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Macy's Is Opening At Midnight On Black Friday!

We repeat!

Macy's will open their doors at 12am this year for Black Friday. Talk about midnight madness!

From 12am to 11pm, bargain shoppers can get all of their holiday shopping in at Macy's!!!

Just don't hurt yourselves! No deal is worth stampeding each other for! Don't get all Lion King on anyone, okay???

[Image via AP Images.]

Pancakes Good Enough To Sit On

This is kind of amazing!

Todd von Bastiaans and Bryan McCarthy have designed some delicious floor pillows that look like pancakes.

The floor-cakes measure 36" in diameter and cost $600 - $750, but if you order 3 or more you'll get a 10% discount and butter pat.

The Color Pink Might Not Help Causes

This can’t be right… Who knew the color pink wasn’t that popular?

A recent study published in the Harvard Business Review reveals that the pink ribbons used for Breast Cancer Awareness might not be all that effective simply because of the color.

The color pink is a gender cue which can trigger a "defensive response" among women.

The study reports:

“When women wrote an essay about gender, just 42% of them said they would donate to ovarian cancer research. When they wrote a gender-neutral essay, 77% did. And those who saw a pink ad about breast cancer were significantly less likely to say that they’d contract the disease than those who saw an ad with neutral colors. We thought, “This can’t be right.” So we kept running studies.

We looked at the effects of gender cues on women’s recall. We put breast cancer banner ads on a website we showed the subjects but never mentioned them. When the site was geared to women, 33% of women recalled the ads. When it was gender-neutral, 65% remembered. It’s been three years, and we have duplicated the same basic finding 10 times. It keeps happening.”

Though to be clear, the study found that it’s not the color itself but the fact that the color is a gender cue that triggers the response.

[Image via Lia Toby/WENN.]

Roberto Cavalli Spotted Partying With Belly Dancers In Turkey

Roberto Cavalli is 70-years-old and isn’t slowing down anytime soon.

The famed designer paid a visit to Lebanese restaurant Arabesque during his visit in İstanbul last night and by the looks of things, he had a great time.

A CoColicious reader who was on location managed to snag some great photos of Cavalli and his lady friend having dinner.

Cavalli later enjoyed the company of some belly dancers and joined them for a dance. He even spent some time playing the drums and even posed for photos with fans.

Live it up, Roberto!