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Mary-Kate and Ashley Desperately Want Someone to Eat their Cakes and Munch on their Pies
OLSEN TWINS INVEST IN CAKE SHOP
MARY-KATE and ASHLEY OLSEN have developed a sweet tooth after investing millions in Los Angeles' cake shop Sweet Lady Jane.
The millionaire twins have reportedly invested $2 million (GBP1.1 million) in their favourite bakery.
It's not the bakery's first brush with fame - Sweet Lady Jane's bakers have created wedding cakes for JENNIFER LOPEZ, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and CARNIE WILSON.
Mary-Kate and Ashley are said to be so involved in all aspects of their new business, they've even started coming up with cake ideas for Sweet Lady Jane founder JANE LOCKHART, according to American publication In Touch.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Show Why They're Hip, and We’re Not
Mary-Kate and Ashley's new January 2006 hip picks are out.
Funny. MK's movie pick is Kong. What a coincidence. That was her nick name for me until she found out it was just a banana in my pocket. She wasn't amused.
But seriously, this photo looked new to me so I extracted it and it enlarged quite nicely. The photo I mean.
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MK: "Ashley. OMG. Your not wearing a bra. Again. I'm telling Dad. You are SO in trouble."
Ashley: "Go ahead. And I'll just tell him your not wearing any panties. Again."
MK: "Uh. Oh yeah. Right. Never mind."
My Christmas Gift to Mary-Kate and Ashley: I'm going to flash them
No I'm kidding. I'm not going to flash them. Who do you think I am? This is Christmas for Gods sake! I'm saving that for their next birthday. "Your not teenagers any more," I'll say. "It's time for you to see what a real man looks like!" I know they'll scream in delight. Well, at least scream.
This is Christmas. This calls for something more solemn. More warm and cozy. So I was thinking to myself, self, what should I get Mary-Kate and Ashley for Christmas? What do I get two girls who already have everything? A puppy? No they already have that. Millions of dollars? Nope. So booooring. I was running out of ideas when I finally got it. A space heater! What do all girls complain about? Cold. They all say it. "I'm cold cold cold! Turn off that damn air conditioner!"
Oh yeah baby. I am one righteous dude. I was feeling real good about myself. Fortunately my friend convinced me what a moron was. "That's not a good Christmas gift!" he said contemptuously. "Get them something personal. Put some fucking thought into it ya moron." He was right. So I thought. And I thought. And I got it. An anti-paparazzi device! Yessss! But wait a minute. Was there even such a thing? Turns out there is. So that's it then. I know they'll love it. Don't tell them what I'm getting them ok? I want it to be a surprise. Can't wait for all the kisses and hugs and the, "Oh what a perfect gift! We love you so much Michael!"
I'll blush and say it's nothing and tell them, "If you think this is good, just wait until your next birthday."
Anti-Paparazzi Flash
If you have ever felt sorry for celebrities hounded by cameras as they go about their daily business - be that pumping gas or entering a flashy nightclub - you can rest easy. A group of researchers at Georgia Tech has designed what could become an effective celebrity protection device: an instrument that detects the presence of a digital camera's lens and then shoots light directly at the camera when a photographer tries to take a picture. The result? A blurry picture of a beam of light. Try selling that to Us Weekly.
Read a Preview of Mary-Kate Olsen's Interview in W Magazine
Her messy hair, giant sunglasses and wardrobe full of decaying designer threads have influenced everyone from John Galliano to the girls at the mall. But lately Mary-Kate Olsen has had more on her mind than whether she can wear leggings with heels. There's the responsibility of her $1 billion company, the paparazzi who shadow her every move and the fresh heartache over a tabloid-worthy breakup. Now she's leaving college and her twin sister, Ashley, behind—at least for the semester—and making a fresh start in L.A. Her goals? Get healthy, learn to put herself first and find work as "just an actress" for a change.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have decided they will let the right guy at the right price into their jeans November 19th, 2005
It's that time of year again. Mary-Kate and Ashley are really horny. All the losers they've been dating can't even get to first base they're so lame. These girls are getting desperate!
So desparate they've put themselves up for bid. They can't wait for some hot rich guy to pay the price to get into their genes and rock their genetic world. Don't disappoint them. They want you. They need you. Open your wallet and do it for the kids!
You can bid on great autographed celebrity blue jeans from Saturday, November 19 - Tuesday, November 29, 2005. You'll get a terrific collector's item and help support the work of the National Hemophilia Foundation at the same time.
