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Electronic music artist Kygo is set to take over the Las Vegas Strip with an exclusive residency at the all-new Palm Tree Beach Club, opening in May at MGM Grand. Launching his first-ever “daylife” residency, the “Hold On Me” producer will be the first artist to perform at the venue, kicking off a summer-long lineup featuring some of the biggest names in Edm. Tickets go on sale staring Feb.

Ava Max keeps finding leaks of her demos online — and she wants it to stop. This morning, the pop star shared a post asking fans to “respect my art” and quit leaking her records and demos.

“I have a lot of demos I’ve written that are not finalized records and I’d appreciate it if you stop leaking these records like this one,” she wrote, including a snippet for an unreleased song called “Phenomenon.” “A lot of records I write do not ever see the light of day and...

Ava Max is back in action!

The “Kings & Queens” pop superstar returned Friday (September 20) with her latest dance-pop banger: “Spot a Fake” – and it’s got a very personal meaning!

The track, about recognizing one’s worth and rejecting insincerity, is described in a release as her “most personal” anthem to date, detailing her “story of betrayal and broken girl code. Inspired by moments that shook her inner circle, the song celebrates self-worth, authenticity, and the resilience to move forward.”

“I could spot a fake from a mile away / Oh, I could spot the fake in her beautiful face,” she sings.

The track is produced by Grant Boutin and co-written by Ava with Grant, Lauren Mandel, and Salem Davern.

The song follows the release of her earlier 2024 smash, “My Oh My,” as well as her big global hit with Kygo, “Whatever.”

Listen to the track and read the lyrics inside…...

Fans of the Cartoon Network shows are about to dive into a sea of nostalgia after the announcement of a crossover episode. Jellystone!, which premiered on Max in 2021, has brought together characters like Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, and more. Hanna-Barbera’s characters will be joined by other Cartoon Network characters in a two-part special called Crisis on Infinite Mirths.

A still poster of Jellystone! | Credits: Max / Cartoon Network

The crossover episode will serve as the third-season finale of the series. The reimagined characters in Jellystone! had already caught the attention of fans. Interestingly, select fans have already seen the crossover episode at San Diego Comic-Con.

Max’s Jellystone! Is About To Bring Favorite Cartoon Network Characters For A Crossover The upcoming Crisis on Infinite Mirths episode of Jellystone! | Credits: Max / Cartoon Network

C. H. Greenblatt developed the animated comedy Jellystone! including reimagined characters from Hanna-Barbera studios. Greenblatt was a...

Kevin Smith released the unseen Shortcom collab with Shannen Doherty in tribute to their friendship. Smith intended to reunite with Doherty in a Mallrats sequel, which unfortunately never came to fruition. The video features Smith and Doherty in starring roles.

Kevin Smith has honored his late Mallrats star Shannen Doherty by releasing a previously unseen Shortcom project the two once collaborated on. Following the breakout success of his debut movie Clerks, Smiths decision to cast Doherty in his 1995 comedy Mallrats would begin a lifelong friendship between the two. Following Dohertys recent passing on July 13, Smith posted a heartfelt tribute to his friend and co-star he fondly referred to as an American icon.

Taking to YouTube to celebrate Dohertys life, Smith releases a clip of a 2013 mini-sitcom pilot filmed for Fox named Stubbs.

Smith introduces the clip by explaining that the 10-minute Shortcom was intended to feature in a scrapped Fox...

There are some actors who you recognize immediately. They are unique, iconic, and simply stand out because they have a magic about them that can’t be replicated. Sadly we lost one of these icons recently when the news was reported that Shelley Duvall had passed away at the age of 75. Duvall had gone out of the public eye for a number of years until quite recently. But with her passing the world lost an actress that was unique, talented, and brought to the screen a special sort of magic that’s hard to find. So in celebration of the life of Shelley Duvall, let’s take a look back on Whatever Happened to This Horror Star.

