Join The Hangover and The Hangover Part II director, Todd Phillips, actor Bradley Cooper and more for the live red carpet premiere. The star-studded list of attendees consists of Jay-Z, Will Ferrell, Rihanna, Kristen Bell, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Eli Manning, Holly Madison and many more. You will have to watch to see who else you can spot! The streaming takes place tonight, Thursday, May 19th at 9:30 PM E.S.T. Grab a glass of champagne and join Mauvais Langue for front seat red carpet action from the comfort of your own luxe divan.  Click  http://www.mauvaislangue.com/live-coverage/ to watch live NOW (May 19th at 9:30 PM EST)! Afterward, shake and pop with MauvaisLangue.com at LAVO NYC for Steve Aoki’s DJ set. You never know who might show up…

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Not to go unmentioned is his name among the lineup of hot DJs for the first annual touring electronica music festival, IDENTITY. IDENTITY is making its way to NYC on August 21, 2011 at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater. Check out more info at www.IDFestival.com. More info is to come! ♫

I AM A TRON FAN!

Yes, i saw the old Tron and i loved it. Now I’m really excited to see what the reboot will do.

The new trailer was released at ComicCon and it’s really starting to create some buzz. I’m really a stickler for doing remakes of classics, especially since all the big studio heads only think about money and not about the actual art-form and are most likely going to snip parts away just to make it more commercial, but i am keeping my fingers crossed.

Rev Run’s son is busting out. I won’t even waste time writing my review of the song, i’ll just post the video and you decide. For me, it’s hot!

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To me it’s just seems that he’s realizing that his popularity is going down a bit and that he needs to grovel to his employers (you people who buy his albums and go to his concerts are his employers since it’s your money that pays him) before they stop spending money on him.

Also, i just don’t like women beaters, so he could apologize till he is blue in the face and i won’t care. You did it once, you’ll probably might do it again.

Oh well lets see what happens now.

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Most of us were introduced to Jack Mackenroth from his turn on the fourth season of Project Runway and famous departure due to infection. Since leaving the show, he’s been charging full speed ahead – excelling in multiple arenas that are as diverse as they come. Jack simultaneously balances designing, blogging, modeling, advocating and competitive swimming. It makes one wonder if Mackenroth is familiar with terms like, “vacation,” or “relaxing.” A quick Google search pulls up thousands of entries documenting his various projects; speaking engagements, interviews, modeling, and more mixed in with a good helping of fanfare from Project Runway fanatics. I recently got to catch up with Mackenroth, and chat about life after Heidi Klum and what’s next up for the advocate/designer. Be prepared to be impressed, Jack’s one busy man.

It’s been about a year and a half now since we saw you on Project Runway. Bring us up to date on what you have been up to since?

WOW.  It’s been crazy. I can barely remember the whirlwind. Besides a ton of appearances and speaking engagements–here’s the laundry list: I was in an episode of Law and Order SVU as a corpse.(super fun) I had a cameo in the Sex and the City movie. (love SJP) I was in a video for the band Telling on Trixie. I did a Saturn commercial in which I made my own outfit inspired by the car. I’ve been on the covers of HIVplus, POZ, David, Gloss, Envy, Lavender magazine, Ambiente Magazine, HX and others. I made a dress for Heather Tom for the daytime Emmy’s and walked the red carpet with her. I went on the TODAY show with Tiki Barber. I’ve designed t-shirts for 3 different companies. I covered this past New York Fashion week and got to interview amazing designers and models for LOGO’s PopLab (the gay channel here in the US).

So you certainly have gained the most visibility from your stint on Project Runway. What was the most surprising thing that’s come of being on such a popular show?

There have been so many opportunities since the show. I’ve had the opportunity to get involved in HIV education through my campaign Living Positive by Design, which is a partnership with Merck. We’ve been working to battle the stigma that still exists, 25 years later. I regularly receive emails from people all over the world, and although I’m not a doctor, I do my best to direct people to resources to help them best manage being HIV positive. I think it’s important for people to get on a treatment regimen that is tolerable, so they stay on treatment and to have an undetectable viral load, the ultimate goal of treatment. I think what’s surprising is the outpouring of positive feedback I received from being open about my HIV status. Knowing what I was getting into when I told the producers before taping, I really felt that the world needed to see how I live.

I think I could have made a good go at being in the final 3 if I had not left the show early, but I really believe that everything happens for a reason.  Christian is an amazing talent and I knew he was going to win early on. I’m so proud of all he has accomplished.

Of course everyone wants to know what Heidi and the judges are like. Give us some dish!

Heidi is just like you see on TV, gorgeous and kind, although she has a kind of goofy, quirky side. Maybe it’s her German roots. Maybe Seal is giving her a little special somethin’.

