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• Badgley Mischka celebrates its twentieth anniversary next year with a fragrance called Badgley Mischka Couture. It will launch in February and include notes of purple plum, blackberry, pear nectar, jasmine, gardenia, violet, white patchouli, black vetiver, and musk. You know, to keep it real. [Now Smell This]

MAKEUP
• Smashbox Cosmetics is sponsoring Los Angeles Fashion Week, and they're actually showing some interesting beauty looks for the runways. The bold pops of color for a yellow eye and heavy mascara at the Tulle & Cloth Logic show are certainly, well, eye-catching. [Beauty & the Blog/Sephora]

SKIN
• Clinique teamed up with Allergan to create a new skin-care line called Clinique Medical, which will only be available through physicians' offices. The line is for treating skin before and after cosmetic procedures like laser treatments, chemical peels, and microdermabrasion. [Cosmetic News]

• It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and beauty companies are capitalizing on the pink color and opportunities to give back. Here's a roundup of beauty products from hair dryers to moisturizing lotion that will donate money to breast-cancer research with every purchase. [Teen Vogue]

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‘Filth and Wisdom’ Star Eugene Hütz on Taking Direction From Madonna and the Sexual Power of Accordions

Americans know Eugene Hütz as the electric, mustached lead singer of gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello, and as the English-butchering tour guide who stole the show from Elijah Wood in Everything Is Illuminated. Now, the Ukrainian-born Hütz stars in his second big flick, Filth and Wisdom, a little film directed by indie upstart Madonna. Acting alongside Vicky McClure (a dead ringer for a young Material Girl), Hütz plays a struggling musician who moonlights as a cross-dressing dominatrix. Vulture sat down with Hütz to discuss working with Madge, inspiring Gucci, and the politics of his handlebar mustache.

So what was the rapport like with Madonna as your director? Is she as scary as she seems?
[Laughs] She’s only scary to people who read too many tabloids.

Burn.
[Laughs] Sorry. But we were able to start on a fresh page and keep it fun. We became friends during the filmmaking and then performed at Live Earth together afterwards. She was very scrupulous with some of the actors, but I got off easy. A lot of other people experienced more actual directing. I was welcomed into the project on some special footing, so that gave me a lot of leeway.

So did you subscribe to and develop the film’s philosophy that one needs to wallow in filth to gain wisdom?
That’s really kind of a pop version of a lot of different philosophies. It’s a bit simplified. I subscribe more to the dedication and immortal passions that lead to wisdom. But cluelessness leads to experience, and experience leads to wisdom, so without cluelessness there can be no wisdom. It’s as simple as that.

You sort of fell into acting. You met with Liev Schreiber to discuss the soundtrack for Everything Is Illuminated, and he immediately cast you as the Ukrainian tour guide.
Ever since I was young, people have tried to push me into acting. They were always hustling me, but I went with my actual passion, music, and hustled all of that. All my friends and family predicted that I would be an actor, but that bores me. Performance can’t move the walls. You never see people going bananas in a movie theater, bouncing off the walls. They need music to help them get there, and that’s why I’ll always be a musician first.

You have some intense scenes playing a dominatrix, but you make riding a man on a harness look so easy.
It’s funny, because the scene where I’m whipping and riding that old guy was literally the first scene we started shooting. There was no lead time into that. So the first day, it’s like six in the morning, I just had my first cup of coffee, and I had to whip someone into a frenzy. That’s some real movie magic right there.

You’ve been hailed as one of the only men who can make a handlebar mustache sexy. Any tips?
Well, first, I think that’s an untruth. It’s a matter of cultural perspective. Look at the accordion. In the United States, the accordion is seen as the least sexy instrument ever. But if you go to Russia or Brazil, all sexual jokes are about an accordion player. The guy comes into the village playing the accordion, and things start happening. The guy who rocks the chicks is the guy with an accordion. So I don’t think I should take credit for making the handlebar mustache sexy, because it’s sexy in a lot of places — just not always in America.

What do you think of the line of Gucci menswear that you’ve apparently inspired?
I don’t know, man. If it’s inspiring, then good, but I obviously wasn’t dressing to inspire Gucci. I don’t know if they got the whole style of how I dress.

So they missed your point?
Pretty much. But I’ll keep it polite.

Travis Barker Released From Hospital (E! Online)

E! Online - Earlier this morning, Travis Barker told fans he was "healing up quickly" and would be out of the hospital "b4 you know it."

