Charlize Theron famously hid her good looks behind makeup for her serial killer turn in Monster, snagging an Oscar for her pains. But when she picked up her statue, it looked like she was hiding said beauty behind what could only be described as wood stain. The unusual orange glow came courtesy of "sunless tanner" or "bronzer" - a word that conveys the image of a freshly polished hockey trophy. Oddly, numbers of celebs poured the stuff on regardless.

The Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles offers this $26 piece of red yarn to wear as protection against the "evil eye." Madonna and Demi Moore turned them into must-have accessories by giving them away - Britney Spears, David Beckham and Ashton Kutcher have all sported the string and its seven knots. Even retail giant Target got into the red bracelet trade for an instant. Moses could not be reached for comment.

From the dapper duds that OutKast's Andre 3000 was sporting all year long, to the cover of Kanye West's The College Dropout, it seems that a handful of rappers are doing some online shopping at Banana Republic and the Gap. Guess throwback jerseys and camouflage pants aren't the only fashion game in town anymore, unless you're all crunked up.

Because it's worn in such a private area, it's hard to know how many women jumped on the bandwagon and got themselves one of those official Janet Jackson nipple medallions after watching the Super Bowl half-time debacle. The boob brooch has quite a history. Since about the 16th century they've been used to assist mothers with the occasionally harsh process of breast feeding; sadly, it couldn't stop the harsh descent of Janet's 2004 opus, 'Damita Jo.'

It felt like the 60s all over again, as grabbing your board and searching for the perfect wave became a font of all things hip. Surfing legends were lionized in the hit documentary Riding Giants, and from Switchfoot to Jack Johnson, shooting the curl was the extra-curricular activity for loads of chart stars. Even Beach Boy Brian Wilson was back, touting a lost masterpiece called 'Smile.' Title of the key track? "Surf?s Up."

They're wildly small; even preteens have a problem scrunching their butts on these little go-peds. Also, they make an obnoxious noise; the RPMs get the motor revved up there into hummingbird territory. But they must be a blast. Plenty of urban streets are flecked with unlicensed dudes zigzagging around with a grin, laughing their asses off.

"You've gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em," Kenny Rogers once croaked. That notion has echoed through the heads of more gamblers than ever, thanks to the explosive popularity of full houses and rolling showdowns. As books about seven card stud sold by the truckload, cults arose around the stone-faced card champs, and Hollywood has-beens enjoyed a second life on the celebrity poker circuit. Who knew Chevy Chase's cunning rivaled that of Newman and Redford in The Sting?

Some dances are fully aerobic, requiring us to bend all the way over while doing the bump 'n grind. But Fat Joe ain't down with all that kind of salsa athleticism; he came up with something a little less stressful. This summer, if you just tilted your torso a tad, you could bust 2004's prevalent dance move. Ride that groove, but if you break a sweat, you're working too hard.