What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday


Updated 10/22/07 2:21 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 12 comments

What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. Transformers The summer's loud, raucus, action-packed robot movie is finally available for consumption on DVD, complete with all the special feature trimmings. In addition to the story of the Autobots vs. Read more

BuzzSugar's Must-Haves for October


Updated 10/07/07 5:37 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 13 comments

BuzzSugar's Must-Haves for October

Welcome to BuzzSugar's monthly must-haves, where I show off a handful of the things I'm most looking forward to watching, buying, renting and reading. With fall in the air, here are a bunch of the goodies I'm craving this month. To find out why these seven things are at the top of my list, just read more Read more

Why I Love ... Marcia Gay Harden


Updated 04/15/07 9:41 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

Why I Love ... Marcia Gay Harden

You may have seen Marcia Gay Harden in many films without knowing her name. Or, if you're like me, you've been an admirer ever since her stunning Oscar-winning role in Pollock. Whatever the case, it's high time to give this lady some props. I think she is up there with Virginia Madsen, Laura Linney, and Patricia Clarkson in the category of actresses who give subtle yet deeply riveting Read more

The Hoax: It's Fun to Be Duped


Updated 04/23/07 5:14 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

The Hoax: It's Fun to Be Duped

The Hoax is exciting in the way that casino/bank heist movies are exciting — only it's based on a real-life media heist. It's 1971, and billionaire Howard Hughes has captured the curiosity of millions for being extremely powerful and strangely resistant to any contact with the public. People are ravenous for information about Hughes, so when a desperate, off-kilter writer named Clifford Irving Read more

Movie Preview: The Hoax


Updated 04/04/07 1:36 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 1 comment

Movie Preview: The Hoax

Richard Gere looks so young and sprightly in the previews for The Hoax, a tale based on the true story of one of the greatest media deceptions ever attempted. In the early 1970s, writer Clifford Irving (Gere) sells a "biography" about Howard Hughes, featuring exclusive information about the mysterious and fiercely private billionaire. Eager for the juicy story, Irving's publishers pay him Read more

Unsurprisingly, the Botox Mom Story Is a Hoax


Updated 05/23/11 12:28 AM · Posted by · 13 comments

Mom Who Gives 8-Year-Old Botox: It's a Hoax

Did we call it or what? We didn't buy the "Botox Mom" story back in March, and now Sheena Upton (aka Kerry Campbell) has admitted that her entire story is false. She testified in court that The Sun paid her $200 to play the role of Kerry Campbell. "I was provided with the story, instructions and a script to follow for a recorded interview," she explained. She then went on Good Morning America Read more

The Anatomy of a Scam Email


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The Anatomy of a Scam Email

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! This morning, I received an email from my first cousin telling me she was in dire straits and needed me to send her money to rescue her. Although the email was signed with her name and contained her normal email signature, it was a scam. She confirmed this through a follow-up email a few hours later telling everyone to Read more

Botox Mom Loses Custody, Might Not Be Who She Claims: A Timeline of Events — Updated!


Updated 05/18/11 3:01 PM · Posted by · 14 comments

Botox Mom Loses Custody, Might Not Be Who She Claims

For the past few weeks, the Internet has been abuzz with stories of the so-called Botox mom — aka Kerry Campbell, the San Francisco mother who claims to be injecting her 8-year-old daughter, Britney Campbell, with Botox. We first heard of the Campbells in March, and while some of the details have remained a little sketchy since then, it turns out as the San Francisco Chronicle discovered, Kerry Read more

4 Things to Know About Rep. Weiner's Wiener Problem


Updated 06/02/11 12:42 PM · Posted by · 7 comments

Congressman Anthony Weiner's Twitter Photo Scandal

When a picture of a man's crotch in gray underwear showed up in NY Representative Anthony Weiner's Twitter feed this weekend directed to a Seattle college student, it seemed like the perfect prank. His name is Weiner after all, and what congressman in his right mind would tweet a picture like that. Weiner claimed he was #hacked. But yesterday things got a little more interesting. He went on Read more