Newswires are abuzz with word Rihanna has been cast in the upcoming movie remake of The Last Dragon. The pop star will have more than a cameo role this time on the big screen as she will be playing a dominatrix opposite of Samuel L. Jackson as Sho’Nuff. In a role being described as “super sexy, super kinky,” and “not for the faint-hearted,” it seems Rihanna is perfectly cast.

At least she is looks-wise. Rihanna’s fashion choices and music have made dark and bold statements, many of them also for the faint-hearted to avoid. But can she act?

The original Berry Gordy’s 1985 The Last Dragon does not have an outright dominatrix role, so it seems Rihanna will be in the part of Laura Charles, a video show host and singer. She fits as a girl in the music business, but people will be watching to see if the acting rookie can pull off the role. Rumors also have it Rihanna has been asked to research her upcoming part, so perhaps the diva will do her homework and dominate the screen.

Sources: Daily Star and Highbrid Nation

12TH ANNUAL INDIEFEST
FEBRUARY 4-18, 2010 IN SAN FRANCISCO
ROXIE THEATER IN SAN FRANCISCO

CELEBRATING 12 YEARS OF ABSOLUTELY INDEPENDENT FILMS

The 12th Annual San Francisco Independent Film Festival (IndieFest), featuring the finest in independent films and videos, unspools February 4-18 at the Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street in San Francisco. Tickets are $10 in advance, $11 at the door for each screening and $20 for Opening Night (including the after-party).  5-film vouchers are $45, 10-film vouchers are $85; $200 for FilmPass good for all films and parties.  For tickets or more information, telephone (415) 820-3907 or click onwww.sfindie.com.

Opening and Closing Night
IndieFest kicks off with WA DO DEM, co-presented by the SF Film Society and winner of the top jury prize at the LA Film Festival. Brooklyn hipster Max (Sean Bones) and girlfriend Willow (Norah Jones) have won a free Caribbean cruise.  But then Willow dumps Max, and with no friends willing to take a cruise (even ironically), he decides to go alone.  After docking in Jamaica, Max flees the tourist zone for more authentic environs, and in the process loses all of his clothes, possessions, and middle-class white privilege. Heading to the American Embassy in Kingston on foot, Max has extraordinary encounters, including a full-moon celebration with the reggae group the Congos, and a dreamy stay with a Rasta prophet (Carl Bradshaw, The Harder They Come).

After the screening the Festival celebrates its opening night party with the closing night of Winter MusicFest at DNA Lounge. Come dance the night away at the DNA Lounge as IndieFest welcomes to the stage Smash Up Derby, Kid Beyond, and Gooferman.  Doors open at 9:00pm and tickets for each music event is $10.

IndieFest comes to a close on February 18 with HARMONY AND ME, directed by Bob Byington. Harmony (a hilarious, wry Justin Rice) is a charmingly quirky slacker in the depths of a yearlong post-breakup funk that shows no signs of abating. The highlights of his days are “chance” run-ins with his ex. When one such excursion leads him to a nasty discovery, he decides it’s time to move on, but a disastrous date with his neighbor might not be the ticket. In what New York Magazine calls “a raucous, highly musical comedy,” director Robert Byington establishes himself as a unique, irreverent and highly entertaining voice in contemporary cinema.

IndieFest Celebrates the Local Scene
SF filmmaker and IndieFest veteran Tom Prankratz (WAYWARD, IndieFest ‘05) presents us with his latest work with the World Premiere of LIMBO LOUNGE.  After a fatal accident, charming con man Silas encounters gridlock on the highway to Heaven and Hell and is forced to spend some time in Limbo. There, he meets an old flame who offers a fast track to the good life: working in the upper management of Hell. With devilish intentions, Silas discovers just how low he’ll go to get what he wants.

The powerful documentary CORNER STORE, director Katherine Bruens, will also have its World Premiere at this year’s IndieFest.  The film follows Palestinian Yousef Elhaj who moved to San Francisco ten years ago and opened a corner convenience store.  However, for Yousef, his store is also his home: he’s lived and worked there, alone, seven days a week, for in the hopes that he can bring his wife and children here from Palestine.  Will his hard work pay off?  Is such a trade even worth a decade of life?

