Gigi If Gwen gets a Gi-Girl
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale plan to call their baby "Gigi" - but only if it's a girl. WD reports the pair like the name because it uses their initials and has "street cred". Pray for a boy, people.

No Doubt's Tony Kanal Launches Label
No Doubt's Tony Kanal will launch his own Kingsbury Studios label this spring with the debut album from reggae artist Elan. Due May 23, "Together As One" features the Gwen Stefani duet "All Nighter" plus collaborations with Assassin, Tami Chynn, Sly & Robbie and Cutty Ranks as well as Kanal himself, Billboard.com can reveal.

Kanal first saw Elan performing with the Wailers in 1998 and tells Billboard.com, "I, along with everyone in the audience, was amazed to see this kid do justice to Bob [Marley]'s vocals." The pair was introduced but didn't find time to begin collaborating until several years later. "It wasn't until 2003 that Elan and I had the chance to get in the studio and start writing together," he says. "He proved himself to be a great songwriter and an amazing vocalist."

Elan and Stefani previously collaborated on a cover of Bryan Ferry's "Slave to Love," which Kanal produced for the "50 First Dates" soundtrack.

Kingsbury Studios is not exclusively distributed by any major, but in the case of Elan's record, Kanal says, "Interscope was a great match because they have a history of breaking one-of-a-kind, unique artists like him."

A three-track single led by the Assassin collaboration "Girl" is out now; Elan will be on the road with UB40 this spring. As for Kanal, he says, "In between just starting the new No Doubt record and collaborating with Gwen for her next solo outing, I always have my ears and eyes open for new artists."

Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

NDIFC Awards VOTING STARED
On June 1st, 2006, the 2nd Annual NDIFC Awards will be held. I decided to push the voting one week forward. To you fans even more time to vote. You can vote now !!!! Click on the banner below.

Shopping With...Zaldy, designer
Fashion Wire Daily - New York - These days, when he's not whipping up fashion-forward creations for his own eponymous line or co-designing L.A.M.B. with Gwen Stefani, designer Zaldy Goco (who goes by his first name professionally) can often be found trawling the racks at Century 21, New York's premiere discount department store, which carries high-end designer merchandise at bargain basement prices.

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"This coat is Helmut Lang and it's one of my favorite Century 21 purchases," the raven-tressed club-kid-turned-model-turned-clothing-designer enthused of his down parka, which had clever interior straps that allowed the wearer to shrug off the sleeves and suspend the coat, backpack-style, from one's shoulders. "And it cost less than $70! You know, we can go to Opening Ceremony and I can pick up a cute this or I can go to Cloak and pick up a nice that, but at Century 21, I can get everything I need - even underwear."

On the morning we met, Zaldy - who has also worked as a costume designer and stylist for musicians like Britney Spears, Melissa Auf der Maur, Rufus Wainwright, J. Lo, Lil' Kim, Mary J. Blige, Beyoncé (who wore a Zaldy dress on the cover of Vanity Fair) and, yes, Gwen Stefani - was sporting what he jokingly called his "Fashion Leather Daddy" look: Dior jeans, a tight black leather Y-3 jacket, a black-and-red striped L.A.M.B. cashmere scarf, hiking boots from Paragon, a Civil War-style leather cap, a vintage belt with a big gold cat's head buckle, and a silver wolf's head ring (the wolf being the logo of his Zaldy line because it symbolizes "the individual but it's an animal that runs with the pack, too").

As we headed over to Century 21 (22 Cortland Street; 212-227-9092), the soft-spoken, gracious Parsons grad talked about the Chelsea Hotel, where he's lived for more than a decade ("I just love the Chelsea - the size of it and the history and the feeling that's there"), his favorite celebrity ("Gwen, of course! She's so cool. Just real easy, down-to-earth, no bs") and his current favorite nightclubs ("I go to MisShapes and I like Happy Valley a lot; it's super, super fun").

As we entered the store, Zaldy told us that his signature collection always had a "little rock ‘n roll" vibe (not coincidentally, he recently signed on to design stage gear for the upcoming Scissor Sisters world tour and made all 32 costumes for the Citizens Band show at New York's Deitch Projects) but his attention quickly turned from introspection to acquisition as we headed up to the second floor men's department, where he hoped to find a plaid, shearling-trimmed Viktor and Rolf coat that he had been eyeing for the past few months.

"I have been stalking this coat," he confided with a laugh. "It was $1000 and then it was $700 and if it hits $500, I just might have to get it. I need a new coat. Let's go check to see if it's marked down."

