Las Vegas Critics

Jaden Smith is Dre Parker in The Karate Kid

Karate Kid (2010)

The studios continue to mine the past for ideas (is original thought dead? …or just too expensive?) and this week at the box office we are given the choice of two different films based on properties from the 80s: The Karate Kid and The A-Team.

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Marina Diamandis of Marina & the Diamonds

Marina & the Diamonds - The Family Jewels

The Family Jewels is the first album from Marina & the Diamonds. The Marina in question is Marina Diamandis and the Diamonds – while originally just based on her Greek last name – is now the term she uses to refer to her fans.

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Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder from The Vampire Diaries

The Vampire Diaries

In the rush to cash in on the current hot teen vampire trend, the CW snapped up the rights to a young adult book series and The Vampire Diaries was born.

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Joe Lester, Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger & Christopher Guanlao

Best Song of April 2009

For the month of April, there were six songs that made the list. Silversun Pickups with “It's Nice To Know You Work Alone,” “Burning Bridges” from k-os, Immaculate Machine with “Sound The Alarms,” “Pennies” from Lady Sovereign, Bat For Lashes with  “Pearl's Dream” and “Gold Guns Girls” from the band that was my favorite for a few years, Metric.

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