Tokii Lab

By: Russell Anyone could tell you a number of reasons for why sex, drugs, gambling, and skipping meals are so trendy now. Perhaps it’s the people you hang out with every day. Maybe it’s good advice from your parents, living vicariously through you. The real reason, however, is television and its partner in crime, the [...]

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I’ll be the first to admit it, I was raised by a father, a mother, and the TV. I am a walking vessel of the cool I’ve seen on various screens and it’s informed how I think, how I dress, and how I talk to the ladies. So when Karla asked me for ideas for [...]

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I’m a bookworm pure and simple. If I have a free minute you’ll probably catch me with my nose in a book.   That said, I’m also a snob, so when Karla (Tokii Founder) asked me to read one of her Harlequin novels from the “Blaze” series,  I was skeptical.  For those who don’t know already, [...]

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Posted By: Stephanie Brown Imagine it; private jets, Cristal on tap, all the plastic surgery and designer clothing you could ever need or want… It would be great to be a celebrity, wouldn’t it? Not only would your fantastic wealth allow you to do anything and go anywhere you wanted to go, any time, but [...]

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Much like the endless brushstrokes of paint that make up Monet’s famous water lilies, the beauty of a relationship lies in the detail. Indeed, the amazing thing about a work of art, which can leave you scratching you head in bewildered wonderment long after you have left the museum, is surely that it has the [...]

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Had your weekly dose of drama? It’s a burning question inquiring producers want to know.  Why?  Because they’re chasing ratings.  Bravo execs want to know if you’ve tuned in to watch:  cat fighting, a-little-on-the-heavy-side-of-recreational alcohol consumption, backstabbing, shopping, gabbing, partying and dream-seeking.  Specifically, TV officials want to know if you’ve tuned in to see how [...]

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If nothing else, EL James knows how to stir up some big time controversy with her hot new novel, Fifty Shades of Grey. There are such a myriad of emotions floating around on this book and exactly what it does and does not represent. Oddly enough, the opinions that men have on it are considerably [...]

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Superheroes, through their form and function, carry some serious baggage. They almost always suffer a burden from the ostracization that comes from being different, whether it’s a mutation or a secret identity, or whatever. They also necessarily have undergone a lifetime of violence and hardship. And part of the attraction and bond they share with [...]

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Anyone over the age of 25 will remember a time when soaps ruled the prime-time schedules. During the 80s and 90s, shows like Dallas, All My Children and The Bold and the Beautiful dominated the US networks, while here in the UK we were inundated with both Australian soaps like Neighbours, Home & Away, Sons [...]

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It seems that the portrayal of gay characters on TV has come a long way. Where once we had TV shows like My Two Dads, Kate & Allie and The Odd Couple which seemed to be veiled attempts to present homosexual relationships, we now have shows like Modern Family and The L Word which both [...]

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