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Adrianne Palicki is the Next Wonder Woman
This year and the next will see an onslaught of comic book superhero films, among them ”X-Men: First Class,” “Thor,” and “Captain America: The First Avenger.” What these films all have in common is...
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Fans Hope Gaga’s Album Cover Isn’t Really Born This Way
It was a Lady Gaga weekend. On Friday, four days ahead of schedule, she released her new single, Judas. On Saturday, she tweeted the cover art for her new album, “Born This Way,” which will come out on...
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Katy Perry’s Shooting for MJ’s Record, With Help from Missy Elliott
Katy Perry’s latest effort to push “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” her fifth single off her “Teenage Dream” album, into the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 is a new remix that features rap...
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Pump n’ squirt. So I saw this infomercial filled with sports bra- and bikini-clad women and men wearing Chippendale-esque bow ties. This is nothing new, of course. Except that they were not promoting a...
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Not Such a Perfect Picture Day in Lynnfield
September 11, 2001, was Picture Day in my freshman year of high school. As I stood in line waiting for the photographer to snap yet another humiliating portrait, I started hearing ridiculous rumors of...
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This “Revenge” is a Dish Served Too Cold
From the opening scene of a “fire and ice”-themed engagement party where the guests are dressed either in provocative red or innocent white, you know that ABC’s Revenge will be a little cheesy. The...
View ArticleNow THIS is a Scary Haunted House
HV recently introduced you to Nightmares Fear Factory, which calls itself “The World’s Most Frightening Experience!” on its Facebook page. I’m just going to venture a guess that the immersive...
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Holiday Gift Guide for the One Who Never Leaves the House
We’ve entered December, and the holiday shopping season is in full swing. Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we’ve no place to go…you might as well keep...
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Say You Like This Interactive Music Video Game
If you follow my blog (and I’m sure you do), you know that I’m a fan of interactive music videos. My latest find is “Say You Like Me” by We the Kings. The song is likeable enough, but it wouldn’t...
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‘The Avengers’ Deserves the A
Talk about a god complex. Loki, the villain of 2011′s Thor, apparently didn’t take to being cast from the throne and exiled from his native realm of Asgard quite as well as his title character brother...
View Article‘For a Good Time,’ See This Movie
Don’t judge a movie by its trailer. The dirty-talking red-band trailer that preceded screenings of Magic Mike looked airheaded and unnecessarily crass. Yes, For a Good Time, Call … is “the phone sex...
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2012 In Halloween Costumes
If you want your Halloween to be scarier than Election Day, you’re going to have to come up with something a little more creative than sexy nurse. You can look all cultured and current by taking...
View ArticleForget ‘Twilight’, Real Literature Coming to Silver Screen
After a year marred by the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon and the final film of The Twilight Saga, literature fans can finally find some relief on the silver screen. Three classic novels are coming to...
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Holiday Gift Guide For the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Fan In Your Life
Chances are, someone you know is a Fifty Shades of Grey fan — your mom, your co-worker, your friend, and/or yourself. What can you get this person to tide her (or him, whatever) over until the...
View ArticleVIDEO: China’s Worst Airport Worker
Sure, your luggage might get lost for a day or two on your way to a beach vacation, but usually it will eventually show up. Just be thankful this Guangzhou Airport worker isn’t handling your bags. A...
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Who Ya Gonna Call? Schools Using Celebrities to Get Students into School
A new trend is brewing in high schools across the country: wake up calls to absentee students. And before you go all “get off my lawn, five miles in the snow, up a hill” on the schools and absentee...
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Who Ya Gonna Call? Schools Using Celebrities to Get Students into School
A new trend is brewing in high schools across the country: wake up calls to absentee students. And before you go all “get off my lawn, five miles in the snow, up a hill” on the schools and absentee...
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Adrianne Palicki is the Next Wonder Woman
This year and the next will see an onslaught of comic book superhero films, among them ”X-Men: First Class,” “Thor,” and “Captain America: The First Avenger.” What these films all have in common is...
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Fans Hope Gaga’s Album Cover Isn’t Really Born This Way
It was a Lady Gaga weekend. On Friday, four days ahead of schedule, she released her new single, Judas. On Saturday, she tweeted the cover art for her new album, “Born This Way,” which will come out on...
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Katy Perry’s Shooting for MJ’s Record, With Help from Missy Elliott
Katy Perry’s latest effort to push “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” her fifth single off her “Teenage Dream” album, into the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 is a new remix that features rap...
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