The life and adventures of local artist and all-around eccentric Harrod Blank, creator of such interactive spectacles as the Camera Van and the Flash Suit is chronicled in OH MY GOD! IT’S HARROD BLANK!.  Using more than 20 years of footage, Berkeley filmmaker David Silberberg presents us with a loveable boy-man in all his oddball glory.

Set in San Francisco, MY MOVIE GIRL follows Adam, a romantically-challenged cinephile whose only romantic experience is one drunken night with his unrequited crush, Kate. That evening failed to live up to Adam’s expectations, so he casts himself and Kate in a movie recreation of their big night, hoping for a better ending.

Celebrating the filmmaking spirit of the Bay Area is the short film compilation, LIFE NORCAL-STYLE.  Ready for a miracle? Line up for a look in EL MILAGRO DE STOCKTON.  In DRUGS, a few San Franciscans attempt to explain why they just can’t say no.  Next, like a ski movie’s freaky California cousin, SECOND NATURE gives downhill skateboarding some experimental flavor. A SENTENCE APART looks at kids living in SF without their incarcerated parents.  And finally, we follow a few motivated would-be Americans to boot camp in NEW AMERICAN SOLDIER.

Sparkly Vampires are sooooo 2009
Mixing Shakesperian flair with bloodsucking creatures is ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE UNDEAD, directed by Jordan Galland. Julian (Jake Hoffman) scores his big break when he lands in the director’s seat of an off- Broadway version of Hamlet.  The author, Theo (John Ventimiglia), has an ulterior motive for his adaptation: he’s actually a master vampire who hopes to lure the real Hamlet (Kris Lemche) out of hiding so the two can end a centuries-old feud over Ophelia.  Meanwhile, Julian pines for his ex, Anna (Devon Aoki), who’s dating mobster Bobby Bianchi (Ralph Macchio). Through a crazy and campy turn of events Julian finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy that explains the connection between Shakespeare, the Holy Grail and some seriously sexy vampires. Now it’s up to Julian to recover the Grail in order to reverse the vampire’s curse…If only being undead wasn’t so much fun!

Premieres Abound
Always an exciting part of the Festival are films that have never seen screened before on our shores.  This year features three world premieres, three US premieres, and seven West Coast premieres.

On the World Premiere docket is CORNER STORE (mentioned above), ACCESS DENIED, and LIMBO LOUNGE (mentioned above).  ACCESS DENIED asks the question, “What would life be like without public access television?” Unfortunately many communities have had to find out the hard way. We’ve lost many wacked-out gems due to cancellation (or just the transient nature of public access programming), but thanks to obsessive collectors of pop culture ephemera, there’s a goldmine of lo-fi creativity to be found in the back catalogue of now-defunct public access stations. Fantastic Fest programmer and Twitch Film critic Rodney Perkins has put together an exclusive show for SF IndieFest that celebrates the weird and wonderful world of public access from San Francisco and beyond.

Having their US Premiere is LESS ADOLESCENT, ZOOEY & ADAM, BLOOD OF REBIRTH and AT THE FOOT OF A TREE.  Lee Galea’s thought-provoking, engaging and quirky drama LESS ADOLESCENT follows Emmanuel, a teenager, who after losing his mother finds himself trying to comprehend his world around him and the secrets that lie within it.  Set in Melbourne’s western suburbs, Emmanuel faces questions about life, death, friendship and the thing that makes us all who we are – our family. In ZOOEY & ADAM the eponymous couple have been unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant for seven months.  But a relaxing trip in the country turns to mayhem as they are set upon by a band of drunken young men who beat them up and rape Zooey in front of Adam.  As the distraught couple attempt to recover, they discover Zooey is pregnant.  Unsure of the parentage of their child, they still decide to go through with the pregnancy.  But Adam-who is sure the child has been spawned by a rapist-is haunted, and eventually driven to extremes. Ricky Shane Reid’s AT THE FOOT OF A TREE is a fresh take on a suspenseful coming-of-age drama, in which an eleven-year-old boy takes brutal but heartfelt revenge for the beating of his father and then has to deal with the consequences that follow. Toyoda-san (of past IndieFest titles HANGING GARDEN, NINE SOULS, and BLUE SPRING) is back with another beautiful, mind-expanding film, THE BLOOD OF REBIRTH.  Set in a time when gods and demons ruled the Earth, our hero finds himself undead after helping a captive princess escape from their VD ridden Lord.  He takes the form of a Hungry Ghost and flees with the princess, but the Lord is hot on their heels, hell bent on finding and punishing his two escapees.

