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Heidi Klum was InStyle Magazine's "Look of the Day" yesterday!

Anyone who has seen the Jay McCarroll documentary, "Eleven Minutes," will recognize Kelly Cutrone. The Magical Elves are ready to produce a new reality show about her life. More here.

Meet Stella Zotis on December 14th at the Holiday Craftacular.

EW.com named Lauren Zalaznick one of television's "25 Smartest People." Thanks Sharon.

Also, there is still time to vote in our "Britney Spears as Project Runway Finale Judge" poll.

Photo: Dara Kushner/INF

New York Times Story on Lauren Zalaznick

Photo: Finlay Mackay for The New York Times.

Thank you Marsha, Nancy and Barb for forwarding this fabulous profile of Lauren Zalaznick.

BPRs pour a cup of coffee and enjoy!

From The Mailbox

There is still time to vote in our episode five poll.

After appearing on Project Runway, Kelli Martin's business is booming.

NYMag has posted a fabulous article about Nina Garcia, Anne Slowey, Elle Magazine and Reality Television. Personally, I can not wait for "Sylista." Thanks Jill.

NYMag also reports that Christian Siriano is designing a line for mothers-to-be. Check out the website at Moody Mamas!

Christian was in Baltimore on Saturday for the "Drive to Thrive" event. Click here for more.

Lauren Zalaznick is at The Olympics!

Project Courtroom: The Saga Continues

More juicy details have emerged from the ongoing legal battle between NBC Universal and the Weinstein Company over the Project Runway franchise. Get this:

In testimony in N.Y. State Supreme Court this month, movie/TV mogul Harvey Weinstein told the judge that the fashion mentor (Tim Gunn)wasn't paid anything in the show's first season.

Thats right, Tim worked for Harvey free of charge! Season 2 may have brought him fame, but not much fortune:

The second season wasn't much better for Gunn: He got only $2,500 per episode, according to testimony in the court battle, which pits NBC/Universal against the Weinstein Co., which owns "Project Runway," over taking Heidi Klum's popular show from NBC's Bravo to Lifetime.

The Weinstein Company got Tim on the cheap. But wait, there's more...

NBC/Universal president/CEO Jeff Zucker also took the stand in the court session. Zucker, who is supposedly friends with Weinstein and attended his wedding to Marchese designer Georgina Chapman, was questioned under oath about an e-mail he'd sent telling Bravo execs to show marathon reruns of "Project Runway" in the same time slot that Lifetime plans to air the new show's season in November. He was proud of the plan, explaining, "I'm a competitive guy."

Ahh - the ruthless business of broadcasting. One day you're toasting the groom, the next you're planning his ratings demise. The bright side: we'll have plenty of Runway to choose from come November! Of course Harvey had to go and get personal:

Weinstein also testified that he "disliked Bravo management." That would surely mean Bravo/Oxygen/iVillage chief Lauren Zalaznick. More than one source used the H word in describing the relationship: "They hate each other."

Now, we've never met Harvey Weinstein and are pretty sure that we would cower and run if it did occur, but we have met Bravo's Lauren Zalaznick and can only state that she has been nothing but kind and supportive to the BPR community. How can you hate her?

Will NBC be successful in their lawsuit? Stay tuned for the next episode of Project Courtroom...

Previously on BPR: Project Courtroom, Act I

From The Mailbox

Congratulations to Project Runway for winning the GLAAD Media Award for Best Reality Show.

Although there are plenty of press mentions (the mailbox is flooded!) no one says it better than the PRGayboys. Click here to read their post.

Here is the InStyle article.

...and here is Bravo's Fashion Forward Blog entry.