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Winning the season three “Evening Wear” assignment on “Making the Cut” was a “big surprise” to designer Sienna Li. The 10 competitors were surprised two weeks before the show was set to film with the news that the competition was starting early. They had to spend those two weeks working on two evening wear designs — a high-fashion runway look and an accessible look that the winner would sell in Amazon’s online “Making the Cut” store. Watch our exclusive video interview with Li above.

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Evening wear is Li’s specialty, but “it was really hard to think of” design ideas, especially since she had “done so many evening dresses in the past. I was so stressed to think about how can I find inspiration out of nowhere. And then right in front of me,...

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A new class of fashion designers are making it work. Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn return to guide 10 talents from across the world as they compete for a 1 million prize and then some in Making the Cut season three, which premieres today on Amazon Prime Video — and you can already shop the first winning collection online.

This season’s international lineup includes Savannah-based vintage boutique owner and Mamie Ruth designer Emily Bargeron, Curtis Cassell (who founded the nonbinary label Queera in Brooklyn), Brazilian talent Rafael Chaouiche, London’s Georgia Hardinge (whose sculptural pieces have been worn by Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys and more), N.Y.-based Sienna Li, Philadelphia-based Jeanette Limas, Los Angeles-based Ciara Morgan (whose label, Ciara Chyanne has been worn by Liza Koshy and Elaine Welteroth) and Gabriella Meyer (whose label Denimcratic has been worn by Issa Rae, Sza, Camila Cabello,...

Fresh off a romantic island getaway with her husband and four kids, Heidi Klum is back to work — and remembering her shocking worst date ever.

Appearing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Thursday with guest host Nicole Byer, Klum recalls a Nsfw story from her single days.

“I had one weird date where we went to a movie theatre,” Klum begins her story, noting that her date was holding a large bucket of popcorn. “Which I thought was already strange, like, why do I always have to reach over? Why don’t you reach over?”

“And I’m reaching over and I’m eating the popcorn,” she continues, “and then, all of the sudden, there’s a hot dog in the popcorn — but it was attached. The hot dog that’s still attached.”

Klum describes the incident as “very memorable,” noting that it “never happened again.”

Byer quips, “I could imagine that’s memorable.

Despite the proliferation of streaming services, it’s becoming increasingly clear that any cinephile only needs subscriptions to a few to survive. Among the top of our list are The Criterion Channel and Mubi and now they’ve each unveiled their stellar April line-ups.

Over at The Criterion Channel, highlights include spotlights on Ennio Morricone, the Marx Brothers, Isabel Sandoval, and Ramin Bahrani, plus Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard, Frank Borzage’s Moonrise, the brand-new restoration of Joyce Chopra’s Smooth Talk, and one of last year’s best films, David Osit’s Mayor.

At Mubi (where we’re offering a 30-day trial), they’ll have the exclusive streaming premiere of two of the finest festival films from last year’s circuit, Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Labyrinth of Cinema, plus Philippe Garrel’s latest The Salt of Tears, along with films from Terry Gilliam, George A. Romero,...

Guest reviewer Lee Broughton offers an assessment of one of the Shaw Brothers’ quirkier and more idiosyncratic historical martial arts efforts: an action-packed Meng Hua Ho wuxia flick from 1976 that concerns an irredeemable killer sent on a mission to save the life of a despicable and hated tyrant. Outstanding fight choreography, unusual weaponry and unpredictable plot twists help make this frenetically paced show a winner.

The Dragon Missile

Region B Blu-ray

88 Films

1976 / Color / 2.35 / 82 min. / Fei long zhan / Street Date, 26 Mar 2018 / £12.99

Starring: Lo Lieh, Tony Liu, Nancy Yen, Feng Ku, Terry Liu, Chih-Ching Yang, Sha-Fei Ouyang.

Cinematography: Wai-Kei Cho

Film Editor: Hsing-Lung Chiang

Art Director: Chan-King Sam

Original Music: Fu-Ling Wang

Written by Kuang Ni

Produced by Runme Shaw

Directed by Meng Hua Ho

Guest Review by Lee Broughton

When his own physicians fail to provide him with any relief for the pain caused by the gigantic festering boil on his back,...

