RNC Chairman Michael Steele: GOP Needs Hip Hop Makeover

From the article: Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele plans an “off the hook” public relations offensive to attract younger voters, especially blacks and Hispanics, by...

Newsweek Plans Makeover to Fit a Smaller Audience

"By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Published: February 8, 2009 When US Airways Flight 1549 glided safely onto the Hudson River last month, Newsweek did what news organizations have done for more than a century — it sent reporters and photographers to the scene. Considerable effort...

Awesome $20 Gift for a Kid? Makeover their computer!

Times short! But you still have enough time to get an awesome gift for a kid (or loved one of any age for that matter) for about $20 and have it done by Christmas! I took my Granddaughters old beat up, gnarly...

America's Next Top Model - Cycle 11 - Episode 4 Review

America's Next Top Model - Cycle 11 - Episode 4 ReviewMakeover episode!!!  This is always my favorite episode!Amy's thoughts are in italics(Amy) - this is totally my favourite episode too!If you still need to...

Wal-Mart to revamp logo

You might wonder why a new logo is news, but I think it speaks to a larger issue about marketing and perception. The logo is part of a campaign to clean up their mom and pop-killing image. Think it's for real? Or...

MySpace Gets a Makeover, Do We Care?

In Canada, at least, despite rampant pokes and zombie attacks, Facebook has become the de facto must-join social network. But for much of the (western) world, MySpace still retains a stranglehold on the tween to...

Strawberry Shortcake Gets A 'Fruit-Forward' Makeover

Everyone's favourite fruity 80s cartoon star is getting a fancy 21C makeover to make her more current and appealing to "today's girls". I'm not convinced, now she seems a bit like Strawberry Bratzcake. "Strawberry...

Get Smart ! "And Loving It"!

OpinionBarry Artiste, now Public ContributorIn the 1960's with a Cold War, Worldwide Nuclear Armageddon, Cuban Missile Crisis, Space Race and a spate of Spy movies, everything from Man from Uncle to James Bond,...

Blake's 7 Returns

Doctor Who has been beyond successful in its current incarnation, and now another old-school classic is on the re-imagination drawing-board: Blake's 7. Sure, it'll be a remake, but that's still a big step up from...

Girl won Hannah Montana tickets with fake essay describing dad's death in Iraq

"An essay that won a 6-year-old Texas girl four tickets to a Hannah Montana concert began with the powerful line: "My daddy died this year in Iraq." While gripping, it was not true, and now the girl may lose...

Pink jail cells are in again

Some prisons are painting cellblocks pink because they say it's a calming colour. So is this the same principle as those pinkish sunglasses people wear?  Because those totally work.  I'm serious, my...

Ben Franklin Gets High-Tech Makeover in New $100 Bill

"WASHINGTON — After six decades in which the venerable greenback never changed its look, the U.S. currency has undergone a slew of makeovers. The most amazing is yet to come. A new security thread has been...

DressUp and Makeover games

Large collection of DressUp and Makeover games for girls in flash:wedding dressup, Barbie makeover, doll makers.

Bizet's Carmen Changes Sex, Seville Moves Stateside in London

" Georges Bizet's``Carmen'' has rarely had such a complete makeover. The heroine is transformed into a car mechanic, and 19th-century Seville is replaced with a 1960s Midwest town called Harmony. It has a population of 375 and sometimes it seems as though they're all on stage...

Belfast Set For 'Major Makeover'

Belfast is to spend millions on public space investment, opening up a vibrant evening scene. Making the streets a safer, happy environment with lots of activities to get the public interested and out into the open. "Belfast city centre is to get a multi-million pound...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from