Nina is the one that gets the bad rap. Everyone thinks she is mean but in real life she is probably the warmest one. Whenever I have seen her since the show she always gives me a big hug. I adore her.

Michael is witty as hell but he was obviously there to do a job. I think he was the best judge technically because he knows all about construction but I don’t even think he knows our names.

Tim is a delight. He is everything you would expect him to be. And off camera he’s hilarious. He loses a tiny bit of his prim and proper persona and he can dish with the best of us.

Christian Siriano ended up winning your season even though you had emerged as an early favorite. Do you ever look back and say, “I should have found a way to stay, that could have been me?”

Truthfully, yes. If I would have stayed I think I could have made a good go at the final 3 but everything happens for a reason. Christian is an amazing talent and I knew he was going to win early on. I’m so proud of all he has accomplished. My life is headed more into the TV realm and I don’t think that would of happened of I had won. So in a way it was a lucky accident.

Siriano recently said the Project Runway gave him a forum, but it probably isn’t the best outlet if you want to be taken seriously as a designer, do you agree?

Well I have talked to him about that–we are still very close–and there is a bit of an illusion created that you can win a reality TV show and become the next big fashion designer. It’s not realistic, especially in this economy. To really launch a line on a massive scale takes hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. Christian is a bit of a fluke because he makes such great TV as well. There is rarely such a huge payoff for such a little bit of time spent working in the industry. To guarantee longevity in fashion design it’s probably best to go about it the old fashioned way (pun intended). You go to design school and practice your skills and start working for another designer and learning the business. Then you branch out on your own if you want to eventually.

Looking back, what was the experience like?

It was surreal and amazing. We were in this bizarre fashion vacuum with no external distractions. No phones, no TV no music or reading material. We couldn’t even talk to the production staff. We were only allowed to talk to each other. However it was conducive to some amazing friendships. I am still tight with Kevin, Kit, Sweet P, and Christian. Project Runway was like fashion camp on crack. I don’t think the public even understood a modicum of how insanely difficult it really was.

So tell us more about who you still talk to from the show?

I see Kevin Christiana every week and I talk to Kit and Christian all the time. Both Kevin and Jillian Lewis came to my recent birthday party. I am still in contact with Victorya and Sweet P as well. Generally our season’s cast got along really well. Currently, I am working on developing a reality TV show with Kevin Christiana.

Do you mind sharing some details about your upcoming show with Kevin Christiana? What can viewers look forward to seeing?

I will be developing a design TV show with Monument TV and Film and Project Runway alum Kevin Christiana.  We have been pitching various reincarnations of the show and are finally inking a deal, so that is very exciting!  The show is a reality show, but not competition-based.  I am a big fan of the shows that involve talent, like Project Runway, American Idol and Top Chef.

Even though you obviously did your time on a reality show, does it ever seem like the whole genre getting a little tired?

You know I thought that too when we were pitching our design show–which is a reality show–though not competition based. But there still seems to be a huge viewership for these types of programs and they are very cost effective to make. You don’t have to pay the talent (we weren’t given a penny) and there is very little production cost. I am a big fan of the shows that involve talent, like Runway or American Idol or Top Chef. When it becomes trashy voyeurism I tend to lose interest. Shows like the Bachelor or I Love New York or that awful one with Brett Michaels are just train wrecks.  Even Bravo is pushing it with the whole Real Housewives series. I think the people that go on those shows aren’t in on the joke that everyone is laughing at them, not with them.

So I must ask; do the perks of reality stardom do wonders for your dating life?

HAHAHAHA!!!!  Quite the opposite, I think people who have seen me on TV have a preconceived notion about me so they don’t talk to me. Maybe they are intimidated-though they shouldn’t be. I thought that I would have guys banging down my door but it’s nothing but crickets. It takes a strong personality to be Jack Mackenroth’s boyfriend. That’s why I know when I find him it will just click. Like a camera shutter. Smile and pose.

What was the biggest lesson you learned from being on the show?

The biggest lesson I have learned from being on the show is that you need to be kind, be yourself and for me that meant being out as an HIV positive person and being a role model. I’ve been blogging about my experiences on the show that you can read about on www.jackmackenroth.com.

Have you been doing much designing since you left the show?

Not as much as I would like, but there are only so many hours in a day. I am working on a group fashion show with Kit (pistol) Scarbo, Kevin Christiana and Sweet P from my season of Project Runway which will be held in Miami in May. Other than that I am just doing commissions and specialty design projects. I just don’t have time (or the financial backers) to do a full line right now.

You’re very vocal about being HIV positive, when did you decide to take the step from someone who’s not ashamed to become an advocate and a face for people living with HIV/AIDS?