Guest Reviewer Lee Broughton is back, with another Italo Western double bill DVD review. Wild East’s ongoing Spaghetti Western Collection continues to grow and this double bill release is particularly welcome since it features two obscure and wholly idiosyncratic genre entries from 1969. Italian Western directors had found it relatively easy to appropriate key plot points and ideas from Sergio Leone’s Dollars films during the genre’s early years but when Leone’s sprawling, mega-budgeted, meta-Western Once Upon a Time in the West was released in 1968 it was clear that this was one genre entry that local filmmakers would not be able to easily emulate.

With scriptwriters and directors now essentially being forced to come up with their own ideas and generic trends, a new wave of Spaghetti Westerns were produced that effectively took the genre in a multitude of new directions. The two films featured here were part of that wave.

No one likes making a list more than Quentin Tarantino. The beloved filmmaker annually updates his fans with his favorite movies of the past 12 months, while he also enjoys amassing lists of his most cherished films from throughout history as well. In fact, the Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and Kill Bill director has even gone as far as to list his favorites of the Spaghetti Western genre - and you probably won.t be surprised about what came out on top. Tarantino revealed his list to Spaghetti-Western.net, and you can have a gander at his choices below: 1. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) 2. For A Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone, 1965) 3. Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966) 4. The Mercenary (Sergio Corbucci, 1968) 5. Once Upon A Time In The West (Sergio Leone, 1968) 6. A Fistful Of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964) 7. Day Of Anger (Tonino Valerii, 1967) 8. Death Rides A Horse (Giulio Petroni, 1967) 9. Navajo Joe (Sergio...

When I first heard about this list this morning I could have sworn it was old news, but as it turns out, this list of Quentin Tarantino's top 20 spaghetti westerns is a new thing as presented to us bt Spaghetti-Western.net. What I must have been thinking of was a list of spaghetti westerns that influenced Tarantino's Django Unchained, some of which are repeated here such as Sergio Corbucci's The Great Silence (read an essay I wrote on this one here) and the obvious, Django, and Giulio Petroni's Death Rides a Horse. However, this list is more than that and more than just Sergio Leone and Corbucci titles, though those two do make up eight of the twenty films on Tarantino's list. I haven't looked to see how many of the more obscure titles listed here are available on Netflix, but I have a feeling now that...

Swiss label Explosive Media (www.explosive-media.com) has  just released two classic Italian spaghetti westerns on Blu-ray from brand new HD transfers: Giulio Petroni's Death Rides a Horse (1967), starring Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, and Mario Brega and Gianfranco Parolini's Sabata (1969), starring Lee Van Cleef, William Berger and Ignazio Spalla. Both films have their world-wide premiere on the Blu-ray format.

These new releases have newly-produced special features, bonus DVDs and illustrated booklets. Both are available for purchase in Switzerland and Germany via Amazon and have English tracks. Explosive Media released the brilliant Blu-ray version of Lee Van Cleef's The Big Gundown last year, so fans already know the calibre of content and quality presented by this Swiss company.

Death Rides a Horse

Fifteen years after four bandits massacred his family, a young man (John Phillip Law) seeks revenge. Several of the men responsible now hold positions...

Apart from the three sneak screening titles that will stir up the buzz in the coming days, Julie Huntsinger and Tom Luddy’s 40th edition of the Telluride Film Festival excels in bringing a concentration of solid docus from the likes of Errol Morris and Werner Herzog who this year cuts the ribbon on a theatre going by his name and introduces Death Row, a pinch of Berlin Film Fest items (Gloria, Slow Food Story, Fifi Howls from Happiness) Palme d’Or winner (this year Abdellatif Kechiche will be celebrated), upcoming Sony Pictures Classics items (Tim’s Vermeer, The Lunchbox), Venice to Telluride to Tiff titles (Bethlehem, Tracks and Under the Skin), the latest Jason Reitman film (Labor Day) and the barely known docu-home-movie whodunit (by helmers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine) The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden which features narration from the likes of Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger and Connie Nielsen.

