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Stargazing | Oprah’s favorite things return; Taylor Swift signs shoe deal

Updated: 2012-10-17T01:22:40Z

By LISA GUTIERREZ

The Kansas City Star

OMG! Favorite things return

“You get a car! And you get a car! And you get a car!”

And maybe you’ll get a car when Oprah Winfrey brings back her famous Favorite Things giveaway next month after a two-year absence.

In a special one-time event airing Nov. 18 on OWN, Oprah will reveal her list of gotta-haves for the holiday season. Her BFF Gayle King and designers Michael Kors and Tory Burch will help with the doling of the loot, including an over-the-top, top-secret prize.

And we can’t even be jealous because the recipients will be military spouses from each branch of the Armed Forces. Ooh-rah.

Find out at Oprah.com/FavoriteThings how to score one of the prizes for yourself.

Swift kicks

Apparently when she’s not dating Kennedy boys, Taylor Swift is inking shoe deals. She’s just signed a three-year deal with Keds, which is releasing a limited-edition red shoe to mark next week’s debut of her album, “Red.”

“I’ve been a fan of Keds for years,” Taylor says. “I remember wearing Keds as a little kid, while riding my bike around the farm. When I got older, I started wearing them again … I love pairing them with vintage looks.”

The red Keds cost $50 at keds.com, taylorswift.com, nordstrom.com and journeys.com.

Best hair in Hollywood

We might be a little, uh, long in the tooth to be rockin’ red Keds. But shampoos? As evidenced by the dozen or so bottles in our shower, we are addicted. And if Jennifer Aniston’s new shampoo can make our hair looks like hers, we’re puntin’ the Pantene.

Jennifer has signed up as both spokesmodel for and investor in Living Proof, a Massachusetts-based line of hair care products created by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jennifer fell for the product while using it in humid North Carolina as she was making “We’re the Millers.”

She’ll start filming an ad campaign for the line in November.

Brad’s Chanel moment

And speaking of Jennifer Aniston, or at least her ex-husband …

Brad Pitt recently debuted in ads for Chanel No. 5, becoming the first male spokesperson for the famous fragrance.

Sporting long hair and those sexy, smoldering Missouri-bred good looks, Brad appears in print ads and a 30-second video.

Looking longingly into the camera, he says: “It’s not a journey, every journey ends and we go on. … Wherever I go, there you are.”

We’re not put off like some are by a man selling a women’s fragrance. We just want to know: What the heck does that dialogue mean?

Smells like teen spirit

One Direction toothpaste. Check.

One Direction dolls. Check.

One Direction Ugg boots. Check.

One Direction perfume? Coming right up.

The boy-banders are releasing a women’s fragrance in July 2013, according to Marie Claire UK. No name or details on what it will smell like have been released.

Our guess? It will smell like cash. Lots of it.

A plus for the Kardashians

The Kardashian sisters have chosen Los Angeles model Briana Harrington to pose in the plus-sized jeans they are adding to their Kardashian Kurves line at Sears.

The three jeans styles are named after each sister. The “Khloe” is a “tall, curvy, high-rise, boot cut,” and so on. In the first photos announcing the jeans in July, the sisters posed in their namesake denims, but later announced a nationwide search for a spokesmodel.

Celebrity blogger Janet Charlton commented, “… it IS amusing that the Kardashian sisters all felt they were far too tiny to model their own plus size collection.”

The jeans, in sizes 18-24, hit Sears stores later this month.

Stargazer Lisa Gutierrez would wear anything Brad Pitt told her to wear. To reach her, call 816-234-4987 or send email to lgutierrez@kcstar.com.

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