What do credit cards and cosmetic surgery have in common? They're both plastic. In the video below, Heidi Montag discusses her plastic surgeries and how paying for surgeries and other luxuries with a credit card can multiply costs. This is a public service ad for credit card reform.

Shorter, more affordable and versatile dresses are the trend for prom season 2010. Strapless and halter dresses will be very popular. The halter dress can flatter a plus-sized or top-heavy figure.

Pictured here is the Scala N17006 Short Prom Dress (about $160).

About eight million high school students will attend prom in 2010 and the prom dress industry generates about $1 billion each year.

Check out the video below featuring dozens of beautiful prom dress ideas;

Here's a good three minute video about the eight secrets to success.

Der Spiegel has an interesting interview today with a kid in Russia who is only 17 years old but has created a video chat site called "Chatroulette" that has the potential to turn him into a billionaire very quickly.

What's amazing is that he just developed the first version of this site last fall - in under one week.

Andrey Ternovskiy has some firm views. He does not intend to ever sell his site, and he does not see the value of going to school. He visits Wikipedia when he wants to learn about something and he taught himself everything he knows about programming.

Check out the fun interview here.

Tonight is Oscar night. This YouTube video below shows all the actresses who won the Best Actress award at the Oscars from 1927 through to 2008.

1927-28 Janet Gaynor- Sunrise, Seventh Heaven & Street Angel
1928-29 Mary Pickford- Coquette
1929-30 Norma Shearer- The Divorcee
1930-31 Marie Dressler- Min And Bill
1931-32 Helen Hayes- The Sin Of madelon Claudet
1932-33 Katharine Hepburn- Morning Glory
1934 Claudette Colbert- It Happened One Might
1935 Bette Davis- Dangerous
1936 Luise Rainer- The Great Ziegfeld
1937 Luise Rainer- The Good Earth
1938 Bette Davis- Jezebel
1939 Vivien Leigh- Gone With The Wind
1940 Ginger Rogers- Kitty Foyle
1941 Joan Fontaine- Suspicion
1942 Greer Garson- Mrs. Miniver
1943 Jennifer Jones- The Song Of Bernadette
1944 Ingrid Berman- Gaslight
1945 Joan Crawford- Mildred Pierce
1946 Olivia De Havilland- To Each His Own
1947 Loretta Young- The Farmer's Daughter
1948 Jane Wyman- Johnny Belinda
1949 Olivia De Havilland- The Heiress
1950 Judy Holliday- Born Yesterday
1951 Vivien Leigh- A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 Shirley Booth- Cmoe Back, Little Sheba
1953 Audrey Hepburn- Roman Holiday
1954 Grace Kelly- The Country Girl
1955 Anna Magnani- The Rose Tatto
1956 Ingrid Bergman- Anastacia
1957 Joanne Woodward- The Three Faces Of Eve
1958 Susan Hayward- I Want To Live!
1959 Simone Signoret- Room At The Top
1960 Elizabeth Taylor- Butterfield 8
1961 Sophia Loren- La Ciociara
1962 Anne Bancroft- The Miracle Worker
1963 Patricia Neal- Hud
1964 Julie Andrews- Mary Poppins
1965 Julie Christie- Darling
1966 Elizabeth Tayñor- Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
1967 Katharine Hepburn- Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?
1968 Babra Streisand- Funny Girl
1968 Katharine Hepburn- The Lion In Winter
1969 Maggie Smith- The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie
1970 Glenda Jackson- Women In Love
1971 Jane Fonda- Klute
1972 Liza Minnelli- Cabaret
1973 Glenda ackson- A touch Of Class
1974 Ellen Burstyn- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1975 Louise Fletcher- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's nest
1976 Faye Dunaway- Network
1977 Diane Keaton- Annie Hall
1978 Jane Fonda- Coming Home
1979 Sally Field- Norma Rae
1980 Sissy Spacek- Coal Miner's Daughter
1981 Katharine Hepburn- On Golden Pond
1982 Meryl Streep- Sophie's Choice
1983 Shirley MacLaine- Terms Of Endearment
1984 Sally Field- Places In The Heart
1985 Geraldine Page- The Trip To Bountiful
1986 Marlee Matlin- Children Of A Lesser God
1987 Cher- Moonstruck
1988 Jodie Foster- The Accused
1989 Jessica Tandy- Driving Miss Daisy
1990 Kathy Bates- Misery
1991 Jodie Foster- The Silence Of The Lambs
1992 Emma Thompsom- Howards End
1993 Holly Hunter- The Piano
1994 Jessica Lange- Blue Sky
1995 Susan Sarandon- Dead Man Walking
1996 Frances McDormand- Fargo
1997 Helen Hunt- As Good As It Gets
1998 Gwyneth Paltrow- Shakespeare In LOve
1999 Hilary Swank- Boys Don't Cry
2000 Julia Roberts- Erin Brockovich
2001 Halle Berry- Monster ball
2002 Nicole Kidman-The Hours
2003 Charlize Theron- Monster
2004 Hilary Swank- Million Dollar Baby
2005 Reese Witherspoon- Walk The Line
2006 Helen Mirren- The Queen
2007 Marion Cotillard- La Môme
2008 Kate Winslet- The Reader