It is impossible for me to believe next weekend will mark the 200th edition of the "What I Watched" feature on this site and I absolutely love how much it has grown over the last year or so, especially after I almost scrapped it altogether. So, to that I say, Thank you for keeping movie discussion alive and kicking on this site! As for what I watched this week, it was a massive week for me. Here's the list: The Heat The Lone Ranger Despicable Me 2 Shoot the Piano Player (dir. Francois Truffaut) Gasland (dir. Josh Fox) Gasland Part II (dir. Josh Fox) The Third Man (dir. Carol Reed) Death Rides a Horse (dir. Giulio Petroni) They Live (dir. John Carpenter) The Beach (dir. Danny Boyle) As I've already mentioned, we will be interviewing Josh Fox on the podcast next week (most likely on Tuesday's episode) and my decision...

This went over pretty well last week so let's keep it rolling. I will definitely be watching Gasland Part II either tonight or this weekend as we are planning on talking to director Josh Fox on the podcast next week and I'd recommend, if you haven't seen it already, checking out Fox's 2010 Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland. It's available on Netflix Instant. I also have a few Netflix titles in my possession that I want to watch. The first is Danny Boyle's The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which I haven't seen since it was released in 2000. I didn't like it much then so I'm giving it a rewatch to see what I think about it now. I'm also hoping to watch John Carpenter's They Live for the first time. It seems just as relevant now as it would have been in 1988, if not more so, and having never seen it...

Italian director whose 1966 film A Bullet for the General, set in revolutionary Mexico, began a wave of 'tortilla westerns'

Damiano Damiani, who has died aged 90, was a director of Italian popular films and television. He was best known for La Piovra (The Octopus, 1984), an internationally successful TV series about the mafia, and made several mafia-themed films and TV movies, but his range was much wider.

Born in Pordenone, north-east Italy, he began his career in the 1940s, working in the art department and directing documentaries. As popular Italian cinema boomed in the 1960s, he began to make personal pictures, westerns, comedies, political thrillers and horror films. If you have only seen Amityville II: The Possession (1982), his one American movie, you have seen Damiani at his least inspired. In that film, the camera followed potential victims around a haunted house in a style made tedious four years earlier by John Carpenter's Halloween.

Nest of Vipers (Night of the Serpent)

Directed by Giulio Petroni

Italy, 1969

Though Giulio Petroni has only rather few titles to his name when compared with his prolific, and better known, counterparts, the Italian director does have the bragging rights of working with both Lee Van Cleef (Death Rides a Horse, 1967) and Orson Welles (Tepepa, 1969).

It’s Petroni’s Nest of Vipers, recently released alongside Pierro Pierotti’s less successful Tails You Lose (1969), by Wild East Productions, that showcases the director’s talent for complex plotting and atmospheric set pieces.

Similar to the earlier Ringo series by Duccio Tessari, and to the now time-honored traditions of Leone and Corbucci, the structure of Nest of Vipers pits the outsider (here, and often, the“gringo”) versus a band of outlaws, where a largely unassuming and tight-knit community is caught in between and unawares.

Luke Askew, probably best known for roles in Easy Rider and Cool Hand Luke,...

December was Tarantino Month here at Sos, and since January is dedicated to westerns, I thought it would be best to whip up some articles spotlighting films that influenced Tarantino’s Django Unchained. Since I began my list back in December, I’ve noticed similar lists popping up online – all of which are somewhat suspect, since they recommend some terrible films. For my money, all of the movies listed below are essential viewing for fans of Django Unchained, and come highly recommended.

Note: This is the third of a three part article.

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I Giorni dell’ira (Blood and Grit) (Day of Anger) (Gunlaw) (Days of Wrath)

Directed by Tonino Valerii

Written by Ernesto Gastaldi, Tonino Valerii, Renzo Genta

Italy, 1967

Day of Anger is a spaghetti western directed by Tonino Valerii, who began his career as Sergio Leone’s assistant and would later direct My Name Is Nobody (1973). Lee Van Cleef stars as Frank Talby,...

