četvrtak, 28.06.2007.

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Olsen Twins are selling their apartment in NY City

How much? It could be yours for a mere $7.3 million. The place is a 560 square-meter penthouse in Manhattan's trendy West Village.

The apartment Mary-Kate and Ashley never lived in is up for sale. The mini moguls wanted to renovate the place to fit their special desires, but it always remained a work in progress.

In the meantime, the twins moved out on their own (first time in their lives). Mary-Kate moved into loft in Soho while Ashley remained in Tribeca.

Their rep told People magazine, "It turned out to be too much space, along with the fact that the renovation was going to take far longer than anyone expected. It just didn't make sense anymore. Their needs changed in terms of their living situations."

Do you think there was a feud between the inseparable two? Or maybe they think it is time to grow up and experience life without always seeing each others’ shadow?


Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen (both born June 13, 1986) are American actresses, best known for playing the role of Michelle Tanner on the sitcom Full House. Though some people at first glance suppose they are identical twins, it is widely reported that they are fraternal.[1] Both Olsen twins have appeared in television and films since infancy. Since then, they have continued their celebrity through numerous television programs, films, interviews, as well as commercial endorsements. As a rule, they appear together, and have filmed movies worldwide.

Early life
Born in Sherman Oaks, California to David Olsen (b. 1953) and Jarnette (Jarnie) Fuller (b. 1954), Mary-Kate and Ashley Fuller Olsen started their acting careers on the television series Full House in 1987. They were hired at the age of six months, and filming began when they were nine months old. The show was widely popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and both sisters played the same character, Michelle Tanner, taking turns during the tapings to do so, in order to comply with strict child labor laws regarding child actors. For the first year, Ashley would cry when she was brought on set to do a scene, so Mary-Kate had more screen time in the first season.

Because the producers did not want viewers to know that Michelle was played by twins, the sisters were originally credited as "Mary Kate Ashley Olsen", but in the last season and most of season one, they were credited as separate people. During the eight year run, Mary-Kate and Ashley made several straight-to-video movies, in addition to Full House, such as To Grandmother's House We Go (1992).


Career
Shortly after the end of Full House, they began heavily merchandising their image. They established a company called Dualstar in 1993 and their brand has been sold in more than 3,000 stores in America and over 5,300 stores worldwide.[2] Because of this, they have been on the Forbes' "The Celebrity 100 list" since 2002. In 2007, Forbes ranked them, collectively, as the eleventh-richest women in entertainment, with an estimated net worth of $100 million. [3]

Mary-Kate and Ashley were popular figures in the preteen market during the late '90s and early 2000s. Their names became a cottage industry, with their likeness seen in clothes, books, fragrances, magazines, movies and posters. There were even Mary-Kate and Ashley fashion dolls made by Mattel from 2000 - 2005. They were ranked at number three on the VH1 program 100 Greatest Child Stars.

They starred in the video series The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley and You're Invited To Mary-Kate and Ashley's..., the ABC show Two of a Kind, and ABC Family's So Little Time. However, So Little Time was panned by critics and disappointed fans.

Their most recent theatrical venture was in the light-hearted romantic comedy, New York Minute, also starring Eugene Levy. The film was expected to launch the girls into more serious adult roles, but was a box office flop.


Fashion
As the sisters grow older and mature in their style, there has been greater interest in their fashion choices. The New York Times declared Mary-Kate a fashion icon for pioneering her signature (and now popular among celebrities and fans alike) "homeless" look.[4] The style, sometimes referred to as "ashcan" or "Boho-chic"[5], and similar to that of Bohemian chic popularised in Britain by Kate Moss and Sienna Miller, consists of oversized sunglasses, boots, loose sweaters, and flowing skirts.[6]

Mary-Kate and Ashley have a clothing line in Wal-Mart stores across America for girls ages 4-14 as well as a beauty line called "Mary-Kate and Ashley: Real fashion for real girls". They were tapped as the faces of upscale fashion line Badgley Mischka.[7] They have also been working on a new couture label 'The Row' named after the famous Savile Row of London.

Their fashion choices, however, haven't been without controversy. Ashley Olsen was included on PETA's 2006 Worst Dressed list for wearing fur.

In 2004 they made news by signing a pledge to allow all the workers that sew their line of clothing in Bangladesh full maternity leave. The National Labor Committee, which organized the pledge, later praised the twins for their commitment to worker rights. The director of the organization, Charles Kernaghan, is quoted as saying, "The Olsen twins have done the right thing. Now it is up to Wal-Mart to either support Mary-Kate and Ashley’s commitment to women’s rights, or tragically to shut them down."[8]


Personal lives
Mary-Kate and Ashley have an older brother, Trent, and younger sister, Elizabeth, as well as two half-siblings, Taylor (b. 1996), and Jake (b. 1997). The twins' parents divorced in 1995, and Taylor and Jake are the children from their father's second marriage to Martha Mackenzie-Olsen.

In 2004 Mary-Kate and Ashley announced that they would be attending college after graduating high school. Most child and teenage actors usually choose to pursue acting full time after graduating from high school, with few, such as Brooke Shields, Jodie Foster, Julia Stiles, and Natalie Portman, choosing to further their education. They both studied at New York University at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study[citation needed] until Mary-Kate, who had majored in photography, left the school. In 2005 she moved back to California. She decided to stay on the West Coast and pursue more individualized work with their company, Dualstar. Ashley, still in New York, remains in close contact with her sister.