Travis Barker Released From Hospital

Hearst Cancels Holiday Party

Well, it looks like our annual Office Party Patrol is just going to be a little less fun this week. Turns out the belt-tightening at Hearst hasn't stopped with the closing of CosmoGirl. Now comes word that plans for the company-wide holiday party are shelved. For years, Hearst treated staffers to a lavish catered affair at Tavern on the Green. But with the magazine business on the skids, Hearst cut costs last season by celebrating in the atrium of its new Norman Foster–designed tower (one staffer griped about food running out). Now even an in-house party seems excessive during the economic meltdown. A spokesperson says she hopes "employees will understand our recent decision to forgo a company-wide holiday party this year." Nobody else do this! As un-fun as most company events are, they're still necessary. How else would you know that Bruce in security does such a mean Tina Turner on karaoke?

Afternoon Fix: Mark Wahlberg Is One Scary Dude

Cosby Sweaters Make a Comeback This Fall

Bill Cosby–esque sweaters have made a resurgence in menswear stores across the city. We're talking bright, bold, bulky things that would make you visible from five miles away in an Arctic blizzard. (Insert your own joke about Sarah Palin's house and Russia here.) We noticed these frightening overthings last fall in Williamsburgian log-cabin-like restaurants and drinking establishments, but this fall they've infiltrated Manhattan. Now stores from the Lower East Side to Soho are channeling Cosby in ways we thought had been long buried in 5:30 a.m. time slots on network television. But unlike the knits of the eighties, these fashion statements don't come cheap. Click ahead to check out one of fall's gaudiest hipster trends.

Hit the ‘Mute’ Button! David Cook to Play ‘SNL’

In a transparent bid to give coastal elites earaches before Election Day, McCain supporter Lorne Michaels has booked shoddily hairpieced American Idol winner David Cook as the musical guest for the November 1 episode of Saturday Night Live. Cook will perform songs from his upcoming, cleverly titled album David Cook, and is widely expected to hit more wrong notes than the average 12:50 sketch.

'American Idol': David Cook heading to 'SNL' [Star Tracker/LAT]

Literary Giant Betsy Perry Went to Sette Mezzo and Everyone Was Still Rich

Betsy Perry, the Bloomberg "Commissioner for Women's Issues," and belle lettrist whose searing prose paints perhaps the most vivid and honest picture of Manhattan on the cusp of the Greatest Depression we've seen so far, has a new column on the Huffington Post today: "I don't know what dinner at Sette Mezzo costs because my friend George obviously gets a bill sent home monthly. I never see cash nor do they take credit cards and mostly they recite the menu fortunately leaving off the price du jour for the turbot and truffles (this isn't Red Lobster)....My feeling about New York dining is it's about the buzz and if a restaurant doesn't have it, I'd rather eat at home watching CNN. One would never know from this restaurant that we've fallen on hard times or is it possible they're eating out of nervousness?" [HuffPo]

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‘Sex Drive’ Star Clark Duke Talks Acting

Part teen sex comedy, part anarchic road trip, Sex Drive has a punchy energy that makes it one of the funniest high-school movies since the original American Pie. A big part of its success is thanks to up-and-comer Clark Duke, who plays the wryest corner of a love triangle opposite Josh Zuckerman and Amanda Crew. Duke may still be best known for the hilarious Web series Clark and Michael (Cera, that is), but he seems poised to drink Jonah Hill's milkshake, with upcoming roles opposite Eddie Murphy and Nicolas Cage. As part of a weekend built around his very first press junket, Duke sat down with Vulture to talk about pal Michael Cera, the state of comedy and film, and his new-found respect for Hyundai Sonatas.

Have you prepared for this by incrementally talking more and more about yourself over the last several days?
I've been trying to get more vain over the last couple weeks to get ready!

What was it like shooting Sex Drive on location in Hollywood, Florida? Were you surrounded by slow-driving retirees?
Oh, I just destroyed my rental car. I drove this thing so hard that, by the time I turned it in, it kind of smelled like transmission fluid, all the tires were bald, and the hand-break wouldn't work. I'd never owned a car with a hand break — one that you can physically, Steve McQueen–style pull. Dude, I would be on four-lane roads, and since there's not that much traffic there, for the most part, I would see a place where you're supposed to make a left-hand turn, like a “lazy S,” and I got so good at it, I could just cut it, pull the hand break, and slide around through it. This shoot was like a driving academy for me. It was a Hyundai Sonata with a hand break, and I cannot recommend that car more highly for young race-car drivers.