Shelley Duvall was born in 1949 in Blanco, Texas. Shelley was the oldest child of her parents Bobbie Ruth and Robert Duvall. Her other three siblings were all sons, Scott, Shane, and Stewart. I...

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

New Music Friday – August 19, 2022

Demi Lovato – “29” plus Holy Fvck (Album)

Panic! At The Disco – “Don’t Let The Light Go Out” plus Viva Las Vengeance (Album)

Johnny Orlando – “fun out of it ft. Benee” plus all the things that could go wrong (Album)

Blackpink – “Pink Venom”

Anitta – “Lobby ft. Missy Elliott”

Other noteworthy artists with releases this week include Blake Shelton – “No Body”, Maisie Peters – “Good Enough”, Lukas Graham & Khalid – “Wish You Were Here”, Summy – “Wish I Never Met You”, LØLØ – “u turn me on (but give me depression), Emei – “Trust Issues”, New Hope Club – “Call Me A Quitter” + “Whatever”, Pia Toscano – “Walk Through Fire”, payton – “insomnia”, Riotron and Big Freedia – “Drop A Bomb”,

Keep On Your Radar:

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Image Source: Getty / Tristar Media You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who says Ryan Gosling lacks sex appeal (if you disagree, look at these and get back to us). Unfortunately, it seems like someone at Madame Tussauds is determined to spread the alternative fact that the Golden Globe winner is not one of Hollywood's hottest men by turning him into an extremely creepy wax figure. Sure, we can all tell it's modeled after Ryan, but something about it is just . . . off. The too-pointy mustache? The oiled-up forearms? The eyes that are way too close together? Whatever it is, people on Twitter have plenty of opinions about it. From claiming that the wax figure is pure nightmare fuel to comparing it to a hotter version of David Spade, check out their most hilarious reactions below: ryan gosling's new wax figure looks a bit like if joe dirt cleaned himself up pic.

Last Week’S Review: ‘Westworld’ Review: ‘Trace Decay’ Reminds Us That We’re All Just Stories, In the End

Diagnostic Report

Let’s start with Maeve, who flexed her newfound powers in a few key scenes but otherwise seems to be playing the long game. After first recognizing Bernard for what he is (and triggering his latest descent into madness), Maeve then went on to properly recruit Hector to (in her words) “break into hell with me and rob the gods blind.” We’ll look forward to seeing how that takes shape next week.

William, Logan and Dolores aren’t having the happiest of reunions, what with Logan taking the two of them prisoner with some help from the Confederados and doing his best to remind “Billy” that Westworld isn’t real, and neither is Dolores. After a gruesome confrontation with a knife that Dolores manages to escape, Logan thinks he’s wooed William back.

Many consider Dmitri Shostakovich the greatest composer of the 20th century. Born September 25, 1906, he might not have lived past his teens if he hadn't been talented. During the famines of the Revolutionary period in Russia, Alexander Glazunov, director of the Petrograd (later Leningrad) Conservatory, arranged for the poor and malnourished Shostakovich's food ration to be increased. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1, his graduation exercise for Maximilian Steinberg's composition course at the Conservatory, was completed in 1925 at age 19 and was an immediate success worldwide. He was The Party's poster boy; his Second and Third Symphonies unabashedly subtitled, respectively, "To October". (celebrating the Revolution) and "The First of May". (International Workers' Day).

His highly emotional harmonic language is simultaneously tough yet communicative, but his expansion of Mahlerian symphonic structure, dissonances, sardonic irony, and dark moods eventually clashed with the conservative edicts of Communist Party officials. In 1936 he was viciously denounced by Pravda...

Cimino and star Kris Kristofferson on the set of the ill-fated production of "Heaven's Gate".

