4 Stars: Perfect for those who believe music = life.

Welcome to Beechum house, a retirement home for musicians. This place is the final home for many of Britain’s most beloved opera singers, pianists and composers. Cecily Robson Reginald Paget and Wilfred Bond live in relative comfort, all being old friends from their long careers in the musical arts.

Cecily however, is struggling with dementia and seems to go in and out of the present, taking mental trips to her celebrated past. She and the others are stunned, however, when a new arrival hobbles to Beechum house. Jean Horton was a first-class diva in her day.

The grandest opera singer in all of England, Jean is humiliated to come to the retirement home, but with no children and no savings, there’s no place else for her to go.

Particularly distraught over Jean’s arrival is Wilfred, her ex-husband. Jean was the love of his life and their divorce was brought about when Jean cheated on him. Seeing her, knowing he has to live out the rest of his days with her, opens a deep wound for him.

Years ago, Wilfred, Cecily, Reginald and Jean were a dynamic quartet, exciting audiences around the globe. Reginald and Cecily team up to concoct a plan to reunite the once-famous quartet for a gala at Beechum house to raise money to keep the home operating. Their plan won’t be easy, considering Wilfred’s animosity toward Jean and her refusal to sing any longer.

Opera singers are like athletes. As their bodies age, their level of performance declines. Jean would rather cling to the glory of her past than sing imperfectly in front of any audience.

Michael Gambon plays Cedric, an eccentric music conductor who cracks the whip on rehearsals, penalizing any tardy musicians. It's fun to see Gambon as someone other than Harry Potter's Professor Dumbledore.

Quartet is full of humor and wit, balancing the painful truths that come with an aging body and mind. Based on the play by writer Ronald Harwood that was inspired by the 1984 documentary Tosca’s Kiss, this movie encourages us to rethink the value of life in one’s '80s and '90s.

Using real, retired British musicians in the supporting roles, director Dustin Hoffman gives us a portrait of retirement that inspires hope and fulfillment.

Bottom line: This is a life-affirming film that shows aging in a tender, beautiful way. Even if you’re not fond of opera, you’ll still enjoy this sweet little film.

Quartet is 1 hour and 37 minutes. Stay through the credits to see beautiful vintage photos of the real-life musicians in the film.

Photo credit: The Weinstein Co.

The Lost Art of Mixing
Erica Bauermeister

Erica Bauermeister has won rave reviews from critics and readers alike for her ability to craft realistic, sympathetic characters in just a few sentences. Most authors have to spend an entire novel building one or two key characters, yet Bauermeister manages to do the same thing with just a paragraph or two. Her novels are populated with multiple interesting characters, and the reader comes to know and care about each of them. Her latest novel, The Lost Art of Mixing, takes the reader back to Lillian's restaurant from The School of Essential Ingredients. Once again, a disparate group of people are coming together at this restaurant, and by the end of this book, you can bet you'll be in love with each and every one of them.

The House on Willow Street
Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly's latest novel The House on Willow Street is also set in a town called Avalon, but she takes us across the pond to Avalon, an Irish town by the sea. Tess has trouble making a living in her hometown of Avalon, but she loves it and wouldn't leave for the world. Her sister Suki has a different view of the tourist town; she left at the first opportunity and never looked back. But now, Suki is in a world of trouble, and she has no choice but to return home to the town she so gleefully abandoned. As always, Kelly provides a large, sympathetic cast of characters against a picture-perfect backdrop; this is a book that's sure to both satisfy and delight.

The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society
Darien Gee

Darien Gee has an ability to take a seemingly sappy storyline — such as that of her previous novel, Friendship Bread — and transform it into something powerful and beautiful. You can bet she'll do it again in her latest, The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society. This time, ladies get together for scrapbooking time at the tea salon in tiny Avalon, Illinois. Through their camraderie, support and friendship with one another, each of these women will find a way to face their difficult pasts and move forward into a bright and beautiful future.

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Charlize Theron

We had a serious girl crush on Charlize Theron and the pale pink Dior gown she wore to the 2012 show. Seriously, how it is fair for one woman to look so gorgeous?

