Miss VIP December, 2013 | Page 46

This is the End On DVD The comedy This Is The End follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world unravels outside, dwindling supplies and cabin fever threaten to tear apart the friendships inside. Eventually, they are forced to leave the house, facing their fate and the true meaning of friendship and redemption. The Internship Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) are salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital world. Trying to prove they are not obsolete, they defy the odds by talking their way into a coveted internship at Google, along with a battalion of brilliant college students. But, gaining entrance to this utopia is only half the battle. Now they must compete with a group of the nation’ s most elite, tech-savvy geniuses to prove that necessity really is the mother of re-invention. Source: http://www.imdb.com/ Albums Kelly Clarkson Wrapped in Red Thankfully, much of Kelly Clarkson’s first holiday album, Wrapped in Red, makes a grinch’s job a little less arduous. It’s a surprisingly secular effort for a singer who prides herself on being a good Southern Christian, with the only mentions of Jesus coming during a country-inflected rendition of the obligatory “Silent Night,” featuring Clarkson’s buddies Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood, and the understated “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” relegated to the Target edition of the album. Clarkson agilely rips through a series of nonreligious standards and original tunes, as well as a cover of Imogen Heap’s “Just for Now,” whose reference to “that time of year” appears to be the sole justification, lyrical or otherwise, for its inclusion. Source: http://www.slantmagazine.com/ by Beyonce Beyonce With her self-titled, fifth studio album, Beyonce explores empowerment through her own sexuality and vulnerability reminding the world of her iconic status. In a time where a corporate tech company like Samsung buys a million copies of your husband Jay Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail before it hits retail and your family friend Kanye West literally builds a mountain every night in a different city for every show on his Yeezus tour, how does Beyoncé up the wow factor? By unexpectedly releasing a self-titled album, without any promotion, filled with 14 tracks and 17 videos on a Friday morning and almost going platinum over the weekend. Source: http://www.hiphopdx.com/