Waking Ned Devine: In Waking Ned Devine, an entire Irish town conspires to get lottery winnings that a newly deceased person won. They work together to fool the claim inspector into thinking that the winner is still alive, all while trying to actually execute his funeral and deal with a potential blackmailer. There is even a little surprise twist at the end. The movie itself is beautiful, the characters charming, and the moral… well, just watch the movie to find out.

Leprechaun: This movie is pretty much a St. Patrick’s Day classic by now. Starring Jennifer Aniston before she was a household name, this scary film is about a violent Leprechaun searching for—what else? His gold. The gold was stolen from him by another resident of the South Dakota home he and Jennifer Aniston’s crew is now inhabiting. A typical gore-fest, Leprechaun is a tongue-in-cheek horror film that can be fun to watch with plenty of Guinness.

Boondock Saints: In the cult favorite Boondock Saints, two Irish brothers work together to clean the streets of Boston by taking vigilante action against those who they deem “evil.” While the movie’s scenery may be in America, its heart is entirely Irish. With a heavy focus on loyalty, family and Irish Catholicism, Boondock Saints is an edgy, violent and interesting watch. It does suffer from an inexperienced director and a gratuitous script, but if you are in the mood for revenge, you might not care.

Ballykissangel: While not actually a movie, the television series Ballykissangel is about a small Irish village and its new English priest. During the six-season series you see what life is like in a small Irish town and enjoy all the drama, trauma and unexpected life events of the residents. This show gives your home great ambiance for St. Patrick’s Day and is great to have on in the background as you are doing other things. It’s an entertaining and endearing show and you can really feel like you are part of the village. Keep in mind, it isn’t always uplifting.

The Matchmaker: Even if you aren’t a fan of the romantic comedy genre, you might just like Janeane Garofalo’s 1997 movie The Matchmaker as part of your St. Patrick’s Day movie marathon. It takes place in Ireland, has a score that is full of Irish tunes and also stars the bitingly funny Denis Leary. This is a sweet movie about an American campaign aide who is in Ireland searching for the family of her boss in order to help his re-election. While she does this, a matchmaking festival is going on which puts her in a series of awkward situations. She unexpectedly falls in love and complications ensue. Between the sardonic humor of Garofalo and the witty black humor of Leary, this film could win over even the staunchest romantic comedy haters.

Of course, there are some celebrities who have had cosmetic surgeries who haven’t been as judicious as Montag and who don’t look nearly as hot; some of them look downright scary and, as a public service, should steer clear of the surgeon’s office. Here are my top 5 picks for celebrities who should be physically restrained if they attempt to get more plastic surgery.

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1. Joan Rivers: Joan Rivers has faced a real uphill battle in the male-dominated comedy world. When you consider her business acumen and determination she is a role model for women everywhere. But when it comes to cosmetic surgery, she has really taken things too far. It seems like every time she gets a new work contract she has a face lift. Her quest for everlasting youth has resulted in her features being pulled so far to the side that her eyes are wide and squinty and so is her mouth, which now has a Heath Ledger-Joker like thing going on. If you look at before pictures you can see that Rivers once had large, pretty eyes and her lips were nicely shaped and full. I think if she stopped the surgery and let nature take its course her face could fall a little like Burt Reynolds’ did and she might look better.

2. Cher: When you have a distinctive look like Cher once did, plastic surgery is devastating. Cher’s nose was once long and full and perfectly complemented her elongated face. Now it’s so small that her face looks ginormous in comparison. Her skin is so tight that her eyeballs can literally be seen as balls. Her body is hot, but I can’t help but wonder how amazing she’d look right now if she hadn’t started hacking away at her individuality.

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3. Carrot Top: The comedian Carrot Top is downright scary looking with his ultra-surprised eyes, his pink, puffy lips, and his Jennifer Aniston-like chin. His skin is also preternaturally smooth like the skin of an over-powdered Victorian princess. Gender confusion aside, he just doesn’t look good. It would be interesting to see what would happen if he laid off the surgery and let his eyebrows re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.

