Three Smart Girls

Three Smart Girls (1936) is a musical comedy film. The Craig sisters (Barbara Read, Nan Grey and Deanna Durbin, in her first role) travel to New York City to prevent their father from remarrying.
They plot to bring their divorced parents (Charles Winninger and Nella Walker) back together again. The movie made Durbin a star, and ushered in an eight-year era of successful Deanna Durbin musicals.
The film was written by Adele Comandini and Austin Parker, and directed by Henry Koster. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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Smart Girls

Drake starts dating a girl who is much smarter than he is. He must keep her convinced that he is just as smart, and that he shares her interests. Josh teaches Drake a few things, such as the noble gases.
Drake later must compete on his girlfriends' team in a "Quizbowl"-esque competition. Josh radios him the answers for a large portion of the competition. However, public radio signals toward the end interrupt the ones Josh is sending. Fortunately, the final question is: "Name the noble gases." Drake does, and wins the competition. He then decides to admit to his girlfriend that he is really not that smart.

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No Nudes Playboy Out

The first Indonesian version of Playboy magazine came out today. Despite the fact that it does not contain nudity and is not any more raunchy than other established magazines its publication has met with much opposition. The magazine costs 39,000 rupiah or about $4.50. The cover features the model Andhara Early and inside she is featured in about 5 photos, sexily posed but with the important bits covered. It is mainly article based and features an interview with the celebrated novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Opposition to the magazine has come from predictable quarters. The Islamic Defenders Front were first out of the blocks, saying it’s all about the name:
The first edition might be tame, but it will get more vulgar. Even if it had no pictures of women in it, we would still protest it because of the name.
said FPI spokesman Tubagus Muhamad Sidik, who may or may not have been frothing at the mouth as he spoke. read more...

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Beauty contest

A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition based mainly, though not always entirely, on the physical beauty of its contestants. Almost invariably, competitions for men and women are separate events, and those for men are not referred to as beauty contests. Beauty contests for women are more common, and winners are called beauty queens. Beauty contests for men, like Mr. Universe, are more likely to be "body building" contests—quite unlike the traditional "beauty contest" in which women are judged upon many attributes both physical and otherwise. However, in the 1990s, male "beauty contests" began to shift focus. Instead of only considering muscle mass, the competitions began to judge the natural physical attributes of the contestants as well as their physiques. These include Mr. World and Manhunt International.

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