New York City

St. Petersburg, FL (PRWEB) April 18, 2007 -- Electronic retailer HSN and national fashion boutique Scoop NYC have combined forces to debut "Scoop Style" on HSN on May 17, 2007. Scoop's founder and renowned fashion authority Stefani Greenfield is scheduled to make several appearances this year where she will bring the Scoop "Ultimate Closet" concept of one-stop shopping from the best brands in fashion to the viewers of HSN. Scoop's boutiques have burgeoned into a 15-store phenomenon in 11 cities nationwide since launching in downtown Manhattan in April of 1996, and are known for being the premiere destination for time-deprived shoppers looking to create effortless must-have head-to-toe looks for any occasion!

"It's not about just showing you what's happening in fashion, it's about showing you how to become a part of what's happening," said Scoop Co-Owner Stefani Greenfield.

Make plans to pamper Mom

Whether it's shopping, theater or the arts, every mom can find something to love in New York City. Here are a few Mother's Day deals for that city and others:

• Take Mom for a Big Apple Bonding weekend at the Westin New York at Times Square for Mother's Day and get a rate of $379 per night (valid Thursday through Sunday, through May 27), including a $25 spa credit. Call 888-627-7149 and ask for the MOMSPAPK rate plan or go to westinny.com.

• Gutsy Women Travel has a Mother's Day sale on its four-day New York City tour. Guests save $200 and receive flowers and champagne in their room for the June 21 departure that guides travelers through Greenwich Village, Central Park and Times Square. The tour, including three nights accommodation and some meals, is priced at $1,289 before savings.

Kitty Carlisle Hart, One of the Nation's Most Visible and ...

Kitty Carlisle Hart's intellectual curiosity, iron constitution and formidable personal charm were the tools with which she created a life and a career that were rich in variety and accomplishment. Trained as a singer and actress in Europe and New York, Hart first made her mark in New York in 1932, as the star of an abridged version of the musical Rio Rita that shared the bill with movies at Manhattan's Capitol Theater and later toured. Good notices as Orlofsky in Champagne Sec, a 1933 Broadway adaptation of Die Fledermaus, won her the attention of Hollywood, where her films included Murder at the Vanities, She Loves Me Not, Here Is My Heart and — most famously — A Night at the Opera, in which she and Allan Jones provided the love interest as the Marx Brothers wreaked havoc on a performance of Il Trovatore.

Duddy returns to ring May 18 Beacon Theatre in Manhattan

NEW YORK CITY (April 16, 2007) - Fresh off of his 19th victory on March 16 against Anthony Bonsante before a sold-out house in The Theater at Madison Square Garden, "Ireland's" John Duddy returns to the ring May 18, headlining a card against an opponent to be determined at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan.

The Derry, Northern Ireland-native Duddy (19-0, 15 KOs), rated No. 9 by the WBA and No. 13 by the IBF, is the reigning IBA World and WBC Continental Americas middleweight champion, who now fights out of Queens (NY).

Also scheduled to fight on the May 18th show against TBA is the latest Polish knockout sensation, newly crowned New York State middleweight title-holder Pawel "Raging Bull" Wolak (14-0, 9 KOs), fighting out of Mt. Arlington, New Jersey; unbeaten Brooklyn middleweight Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (10-0, 9 KOs), 2004 Irish National Senior amateur champion Henry Coyle (1-0, 1 KO), from County Mayo in Ireland; multiple European and Irish amateur champ Aloysius "Alo" Kelly, the light heavyweight from Westmeath, Ireland now living in Queens; WBA top rated lightweight Maureen "The Real Million Dollar Baby" Shea (10-0, 5 KOs), from the Bronx; New York City super flyweight Eileen Olszewski (2-0, 0 KOs), three-time U.S.