4. Madonna: It’s been over twenty five years since Madonna announced on American Bandstand that she was going to take over the world and apparently she thinks she should look exactly the same as she did then. While part of her disturbing look is the result of obsessive exercise and dieting creating a real-life Mr. Slim Goodbody for us all to learn anatomy from, part of it is the result of plastic surgery. Madonna is now going for that too-wide eyed, apple cheeked look. The problem is that apple cheeks are simply supposed to be sort of red and rosy; they are not supposed to look like you actually implanted apples under your skin. I’d love to see Madonna gain a couple of pounds and stop searching for eternal youth in a scalpel.

5. Latoya Jackson: Latoya Jackson seems to really hate the idea of having a nose. Judging by her many nose jobs I think she would prefer it if the area around the bridge of her nose were just flat skin and she simply had 2 little holes for breathing. I just don’t understand this obsession with such a small nose—it does not look right. Hers reminds me of a pitchfork or one of those tuning sticks that find water.

So what do you think? Are there any celebrities you’d like to see stay away from the surgeon’s knife?

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Paper Heart (romantic comedy mockumentary): A mockumentary about love, Paper Heart follows comedienne, artist and musician  Charlyne Yi as she tries to figure out whether or not she is capable of love. During the mockumentary filming she meets and (though she won’t admit it) falls in love with Michael Cera. This movie is funny, cute and charming. Not at all like the rote romantic comedies that are usually crammed down the public’s throat.

1984 (science fiction): If you are looking for a little science fiction dystopia with your love story on date night, then 1984 might be for you. It’s a movie based on the George Orwell novel about a society that rewrites history to its own ends, requires full loyalty from its citizens and forbids things like independent thoughts. In this restrictive society, two people break the law and fall in love—at least until they are caught and then tortured into not loving each other anymore.

The Bourne Identity (action): The Bourne Identity is a good ol’ action flick with a little bit of romance thrown in. Jason Bourne (played by Matt Damon) is a highly-trained government weapon that has amnesia. He doesn’t remember this but he recently failed a mission and now the government agency he works with is trying to exterminate him. He meets a woman named Marie and she agrees to drive him to his home in Paris as he evades his would-be killers. Along the way they fall in love. The two characters are thrown into a world of crap together and neither one really knows why. Eventually, they separate but they come together again at the end. Word to the wise—don’t watch the second film, The Bourne Supremacy, because it’ll definitely kill the romance.

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True Lies (comedy/action/romance): True Lies is an action film that has great, edge-of-your-seat action but is really more of a comedy. It is focused on the relationship between the two leads played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. In the movie, Curtis plays Schwarzenegger’s wife, Helen Tasker. She thinks that her husband works a normal job but it turns out he is actually a secret agent for the government. Through some madcap adventures she finds out his true career and they end up working as a team. This movie shows the ups and downs of their relationship as well as the true love the two characters really have for each other.

Fido (satire/spoof/comedy): Fido is the story of the world after an intense zombie attack. The non-zombies are outnumbered after the attack and are forced to settle in to fenced towns that keep out stray zombies. There are some zombies within the fences that have collars that domesticate them. These zombies are used as servants and playthings. One of them is a seemingly sensitive zombie named Fido. Fido’s female owner, Helen Robinson (played by Carrie-Anne Moss) falls in love with him as her husband becomes distant. Their neighbor has also fallen in love with his zombie. This is a fun  movie that shows how love can work through communication barriers and cultural differences—as long as one lover doesn’t eat the other’s brains, that is.

While the iPhone has hundreds of entertaining and fun games to play, I’ve come up with a list of the top 8 iPhone games. If you’re an iPhone gamer, leave a comment with games you think should be on the list.

8. Terminator Salvation—This iPhone game was released in the middle of 2009 in conjunction with the new Terminator movie starring Christian Bale. It’s actually one of the first iPhone games I played, and I still find it pretty impressive.

Terminator Salvation for the iPhone has a certain Gears of War feel to it. You can crouch and take cover while in battle, and the camera view is just behind your character over his shoulder. Gamesoft, the developers of this game, did an excellent job of nailing the controls for this game, making it easy and fun to play.

Resistance is futile.

7. Flight Control—With Flight Control, you’re put in charge of air traffic control for a busy airport. This means you have to coordinate flight patterns of airplanes and helicopters to ensure safe landing for all aircrafts.

The great thing about Flight Control is it’s easy to pickup and play. The controls are simple and intuitive, and it’s unbelievably addicting.

