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'Beauty and the Geek'
The CW's show Beauty and the Geek is looking for beauties and geeks for its fifth season and encourages all Brandeis students to audition. Saturday from 2 to 9 p.m. at "The Estate," 1 Boylston Place in?Boston.?For more information, contact andrea@tripple7pr.com.
Microcredit Awareness
Come to Click Drive's Microcredit Awareness Event with speakers from Oxfam America, Brandeis Faculty. Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in?Lown 2.
"Hold Power Accountable"
John Dean, a central figure in the Watergate scandal, will discuss how well American investigative reporting meets its constitutional goal of keeping American citizens informed and democracy safe. Co-sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life.
'Enchanted' a mixed bag of cartoons, live action
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Enchantment goes only so far in Walt Disney's "Enchanted," a sometimes clever, other times grating mix of live action and animation that plays tricks with levels of movie reality as the world of fairy-tale animation invades contemporary New York. The film from director Kevin Lima, who has worked in both formats (the animated "Tarzan" and live-action "102 Dalmatians"), has moments of hilarious inspiration. But the overwhelming default mode is youthful slapstick, so the movie may strain adults' patience even as it tests the attention span of children with its 107-minute running time. Warner Bros. animators of old could mix genres and play with reality in the space of a three-minute Looney Tunes short: One of the great existential moments in cinema occurs when Daffy Duck experiences a mental breakdown as his landscape and genre keep changing, thanks to a sadistic animator named Bugs Bunny.
FRHS teen wins crown
Danielle Scimeca experienced her first appearance as Miss Teen Colorado USA 2008 on Friday at Castleview High School in Castle Rock where she escorted contestants down the aisle in the school's Mr. Sabercat competition. "It went really good and it was really fun," Scimeca said. "It was kind of exciting because it was my first real thing I did as Miss Teen Colorado." .
Princess Power
Early in "Enchanted," Disney's good-natured attempt at some satiric jujitsu, divorce lawyer Robert Phillip (Patrick Dempsey) gives his 6-year-old daughter a book about female heroes. When they come to Marie Curie, he extols her dedication to science and contributions to public health until admitting, lamely, that she wound up dying from radiation poisoning. Such are the invidious choices that "Enchanted" sets up and eventually resolves for women, who in this clever and mostly charming holiday comedy win by getting to be both achievers and princesses. As that rare family movie that really will appeal to the whole family, "Enchanted" also finds the Disney empire celebrating the classic princess genre it virtually invented while simultaneously sending up its most saccharine cliches.
The following are items of interest about Jefferson City area businesses and business people.
Harvey Tettlebaum and Catherine Barrie received the Equal Justice Award at the Legal Services of Eastern Missouri annual awards luncheon in St. Louis.Tettlebaum heads the Jefferson City office of Husch & Eppengerger, LLC. He is a recognized expert in the health care and administrative law areas. He serves as chair of the firm's health law practice group and is a member of the firm's litigation and appellate practice group.Barrie is senior legislative counsel to The Missouri Bar. She serves as editor-in-chief of both The Missouri Bar Courts Bulletin and Legislative Digest.Robyn Stockman, Headlines Salon stylist, completed a course in stylist's training. The one-year course focused on advanced cutting, coloring and styles design.She is a graduate of Merrill University and has attended up-do classes, active haircutting classes, the Midwest Beauty Show in Chicago, Goldwell color classes and is the travel stylist for Miss Cole County Fair Queen Courtney Hall.
Hair Icon – Dita Von Teese
Every month we unveil our handbag hair icon, with top styling tips from the UK's finest hairdressers on how you can recreate her day and night looks yourself... At a time when the sun's setting on sunny, summer beauty and 'Vamp' is back with a vengeance, it nice to see there's a burlesque beauty with old-school glam we can call upon to match our new autumnal wardrobe and post-summer pale skin. Dita Von Teese is fast become the hottest property on the red carpet and an iconic figure of her time. Ne'er a hair out of place, her look is nothing short of high-maintenance glam, adopting the slick, well-polished styles of a forgotten era - we want her hair! And here's how to get it – both an up and down 'do. With help from Leonardo Rizzo, Artistic Director of super-cool salon chain Sanrizz, there's no better time to be a bit of a Teese… Dita does 'down' 'Dita has a very classic 20's/30's look,' says Leonardo, 'Her dark hair colour contrasts with her pale skin, which suits Dita's burlesque style.
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