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Mary J. Blige's Iconic Style in the '90s Came From 1 Person

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Mary J. Blige has been known for many things over the years. She burst onto the music scene in the early 1990s as one of the industry’s flyest new singers, complete with a wardrobe that pioneered a movement. Mary J. Blige’s early career Blige has been a music lover since she was 3 years old. The “I’m Goin’ Down” singer grew up in the Schlobohm housing projects in Yonkers, New York and had to grow up very fast: she experienced abuse and addiction in her home, and dealt with sexual abuse herself as a child. Read More...

Motion capture: from those dead eyes to Andy Serkis, six reasons to love it

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Andy SerkisWill Spielberg's Tintin be another one-way ticket into the Uncanny Valley? Stuart Heritage doesn't care; here are his reasons to love motion captureDead eyesThe defining aspect of a motion capture film is that, at last, it enables every character to have truly lifeless eyes. A film about a train driver who doles out creepy advice to children all day, The Polar Express led the way. Eerie ResemblanceBeowulf. Photograph: AllstarCharacters should look a bit – but not quite – like those playing them. Read More...