Sofia Vergara

Modern Family star Sofia Vergara showed off every curve in her custom-fitted Vera Wang dress. The 41-year-old said she doesn't follow a strict diet and exercise routine when preparing for awards shows.

"I like dresses that zip and they close,"she told E! last year. "I don't have to have long fittings to transform them to my body."

But, sometimes things happen — like her unfortunate split zipper at the 2012 Primetime Emmys.

Jane Krakowski

30 Rock star Jane Krakowski didn't let a her baby bump stop her from rocking a gorgeous dress at the 2011 Golden Globes. The slate blue Badgley Mischka Couture made her look like a Grecian goddess. Love!

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde's sparkles-and-chocolate Marchesa gown looked just heavenly. Why does she make everything look so amazing? It's not fair.

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz didn't let a little rain ruin her mood at the 2010 Golden Globes. She looks fab in her vintage-inspired satin gown by Alexander McQueen.

Anna Paquin

True Blood star Anna Paquin showed off some serious metalics in her Stella McCartney dress from the 2010 Golden Globes. Love.

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No matter where you are in the country, you don't have to go far to find the perfect couple's getaway for Valentine's Day at a spectacular spa resort.

Considered one of the best resort spas in the country, Omphoy Ocean Resort is located in Palm Beach, Florida. With an 8,000-square-foot bi-level spa and stunning meditation garden, you can relax and get pampered in the most peaceful atmosphere you can imagine. Their team of therapists and healers is top-notch, and the treatments are outstanding. You and your sweetie will also love the in-room therapies for a personal touch. In addition to all the spa services, the resort features a private beach and health club, three restaurants, outdoor pool and a lot more.

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You know Marlon Wayans won’t pass up an opportunity to make fun of a film series that is past its prime. The latest target of his jokes: Paranormal Activity and other “found footage” films, with his romance-horror-comedy , A Haunted House.

The film follows Marlon’s character Malcolm and his lady, Kisha, played by Essence Atkins, as a couple who moves into a haunted house. When Malcolm realizes Kisha is possessed by a demon, he takes every measure to rid her of the spirit.

“It’s a found footage horror comedy,” Marlon told SheKnows. “I was watching Paranormal Activity and I was like, ‘Why the hell don’t these white people move?’ And I said, ‘What if Paranormal Activity happened to a black couple? And I can play with all the things that white people do in this movie that make black people crazy?’”

Amidst the satire, we also get a few sexy scenes, with up-close shots of Marlon’s famous butt.

“You see a lot of it,” Atkins laughed, as she told us that she would put up with a haunted house in order to have a man with a butt like Marlon’s.

Ever the outrageous comic, Wayans took the opportunity to one-up Atkins.

“Wait till you get the full frontal,” said Wayans. “It’s crazy. We’re going to have to do that in IMAX.”

WATCH OUR INTERVIEW WITH MARLON & ESSENCE

Marlon’s friend Affion Crockett, who plays his cousin in the film, added that Marlon also likes to brag about his strength. Between filming the guys had a push-up contest to prove their masculinity.

“Skinny guys kind of have that thing where one of us wants to be the strongest but at the end of the day we’re both skin and bones,” said Affion. Watch our interview with Affion and David Koechner to see who won!

WATCH OUR INTERVIEW WITH AFFION & DAVID KOECHNER

Catch Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins, Affion Crockett and David Koechner in A Haunted House, in theaters today!

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3 Stars:  Perfect for fans of film noir.

Back in the day when the sign on the hills read “Hollywoodland” and public transportation in the form of Red Cars zipped up and down Wilshire Boulevard, a mobster named Mickey Cohen decided to call sunny California home — or perhaps — his kingdom. An ex-boxer and Mafioso, Cohen is the king of drugs and dames in L.A.

The movie opens high up in the hills, behind the Hollywoodland sign. Cohen visciously chains an enemy mobster between two cars. Some nearby coyotes salivate with each rev of the cars’ engines. When the two cars take off in opposite directions, the man is torn in half and the coyotes enjoy their dinner. Cohen couldn't be more thrilled.

Gangster Squads’ intense violence continues throughout the story — gory, bloody and frightening. The movie was supposed to be released in the summer but was delayed after the movie theater shooting in Colorado.

