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Here are the answers to Monday’s Puzzle corner:
1. The Bodyguard (Whitney Houston)
2. Crossroads (Britney Spears)
3. Employee of the Month (Jessica Simpson)
4. Glitter (Mariah Carey)
5. Shanghai Surprise (Madonna)
6. Gigli (Jennifer Lopez - or is she an actress turned singer?) - I can’t even bring myself to link to a clip from this movie
7. The Pink Panther (Beyonce)
8. Tea With Mussolini (Cher)
9. License to Wed (Mandy Moore)
10. My Blueberry Nights (Norah Jones)

Congratulations to Katyola for a sensational 9 out of 10!  We raise our hands skyward and belt out a soulful tribute to your unique talent.  As your reward you may mambo along with Madonna and her sinewy arms in this fantasy sequence from the much-maligned Swept Away, a movie that is better left in its DVD case and used to prop up wobbling pieces of furniture.

Another Monday, another puzzle corner! This week’s theme is “Songstresses turned Actresses”,  from the truly cringeworthy to the not-bad-at-all. We invite you to study the montage below (click for a bigger version) and identify the movies starring these partially pixelated female singers.

Answers will be put up on Wednesday morning. In the meantime, I will be digging through the bargain basement bin of my local video store where I’m sure many of these movies will be found.

Here are the answers to Monday’s Puzzle Corner:
1. Edie Britt (Nicolette Sheridan), Desperate Housewives
2. Sue Ann Nivens (Betty White), Mary Tyler Moore Show
3. Wilhelmina Slater (Vanessa Williams), Ugly Betty
4. Julie Cooper (Melinda Clarke), The OC
5. Blanche Devereaux (Rue McLanahan), The Golden Girls
6. Amanda Woodward (Heather Lockear), Melrose Place
7. Elaine Vassal (Jane Krakowski), Ally McBeal
8. Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Sex and the City
9. Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke), Designing Women
10. Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan (Joan Collins), Dynasty

Congratulations to Carol for a meaty 6 out of 10! We bow before your superior knowledge of the small-screen seductresses. Now ladies (and gents), let’s pour ourselves a drink and enjoy Blanche Devereaux’s performance of “I Wanna Be Loved By You”.

Still in the throes of frustrated moans over Monday’s puzzle corner? Here are some hints to make your life easier:

Two ended up starring in the same tv show
Two have slept with several of their neighbours
One slept with her daughter’s ex-boyfriend
One lusted after her co-worker
One was a former beauty queen
One invented strange objects in her spare time 
One had five surnames
One was briefly a lesbian

Woo, have we got a sizzling crowd for you this time round.  This week we invite you to put on your vampiest red lipstick & polish and turn your attentions to the Man-hungry Temptresses of Primetime TV.  Who are these lusty ladies who have enjoyed many a romantic conquest for fun or other nefarious reasons?

Answers will be put up on Wednesday morning.  In the meantime, I will leaning over seductively to show my non-existent cleavage and letting loose of constant stream of sexual innuendoes.

Here are the answers to Monday’s puzzle corner:
1. Adrien Brody for Ermenegildo Zegna
2. Jude Law for Dunhill
3. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers for Versace
4. Patrick Dempsey for Versace
5. Brad Pitt for Tag Heuer
6. Ashton Kutcher for Pepe Jeans
7. Clive Owen for Lancome “Hypnose”
8. Ewan McGregor for Davidoff Adventure
9. George Clooney for Nespresso
10. Matthew McConaughey for Dolce and Gabbana “The One”

It was a little bit more difficult than usual, but then again you are a wily bunch who need to be kept on your toes. Congratulations to sara for a notching up a game-winning 6 out of 10! We laud over your erudition in celebrity endorsements. As your reward you may imagine yourself nuzzling against Clive Owen while he whispers key messages about his latest fragrance in your ear.

Only because I can’t bear the thought of you chewing your nails and wringing your hands in despair, here are some clues to Monday’s puzzle corner:

1. Four are advertising Italian brands
2. Three are advertising Swiss brands
3. Three are advertising fragrances
4. Two are English, another two are from countries near to England
5. Two have won Oscars
6. Four are married, two have been married once
7. Two are known to be good friends
8. Two have modelled for the same brand

Poor Sean Penn, having to sit through yet another awards ceremony, one so tedious that not even the lovely company of Natalie Portman can compensate for it.  But surely the afterparty will be a blast, won’t it?

No, not when he knows that just across the border in Spain, people are having a way better time at the Baby Jumping Fiesta.

Welcome to another edition of pixelated fun! This week’s theme is “Celebrity Endorsements - How to Make Even More Money From Your Movie Star Looks”.  We’ve selected below a handful of actors pimping for some famous brands.  All you have to do is tell us who these studly shillers are (brand name is optional).

Answers will be put up on Wednesday morning.  In the meantime, I will not only be letting my favourite actor influence my purchase decisions, but also allowing him to dictate my religion and political allegiance.

For this week’s Puzzle Corner, we push you headlong down memory lane, back to the heady excitement of prom season.  Feeling primped, preened and polished to perfection? Good, for your task is to rummage through the teased hair and frilly dresses below and identify the movies featuring school proms/dances. 

Answers will be put up on Wednesday morning. In the meantime, I will be pouting by the punch bowl and then draining its contents with a giant straw.

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.