Film Facts at Your Fingertips! The web's Internet Movie Databases (IMDB & IMDBPro ) have the answers.

What was the last film that featured costumes designed by the legendary Edith Head? What was Kevin Bacon's first movie role? The Internet Movie Database is perfect for searching for awards and costume designers, but you will soon discover there is much more waiting in the wings:

First runs: Sections on independent films, movie and TV news, and current top grossing movies in the U.S and U.K.

Film facts: Get facts about films and the people who make them, with info on awards, bios (including filmographies), movie terminology glossary, trivia, people (cast & crew) and top movies (U.S. & U.K,) by genre, by decade, by box office, etc.

Film fun: Customizable movie search/organizer functions, daily poll, games, message boards, random title/quote generator

For sale: Videos and DVDs

Photos (and moving images): Celebrity bio head shots, photo galleries, trailers

The companion site to IMDB is called IMDBPro. This site is geared towards the industry professional and offers additional information such as an actorsÉ recent salary and professional representation, U.S. and international box office figures, and movies in production. As a special offer to visitors of the FIDM website, you may obtain an annual subscription to IMDBPro for only $79.95. Just click on https://secure.imdb.com/register/subscribe and enter Promotional Code FIDM2002.

This site has mountains of movies, with information and functionality geared towards movie industry types and fanatical film fiends. With a name like "database," it is no wonder that you can hopscotch from "whatÉs hot" to movie history, wherever an interesting movie or name is mentioned. Speaking of history, the answers to the questions above are "Dead Men DonÉt Wear Plaid" and "Animal House" (believe it or not!). IÉll leave it to you and the Database to link Bacon to Head (as in the party game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon"), or to do some real research. Either way, it will be reel fun, and educational.

Reviewed by FIDM R&RC staff member Jon Worona - SF.

Title: Kitchen and Bath Business

Publisher: Bill Communications, Inc.
770 Broadway
New York, NY 1003
646.654.4400ISSN: 0730-2487
Published: Monthly
Web Site: www.kbbonline.com
Subscription Rate: $45 / per year

Kitchen and Bath Business is a trade magazine that provides suggestions on planning a new kitchen or bath, or remodeling an existing one. This monthly publication offers insight into business developments, hot trends, regional topics, trade shows, and up-to-date technology. It caters to interior designers, architects, kitchen design specialists, custom builders and home decorating enthusiasts.

Each issue includes features such as:

• Rising industry professionals
• Kitchen and bath layout
• Design strategies
• Business management
• New products
  

In one particular article written by Lee Ann Flickinger, she states, "The mother of all trend-producing industries is, of course, fashion. It follows that as consumers pay attention to the way their kitchens look, designers will draw more heavily on trends for the forward-thinking fashion industry." Note how designers such as Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and even Todd Oldham have home lines that mirror their runway collections. By being conscious of these elements, you can decide what fits your tastes and those of your target customer.

This easy-to-read publication offers practical and valuable information on products, design ideas and installation issues. It can help you create the functional yet beautiful kitchen and bath you’ve always dreamed of having. Kitchen and Bath Business offers you the chance to stretch your imagination. Take a peek!

A Designer With a Flair for Creative Elegance...

Judith Leiber: The Artful Handbag is a fabulous book with 192 full-color photographs that tells the story of Judith Leiber, one of the worldÉs most famous handbag designers. Best-known for her timeless elegance and extraordinary creativity, Ms. LeiberÉs main focus is on her beaded, embroidered and lock-decorated evening bags. However, many will be surprised to learn that her designs also include elegant day bags as well as an exclusive collection of minaudieres (small metal evening bags decorated with jewels). Readers of this book can further admire an extensive array of vegetable, seashell, animal, egg and rose-shaped handbags.

The Artful Handbag also gives an historical overview of when and why handbags were first designed. Interestingly, men were the first ones to use handbags in the sixteenth century. Over the years, women began to use handbags fueled by necessity as well as a sense of fashion. The variety of handbag designs available today is almost unimaginable.

Ms. Leiber received the Coty Fashion Award in 1973 and the Council of Fashion Designers Award (CFDA) for accessories in 1994. Her extraordinary creativity has captivated thousands of fans, celebrities and socialites among them. Leiber’s contribution to the prominence of American fashion accessories is well-chronicled within the pages of this beautiful book.

Reviewed by FIDM R&RC staff member Rosario Benavides.