The filmmakers replaced a scene where a gangster dispenses ammo in a movie theater with a scene where gangsters dispense ammo in Chinatown. Though I haven’t seen the original scene, I can bet the one in Chinatown is far more cinematic.

What the film does best is recreate a Raymond Chandler-esque Los Angeles with Hollywood Boulevard at its peak of luxury, entertainment and underground gambling halls.

Sgt. John O’Mara served his country in World War II and is now in service of Los Angeles. A man of honor, he and his wife, Connie , are expecting a baby shortly. Connie worries about her husband’s safety — and she should.

O’Mara organizes a squad to rid the city of the black-hearted Mickey Cohen, but runs into a snag when one of his cops, Sgt. Jerry Wooters happens to be having an affair with Cohen’s main squeeze, a hot tomato named Grace .

Sean Penn brings the rage big-time when he finally has to go mano y mano with Josh Brolin, who makes a perfect choice for the leader of the squad. Ryan Gossling and Emma Stone seem to have a real connection, though physically, I’m not sure Stone was the choice for the Hollywood vamp. Personally, I’d rather see Christina Hendricks as the temptress redhead because she fully captures the feminine mystique of years gone by.

My favorite scene in the movie takes place at classy nightclub called Slapsy Maxie’s. The entertainer is none other than Carmen Miranda with a banana-bonanza on top of her head. Actress Yvette Tucker brilliantly captures Miranda’s exotic flair.

Bottom line:  This movie is extremely violent, including a scene where a man gets a power drill through his skull. If you like film noir and love to see gorgeous 1940’s Los Angeles, then you’ll like the movie.

Gangster Squad is 1 hour, 50 minutes. During the credits, they show fun, vintage postcards from Southern California.

Photo credit: Warner Bros.

The Critics' Choice Awards are always interesting. Instead of being voted on by former nominees or winners or from some secret panel of rich people, the CCAs are voted on by more than 270 television, radio and online critics.

This tends to mean that the awards skew more toward what normal American moviegoers enjoyed instead of who has a BFF who made a movie this year that was "just OK."

This year definitely adequately summed up the feelings of movie fans — especially in the case of Jennifer Lawrence. If it wasn't obvious before, it is now: Lawrence has quickly rocketed to the top in Hollywood.

Does anyone even remember who used to be "America's Sweetheart?" We're pretty sure it's Jennifer Lawrence these days.

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And the winners are...

Best Picture — Argo
Best Actor — Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress — Jessica Chastain
Best Supporting Actor — Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Supporting Actress — Anne Hathaway
Best Young Actor/Actress — Quvenzhané Wallis
Best Acting Ensemble — Silver Linings Playbook
Best Director — Ben Affleck
Best Original Screenplay — Quentin Tarantino
Best Adapted Screenplay — Tony Kushner
Best Cinematography — Claudio Miranda
Best Art Direction — Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer
Best Editing — William Goldenberg/Dylan Tichenor
Best Costume Design — Jacqueline Durran
Best Makeup — Cloud Atlas
Best Visual Effects – Life of Pi
Best Animated Feature — Wreck-It Ralph
Best Action Movie — Skyfall
Best Actor in an Action Movie — Daniel Craig
Best Actress in an Action Movie — Jennifer Lawrence
Best Comedy — Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actor in a Comedy — Bradley Cooper
Best Actress in a Comedy — Jennifer Lawrence
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie — Looper
Best Foreign Language Film — Amour
Best Documentary Feature — Searching for Sugar Man
Best Song — Skyfall
Best Score — John Williams

Photo credit: WENN.com

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Smooth, creamy, refreshing and even a little weird, this drink is amazing. Most of us have probably never thought of adding avocado to anything other than a smoothie. In this recipe, avocado gives this drink a creamy texture while not overpowering the beverage at all. It tastes like something tropical and something you may have been offered while lying on a beach in Mexico. It's not heavy but it is delicious. Trust us and try this right away!

