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Elizabeth Hurley Says That Civilians Are Exhausting. The Poor, Poor Dear.

Elizabeth Hurley, whose only apparent talents are shagging the right rising star, then getting herself knocked-up by a priapistic billionaire playboy and ingratiating herself inextricably and lucratively to Esteé Lauder, Versace, Elton John, and Chopard, has made a charming statement regarding the exhausting nature of non-celebrities:

"All I know is, I want my wedding to be a very, very private affair.  I don't want anything to take place in public where it feels like a movie premiere."

It's very interesting that she would not want her wedding to feel like a movie premiere, since she can evidently only befriend fellow celebrities because in her very own words,

"In the end, famous people only ever end up hanging out with other famous people or in private places because it's just too exhausting to be stared at and bothered the whole time."

Boo hoo.

What I find particularly exhausting is Chopard's love affair with this insufferable bitch.

Can't they find someone nicer who can keep her big mouth shut and simply smile pretty for the camera?

I would totally keep my yap screwed up tight if it meant I got to wear those Chopard earrings and pendant.  I could probably even do it for a whole six hours, the average length of a movie premiere and after-party.  And I'm not even that nice.  Just less imbued with a misguided sense of entitlement and generally known to live amongst the little people and fit in quite comfortably.

Pimp My Nutcracker

Roll over to Pimp My Nutcracker for some laughs.

He can be fully iced-out with pimp cup, bling, feathered fedora, bowling ball, boots, etc.

Holla!

(courtesy of the big pimps over at the Coalition Of The Swilling)

Something Smelled Fishy; Was Poisson alá Diamante

Ananova reports that a woman flying to Moscow from Polyarny airport was stopped when she tried to board a flight because her luggage smelled odd.

Guards hauled a three-foot pike out of her baggage and 25 large, rough diamonds fell out of it.

Whoops.

Police are assuming that the goods are stolen and are investigating the provenance of the stones.

The woman was hoping the stanky fish smell would deter the guards, but she was wrong.  Apparently, they were avid fisherman and didn't hesitate to investigate the stench.

The LiLo Drunken, Stoned, Zonkered BlackBerry Manifesto

What are the chances I can get this, LiLo's craaazee BlackBerry Manifesto put on a t-shirt?

What a waste.  Did you see Mean Girls?  Wasn't she cute?  We saw it the other night.

Cute no más.  She's a mess.

Save her!

$7.5 Million 25-Carat Natural Green Diamond Ring

From IDEXOnline comes news of a remarkable fancy green diamond set into a masterpiece of a ring for sale.  And just in time for RamaHannuKwaanzMas!

Apparently, the super-pretentious Robb Report, a self-proclaimed "luxe lifestyle magazine" has just unveiled its delightfully garish 23rd annual holiday gift guide.

Among the many ostentatious treasures available?

An $80 million pair of Mark-1 X-Racer racing rockets, a 20-day and $3.45 million Scottish golf extravaganza, and a smugly benevolent $2 million tree-hugging package that will provide perpetual care for 550 endangered American Elms in Central Park.  (awwwwww...)

But only one of the many holiday gift items in particular stood out to The Bling Blog:  an extremely rare natural-color 25-carat green diamond.  Available for $7.3 million from famed Swiss jewelry house de Grisogono.

The diamond, a cushion-cut stone, is described by de Grisogono founder Fawaz Gruosi as, "the finest modern specimen of a green diamond," eclipsed only by the 40.70-carat "Dresden Green" which has its permanent home in the Royal Palace of Dresden in Germany.

The natural-color cushion-cut stone is set in a white gold ring that has an additional seven carats of black diamonds, a de Grisogono signature.  The white gold looks to be oxidized to provide a dramatic background for the black diamonds.

It's utterly breathtaking, no?  Santa, you know I love green, and that's all I'm saying.

Now go see the de Grisogono company site if you have a minute.  It's pretty wonderful, too.  Check out "Jewellery" and sub-listing "High Jewellery."  And tell me if old Fawaz doesn't love green, too.  His singular adoration for black diamonds is very elegantly executed and very playful.  Good taste abounds in a medium and with color palettes that could easily slip into an uncomfortably kitschy trajectory.

Fawaz Gruosi seems like a fascinating man with a love for gemological history and quite a colorful professional background.  Working with Mr. Bulgari and the Saudis...  he must have a pretty good idea where many of the world's important stones have gone, seemingly disappeared forever.  I'd love to talk to him over fig tarts and hot tea one afternoon, dining alfresco beside Lake Geneva.  He must have some wonderful stories to tell.

(Thanks, Etienne, for the heads-up on the green diamond.)

(photo from IDEXOnline)