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Simon Pegg pulls away from the ridiculous humor of zombie killing & crime fighting. Into the ackward hilarity of social climbing in "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People." Directed by Rob Weide & adapted by Peter Straughan from Toby Young's semi fictional book "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" focuses on Brit-born Sidney Young (Simon Pegg) & his year long adventure into the red carpet world of magazine publishing. Ever since he was a young lad Sidney has dreamed to be amongst the famous of the movies, to live in the lap of luxury he believed the actors dwelled in. In first- person voice- over narrative the film starts present day where Sydney is wearing a fancy tuxedo & designer watch, attending an awards ceremony with newly inaugurated starlet Sophie Maes (Megan Fox). The movie then flashes back to a year before the sparkle & influence of Sydney's life as production manager at the highly regarded Sharps Magazine. When not trying to crash his way into film premieres & after parties, Sydney runs a counter - culture style of publication called Post Modern Review. After talking up Thandie Newton & making an array of flash photography at a party Sydney charms up Sharps Magazine's founding editor Clayton Harding. He manages to land a job offer & off to NYC he goes. No more than four months into the job Sydney manages to overstep his position on the professional ladder & repeatedly irritates coworker Alison (Kursten Dunst) the closest thing he has to a friend. A somewhat misleading title for Sydney doesn't have any friends to lose his personality & behavior are completely socially inept noticed by all except himself. But poor Sydney can't help but be himself even if it's totally offensive & inappropriate. This film will have you laughing but also feeling empathy for him. Sydney is one of those who has an underlying innate charm that you can't say no to. Entertaining quirky little film with some good laughs. Neal Damiano Armchair Film Critic

A cute romantic comedy, could have been better. A Brit in America. I became a Simon Pegg fan watching 'Hot Fuzz' on the computer. If you like 'There's Something about Mary' I think you'll like this movie, it's rather tasteless. For sex appeal it has Megan Fox as a shallow and flighty actress. Compared to 'The Devil Wears Prada.' [...]

HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS & ALIENATE PEOPLE I am a huge Simon Pegg fan as most people probably are now days; come on all of his stuff has been great. I remember seeing the previews for this and thinking "all right here is his forte into mainstream movies". Now I knew that could go one of two ways, those of course being bad or good. Thankfully this while not his best film is really good and that is mainly because of Mr. Pegg himself. I know what you are saying "of course he is good in it" and I know that but I felt the need to say it, so get off my back. The film follows an off the wall writer named Sidney Young [Pegg] as he goes from wanting to be in the "it" crowd to actually being there. The thing about it though is that what got him to the dance just might be the one thing he has to give up in order to be successful. Writing for a small magazine that trashes the stars [or at least he does] over in the UK, he is offered a job in the US by his hero in the biz Clayton Harding [Jeff Bridges]. Once there the hero he looked up to is looking more and more like a sell out and after meeting Sophie Maes [Megan Fox] he just might do the same. The only real person at least in his eyes is Alison Olsen [Kirsten Dunst], so he tends to hang around her while wanting Sophie. This film based on a book by Toby Young is well handled under the direction of Robert Weide. The film is well paced even though it is a bit long which may be it's only down fall, the only one I guess. Written for the screen by Peter Straughan and acted out well by the entire cast this film is really entertaining. The film has laugh out loud moments but it is much more of a wittier humor or subtle type if that makes sense. Still I find the film to be very entertaining and found the cast to be real fun to watch. Simon Pegg is excellent as the lead in this film and it was cool to see him in this type of role, in fact he should do more of these. Kirsten Dunst is great as well in this film and gives one of the better performances. Jeff Bridges is great as usual and Megan Fox does a good job as well as does the rest of the cast. Like I said this is not the best film ever and is not even Pegg's best film, but it is still a very entertaining flick. I recommend this film to any one reading this if only a rental that is fine, I bought it.

Sydney White, a British journalist, who is extremely clumsy and a hell of an idiot, tried all his life to enter the celebrity world because he thought it is great and will make him very happy. He gets hired by a big firm in NYC called Sharp, which he can't help but continue acting like a total idiot around its staff and the celebrities. He then meets Megan Fox and feels very attracted to her. At the same time he is always annoying his colleague, whom in the end falls in love with her. A chick flick movie, with some stupid funny jokes

"Simon Pegg has urged fans not to buy the US DVD release of his film How To Lose Friends And Alienate People. Pegg and the comedy's director Robert Weide have both blasted US distributor MGM/Fox for omitting deleted scenes from the disc's extra features. "I was very disappointed when I heard about the lack of extra features on the US DVD, particularly when Bob and I went to great lengths to ensure they were available," Pegg said." [...] With that said, the film itself is pretty funny and has good performances from Simon Pegg and Danny Huston, though somehow Kirsten Dunst didn't work for me. As for Megan Fox, it's tough to tell how much of her performance was acting...

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This documentary fleshes out and substantiates matters portrayed in "The People vs. Larry Flynt." The documentary tries hard to be even-handed. Hugh Hefner is seen along with anti-porn feminists like Steinem and the late Andrea Dworkin. Usually A&E show spouses and children because parents are dead by the time their children become famous. However, this work interviews Flynt's father and daughters. Flynt faced sexual molestation, false criminal accusations, as well as maiming. Whether one is for or against pornography, one can sympathize with some of the ways that he has suffered. I love that class is brought up in this American work when many citizens (falsely) assert that "We're all middle-class." I never realized it until this, but Flynt is a redhead. (Move over, Conan O'Brien and Carrot Top!) While his disability is covered, the work never explains why Flynt has slurred speech. I do not find Woody Harrelson sexy (though in "Play It to the Bone" he showed he had a firm, bubblicious booty) but he looked appealing wearing the American flag as Speedos. However, seeing the real Larry Flynt wear the flag like a diaper was not erotic in the least. (Prepared to be horrified!) The documentary mentioned Flynt's late wife Althea. Given the increased attention to bisexual women and HIV-positive women in the media, I really hope someone writes a biography of her or that Biography makes a work dedicated mostly to her life.