Dualstar Hires Former Porn Editor
Hahahaha! I told you guys that MK&A planned on going in a new direction after Thorne left but I never expected this. They're hiring former porn mag editors. No joke. Read the story. Holy shit. I can only imagine why. Man I gotta get in on this. If a former Hustler editor can work there than by God I can too. Time to dust off my resume and lie my ass off. Let's see, what sort of porn experience could I say I have? Besides personal. I don't think that counts. Wait, this site is basically soft porn already. I got it made dude. This site IS my resume. California here I come.
A Considerable Town
Mary-Kate and Ashley’s, Temporarily
by DAN KAPELOVITZNot long ago, I was the features editor of Hustler magazine. The job was everything you’d imagine: spell-checking porn-star names (Jamie Juggs or Jugggs . . .?), fact-checking coprophilia articles and casual Fridays with power lunches at Nibblers. I even saw Larry Flynt himself once when the elevator doors opened and there he was in his gold-plated wheelchair. “Take the next elevator,” snarled his bodyguard.
Oh, how my life has gone downhill.
Now I’m a freelance writer, and by that I mean I mostly watch television. My unemployment insurance ran out almost a year ago; so I recently signed with a temporary-employment agency. In the temp world, writers are not highly valued commodities (no one ever needs a writer just for a few hours Wednesday morning). However, good typing skills are always in demand, just ahead of “accurate alphabetizing.” Fortunately (or not), I’m a fast typist, and whenever a company needs short-term transcription services, the temp agency gives me a call.
Most journalists would agree that the absolute worst part of their profession is transcribing interviews. In my glory days at Hustler, the magazine paid a transcription company $70 per hour to type up my interviews. I used to wonder what the transcribers thought as they listened to the four-way conference call between me, the formerly bulimic Barbi Twins and a puke fetishist. Now, I’m that lowly transcriber. And believe me, I don’t earn $70 per hour.
After a couple of days of transcribing fascinating things like real-estate meetings and estate-planning discussions, I got a call from my temp agent, who told me to show up at Dualstar Entertainment Group, the corporate headquarters of the Olsen twins’ billion-dollar media empire.
I was going to work for Mary-Kate and Ashley!
Okay, I’ve never been an Olsen-twins fanatic. I can’t even tell the two apart, though they’re not identical. And I never counted down the days until their 18th birthday, which many men deeply believed was the only obstacle to being in the middle of an Olsen sandwich. But almost every guy I know is freakishly obsessed with the 19-year-old sisters. When I told my friends about my next temp job, they were whipped into a frenzy. More than one person I spoke to fantasized that the job might somehow provide access to Olsen undies.
“Maybe you’ll encounter an actual Olsen,” drooled one of my creepier acquaintances. “I just read in the tabloids that Mary-Kate left NYU and is back in Hollywood.” Actually, I’d already had an Olsen encounter, years earlier in San Francisco’s Alamo Square. I lived one block away from the Victorian home used for exterior shots on Full House, the sitcom genesis of Olsen myth and mogulhood. One morning, a film crew was shooting a new opening sequence featuring one of the then-interchangeable sisters chasing a dog up the street. Little did I know that I would one day be working for that 8-year-old child. I’ll probably be working for the dog before long.
When I arrived at Dualstar, the first thing I saw was a bunch of clothes hanging up and spread out on the carpet. “Were these actual Olsen-twin outfits?” I wondered. It turned out that they were items from the teen entrepreneurs’ new clothing line. Unfortunately for my perverted pals, these clothes most likely never touched Olsen skin.
I never saw Mary-Kate or Ashley, but Dualstar did have a refrigerator stocked with all of the soda and bottled water I could drink (a perk never offered by Hustler). All of the Dualstar employees were extremely nice to me, and I could tell that my boss-for-the-day felt kind of sorry for asking me to transcribe hours of interviews.
I had imagined that I would be listening to secret Olsen-twin conversations. You know, pillow talk about Greek tycoon Stavros Niarchos or catty comments regarding Paris Hilton, strange noises in the background, new voices in the room . . . Instead, I was to transcribe interviews of various women with interesting careers who might inspire fans visiting Mary-KateAndAshley.com. The Olsens didn’t even conduct the interviews — the editor of their Web site did.
