In an interview with New York Magazine, Mary-Kate Olsen reveals that she ditched her courseload at NYU because she was spooked by classmates who were spying on her. Fellow students were selling stories to tabloids and working at glossies that were happy to receive dispatches from the classroom. "They'd have internships at the weeklies," Olsen says. "Learning is not fun if you're not safe." The diminutive twin didn't actually drop out - she's still enrolled and has only a year and a half to go until she earns a degree. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are in the midst of launching their fashion line, The Row.
Need a new job? Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have posted a job listing on Craig's List looking for an intern for their new clothing line, The Row:
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In addition to their high-end (and uber expensive) fashion line The Row, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have something else up their fashionable sleeves. The tiny twins announced today that they are working on a more affordable contemporary sportswear line called Elizabeth and James, named for the other Olsen siblings. "We wanted it to be based on a relationship between a young girl and a boy and tell the story through the clothing," Mary-Kate Olsen told Women's Wear Daily. Influenced by her own vintage collection, the line was designed in collaboration with the designers of Seven For All Mankind and LaRok, and reportedly includes shiny slip dresses, hot pants, and a super skinny pinstriped menswear vest.
Mary-Kate Olsen is making a television comeback with a role on the Showtime hit Weeds. The Full House alum will play appear in ten episodes next season as Tara, a devoted Christian girl who becomes a love interest for Mary-Louise Parker character Nancy Botwin's son on the show. "I'm thrilled to be a part of the show," Olsen says. "It's really an honor to be a part of such a talented group of actors and writers." Matthew Modine is also set to join the show next year. "Weeds isn't your 8 o'clock family fare," says the series creator. "It's an adult show with adult subject matter, and we're confident Mary-Kate is right for the role. She came in and read with Hunter and was absolutely charming and real and seemed like a great fit. Audiences have seen only one side of Mary-Kate, but here we'll see her in a whole new light."
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No surprises here - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have been named the richest Hollywood stars under 21 by Forbes mag. Dualstar, the twins's company, pulled in close to $40 million in 2006. Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe landed in second place on the list, earning an estimated $13 million last year, and rounding out third was tabloid fav Lindsay Lohan. Also in the top ten were Dakota Fanning, Amanda Bynes, Hayden Panetierre, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Abigail Breslin, Tyler James Williams and JoJo Levesque.
Mary-Kate Olsen wrote a "stellar" piece for the New York Times about this red bag belonging to sister Ashley:
Mary-Kate Olsen is speaking out against new rumors that her eating disorder is back by blaming her...hair (!?). Olsen's rep explains her client's pin-thin figure by saying, "The blond hair she has now makes her look skinny." Olsen reportedly "still works with her therapist to keep her in line," said a source, after the mogul was diagnosed and treated for anorexia in 2004.
Ashley Olsen is rumored to have called it quits with her boyfriend of a year and a half, Greg Chait. It seems the 27-year-old Tsubi jeans owner's issues with commitment are to blame for the rift. "When they were together over the holidays, she told him she was looking for something more permanent," said a source close to Chait. "He wasn't ready for that. So they decided on an amicable parting." Olsen's rep has not commented.
Mary-Kate Olsen has finally given some explanation to her bizarre hobo-inspired style. The 21-year-old multimillionaire, who seems to have a penchant for ripped leggings, scraggly hair and witchy boots, says her style icon is Johnny Depp. "Weirdly, I look to guys like Johnny Depp for style tips," Olsen told Bliss mag. "He just knows how to put things together and I love that scruffy rock look."