6. Deer Hunter 3D—If you’ve ever played the arcade version of Deer Hunter, you know what to expect with this game. In the iPhone version of this game, you’re once again hunting deer, elk, and moose. Controls are simple, and the graphics are surprisingly beautiful. If you’re looking for a hunting game for the iPhone, this is your best bet.

5. Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies—I have to admit, I’m a sucker for all things Call of Duty. The games are always put together perfectly, and they have enormous replay value. The same applies to the iPhone’s newest Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies.

With this first-person shooter, you can choose to play solo, co-op, or online. The only slight negative is that the controls can take a bit getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, you’ll be killing off zombie in no time at all.

Map pack downloads expand the game to allow you to get even more playtime from it.

4. F.A.S.T.—Sure there are other flight games for the iPhone, but none of them compare to fast. In this dogfighter, you need to shoot your enemies down as well as use evasive maneuvers to avoid getting shot down yourself.

The game is honestly pretty difficult at first, but if you don’t give up, you’ll catch on and soon see why this is the iPhone’s premier flight game.

3. Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor—In Spider you play as—yep, you guessed it—a spider. The concept of this game is fairly simple: You crawl throughout the empty house eating bugs, building webs, and trying to stay alive. At the same time, however, you’re also trying to solve a mystery, making this an action-puzzle game that satisfies all your gaming needs.

2. N.O.V.A.—If you love first-person shooters like Halo, then this is the iPhone game for you. Choose from several different guns as you protect Earth from aliens. Sure, it’s not the most original first-person shooter, but who cares? This is, in my opinion, the best shooter on the iPhone. Enjoy single player or online multiplayer.

1. Zenonia—This action RPG is one of the deepest games on the iPhone. It features well over 40 hours of playtime as you guide young Regret to solve the mystery of what happened to his dad. Along the way, you collect items and get into many tough battles. Zenonia is a gorgeous game that’s sure to please fans of classic Zelda games.

Which iPhone games are your favorites? Leave a comment with your suggestions.

JonBenet Ramsey was a model that competed in fashion shows. She was a little girl, age-wise, but full grown woman in the way she dressed. And there’s just something disturbing about the whole pre-teen fashion business — especially when you consider all the pedaphiles out there enjoying these shows for all the wrong reasons.  Although JonBenet’s parents have long been suspected of killing their own child, a strange man named John Karr confessed to her murder, only to be found not to be the real killer.   

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Yet, all the publicity over the Ramsey killing has not stopped the flow of teen model photos crowding the internet.    

The movie Little Miss Sunshine addressed this whole child fashion model busness with Abigail Breslin’ funny characterization of a wannabe fashion star. But the whole thing gives many people the creeps.       

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 Clearly, as long as there a moms that want to dress their little girls up like grown up models, and little girls who agree to dress this way, the oftentimes troubling world of child fashion shows will continue.  But as JonBenet Ramsey reminds us — as do some of these pictures — many times this practice goes a little too far. 

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If you haven’t watched the season premiere of LOST yet then stop reading this post. I do not want to be responsible for taking away your joy and excitement as you watch Sayid… oh… look what I almost did there.

Okay, if you haven’t watched LOST please close the web browser now.

Alright, now that they’re gone, let’s get started. Based on the season premiere of LOST, here are my three predictions about this season.

1. Sayid is the only one who can save them all. In the first episode of LOST’s final season we see Sayid being killed and then resurrected. When he is carried out of the springs at the temple, his arms are straight out to the side, much like they would have been if he was crucified. Do you remember what we learned about Sayid’s childhood in the early seasons of LOST? We found that Sayid often sacrificed himself and took the role of the bad guy in order to spare his brother.  We know we’ve got a symbolic God in Jacob, a symbolic devil in the Man in Black, could we also have a symbolic Jesus in Sayid? A sacrificial lamb? If so, then he may need to die in order to save them.

2. Everyone’s non-island existence will be threatened by the fact that the bomb prevents the plane from crashing. In the alternate universe (the part of the show that now shows them all on the plane and landing safely) the island has sunk and is under the sea. Also, many of the people who were on the flight that crashed (like Micheal, Walt, Shannon and Jack’s dad) are now missing from the plane—almost as though their destinies changed before they even got on the plane which doesn’t make sense since the lack of a plane crash should only have changed their destinies from that point forward. This infers that they are still being played with like the chess pawns that they are. Is it possible there is another island somewhere, inhabited by Jacob after the LOST island with the statue sinks, and that they will all somehow end up on another plane together that crashes on the new island?