In 2004, Mary-Kate checked into rehab for six weeks because she was suffering from the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. It was rumoured that there was also a drug problem, but the Olsens' publicist said, "Mary-Kate was not admitted for drugs. Period."[9] Mary-Kate put on about five to seven pounds immediately after her stint in rehab and pictures had shown that she may have gained more weight.

However, Star magazine has, as of January 2007, released a cover story article on Mary Kate's, once again, very low weight. They claim she is at 80 pounds. She has been seen wearing baggy clothes and carrying vast purses. Her spokesperson has denied the weight loss claiming "Mary-Kate has not lost weight. She is taking good care of herself."[10]

Mary-Kate in 2005 ended her romance with Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos III; Niarchos then began dating hotel heiress and socialite Paris Hilton. Mary-Kate said that the breakup was one of the main factors in her leave of absence from New York University. "I miss him and I love him," Mary-Kate said, "It's a hurtful and a painful subject." When asked if there was a specific reason for her leaving NYU, she replied, "I think we can all guess."[11]

The breakup and Niarchos's pairing with Paris Hilton led to a rift between Hilton and Mary-Kate. "[Paris and I] always only had nice things to say about each other," Olsen said. "Now I guess you can tell we're not talking."[11]

In addition, Ashley filed a $40 million lawsuit against tabloid magazine National Enquirer for printing a headline reading "Ashley Olsen Caught In Drug Scandal," with a story accompanied by an unflattering photo of Ashley with her eyes half-closed. The lawsuit stated that the photo was clearly used to create a misimpression that Olsen was under the influence of drugs. Ashley completely denies the accusations and said that she has not and does not use or sell illegal drugs. The suit consisted of $20 million in libel damages and $20 million in false light invasion of privacy damages. Per her suit, Ashley Olsen and her lawyers believe that "freedom of the press is a valuable right, but it is not a license for gossipy tabloids to tar and feather innocent celebrities and destroy their reputations and businesses for the rag's profits."[12]

Toothpaste from the Olsen twins?

The Olsen twins are rich. They are famous. They are fluoride-friendly.

Mary-Kate and Ashley, the toothpaste, noted as mary-kateandashley(TM) in official correspondence, shipped to stores last week courtesy the makers of Aquafresh, retailing for an average price of $2.77 per pump-dispensing tube.

Mary-Kate and Ashley, the multimedia-starring, multimillion-dollar-earning siblings, are said to be holding off on their plans of global domination until after, like, graduation.

Tomorrow, the world. Today, the molars.

The teen titans were described as being closely involved with the development of their toothpaste selves, right down to the selection of the flavor.

"They absolutely tested it out," says Michael Pagnotta of the Olsen twin-controlled Dualstar Entertainment Group.

"It's sort of a combination of bubblegum with a minty flavor to it," says Lori Lukus, spokeswoman for GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, home to the Aquafresh brand.

The bubblegum factor apparently was key because, as Lukas points out, "a very strong mint taste is too strong for most children."

And children are precisely the brushers that Mary-Kate and Ashley, the toothpaste, desire.

Aquafresh is looking to lock in the preteen set with the brand, billing it as a "landmark in the history of toothpaste marketing," and not just because the Olsens, now 17, appear as 13-year-olds on the packaging.

To whit, the company claims Mary-Kate and Ashley, the toothpaste, is the first children's brand to feature "live celebrities," as opposed to cartoon characters, such as the noted cavity fighter SpongeBob SquarePants.

Tammy Szatkowski-Reeves, curator of the Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry at the University of Michigan, points out adult celebrities, including Pepsodent purveyor Bing Crosby, were frequently seen on toothpaste tubes in the 1940s and 1950s.

During the war eras, dating back to the Civil War, grown-ups' dental hygiene was a national-security concern as the military was forced to turn away many recruits, lacking as they did the proper choppers to, say, rip pins out of grenades.

The consumers of Mary-Kate and Ashley, the toothpaste, likely will be using their pearly whites on the school yard, not the battlefield. Accordingly, Aquafresh is seeking to keep them comfortable--not too much mint, not too-old Olsens.

"The idea is that particular image of them [as 13-year-olds] will be most appealing to that age group," Lukas says.

The Olsen twins jointly began their 'tween-queen reign as toddlers on Full House. Even before the sitcom wrapped in 1995, they were starring in their own straight-to-video movies, produced by their own company. Later, came the Wal-Mart clothes and makeup lines, the now-defunct Oprah-style magazine and the dolls, to give an incomplete account of their holdings. In June, it was estimated the twins' fortune stood at $150 million--each.

The duo is currently filming the big-screen comedy New York Minute, with Eugene Levy, in Toronto. The twins are, naturally, producing.

So great is their reach, Szatkowski-Reeves says she foresees the day when Mary-Kate and Ashley, the toothpaste, will find its way into her museum, which documents the evolution of dentistry.

And unlike Olsen twins detangler, Olsen twins nail polish and Olsen twins soothing eye gel masks, sold exclusively at Wal-Mart, Olsen twins toothpaste, Lukas says, "will be distributed everywhere."

Everywhere.

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