West Coast premieres consist of A PLUS D, BONECRUSHER, POINT TRAVERSE, BEYOND THE POLE, CITY ISLAND, EASIER WITH PRACTICE, and RENÉ.  A PLUS D, directed by Amber Sealey, follows Alice and Dan as they navigate the ups and downs of a relationship.  For them, falling in love was easy – it’s the rest they find so hard. POINT TRAVERSE tells the story of two childhood friends, Adwin and Cael, who have followed separate paths in life.  After a chance encounter with an ill-fated loner, the two friends embark on a journey of self-discovery.  Michael Fountain’s documentary BONECRUSHER follows Lucas Chaffin, a proud fourth-generation coal miner, trying to live up to the legend of his dad and what he believes is a family duty.  In true mocumentary style, BEYOND THE POLE follows the first-ever carbon-neutral, vegetarian, organic expedition to attempt the North Pole. The narrative film, CITY ISLAND follows the Rizzo family who live on a little-known island in the Bronx that is as quaint and sleepy as any New England town. But the Rizzos are not as picturesque as the island they inhabit. In EASIER WITH PRACTICE a disillusioned writer on a book tour, Davy (Brian Geraghty, THE HURT LOCKER) gets a mysterious phone call in his hotel room, igniting a long-distance phone sex relationship in sharp contrast to his awkward and unfulfilling real-life relationships. In RENÉ, veteran filmmaker Helena Trestikova follows 17-year-old René’s development from pimple-faced juvie to tattooed convict to published writer in this 20-year document of a life lived both inside and outside Czech prisons and politics.

Droves of Dramas, Comedies and, of course, Dramadies
This year’s Festival features numerous narrative highlights from around the world.

Using found footage acclaimed director Johan Grimonprez (dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y) casts Alfred Hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold war period in DOUBLE TAKE.  As television hijacks cinema, and Khrushchev debates Nixon, sexual politics quietly take off and Hitchcock himself blackmails housewives with brands they can’t refuse. Bestselling novelist Tom McCarthy writes a plot of personal paranoia to mirror the political intrigue in which Hitchcock and his elusive double increasingly obsess over the perfect murder of each other.

DOWN TERRACE is a darkly comedic drama from Britain that follows the daily travails of a dysfunctional family of crooks trying to keep their business from disintegrating; SECURE SPACE (Merkhav Mugan) takes place in Israel in 2006 during the second Lebanon war. The bride, the groom and their families prepare for the wedding ceremony during the Lebanese air raids on Haifa.  WEST OF PLUTO inhabits the world of suburban teens, who reveal their inner lives in small, nuanced moments. Shot in suburban Quebec, the teens start garage bands, give class presentations, fall in and out of love, throw parties that spiral out of control, and lose their virginity-quintessential experiences on the way to adulthood.  In GODSPEED, Charlie Shepard is a modern day faith healer in Alaska who’s family is brutally and mysteriously murdered.  When the unknown, radiant Sarah appears in town, her link to the killings grows stronger by the day, and Charlie is faced with dark possibilities that challenge his faith, grief and newfound solitude.

Movies About the Facts, Mostly
Always a popular program is IndieFest’s high quality underground documentaries.

Winner of the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival, NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS follows musical duo Negar (Negar Shaghaghi) and Ashkan (Ashkan Koshanejad) after their release from prison.  They decide to start a band, and their search for musicians takes us on a tour of Tehran’s underground indie-rock scene.  Forbidden by the authorities to play in Iran, they plan to perform in Europe, but without money and passports it’s not so easy.