3.  Ben and Charles Widmore are direct disciples of Jacob and the Man in Black (respectively) and one of them will end up ruling the island. There are a lot of parallels in the relationship between Jacob & the Man in Black and Ben Linus & Charles Widmore. For instance, both pairs are unable to kill each other, they seem to be struggling for control over the island as well as The Others, and Jacob and Ben seem to be trying to amass followers to work for their “side” while the Man in Black and Widmore are independent agents. It seems like only one from each pair can rule the island and something tells me that both rulers must be similar in actions and intent. Since the Man in Black is the big man on campus right now, that could mean Widmore finally gets his return to the island.

No matter what happens this season of LOST, I’m sure it will be a fun ride. The writers have a lot of pressure riding their shoulders—we viewers are so invested in the show at this point that we are definitely demanding an unpredictable ending. If it all turns out to be a dream or hallucinations caused by bad cheese, there will probably be some hell to pay.

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Your favorite search engine is now all set to serve you as your phone company too. Just listen to this…. you may end up paying just a fraction of what your current phone company charges for your calls.

Google, after shelling out $30 million, is now the new owner of the online phone company, Gizmo5.  The founder of Gizmo5, Michael Robertson, known as the “troublemaker,” is technically smart and made millions during the dot-com boom from MP3.com.  Of course, he was involved in several lawsuits from major record labels during this phase.  He later went on to create the controversial Lindows that created Linux installations for the low-end PCs, and got sued by the mighty Microsoft.  He is not yet free of all these issues.  EMI is suing his current music venture, MP3tunes.com.  Despite this history of lawsuits, he is now going to be the new Adviser to Google Voice.

Gizmo5 is similar to Skype but with a much smaller user base when compared to Skype.  It offers voice-over-IP software for computers and mobile phones. It allows users to make free or low-cost calls.

Google announced through a blog post that the current Gizmo5 users can continue to use the service but new customers will not be able to sign up for now.  The Gizmo5 webpage does not say much.

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Now for those of you who wonder what Google is going to do with it, how about the fact that it takes the open standards-based online calling system and routes the calls on Google’s massive network? Add Google Voice’s free phone number to that, which will ring your land-line as well as mobile phone.  It will also connect to your Gizmo5 client on the laptop.  How much better can it get?

Use Gizmo5 to make extremely cheap outgoing calls to both domestic and international phones, as well as free calls to Google Talk, Skype, AIM and Yahoo users.

How about other phone services like voicemail transcription, free conference calls, voicemails recordings sent to your email, free SMS and customized call routing? A combination of all these services will make this new phone service a deadly combination of the best and one that is even better than Skype.

This vision of integrating Gizmo5 and Google Voice came about even before Google bought the phone company.  Google voice customers can include a Gizmo5 account as one of their phones.

People in the know believe that this is a lethal combination that cannot go wrong and now Google will be in competition with other phone and cable companies, VOIP and Vonage companies.

Google made it clear that Google Voice is not a replacement for a home phone since users will need to have a phone service from some other phone company to use it.  Users can forward calls from a Google Voice number to their Gizmo5 number, but they must have either a landline or a mobile number as well.

By saying this, Google is obviously trying to keep away from the obligations attached to the regular phone system (PSTN) and the wiretapping and 911 requirements applicable to Internet telephony and to the traditional phones.

This is the fourth acquisition announced by Google in one year.  Recently, it also said that it would buy AdMob for $750 million.  Google Voice has about 580,000 active users and almost 1.5 million registered users; although it is still in the invite-only mode.

Women have always been beauty and fashion conscious; anything other than a perfect fitting dress or pants is considered taboo.

Today, men and women of all ages swear by a perfect fitting pair of jeans. This huge demand for jeans leads fashion houses to come up with innovative ideas to keep the customers happy and increase sales.