Being on the show has allowed me a lot of opportunities, but I think that the most important thing I have done is my HIV advocacy work. I knew I would be looked to as a role model because there are so few people who are public about their HIV status and I was happy to take on that responsibility. I think I was edited pretty true to life on the show.  I am an HIV positive man who takes care of myself and pursues all my goals and dreams without thinking twice.

How have you leveraged your popularity from the show to get you to where you are today?
As far as leveraging my popularity, I think it all boils down to hard work. I make the most of every opportunity and I am involved in a lot of different fields. I pursue every lead that I can accommodate into my schedule and I try to remain optimistic. It’s a lot of work but it can be very rewarding. With a lot of projects I agree to, I never know what endeavor is actually going to come to fruition. I just have to hope I make wise choices and keep my name and face out there.

Right now you’re involved with two HIV-related initiatives, Living Positive by Design and then the radio show POZ I AM. It is clear that you’re trying to get out a message to people who are living with HIV/AIDS and also help battle the stigma associated with the disease. Tell us more about your advocacy work?

I am very passionate about my HIV education campaign in partnership with Merck called Living Positive by Design (www.LivingPositiveByDesign.com), which aims to combat the stigma associated with HIV by engaging people in thoughtful conversation about the disease.  I hope to fight the stigma of HIV by increasing visibility and speaking openly about living with HIV for more than 20 years.  I’ve been touring all over the country with the program for the last year. We also speak directly to HIV-positive individuals about partnering with a doctor and getting on a tolerable treatment regimen.  The ultimate goal of any HIV-positive individual is to maintain an undetectable viral load.  We need to advocate for our own healthcare, and the stigma and fear keep people from being honest with their doctors, families and partners.  That needs to stop.

I have also been co-hosting the internet radio show POZ I AM every Wednesday at 2 pm EST. Listeners can log onto blogtalkradio.com/poziam and hear the live stream.  We recently interviewed diminutive drag diva Ongina from RuPaul’s Drag Race. She is fabulous. POZ I AM is a great show and source of information for the HIV community.

In your busy schedule, how do you have time to fit in competitive swimming?

It’s important to me to keep in great shape, so I force myself to make time for it.  Swimming has always been a passion of mine and I have been competing since I was six.  I work out a lot because it maintains my health and my sanity.  Right now I am swimming about 5 times a week for 2 hours a day and then I also lift weights at the gym.  I have been in the last 5 Gay Games and I am currently training for the Outgames at the end of July.  The competition is very serious but we also have a lot of fun.  Who doesn’t love hot men in Speedos?  When I am physically powerful I feel mentally powerful as well.  I can only be my best self.  I certainly don’t mean to glamorize HIV by sending a message that says “look at me! I’m a model and I have HIV.  It’s a cake walk!”  That’s absolutely not the case.  I hope I am sending the message that in many cases HIV is manageable with the right medications and I am ONE example of someone living a happy, successful life with HIV.

And finally, what can we expect next from you?

My Living Positive By Design campaign is touring the country, and we are planning events in San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia before the year is over.  Information on our upcoming events can be found at www.LivingPositiveByDesign.com.  I also just signed on as the East Coast Correspondent for Fashion News Live (www.myFNL.com), so I will be covering all things fashion in New York.  I am swimming almost every day as well. There are rumblings here and there about being a guest judge on some upcoming shows but that is only chatter at the moment.

All of that is keeping me really busy right now. I want to do more designing but right now I just don’t have the time.  Hopefully the TV show will take off and I can develop a brand based on what we design on the show.  Beyond that, I would love to be married and living in New York with my dog (which I don’t have yet).  You can always find out more about what I am doing at jackmackenroth.com.

Jared Cotter

You know the intro music, you know the host, you know the judges and now you know the winner of season 8, Chris Allen! But do you know the former American Idol top 24 finalist, Jared Cotter? I recently got the chance to ask this season six contestant a few questions last week, before the American Idol finale, on what he’s been up to since grueling days of Idol, his take on this season’s winner, life behind the American Idol cameras and his future plans and goals.

Since your American Idol experience ended, what have you been doing?
Immediately after American Idol, I was asked to join the Fuse Network as a host for some of their television shows. I’ve interviewed everyone from Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher to Queen Latifah and Bow Wow. Clips from these interviews and others can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWAzuQhfbUU. I’m always working on my first love, music, my own project as well as writing for other artists. Most recently I’ve been writing for Jay Sean, a UK pop star, who’s first US release is coming out on Cash Money/Universal. I’m really excited about it! Lil Wayne is on the first single that I co-wrote called “Down”. We just shot the video in London and Miami. It’s hot! I’m also starting to record for my album as well…. Oh! And I was Cosmopolitan Magazine’s 2009 NJ Bachelor of The Year, that was fun!

