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Although at certain points those in attendance were lacking the enthusiasm to accompany the crew with their attempts to involve the audience in general debauchery, The Evergreen Players' production of Scapino was nevertheless lively and had its comic moments.

The 81st Annual Academy Awards ceremony kicks off this Sunday with a bevy of A-list nominees and with a very compelling choice in host-actor Hugh Jackman. In what is considered to be the biggest event in the Hollywood award season, the Academy Awards (or the Oscars for short) nominates the years best films with a lavish multi-million-dollar ceremony with stars ranging from new comers to veterans, all hoping to walk away with the coveted eight-and-a-half pound statuette.

To shed some light on recent negative events (ahem… Chris Brown), I've decided to put a style spotlight on none other than tried and true fashion icon Rihanna. This year she stepped her personal style up in a major way, and is now known to pioneer edgy outfits better than most other starlets on the scene today.

Jason Voorhees returns to the silver screen in the 2009 "reimagining" of Friday the 13th. In an attempt to revamp the series for the Generation-Y audience, the director (Marcus Nispel, who was also at the helm for the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) chooses to the gore-pornographic route.

Hollywood has been turning books into movies for years, typically with a high success rate. Recently, film adaptations of popular novels like Twilight are taking the box office by storm. The February 6 release of He's Just Not That Into You marked a different approach; turning an advice book for women into a romantic comedy about the trials and tribulations of modern relationships.