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Webby Awards: A Call for Early Entries -- What Are Your Favorite Sites?

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Best Webby Speeches, Walletpop, Webby Speeches Highlight Reel, Patrick Kowalczyk, Five-Word Acceptance Speeches, Romantic Webby Speeches, Oscars for Websites, Andrea Chalupa, Webby Awards, Media News

The Webby Awards is asking for entries.

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Retail Therapy Solutions: Hot, Useful, Affordable Fashion Fixes

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Everyman Jack, Hue Tights, Easy Shopping Fixes, Fashion Week 2009, Essie Nail Polish, Amazing Fashion Finds, Megan Angelo, Fashion Pick-Me-Ups, Walletpop, Retail Therapy, Affordable Shopping Fixes, Andrea Chalupa, Affordable Solutions to Retail Therapy, Style News

Retail therapy is real, and it is dangerous. Who hasn't succumbed to shopping's siren call when things are this bleak, even if your checking account can't handle it?

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Coolest Find on Craigslist? Mansion Living in Seattle, Just $650/Month

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 09.05.2009 | Style

Read More: Puget Sound, Mansion Rentals, Celene Ramadan, Seattle, The Real World, Andrea Chalupa, WalletPop.Com, Andrea-Chalupa, Ross Whippo, Seattle Aquarium, Walletpop, Craigslist, Leeni, Style News

When a friend forwarded a Craigslist posting for a 10,000-s.f. mansion on Seattle's Puget Sound, available for rent, the subject line of the e-mail expressed the astonishment of the find: "really, truly, seriously."

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The World's Most Hated Blogger

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Two years ago, it's fair to say, Casey Serin hit bottom. A bottom lower than most of us could go -- a bottom that would make most of us nauseous and curl into fetal position, whimpering.

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Dollars & Health: Cashing In On Generics

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Walletpop, Andrea-Chalupa, Andy-Miller, Generic Medication, Generic vs Namebrands, Generic Drugs, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WalletPop.Com, Generic Versus Namebrands, Andy Miller, Buying Generic Prescription Drugs, Andrea Chalupa, Living News

Andy Miller, formerly a health care reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has joined Walletpop as a watch dog for all things health care and...

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L.E.A.D. Uganda Offers Guilt Free Shopping

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 07.26.2009 | Style

Read More: L.E.a.D. Uganda, Walletpop, CRT/Tanaka, Andrea Chalupa, WalletPop.Com, Ariston Anderson, Stephen Shames, Hope Necklaces, Style News

The non-profit helps AIDS orphans, former child soldiers and laborers become leaders, get a basic education and win scholarships to continue their education at elite institutions.

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Bargain Eye for the Laid-Off Guy: Get a GQ Look for Under $50

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 07.25.2009 | Style

Read More: Natalie Portman, Andrea-Chalupa, Iman, Sophia Loren, Scarlett Johansson, And Gossip Girl. He's Also Dressed Celebs Chloe Sevigny, Sex and the City, Life on Mars, WalletPop.Com, Rachel Zoe, Ellen Pompeo, Austin Powers, Goodwill Stores, Walletpop, Andrea Chalupa, Lenny Kravitz, Marco Liotta, The Nanny Diaries, Julian Casablancas From the Strokes, David Bowie, And Award-Winning Costumer Patricia Field, Will Smith, Socialite Genevieve Jones, Sofia Coppola, Amacord, Style News

Walletpop.com challenged Marco Liotta to go into Goodwill and put together a sharp interview outfit for under $50. The transformation and tips are a lesson to job-seekers and stylistas everwhere.

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Gays, Marriage, and Money

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Rights and Marriage, Michael Steele, Walletpop, Andrea-Chalupa, Barack-Obama-and-Gay-Rights, Marc Acito, Marc Acito the Upside, Barack Obama and Gay Marriage, The GOP Will Lose the Gay Marriage Issue, WalletPop.Com, Equal Rights Equal Benefits Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Andrea Chalupa, Business News

Something is wrong when two strangers in Las Vegas can get married by an Elvis impersonator and receive more than 1,100 special government rights, while my partner of 22 years and I get zip.

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At the Webby Awards: Can the Internet Revolution end? (No.)

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Google, Twitter Explosion, Doutzen Kroes, The Proposal at the Webbies, Cipriani Wall Street, WalletPop.Com, Isabella Rossellini, Webby Winner, Shiba Inu Live Puppy Cam, Victoria Secret, Trent Reznor Webby Artist of the Year, Sir Berners-Lee, Walletpop, Portfolio.com, Dick Buschman, Enquire Within Upon Everything, Andrea-Chalupa, Sir Berners Lee, Creativity Is a Renewable Resource, The Webbies, Cipriani's, Twitter, Nine Inch Nails, Webby Awards, Biz Stone, Puppy Cam, Seth Meyers, Rachel Zoe, Lisa Kudrow, Ustream, Cipriani, Andrea Chalupa, VictoriaSecret.Com, People's Voice Award, Cnn, Meryl Streep, Arianna Huffington, Alessandro Ambrosio, Erna, 13th Annual Webby Awards, Media News

The web industry celebrated its stars at the 13th Annual Webby Awards -- the Oscars of the Internet -- and victors were limited to five-word-long acceptance speeches.

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Meet the Human I.P.O.

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Walletpop, Human IPO, Andrea-Chalupa, Andrea Chalupa, Michael-Merrill, WalletPop.Com, Mike Merrill, urbanhonking.com, Mikey-Merrill, K. Mikey Merrill, Rwanda, K. Michael Merrill, Business News

K. Michael Merrill is wealth and community personified. In an exclusive post for Walletpop.com, Mikey shares how he "went public" to raise money for various projects and to feel rich everyday.

