spot. On.    

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If you're like us and your serious case of misanthropy is keeping you from lining up outside Target at 4 a.m. for the last Zhu Zhu Pet in the country, then you're in luck.

​BlackFriday.info is your one stop place for all Black Friday sale links and print ads... on one, convenient website. There are a few premature sales already happening this year, thanks to a slow economy and an effort to boost those much-needed holiday sales: MacMall, Amazon and Dell all have sales in progress going on RIGHT. NOW. So that's the good news.

And the bad? You now have exactly one month to find that fucking car your kid wants for her Zhu Zhu Pet, Mr. Squiggles (that you found on eBay marked up $100 over the retail price).