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-When did it suddenly become okay to refer to Chistina Aguilera as 'Xtina'? Are we on a first name basis now? -At least the marketers know to list Cher first. She's awesome in this. Aguilera is fine. Not terrible. Mediocre. Utterly. Everyone else suffices. -This isn't the next Showgirls . It doesn't take itself seriously. It knows it's guilty pleasure fodder, with groan-inducing lines, caricatures, the whole bit. It wallows in its corniness, basically. -The reveal was off. -Not enough Alan Cumming, not enough Stanley Tucci (basically being his characters in The Devil Wears Prada ), not enough Kirsten Bell. Guys. Pull your shit together.

as is customary at thanksgiving time, i thought about all the things i'm thankful for, only this time i thought about gratitude in life, as opposed to just my week. so here it is... { photo } family & friends! the people in my life are just the absolute best! and what's better than having amazing people in my life? getting to actually see them all this year! i'm so very grateful i got to see my parents, my grandma, and bunches of best friends at my wedding in september. that was extra special because i hadn't seen most of them in years and years, including my big brother whom i hadn't seen in 6 years! i'm also excited that, for the first time in forever, i live near some family and best friends. living in san francisco i often spent thanksgiving and christmas all by myself. now that we're in los angeles, we get to spend holidays with cousins and D's brother and some of our closest friends ever {but we miss you terribly larry!}. i'm also than...

-Three renowned Asian directors--South Korea's Park Chan-wook, Hong Kong's Fruit Chan, and Japan's Takashi Miike--direct three seperate segments of this international anthology. Warning: fucking gruesome. -Fruit Chan directs 'Dumplings', about the disturbing secret to eternal youth. Park Chan-wook directs 'Cut', about a successful director and his wife kidnapped by an obsessive extra. Takashi Miike directs 'Box', about a young woman with diturbing dreams of being buried alive that may blend with reality. -'Box' is confusing, scary, but makes no goddamn sense in any way that's not metaphorical. 'Cut' is darkly humorous, graphically violent (duh), and so like Park. 'Dumplings' is perhaps the most famous of three, later expanded into a 90 minute feature with the same cast (among others, Bai Ling), is about an aging actress who goes to desperate measures to regain her husband's attentions. -Some freaky-ass shit.

-In an unspecified apocalyptic future, people have turned to cannibalism to eat, and grain for currency. A circus performer (Dominique Pinon) rents a room from a sinister butcher/landlord (Jean-Claude Dreyfus), amid a variety of quirky tenants (what else?), and develops a friendship with his daughter (Marie-Laure Dougnac). -Surprisingly light for such dark material. -This is the kickass trailer:

-Louise Brooks gets all iconic as Lulu, an uninhibited, seductive young woman who's thoughtless nature ruin herself and those around her. -A surprisingly subtle silent performance from Brooks, all cheeky grins and mischevious glances. Also pretty frank about sexuality, considering the day (especially of lesbianism). -Still, you can't help but see this movie as condemning the things it so blatantly shows, preaching that sexually forward women are doomed to destroy themselves. -And...yeah. That's about it.

Miley Cyrus - Parent Divorce filling, Hemsworth Relationship On October 26, 2010, less than a month before Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus's eighteenth birthday, her father filed for divorce from her mother in Tennessee, citing irreconcilable differences. In a statement made to People the next day announcing the split, the couple said, "As you can imagine, this is a very difficult time for our family... We are trying to work through some personal matters. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers." In August 2010, it was confirmed that her relationship with Hemsworth had ended. Miley Cyrus and Hemsworth were seen together a month later, and are reportedly back together. It was announced in early November that the couple had split again. BTW.. Miley Cyrus makes a last minute song change on sunday night's AMA'S. A somber looking Miley changed her tune, singing about love and forgiveness in a last minute song switch. Miley Cyrus was originally going to cover "every Rose ...

whether you live in the u.s. and are celebrating the holiday or not, i hope that today is extra special for you, and that you can be with the ones you love! the mr. and i are off to my cousin's for dinner and general merriment today, then we get to do it all over again tomorrow with D's cousins! that's right, i went from having no plans on tuesday, to TWO whole thanksgiving dinners with family! i have a lot to be thankful for this thanksgiving. happy day everyone!