Last night Nicole walked the red carpet at Starlight Starbright’s “A Stellar Night” Gala. Nicole is pictured with actor Zane Huett (right). View more pictures in the gallery.

Nicole turns 24 today! Happy Birthday Nicole, hope you have a fantastic day! Check out Derober’s cute birthday picture by clicking here.

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Nicole is featured as a top three News Babe in Maxim March 2008 with the cute punk-rocker Avril on the cover.

Read a cute write up on Maxim over at All Things CNN.

Nicole Lapin wants you to declare yourself. Nicole contributes to a new book empowering teens to vote.

HarperCollins has teamed up with Declare Yourself, the national nonpartisan, nonprofit youth voter initiative aimed at empowering and encouraging America’s youth to register and vote in the 2008 primaries and general election, to publish Declare Yourself: Speak. Connect. Vote. 50 Celebrated Americans Tell You Why.

Nicole and many other celebrities, including Adrian Grenier, Hayden Panettiere, America Ferrera and Rosario Dawson, will share their own experiences on topics ranging from “The First Time I Voted” to “Why the Personal is Political” to “Why Your Vote Counts,” and more.

Additionally they will issue a call-to- action, encouraging young people to practice democracy and to register to vote for the upcoming election.

The book will be on sale May 20, 2008.

Go out and vote!

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The book is amazing and the movie just came out. I didn’t realize that author is also the daughter of the Irish Prime Minister. Rock on, Cecilia.

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Jossip has a great idea of what to name Nicole’s alma mater.

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Nicole was 944’s Power Woman of the Month and she reveals something people don’t know about her, “I’m a vegan. But, no one believes it because when you’re out in the field, most of your meal options involve meat with a side of something fried. But, I’ve learned how to be creative and improvise and can eat anywhere, even a steak house or a gas station.”

When asked about her influences, Nicole says, “My best friend, biggest supporter and critic exist in another power woman, my mom. She watches me on the air everyday. She’ll ride with me in a fancy car or on a scooter. She’ll tell me when my hair looks good and more importantly she’ll tell when it looks terrible. She’ll always be my power woman.” Awww….

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Hollywood’s newest rich kid is doing good by talking to Nicole.

Nicole joins celeb advisory board of DoSomething…we love Andrew Shue, btw! (He started the charity! viva Melrose Place!)

Nicole hosted an event with Melinda Doolittle and Sec. of Education of US Margaret
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She also interviewed Melinda Doolittle:

Nicole calls her a “World Idol” for her malaria work…(we think she should have been the American Idol, too! She rocks!)

Nicole created this star made with all Swarovski crystals…it’s stunning! It will be auctioned on Ebay as part of her duties with Starlight Starbright and hang on the lovely Rockefeller Center tree in NYC.

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6 degrees is a cute magazine (www.sixdegreesmag.com) that had an article on Nicole this month.

She says her parents didn’t let her watch the news growing up– now look at her! “I’d used to sneakily flip on CNN like it was an R-rated movie. The Gulf War, the Live from Baghdad days– that was what piqued my interest in journalism.” She says, “It’s not my goal to be a superstar; I want to do good consistent work. My work is what should speak for my career and guide me to the future.” (We think she’s already a superstar!)

We are loving this new ranking site, rateitall!

Nicole made the annual 21 Principles of Iconic Style issue of Men’s Health out with Jamie Foxx and Andy Samberg on the duel-cover fatty September edition. She talks about how men should have style and class. She says, “Chivalry is not charismatic if it’s forced.”

Nicole isn’t a drama queen like so many other young women in the news. She says, “Drama is a big turnoff for me– in a bedroom, in an office, or in a restaurant. I don’t want a guy to lose his cool.”

Nicole looks gorgeous and sophisticated photographed in front of an old bookcase. She says, “Intelligence is attractive, but so is life experience. You can’t amass it just by reading a ton of books. But you can live a lot of life in a short time. Travel. Talk to everyone. Collect adventures, and use them to understand the world. That’s how you learn to treat people well. And that’s sexy.”

Her thoughts on travel have already inspired men.

Bighearted charity supporter Nicole Lapin’s name was part of the “Keep a Breast” Susan G. Komen for the Cure fundraiser in Atlanta. What a nice thing to be part of, right? Well, CNN didn’t think so. When CNN saw Nicole’s name attached to the event they immediately put a stop to it.

According to Seriouslyomg.com, several Atlanta journalists were getting casts made of their breasts for an auction at the event and Lapin was not one of them, but that didn’t stop CNN from calling the publicist of the event and telling them to remove Lapin’s name, “I feel like I should still be sitting in a corner with a dunce cap on,” the publicist said. “Apparently, this was not run by certain people at CNN, and I was informed that this was not something CNN anchors would ever participate in.”

A CNN anchor wanting to be part of a good cause, oh the shame, CNN wouldn’t want that. CNN released the following, and stupid, statement regarding the event, “Things like this have to be approved,” Martin said. “This wasn’t. There was a miscommunication. Nicole was aware of the event, but it was not on her calendar. Susan G. Komen is a great foundation. But if our talent is involved or if their name is being used in connection to an outside event, we need to know about it.”

Why didn’t they just approve it then? Nicole, who is also involved with the Starlight Starbright children’s foundation, has supported Susan G. Komen in the past and should be allowed to continue to do so.

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Looks like online news with NL is the way to go.

We aren’t the only ones who think so.

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And, yet another.

Nicole was just interviewed about the future of news. She also calls herself a “Mac girl”!

Others agree with Nicole’s thoughts on Citizen Journalism.

We were searching high and low for this– and viola here is a lovely feature on NL.

The Wired Magazine title: “This is CNN?!”

The text said “Sure, she can pass for Lindsay Lohan, but Nicole Lapin isn’t just a pretty face behind a news desk”

Nicole was asked, “What’s the best part of your job?” She responded, “It’s fast-paced and requires a lot of quick thinking. Anchoring four hours a day, solo, you have to know your stuff. But I do. I’m a real geek.”

Nicole says her favorite gadget is her white blackberry pearl. She says, “It might as well be sutured to my hand. My friends want to stage an intervention.”

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