Creamy avocado daiquiri recipe

Yields 2

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces light rum
• 2 ounces gold rum
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
• 2 ounces simple syrup
• 1/4 medium-ripe avocado, peeled and pitted
• 1/2 ounce half-and-half
• 1-1/2 cups ice
• Pomegranate syrup or concentrate for garnish

Directions:

1. Add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend until everything is smooth and creamy.
2. Divide the drink between two glasses. Drizzle or create a fun design with pomegranate concentrate or syrup for garnish . Serve immediately.

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Usually SheKnows would take you through all of our favorite hosts of the past Golden Globes Awards show history, but in an unusual fashion, the Golden Globes Awards ceremony did not have a regular host to deliver the show until Ricky Gervais was selected in 2010. .

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So we did a little digging and found some great moments from Golden Globes presenters, and we've showcased them for you below. Fair warning — some of these videos will make you feel old... very old.

John Travolta presents 1997 Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy award to Tom Cruise

Wow, watching this video makes us feel seriously old. John Travolta looks, well, normal — and how young do Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman look? Kidman rises to her feet to give then-husband Tom Cruise a standing ovation for his win for Best Actor.

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Colin Farrell presents 2010 Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy award to Meryl Streep

So, Colin Farrell has earrings in the video , and it's sad to see Sandra Bullock looking so happy on Jesse James' arm after he totally broke her heart a short while later. At any rate, this reminded us of just how great Meryl Streep was in Julia, Julia and It's Complicated. We love that she was nominated twice in the same category for Best Actress in the same year!Her acceptance speech is a bit odd and morbid, but a must-watch.

Also, don't the celebrities look a little crammed?

Can't deny: Alec Baldwin is a funny guy

We love Alec Baldwin's comedic delivery about Jennifer Lopez's dress, and Lopez did great with her one line, a reference to her American Idol judging role in 2011. Although we didn't take you too far back in history with this Golden Globe Awards presenter moment, we couldn't resist sharing this funny clip of Alec Baldwin. Alec and Jennifer went on to present Best Original Song — Motion Picture.

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Jennifer Lawrence made her relationship with her X-Men: First Class co-star Nicholas Hoult sound so fun during an Elle interview last fall.

"[My boyfriend] is honestly my best friend, and hopefully I'm his best friend too," she told the magazine. "He's my favorite person to be around and he makes me laugh harder than anybody."

"We can eat Cheetos and watch beach volleyball and we turn into perverted Homer Simpsons, like, 'Oh, she's got a nice ass,'" the Silver Linings Playbook actress added. "I never thought we'd have such different opinions on asses."

Well, apparently those opinions — or something — drove them apart: They've reportedly broken off their two-year relationship, according to reports.

Reps for Lawrence and Hoult have not yet confirmed the breakup, but the low-key pair never really addressed their relationship in public — outside of her recent interview.

We doubt she'll be single for long, though. The actress is on the express train to superstardom, thanks to her second Oscar nomination and starring role in The Hunger Games trilogy.

Who will Lawrence date, though?

She seems to prefer the British guys — like Hoult — because of their accents.

"British men have these wonderful manners, and everything they say is funnier just because of the accent," she told U.K. Glamour last year. "There's this cute 'I'm trying to be adorable because I know you're mad at me' accent, and then the drunk accent where all the consonants have vanished."

So, which Brit actors are single? Start putting your calls in now, boys.

Image courtesy Brian To/WENN.com

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Discovery Networks, which partially owns Oprah's OWN channel, has made arrangements for a global simulcast of Oprah Winfrey's 90-minute exclusive interview with one-time cycling champ Lance Armstrong. The interview will be available to view both online and on various international Discovery channels.

In a statement from Discovery Networks, they said the interview, titled Oprah Winfrey and Lance Armstrong: A Worldwide Exclusive, will see Armstrong "address the alleged doping scandal, years of accusations of cheating, and the charges of lying about the use of performance-enhancing drugs throughout his storied cycling career."

The interview takes place in Lance Armstrong's home in Austin, Texas, and is the only interview since Armstrong was stripped of all seven of his Tour de France titles. Aside from being stripped of his wins, Armstrong suffered the loss of millions of dollars worth of endorsements, and last year was forced to resign from his LIVESTRONG foundation, which had raised hundreds of millions of dollars for cancer research. All the bad luck spurred from a report by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which accused the cyclist of taking performance-enhancing drug for his entire career.