How did your time on American Idol help you be where you are at today?
American Idol gives singers amazing exposure. It’s such a hugely successful show and millions of people got to see me perform. I’ve gotten so many offers after being on that show, for example Fox TV’s Good Day NY has me on weekly as their Idol Chatter correspondent to talk about the current season of Idol. I’m very grateful.

What was one important thing you learned about yourself during your time competing?
I learned that I can get really nervous! (Haha) But I also learned how to take criticism better and channel my nervousness into positive energy. I had to learn fast, you know how Simon dishes it out!

If you could do it all over again, what is the one thing you’d do differently?
I honestly don’t think I’d do anything differently because I like where I am now in my career and I’m really excited about the next chapter. But if I HAD to pick one thing then I probably wouldn’t have performed Stevie Wonder‘s “If You Really Love Me”. (Haha) His shoes are way too big to fill. I would have done something a little more current.

What are your plans for the future, either immediate or long term?
I’m always working hard and setting goals for myself to continue developing my craft. I just want to keep getting better and be ready as new opportunities present themselves. Great things keep coming!

Were you surprised when Kris Allen was announced the new American Idol?
Yes, I really thought Adam was going to win, the public loves him. But I was rooting for Kris all the way! He’s a real artist and musician and I think he will do really well on the charts. Adam has a great voice but to me he is better suited for Broadway or Vegas. Regardless of who won and who didn’t, I think they will both be very successful.

As viewers, we only get to really see the performances on stage, but what goes on when the camera are off?
It’s honestly not that glamorous! There is a lot of pressure that you feel and there are a lot of rehearsals and tons of preparation. There are also a lot of interviews that go on constantly. Blake Lewis is a good friend of mine and when he was at this stage just two seasons ago he told me it was very hard to have alone time.

What advice do you have for people who want to try out for American Idol or want to go into the music/entertainment industry?
I would say that if you want to try out for AI then do it! What do you have to lose? If you want to be in the music industry just know that there are a lot of low points and it’s the ones that persevere through those low points that make it. Never give up!

Jared Cotter

After asking him questions about American Idol, his career and advice he’d give to others, I wanted to ask him some questions that he probably hadn’t answered a million times. After all, what says “Now I really know that person” like a time traveling Delorean question?

If you could have dinner with anyone – dead or alive – who would it be and why?
I don’t think it would be anyone famous. I’d want to just see and talk with my Grandfather again. I hope that he is proud of what I’ve done and what I am doing. I’d ask him questions that I wish I would have asked before he passed away.

Your undercover superhero identity would be….
I think a singer/songwriter/TV personality is a great superhero cover. Shhh… Don’t tell anybody.

If you had access to a time-traveling Delorean, what year would you go to and where would you go?
I’d go back in time and bet on some races like they did in Back to the Future III! I’d make sure I’d bring the winners book with me! And get the winning lottery numbers. lol

What are your top 3 favorite songs on your iPod at the moment?
Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne– Down
The Script – The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
Q-Tip – Dance On Glass

If you could record a song with any living musician, who would it be?
Stevie Wonder

Jared Cotter has shown that he has used his experience on American Idol not only kick off his career, but more importantly he’s used it as an educational tool, learning from the professional critiques, discovering his strengths and weakness and realizing the hardships of the industry.

Jared proves that making the most out of this remarkable opportunity and seizing the exposure that comes along with the American Idol experience has been an invaluable to both his career and future.

Hint, make sure your boss is not close by or you might need to pretend you just got diagnosed this weekend with Tourette syndrome.

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The band 13, played in between designers to screaming fans and much head bopping.  Beautiful people lined the walls and the runway, which curved along the entire space so that everyone in attendance could get an up close look at the models and clothing. On-lookers lounged atop white beds, Duvet’s signature seating, making for an unforgettable, and comfortable setting.

Fashion certainly ruled the evening and not only as the focus of the event. One only needed to take a quick scan of the crowd to know that dressing to impress certainly took priority for most in attendance. After walking in the designer’s clothes, models switched to their own clothes, bringing to mind the newly coined term and trend of the moment, Model Off-Duty. Fashionistas and designers alike would have been able to draw much inspiration from the model’s own emsembles which ranged from pairing boots with shorts, and long plaid shirts to flowy dresses. Even the non-working crowd would probably intimidate non-creative types, as most attendees looked very pulled together and styled in trendy dresses or skinny jeans. A few photographers looked like they could have been part of Kanye’s entourage and were certainly dressd sharply in inspired preppy suit looks. A few hipsters were in attendance with their oversized glasses and messy hair. Overall the night was success, showing those in attendance that the city really is the place to be for those trying to make it big. Photographers and videographers seemed to be the largest force in attendance, documenting the evening throughly with flashes lighting up the event space like the paparazzi. The Talent Xchange is a social networking site and group that brings together all the different roles necessary in the entertainment industry, including designers, photographers, make-up artists.