Entertainment
Grammys Awards 2012: All About Adele
Adele became one of the biggest stars in world after she took the award for Best Pop Solo Performance for “Someone Like You” at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. The 23-year-old with the big voice was honored for the emotional songs that have taken her to number one in both [...]
New Juicy Review: Steamed by Katie MacAlister
Book: Steamed Author: Katie MacAlister Publisher: Signet ISBN/ASIN: 0451229312 Rating: Four Stars Zapped into the aether by a zany laboratory mishap, Jack Fletcher and his sister Hallie find themselves aboard a real live airship-in an alternate universe, at the mercy of Captain Octavia Pye and her crew of the Tesla. Grappling with the realization that [...]
Indian MP demands arrest of writers reading banned novel at literature festival
Indian Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi is demanding the arrest of writers who read excerpts from banned novel The Satanic Verses at the Jaipur Literature Festival. “Reading from a banned book is a deliberate provocation and proof that the festival is a forum for Islam-bashing,” Owaisi said. Rushdie was due to attend the festival but backed out, alleging death threats from the Mumbai [...]
New Juicy Review: Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Book: Destined for an Early Grave Author: Jeaniene Frost ISBN: 0061583219 Publisher: Avon Rating: Five Stars It’s hard not to gush when reviewing anything by Jeaniene Frost, especially the Night Huntress series. This is simply because she has an inordinate balance, a grasp on the critical elements that make readers clamor for more. The creation [...]
Three Places Not to Miss on a Holiday to Ecuador
If you enjoy culture, scenery and history, mixed with wildlife and opportunities to stretch your legs, thenEcuador’s compact size makes an ideal holiday. You can see a huge amount in a week or so, but Ecuador has more than enough to keep you enthralled for three weeks and more if you have the time. Visitors on [...]
Fiendishly Reading: The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark
Book: The Demon Lover Author: Juliet Dark (Carol Goodman) Publisher: Ballantine ISBN/ASIN: 9780345510082 Release Date: December 27, 2011 “Since accepting a teaching position at remote Fairwick College in upstate New York, Callie McFay has experienced the same disturbingly erotic dream every night: A mist enters her bedroom, then takes the shape of a virile, seductive stranger who proceeds to [...]
Lady Gaga Wants to be in an ‘Indian Food Coma’
Lady Gaga is a big fan of Indian food, so much so that the pop star says she wants to be in an “Indian food coma.” “I just love to eat Indian food. I go for curry whenever I can. I could eat it everyday, but I get hot because I like it spicy,” Gaga [...]
Movie Crowds Shrink to 16-Year Low Despite Big-Budget Productions
Hollywood has more tricks in its bag than ever with digital 3-D and other new film tools. Yet as the images on screen get bigger and better, movie crowds keep shrinking — down to a 16-year low as 2011′s film lineup fell well short of studios’ record expectations.Through New Year’s Eve on Saturday, projected domestic [...]
Review: “Dragon Tattoo” Film As Disturbing as the Book
Release Date: December 20, 2011Rating: R (for brutal violent content including rape and torture, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, and language)Genre: Drama,Thriller, AdaptationRun Time: 158 min.Director: David FincherActors: Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgard, Yorick van Wageningen, Goran Visnjic, Joely Richardson, Julian SandsCAUTION: The following review contains discussion of mature and explicit [...]
Robert Downey Jr.’s Sequel “Sherlock Holmes” Tops Box Office, Movie Attendance at New Low
Sherlock Holmes is facing his worst enemy: declining crowds at theaters as this year’s domestic movie attendance dips to the lowest in 16 years.Robert Downey Jr.’s sequel “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” debuted on top with a $40 million weekend, off 36 percent from the first installment’s $62.3 million opening two years ago, according [...]
Project Nim (James Marsh, 2011)
James Marsh, director of 2008′s spellbinding, playful documentary Man on Wire, initially presents Project Nim, the story of a mid’-’70s language acquisition experiment on a chimpanzee, with a similar sense of wonder and magic. The baby chimp, though harshly removed from his mother, finds warmth and love from the people who handle him, and photographs and archival [...]
‘Harry Potter’ Director Looks to Produce Film about Jesus’ Childhood
Chris Columbus, the director of the first two Harry Potter films, is to produce an adaptation of Anne Rice’s novel about the childhood of Jesus Christ.Having transformed Harry Potter into a Hollywood film star, Chris Columbus is now turning his attention to an even more gifted child. The American director is to produce a film [...]
Warrior (Gavin O’Connor, 2011)
From the second the camera settles on Tommy (Tom Hardy), a former Marine sitting on his father’s doorsteps drinking, no one could fail to see that something is wrong with him. Tommy carries scars not only from Iraq but his childhood, and at times it seems as if the ones from the latter affect him [...]
‘Twilight’ No. 1 for Third Straight Week
The latest “Twilight” movie cast the longest shadow with $16.9 million for a third-straight No. 1 finish during one of the year’s slowest weekends at the box office.Business was dismal, with box-office tracker Hollywood.com estimating Sunday that domestic revenues totaled just $82 million. That puts it barely ahead of Hollywood’s worst haul of the year, [...]
Midnight in Paris
The quickest review of Midnight in Paris would be that it’s a magical and charming time travel whimsical American tale set amidst the beauty that is Paris, France with classic (Woddy) Allen-esq neurotic characters. It’s also a film that proves to be every art majors wet dream come true. In fact i’m going to take [...]
Angelina Jolie’s New Movie Gets a Poster
Hollywood’s most successful actress Angelina Jolie has now decided to test her directing skills. The actress decided to make a 4 language flick, centered around the ethnic cleansing and civil wars of the early to mid 90′s in Bosnia, instead of making a small romantic comedy or drama. In The Land of Blood and Honey‘s cast includes local [...]
Review: ‘Hugo’ Is One of This Year’s Best Movies
Release Date: November 23, 2011 Rating: PG (for mild thematic material, some action/peril and smoking)Genre: Drama, Family, FantasyRun Time: 127 min.Director: Martin ScorseseActors: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sigourney Weaver, Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Christopher LeeWhen the darkness turns to light, it can be a glorious thing. David [...]
Review: The Wedding Is Nice in “Twilight: Breaking Dawn” but Not Much Else
Release Date: November 18, 2011Rating: PG-13 (for disturbing images, violence, sexuality/partial nudity and some thematic elements)Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, ThrillerRun Time: 117 min.Director: Bill CondonActors: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Billy Burke, Rami Malek, Maggie Grace, Mackenzie FoyLet’s just get this out [...]
Incendies (Denis Villeneuve, 2011)
For a film that can be so smart, Incendies sure does suffer from some amateurish mistakes. A mystery concerning the unraveling of two twins’ lives in the wake of their mother’s death, Denis Villeneuve’s film splits its focus between past and present as we track the family tree from the Middle East to Québec. Fundamentally, however, this [...]
Finding Trusted Baby Gear Newton, Massachusetts
Raising a child may be the most exciting experience of your life, but may also easily be one of the most stressful, especially to a first time parent. Raising your baby is a 24-hour a day, 7-days a week job and it is extremely demanding. Make your life a little easier by having high quality [...]