It sounds like you're all set for the next installment of The Fast and the Furious.
I hope so. If they would let me do my own driving, I might do one of those pieces of shit. [Laughs]

When did you first meet Michael Cera, and what was the genesis of Clark and Michael?
When I was in college, I moved out of the dorms and into this apartment complex, and Mike lived next door to me. We met randomly in the hallway and hit it off, probably because we were the only two people there under 50. We bonded over playing guitar and listening to Weezer. And the genesis of Clark and Michael, I guess, was like that episode of Seinfeld where George is like, “This is the show!” We'd been talking about writing something, so I said, “Well, we have no other frame of reference or life experience to write about, but we can write about two guys trying to write a script and eating at diners and stuff.”

What do you make of Judd Apatow's cottage industry? There's been a lot of critical ink spilled over his films representing a big-screen return of the schlubby guy, the beta male.
Judd's most awesome contribution is relying a bit more on the actor with the writing and the improv, because a lot of the guys that act in Judd's movies are writers. That whole spirit is not about big, broad set pieces. It's all character stuff and awesome dialogue in settings and scenarios that people can relate to. Judd's changed the whole game, for the better.

I assume, perhaps unfairly, just because you've made an impression in comedy thus far, that that's where your main interests lie. Is that true?
The movies that I most enjoy going to watch are comedies. I don't really have that thing where as a comedic actor I feel like I still have something to prove, like, “I'm still an actor!” That kind of seems to be a trap that people fall into that I never understood.

You won't be going “full retard,” then.
Oh, I'll go double retard! [Laughs] I'm not hung up finding up some part to prove my mettle to people. I don't care that much if anybody thinks I'm a great dramatic actor. Because comedy's harder. It's much harder. If you have good timing, it's worth a lot more than being able to cry.

What do you have lined up next?
I shot this movie with Eddie Murphy called A Thousand Words that will be out in April or May, and then I'm leaving Tuesday to start this other movie called Kick-Ass, a superhero thing by the guy who wrote the comic for Wanted.

And are you imbued with superpowers?
No, only my good looks and easy charm. [Pause] That's going to read so well! It's going to read as dead serious.

Earlier: Internet-TV Star Clark Duke to Form Band With Kristen Bell

Matthew Settle and the Masturbating Mummy

Matthew Settle, a.k.a. Rufus Humphrey from the Greatest Show of Our Time, can play a wide range of characters — the slightly disapproving cool dad, the sternly disapproving cool dad, and even the weakly angry cool dad! But Indiana Jones? That's a new one on us. At Wednesday night’s Condé Nast Traveler party, Settle told us about his adventures in the ancient world (he’s been to 48 countries!). "[One time] I was doing a show for the History Channel called Decisive Battles of the Ancient World. We were covering Alexander and some of his conquests in Egypt, so we went to Luxor," Settle told us. "I was down in this tomb looking at the sarcophagus and all the faded walls — we had a private tour — and I had my digital camera and I saw a hole in the wall next to the chamber, a wall with a mural." This is where the fun begins. From Settle's own account:

"So I stuck my camera up and took a picture. And there’s this guard carrying a machine gun that looks over at me and starts yelling at me in Arabic. We had a tour guy with us, and he quickly gave the guy some money. I thought he was going to shoot me! He gave him five Egyptian pounds — that’s about a dollar-fifty. A dollar. Five minutes after that he comes over and he’s carrying a bucket. A five-gallon bucket and he’s got a torch in his hand, and he says, 'Step up' in Arabic."

Well I step up, and I look down at the room I took a picture of, and there’s a stack of bones and all sorts of paraphernalia. It was in disarray, like bodies had been stacked on top of each other. Then there was one body facing forward, feet forward. It was a remarkable photo because the room had been previously undiscovered — there were definitely treasures in it, treasures in the room that were still in there. The guy was buried alive. The weirdest thing — which my girlfriend at the time pointed out to me — he wasn’t mummified, he was buried alive. All the other guys on the back wall were soldiers and they killed them — so they didn’t die alive, since their bodies were stacked on the back wall. And then the priest was buried alive — they sealed him into the room. And the weirdest thing is that he died holding himself, as a matter of comfort. And I didn’t even notice it. He died, and he’s got his hand on his bacon. I mean, it’s the weirdest thing.

