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Meghann

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Nick TV Minute: TV Guide Golden Globes Fashion Wrap 2012

9:53 AM

It's a FABULOUS...Fashion Wrap!

TV Guide's 2012 Golden Globes Fashion Wrap Panel: (Left to Right) Tabatha Coffey, Nick Verreos, Camille Grammer, and host Ali Landry

This Monday--after maybe 4 hours of sleep (I returned home around 1 a.m. from doing my special 11 o'clock news "Hits & Misses" fashion segment for NBC-LA News after the awards show)--I was up bright and early, as they say, to mosey on over to the Hollywood & Highland Complex and the TV Guide Network Studios to film my "2012 Golden Globes Fashion Wrap".

I. LOVE. Doing. The TV Guide Fashion Wrap Shows. There are no two ways about it. Love it. So, I put on my new TopMan "tuxedo" suit, lilac dress shirt, and blue-green skinny tie I bought over the Holidays, and got in "Fashion DISHING" mode.

Vintage NIKOLAKI: Nick Verreos Fashion Illustration of Ali Landry in NIKOLAKI gown, circa 1997

After arriving, I was so excited to re-unite with host Ali Landry--whom I created a gown for when she gave up her Miss USA title back in 1997. And yes, I had not seen her since then (Lordy! PS: I was like 19....NOT!). But of course, I was especially happy to be with Tabatha Coffey and the ever-so-fab Camille Grammer, of Bravo's "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills".

Sitting Pretty: Nick Verreos Toasts to TV Guide's 2012 Golden Globes Fashion Wrap

After having a faux toast of Apple Cider (it was 10 a.m. kids!!), we got right to work and fashion dishing! Ali was FAB! Tabatha was Fab! She wore a black Alexander McQueen silk crepe cowl-front gown (yes...the black version of the "Pippa Dress"! Bought, NOT borrowed THANK YOU very much!). And yes, Miss Camille was also Fab! This was my first time meeting--and working with Camille and can I just tell you: she was soooo sweet, GORGEOUS, and a total Gay Man's Bestie! Oh, and it didn't hurt that she was wearing a dress that matched my tie! It was by Lanvin Paris BTW...her dress, that is, as well as her FIERCE pumps!

Prom Date Photo: Nick Verreos and Camille Grammer, TV Guide Network's 2012 Golden Globes Fashion Wrap

The entire time we were joking about how we looked like a "Prom Date Photo" with our unintentionally matching ensembles, so... we had to get a semi-Prom Photo, as seen above. Camille is my new OBSESSION! LUUUUUUV her! I really had so much fun with all the ladies on Monday. Hope my BLOG readers here got to see it. If not, there's a sneak peak video at the end of this posting. Oh and I hope you liked our Best" and "Not So Best" Picks

TV Guide Network 2012 Golden Globes Fashion Wrap Set

Click Below to watch a "Sneak Peak" of the show--TV Guide's 2012 Golden Globes Fashion Wrap with ME (!), host Ali Landry, Tabatha Coffey and Camille Grammer:

http://nickverrreos.blogspot.com/2012/01/n...d05DG8M.twitter

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Ali Landry - Cirque du Soleil OVO opening night in Santa Monica - Jan 20

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'Doritos Girl' Ali Landry Shares Scars From Super Bowl Commercial

By Mike Krumboltz | Yahoo! OMG – Thu, Feb 2, 2012 3:19 PM PST

Ali Landry in 1999 (L) and 2012

If you're looking for a textbook example of overnight celebrity, you couldn't do much better than Ali Landry. Landry became a sensation in 1998 when she starred in an ad for Doritos that aired during the Super Bowl and also starred a pre-"Will & Grace" Sean Hayes.

The ad featured Landry performing stunts in a laundromat, much to the delight of her male admirers. To say it helped launch Landry's career would be a huge understatement; the ad changed everything. We caught up with the onetime Miss USA, who has since become a successful businesswoman, to talk about her memories of that famous ad, the scar it left behind, as well as what she's up to now.

