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Sunday, March 13, 2016
Scream, Queens! The Top 40 Horror Films of The 80’s!
From: The Backlot
#22
The Burning
The Burning
I don’t know why this summer camp slasher isn't more well known, but it hits all the right marks. Poor camp caretaker Cropsy was a victim of a cruel prank that backfired, leaving him horribly disfigured. So naturally, revenge is required, and soon kids are being sheared left and right. The Burning featured very early roles for Holly Hunter, Jason Alexander, and Fisher Stevens … one of whom will not survive the infamous RAFT MASSACRE!
100 Treasured Chests: Hairy Edition
From: OUT
Carlos Huber
Perfumer
Perfumer Carlos Huber has created Arquiste, a collection that encapsulates different moments in time, inspired by his architectural background specializing in historical preservation. He is a master at storytelling, and with a single spritz you’re taken to the Claridges Hotel in London drinking cocktails, or to a farm at sunrise, observing the crisp dew on a citron tree.
March 14th is International Ask A Question Day
What? How? Where? Why? HUH?!? All of the questions you could possibly think of can be freely raised on Ask a Question Day!
That’s right, now is your opportunity to ask that burning question that’s been festering in the dark recesses of your mind. We all know there’s no such thing as a stupid question, so go on, think up the wildest, craziest, most bizarre question you would like to see answered and fire away! With the wonders of modern technology these days, surely someone out there will have an answer for you. (Whether or not the answer is true is another story!)
Ask a Question Day gives us the liberty to bring different issues to the limelight, and also ask after those little bits of knowledge we’ve been longing to gain. So whether it’s a deep philosophical entreaty you’re looking to debate, or are just after the answer to a bit of random trivia – get asking!
The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80’s Part 2: The New Batch
From: NewNowNext
#24
“Live Is Life”
Opus
Austrian group Opus had an enormous hit in Europe with the infectious “Live is Life,” hitting #1 in Austria, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the top ten in the UK. They also hit #1 in Canada, but the response in the U.S. was more tepid, reaching #32 in April 1986.
The 40 Hottest Male Bodies Of 2015!
From: Boy Culture
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| 19 with nearly as many abs |
Austin Mahone
Another story from my teen-mag-editor days!
I was the first editor, as memory serves, to ever cover Austin Mahone. We liked being first at that magazine, and Austin was just the cutest kid, the perfect type my tween girls went crazy over. He was also a sweetheart, and was ecstatic when we focused on him, did a shoot with him in L.A. and gave him exclusive pinups. He did a date contest for me in 2012 and I later attended his first NYC gig in Times Square, at which he had no dance moves but oozed star quality.
He got my # from our photo-shoot call sheet and would text me occasionally, which I discouraged since he was a kid, but it was always just super positive stuff, like a New Year's greeting and grateful comments about our work with him.
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Before I knew it, he was on the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show dancing like Michael Jackson.
He's had a degree of success since then, though nothing to challenge Jackson's, yet his team passed me over to write his first official book (which sucked because on the phone, he seemed to already have no recollection of who I was!).
But no hard feelings, because I think he has a good heart.
