NEW YORK - T-shirts. Everyone's got them, but no one has enough.
Pop star Mandy Moore created her own line and label, Mblem, so that she could have an unlimited supply of "functional, casual and sexy" T's.
"It all evolved from the fact that I'm totally the jeans and T-shirt girl. If I can get away with wearing jeans and a T-shirt somewhere, I'll do it," Moore told The Associated Press in a phone interview.
"Getting dressed up is fun but I'm really just a lazy bum and that's the extent of the wardrobe in my mind," she said.
For Moore, whose screen credits include "The Princess Diaries" and "Chasing Liberty," fit comes first.
"I'm a tall girl (5-foot-10), so I'm always searching for the perfect jeans and T-shirt," the 20-year-old singer-actress said. "I'm a huge fan of shopping - I am a girl, after all - but I find that a lot of the popular T-shirts are too short. I mainly just wanted something that I could kick around in."
She added: "I'm a pretty modest girl so I'm not into anything too risque."
Her Mblem shirts, which are priced at about $50, are available in some of her favorite color combinations, including orange and brown and pink and brown, printed with lyrics of some of her favorite classic rock songs.
"I kind of just did the line selfishly," she said. "I'm lucky to be in the position to do that."
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NEW YORK - So how is Wilmer Valderrama dealing with his breakup with "Mean Girls" star Lindsay Lohan?
Valderrama told syndicated entertainment TV program "Access Hollywood" that he's doing just fine.
"I'll tell you, it's good to be able to say that people move on and they experience other things," the 25-year-old actor said in an interview to air Wednesday night.
Lohan and Valderrama announced in November that they had ended their relationship.
They had acknowledged being a couple in July, after Lohan turned 18.
Valderrama, who stars on the Fox sitcom "That '70s Show," listed, in no particular order, a few Hollywood ladies he wouldn't mind moving on with.
"It could be Halle Berry," he said with a smile. "It could be Angelina Jolie or Lucy Liu. I don't know, that's three of the best worlds you can have."
On the Net:
http://www.accesshollywood.com/index.html
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LONDON (AP) - Singer Roger Daltrey of The Who, who received a royal honor from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, says he didn't think she was a fan of rock 'n' roll.
"She'd probably fall off her podium if she heard The Who's songs," the 60-year-old rocker said Wednesday after being named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. "A good blast of 'My Generation' would go down quite well now."
Daltrey, whose band rose to global fame in the 1960s with songs expressing teenage working-class rage, received the CBE medal for his services to music, the entertainment industry and charity.
He said the award was "something to remember," adding: "I still have criticisms of the establishment, but the queen is an exceptional woman. I think she's amazing."
Daltrey also is a patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust and has raised more than $3.7 million for the charity by organizing concerts at Royal Albert Hall in central London.
"I didn't expect to get this. None of us work alone so I accept this for those that don't get anything," he said.
The royal honors are bestowed by the queen, but she chooses only a few. Most recipients are selected by committees of civil servants from nominations made by the government and the public.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Ashlee Simpson and Teen People magazine have put together an auction to benefit UNICEF's relief and recovery efforts for the young victims of the Dec. 26 Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster.
Simpson asked her friends to collect unique items that are being auctioned on eBay until Monday afternoon (5 p.m. EST). Proceeds will benefit the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
"The tsunami and its aftermath have affected everyone, and I couldn't imagine sitting silent and not doing anything to help. I approached Teen People to partner with me to raise money to help everyone affected by this disaster," the 20-year-old singer said in a statement Wednesday.
The auction includes phone calls from stars such as Chad Michael Murray and Shane West; concert experiences with Simpson and New Found Glory; autographed merchandise from Jessica Simpson, Good Charlotte and Nicky Hilton; and sports memorabilia.
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http://www.teenpeople.com/unicef
http://www.ashleesimpsonmusic.com/
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NEW YORK (AP) - Brent Musburger will be the voice of the Indianapolis 500 on ABC.
Musburger will join the broadcast team for the race May 29, Mike Pearl, executive producer of ABC Sports, said Wednesday.
"He is one of the hardest-working and most versatile announcers in the business," Pearl said. "Brent helps to accelerate the excitement of the event."
One of broadcasting's most recognized voices, Musburger handles play-by-play for ABC's college football and NBA telecasts, and ABC and ESPN's coverage of college basketball.
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