The Doritos commercial is one of the iconic ads in Super Bowl history. How did it happen?

I hadn't had many auditions. I'm from a small town in Louisiana. Los Angeles was very overwhelming. I remember walking into this room with wall-to-wall gorgeous girls. And I remember thinking, "I'm not up for this today." I looked at the storyboards. They said, "You sort of have to dance around and do these tricks to James Bond music and pretend you're catching something with your mouth."

I was into dancing and gymnastics my entire life. And I think this is where my experience played a big part. And I got the job. I couldn't believe it. It was my very first commercial. They told me it was going to be on during the Super Bowl. I don't think I'd ever watched the Super Bowl before. My father's a big football fan, but I didn't know the commercials during the Super Bowl were a big deal.

So, we shot the commercial, and it was great and really fun, and I just thought it was really cool that I got a job. And then literally the next day, I had people calling me to see if I could sing, because they wanted to offer me a record deal. It was that crazy.

So there was a series of commercials.

Right. The first one was in a laundromat, and the next was on a tennis court. When we shot the one on the tennis court, they had to glue, with surgical glue, a chip to my forehead, and then they pulled it off with fishing wire. And then, for the commercial, they ran the footage in reverse. Well, I still have that scar from the chip. So, I always say, "I will be forever scarred by Doritos."

So you knew the commercial, the first one, was going to air during the Super Bowl?

I had heard that, but it didn't really faze me because I didn't know the significance of it. I didn't know that these were coveted roles. I didn't know people waited every single year to see what commercials were great. I had no idea.

I remember being at a Super Bowl party, and I didn't tell anyone that the commercial was going to be on. I just really didn't think it was such a big deal. So when it came on and I'm sitting with people who didn't know I was going to be on a commercial during the Super Bowl, and I saw everyone's reaction, it was a bit shocking for me.

Is there anything you regret about those commercials?

No, no, I loved it. It's fun when you're involved with something that people really respond to. Even four or five years after the commercials, people would still say, "Doritos girl." And I didn't mind, because I really had such an incredible experience. People look back on that commercial with really fond memories. For me to be a part of that, it's a good thing. And I've done so many things since then, I'm grateful.

So, you went to L.A. to become an actress. The Doritos commercials must have sped up the process quite a bit.

Actually, I never had aspirations to be an actress. I was in college in Louisiana. I was determined to not have my job be one where I bring somebody coffee. That was really important to me. I was not cut out for that.

I wanted to compete in Miss USA because I figured I could meet some great people and get a good job. After Miss USA, that brought me out to L.A. I wasn't even really interested in signing with an agency, but a friend of mine from Louisiana worked at William Morris. I met the agent, and I remembered I totally botched up the interview, because I said I wanted to be a businesswoman.

Then, after the Doritos commercial aired and I started getting all these calls, it forced me to re-evaulate my goals and look at the opportunities that were in front of me at the time. That's when I decided to get into acting. Even as a child, I've been involved with everything. I performed, and I danced, so it was definitely something I always enjoyed, but it wasn't my goal.

And what are you up to now? You now have a children's clothing line, correct?

I do have a children's clothing line. I just sold my very first television show. That's going to be on the TV Guide Network. I have a product review website I'm about to launch, called 'Spokesmoms.' I feel like, over the past two years, I've come into my own. I have a family now. I feel like I'm doing exactly what I was meant to do.

It sounds like you were right when you said you wanted to be a businesswoman. Because that's what you are today.

Yes. I do love that. But I also love creating things. It's very exciting to me to go out and sell a project, pitch a project.

It's fair to say your life has changed dramatically since the Doritos days.

Yes, dramatically. But I would have to say Doritos really opened the door for me.

Would you ever consider doing another commercial for Doritos, a sequel?

If they would have me, I would absolutely do it.

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/ali-landry-super...al-doritos.html

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