For two days, I listened to banal conversations with a young author, a professional snowboarder and a 14-year-old fashion designer. I pecked away at the keyboard, transcribing their endless self-aggrandizing about their successes. Finally, I had an epiphany: Maybe I would never make belt buckles in the basement of my parents’ house, but I’ll be damned if I was going to transcribe one more word of someone who did. I called my agency and told them (in effect) to take this temp job and shove it.
My resumé can be found on Monster.com.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Take More Inches than Bush
Question: Are two Olsen twins in my hand worth more than one Bush?
Yes, according to the just released 60th edition of Who's Who in America. Bush may be able to push the nuclear button but MK&A know how to push mine so I'd definitely give them all the inches they needed to get the job done.
Nytimes.com (reg.req.)
In the 60th anniversary Who's Who in America, George W. Bush weighs in with one and a quarter column inches of biographical information. The Olsen twins ... garner twice that much space.
Rumor: Mary-Kate Olsen to Take Part in New Movie?
Nypost.com (reg. req.)
October 31, 2005 -- MARY-Kate Olsen is going back to her roots — acting. We hear [she] is in talks to play eccentric Andy Warhol acolyte [BRIGID] Berlin in "Factory Girl" alongside Sienna Miller, who is playing Edie Sedgwick.
So is this why she took a leave of absence from NYU? Definite possibility!
Sienna Miller
Andy Warhol
Brigid Berlin (2001)
Brigid Berlin Bio (warning nudity)
Factory Girl Movie Info
"National Enquirer" Gets on it's Knees and Apologizes to Ashley Olsen
"Hahaha! I won! I won! Eat THAT Enquirer!"
Leaked fax to Ashley from Enquirer admitting defeat:
Enquirer owner : "Ok you've won you bitch. You didn't tell us Stein didn't use any lubrication! Ow! But we don't have no stinkin $40 million. We spent it already on that crack party last Easter. Pleeeeese don't hurt us! We have wives and children! Hurt them!!!"
Oh my God those guys are scum.
Guess Ashley took pity on them and settled for a retraction. But she won! Yahoo! Woohoo! Weehee! Too bad she didn't get the $40mil. I would of taken the money and bought drugs with it myself but that's just me.
'Enquirer' Apologizes to Ashley Olsen
By WENN | Wednesday, October 26, 2005
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HOLLYWOOD - The National Enquirer has apologized to Ashley Olsen for suggesting she was part of a drug scandal involving her former boyfriend Scott Sartiano.
Olsen appeared on the front of the weekly publication, underneath the headline 'Ashley Olsen Caught In A Drug Scandal' but the Enquirer's editors insist they never intended to suggest the young actress was involved with drugs.
In a clarification notice in the new National Enquirer, the publication's editors state, "The article concerned certain legal proceedings involving Scott Sartiano and did not in any way accuse Ms. Olsen of being involved in those proceedings or of being involved in any drug scandal or any association with any type of illegal drugs.
"The National Enquirer wants to make clear to its readers that, by its cover and headlines, it did not intend to accuse Ms. Olsen of being involved in any drug scandal."
Mary-Kate Olsen Steals David Katzenberg Back from Nicky Hilton?
The Revenge Of Mary-Kate!
Yesterday we told you about Mary-Kate's plan to move back to L.A. and snatch her menz (Stav and Katz) from the Hilton sisters. And, what do you know? That's exactly what she's done!
Report our friends at Page Six:
Paris Hilton stole Mary- Kate Olsen's boyfriend, Stavros Niarchos - but Mary-Kate is taking it out on Nicky, Paris' sister. Nicky had been seen around Los Angeles with another Mary-Kate ex, David Katzenberg. But the other night, Mary-Kate was spotted "making out furiously" with Katzenberg at the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "They were totally together," our spy said. Katzenberg is said to have always held a flame for the tiny twin.
Mary-Kate NOT Dropping Out of College
Mary-Kate NOT dropping out of college. She's just taking a break. I just hope she doesn't cheat on NYU with another Uni while she's on that break cause NYU has his pride and I don't think he'll accept the "WE WERE ON A BREAK!" excuse.
"She's not dropping out. She's taking an approved leave of absence to focus on her increasing responsibilities and live her life," spokesman Michael Pagnotta said, adding that Olsen had returned to Los Angeles.
"She and her sister run a global business and it demands quite a bit of their time," he said, adding that Mary-Kate would return to New York in November to accept a fashion award.
