Everybody's favorite Sex and the City starlet takes a swipe at Stefani's L.A.M.B. clothing collections while talking about her own debut line, Bitten, in the new issue of Glamour magazine.

Stefani's designs are "much more avant-garde, definitely high fashion," Parker opines. "I don't want to do that for women, because that's not their lives."

Parker says her line won't land you in the poorhouse. "You're going to be able to buy $200 worth of clothes, leave that store with six bags and be able to pay your utilities and take your kids someplace special for their birthday."

And Parker knows firsthand what it's like trying to raise kids on little money. When she was growing up-she was one of eight kids-her family was on public assistance briefly. "I got all of my oldest sister's hand-me-downs," Parker tells writer Bob Morris. "And by the time I inherited them, they were really out of fashion."

Parker recalls what she wore on her first date with John F. Kennedy Jr.-a Katharine Hamnett black cocktail dress. "It was very simple, actually," Parker says. "Except that she let the zipper be the sort of outstanding feature. Very late '80s."

Gwen said that "Orange County Girl" was her favourite song. She sings Breaking Up for 1min and she goes into the crowd and all she says is "We're breaking up!" Gwen wore a chef hat at the end of Yummy. For Pharrell's part they played the outro instead. The venue was so small that they couldn't use video screens. The performance of The Real Thing was similar to the Slow Jam remix. Nobody was pulled on stage during the performance.

We will soon be back with the tourblog, so keep checking back. And if you see our reporter Jackie Hauck, make sure to say hello to her and her sister.

Keep checking back at the NDIFC reporters blog, she will post as often as possible during this tour along with photos. So if you see our reporter why don´t you come up front and say hello.

Blog can be found here, or by clicking on 2007 Tour Blog in the menu under sightings.

"Fireworks were a bit too cliche for this opening - we wanted to do something as breathtaking and visually stunning as The Pearl is in its design," said Maloof.

On Saturday, April 21, 2007 the neon lights of the city won't be the only method of lighting up the sky. Pulling out all the stops, the Palm's team worked with several distributors to put together a world record attempt: With capabilities of being seen for miles, The Palms Casino Resort will be engulfed in 160 skytracker lights.

Historically used for movie premieres and special events, skytrackers let people for miles know that something special is happening and with more than 40 units shining the lights into the sky, the entire valley will be able to witness the lighting spectacular.

Being submitted for a world record attempt with the Guinness Book of World Records, the lighting system is the top off to a celebrity studded evening. Hollywood elite such as Dave Navarro, No Doubt, Tommy Lee, Kevin Connolly, Paris Hilton and others will attend The Pearl's grand opening celebration which includes an amazing performance by Gwen Stefani and wraps up with an after-party in Moon nightclub.

07/15/07 Mexico City, Mexico - Sports Palace
- On sale May 7 at 11:00 AM via www.ticketmaster.com.mx.

We are still looking for reporters all over the world, so if you are interested to write for us drop us an e-mail at: info@ndifc.com and type "Reporter" in the subject field. Be a part of the No Doubtstory and e-mail us now!

The singer Gwen Stefani, 37, will never allow her self to become ugly. When she was pregnant, she silently sneaked out the backentrance of her home, so she wouldn´t risk getting on a paparazzi photo with her big tummy.

-I have always been on a diet. I have been on a diet since sixth grade. It´s an neverending nightmare, she told People magazine.

**Girls & Boys**/**Peek-a-Boo**/**Just Can’t Get Enough** (?)

We caught up with Adrian recently to discuss the competitiveness of golf.

"I'd say it's all about you on the golf course. It's not like a team sport and it's not like a band. It's you and if you F-up it's on you. So, it's way more competitive when you're in a match than it is playing a gig."

Adrian has been getting proficient enough with his golf game that he even admitted he's entered a few mini events in California.

"I'm not good enough to play professional golf but I have entered a couple of mini tour events here in California. I participated in those because I like to compete and I'm constantly working on my game."

The NDIFC had hoped to see our favourite bodyguard John Sampson who has worked with No Doubt since 1997 on the European tour 2007, but that is not happening. We just had it confirmed by No Doubts management company that he will not be working with Gwen on this tour. So far, they haven´t made the final decision for security internationally, all they know is that it won´t be John.

