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This Sunday the HBO original miniseries Mildred Pierce begins its five episode arc on HBO Canada (see hbocanada.com for a schedule). It stars Kate Winslet as the titular Pierce, a mother who sacrifices her own happiness and tirelessly works to provide her daughter Veda (played with lupine malice by Evan Rachel Wood) with all of the upper middle class frivolity she comes to demand. An adaptation of...
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Disney unveiled this year's addition to their 'Dream Portraits' series by world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz.  Since no further introduction is necessary, let's go straight to the eye candy.

"Queen Latifah Comes Ashore As Ursula" from The Little Mermaid...

"Famed Is Thy Beauty": Olivia Wilde and Alec Baldwin as The Evil Queen and Magic Mirror from Snow White...
"A Tale...
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We're feeling a little retro this weekend, and as the world gears up for another round of Fashion Weeks (although we can't bear to talk Fall/Winter when Spring is still taking it's sweet time to arrive), we take a look at 5 films that captured iconic fashion trends over the decades. 


Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
The 1960s: Age of Rock & Roll and Audrey Hepburn. Breakfast at...
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Happy Friday! Feel like hitting the theatres tonight? This week the new rom-com "No Strings Attached", starring our girl Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher, asks the classic question: Can two friends be bed buddies and nothing more?

Emma (Portman) has been burned too many times to count, and as a busy doctor has no time for a full relationship. Adam, played by Kutcher, has just gotten out of a bad...
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It's hard to miss the classic Holiday films constantly playing on TV this month.  While we will forever love Home Alone and White Christmas, we highly suggest these sometimes overlooked, but always hilarious Holiday Comedies:



Scrooged:  In this hilarious adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Bill Murray plays Frank Cross, a selfish and cynical TV executive who gets haunted by three spirits...
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Some excellent books published this year hit my must-read list.  Grab a cup of hot chocolate, add as many marshmallows as your mug can fit, and curl up on the coach with one of these page-turners.

Chick Lit: Cocktails for Three by Sophie Kinsella as Madeleine Wickham

Roxanne, Maggie and Candice meet once a month for cocktails and gossip.  All smart and successful women working in the...
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Newsflash: there are other movies currently in theatres other than Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows (pt 1).  And now that we're firmly into the no-man's-land season between mildly crisp Autumn days and fluffy festive snow (read here: icky late November dreary drizzle), there's nothing like a good flick and an extra large tub of artery clogging double buttered popcorn.

Man Pick -...
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The Social Network (or as we've been calling it, "The Facebook Movie") is finally in theatres and we couldn't be more excited!

The film follows the socially awkward Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg as he builds the Internet's most popular social medium and becomes the world's youngest billionaire.  Paced like a thriller, The Social Network is about greed, power, money and most...
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The countdown to the penultimate Harry Potter movie has begun, with this week's release of the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (pt 1) trailer.



There was an unfortunate glimpse of the irritating Dobby (who, as grand luck would have it, is my son's favourite character), that ghastly Voldemort manicure, and plenty of snakes which I didn't appreciate, but everything else looks quite...
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At the end of an obnoxious day, there's nothing better than great comedy and sizzling actors.  We're talking about 4 new TV premieres we're excited to see.  Are you?


We already told you about $#*! My Dad Says, and you’ll be able to check it out starting Thursday, Sept 23. Based on the Twitter sensation, the show is about a cynical father known for his one liners who is...
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