Jeans are like people and come in various sizes and colors.  The cut and fit of the jeans is very important. Trying out a new pair of jeans in a shop’s changing room entails twisting around sideways, craning the neck to get a glimpse of how it looks from the back or using mirrors.  Another option is to let the person you’ve gone shopping with decide how it looks on you.  The main thing that worries women is if the bum looks too big in a particular pair.

Thanks to a cam introduced by Jeanswest in their changing rooms, now shopping is made a lot easier for ladies, as you no longer need to ask your men, “Does my butt look too big in these jeans?”

Women can now answer this fashion question themselves.  The Butt Cam, as it is called, will show them how their back looks when trying out different jeans.

Stephen Younane, CEO of Jeanswest, an Australian based company, which is one of the biggest jeans and casual wear retailers with several stores abroad, said “It’s important the jeans look and feel great and the Butt Cam provides  the ultimate ‘check point’ moment in the fitting room.”  The company said, “Butt Cam was aimed at giving customers a butt view of what they look like in the latest denim styles.”

For now, the Butt Cam is installed in three Australian stores, where customers will have to show their back to a video camera and it will broadcast a live view on a screen, for the customer to see their back clearly, without having to come out of the changing rooms.

This cam will soon be rolled out nationwide before the end of the year, but it will not be going international as of now. The company has more than 2,200 stores across Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and China.

Although, this is the first of its kind in Australia, similar concepts have been in use in the U.K and the United States by a few fashion makers.  Ted Baker, a British-based fashion chain installed cameras along with video screens to entice customers to buy.  The famous US giant GAP, offered a radio frequency that customers could “read” when clothes were brought into the changing rooms and offered suggestions for accessories on a video screen.

Retailers say that women are sure to find this practical cam a great solution to a common problem they face when shopping. Where men are concerned, they are sure a sale is made in the changing room.  According to a retailer, “Men don’t like going shopping so if you can get them into the change room this is where the sale is made. And for women in particular, if they think their behind looks good in something they’ll buy it.”

For people who are too fat to even twist to be able to see their back, this camera can do it for them.  One retailer says that the Butt Cam and other change room novelties are created with an intention of securing more sales.

But there is a good chance of these cameras being used as a dubious marketing tactic in the future, where the cameras and the TV set up will be able to make customers appear slimmer than they actually are.  This can easily be done by changing screen dimensions.

But one thing is for sure; these cams will take away the monotony of fitting rooms and make the whole experience of trying out and buying a pair of jeans a lot of fun.

If you happen to enter one of the Jeanswest changing rooms in Australia to try out a pair of jeans, and notice that your back looks big through the Butt Cam, then keep in mind that video cameras always add at least 10 pounds or more, and we are not just saying this to console you, it is a fact.

One of the foremost concerns many of you must have is the possibility of your butt being splashed all over the internet.  But you don’t need to worry as the company clarified that the camera does not have any recording feature.

You can now leave your cribbing boyfriend behind when you go shopping for jeans.

Tolstoy was not considered a great writer by many but his characters were living beings that explained the meaning of life.  I shared many personal moments with him and others, in the intimacy of my bedroom, before drifting off to sleep dreaming of the tall, dark and handsome Mills & Boon heroes.

I don’t remember when my love affair with books began, but I’m sure it must have been the very first time I held a book in my hand as a child.

For someone like me, the new concept of reading books online still does not seem realistic, as the only form of text I’ve enjoyed reading is in the books that you can hold in your hands. But there is a change taking place behind our backs, by creative writers who understand the pulse of today’s computer-savvy youngsters.

We have to accept that the internet era is all about convergence. Even a diehard “book” addict like me cannot help appreciating the innovative thinking that the print, television and computers could all come together to create a beautiful transmedia experience.

I’m sure there cannot be many who haven’t watched the famous “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” television series.  It is a new-age crime drama that has been the number one series in the Neilson ratings for four consecutive years. In 2007, it was the most watched show in the world and continues to attract all generations of people.

Anthony Zulker, the creator of CSI is making the dream of combining all forms of media come true, with his new novel.”  In his own words, it is a “digi-novel.”

Level 26: Dark Origins, the world’s first digi-novel is a crime novel that can be read, seen and heard.  It combines words with video footage. This interactive Web extension of the book also offers readers the option to log into a website after every 20 pages, and watch a three-minute video related to the story that acts as a “cyber-bridge” to carry them to the next chapter effortlessly.