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After a long preliminary Rose goes field- by- field asking for the most influential figure in the area in question. In Physics there is no real question. Einstein.Special and General Relativity provide the principles for our understanding of the 'large- scale physical world'. Dennett says Einstein taught us that our common sense way of seeing things is not the way Reality necessarily is. Pinker talks about the way Einstein made thought- experiments from situations of everyday life. Mention is made of the atomic bomb, and the consequences of knowing that Matter can be converted into Energy. The one panelist most qualified to answer Walter Isaacson who will eventually write a biography of Einstein lets the other panel members answer and is silent. In Biology the consensus is clearly the 1953 Watson- Crick unraveling of the structure of DNA . Peter Gay mentions that Rosalind Franklin was wrongly left out of the story here. Maxine Singer of the Carnegie Institute says the moment this discovery was made Biology as a whole was changed, and the revolution we are undergoing today including that in Genetics was under way. In Medicine Robert Gallo mentions the contributions of Paul Ehrlich in a number of different areas. The work done in Immunology is considered by many of the panelists the major life- saving work in Medicine. Singer also says that Linus Pauling is a central figure in our whole understanding of the way we deal with 'Matter' His discoveries of molecular processes are key to the revolution in Biology which we are experiencing today. At this Dennett makes an extremely interesting point, perhaps referring to Pauling's vitamin C obsession in the latter years of his life. He says that great scientists have a few ideas, and those proven right are proven right and left by them. But the ideas which they can't prove remain obsessively theirs and they waste their later years working on them. He no doubt also has Einstein's unified- field work in mind. Praise for Franz Boas in Anthropolgy by Pinker is qualified by Dennett who talks about the split between Cultural and Physical Anthropology which is problematic to this day. In Philosophy and Mathematics the work of Godel is mentioned as putting an eternal stick in the wheel of devising a complete and coherent logical- mathematical language for depicting reality. Wittgenstein's early 'Tractatus 'answer to everything ' which he himself rejected, was replaced by his work on language in everyday life- situations, 'Philosophical Investigations.' Here Peter Gay talks about the renewal of interest in the work of John Dewey. He also previously spoke as champion of Freud's work in providing ideas which have become part of the culture, including those about the unconscious mind. Pinker objects to some Freudian notions, such as the Oedipus complex and Peter Gay suggests Pinker's reading is simplistic. All in all this was wonderfully enjoyable and informative discussion.

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These are very cute, but for the price they are too small & the actual gloss doesn't smell as good as I had expected.

very very cute and perfect for a prissy little girl. they smell great and the cupcakes are the perfect little size to fit in a purse or little backpack.

I bought these to put in my daughter's stocking this year. I love how sweet and cute they are, but still give my DD 9 a grown up feel.

These lipbalms are so cute i do not dare to use them...although they have an irresistible scent!

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Although this game has been out of print for the past 13 years (it's 2010 now)--this game is still fun to play. I would recommend it to anyone who likes to sing or hum.

I recently purchased Hummble, a board game which provides an afternoon or evening of hilarious fun every time you play. Think Trivial Pursuit meets Name That Tune. I hadn't seen it "new" in stores for several years so visited Amazon.com hoping for a miracle. Amazon listed 7 dealers with one. I chose to order from Buddy's Books due to their "near new condition" description and satisfaction rating. The game arrived in half the time promised and was in better condition than expected and had all the parts. I would not hesitate to purchase other items. M Harris, Texas

We went through the cards in one day, and play this game over and over. However, the contemporary songs only go to about 1984 - so be warned, it's not easy for the under 30 crowd. We wish they would update the cards! When I received the game, it was missing the game pieces, die and timer. Customer service was pleasant and mailed them out soon enough.

Interesting enough but there are similar games on the market that are better. Game was missing the timer, dice and game pieces so we had to improvise. Contacted seller and they wouldn't return my e-mails. Might be a manufacturer's issue. With similar games on the market I would advise not taking a chance.

My daughter received this game some years ago. We immediately loved it and still play it whenever we visit her. (She's now in her 20s!) I bought it for my nieces (12, 16 & 17) this Christmas, and they (and their parents) love it, too. You move like in Pictionary; you have to win on a square before you can move ahead. Different colored squares represent different catagories of songs. To get your team to guess the song title you can hum, whistle, sing "la-la-la" or do charades. It's a real hoot...there's nothing funnier than watching the "singer" of the opposing team realize that the song he thought he could hum so well for his team is a total mystery to them. (Unless it's his panicked, last second switch to charades in hopes of victory.) Younger kids might not be familiar with some of the catagories or titles; we either let them go on to a card where they recognize one, or make a separate list of songs they know to choose from. If we only have 3 people (not enough people for teams), we just take turns rolling for the catagory and humming. If someone guesses the song, the hummer and the guesser each get a point, and whoever gets 25 points first wins. This is a great family or party game. Sometimes everyone's laughing so much you not only can't hear the hummer, the hummer can't even hum! We really recommend it.