The simulcasting will be a major feat for Discovery and not something the network has tried before, indicating the importance of the interview. Oprah Winfrey and Lance Armstrong will originally air in the U.S. and Latin America on Jan.17 and be live-streamed on Oprah's website. The next day, just hours after its original airing, Discovery Channel and TLC will begin airing the special in international markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Discovery Networks will air the special on channels such as Discovery Channel, TLC, DMAX, Real Time and Home & Health.

Oprah Winfrey and Lance Armstrong will air on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 9/8c on OWN, as well as Oprah.com.

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Newlyweds Evan Rachel Wood and her husband, Jamie Bell, are going all out in their first year of marriage. US Weekly broke the story on Friday that the couple is expecting a baby.

Later in the day, the actress confirmed the news by tweeting, "Remember when i said, 'No baby on the way here. Well, I didn't know there actually was!"

Her tweet included a photo of the classic pregnancy book What to Expect When You are Expecting.

Her followers sent messages of congratulations throughout the day and it was clear that the True Blood actress was touched by the outpouring of love. She responded with, "Thanks for all your warm wishes. We are very happy. I'm gonna be a mama!"

Wood and Bell began dating in 2005 after meeting on the set of Green Day's music video for the song "Wake Me Up When September Ends." That first pairing lasted about a year before they broke up, but they couldn't stay away from each. They reunited in 2011, got engaged in the early part of 2012, and married on Oct. 30 in California.

The 25-year-old actress had been linked to some interesting celebrity men before she settled down and married 26-year-old Bell. In the past, she was engaged to shock rocker Marilyn Manson and she had a rumored affair with her Wrestler co-star Mickey Rourke. She has also openly identified herself as bisexual as late as November 2012.

Bell has definitely led a quieter life while pursuing his acting career. He is best remembered to movie-going audiences for the title role in Billy Elliot as well as parts in Flags of Our Fathers and Jane Eyre.

This will be the couple's first child.

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Ryan Gosling is a lot of things: Hot, a knife-seller… and a Girl Scout cookie dealer? Apparently so.

The Gangster Squad actor stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday to promote the new film — and Kimmel had to clear something up.

"My friend Daniel and his wife, Diane, said that they were about to get on the freeway in Santa Monica, and you pulled up next to them and handed them several boxes of Girl Scout cookies and then drove off,"Kimmel recalled to the actor. "And as you drove off, Daniel said, 'I think that was Ryan Gosling,' and his wife said, 'Yeah, I think that was Ryan Gosling.'"

"So was that Ryan Gosling?" Kimmel asked.

"It seemed like a good idea at the time," he admitted. "Yeah, look, I regret it."

Ryan Gosling and cookies? Sounds like a fantasy we had one time. But, going on…

"When I was a kid, my dad he had side businesses all the time, and somehow — I don't know how — he came upon a truck full of cellophane… and he wanted me to help him sell it," Gosling recalled.

He continued:

"I had a fantasy that one day someone would buy all of it. Like some guy would come along and be like, 'I'll take it all!' Which never happened. So I was walking out of Ralph's one day and these kids were trying to sell their cookies, and I was like, 'I'll take 'em all!' I bought hundreds and hundreds of boxes. I didn't realize how many boxes I was going to have. I had a car full of them and I didn't know what to do, so I started throwing them out the window to people on the street.

Don't celebrate that. At the time I thought, 'This must be what Santa Claus feels like!'... And then I looked at this one person who was looking at me and I realized, through their eyes I was not Santa Claus — I was just a creepy cookie guy. 'What happened to the Girl Scouts? What happened to their cookies?'"

Hey Ryan, we'll take your cookies any time.

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Quentin Tarantino will not be discussing any possible link between movie violence and real-life violence, thank you very much. Krishnan Guru-Murthy unfortunately had to learn the hard way that this particular topic was off-limits with the Django Unchained director.

During a recent sit-down between Quentin Tarantino and the reporter for Britain's Channel 4, the mood went from just fine to very bad in a matter of moments.

