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The magazine may date from 1953, but the advice (via Modern Mechanix) is timeless. Let's learn from our farmer/model godmother, Tippi, as she juggles the responsibilities of running "from one New York studio appointment to the next" while also...raising horses. More »
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Marion Cotillard's Dior handbag commercial was released online today — and it manages to cram a whole lot of plot into 6 1/2 minutes. Cotillard worked with her La Vie En Rose director, Olivier Dahan, much as Audrey Tautou recently worked with Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Chanel. [Times of London] More »
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Let's face it, everyone's got a little bit of freak in 'em, and everybody knows somebody who's a crazy fanboy — or fangirl — even if the movie/TV show/band they're obsessed with is a little left of center. It's for those people that the Entertainment Earth catalog exists. If you're into Harry Potter, Dexter, The Dark Knight, The Beatles, Hitchcock, Star Wars or Wonder Woman you're in luck. There's even something for those of you who celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah! Let's shop, after the jump. More »
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As a casual viewer of Nick-at-Nite reruns of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, I knew him only as the cartoonishly portly British man with the protruding lower lip and signature silhouette. But according to a new Hitchcock bio, was anything but a cuddly cartoon: the director famously mistreated the always-blonde heroines of his classic films. The biography by Donald Spoto, called Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies, paints a truly ugly picture of the heralded Hollywood heavyweight. "He pecked away at [the actresses'] insecurities, whispered filthy remarks right before they faced the camera and forced them to do countless takes of physically demanding scenes," USA Today reports. But it gets worse. More »
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