MOCA and Francesco Vezzoli Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams were the picture of humility and grace while battling it out for best actress honors at Sunday’s Academy Awards — but behind closed doors have the stars been a bit more rough and tumble? In a satirical short conceived by artist Francesco Vezzoli and directed by Roman Polanski, the actresses mock the type of commercial seduction traditionally employed by fragrance advertisements. Set in an elegant boudoir, the starlets orbit a bottle of the imagined fragrance Greed, but when Williams gets a little too hands-on, the two engage in some Black Swan- style combat. Now that’ s what we call a red-carpet showdown! For a limited time the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles has transformed the MOCA website into an exhibition space for Greed, A New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli , where you can check out the 60-second short. – Justine Harman CATCH UP ON MORE CELEBRITY FRAGRANCE NEWS
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Two additional suspects have surfaced in the fatal shooting of David Hartley, an American oil worker who was power skiing with his wife on a lake that straddles the United States and Mexico.
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Mark J. Terrill/AP; Steve Granitz/WireImage When best actress nominee Jennifer Lawrence descended upon the scene at the Kodak Theatre Sunday night, everything from her form-skimming column dress to her tousled locks struck a chord in viewers’ collective Oscar memories. And it wasn’t that she looked sensational, which she undeniably did, but that the entire look was so very reminiscent of Scarlett Johansson ‘s va-va-voom turn at the 2006 Golden Globes. From the décolletage to the platinum mane, the Calvin Klein-wearing newcomer was a dead ringer for a scarlet Valentino-clad Scarlett. Though one thing that was decidedly different: As far as we know, Isaac Mizrahi kept his hands to himself ! Tell us: Which leading lady in red was your favorite?
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Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong is expected to be sentenced to life in prison Monday for her role in an Erie, Pennsylvania, bank robbery that led to the death of a pizza delivery man who had a pipe bomb fastened around his neck, a prosecutor said.
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The USA TODAY hockey desk will be providing trade updates and instant analysis leading up to and beyond the 3 p.m. ET NHL trade deadline:
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The reviews are in and they’re not good – they never are.
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Discovery astronauts Stephen Bowen and Al Drew ventured outside the International Space Station today.
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After all the cute commercials we saw leading up to the Oscar awards show with Anne Hathaway and James Franco, I was looking forward to a new and fresh award ceremony. As hard as Hathaway tried, and you could tell she was trying, she just wasn’t able to pull it off. As for Franco, he looked like a deer in headlights most of the time, stunned with nothing to say. Hathaway was just about the only person laughing at her “jokes”. Both of these actors are great, I just hope this doesn’t hurt their careers.
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The man poised to become the new prime minister of Ireland spoke to a potential coalition partner by telephone Monday morning, the Irish Labour party said.
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Hebron’s Shuhada Street was once a busy center for the Palestinian trade. Now it is dead, lined with doors welded shut. It has become one of the most tangible symbols of the Israeli occupation in this city.
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The sultan of Oman has ordered the hiring of 50,000 citizens in the aftermath of weekend protests that left at least one person dead and 11 others injured, state-run media reported.
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The Clinton administration is officially over in Washington as the Redskins confirmed the release of RB Clinton Portis on Monday.
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A man who has long searched for the lost aviator has come up with a way scientists may be able to isolate her DNA from saliva left on envelopes …
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The Academy Awards co-host takes you backstage at the ceremony with Oprah Winfrey, Billy Crystal and more
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The Supreme Court has reinstated the murder conviction of a Michigan man that had been overturned because the victim’s dying words were used in the trial. The justices Monday concluded the mortally wounded man’s statements to police were “non-testimonial” and therefore admissible in court.
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Bryce Harper made his first appearance in a spring training game on Monday, entering as a pinch-runner in the top of the fifth inning against …
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WireImage; Getty Dressing for awards shows while trying to work around a baby bump is no easy task, but that hasn’t stopped Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman from rocking it on the red carpet ! In January, Portman was a vision in white in a form-fitting Azzaro column gown at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where she picked up the trophy for best actress for her role in Black Swan . In mid-February, she accentuated her growing bump (and nabbed another acting award) with a beautifully draped Viktor & Rolf gown with a hand-embroidered Swarovski crystal rose. And Portman wowed the crowd at the Academy Awards in Hollywood Sunday night, where she wore an off-the-shoulder , empire-waisted violet Rodarte with Swarovski crystal beading to accept her best actress statuette. Tell us: Which of Natalie Portman’s red carpet looks is your favorite? —Kim Peiffer View This Poll survey software SEE MORE AWARD SEASON STYLE STARS IN ‘OSCARS BEST DRESSED!’
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ESPN’s Howard Bryant pleaded not guilty to charges after an alleged altercation involving his wife. Bryant says police threatened to taser h …
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Bob Knight, who coached Indiana to three national titles and had 902 wins in 41 seasons, and Virginia great Ralph Sampson are among the eight …
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Chestnut Hill College, a Roman Catholic institution in Philadelphia, last week told a gay priest who had been a popular adjunct there for several …
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Yemen’s main opposition bloc on Monday rejected President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s call to form a unity government to rule until elections to replace him, saying its goal is simply “the fall of the regime.”
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At least 16 people were killed in southern Brazil at a pre-Carnival party when a power line burst over a party truck, electrocuting revelers, the Minas Gerais state fire department said Monday.
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Paul Drinkwater/NBC Lady Gaga has managed the near-impossible feat of keeping almost all the details of her debut fragrance under wraps–but the singer is coming clean about one of the perfume’s rumored notes: blood. “I wanted to extract sort of the feeling and the sense of blood…from molecular structures,” she says on Australian radio program The Kyle and Jackie O Show , before clarifying, “that is in the perfume — but it doesn’t smell like that.” Gaga also reveals that this particular ingredient was sourced very close to home: “It was taken out of my own blood sample,” explaining, “so it’s a sense of having me on your skin.” But if the scent won’t smell like blood, what can we expect? “Actually the perfume smells like an expensive hooker,” she says. Gaga’s debut scent with Coty is anticipated to launch in spring of 2012
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Kenyans worldwide called for unity Monday by singing the national anthem in unison — a rare gesture in a continent facing violent uprisings for leaders to step down after decades in power.
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