Ashley Olsen will remain at New York University's Gallatin School, where the 19-year-old film and TV stars are sophomores studying a liberal arts curriculum, Pagnotta said.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are co-presidents of Dualstar Entertainment Group, a multimillion-dollar brand catering to young girls with home videos, CDs, books, apparel, fragrances and dolls. Fortune magazine last year estimated they were worth $137 million each.
Pagnotta said Mary-Kate, who was treated for an eating disorder in 2004, was not taking a leave of absence for health reasons.
"She's not going into hiding," he said, adding that among the interests Mary-Kate pursed outside of film were travel, painting and photography.
Transcript of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's Appearance on MuchMusic's Live@Much Special (8-30-2005)
("Live@Much" WITH MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN, AUGUST 30, 2005)
> Announcer: THIS IS A MuchMusic SPECIAL PRESENTATION. (Music) (Cheering and applause)
> Devon: WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF "Live@Much." MY NAME IS DEVON SOLTENDIECK. THIS SHOW AIN'T ABOUT ME, GUYS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG HOUR. MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN ARE GOING TO BE HERE ON "Live@Much." THEY'VE GOT TV AND MOVIES, BOOKS. THESE GUYS ARE THE BIGGEST SELF-MADE BILLIONAIRES IN THE HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA. THEY HAVE A NEW FASHION DOLL COMING OUT. WE'VE GOT THEM FOR THE FULL HOUR, TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, YOUR QUESTIONS AT HOME, TOO. LET'S GO CHECK TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SARAH ON THE RED CARPET. SARAH?
> Sarah: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEVON. I'M HANGING OUT HERE IN THE BIGGEST CROWD I'VE EVER SEEN. BUT THEY'RE NOT CHEERING FOR ME. I WISH THAT THEY WERE, OKAY. IN MOMENTS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL WOMEN IN AMERICA, MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN ARE GOING TO BE HERE HANGING OUT. (Cheering and applause) SO I GUESS I WANT TO ASK YOU, ARE YOU EXCITED? I THOUGHT THEY'D SAY THAT. HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN HANGING OUT HERE?
PageSix Caught Misrepresenting "Coupon" Story
Remember the whole "coupon" story where Mary-Kate was portrayed as being cheap? Allow me to refresh your memory:
Nydailynews.com (3-15-2005)
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE: Mary-Kate Olsen might be worth $137 million, but Lowdown hears that the 18-year-old twin recently took her new chocolate Lab puppy to the Heart of Chelsea Animal Hospital and "demanded" a free consultation from veterinarian Marc Siebert. A Lowdown spy reports: "Evidently, some time ago, Heart of Chelsea had given a coupon to David Katzenberg for a free checkup. And he never used it, so she waddled in with a huge bodyguard trying to make good on his free appointment." Added the spy: "She told Dr. Siebert that she hired the best dog trainer in the city, and he responded, 'For you, or the dog?'" Neither Mary-Kate's rep nor Siebert returned Lowdown's messages by deadline.
Juicy eh? Too bad it's not what happened. Here's what really happened according to a blog entry by a friend of Marc Siebert himself:
blog.360.yahoo.com/ Marshagarsha
"One day, the infamous Mary-Kate Olsen came in to buy her boyfriend a dog and in doing so, received a coupon for a free veterinary exam at Marc's clinic. Marc said when she came in to his clinic with the dog,
"...she was a very lovely young lady and despite having a coupon for free exam spent at least $500 on supplies and food. He said they had a brief side discussion about dog training during which he told her that a trainer's job is not to train the dog, but to teach the owner how to train the dog themselves."
Well, it turns out that there was a Page Six gossip rag reporter from the NY Post in his office at the same time, and she'd overheard their entire conversation between Marc and MK. The next day, Page Six published an article about MK's visit to Marc's clinic, but with quite the spin on it.
The article blasted MK for being "cheap" and demanding a free exam from Marc, and then said that Marc counteracted by implying that he didn't know if she'd need a dog trainer for her dog or for herself. Marc said...
"...a lot of people he knew read the article, which mentioned him and his clinic by name, and that he was 'mortified'. "
DAY-yam! Evil evil evil Page Six, which is of course owned by the NY Post, i.e. the same folks who bring you Unfair and Unbalanced Fox News, so whaddya expect?"
Mary-Kate Olsen to be the New Face of Calvin Klein?
Will Mary-Kate be the model twin?