HIGH ON HOPE tells the story of the infamous “Hardcore Uproar” warehouse parties in Blackburn, Lancashire that started in 1989.  Local lads Tommy and Tony, together with two young sound engineers and a posse of willing helpers had a small party in an old workshop in Blackburn, Lancashire.  Pretty soon the press were calling it “Acid House,” and a powerful new youth counterculture had sprung up in the unlikeliest of places.

Don Argott’s fascinating documentary THE ART OF THE STEAL chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private collection of Post-Impressionist and early Modern art valued at more than $25 billion. LAST SON tells the incredible story of how Cleveland teens Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster devised Superman, the first comics superhero, and, second to a certain mouse, the most popular fictional character in the world.

Parties and celebrations abound!
IndieFest loves films, and they also love a good party! In addition to the Opening Night shindig, IndieFest has events going almost every night of the Festival, so you can party outta bounds.

Fest attendees can boogie their way to the Roller Disco Party on Feb. 6 at Cell Space. There will be rentable skates provided by Black Rock Roller Disco and the hippest of retro tunes spinning on the sound system as you travel back in time.  The party will be rockin’ from 8:00pm to 2:00am.  Admission is $10, $5 in costume and free with any IndieFest ticket stub or advance ticket receipt. 21 and over.

Now in it’s seventh year, the Big Lebowski Party takes a load off on Feb, 12 at CellSpace from 8:00pm to 2:00am. Fest-goers can dress as their favorite Lebowski character, enjoy white Russians, bowl in the Fest’s mini bowling alley, follow in Maud’s footsteps down the zip line, and watch this 1998 Coen Brothers’ film projected on the wall.  Admission is $10, $5 in costume and free with any IndieFest ticket stub or advance ticket receipt. 21 and over.

SF Indie Presents: Winter MusicFest!
IndieFest starts off on a musical note with the launch of the Winter Music Fest, happening January 29-February 4 and featuring 43 bands in 11 showcases over 7 days.  Opening night kicks off at 8:00pm at the Bottom of the Hill (1233 17th Street) with the musical menagerie of RyKarda ParAsol, Dave Smallen, The Trophy Fire, and the Action Design.  The excitement then expands to Thee Parkside (1600 17th Street) with San Francisco artist Bhi Bhiman, the eclectic Duckmandu, the soulful musings of Kuma/Koshka, and the aptly named Damn Handsome and the Birthday Suits to name but a few.

Thee Parkside will also host an all-ages show called The Next Generation Showcase on Saturday, January 30th at 1:00pm. With such stand-out artists as DFR, Fever Charm, Lou Lou and the Guitar Fish, Finish Ticket, and Emily’s Army, the event is sure to please even the grumpiest of family members.

A very brief and glorious history of IndieFest, in case you are wondering
In 1998 Jeff Ross realized there was no avenue available for his friend Rand Alexander to show his film CAGED, even though it had played the prestigious Slamdance Film Festival that same year. Jeff took to the streets and put on a four-day event financed, like many of the films presented, with his personal credit cards. The event was welcomed with an audience of over 3,000 people. The following year IndieFest grew to a nine-day event with over 4,200 in attendance. Over a decade later, IndieFest draws crowds of 11,000 and continues to support and celebrate maverick filmmakers and their work.

Information about 2010 SF IndieFest
The 12th Annual San Francisco Independent Film Festival (IndieFest), featuring the finest in independent films and videos, unspools February 4-18, 2010 at Bay Area theatres including the Roxie Cinemas, 3117 16th Street in San Francisco. Tickets are $10 in advance, $11 at the door for each screening and $20 for Opening Night (including the after-party).  5-film vouchers are $45, 10-film vouchers are $85; $200 for FilmPass good for all films and parties.  For tickets or more information, telephone (415) 820-3907 or click on www.sfindie.com.

Spike Jonze directs actor Andrew Garfield on the set of his ABSOLUT sponsored short film "I'm Here".

Releasing one of the most ambitious and sprawling movies of the year, Where the Wild Things Are, was apparently not enough work to keep prolific director Spike Jonze satisfied. The creative director of VBS tv teamed up with  ABSOLUT vodka to create a short film that debuted last night at Sundance, as part of the film festival’s first-ever Opening Night Shorts program. Entitled I’m Here, Jonze’s short follows a typical day in the life of a digitized, rechargeable couple. Literally–these Jonses’ are a pair of computer-people that charge themselves up at night not by having fun in the bedroom, but simply by plugging in.