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Seth Green Shares His Secrets of Financial Success as Unbroke Premieres

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Old Dogs, Dubai, Battlestar Galactica, Unbroke, Micronesia, John Travolta, The Jonas Brothers, Robot Chicken, Ron Moore, Seth Green, Robot Chick: Star Wars Episode II, WalletPop.Com, Thailand, Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Christian Slater, Rosario Dawson, Robin Williams, Mars Needs Moms, Motion Capture, Adult Swim, ABC's Unbroke, Tanzania, Will Smith, Walletpop, Andrea Chalupa, Palau, Entertainment News

Green compares Unbroke to the Schoolhouse Rock shorts: funny and informative. "I'm concerned for all of America's youth who grew up watching My Super Sweet 16 and Cribs."

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Levi's Sports White Knots in Support of Gay Marriage

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Gay Rights, Andrea Chalupa, Bruce Watson, WalletPop.Com, Walletpop, Gay Marriage Equality, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Business News

Should businesses take a side in the gay marriage equality debate? Only if they want to be on the right side of history or else it's just bad marketing, and karma.

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15 Years Later, Why Bette Midler Is Still Trying to Save New York

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 07.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Eco Diva, Andrea-Chalupa, King Kong, New York Restoration Project, Spring Picnic, Halloween, Fun Fundraisers, The New Depression, WalletPop.Com, Rudy Guiliani, Andre Leon Tally, 50 Cent, Bette Midler on the Simpsons, Dolly Parton, The Simpsons, New York in the Seventies, Hulaween, Tim Gunn, Bette Midler, Recession Chic, Walletpop, Bette Midler the Depression Tour, Andrea Chalupa, Nyrp, New York-New York, Entertainment News

There's a strength and purpose to her showgirl style, and for the past 15 years Midler's taken that spirit offstage with a mission: making New York one of the greenest cities in the world.

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The Upside: Cost Cut Your Haircut

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Andrea-Chalupa, Sid and Nancy, Valerie Jarrett, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Jazzercise, Frederic-Fekkai, Toni & Guy, Dick Fuld, Walletpop, Cutting Your Hair Yourself, Andrea Chalupa, Cojones, Wanda Sykes, Cutting Your Hair at Home, Hair Model, Toni & Guy Academy, Sanjay Gupta, Free Haircuts, Style News

There are a few ways to get a great haircut for next to nothing. The first way, which I haven't tried yet, but seems extremely promising, is to be a model at the Toni & Guy Academy.

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Must Watch Video: Forget Swine Flu, it's All About Toflu

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Toflu, Walletpop, Rakesh Baruah, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Andrea Chalupa, Comedy News

With all the recent hysteria over swine flu, from the fashionable face masks to potentially panic inducing warnings from Vice President Joe Biden, it seems it's time to poke fun at a faction of society that's been relatively safe, until now: vegetarians.

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Ford's Giant Green Leap

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Walletpop, Southern California Edison, Andrea-Chalupa, Who Killed the Electric Car, The Jetsons, Smart Grid, Ford, Susan Cischke, The Electric Car, WalletPop.Com, Neil Young, All in the Family, Ford Motor Company, Southern Cal Edison, 2012, Andrea Chalupa, Green News

Given the crisis we face, we should all be driving around in zero-emission vehicles. Forget the flying car and living like the Jetsons! We need cars that don't emit C02, now.

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Goodbye, Portfolio. Thanks, Uncle Si

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

Jeff Bercovici, Portfolio.com's Mixed Media blogger, broke the news at 10 a.m.: Condé Nast is shutting down Portfolio magazine and its website. Eight...

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Sexy Job of the Future: the Almighty Fact-Checker

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Walletpop, Devil Wears Prada, Harvard, Michael Wolff, Air America, Craig Newmark, Wolff's Newser, Andrea Chalupa, Snark, Vanity Fair, Newser.com, WalletPop.Com, Bennett Zier, Sexy Job of the Future, Media News

It's sad to think that journalistic standards, and reliability, is slipping away as magazines and newspapers shut down. But this is creating a great Hollywood close-up for the humble fact-checker.

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ShamWow Guy the Movie: Noooo!

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 04.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Shamwow-Guy-Hooker, Shamwow-Guy-Arrested, Shamwow, Lawrence Van Gelder, Anna Nicole Smith, Jason-Cochran, Andrea-Chalupa, The Underground Comedy Movie, New York Times, WalletPop.Com, Joey Buttafuoco, Jason Cochran, Walletpop, Karen Black, Andrea Chalupa, Shamwow Guy, Entertainment News

The news that ShamWow Guy was arrested for beating a prostitute is not all that surprising. Now that the story broke and the gruesome mugshot is making the rounds, some surprising details on ShamPow have come to light.

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Madoff's Prison Number Pays Off for Lottery Player

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Walletpop, Madoff Money, Andrea-Chalupa, Ruth Madoff, Andrea Chalupa, Lotto, Madoff Victims, WalletPop.Com, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Scandal, Wallet Pop, Lotto Winners, Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Amendolaro, Anthony Papa, Business News

It's great to see that, finally, someone got some money out of this Madoff crisis, even if it is only $1,500, about the price of one of Bernie's designer loafers or a manicure for Ruth.

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How California is Leading the Charge on Electric Cars

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Driving Sa We Know It, Auto Industry, Andrea-Chalupa, All's Beautiful in CA, California Is the Greatest Place in the World, Driving, Wallet Pop, California, Tesla Motors, Carbon Caps, Leonardo Dicaprio, Electric Cars, WalletPop.Com, Walletpop, E-Vehicles, How California Is Leading the Charge on Electric Cars, Andrea Chalupa, Green News

The only thing I don't miss about living in California is having to drive. Driving creates all kinds of problems for our environment and profits for ...

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