Decadence, luxury and opulence. The aristocracy of the 18th-century really knew how to party and dressing up was one of the most important aspects of the culture at the time. If you didn’t look good you didn’t really have a future in society. Expensive gowns, elaborate jewellery and finely made accessories were key if you wanted to be somebody in France... well, at least until that revolution got started but hey, it was fun while it lasted. Even now, the image of Marie Antoinette is one of global renown and she remains an icon of wealth and fashion for the ages. The iconic image of the 18th-century woman is still one of familiarity today in movies and media long after the fall of high society all those years ago...

Female horror artists and icons will be the theme of the second annual Cara Gasper Memorial Art Auction on February 27th, 2010, sponsored by Horror Realm. What an amazing, and touching, event! Proceeds will benefit the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania, USA.

Auction items will be donated by friends of Cara, a local artist who passed away in 2008, and members of the local Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA arts and crafts community...

The DeVilles is a danish documentary film from director Nicole Nielsen Horanyi, documenting the strong but rather complicated love between the American burlesque stripper Teri Lee Geary (aka Kitten DeVille) and her punk rock singer husband Shawn Geary, premiering in the USA at South by Southwest 2010.

They live in their own time bubble, hers from the 1950's and his from the 1980's. It applies to their looks, their home and their lifestyle. Teri looks like Marilyn Monroe and Shawn looks like Joe Strummer from The Clash. All of a sudden their 25-year-long relationship and their lifestyle have a down side. But how do they move on?

Barbershop Punk is a new punk rock, anti-censorship documentary by directors Georgia Sugimura & Kristin Armfield having its world premiere at South by Southwest 2010.

Keeping the independent/punk spirit alive, barbershop quartet fan Robb Topolski takes on the nation’s largest cable company, only to find himself at the center of a federal investigation, inspiring a larger story of censorship, individual voice and access. Featuring interviews with Ian MacKaye, Damian Kulash of OK Go, Henry Rollins, Janeane Garofalo, John Perry Barlow among others.

The new rock biopic The Runaways, written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, will screen at South by Southwest 2010 in Austin Texas, USA March 12-16 2010, and we've got some hot new images from the film.

The Runaways follows two friends, Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary group that paved the way for future generations of girl bands. Also starring Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Shannon, Alia Shawkat, and Tatum O'Neal. Check out Dakota and Kristen...

We're super excited because actress/writer/director Juliet Landau's funny, cutting-edge short documentary Take Flight is out on February 25th, 2010. Landau's doc follows actor Gary Oldman as he shoots a music video entirely on his Nokia telephone. He asked Juliet to direct a behind the scenes "making-of" and her take on the ensuing madness bloomed into a documentary that is awesome.

“It’s like being inside his brain...seeing through his eyes,” says Landau, who reveals Oldman in a fascinating light: playful, funny, joyous, fluid, capturing his childlike exploration and an uncharted perspective on the artist....

Directed by: David Greene
Written By: Mel Frohman and Ross Firestone,
Starring: Tracey Gold, Sharon Gless, Tom Irwin

Originally produced for CBS in 1998, The Girl Next Door is a decent time waster about the perils of a weak spirit coerced into committing murder in the name of love – or so she believes.

Tracey Gold has played victim, predator, hero... you name it. Her baby faced, slightly frumpy appearance allows her to take on all kinds of various Lifetime-esque roles, and how can someone not appreciate that? Although I prefer when she’s the psycho, I do like her as various other characters too...

The 2009 Bram Stoker Awards for horror literature have some incredible nominees on this year's ballot!

Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan for Superior Achievement in a Novel; The Black Act by Louise Bohmer for Superior Achievement in a First Novel; Blanket of White by Amy Grech for Superior Achievement in a Short Fiction; Poe and Lovecraft Unbound, both edited by Ellen Datlow for Superior Achievement in a Anthology; and Morbid Curiosity Sings the Blues edited by Loren Rhoads for Superior Achievement in a Nonfiction are all contenders.

Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, in an extreme twist of sweet sweet irony, is up against ex-husband James Cameron and his film Avatar for Best Director at the 2010 Academy Awards, it was announced today. This is the 4th time a woman has been nominated for Best Director (the last time was in 2004 with Sophia Coppola for Lost in Translation) and frankly, it might be the first time a woman ever wins. I can't think of any woman who deserves it more or a film that stands out like Bigelow's does this year.

The Hurt Locker has 9 Academy Awards nominations including Best Picture, Actor, Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Score, and Editing.

Hammer Films, (yes, ye olde amazing British Hammer Films) announced today that it has optioned feature film rights to Susan Hill’s best-selling ghost story horror novel The Woman in Black with genre film writer Jane Goldman (Stardust and upcoming Kick-Ass) in charge of the screenplay!

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black...