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Fashion meets dance at Enkore, the first annual hip-hop dance competition hosted by international clothing company Kallusive, LLC and the director of VIBE Dance Competition. If you live in the Long Beach, Calif. area, you won’t want to miss this exclusive hip-hop dance showcase on Saturday, October 16 at the Long Beach Terrace Theater. In fact, it’s so exclusive that each dance act was accepted by an invitation-only basis.
Some of the amazing performances will feature top dance crews like Beat Freaks from season three of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew and …
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A while back, we brought attention to the intriguing culture of 2-D love, a sub-culture of otaku, which included Japanese men “falling in love” with pillows printed with their favorite anime character. With virtual communities like Second Life, it looks like physical pillows will no longer be necessary since men can now live out their fantasies with cyber girlfriends.
Once packed with honeymooners, the Japanese resort town Atami is now looking for a new type of customer. The city launched the LovePlus+ campaign, based on a dating simulation game, and Japanese men and their virtual …
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You may be skeptical about spending $12 to watch a film about a social networking website you use every day, but trust me: This is not just a movie about Facebook. Written by Aaron Sorkin (“The West Wing,” “Charlie Wilson’s War”) and directed by David Fincher (“Fight Club,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), “The Social Network” is one of the most brilliantly constructed films this season.
As a warning, the beginning of the film can be confusing with its deluge of Harvard jargon. (Note: my Harvard friend confirmed that “final …
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The LXD, which just finished its first season on Hulu, takes a mix of the stunts from “The Matrix,” the dance moves from “Step Up” and the awesomeness of Harry Shum, Jr. from “Glee” and manages to pack it into the running time of a short movie. The first season has 10 episodes, each of which focuses on the character and moves of a different dancer. From tap dancing and popping to parkour and breaking, the show features a wide variety of dance styles. On top of all this, the show …
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When my summer ended, I was deprived of my weekly fixes of crime-fighting action: “Burn Notice” and “Covert Affairs.” But then I discovered the new CW series, Nikita, starring Maggie Q, which began airing Sept. 9 on the CW—and that’s when I found my new fall season favorite.
When you start watching “Nikita,” you notice two very Hollywood-tastic features of Maggie Q – she looks amazing in a bikini and has a swagger that dominates the TV screen.



