Lyric Stash

25 new Christmas discs, from Elvis to Enya (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By PRESTON JONES Just as post-Thanksgiving sales, the arrival of out-of-town guests and the appearance of eggnog on grocery store shelves herald the Christmas season each year, so too does the avalanche of holiday-themed albums from a staggering variety of musical acts. From Goths to geriatric superstars, seemingly every singer, at some point in a career, releases a Christmas album. Some ...

Julia Roberts (AskMen)
Why Is She Famous? While she's done her share of romantic comedies like Pretty Woman (1990) and My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Julia has played all kinds of characters, from lawyers and housewives to fairies.

iPhone a girly gadget (The Courier Mail)
APPLE'S must-have gadget the iPhone is proving a bigger hit with females than males. Women are accounting for up to 70 per cent of sales.

Jon Brion (Spin)
Who? Jon Brion has been one of the most influential and enjoyed musical talents of the past 15 years -- yet you'd be hard-pressed to pick the Los Angeleno out of a line-up. If you've been to the movies ( Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love ), you've heard Brion's instrumental scores and original songwriting. If you've listened to albums by Rufus Wainwright, Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, or Dido, you've ...

Girls want toys for the boys (Herald Sun)
THE fad iPhone has surprised the tech set by finding more homes in handbags than suit pockets.