I last watched Christopher Nolan's 2002 remake of Insomnia in 2010 when I reviewed the Blu-ray release, and until you voted it a Movie Club selection, I'd actually never seen the Erik Skjoldbj?rg-directed original. While both tell the same story in almost the exact same way, there are distinct differences -- beyond the fact Nolan's adaptation runs 22 bloated extra minutes longer -- that caught my attention. Unfortunately, since the narrative of both films runs so close together it's hard for me to discuss one without discussing the other and not being that big a fan of Nolan's Insomnia I think these two factors put Skjoldbj?rg's original at a slight disadvantage for my first time viewing. To begin, I felt Nolan's Insomnia was too long and as much as the investigation into the murder of a young girl proves intriguing, as does the dynamic between Al Pacino and Robin Williams,...

"I remember we used to wear the same dusters from The Wild Bunch or the one James Coburn wore in Duck, You Sucker!" —Francesco Piccioni (Red Brigades member)

Though Euro-centric enthusiasts might have a hard time admitting it, much of post-war continental culture is the child of the Marshall Plan. From the Nouvelle Vague to the Spaghetti Western, none of this would have been possible without the thriving economic situation brought about by what was officially known as the European Recovery Program – Erp. The socio-political alignment with the American way of life and death was achieved not only through military operations but also thanks to the exotic exports coming from across the Atlantic. From rock ‘n’ roll to action movies, whiskey to chewing gum, the Old Continent owes to America much of its luxuriant modernity. Needless to say, cultural hegemony often finds obstacles on its way, and the path to...

By John Exshaw

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Anyone fortunate enough to be within a day’s ride of Dublin on Tuesday, 1 November, should saddle up bright and early to catch the Irish Film Institute’s 40th anniversary presentation of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dynamite, to be introduced by Leone biographer and Spaghetti Western top-gun, Sir Christopher Frayling. Also participating in the event will be director John Boorman, who assisted Leone in finding the locations used in the film’s Irish flashback sequences, and Ireland’s top special-effects expert, Gerry Johnston, who worked on the action scenes shot in Toner’s pub in Dublin’s Baggot Street.

Frayling, whose last appearance at the Ifi (introducing Once Upon a Time in the West) was the highpoint of the 2000 season, will use extracts from such films as John Ford’s The Informer...

Remember back in December, Matthew Morrison sat down for an interview with Elle, and they basically forced him to declare he was heterosexual? It read cute, but in practice, it was evidently really uncomfortable. Elle better back off – nobody is mean to my Matthew!

You know how every week you find out that something is going to kill you? Smoking, alcohol, sex, sugar, imitation sugar? There’s something that may make it less likely that you’re going to get prostate cancer: male pattern baldness. Not exactly something you can enjoy, but if you’re going thin, maybe there’s an upside.

Love Alien? How do you feel about Prayers for Bobby? Then you’re going to love The Bilerico Project’s interview with Sigourney Weaver at the GLAAD Media Awards this weekend.

Tom Selleck’s mustache looks to be headed back to the small screen in an hour-long police drama Reagan’s Law.

Hair we are now. Entertain us. Eddie Wrey, Jamie Wright, and Leo Wyndham at Rag & Bone’s after party. Photograph from PatrickMcMullan.com. Fashion Week's men fully endorsed product placement this year. They used the stuff to style their hair to such great heights. What started as a whim turned into an arms race. By the week’s end, Jared Leto’s ‘do was positively perpendicular. Click through for a selection of elevated styles seen on Jared Leto, Jeremy Scott, Adam Lambert, Kyle Hotchkiss Carone, and Ed Westwick.