Skeletons, treasure, and caught-in-the-act gestures? If only the next episode of Gossip Girl can live up to that! Eh, it probably can.

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Phillip Lim Dishes on His Fall 2009 Collection

Fashion Week basically ended yesterday, but designers aren't languishing in Grecian hot springs with hot models feeding them grapes. They're back at the drawing board creating next year's pre-fall and fall collections. In fact, they're probably whipping up fabulous things right now as we type. We caught up with Phillip Lim this week at the Crystallized Swarovski Elements launch party for Unbridaled, a book of photographs of wedding decorations and gowns inspired by Swarovski crystals (Lim designed a gown for the book). What can we expect for his February show, which is so far away, yet so necessary to know about right this second? "Fun. Glamorous. Edgy. Jewel-toned colors. More luxe and rich in a way that it's not about more expensive — it's just the depth, the texture, the color, the feel," he explained. "It's the girl growing up. Grown-up girls that don't forget to have fun. It's going to be more emotional than ever." He added his approach to the upcoming collections will be the same as always despite the fact that everyone's so broke nowadays. "I mean, our business is pretty, wearable clothes. What would I change it to? All I could do is put even more of my heart and soul into it and make it even more personal." Aw.

Confirmed: Mark Wahlberg Actually Does Talk to Animals

For the past two weeks, Mark Wahlberg has publicly trashed Andy Samberg's expertly ridiculous portrayal of him on October 4's episode of Saturday Night Live, in a skit titled "Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals." First he slammed the show, claiming it hasn't been funny in years. Then, last night, he told Jimmy Kimmel that the next time he sees Samberg, "I'm going to crack that big fucking nose of his. Then I'm going to tell him, 'Say hi to your mother for me.'" But according to his brother Jim — whom we met at Wednesday's GQ fund-raiser for the Gentlemen's Fund, for which Wahlberg is an ambassador — the sketch may have been more accurate than we realized. Jim hadn't actually seen the video, but when we explained it, his eyes widened with shock. "Oh my God. Mark DOES speak to animals. All the time. That's so weird! How did they know that?"

Still, though, Mark Wahlberg is determined to have the last laugh. He says he's been bombarded with questions about the skit and therefore shouldn't be held accountable for his not-always-hilarious answers: "Everywhere I go, someone asks me about it and I say something different every time. It depends on whether I want to be serious or sarcastic," he told us. Was he happy with the sketch? "I wasn't unhappy with it," he said. "It's just that after seeing the Tina Fey–Sarah Palin thing you were kind of hoping for something on that level. That's legendary. But they actually called and asked me if I would do something on the show this weekend, but I can’t stay until Saturday, so maybe we’ll film something in L.A. Lorne Michaels called [my agent] Ari [Emmanuel] and asked him. So, you know, maybe. We’ll have to do something funny this time around." Will he be talking to farm animals? "No, we’ll have to think of something funny to do," he repeated. "But [the sketch] was certainly … flattering."

Nike Sues Wal-Mart for Copying Sneakers

Wal-Mart can't avoid sneaker copyright lawsuits these days. Last month the chain settled a trademark-infringement lawsuit with Adidas after Adidas accused them of knocking off their triple-stripe logo on sneakers. But now Nike's slapped Wal-Mart with another copyright-infringement lawsuit. The athletic brand says Wal-Mart's Shox footwear are too close for comfort to Nike Shox (the running shoes with the coil heels). Wal-Mart's version cost only $10 or so — a tenth of what the Nike kicks retail for at Foot Locker. [DNR]

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Antony and the Johnsons Transcend Death, Gender, and Bad Breakups at the Apollo

The surprise guest at last night's Antony and the Johnsons full-orchestra concert at the Apollo? Not a Wainwright, Björk, Lou Reed, or a homeless performance artist. It was Beyoncé! Or maybe Sasha Fierce. Antony channeled Destiny's Favored Child in a rousing symphonic cover of “Crazy in Love.” The avant-garde singer pulled the same stunt at a BAM concert, but it was thrillingly new to us: His operatic but bluesy falsetto brought baroque desperation to lines like “kinda hoping you'll page me right now.” Indeed, the night's overall performance was something like a séance, with the ghostly lighting scheme shrouding the musicians in wispy shadows, and Antony, a tranny, Edward Gorey sort of character, singing (and wailing, and moaning) about tragic, supernatural creatures who transcend death, gender, and bad breakups.