 

By Lee Pfeiffer

Michael Cimino, whose fast rise to royalty in Hollywood was matched only by the sudden demise of his career, has died at age 77. He was born in Long Island and entered the film business with his first success as the co-writer of the 1973 Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry sequel "Magnum Force". (He had previously written the screenplay for the sci-fi cult film "Silent Running" starring Bruce Dern.) Eastwood was suitably impressed and gave Cimino the opportunity to make his directorial debut with the buddy crime caper "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot". Released in 1974, the film was a hit and helped launch Jeff Bridges to stardom with the Oscar nomination he received. In 1978 Cimino released his ambitious Vietnam War epic "The Deer Hunter" starring Robert De Niro and newcomer Meryl Streep. The politics of the big...

Legendary American independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch has been a frequent visitor to the Cannes Film Festival ever since winning the Camera d’Or for Stranger Than Paradise in 1984. He took the Grand Jury prize in 2005 for Broken Flowers but has never managed to nab the Big One. His latest film, Paterson, which premiered last week in competition here, is the story of a bus driver (played by Adam Driver) named Paterson who lives in Paterson NJ, walks his wife’s bulldog, Marvin, and writes poems in his spare time. We sat down with the great silver-haired Son of Lee Marvin to talk hip-hop, Tilda Swinton, and the poetry of everyday things.

Some critics have called this your most personal film. How do would you respond to a statement like that?

I don’t know. With our last film, Only Lovers Left Alive, everyone said “Aha! His most personal film!” I don’t know.

Stars: Grace Phipps, Spencer Breslin, Lexi Atkins, Sierra McCormick, Ronen Rubinstein, Brando Eaton, Andrew Bryniarski, Noah Segan, Michael Polish, Maestro Harrell, Justin Prentice, Audrey Ellis Fox, Jasper Polish, Josh Ethier | Written by Adam Egypt Mortimer, Brian DeLeeuw | Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer

If there’s one thing I will take away from this years Frightfest it’s that this was the year that saw the tropes of the slasher movie return to the horror genre with a vengeance. From the strong final girl, to insane, and sometimes supernatural, killers and the idea that the horror movie is as metal as Iron Maiden… so gloriously metal… And nowhere are those three more prevalent than in Some Kind of Hate.

Reminscent of Trick or Treat, the 1986 heavy metal horror starring Marc Price; and Savaged, the supernatural revenge thriller that played Frightfest Glasgow in 2014, Some Kind of Hate sees tightly wound Lincoln – a...

“If I love you, that’s the end of you.” — Carmen x

Following Passion (1982) and Scenario du film passion (1982), Jean-Luc Godard directed First Name: Carmen (1983), starring Marushka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffe, and himself. Godard was inspired by Otto Preminger’s Carmen Jones (1954), a musical-comedy about a woman that seduces a soldier ordered to escort her to the authorities. Preminger’s film is an adaptation of a 1943 stage production by Oscar Hammerstein II, which is itself an adaptation of the 1845 novella Carmen by Prospere Merimee. Anne-Marie Mieville was very interested in writing a script that was similar to the spirit of Preminger’s film, and Godard loved that film as well but wanted to change the music. Exit Bizet’s music and enter Beethoven’s “Late Quartets”, which are integral for First Name: Carmen.

Godard again collaborated with Raoul Coutard, but this time the famous New Wave cinematographer was billed as “lighting...

Several stories from the Tribeca Film Festival by guest blogger Sharon Abella

Super Duper Alice Cooper: Spotlight at Tribeca Film Festival 2014

In the 80′s, if you wanted to attend a concert, you would either have to dial up on rotary phones to countless busy signals, Or else wait in line Overnight at the ticket outlet for a chance to see U2, Rush, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, or Bon Jovi. There was no point and click on ticketmaster or stubhub.com, and show up with a print out from your home computer option.

The “Godfather of Shock Rock,” Alice Cooper, who rumor had it, “bit the heads off of live chickens, cut up plastic baby dolls, and wore boa constrictors around his neck, was a parents worst nightmare.

This documentary breaks down just what was so bad or so good about Alice Cooper. Under all that make up, is a pussy cat. Born in Detroit, Mi, Vincent Damon Furnier (Alice Cooper), nearly died when his appendix burst at age 11. Thankfully, he lived, and he learned that life is a miracle. His family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, as they wanted their children to grow up in a healthier environment.

