April 19, 2009
The Body Shop, in partnership with MTV, has created a new fruity lip butter to benefit the Staying Alive Foundation, which raises awareness of HIV/AIDS. Approximately $5 from each sale goes to the Foundation. The balm, Yes! Yes! Yes!, is named after the Body Shop’s Say Yes Yes Yes to Safe Sex campaign.
Watch the promotional video below.
April 18, 2009
In The Soloist, newspaper columnist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) encounters homeless musician Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx) and decides to write a story about him. As he digs deeper and discovers that Ayers was once a musical prodigy, Lopez tries to get him back into the music world. Based on a true story. Opening Friday, April 24.
Click the widget below for the trailer, clips from the movie, and a behind-the-scenes featurette.
April 17, 2009
The Tribeca Film Festival, Apple, and indieWIRE present Filmmaker Talks at the Apple Store SoHo, a free public event series where actors and filmmakers discuss their latest projects. The series will run from Wednesday, April 22 to Sunday, May 3.
April 16, 2009
CurrentVine.com has partnered with its previous interviewee, Secret Asian Man cartoonist Tak Toyoshima, to give away one SAM sticker each to four fans in a random drawing. The stickers are weatherproof, die-cut vinyl and approximately 8″ x 8″; one of each color is available (black, white, red, and gold). One will be given away each week in May.
The giveaway coincides with the recent release of the comic anthology Toyoshima is contributing to—Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology (The New Press), which is the first comic short story collection to center on Asian American superheroes; and with Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which is May of each year.
April 14, 2009
Tribeca Talks: Pen to Paper, a new free event series presented by the Tribeca Film Festival, brings screenwriters to the Union Square Barnes & Noble from April 25 through April 27.
April 13, 2009
Alexander McCall Smith will visit the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble on Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. to dicuss Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, the 10th book in Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency mystery series. In this installment, private investigator Precious Ramotswe is asked to find a possible traitor who’s throwing the local football team’s games, all the while dealing with personal drama. Visit the Barnes & Noble event page for details.
In March 2009, HBO debuted a series based on the novels starring singer/actress Jill Scott. Watch a scene from the first episode below.
April 11, 2009
In State of Play, D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey (Russell Crowe) and his colleague Della (Rachel McAdams) are assigned by his editor (Helen Mirren) to investigate the murder of the research assistant and mistress of Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck). Opening Friday, April 17.
Below, watch the the trailer and two scenes.
April 10, 2009
PrettyCity.com has organized special spa deals in a handful of states in honor of Tax Week. These discounts can be redeemed only from Monday, April 13 through Friday, April 17. Participating spas can be found in New York, Illinois, Florida, and Massachusetts.
Visit Pretty City’s Tax Week page for details.
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