Aborigines Incensed Over Didgeridoo "Dare" in Book for Girls


Updated 09/04/08 6:24 AM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 25 comments

Aborigines Upset Over Inclusion of Didgeridoo in Daring Book for Girls

The Australian answer to the hit book, The Daring Book for Girls is striking the wrong note with Aborigines. The book teaches girls how to play the didgeridoo — despite the fact that Aboriginal culture views the instrument as strictly boys only and not to be played by girls. The publisher says it wasn't aware of the taboo and has apologized for the faux pas saying there was a "divergence of Read more

Texts and Tunes: Dangerous and Daring


Updated 02/08/12 2:58 PM · Posted by babysugar · 13 comments

Texts and Tunes: Dangerous and Daring

Give your kids these books that will teach them all sorts of old tricks and get them off the couch. Boys can dive into Dangerous Book For Boys ($15) and girls can bury themselves in the Daring Book For Girls ($15). The Dangerous Book For Boys by Conn and Hal Igguiden teaches young rascals how to tie knots, make paper airplanes, fish, craft bows and arrows out of front-yard tools, build a tree Read more

Something Borrowed: More Blue Than New


Updated 10/16/11 8:09 PM · Posted by · 21 comments

Something Borrowed Review, Starring Kate Hudson and John Krasinski

Something Borrowed presents the kinds of conundrums and moral dilemmas that we've seen on screen a million times before: what do you do when you have the hots for someone who doesn't want you in return? Or what if he does return your feelings, but he's already spoken for? These issues may exist beyond teenage years, but Something Borrowed is so fluffy that the film is more like an extra long Read more

Rihanna Talks Fashion, Fitness, and Finding Love Again in Vogue


Updated 03/16/11 12:51 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Pictures of Rihanna on the Cover of April 2011's Vogue 2011-03-16 08:28:47

Rihanna struck a gorgeous pose for the cover of April's Vogue, which is available on newsstands March 22. She smiled for an accompanying shoot from photographer Annie Leibovitz — also make sure to check out the magazine's look back at Rihanna's red-carpet evolution. The pop star opened up about her upcoming movie Battleship, which she shot last Summer in Hawaii, as well as about her famous Read more