Later, Alice formed a band called “The Spiders,” and they gave L.A. a try. With all of La’s distractions like “Whiskey a Go-Go,” the bar where “The Doors” used to play, Alice knew the band had to be outrageous. Their music just wasn’t that good, and they needed a gimmick.

With new costumes, and Frank Zappa as a mentor, they kept at it, however, concert promoter, Bill Graham, said they “should either be actors or musicians, but they can’t do both at the same time on stage. This is not theater.”

Alice Cooper left La with his tail between his legs, however, did not give up. He refused to go back to being Vince, so they tried even more wilder gimmicks until it worked. Fire, blood, vaudeville, panties falling from the ceiling on to the crowd, chickens, dolls, boas, gothic appearances. Nothing was too crazy for them.

This documentary did, however, clear up the whole biting the head off of live chickens thing. It turns out, that Alice didn’t really bite the head off of a live chicken. They threw a live chicken into an audience full of hippies, and when they threw it back on stage, it was dead.

Interviewed live at the Tribeca Film Festival,

The Alice Cooper shared with me,

“My whole life has been a doc op. Super Duper Alice Cooper is a very theatrical documentary. It goes just beyond documentary. It’s as theatrical as the character I play. What shocks Me, Alice Cooper? How anemic rock is right now. There needs to be more rock and roll out there.”

“Keep on Keepin’ On” Documentary about Jazz Legend, Clark Terry (Trumpeter)

The jazz performance at the end of the movie and music event exclusive for Amex card members, for the film entitled, Keep on Keepin’ On on Saturday night, April 19, 2014, may have been in the top 10, if not the #1 event, from the highlights of the Tribeca Film Festival since it’s inception. Five beautiful jazz songs were performed by a myriad of artists, one of whom being, a student of Clark Terry’s, Justin Kauflin, on piano.

First time film director from Australia, Alan Hicks, and ‘his mate’ Adam Hart, started documenting “Keep on Keepin’ On” five years go, and the great Quincy Jones came on as a producer.

Clark Terry is a jazz musician (trumpeter) with a career spanning over seventy years. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and wanted to play the trumpet so badly, that he made one himself out of a lead pipe (mouthpiece), and a funnel (bell). His neighbors couldn’t stand the noise that the makeshift horn made, so they collected $12.50 and bought one from the pawn shop. His first big break was when he was hired by Count Basie, and then as the first black staff musician at NBC. He went on to play with and/or teach some of the jazz greats, including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dizzie Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, and Quincy Jones. In fact, Quincy Jones was Clark Terry’s first student, and Clark left the Duke Ellington band to join Quincy Jones eleven years later. He has been inducted into the Jazz at Lincoln Center Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, and rewarded with the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He has two Grammy certificates, and three Grammy nominations.

Clark or (C.T.), believes in mentoring and giving back to the community. He stated, “my dreams of playing the horn came true, and now it is my turn to make others’ dreams come true.” C.T. has taken countless students under his wing, one of whom, mentioned earlier, is Justin Kauflin.

Justin lost his vision from exudative retinopathy when he was in the sixth grade. Knowing he was unable to play video games or basketball anymore, he sat down at the piano and fell in love with it. While practicing to be a jazz pianist, he said to his mother, ‘I wish something bad would happen to me so I could play the piano like the famous jazz musicians.’ His mom would hesitantly say, ‘Honey, you just lost your sight, isn’t that bad enough.’ and Justin replied, ‘Naw, what these guys went through is much worse.’

C.T. has had diabetes for over 60 years, and as a result, has been losing his vision too. Justin and Clark could relate to one another in that regard.

Clark Terry’s advise,

“You have to have a desire to excel.”

“You have to want to play better than everybody else.”

“Other students don’t study themselves. You have to know your shortcomings and work on them.”

“Whatever you are doing, do it well.”

“Find your own voice.”

“Don’t copy.”