The Doveman-ish “Crazy in Love” cover allowed some laughter and breathing room on a night that sometimes resembled an overly precious recital. (In actual pop-star sightings, cutie-savant Nico Mulhy, who helped with several of the arrangements, did a wave and bow at show's end.) Shuffling around in a white, floor-length gown festooned with crêpe blossoms and tubes, his overgrown black shag sometimes obscuring his face, downtown darling Antony has the softly mannish figure of Bea Arthur. As he sang mostly new material from the EP Another World and a full album due next year, we marveled at Antony's arch, awkward poses: a heaven-facing crucifix posture here, crazy-cat-lady head shake there, spastic hand twitches everywhere. The crowd, while they ate up his creepy cutesiness, were antsy for chestnuts from I Am a Bird Now, Antony's stunning 2005 album. “Sing ‘Spiraling’!” one fan screamed during an encore. (That's our favorite, too.) “You sing ‘Spiraling,’” Antony retorted in his quiet but startling baritone speaking voice. Beyoncé couldn't have put it more sassily herself.

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Overheard From Tyra Banks: ‘Top Model’ Heading to São Paulo!

Tyra Banks ought to be working on the twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model now. A snitch who works at a restaurant she frequents leaked some top-secret ANTM info to a blogger. The eyewitness says Tyra sometimes comes in twice a week, always with the same man who works in finance she sometimes kisses on the lips. (It's probably her alleged boyfriend, investment banker John Utendahl.) But who cares about PDA when Tyra was overheard on the phone talking about ANTM?!

"On to Top Model news: she was on the phone most of her dinner with I’m assuming a producer from the show. She was mentioning the girls arriving in San Paolo. Getting Samba dancers and batacuda drummers to meet them on their arrival. A photo shoot with masks was mentioned (is this new crop so ugly she wants to hid their faces??).”

Ooooooh! Spoilers! We see a risqué swimsuit shoot in those contestants' futures. We hope there's a token religious girl who cries and bitches about it and gets sent home. That said, we also hope this totally random eyewitness account is accurate.

The Eating Habits of Tyra Banks (and other juicy deets) [NotSoGlamorous]

Ne-Yo Probably Not Reading Your Blog

"That ain't my lane, dude. I don't beef. I don't do that. That ain't my thing. I don't do dis records. I don't do beef. I don't do any of that blogs talking about cats. I don't do that. That ain't my thing. I'm a grown man. I got money to make." — Ne-Yo doesn't believe in negative campaigning [MTV]

"I'm straight-up Daniel Day Lewis the way I approached the role. I spent time in Pennsylvania. I interned at Dutch Wonderland. I learned how to make soap and rope." —Seth Green on how he prepared to play an Amish character in Sex Drive [Movies Blog/MTV]

"I guess it's pretty gratifying to know that your music has been responsible for the birth of a lot of kids. In the English cable, the first thing they said was, 'Al, do you know how many kids have been born since you've been singing this music?' I said, 'Oh, God, here we go. Well, I'm gonna have to wade in the water, 'cause I really don't know. But I can imagine that quite a few.'" —Al Green [Spinner]

"There were days when I would look around the set, with all these tattooed faces and pointy ears, bizarre weaponry and Romulan linguists, with dialogue about 'Neutral Zones' and 'Starfleet' — and I would start sweating." —J.J. Abrams on being a non-Trekkie and making a Trek movie [EW]

"No Country [for Old Men] — now if you go and test that, you know, you can end up with all kinds of crazy reactions. 'Well, I don't know … The bad guy drives away. Why did he drive away? Did he ever get arrested? Why didn't he get arrested? How come this didn't happen? I didn't understand that.' You know what I mean? You have all kinds of reactions, cause they don't know exactly where the hell this thing — they don't know. They haven't even had a chance to digest the movie." —Barry Levinson on test-screening [A.V. Club]

"First time somebody threw me up, I was in the fucking doctor's office and couldn't move my fucking back, my vertebrae fucking got all fucking exploded. Then it was the knee; then it was the neck. It gave me a new kind of respect for a sport I had no respect for." —Mickey Rourke earns all kind of respect from critics who have no respect for him in The Wrestler [Chicago Tribune via PopMatters]

Katie Holmes Already Has the Comme des Garçons H&M Line!