Hopefully he will be back when No Doubt goes back on tour next year.

We will have a competition in TK Magazine #10 where will give you a chanse to win some dolls generously given to us by Universal Music Sweden.

We also want your reviews of the shows, so if you are going to any of the US/Can gigs, contact us and YOUR story could end up in the fanclub magazine, read and loved by No Doubt and thousands of fans across the world!!

The title is:

Simple Kind of Life:The No Doubt / Gwen Stefani Story

The book has been closely read by all the members of the band and their management and the author would like to take the oppertunity to thank everyone who has participated to make this happend.

The book will be available in the UK in July with a US and Australian publication soon after. The NDIFC will feed you with more info as exact dates, cover images, etc, are available.

Now we want your questions for a little special interview that will be published here on our website. Here is your chanse to ask a question to someone, who has done a lot of research for the book for quite some time now. We want to source questions from NxD fans, via the site, and then publish the answers on a separate website piece. Send your question now to: info@ndifc.com !! Please type "Book Question" in the subject field. Thanks.

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"She is in a room (could be a hotel or an apartment) singing to the camera. Her emotional acting is very good reminded me of "Don't Speak"...she looks genuinely sad at some points. She is dressed in a L.A.M.B. top and sweatpants thru most of it. There is one scene in which she is in a bathtub and shows more skin than I thought she would. Her hair is very Marilyn Monroe (think the "Cool" video but more modern.)

"Towards the end of the video you see her leave the room. She is wearing the tie mod look like she looked on American Idol. A doorman opens the door (he is the only other person seen in the video besides Gwen). She gets into a car, but they don't show where she is heading to.

Tom wrote in saying:

Rush is one of those bands who exists in a realm of their own, outside of the boom and bust paradigm of mainstream entertainment. Whatever about their labels marketing campaign, who ***** cares? Yes, I will be at the show this summer and will love every freaking note they play, and yes I proudly played dungeons and dragons in high school and will buy the new album on vinyl. Rush is my band, I can't wait to drink beers with 16 thousand dudes like me this summer, our middle fingers hoisted at the rest of the world who don't get it. Tom Dumont

By Ruth Ryon
Los Angeles Times
Article Launched: 04/05/2007 06:20:47 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES - When it comes to naming a lead singer of a rock band who is finding happiness in family life, Gwen Stefani would like there to be No Doubt it's she.

She and musician-actor Gavin Rossdale, frontman for the grunge group Bush, were married in 2002 and had a son, Kingston, recently. That September, Stefani and Rossdale bought a 10,000-square-foot Hollywood Hills home for their little family, paying slightly less than its $15.5 million asking price. The contemporary-style house is on two acres in a gated community.

Stefani gained fame with rock group No Doubt and hits such as "Just a Girl" and "Don't Speak," then went for a solo spin; her latest solo album is "The Sweet Escape."

Stefani has now put her bachelorette pad in L.A.'s Los Feliz section on the market at close to $4.8 million. It has six bedrooms and five bathrooms in 5,000 square feet. The grounds are about half an acre with a pool, spa, electric gates and a long, private drive. Mediterranean in style, the house was built in 1928 and has a two-story entry, hand-stenciled beams, a stone fireplace, an updated kitchen, an atrium with stained glass and a media room.

Stefani, 37, has owned the Los Feliz home since 1998, when she bought it for $1.4 million. Two years later, on No Doubt's album "Return of Saturn," she wrote lyrics about her desire to be a mother. Kingston is expected to accompany his mother throughout her upcoming world tour.

And, of course, people are already re-selling their tickets for the Aug. 24 show online.

Stefani, who's now on her own but rose to prominence fronting the band No Doubt, put her six-bedroom, vintage-1928 Los Feliz home on the market for close to $4.8 million, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The couple have a son, Kingston, who was born last spring and is expected to accompany his mother on her upcoming world tour.

The 5,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style home in Los Feliz is on about a half-acre and has a pool, spa, electric gates and a long, private drive. It features a two-story entry, hand-stenciled beams, a stone fireplace, an updated kitchen, an atrium with stained glass and a media room, Ruth Ryon reported in her weekly Hot Property column.