Extra! Extra! Blog contests, celebrities and indie music

• There are some blogging contests currently going on that Shanghaiist readers might be interested in: Best China Blogs (which has monetary rewards), the Asia Blog Awards and China's First Annual Original Videolog Contest.
• If, like this local "amateur model", you plan on stealing 24 items from the Zara on Nanjing Xi Lu, don't forget to cut out the smaller security magnets hidden inside the items in addition to the larger more obvious ones.
• Jackie Chan, Nicole Kidman, Luc Besson, Andie MacDowell and Liam Neeson were all in Shanghai this weekend for the start of the Shanghai International Film Festival.
• Hello Pizza has jacked up its prices -- but it's still cheap. (We've never had it ... is it any good?)
• Some are calling the Shanghai Cooperation Organization the "club for dictators."
• Shanghai's "lesbian hotline" is set to launch soon. Settle down guys, this hotline is designed to help lesbians "feel more secure."
• Actress Fan Bingbing claims she has not had plastic surgery -- and she's got a team of doctors and notaries who will back up her story.
• "Is there such a thing as Chinese indie music?"
• If you are a Chinese TV personality hoping to raise awareness for women's health issues, don't do so topless. You might lose your job.
• Digging a hole in the U.S. will not lead to China.

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