Jeremy Scott's Fall 2010 collection. From PatrickMcMullan.com. On Wednesday night, Jeremy Scott summoned Fashion Week's misfits for a raucous after-party at Good Units at Hudson, inviting his cross-dressing, Mickey Mouse–ear-wearing, Fred Flintstone–channeling devotees to storm the Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream cart, Belvedere open bar, and, most enthusiastically, the fishbowl filled with Scott's specially packaged condoms. High above the fray, singer-songwriter Estelle sat back in the V.I.P. lounge. Regarding the irreverent Jeremy Scott, she sweetly gushed, "His clothes are lively but not gaudy, and he's still street. His spirit is just so different." I asked the British belle how New York's Fashion Week differed from London's. "The tents," she said, quickly adding, "it's intense in tents."...

Not that you really need another reason to think of Lady GaGa when you're getting busy with that special someone, but here's one anyway: The Pantless One is now collaborating on a line of condoms. The "Bad Romance" singer is promoting a line of prophylactics created by fashion designer Jeremy Scott in an effort to keep your carnal liaisons safe and, just as importantly, fashionable. The condoms, available through the Proper Attire condom company, will be available in electric-orange, green and pink animal prints (because what could be sexier?), and will come in studded, ribbed and sheer varieties. Samples of the...

Lady Gaga isn't shy about sex. In fact, the pop star is pretty clear in her message: When her little monsters do it, they should be safe about it. Not only has she recently joined forces with Cyndi Lauper and Mac for their Mac AIDS Fund's Viva Glam campaign (which donates 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of lipstick and lip gloss to the global fight against AIDS and HIV), she also has found another cause to call her own.

The sometimes kooky, always unforgettable Gaga is working with designer Jeremy Scott to let her fans know that they should wear condoms — especially ones designed by Scott in association with Proper Attire. "It’s not complicated, just a fashion statement," Lady Gaga said in a press release about the collaboration. "Everybody wrap it up with Jeremy Scott for Proper Attire condoms." The condoms come in three varieties (studded, ribbed...

The Fall Fashion Week shows continue in NYC, with Justin Timberlake showing off his new collection for William Rast last night alongside his design partner, Trace Ayala. Jessica Biel was there in a leather jacket to see their designs after taking a snowy stroll with Jt, though she changed into a strapless top to attend Victor de Souza. Nicole Richie showed off her engagement ring on the way into Nanette Lepore, where a very grownup looking Abigail Breslin caught up with Kelly Osbourne. Kelly had her eyes on the runway, but she also took a minute to open up about her upcoming wedding to longtime boyfriend Luke Worrall. Proenza Schouler brought out more big names, with Mary-Kate Olsen and Selma Blair front and center. Nicole Richie took another break from promoting her own line to check out designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez's new clothes, a sight which even caused...

Lee Van Cleef has a long and respected standing in the Spaghetti Western industry. His career in Italian cinema has seen him feature in some of the best (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly), some of the more mediocre (The Grand Duel), and some of the absolute worst (God's Gun) that the genre has to offer. But with films such as The Big Gundown and For a Few Dollars More on the CV, the duds are easily forgiven.

Another film that exonerates the horrendous wig sported by the man with the gunsight eyes in God's Gun, is Giulio Petroni's 1967 epic, Death Rides a Horse. It may be a simple, bog-standard tale of revenge, but it's one that's told with the style and visual appeal unique to the very best examples of Spaghetti Westdom.

The somewhat mundanely named Bill (John Phillip Law), a man who drew the short straw...

Penelope Cruz had a whirlwind weekend of promoting Broken Embraces in NYC. The Vogue cover girl stepped out in a black leather jacket on Friday and a striped shirt the next afternoon for errand-running, but by Saturday evening Penlope was decked out in a sparkly white gown to be honored at a dinner hosted by Paper magazine. Her late night didn't slow her down yesterday, when she did press in a plaid dress before switching into a gray gown for a premiere with director Pedro Almodovar. Her Bff Salma Hayek brought her husband Francois-Henri Pinault along to pose on the red carpet, though Penelope's own man Javier was off letting her shine in the spotlight solo as engagement rumors continue to circulate. View 20 Photos › To see more of Penelope's weekend, just read more. View 20 Photos › Images include: Penelope Cruz, Pedro Almodovar, Salma Hayek, Francois Henri-Pinault, Albert Maysles, Jeremy Scott, David...