He scoured the designer coat rack, but no luck.

"I don't see my coat and I'm really upset," he said. "I just thought for sure... Oh, wait" - he had spied a plaid coat buried in the sea of black and his face lit up, then fell again when he realized it wasn't "his" coat. "No," he said glumly, turning to survey the nearby racks.

"Is there a Viktor and Rolf section anywhere?" he said to no one in particular. "That's the thing. It could be anywhere. I'll just keep looking."

And keep looking he did, though he confined himself to the far end of the store, where all the big-name designer labels were displayed.

"I don't go past that stairwell," he said with a chuckle, indicating the staircase that rose in the middle of the menswear department. "It's all suits and a little bit more conservative over there. Let's go into the other room."

He didn't find his coat in the designer sportswear section, but he did find an ivory Hussein Chalayan v-neck button-down ($109), which got tossed into his shopping basket, though a $199 Gaultier sweater (formerly $940) was rejected for being "too fuzzy."

"I'm really sad," he announced, returning once again to topic of the Viktor and Rolf coat. "But it's not necessarily gone. Things reappear, because people return things and then they end up on the floor again."

He brightened upon spying a Helmut Lang hot pink chiffon shirt ("No, but it is tempting though, isn't it? Just because?") and grew positively giddy over a pair of Paul Smith floral wallpaper-patterned pants (originally $250, now $99.97).

"Oh, Rufus would die!" Zaldy said of his good friend Rufus Wainwright. "But they're not his size."

The hymn "Go Tell It On the Mountain" began wafting from the sound system.

"I'm feeling spiritual all of a sudden," cracked Zaldy.

He was also feeling the need for new t-shirts to wear to the gym, so we headed downstairs to the men's underwear department. Along the way, he nabbed a gray button-front sleeveless cashmere henley ($119.97, was $460) and a white Cloak t-shirt, reduced from $145 to $45.97, which had a pen-and-ink looking illustration of an eagle soaring across the chest.

He turned up his nose at the Dockers display ("No, thank you!") and stopped to look at a rack of Le Tigre polos ("Le Tigre is back? How funny") before trying on a $29 black cashmere beanie.

"It's a licensed Geoffrey Beene," he announced solemnly, reading aloud from the label. "It's nice, though. The wool ones always make my forehead itch. And it looks good."

It did indeed. We asked if he had ever found L.A.M.B. clothes at Century 21.

"No, L..A.M.B. doesn't go on sale," he replied with faux hauteur. "It doesn't have to. But that would be a weird day."

A quick stroll through the underwear department revealed they didn't have any cotton hipster briefs in size 28 ("Oh, no, no, no," he said of the many nylon, spandex and mesh bikinis on display. "Those look really uncomfortable and sweaty. Not for me.")

Zaldy had better luck finding v-neck and crew neck t-shirts in his size ("Just what I needed for the gym!") and, after ducking into a dressing room to try on the henley, Cloak tee and button-down - keeping the first two and jettisoning the dress shirt as it was too baggy in the back - he headed to the bedding department in the basement, where he scored several 450-plus thread count Egyptian cotton sheet sets (priced from $59 to $80) in solid shades of white, eggplant and what he called "elephant gray," the latter of which just happened to match his new sweater vest almost exactly.

He sailed past a display of colorful Kate Spade bedding ("I don't think so; too bright") and headed to the counter to pay.

His total was $431.11, but according to the receipt, which lists the original and everyday low-low-low Century 21 price of every item, he had saved a whopping $684.27.

"Wow!" he crowed. "I have a new outfit and two new sheet sets, and I saved more than I spent. It's a good day."

Have Key of Anaheim, but No Key to Home
GWEN STEFANI always makes sure she has her house keys with her at all times after an embarrassing mishap left her homeless for six hours. The NO DOUBT star had just returned to the London home she shares with husband GAVIN ROSSDALE after a long tour when she slipped out of the house to take her dog for a walk - only to realise she was locked out. With rocker Rossdale out playing tennis and her assistant on holiday, the hapless singer had no alternative but the hit the parks near her home - trying to avoid the paparazzi. She recalls, "I'd just come off a tour and Gavin went to go play tennis and our assistant who was always there every day just happened not to be there that day and I went to take the dog out for a pee and I was like, 'Maybe I'll go for a run.' "I just shut the door and I knew right away... that I'd just locked myself out of the house. I had no money, no keys, no phone, just the dog and me - and (it was) paparazzi central. "I was locked out the house for six hours. It was so bad. "I met all these kids that were at the park who liked me and No Doubt and we were just hanging out - I was sweaty from my run. Not a good day."

