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Here are the answers to Monday’s puzzle corner:
1. Eva Longoria (5 carat emerald-cut, 248-diamond white-gold ring designed by Jean Dousset, estimated cost $500K)
2. Katie Holmes (5 carat oval-shaped diamond set in platinum and rose gold)
3. Mariah Carey (17 carat emerald-cut, fancy light pink diamond (10 carat) surrounded by 58 intense pink diamonds, flanked by two half-moon diamonds from Jacob & Co, cost $2.5 million)
4. Christina Aguilera (5 carat platinum ring set with a combination of brilliant & princess-cut diamonds from Stephen Webster, estimated cost $80K)
5. Catherine Zeta-Jones (10 carat marquise diamond from Fred Leighton, cost $1 million)
6. Heidi Klum (10 carat canary yellow oval diamond, estimated cost $150,000)
7. Jennifer Lopez (14.5 carat blue brilliant cut diamond with platinum band, estimated cost over $5 million)
8. Katherine Heigl (3 carat pear shaped diamond with pave diamonds, designed by Ryan Ryan)
9. Elizabeth Taylor (33.19 carat Krupp diamond, cost $305,000 in 1968, at the time the highest price paid at auction for a diamond ring)
10. Scarlett Johansson ( 3 carat round brilliant solitaire on an intertwined yellow gold band, estimated cost $30K)

Congratulations to Madam for an impressively sparkling 7 out of 10, followed closely by the always scintillating Jennie. Your encyclopedic knowledge of celebrity carats bedazzles us even from afar. For more famous bling than you can poke a pimp stick at, check out this slideshow from US Weekly.

Is Buzz Aldrin the guy who punched that journalist for saying the moon landing was a hoax? I kinda think it was. That’s a lot of anger for a dude whose name is an onomatopoeia, but I guess that’s what you get for going through life being Neil Armstrong’s superterrestrial wingman. I get it. I also like his Grandpa Munster suit.

Anyway, because I don’t want to be the first blogger to get smacked up by a guy with a moon crater named after him, I will merely post this picture of Buzz Aldrin and his lovely, totally appropriately dressed wife Lois who is not in ANY WAY terrifying me with the evil grin and the illusion netting and the shadow that PLEASE GOD is just the draping of fabric on her thigh.

Welcome to the “Diamonds, especially big ones, are a girl’s best friend” edition of Ayyyy! Puzzle Corner.  This week we invite you to take out your jewellery loupe and cast a discerning eye over the shiny objects below. Your task is to identify which celebrities these whopping rocks belong to. 

Answers will be put up on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, I’ll be adorning myself with bits of glass and paste and getting distracted by their sparkly prettiness. 

Here are the answers to Monday’s puzzle corner:
1. Tom Selleck
2. Tom Jones
3. Sean Connery
4. David Hasselhoff
5. Burt Reynolds
6. Hugh Jackman
7. Chuck Norris
8. Simon Cowell
9. Alec Baldwin
10. Josh Groban

Congratulations to Boudica for skidding to victory with a score of 6 out of 10, followed closely by Heather Outside Boston.  We vociferously praise your profound understanding of the celebrity chest-pelts. And for those of you who still haven’t had your fill, here are some other hirsute specimens for further study.

In lieu of a jolt of caffeine, here’s a little something to kickstart your senses on Monday morning.  This week we have decided to do away with all our depilatory equipment to carry out our theme of Hirsute Hunks (past and present).

Now, I want you to run your fingers through this manfur montage, and identify the celebrity behind the follicular fantasy. Answers will be put up on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, I will be unbuttoning my blouse and strapping a teddybear to my chest.

This week, we have prepared a sumptuous visual feast to test your knowledge of “Food in Film”. Slowly savour the montage below (click for a bigger version) and tell me which movies these food scenes belong to.

Answers to be put up on Wednesday morning.  In the meantime I’ll be sitting here over in the corner tucking into some fava beans and a nice Chianti.

Here are the answers to Monday’s puzzle corner:
1. Sarah Jessica Parker
2. Jennifer Lopez
3. Christina Aguilera
4. Mariah Carey
5. Britney Spears
6. Sean John (P. Diddy)
7. Gwen Stefani
8. David Beckham
9. Elizabeth Taylor
10. Paris Hilton

Congratulations to La Rêveuse for a perfect score, and kudos to Madam for getting the perfume names.  We prostate ourselves before your flawless command of celebrity-created scents.  As for the rest of you, do not despair that you were beaten so soundly.  Rest assured that Jean Reno understands and yes he still loves you:

This week we waft into the heady realm of lab-cultivated pheromones to test your knowledge of celebrity scents.  In the absence of digital smell synthesisers, you will have to make do with inspecting the elaborately packaged merchandise below.

Identify the celebrity creator behind these fragrances (extra kudos if you also know the name of the perfume).  Answers will be put up on Wednesday morning.

This week we will delve into the world of espionage and test your knowledge of Bond girls, from the forgettable to the utterly memorable. Examine the pictures below and identify Agent 007’s lithe and lethal leading ladies.

Actress or character name are acceptable.  Answers will be posted on Wednesday morning.

Here are the answers to Monday’s Puzzle corner:
1. David Hasselhoff (released 15 albums, all pure gold)
2. Juliette Lewis (lead singer of Juliette Lewis & the Licks)
3. Jared Leto (lead singer of 30 Seconds to Mars)
4. Jada Pinkett Smith (lead singer of Wicked Wisdom)
5. Minnie Driver (released 2 albums including Seastories in 2007)
6. Russell Crowe (lead singer of Ordinary Fear of God)
7. Billy Bob Thornton (released 5 albums including Beautiful Door in 2007)
8. Hugh Laurie (from The Band From TV)
9. Scarlett Johansson (debut album Anywhere I Lay My Head is released in May)
10. Steven Seagal (released 2 albums including Mojo Priest in 2006)

Congratulations to atari for a commendable 7 out of 10!  We kowtow to your mental superiority in the subject of actor-musicians.  Thanks for playing and join us again next week for a brand new Puzzle Corner *cheesy smile*! And now by popular demand, here are the Bacon Brothers for your listening pleasure.

This week we pull out our bazookas and invite you to play along to the theme of “Actors/Actresses who are also Musicians”. Hollywood star by day, moody soulful rocker by night - who are these musically inclined thespians?

Answers will be put up on Wednesday morning. Musical critiques are also welcome.

This week we pay homage to the Bard of Avon with the theme “Shakespeare in the movies.”  Your task is identify the movies below and prove yourself to be a mental Colossus that doth bestride the narrow world.

Answers to be put up on Wednesday morning. In the meantime I will wait in my dark cavern with a bubbling cauldron at the ready.