You've seen the cover, now see the inside pics of Twilight star Kristen Stewart in the latest issue of British magazine Dazed & Confused. Decked out in Jeremy Scott and Dolce & Gabbana dresses, K-Stew dishes on, among other topics, the rigors of life in the public eye. "The fact is, the paparazzi and most interviewers, they want your soul," Stewart opines. "It's so scary because your persona ... and I guess I now have one, because people think of me in a certain way ... is all based entirely on quick snippets of crazed moments in your life. And that is...

David Beckham is all set to give his designer wife Victoria a tough competition in the world of fashion. The footballer is reportedly launching his own clothing-line for Adidas, "Originals by Originals."

Beckham, who has earlier modelled for Armani's underwear line, has partnered with "Undefeated" sneaker boutique owner James Bond. The end product is on-trend "American sportswear in relaxed fits and luxurious fabrics, including leather, cashmere and silk," Wwd reports.

Designers Jeremy Scott and Kazuki, who created spring collections for the label, will also work on the new line. However, the ace footballer has no plans to use his image or personal appearances to promote the new line, the Website revealed.

Meanwhile Beckham was named the best dressed man by Glamour magazine.

David Beckham is all set to give his designer wife Victoria a tough competition in the world of fashion. The footballer is reportedly launching his own clothing-line for Adidas, "Originals by Originals."

Beckham, who has earlier modelled for Armani's underwear line, has partnered with "Undefeated" sneaker boutique owner James Bond. The end product is on-trend "American sportswear in relaxed fits and luxurious fabrics, including leather, cashmere and silk," Wwd reports.

Designers Jeremy Scott and Kazuki, who created spring collections for the label, will also work on the new line. However, the ace footballer has no plans to use his image or personal appearances to promote the new line, the Website revealed.

Meanwhile Beckham was named the best dressed man by Glamour magazine.

Katy Perry should have heeded that old show-biz maxim, "Never work with children or animals."Perry appears in a photo-shoot in the latest issue of Miss Behave magazine, and blogged about the honor of being shot and dressed by photographer/designer Jeremy Scott for the issue.The only problem is that there was a chimp on the set that day. Who relieved herself on the "I Kissed a Girl" singer. Eww."I had a chimp on set with me that day…fun fact, she peed all over me, I had to take a silkwood shower in the middle of shooting," she blogged.If you've never seen.

Katy Perry was mortified when a chimpanzee urinated on her. The "I Kissed A Girl" singer was posing for a magazine shoot, when the lively animal - which was on the set for the photo shoot - relieved itself on her.

She wrote on her blog: "Jeremy Scott is one of my all time favorites and he shot the pictures while I got to prance around in his creations. I had a chimp on set with me that day. Fun fact, she peed all over me, I had to take a silkwood shower in the middle of shooting."

Katy is not the first celebrity to have an unfortunate encounter with a chimpanzee.

Last year, it was revealed Christina Ricci had been sexually assaulted by an animal on the set of her movie.

Katy Perry was mortified when a chimpanzee urinated on her. The 'I Kissed A Girl' singer was posing for a magazine shoot, when the lively animal - which was on the set for the photo shoot - relieved itself on her. She wrote on her blog: "Jeremy Scott is one of my all time favourites and he shot the pictures while I got to prance around in his creations. I had a chimp on set with me that day. Fun fact, she peed all over me, I had to take a silkwood shower in the middle of shooting." Katy is not the first celebrity to have an unfortunate encounter with a chimpanzee. Last year, it was revealed Christina Ricci had...

Multiple car accidents, three stints in rehab and a court ordered spell at the morgue can put anyone's life into perspective. Lindsay Lohan tells People that the last few years of turmoil have made her more focused on acting and singing than ever. "My life was distracted by certain things and that got in the way of work," Lohan, 21, said Tuesday at the Paper Magazine and Diesel luncheon celebrating this month's cover story. "But now I'm back on track and figuring out what's next." Alongside designer Jeremy Scott, who shot the cover, and Dj friends Samantha Ronson and Steve Aoki,...