“If someone believes in you, it makes you believe in yourself more.”

The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq a film by Guillaume Nicloux (France)

Special Jury Mention: The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (L’enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq) directed by Guillaume Nicloux (France). The announcement was made by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal

Best Screenplay –The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq, written and directed by Guillaume Nicloux (France). Winner receives $5,000 sponsored by DreamWorks Animation. The award was given by Bart Freundlich.

Jury Comments: “This screenwriter put a bodybuilder, a gypsy, a prostitute, and a world renowned poet in handcuffs at a dinner table and made it feel right. When a film’s language feels so natural as to make the viewer completely forget that a screenplay was written, the writer deserves special acknowledgement.”

Award winning author, filmmaker, and poet, Michel Houllebecq, went missing on September 16, 2011. So began the controversy about this controversial writer. Was it a kidnapping, was he delusional, or was it planned? You may ask, ‘how can this be a comedy?’

This comedy/drama begins with Michel (played by himself), as an older, mellow writer walking around town, running errands and nonchalantly chatting with his neighbors. As he gets back home, and off the elevator to open his apartment door, three large men follow him inside, put tape over his mouth, ask him to hold the front page of the newspaper, take a polaroid photo of him, and transport him about an hour away to a French suburb.

When he gets to their house, he finds himself handcuffed to a bed, and hesitant to call for help to tend to his basic needs, for example, to smoke, use the bathroom and read. Flabbergasted, he quickly learns that the kidnappers are extremely nice to him. Catering to his every need, they invite him to eat with them at the dinner table, they smoke cigarettes and held conversations together, and even held birthday parties wearing fun party masks. Showing their faces, they admitted to Michel who they were and why they did what they did. One admitted to being a gypsy, another, a body builder, another, a call girl, and an older married Polish couple whose house it is. Patiently awaiting ransom money from the President of France, Francois Hollande, they sit and shoot the breeze.

Do they get the ransom money? Do they let Michel go?

Article by Sharon Abella

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Michel Houellebecq caused a storm when he went missing in 2011. The great literary provocateur tells Andrew Pulver why he has made a film about those three days called The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq

Here's an exclusive from the Berlin film festival: Michel Houellebecq smokes e-cigarettes. I spotted France's bad-boy film-maker and novelist taking a furtive puff while talking about his latest big-screen venture – one titled, with typical lack of self-effacement, The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq. Naturally, he plays the lead.

What Houellebecq smokes would not normally be of huge interest, except he spends the whole of this new film either puffing on a cigarette, trying to light one, or whining to his captors to give him a lighter. When we finally talk, it turns out that Houellebecq is neither trying to quit, nor is he overly worried about lung cancer or emphysema. It's just that the sprinklers in the building are triggered by cigarette smoke.

Elitist and pretentious, or an endangered species? Whatever your feelings, there's no doubt that arthouse movies are among the finest ever made. Here the Guardian and Observer critics pick the 10 best

• Top 10 romantic movies

• Top 10 action movies

• Top 10 comedy movies

• Top 10 horror movies

• Top 10 sci-fi movies

• Top 10 crime movies

Peter Bradshaw on art movies

This is a red rag to a number of different bulls. Lovers of what are called arthouse movies resent the label for being derisive and philistine. And those who detest it bristle at the implication that there is no artistry or intelligence in mainstream entertainment.

For many, the stereotypical arthouse film is Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal. Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin was a classic art film from the 1920s and Luis Buñuel investigated cinema's potential for surreality like no one before or since. The Italian neorealists applied the severity of art to a representation...

Mexican auteur Carlos Reygadas' fourth film, Post Tenebras Lux (2012), has been described by some as his masterpiece. It's a bracingly intelligent and formally daring picture; a confrontational, yet moving work of subversive autobiography which is open to many interpretations. It's a film that bridges the personal and the political, using one Mexican man's personal crisis to signify larger fissures in the national consciousness. Post Tenebras Lux has proven typically divisive with critics, but is just the kind of film which demands an audience's attention, adventurousness and, ultimately, faith. CineVue's Craig Williams spoke to the director about art, politics and cinema as an act of life.

