Cannes Minireview: Killing Them Softly


Updated 05/22/12 10:54 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Killing Them Softly Cannes Review With Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt's gritty new project, Killing Them Softly (formerly titled Cogan's Trade, and based on a book of the same name), made its debut to the press at the Cannes Film Festival this morning. Considering the early hour of the screening and just how violent and drug-fueled it is as a film, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it overall. Pitt is at his best playing the ruthless assassin, and Read more

Sugar Shout Out: Get Inspired to Ride Your Bike This Summer!


Updated 05/16/12 12:00 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Sugar Shout Out May 15, 2012

CelebStyle: super-cute celeb-inspired ways to ride your bike Creative ways to use cream cheese Gisele Bundchen brings her fresh face to Brazil How to get your hair to smell like perfume Jay-Z throws his weight behind gay marriage Awe-inspiring play spaces for little ones Chic new ways to rock a tie-front look effortlessly The Shops at Target go regional this Fall See Bradley Cooper in Read more

Fifty Shades of Grey, Fight Club, and the Complications of Male Dominance


Updated 04/27/12 2:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Fifty Shades of Grey and Male Dominance

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Clarisse Thorn sees nothing new in eroticized images of male dominance and violence, but she sees plenty that's thought-provoking. Much is being made of the highly successful S&M erotica novel 50 Shades of Grey. People are blaming feminism for making women into submissives, blaming feminism for preventing Read more

Femmephobia: "Girls Are Gross" Writ Large


Updated 04/20/12 7:38 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

What Is Femmephobia?

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Ozy Frantz explains the difference between fear and hatred of women, and the more common fear and hatred of anything feminine. When I was a freshman in high school, I and my friends were Cool Chicks. We weren't like those other girls, the ones who were passive and weak and giggled and watched romantic Read more

Game of Thrones, "What Is Dead May Never Die": What We're Still Talking About


Updated 04/16/12 8:23 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Game of Thrones Recap "What Is Dead May Never Die"

This week's Game of Thrones introduces us to a few new characters, while giving a bit of the spotlight to Tyrion, Theon, and Renly, and happily, there's no Joffrey again this week (though we get a good bit of Sansa). Renly is on a throne with a new wife, Theon makes a decision about where his loyalty lies, and Tyrion masterfully orchestrates a ruse. Oh, and as usual, there is a ton of blood Read more

4 Details to Look Forward to in Pixar's Brave


Updated 04/12/12 8:12 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Preview of Pixar's New Movie Brave, Picture and Video

The magic of Pixar's Oscar-winning films is in their ability to take seemingly ordinary story lines about childhood toys or a garbage-collecting robot and transform them into emotional narratives about love and life. The studio's upcoming Summer film Brave is its first foray into the familiar coming-of-age tale, this one as told through the experiences of a defiant teenage girl. Pixar's first Read more

Never Have Bangs You Hate Again


Updated 02/20/12 10:45 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Beauty News For February 20, 2012

How to keep your stylist from messing up your bangs — Beauty High Wowza! Fashion Week's most outrageous moments — Stylelist The Afghan government wants (female) reporters to wear less makeup — Huffington Post Clever ways to get in on the double-winged eyeliner trend — Beautylish Britney Spears settled a big perfume lawsuit — Styleite Mixing face creams? You need to read this, then — Read more

Ask Whitney's Chris D'Elia Your Dating and Valentine's Day Questions!


Updated 02/09/12 7:52 PM · Posted by · 13 comments

Chris D'Elia Relationship Advice

If you watch Whitney, you know Chris D'Elia as Whit's shaggy-haired, live-in boyfriend Alex, a web entrepreneur who's either driving Whit crazy or making her laugh (and sometimes both). And if you follow Chris on Twitter, you know the stand-up comedian can be quite entertaining in 140 characters or less. Just in time for Valentine's Day, Chris is going to answer our readers' dating and Read more

Link Time: 12 Unique and Timeless Beauties


Updated 12/28/11 8:25 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Beauty News For December 28, 2011

12 women who are as unforgettable as they are unusual — Glo Here's an idea: metallic nails for New Year's — InStyle No, shampoo probably won't make you gain weight — Stylelist Why does everything female-related have to be pink? This little girl's righteous outrage is hilarious — Refinery 29 Model Karlie Kloss had a huge 2011 — Huffington Post Postholiday shopping is the new holiday Read more

Group Therapy: Is My BF Hiding Something?


Updated 11/20/11 6:56 PM · Posted by · 13 comments

Nervous That My Boyfriend Is Going Out Without Me

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! My boyfriend has recently finished his last year of a stressful university degree, and along with his fellow students, been taking several nights out to celebrate. I would have no issue with this, except for the fact that lately one female friend of his who also graduated has been texting him Read more