Ennio Marchetto's dress up journey into the best and worst of popular music staring M & M, Britney, Dolly, Celine and Cher.. what were they (umm...we) thinking?

Forget about Edward and Bella and their G-rated antics in Twilight, it's time for some real nocturnal action with vampire Bill Compton and telepath Sookie Stackhouse in the American deep-south supernatural saga, True Blood. If you like your vampires with bite you'll find the new series True Blood on Showcase juicy and cooked to your liking - rare.

Feel a little slow on Mondays? Spark up those docile neurons with some of the worlds greatest talks.

TED - Ideas worth spreading
ACADEMIC EARTH - Video lectures from the world's top scholars

TED's 2009 series has just ended and they'll be releasing talks over the coming months. Some past favorites include Will Wright: Toys that make worlds, Steven Strogatz: How things in nature tend to sync, Brian Greene: The universe on a string, and Ze Frank: What's so funny about the Web?

Objectified is a film by Gary Hustwit, maker of the Helvetica documentary. This time around Hustwit's focuses on "our relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them." Those interviewed include Jonathan Ive (designer of Apple's most ubiquitous products), Paola Antonelli of MoMA in New York, and Mark Newson. The South by South West Film Festival will premiere Objectified on March 14, but you can catch the trailer anytime.

To become, you must understand...

"Every single curse, from every single episode of the Sopranos, ever." NSFW. Hit me.

I was part of a virtual artists in residence grant awarded by the Australia Council last year. We finally got around to building a site for the installation which resides in Second Life, so if you're not a "resident" you can still check out the work. Our thanks to Angus at Icon.Inc for turning it around so quickly.