Spotted: Katie Holmes in a shirt from Comme des Garçons' H&M line. The goods don't hit the racks until November 13. We are bitter about this. First, we understand the celebrity-fashion publicity machine, but aren't we all excited enough about this line to want to buy it whether or not someone like Holmes does? Second, she can afford real Comme des Garçons — she doesn't need to wear pieces from the diffusion line she got for free. Unless she's broke too now. But still, this is injustice!

See more from the Comme des Garçons for H&M look book here.

Oscar Futures: Did Bad Reviews for ‘Frost/Nixon’ Sink Its Chances? Yes

Every week between now and February 2, when the nominations are announced, movies and stars will help themselves — or, sometimes, hurt themselves — in the Oscar race. Vulture's Oscar Futures will listen to insider gossip, comb the Oscar blogs, and out-and-out guess when necessary to track who's up, who's down, and who's currently leading the race for a coveted nomination.

Best Picture	UP: Wall-E. Have you seen a better movie yet this year? Neither have we! And with so many of the fall's odds-on Oscar contenders turning to stinkers before our very eyes, Pixar's best-ever film may actually have a shot.	DOWN: Frost/Nixon. Remember last week when this seemed like a lock? A chilly reception yesterday at the London Film Festival seems to have killed its chances.
	CURRENT PREDIX: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E

Best Director	UP: Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino. The details of the plot were finally revealed. Sure sounds like something they'd nominate him for, right?	DOWN: Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon. Again, stinky reviews make this seem unlikely.
	CURRENT PREDIX: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire; Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino; David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon; Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road; Gus Van Sant, Milk
Best Actor	UP: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon. Reviews for the movie aren't great, but, according to critics who've seen it, he's great in the role that already won him a Tony.	DOWN: Viggo Mortensen, The Road. Maybe next year!
	CURRENT PREDIX: Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road; Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon; Sean Penn, Milk; Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress	UP: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky. Everybody's flipping over the movie. Also, she's adorable.	DOWN: Melissa Leo, Frozen River. Sure, she's excellent — but where did the buzz go?
	CURRENT PREDIX: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married; Angelina Jolie, Changeling; Kristen Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long; Meryl Streep, Doubt; Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actor	UP: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt. Nobody's seen his movie yet, but with supporting-actor showcases The Soloist and The Road on ice till 2009, his nomination feels like a sure thing.	DOWN: Jamie Foxx, The Soloist. He seemed like a safe bet — until Paramount pushed back his movie until next March.
	CURRENT PREDIX: Josh Brolin, Milk; Jamie Foxx, The Soloist; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt; Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight; Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road; Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road; Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon
Best Supporting Actress	UP: Kate Winslet, The Reader. Even if the movie is released half-edited and without a soundtrack, how can the Academy resist nominating her? They can't.	DOWN: Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married. If anyone from Rachel scores a nod in this category, we bet it's Rosemarie DeWitt.
	CURRENT PREDIX: Kathy Bates, Revolutionary Road, Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married; Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler; Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married; Kate Winslet, The Reader

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Indian Fashion Week Designers Buck the Economy With Bling

The Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week kicked off in New Delhi on Wednesday. The dour economic climate has had a negative effect on the Indian fashion industry, with international buyers placing fewer orders. But designer Ranna Gill has a coping mechanism. "I think you should use more bling when the situation is grim to cheer you up," he says. Yes! What the world needs now is bling. Sweet, sweet bling. [Reuters]

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Zac, Vanessa, and Ashley Light Up the "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" Premiere (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgins, Ashley Tisdale and the rest of their "High School Musical" cohorts graduated to college on Thursday night, descending on USC's Galen Center to celebrate the premiere of the third movie installment of that popular series.

People attend the 24th edition of the five-day MIPCOM

People walk past the Palais des Festivals during the 24th edition of the five-day MIPCOM

Curtain's Officially Up on Katie Holmes

Docu takes spectacular plunge into "Wild Ocean" (Reuters)

Reuters - Steve McNicholas and Luke Cresswell, the composers-choreographers-directors who created the hit British stage show "Stomp" and shared an Oscar nomination for their short "Broom," have turned another shared passion into a hugely -- as in Imax huge -- entertaining documentary.

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