Recharging for the night in the ABSOLUT and Spike Jonze short I'm Here.

Questioning the direction of modern society’s ever-evolving technology was a theme Jonze had been interested in exploring for a while, and what made I’m Here even more special for the director was the surprising amount of creativity that working with ABSOLUT afforded him:

“They (ABSOLUT) didn’t give me any requirements to make a movie that had anything to do with vodka. They just wanted me to make something that was important to me, and let my imagination take me wherever I wanted. And it wasn’t like working with some huge corporation where I had to meet with committees of people. It was just a small group, and it seemed like creativity and making something that affected them emotionally was the only thing that really mattered to them. I got to make my first love story. It’s about the relationship between two robots living in Los Angeles”

ABSOLUT, which has previously collaborated on visual branding projects with the likes of legends Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Helmot Newton, will release the film via web premiere in March. Until then, the short will also be screened at the Berlin Film Festival in February.

The 31 minute short stars actors Andrew Garfield and Sienna Guillory in the lead roles, and features original music by Sam Spiegel and LA based musician Aska Matsumiya. For more information on Jonze’s vision of robotic love in LA, check out the I’m Here blog and view a short clip below!

Flux and NIKE Sportswear present Cinema Tuesdays: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus *Photo by Marla Aufmuth

Christmas is a time for many things, family, love, gifts, food, friends…and movies! Yes, hitting up a theater is one of the best things to do during the holidays not only because everything is closed on Christmas day, but it’s a good way to stay away from all the craziness happing at the mall caused by all the “day after” sales. By now I’m sure you’ve all seen trailers for the handful of “blockbuster” movies that will be released this Christmas day. One of these movies is Sony Pictures Classics The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the late Heath Ledger’s final film.

A few weeks ago Nike Sportswear and Flux hosted a special advanced screening of Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as part of Cinema Tuesdays series at The Montalbán Theater in Hollywood. This event was presented in association with Australians in Film to support the AiF Heath Ledger Scholarship. The film stars the late Heath Ledger in his final acting performance and features Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell. British model Lily Cole also stars in the film showcasing her acting chops in her first leading role.

Having heard some buzz about the film and as a fan of the late Heath Ledger, I felt very privileged to attend the screening. As always, the Nike Sportswear and Flux crew put on a good show. Guests were served complimentary food, Tim Tam cookies and hot coffee drinks from Longshot Coffee Bar as well as refreshing beverages courtesy of Belvedere Vodka and Coopers brewery.

After the film guests were invited upstairs to the mezzanine which was transformed into The Imaginarium from the film with guest DJ Mark Rae (Rae & Christian), plus cocktails by Belvedere and in Mr. Nick’s Bar, Coopers was served.

The film is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present-day. It tells the story of Dr. Parnassus and his extraordinary ‘Imaginarium’, a traveling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom.

Of course I don’t want to give to much away so you all are going to have to watch the movie for yourself!

With 2010 just around the corner I can’t wait to see whats in store for Cinema Tuesdays. To find out more about upcoming films check out nikesportswear.com and flux.net .

Fall film Where the While Things Are has inspired an impressive range of collaboration product lines, including skateboard decks!

Fall will be all about “making mischief”, thanks to the much-anticipated release of the Spike Jonze directed Where the Wild Things Are. The film version of Maurice Sendak’s classic childrens’ book has been in production for years now (since 06 to be exact), with rumors as recent as late ‘08 suggesting that the film would be shelved by production company Warner Brothers for being “too dark and disturbing”. Fortunately, with trailers being leaked left and right, a score in the works from Yeah Yeah Yeah’s frontwoman Karen O and a goldmine of monster-related high-end product lines set to drop, the film will see the light of day this fall!