In Zulker’s own words, “About every twenty pages of this crime novel, I will provide the reader with the option of logging in to www.level26.com to watch 2-3 minutes of motion picture footage which will bridge the story from one chapter to another.  Before your eyes, the characters will come alive.”

He also created a highly interactive setting, where readers can discuss the story and perhaps contribute to a sequel.

This novel is the first in a series of crime thrillers on Steve Dark, who is on a quest to track down a serial killer.

This modernistic writer says Americans are infatuated with technology and more choices of entertainment were needed, and he did just that – gave a shot in the arm to something that has been trumpeted for a long time.

Right now, this digi-novel can be read by downloading an application on to iPhones and iPods. But with increasing number of people taking to e-book readers today, we are sure to see future e-book readers fully equipped to stream motion pictures, to enable seamless consumption of a product such as this digi-novel.

Is this a jolt to traditional book publishing?  It is one thing to visualize images in our minds when reading a book and another to be able to see grisly crimes being committed in Technicolor. But as far as I’m concerned and I’m sure many of you book lovers would agree, that nothing can diminish the powerful impact books have on us.  Nothing can compensate the feel of paper on the fingers and the images conjured in our minds while reading a book in the quiet of our rooms.  But innovation is an essential part of our lives, we have to learn appreciate it.

With that being said, some products truly are worse than others. I’ve rounded up the four absolute worst product lines for you. Naturally, this is just my opinion which you will enjoy if you agree with it. If you don’t agree with it… well, get out your Esteban guitar, put on your Quacker Factory shirt and Princess Amanda oversized cuff bracelet, and stare at your Sorelle collectibles while cursing my name.

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Esteban’s Guitars: Okay, first of all, only on HSN can a guy with really long, dirty fingernails and a camel toe actually move product. What does that have to do with his guitars? Um… well… okay, nothing but still… it’s weird. So what to say about his guitars… ugh. With crappy names like Crystal Rose, Starlight, and Amber Ice and paint jobs that include flowers, sparkles and general ugliness, Esteban’s guitars defy cool. They are straight from the vortex that stole cool away from a rockin’ instrument. The people who buy his guitars all seem really happy with the quality of the guitar and the accompanying instructional tools, so maybe being viewed as a douchbag with a crappy guitar would be worth it.

No one wants to see you wearing this.

Quacker Factory Clothing: Okay, I’m cheating a little here because the Quacker Factory products are actually on QVC, but my hatred for them is so very strong that I am going to eschew rules and titles and things and include them on this list. Aimed at the larger body types, these horrific clothes from the Quacker Factory studio are juvenile–not whimsical. They are tacky and… well… terrible. Many of them have outdoor and other scenes on them, which is so wrong because there is never an appropriate time or place to wear clothing that has a “scene” on it. They are ill-fitting, unflattering and not stylish. There are so many more attractive clothing options for ladies of all sizes that I just can’t understand the appeal of Quacker Factory clothes.

Is that supposed to be pretty?

The Princess Amanda Jewelry Collection: Jewelry is one product that has the luxury of being big or small and still looking good… if it has a good design. The Princess Amanda Jewelry Collection on HSN is devoid of any attractive qualities–unless “big” is an attractive quality. It’s not that there is a design flaw in the jewelry; instead, this jewelry line is suffering from having no design at all. Just a bunch of big, gaudy stones stuck onto some sort of base. It’s like they created a “bigger is better” competition, and Princess Amanda won but sacrificed good taste along the way. Some of the jewelry is modeled after animals but the line manages to remove any natural charm that animals can bring by crusting their bodies up with crappy stones.

Just what everyone needs, poorly painted Victorian children.

Sorelle Collectibles: If you are trying to model your home décor around the style of a Russian Czar or Victorian Queen, then Sorelle Collectibles is the line for you. Their boring and tacky line of crap… er… I mean “Antiques of tomorrow” home décor consists of overworked and oversimplified odds and ends that no one needs. I don’t know what it is about HSN designers who think that if you just make something look ostentatious it means it’s divine. Their ceramic figurines are poorly painted, their ceramic boxes shaped like telephones are gaudy and impractical and their crystal figurines are clumsy and style-less at best.

Alright, it’s your turn. What are some of the worst HSN products you’ve seen?