By Jeannette Walls
MSNBC
Updated: 2:47 a.m. ET Aug. 25, 2005
Will Mary-Kate Olsen follow in Kate Moss’s footsteps?
The former child sitcom star is said to be mulling a mega-bucks contract to become the new face of Calvin Klein.
The younger (by two minutes) half of the Olsen twins, stands five-feet, two-inches and was admitted to a clinic last year for an eating disorder. Still, she and sister Ashley are considered style icons by some, as the New York Times noted earlier this year, “In fact the twins are trendsetters for the latest hipster look.”
“[Calvin Klein] who famously launched the career of waif-like Kate Moss in a series of ads, wants Mary-Kate. . . to be featured in a campaign for his upcoming high-end collection,” according to an upcoming issue of InTouch Weekly.
Stavros IS Cheating on Mary-Kate!
This is no joke. Read the story below. Am I psychic or what?
Niarchos not ogling only Olsen
By Inside Track
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
MARY KATE OLSEN might need to keep a tighter leash on her billionaire boyfriend, Stavros Niarchos, according to Star maggie. Stavros reportedly has been on the prowl in St. Tropez without his teeny arm candy, partying with many different beautiful ladies! ``One night he hooked up with the big-breasted blonde. . . they left together. Another night he was with an amazing-looking model-type girl with dark hair and dark eyes,'' spilled a Star spy. Well, variety is the spice of life and all . . . .
Sample of Harpers Bazaar’s Interview with Ashley Olsen
Check out this new article that gives a sample of Harper's July 2005 interview with Ashley. In it she discusses her incredible ability to pick the most expensive clothes, how her "bobo" fashion style was just trying to stay warm, and how she try's her best to not look sexy. Sorry to say she's a total failure on that last one. One very interesting tidbit is confirmation that Ashley is actively auditioning for film roles!
By César G. Soriano, USA TODAY
Ashley Olsen, one half of the Olsen Twins power duo, is breaking out of her sibling shell and going solo — as a fashion icon.
"If you look at pictures of the two of us walking down the street, you know we're not trying to look like sex symbols," Ashley Olsen says to Harper's.
In her first magazine cover without sister Mary-Kate, Ashley graces the July issue of Harper's Bazaar (on newsstands June 21). The magazine calls Ashley "Fashion's New 'It' Girl," highlighting the twins' trendy penchant for hobo-style getups that have been described as "dumpster dressing" and "bobo" (bohemian bourgeois).
"I honestly don't know why we started dressing like that," Ashley tells Harper's. "We like wearing big, oversized things and it gets photographed. New York weather allows you to layer a lot.
"If you look at pictures of the two of us walking down the street, you know we're not trying to look like sex symbols," she says to Harper's. "Dressing up is all about fun. My idea of the highest compliment is 'adorable.' "
Christian Dior designer John Galliano says the Olsens have inspired his fall collection. "It's really cool that we can influence someone like that," says Olsen, who with Mary-Kate heads up their own mary-kateandashley fashion brand.
She tells Harper's her favorite fashion designers include Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Stella McCartney and Calvin Klein. "I don't remember when exactly, but I've always chosen the outfit that was the most expensive. I'm really good at that," Olsen says with a laugh.
Olsen, who is auditioning for new film roles, doesn't discuss personal details in the article, such as her boyfriend Scott Sartiano, 30, co-owner of New York nightclub Butter, or Mary-Kate's battle with an eating disorder.
The twins will be 19 on June 13. They just completed their freshman year at New York University but are going in different directions. Ashley interned with designer Zac Posen. Mary-Kate interned with celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.
"We support each other always," Ashley says to Harper's of Mary-Kate "We've always had differences. It's just that now, for the first time, the public is starting to see it that way."
Olsen Twins Summer Hip Picks
The big news is they will be going overseas sometime this summer but they don't say why. Hopefully it will be business related and we'll get some great photo ops. The rumor is they will be going to London.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Fully Exonerated By The Fashion Police
Couples Therapy
They're joined at the hip, but Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen still make loud individual style statements. Ashley goes glam in a gilt empire-waist Oscar de la Renta gown, gold heels and blond waves at the New York Costume Institute Gala. But wafer-thin Mary-Kate is a real hippie chick in a sheer white vintage shirtdress, natural beads and bright red curls. Hey, at least she's not swallowed up in her usual heavy bag-lady layers.
Olsen Lawyers "Negotiate" With Fake Olsen Sex Video Maker
Don't mess with the Olsens or they'll sic their mad dog lawyers on you faster than you can say, "Oh my God they don't use lubricant!"
