Parker: TV anchor Anne Trujillo turns 'cover girl'

By Penny Parker, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Teeny tiny Denver's 7 anchor Anne Trujillo looks like a woman who would blow away in a strong wind.

But Mother Nature would be wise not to mess with her. Trujillo practices karate to keep fit and take a break from her role as wife, mom and working woman.

Now, she can add magazine "cover girl" to her lengthy resume. Trujillo is featured on the cover of the February/March issue of the new magazine Denver Woman. It's a four-color glossy remake of the old Zenith Woman magazine that was sold to publishing house PixelWorks Corp., a San Antonio-based company with a four-person Denver office.

Trujillo is one of several women profiled in the current issue of the lifestyles magazine. Judy Taylor, who sold Zenith to PixelWorks, is the editor of the new mag.

"It's expanded to much more of a lifestyle magazine with more fashion and more fun and fit Denver-like topics," Taylor said about the editorial policy for the magazine published every other month. "We've grown from 32 pages to 88 now."

The magazine will feature a mix of stories about high-profile and high-powered women, and ordinary women doing extraordinary things. "The common thread is that these women are all on the go," Taylor said. "The Denver woman is energetic, family oriented, community minded and busy."

Others profiled in this issue: mega Realtor Edie Marks, art teacher Mary Lynn Baird, part-time nurse Ashley Bolin, Supper Solutions owner Leanne Deister and Coors director of corporate relations Troy Dickerson.

There are also regular columns on beauty and fitness, family issues, health, money, society events, travel and dining. The magazine is available at the Tattered Cover and other local retailers or by subscription (six issues for $15.95). More info: denverwoman.com.

CHAPPELLE'S SHOW: Ferociously funny Dave Chappelle (the same guy who walked away from mega bucks for his Comedy Central show) returns to Denver three months after a sold-out, three-night stand at Comedy Works to bring his Block Party Allstars show to the Paramount Theatre on Feb. 22.

The evening includes two or more musical acts featured in Block Party, the movie he wrote that's due out in a few weeks.

Tickets ($55, plus service charges) are on sale at 10 this morning at all Ticketmaster outlets, by calling 303-830-TIXS or by visiting livenation.com. Price includes parking at the Plaza Parking garage at 18th and California.

MAXIM EXPOSURE: Dark and handsome Rapids team captain Pablo Mastroeni is one of seven Major League Soccer players featured in a seven-page fashion spread in the March issue of Maxim magazine, hitting newsstands today.

The shoot, which took place at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas, features the pro kickers clad in all-white couture duds accessorized with their own snappy soccer cleats.

The title of the spread is "White Lines: The Stars of Major League Soccer Fear Nothing. Not Even Grass Stains." Clever.

THE SEEN: Carmelo Anthony and fiancee La La Vasquez sipping a cognac and an apple-tini at the bar in Elway's on Monday.

EAVESDROPPING on a woman: "Other people call it the flu, I call it weight control."

Penny Parker's column appears Tuesday through Saturday. Listen to her on the Caplis and Silverman radio show between 4 and 5 p.m. Fridays on KHOW-AM (630). Call her at 303-892-5224 or e-mail parkerp@RockyMountainNews.com.