By Denise Tong
Commercials, TV series, movies, and books constantly broadcast messages about how girls and women should live their lives—often to ridiculous results. Comedian Sarah Haskins humorously skewers these messages in Target Women, a segment that is part of infoMania, Current TV’s weekly show (Thursdays, 10 p.m. EST).
Stop, You’re Killing Me! is a Web resource for books in the crime, mystery, spy, suspense, and thriller genres. It has indexed over 30,000 titles and over 2,700 authors. Visitors can browse by author or by character; they can also look up the winners of major book awards and check out the site’s own book reviews.
Below, a selection of recent entertainment news including the deaths of writer John Updike, author/columnist James Brady, and director/producer Kim Manners.
ShopItToMe.com functions like your free personal shopper by e-mailing you when items in your size from your favorite brands go on sale. Simply choose your favorite designers and brands from their list and select your sizes in each; the site then checks numerous Web retailers and sends you relevant results.
Labels include Armani, DKNY, Juicy Couture, and Prada; retailers include Nordstrom and Bloomingdale’s.
ShopForCharityNow.com offers visitors the chance to shop for all kinds of merchandise—clothes, DVDs, books, home furnishing, electronics, and more—thanks to its partnership with sites including Netflix.com, KMart.com, and eBay.com. A minimum of 10% of the proceeds go to charities including Autism Speaks, the Greenpeace Fund, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Below, a selection of recent entertainment news including the list of Oscar nominations.
Below, a selection of recent entertainment news including the deaths of Ricardo Montalban and Patrick McGoohan.
Below, a selection of recent entertainment news including the top entertainment titles that closed out 2008.
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