Fake Olsen Sex Video Maker "Negotiating" With Olsen Lawyers
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Reno filmmaker under fire from Olsen twins over "sex video"
A Reno filmmaker is selling a video parody he calls the "Ashley Olson Sex Tape," and that has representatives of the Olsen twins up in arms and their lawyer ordering the filmmaker to shut down his website.
Teen People Magazine: "Olsens Need To Cool Off Because They Are HOT!"
They did it again. Teen People magazine has again included the dynamic duo from Dualstar in this years list of the "25 Hottest Stars Under 25."
Who are the young stars of film, TV and music? Teen People's list of the "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" includes Alicia Keys, Ciara, Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, Jesse McCartney and Justin Timberlake, AP reports.
Other stars making the eighth annual installment of the list: Jessica Alba, Hayden Christensen, Kirsten Dunst, Paris Hilton, Scarlett Johansson, Chad Michael Murray, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, Britney Spears, Jake Gyllenhaal, Elijah Wood, Lindsay Lohan, Natalie Portman, Destiny's Child, rapper T.I., some of the cast of the new movie "Lords of Dogtown," and the cast of Fox's "The O.C." - minus Benjamin McKenzie, who is 26.
New Article: The Olsens Rapidly Adapting Product Line To Sell To Teen Market
Very interesting article at USA TODAY about how the Olsens plan to change their product line to sell to the teen market. Olsen cell phones anyone? Check it out:
Dualstar CEO Diane Reichenberger
"They're smart. They're articulate. They're rational."
"It is Diane's responsibility to make sure she is an extension of us."
Billion-dollar teens take business seriously
By Jim Hopkins, USA TODAY
New York University has hundreds of young women in its freshman class this spring. But two stand out.
The famous Olsen twins: child stars, now 18, who took control of their billion-dollar consumer-goods empire four months ago and hired a new CEO to chart its uncertain future.
Dualstar Entertainment Group, founded when Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were just 6, was among the first to mine the now-$335 billion "tweens" market: kids 8 to 12.
Ever since, girls have flocked to Dualstar's cheery videos, books, dolls, cosmetics and clothes. "The most fabulous clothes I ever saw," Tyiesha Burris, 8, said while eyeing a celery-green blouse at a Wal-Mart outside San Francisco. (Photo gallery: The Olsen twins empire)
Now the multimillionaire Olsens and their company are at a crossroads. The twins are no longer the little girls on the Full House TV show, unburdened by adult cares. That makes it harder for their younger core customers to relate to them, says Laura Groppe, president of consultant Girls Intelligence Agency.
Their last big-screen foray, New York Minute, fizzled at the box office last year. Moreover, Mary-Kate's widely publicized battle with an eating disorder highlights the pitfalls, known well to Martha Stewart's backers, of building a business around a personality — or two.
"They're facing all these questions," Groppe says. "It could kill the brand if they make the wrong choices."
Read My Amazing Review of Mary-Kate and Ashley's New Official Online Fan Club
Paris Hilton Wants Olsen Twins to Replace Nicole Richie in The Simple Life
Update: Kimberly Stewart, daughter of Rod Stewart, new co-star for The Simple Life 4, replacing Nicole Richie. - Usatoday.com 
Won't happen but it would be very cool if it did.
PARIS Hilton needs a new friend. PAGE SIX first reported that she and Nicole Richie were on the rocks, and now, "The Insider" is reporting that Fox is searching for a replacement for Richie on "The Simple Life." Nicole will stay with Fox, maybe working on a "Newlyweds"-like reality show with her fiancé DJ AM, a k a Adam Goldstein, as cameras follow the planning of their upcoming wedding. As for Hilton's possible new co-star? Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's names pop up as dream partners for the rowdy Hilton.
Stamos Dating Mary-Kate?
Forget those tabloid reports about a supposed riff between JOHN STAMOS and his "Full House" co-stars, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Stamos and Mary-Kate recently took in a performance of Broadway's The Pillowman. One woman in the audience cooed over them, complimenting them on being such a good-looking couple. She had no idea who they were. Stamos thanked her, but warned, "She's not my girlfriend. She's my daughter." Stamos and Mary-Kate had a good laugh. A few nights later Stamos and the Olsens had a "Full House" reunion when they caught BOB SAGET in the off-Broadway show, Privilege.
Haha gotcha.
