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No matter what Huey Lewis used to say, it was never ‘Hip to be Square.’ At least it wasn’t until the Big Bang Theory came along.

This weekly half hour sitcom about a group of nerdy physicists quickly gained an audience by effectively using intelligent humor, exploiting well established stereotypes, and in the process caused it’s own Big Bang making ‘nerd’ the new ‘sexy’.

Pull on your Star Trek t-shirt, put down that comic book, and let’s take a look at how they did it.

The Big Bang Theory, a brain child of Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) and Bill Prady (Gilmore Girls), premiered on September 24th, 2007 and is now into its fifth season. The show is primarily about four young physicists that work at the California Institute of Technology and the beautiful young female waitress who moves in across the hall. Hilarity ensues.

The show opened to a lukewarm reception in Canada but it quickly gained an audience with the premiere of season 4 – garnering 3.1 million viewers across Canada, making it one of the most watched shows on TV. To add more fuel to the fire, the show and its cast members have won a number of awards including a People’s Choice, a Golden Globe, and two Emmys.

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Would a red-soled stiletto by any other name than Christian Louboutin look as sweet?

Certainly not for the French shoe designer, who passionately defended his court battle to protect his famous glossy red-soled shoes Monday.

Louboutin was in London to open a museum exhibition marking his brand’s 20th anniversary, talking to reporters about his inspirations and his rise to global success. But he also hit out at fellow French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent and its parent company PPR, whom he is suing for trademark infringement in a U.S. federal appeals court. A panel of judges has yet to issue a decision.

“What PPR does via Yves Saint Laurent is breaking my trademark, which I find incredibly offensive,” Louboutin told The Associated Press.

Louboutin’s lawyers have compared his shoe trademark to a similar one held by Tiffany & Co. for blue boxes — sparking a wider debate on whether a designer can own a color.

The 49-year-old designer, dressed in a red tweed jacket, jeans and steel-toed leather shoes he designed himself, argued that his rivals are wrong to accuse him of trying to monopolize the color red.

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Every day after school, my mom would always have a meal ready for me as we watched Oprah together. I vividly remember an interview Oprah had with Barbra Streisand. I was 9. You would think as an elementary-grade little girl, I wouldn’t care to watch an interview with anyone I didn’t relate to. But au contraire mon frère; I remember this day because hearing Barbra talk about her French manicure was the day I formed the belief that a well put-together woman always has a fabulous manicure. From that day on, I judged every girl and woman I met by her nails. I would see women wearing head-to-toe Chanel and carrying a Hermes bag with a five-carat diamond, but if she lacked polish and neat hands, to me she wasn’t “put together.”

At the age of 12, I received my first set of short pink and white acrylics (you may recall that was the craze in the ’90s) and so began my obsession with my own nails. From there I have spent the last 17 years at the nail salon weekly and a total of more than $30,000 on my nails.

You see, I’m a 29-year-old Persian-American girl who grew up around some very entitled young princesses in Calabasas (the place you probably know best as the home of the Kardashians). As though living in LA doesn’t already make me extremely beauty conscious, my being Persian just adds to the pressure! For most young girls, the high school prom is a big glamorous night; for Persians it’s just a watered-down wedding.

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As many of you may know, there has been a growing trend over the past few years shifting from traditional running shoes to a less-supportive, less-cushioned minimalist shoe. There are even some runners who have given up wearing shoes altogether and run barefoot. So, what is the best type of running shoe for you? Although the research has not progressed enough to answer that question definitively, there is some evidence that a less-supportive shoe may improve running efficiency and reduce injury risk.

Over the past three decades, there has been a vast array of technological advances in shoe cushioning and support. Unfortunately, this has not resulted in a reduction in running injuries. The current running shoe model (cushioned, stability, motion control based on “foot type”) has led many to believe that too much rolling motion in the rear foot is a bad thing that needs to be controlled. In addition, it is believed that if you have high arches you need more cushioning. Our foot is a remarkable structure composed of numerous muscles, bones, ligaments and tendons that are uniquely designed to adapt to the stress of running. The complex structure of the foot allows it to pronate (roll inward) and absorb impact when it strikes the ground. The foot then supinates (rolls outward) to create a rigid lever to help propel us forward.

While controlling pronation may be beneficial, it generally makes more sense to control it using the muscles in the feet, ankles and hips rather than the passive support found in stability or motion control shoes. The rigid arch support found in many running shoes can actually weaken the muscles and tendons in the foot because they do not need to work as much to control the foot.

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It’s Sunday, the last evening of the Beale Street Music festival, and Merek Swaim shows the usual signs of having become a “festival zombie.”

He’s tired, sweaty, and lowers himself into his desk chair as if he were settling in to a Sleep Number Bed.

But this year, he’s also laughing… a lot.

After taking a trouble-free golf cart ride from one end of Tom Lee Park to the other, the vice president of operations for the Memphis in May International Festival had only the sunshine to contend with.

“Man it’s hot out there,” he says. “But it’s great. I’m so happy. We’re not hauling tour buses out of the mud. It makes life a lot easier.”

A rainless music festival doesn’t necessarily mean cost savings for the organization, he says, as his crew of seasonal workers always prepare for the worst.

“You do save a little money in labor,” he said. “Especially in the clean-up of the park afterward. It’s still a lot of long hours. But it’s gone very smooth so far.”

For Maryanne Marcy, from Tupelo, and her friend Mary Newman, from Memphis, the sunny weather had a major impact in one crucial regard.

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