After watching The Hills on MTV last Tuesday night, a show that I must say is an incredibly guilty pleasure of mine, I realized that although this show focuses on fashion and the independence of young ladies, it certainly does not allow the girls from the show to express any fashion independence.

Nicki Minaj is perhaps one of the most impressive success stories coming out of Young Money Records.

"I like to defy gravity."

This was what Michael Badal, leader of University of the West Indies-based Powerhouse Tricking Crew, said he liked about "tricking." Powerhouse was one of the opening acts at Presentation College, San Fernando's inaugural dance concert simply called "Dance!" held on March 27.

The buddy action formula that skyrocketed to fame after Lethal Weapon is one that will never change. And why should it? After all, it did work for all 4 Lethal Weapon films, and Bad Boys, Beverly Hills Cop, Men In Black, the Rush Hour series ... and the list gets longer with time.

As far as movies go, there are only two types of awards; the fake ones and the real ones, or to be more specific, the MTV Movie Awards and the Academy Awards. And, on March 7, 2010, the 82 Annual Oscars showed yet again why they're the real awards ceremony with a stunning and beautiful show with its fair balance of both the well-deserved and the delightfully surprising.

Well folks, the 82 Academy Awards are upon us, and after sitting through the good, the bad and the definitely ugly of the big screen in 2009, it's time to decide which movie was the best of them all. Although the winner's envelopes will not be opened until March 7 I'm pretty sure my predictions are accurate.

Anyone who has made regular visits to the bookstore since Twilight appeared on the big screen would have noticed that vampire books are the new drug on the market. What some might have noticed is that these books, like drugs, are no good.

The 'based on a true story' tear-jerker is sometimes difficult. It needs to have the right combination of a heartwarming story, loveable characters and a cast that can pull those characters off properly.

There are some characters that, when we're properly introduced to them, we can't help but fall in love with, or at least, be in awe of.

There's a very fine line between a great movie and a fantastic one. It's about the width of difference between a Grade 1 and a Distinction in CXC. Of course, a great movie and a fantastic movie can both walk away with 5 out of 5 stars.