Published in 1963, the 10-line book is the story of a misbehaving boy named Max who goes on a wild adventure when his room magically transforms into a jungle populated by massive monster “Wild Things”. Although Sendak’s illustrations of the creatures were frightening, Max uses his conniving powers to rule the monsters and is made “the King of all Wild Things”. Being King isn’t all it’s cracked up to be though, so a lonely Max ends up leaving the land of the Wild Things and returning home to his bedroom. Reception of the book was mixed– it was critically acclaimed, but many librarians and educators at the time deemed it “appalling” and “inappropriate for children”. Because the book represents the unknown world of “monsters” as scary creatures that are eventually subdued by a bratty child (who, by the way, is never punished for his “bad behavior”), many parents felt as if the book was sending mixed messages. Basically, grown-ups didn’t like a book that was possibly suggesting to kids that being bad wasn’t all that dangerous, and could even end up making you King!

Prolific director Spike Jonze collaborated with several brands, including jewelry designer Pamela Love.

Despite the book’s unclear motives, it became a bedtime story/thriller cult favorite that had a profound impact on the childhood of many of today’s key taste makers–grown-up hipsters have been going nuts for the damn book for years now! Enter Spike Jonze, known for his visionary work on films such as Being John Malkovich and a slew of super-awesome music videos (click the link for a seriously dope flashback to some of his work!). The auteur has taken a dark surrealist approach to the film, hoping to bring the book’s mysterious nature to the screen with a live-action version. Relying mostly on a handheld camera and nifty animatronics, the director has created an ethereal, spooky feel that the oh-so-cool set is already “making mischief” for. Indeed, Jonze has created a line of Wild Things inspired decks for his skateboard brand Girl Skateboards and monster-inflected skate shoes for Lakai.

The Wild Things collaboration with Opening Ceremony features baubles such as this charm bracelet and a leather cuff that doubles as a headband!

Most exciting is Jonze’s collaboration with cutting-edge fashion boutique Opening Ceremony to create lines of high-end products influenced by Sendak’s tale. Jonze revealed to W Magazine that his interest in the cutting-edge bi coastal boutique came about based on the store’s unusual name: “Even the name itself is such a mysterious name. Like, who would name a store Opening Ceremony?” Keeping that incongruity in mind, Jonze knew it was only fitting to collaborate with OC co-founder Humberto Leon and accessories designer Pamela Love to create lines of outerwear and jewelry.  The result is a smart, adult-friendly line of jewelry that’s fashion forward and practical at the same time. Love’s leather and metallic based pieces play subtle homage to Max’s monster friends with detailing such as silver horns. Wild Things influences are paired with more trendy themes such as feathers, while tarnished-looking crowns and crescent moons serve as pendants on the too-cute charm bracelet perfect for kids and adults alike.

With product lines aimed at everyone from skatboarding kiddies to the most elite of fashion circles, you have to wonder if the hype will overshadow the actual film. But with Spike Jonze at the helm of it all, and a badass trailer to boot, we seriously doubt that. After all, the man has been the “King of the Wild Things” for years now, just ask his his legions of fans–from celebs to the average movie-goer.

Make sure to check out the film when it hits theaters on October 16th!

80’s cult classic Heathers that inspired movies such as Mean Girls and Jawbreaker is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary with the release of a specialy edition dvd this Tuesday July 1st. Out of all the teenage films of the 80’s, Heathers is the one you have to see! Heathers is a dark comedy about four high school girls, three of them whom are named “Heather” rule the school through intimidation and sex appeal. The film stars a very young cast made up of Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, and Shannon Doherty.

The special edition dvd will be available in different DVD covers (one with Ryder, Doherty, Slater, etc) and comes with extras features such as director commentary and alternate ending.

There’s nothing more precious than having a little baby girl to call your own – the itty-bitty witty barrettes, the itty bitty tea party sets, and the itty bitty outfits that are so much cuter than her brother’s. Well the Mayor of Whoville doesn’t agree, and his 96 daughters might as well end up in an orphanage for Angelina Jolie to adopt, because his happiness, and the entire fate of the world rested on the shoulders of his only son. What’s even more annoying was that this was a subplot that was added to the script, and not in the original version of the book. Shame on you, Hollywood!

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OMG! Chanel just updated their website with news, pictures, videos and footage about their Mobile Art traveling exhibition, their Custom Carousel and Chanel dresses in movies and at the Oscars. I could go on and on about how amazing it is but you really just need to see this for yourself! Read about it all here.

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