What's Hot and What's Not: October 2006

Hot

Marcia Cross

Hot

Jessica Simpson

Not

Beyonce

Hair

HOT: Chic '60s looks.

NOT: Flat, messy styles.

Celebrity

HOT: Celebrities having twins. Patrick Dempsey, Marcia Cross, Diddy, Melissa Etheridge, Elvis Costello and Diana Krall, and Nick Valensi are all expecting twins.

NOT: Publicity relationships, à la Jessica Simpson and John Mayer.

TV

HOT: Jericho. It's "Lost" with a nuclear bomb.

NOT: Illegal TV show downloads.

Music

HOT: Repackaging. Michael Jackson hasn't released anything new in 5 years but that hasn't stopped him from repackaging his old, successful singles and releasing them again. His latest being "Visionary - The Video Singles" which is a collection of 20 Dual Disc singles.

NOT: Beyonce Knowles controversy stating that she only makes records for black people. The revelation caused the sales of her new album, "B'Day" to drop.

Movie

HOT: Movies based on Disney rides. Hot on the heels of the Pirates of The Caribbean franchise will be a movie based on the Jungle Cruise ride.

NOT: More movies based on Disney rides.