To see more on these movies, check out the Classic Starsvideos at Amazon.

A reader sent us this note recently.

Just 3 days ago, I had smartlipo done on my lower belly, sides, upper belly, flanks, and bra rolls. I originally only wanted my 'muffin top' removed, and maybe some sculpting done in my lower back and lower belly, as I have always been kind of 'boxey'. I am at my perfect weight of 135 lbs and 5'9", so I am quite thin and like my body, just always annoyed at the thickness of my waist particularly because I teach 18 classes a week of yoga and am exceptionally fit.

please help? regretful in florida

See other reader comments about smartlipo recovery time.

Confidential Magazine was the first really successful and scandalous celebrity gossip magazine. It debuted in 1952 and came out on the stands every two weeks. It was the fastest growing magazine ever and soon reached a circulation of five million copies per issue.

Henry Scott has just written a juicy book about the mag and the two key men behind it;
Shocking True Story: The Rise and Fall of Confidential, "America's Most Scandalous Scandal Magazine"

Listen to a fun interview with Henry Scott discussing Confidential at NPR's Fresh Air here.

See a slideshow of Confidential magazine covers here.

In the video below Dr. Larry Klein of St. Petersburg Florida answers the question; What kind of annual income do dentists make?

He says it varies greatly depending on the location, clientele and the type of work that is performed. A starting dentist working as an associate in another dentists office can expect to make about $90,000 to $100,000 a year. An established dentist can expect to make between $175,000 to $275,000 a year. And those dentists that specialize in cosmetic dentistry take home the most money. They average around $300,000 to $400,000 a year.

Downtown Vancouver is crazy tonight and has been since earlier this afternoon when Canada won the gold medal in men's hockey against the U.S.A.

Check out slideshows of some great "people wild in the streets" pics here and here. And a livestream of Robson Street crowds here. See 1,000 comments on the final game here.

Here's a fun, highly-spirited video about one of the major Olympic sports finals happening at the peak end of the 2010 Winter Olympics. It's going to be a hockey competition between the USA and Canada. Check out the excited fans here;

Via Hockey Olympics: Canada / USA

The DailyGlow has a good post today about whitening strips. The dentist there recommends that if your teeth are yellow, you will benefit from using the relatively inexpensive strips. However, if your tooth color tends more to grey or brown, these strips will not be very effective in whitening your teeth. See a good discussion about the effectiveness of whitening strips here.

In the video below, Dr. Joe Neely gives us some good tips on how to use the whitening strips to best effect;

The Daily Beast has put together a list and slideshow of 18 celebrities who practice Buddhism . Included is Miranda Kerr, above, who says; "I don't like to talk too much about it, but what I will say is that it is very grounding and really centering." Other high profile celebs include Steve Jobs, Keanu Reeves, Richard Gere, Kate Bosworth, Orlando Bloom and Kate Hudson.

Here's an interesting television ad promoting cosmetic surgery and specifically the clinic owned by plastic surgeon Dr. Ralph Bashioum in Wayzata Minnesota.

See also the more realistic before and after photos on their website.

Angelina Jolie has a new hairstyle. In this picture, taken today in Italy, she is sporting chunky blonde (honey) highlights and sideswept bangs.

Serena Williams, the world's top ranked female tennis player, enjoys manicures and pedicures so much that she has decided to go to cosmetology school and become certified as a nail tech.

She is even saying she might take on a part-time job at a local salon. So if you live in Palm Beach Gardens in Florida, there is a chance Serena will be doing your nails.