German cable television broadcasts shows like "Das Perfekte Promi Dinner," which features minor German soap actors, former athletes and the occasional ex-porn star shopping and cooking meals for one another in their (generally modest) homes, then being gently graded on the results.
This is where the stars shop when they hope to be photographed while shopping.
There may be 45 branches and 50 Sam Ash storefronts now, spread across the entire country, but the store on 48th Street is, unquestionably, the flagship, if for no other reason than that all the stars shop here.
Once aloof from the spendthrift ways of neighboring Dubai, Abu Dhabi -- which, so far, has not experienced the unrest many Arab countries are facing -- is now ticking off items on a five-star shopping list.
In the past, quality players would typically make a name in France and then leave for fame and fortune in England or Spain; now, suddenly, P.S.G. is star-shopping with abandon, signing players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Javier Pastore, Thiago Silva, Lucas and, yes, even Beckham, in an effort to become a European powerhouse akin to Real Madrid and Manchester United.
But by marketing the Constitution as a cross between tchotchke and rock star, the shop sells the main event notably short.
At the top of the top 10 list of songs shared on peer to peer (P2P) networks was crunk number Party Like a Rock Star by Shop Boyz, while TI, the American rapper born Clifford Joseph Harris , Jr was the year's most pilfered-from artist overall.
This appears to be a real shirt, available at the Star Wars Shop for $22.
Founded Industrial Light & Magic in 1975 to create the special effects shots in original Star Wars; shop handled state-of-the-art tricks in Harry Potter movies.
You can pre-order one now from the Star Wars shop for $44.99, and the expected ship date is August 1st.