Craig Williams: How did Post Tenebras Lux come about? Was it something that had been gestating for a while, or did you only turn your mind to it after finishing Silent Light?

Carlos Reygadas: After Silent Light, I had children and decided...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Arrow Round Table!

This week TV Fanatic staffers Kate Brooks, Carissa Pavlica and Nick McHatton are joined by Arrow fan Henry Otero of Hanko9.com to discuss "Darkness on the Edge of Town" and all of the wild happenings that unfolded, leading up to this Wednesday's Arrow Season 1 finale.

Sit back and enjoy and join in with your own take in the comments!

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Were you surprised at Walter's reaction after the kidnapping and rescue?

Kate: Not really. I think he wasn't dramatic enough. I'm glad Moira is having all of this negative response from her actions.

Henry: Actually, I was expecting him to be even more upset upon seeing Moira again. The guy is no fool, the second he came to in that small cell, I'm sure he realized Moira was involved with his kidnapping.

Nick: To be honest, up until the rescue,...

Reposted For 2013 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

It was playing Bach that brought Canadian pianist Glenn Gould worldwide fame when his recording of the Goldberg Variations – at the time, 1955, a rather esoteric corner of the repertoire – and certainly a hefty percentage of his albums over the course of his career were devoted to the German Baroque master's keyboard output. But in celebrating the 80th anniversary of his birth on September 25, 1932 (and looking forward with sadness to the 30th anniversary of his death of a stroke on October 4, 1982), it's worth remembering that he was interested in many more composers. I didn't have to make too much of a conscious effort to diversify this baker's-dozen list until I got down to the last two spots. (All the recommended recordings were issued by Columbia Records/CBS Masterworks/Sony Classical.)

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988; Sweelinck: Fantasia in D major; Schoenberg: Piano Suite Op.

Odd List Ivan Radford Jan 3, 2013

As 2012 recedes into history, Ivan counts down his pick of the year's finest movie soundtracks...

While Den of Geek writers were busy voting for the top film of the year, I’ve been rifling through my collection of albums from the last 12 months to work out which film soundtrack was the best. The conclusion? It’s been one heck of a year. (Please excuse the long list of Honourable Mentions at the end…)

These are the best movie soundtracks of 2012. Probably.

1. The Master (Jonny Greenwood)

A quick rewatch of the trailer to Paul Thomas Anderson’s film reminds you of the power of Jonny Greenwood’s music. The Master is surpassed by its haunting score, which nails the psychological state of Joaquin Phoenix’s Able-Bodied Seamen, increasingly dominated by His Master’s Voice. It may not be as lyrical as Greenwood’s Norwegian Wood soundtrack,...

I first saw The Who on TV. I was watching with my parents, and when Pete, Roger, and Keith started smashing their instruments, my family was appalled. We were just barely middle class. My dad was a jail guard and we lived in a nice neat little house that my parents had built with their own hands. I loved music and I had a newspaper route, and I mowed lawns. I was taking drum lessons using a practice pad, and all my money was being saved to buy a used drum set so I could join a rock and roll band. At my rate of earning, it would take me decades to afford Keith Moon's drum set and I didn't understand its destruction on TV. How could Keith do that? How could he have such little respect for music, for the TV show he was fortunate enough to be on,...

Taking over Nottingham’s city centre and laying on a roster of mostly free events over four days, the festival goes way beyond just playing games: previous events have included art exhibitions, director commentaries, playground building, live videogame recreations, gigs, three World Record achievements, arcade trails and club nights – and this year’s festival added into the mix film premieres, human games consoles, zombie pageants and “molecular gastronomy” dining experiences.

The festival kicked off on Wednesday with an entire day curated by game design legend and Another World creator Eric Chahi: the above-mentioned molecular gastronomy experience My Dinner With Eric was apparently particularly wonderful, featuring stereoscopic food and other bizarre culinary concoctions.