19 Year No Doubt
Today it is been 19 year ago, that No Doubt played there 1st official peformance. This was in Fender`s Long Beach. The Headlining band that evening was The Untouchables.

Gwen Stefani Give Birth To New Magazine
She's already got a mega-successful singing career and has recently branched out into clothes, handbags and shoes (as part of her L.A.M.B. collection). Now, in addition to a baby with her hot hubby, Gavin Rossdale, Gwen Stefani is set to give birth to a new magazine!

Stefani is in advanced talks with former Jane founder and editor, Jane Pratt, to start a women's lifestyle magazine, reports Women's Wear Daily.

Stefani's lawyer confirmed Thursday that the singer and the former editor are in talks, but insisted there has been "no definitive agreement."

Whatever the concept for the mag, knowing Stefani, we can expect it to be high fashion, hip, street, and yet accesible, just like her.

Gwen Nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award
"Hollaback Girl" is nominated in the Favorite Song category at this year's Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. The winners are chosen by the fans so CLICK HERE to cast your vote. Watch the show on April 1st on Nickelodeon.

[posted 3/7/2006 U.S.A.]

NDIFC Awards 2006 6th Catagory Announced
In June 2006, the 2nd Annual NDIFC Awards will be held. Within in the coming months will be slowly more categories appearing. Be free to sending ideas for more catagories to webmaster@ndifc.com .

BEST B-SIDE
No Doubt - Big Distraction
No Doubt - Leftovers
No Doubt - Under Construction
No Doubt - Beauty Contest
No Doubt - Full Circle
No Doubt - Cellophane Boy
No Doubt - Everything in Time (Los Angeles & London)
No Doubt - You`re So Foxy
No Doubt - Panic
No Doubt - New Friend

Gwen Heading to Become a Good Mom
With the growth of obsession with baby bumps in Hollywood, Glee Magazine has featured an article naming the top ten Hottest Hollywood moms.

The celebs, including present moms, step moms, and future moms-to be, were chosen based on their style throughout pregnancy. And no, we don't mean just clothes, it's the way these women carry themselves throughout pregnancy and their out and about parenting. These women have helped make babies the hottest Hollywood staple and have created a whole new meaning to the phrases "bouncing back after baby" and "sexy mama." They have also chosen some of Hollywood's hottest men to father their children.

And the winners are:

#1~ Kate Hudson, mother to son Ryder Russell Robinson (with hubby, rocker Chris Robinson)!

#2~ Angelina Jolie, mother to son Maddox Chavon Jolie-Pitt, daughter Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt, and pregnant with first birth child (with beau, actor Brad Pitt)!

#3~ Jennifer Garner, mother to daughter Violet Anne Affleck (with hubby, actor Ben Affleck)!

#4~ Michelle Williams, mother to daughter Matilda Rose Ledger (with fiance, actor Heath Ledger)!

#5~ Denise Richards, mother to daughters Sam and Lola Rose Sheen (with soon-t0-be ex-hubby, actor Charlie Sheen)!

#6~ Heidi Klum, mother to daughter Leni and son Henry Samuel (with hubby, singer Seal)!

#7~ Gwyneth Paltrow, mother to daughter Apple Blythe Alison Martin and pregnant with baby number two (with hubby, rocker Chris Martin)

#8~ Katie Holmes, pregnant with first baby (with fiance, actor Tom Cruise) -she is also the future stepmother of Isabella and Connor Cruise!

#9~ Gwen Stefani, pregnant with first baby (with hubby, rocker (sometimes actor, "Constantine") Gavin Rossdale- she is stepmother to Daisy!

#10~Kate Winslet, mother to daughter Mia (with ex-hubby, assistant director Jim Threapleton) and son Joe (with hubby, director Sam Mendes)

Congratulations to all of our favorite hot mamas!!

Birtney Wants Gwen on her New Album
BRITNEY SPEARS is hoping to make her next album a star-studded affair by inviting a few celebrity pals to join her in the studio. She says, "STEVEN TYLER, I love him. That'd be awesome, to do something with him. GWEN STEFANI, LENNY KRAVITZ."

Crash Live Video
Seeing as how she's pregnant, Gwen Stefani didn't shoot a narrative music video for her new single "Crash." But she's got one featuring live footage, thanks to her Harajuku Lovers Tour stop in Anaheim, California. The clip directed by Sophie Muller ? who also did Love, Angel, Music, Baby's "Luxurious" and "Cool" clips ? can be seen on Stefani's Web site.

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