"Don't ask me a question like that," Tarantino shot back at Guru-Murthy, after the reporter attempted to ask how the director feels so confident there is no link between enjoying movie violence and real violence. "I'm not biting. I refuse your question."

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"Why?" the reporter responded, only to be told sharply, "I'm not your slave and you're not my master. You can't make me dance to your tune. I'm not a monkey."

After the reporter tried to re-route the question through comments actor Jamie Foxx had made previously, Quentin Tarantino sniped, "You should talk to Jamie Foxx about that. And I think he's actually here, so you can."

Refusing to explore his stance on violence, the 49-year-old, pictured above quite happy to see fans in London on Jan. 11, ranted:

"I don't want [to answer that]. I'm here to sell my movie. This is a commercial for the movie. Make no mistake. [...] I don't want to talk about what you want to talk about. I don't want to talk about the implications of violence. The reason I don't want to talk about it? Because I've said everything I have to say about it. If anyone cares what I have to say about it, they can Google me. They can look for 20 years what I have to say. I haven't changed my opinion one iota."

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"It's not my job to flesh it out," Tarantino added to Guru-Murthy, who asserted it is simply his job to ask such questions. "I'm shutting your butt down. This is a commercial for my movie!"

Watch below as the bickering between Quentin Tarantino and the reporter carried on:

Do you think Quentin Tarantino's stance was understandable, or out of line?

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If you are a fan of the history of the Miss America Pageant, then this is your lucky week. Not only will the pageant be televised live from Las Vegas on ABC this weekend, but the Live Well Network will air a five-part special titled Miss America: Secrets Revealed.

The show, hosted by Rebecca Spera, revolves around the 53 contestants as they vie for the crown. Spera will get insider tips from the title- holders about everything from fashion to fitness to their beauty regimens.

The network host said in a statement, "I am so excited to share these secrets with the Live Well Network audience. Insider tips and do-it-yourself tricks like these are what make the Live Well Network programs so strong and keeps the viewers coming back for more."

The episodes will be 30 minutes long and run in marathon succession beginning Saturday, Jan. 12 at 3:30 p.m. EST. It is the perfect lead-up to the ABC broadcast on Saturday night.

It is a unique opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at the contestants as one woman tries to take the crown. This new television venture will definitely make an impact on younger viewers, as well.

Art McMaster, President and CEO of the Miss America Organization said, "Our Miss America contestants are intelligent and talented young women who will proudly represent their states through living well. They give back to their communities and are such positive role models for young girls."

Check out a preview of the show.

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A couple of weeks ago, Facebook — in its infinite wisdom — deciding to give users the opportunity to message anyone on the site, even if the sender is not friends with the receiver.

The catch? The sender has to pay $1 per message.

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Naturally, crafty Facebook users wanted to know whether or not they could contact Facebook's hoodie-wearing creator, Mark Zuckerberg, for a buck. The answer: Nope, but you can for $100!

The tech blog Mashable first discovered this high-dollar price tag when testing out the service earlier this week.

"We are testing some extreme price points to see what works to filter spam," a Facebook rep told the website.

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Makes sense, actually.

We have to wonder how many people will actually pay the $100 to get a message to Zuckerberg. There's no guarantee that he'd actually read the message, either — that delete button comes in mighty handy.

The whole thing got us thinking: What would we ask Zuckerberg if we had the chance? Probably give him some fashion advice.

Then again, he's probably a lost cause. The 29-year-old recently told NBC's Today that he wears the same thing every day.

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"I mean, it's literally, if you could see my closet at home..." Zuckerberg said of his boring wardrobe. "My wife has a bunch of stuff. Although she has her drawer — primarily scrubs for the hospital — I get one drawer. And my drawer is about 20 of these gray t-shirts."

And he only gets one dresser drawer, "like men everywhere."

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Instead of advertising or politics, Top of the Lake centers around a kidnapping. The missing person, a 12-year-old girl named Tui who is five months pregnant, is the daughter of a drug lord. Elisabeth Moss plays Robin Griffin, a detective sent to investigate the girl's disappearance. When she runs into the drug lord, things turn nasty.

"It was very hard technically," Moss recalled at the Television Critics Association's recent press tour. "I was bleeding, bruises the next day, my voice was gone."

