Cleo

• Lipstick Jungle's Robert Buckley will join the cast of Privileged for the last two episodes of the season. — TV Guide
• The Dark Knight is among the best picture nominees for the Producers Guild of America awards. — The Hollywood Reporter
• The surviving members of the Grateful Dead will embark on their first tour in five years this spring. — Billboard
• British actress Charity Wakefield will play the female lead in David E. Kelley's Legally Mad, joining Kristin Chenoweth and the newly cast Jon Seda. — The Hollywood Reporter
• Hugh Jackman will definitely not star in Steven Soderbergh's 3-D live action musical about Cleopatra. — Variety
• Beyonce begins 2009 with a fourth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 with "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)." — Billboard
• Relative unknown Matt Smith will play the next Doctor Who. — BBC
• Laura Breckenridge will join the cast of Gossip Girl as a teacher starting Jan. 19. — Entertainment Weekly

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Yes, let's review those facts:

1. Director Steven Soderbergh is planning a movie about Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
2. It will be a live-action 3-D movie.
3. It will also be a rock 'n' roll musical.
4. Soderbergh is hoping to get Catherine Zeta-Jones to play "Cleo" and Hugh Jackman to play her lover, Marc Antony.

After the initial "whaaa?" reaction, I'm warming to this idea, especially because the band Guided by Voices has apparently already written the music for the movie. What do you think? Could you see this working, or does it sound like a big hot mess?

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I think almost everything from Italy is romantic: the fragrances, the language, the makeup, the men (!), and the skin care. Fresh Italian ingredients such as virgin olive oil, grapefruit, and neroli are often used in beauty products, especially in fragrances. Italians once believed that aside from a wonderful smell, colognes also helped protect you from disease and harm. So it's no wonder that so many of the famous Italian fashion houses (Bulgari, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana...) all have their own fragrances. Here are a few examples of sensational and sweet-smelling Italian beauty products.

Pupa Cosmetics is a Milanese makeup company with chic, compact, rounded packaging and a light and fresh aromatic essence to its products. They are known for their bright colors that work on the runway or red carpet. You can now buy Pupa in more 70 countries, and some products are on sale at Amazon.com.

For two more intriguing Italian beauty products read more

Your bath and body experience will never be the same now that Clèo has made its way overseas all the way from Italy. Yay! Its maker is Pagileri Profumi, the leader in affordable Italian perfumes and body products since the late 1800s.

This fab new pink and white line of bath and body products are infused with natural goodies like yogurt, vanilla, berries and cereal to nourish your body, sweeten your scent and improve the texture and elasticity of your skin.

The line is comprised of: a bathfoam cream which is available in honey, vanilla or blue fruits, a shower cream which is available in vanilla, red fruits, chocolate or sugar, an antioxidant hand soap which is available in apricot, mint or cereal, a body cream (Mmmm) which is available in karite butter or cherry and a bar soap which comes in cereal or red fruits. Enjoy!