Fittingly, Fear Friday added some Halloween celebrations to the mix, as the festival devoted a day to horror-themed games, books and films. Comedian and zombie horror writer Charlie Higson performed a reading from his new novel The Fear,...

You’ll be positively gorgeous for 2010’s last big night with one of these A-list looks!

New Year’s Eve is fast approaching and you have one goal: look smoking hot at your big celebration! Whether you’re at a small gathering of friends or a huge black tie gala, check out these suggestions to look your best for any and all occasions before and after the ball drops:

A soft, sideswept updo like Taylor Swift’s is good for almost any occasion. A gorgeous waving iron like this Revlon 3-Barrel Jumbo Waver with Ceramic Plates will give you the look if you don’t have naturally curly hair. Be sure to secure it with a great hairspray and go for a great defined cat eye and a perfect red lip, like the one you can get with Iman Luxury Moisturizing Lipstick in Iman Red.

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What did your mouse edge towards on this site this year? Here are the top 10 most viewed articles, galleries, videos, audio streams and interactives. On your own head be it …

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1) Porpoises rescue Dick Van Dyke

Our most-viewed piece of content of any type, by some distance, was this brief news story about the efforts of water mammals in saving the life of an 84-year-old man. It was shared on Facebook no less than 77,000 times.

2) Hitler? A scapegoat. Stalin? I can empathise. Oliver Stone stirs up history

A report from the Us previewing the director's dubious-sounding TV documentary series.

3) The greatest film scenes ever shot

Philip French and assorted directors and producers pick their favourites.

4) The death of Sex and the City

Hadley Freeman dances entertainingly on the grave.

5) Oscars 2010 liveblog: the 82nd Academy Awards as it happens

Five-and-a-half-hours of glamour, gongs and grinding fatigue.

6) Michael Douglas reveals his cancer...

Here are six quick hair and makeup ideas to get holiday party-ready super fast!

Office Holiday Party season is upon us and and there’s always the question of what to wear and how you should appear. Well, our Fashion Editor Katrina has you covered with holiday party fashion suggestions, so here are some quick and easy beauty looks that will take you from desk to holiday hotness in no time flat:

Take a note from Katie Cassidy and go for long, look-at-me lashes with my favorite wow-effect mascara, L’Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes Mascara and a gorgeous pink-peach blushed cheek with Nars Orgasm Blush.

You can also do a sleek updo like Mila Kunis, which always looks incredibly polished and professional. Use a good smoothing styling cream like Aveda Smooth Infusion Styling Prep Smoother, then add a bronze smoky eye look and great gloss – all of which you can...

With the first day of summer just days away school coming to an end a new swimsuit and sunglasses what else could a girl ask for to make 2009 one of the best summers ever? A fabulous haircut thats what!!nbspHair is a built in accessory. Curly or in an updo and youre ready for a night out on the town. Air dried or tied up in a pony tail and its just a casual day lounging around. Wherever youre going or whatever youre doing the hair makes a statement and thank goodness it grows back if you do something crazy with it! Probably the one benefit of not being a vampire. Gone are the days of boring hair. Long hair can be cut short or hidden under a wig. Short hair can be made long with extensions. Straight hair can be curled and curly hair can be straightened.throw in...

Hey, Paulington! Is a (somewhat) new Cinephile advice column that looks at life, love, and the movies. Anyone can send in a question, and Paulington will answer it. Sure, it's a really cryptic, cliched concept that has been around since the dawn of time. But we're going to spice it up a little bit. Topics can range from anything: Sex, violence, haints and taints, your favorite movie! Paulington doesn't care. He's basically doing it for a paycheck. He's not really an expert on anything. But he sure does know a lot about movies and human nature. You can send your questions to (as in, click on the giant red letters and you will automatically be sent to his email):

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And he will be sure to answer all of them in a very timely manner. Here are this week's letters. Enjoy!

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My wife is six months pregnant,...