Moss was describing the filming of one scene in particular: She's casing a guy at a bar and is soon dragged out kicking and screaming.

Top of the Lake, written and directed by Jane Campion, is so highly anticipated that it was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. It was the first time a longer, scripted series had ever screened at the festival.

There's more to the series than just the mystery and violence, though. Along the way, Detective Griffin will become irrevocably changed because of her encounters with Tui's father as well as a guru at a local women's camp. The series also offers a unique look at modern-day New Zealand. Americans especially are used to seeing only the vast, rural parts of New Zealand used for the filming of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies. Top of the Lake was, instead, filmed almost entirely in the city of Queenstown and a town about 40 minutes away.

"It's the most comprehensive documentation of modern New Zealand that's ever been done at such a large scale," Moss said. "We show a very different, much more modern, much grittier, much more raw side of it."

Are you interested yet? The thriller series premieres Monday, March 18, at 9 p.m. on the Sundance Channel. We'll show you a clip as soon as one is available.

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Once taboo to talk about, autism has been thrust into the mainstream spotlight in recent years by celebrities affected in some way by the disorder. Many, like Jenny McCarthy, became advocates when their children received autism diagnoses. Others seek to raise awareness for the disorder due to their own individual struggles: Miss Montana, Alexis Wineman, developed her pageant platform based on her experience growing up with pervasive developmental disorder and borderline Asperger's syndrome. The growing presence of people willing to discuss the disorder has already had a ripple effect in Hollywood: Autism is now being brought to light by characters on television and in movies. The following famous faces are proof that an autism diagnosis does not mean one can't lead a full, happy and extremely successful life.

Daryl Hannah

At age 3, Hannah was diagnosed as borderline autistic — she reportedly believes she actually has Asperger's. She has since gone on to star in such well-known blockbusters as Splash and the Kill Bill films.

Dan Aykroyd

After being expelled from school several times as a child, Aykroyd's parents sent him to a psychiatrist, who diagnosed him with mild Asperger's. Today, he is one of the most recognizable names in entertainment.

Courtney Love

Although Love was diagnosed mildy autistic as a child, she went on to form and front the popular rock band Hole. She also received a Golden Globe nomination for her acting role in The People vs. Larry Flint.

James Durbin

Durbin quickly became one to watch on the 10th season of American Idol, thanks to his killer voice. But it was also his plight of being a young father living with both Tourette's and Asperger's that won the hearts of fans.

Temple Grandin

Grandin — diagnosed with autism at age 2 — counts inventor and best-selling author as accomplishments. In 2010, Claire Danes portrayed Grandin in the Emmy-winning HBO film Temple Grandin.

Tim Burton

Although Burton has not formally been diagnosed with autism, his long-time partner Helena Bonham Carter has gone on record claiming the award-winning director displays trademark Asperger's traits.

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Short on time? No gas for your stove? These are two very possible problems that occur in the kitchen. These two simple recipes will be sure to get you through your day.

Creamy macaroni and cheese in a mug recipe

Serves 1

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/3 cup elbow pasta  
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese
• 2-4 tablespoons whole milk

Directions:

1. Add water and dried pasta to a large mug. Microwave on high for 2 minutes. Give it a stir after the 2 minutes and cook it again for 2 minutes. Stir and test your macaroni at this point. It should be al dente. If not, cook for another minute.
2. Once macaroni is cooked, add in butter and cheese. Stir together. If you had a lot of water leftover, you may only need a splash or two of milk. This will all depend on how creamy you like your macaroni and cheese.
3. Cook for another minute on high, stir, season with salt and pepper and enjoy!

French toast in a mug recipe

Serves 1

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 large slices bread  
• 1 large egg
• 3 tablespoons whole milk
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch of kosher salt
• Topping: maple syrup, whipped cream or powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Add butter to the bottom of a large mug. Add cubed bread on top.
2. In a small bowl whisk together egg, milk, cinnamon, vanilla extract and salt.
3. Slowly pour over bread and let it sit for about 1 minute to soak into the bread.
4. Microwave on high for about 4 minutes until the bread is no longer soggy. Top with maple syrup, whipped cream, powdered sugar or all three!

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