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Not sure what to get the pop culture geek in your life this holiday season? PopStyle is here to help!

From the hottest gadgets to the oddest collectibles, we’re rounding up the best gifts in movies, music, TV and books with our Gift of the Day.

Today’s pick is for the Game of Thrones fanatic who can appreciate a little bathroom humor. READ FULL STORY »

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From Snooki getting punched in the face to the rise of Justin Bieber, a new Tumblr uses images of the most iconic pop culture moments of the past decade to create sweatshirts. [The Daily Beast]

Mick Jagger and designer girlfriend L’Wren Scott talk about the onstage costumes for the “50 & Counting: The Rolling Stones Live” tour. [WWD]

From a personalized cutting board to an at-home Soul Cycle bike and a “dream” one-shoulder yoga top, Gwyneth Paltrow shares her holiday wish list. Man, it’s good to be a celebrity. [GOOP]

Scandal costume designer Lyn Paolo offers a sneak peek at a rare dress-up moment for Olivia Pope on this Thursday’s episode. [Style Watch]

A new off-Broadway show is centered around Team iLuminate, special effects-suit dancers that got their big break on America’s Got Talent. [Broadway]

Designer Jonathan Adler doesn’t have kids, but he does have a nanny. [Bon Appetit]

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He’s created the costumes for a few Lifetime movies — not to mention TV shows including Castle and Veronica Mars and big screen features like Pitch Perfect — but Salvador Perez Jr. faced a unique challenge while working on Liz & Dick, airing this Sunday at 9p.m. EST.

“I was really put to the test to make the movie believable and iconic at the same time. And also, we’re talking Elizabeth Taylor and Lindsay Lohan, two woman who wear clothes very differently,” Perez explains. “I had to be inspired by Elizabeth Taylor, but flatter Lindsay Lohan.”

Perez was able to do both, once he discovered that his leading lady shared Taylor’s weakness for shiny objects.  READ FULL STORY »

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Noted photographer Nigel Barker has vacated his seat as a judge on Tyra Bank’s America’s Next Top Model, but he’ll take a walk down memory lane when he hosts a marathon of the show’s All Star season on Oxygen tomorrow. And soon, he’ll be back as a star of the new modeling competition The Face, alongside Bank’s former runway rival Naomi Campbell and models Coco Rocha and Karolina Kurkova.

What sets The Face apart from Top Model? Barker gave EW the scoop.  READ FULL STORY »

You may not recognize Angela Meryl’s name, but if you’re a fan of action flicks like Skyfall, Kill Bill, and Pirates of the Caribbean you’ve probably seen her work and just didn’t know it. She’s the one lunging through the air to fight an opponent martial-arts style, slamming into cliffside guard railings at 60 miles per hour, dangling from helicopters in mid-air and even plunging into the depths of New York’s Hudson river…all as one of Hollywood’s go-to stunt women.

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On the Nov. 14 episode of Law & Order: SVU, Mariska Hargitay’s character wore a necklace that made a powerful statement in support of real-life survivors of violent crimes.

Sales of the Me&Ro Fearlessness pendant benefit the Joyful Heart Foundation, which the actress founded after years of receiving fan mail from SVU fans desperate to share their own personal stories of  domestic violence and sexual assault.  READ FULL STORY »

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For Simon Helberg, getting into character as Howard Wolowitz often involves squeezing into super-skinny jeans, and for that he has Big Bang Theory costume designer Mary T. Quigley to thank.

Quigley — who also offered us some insight into Sheldon’s T-shirt collection — explained the logic behind Wolowitz’s sartorial choices when she gave EW’s own Adam B. Vary a guided tour of the Big Bang wardrobe closet.

“He’s much more of a fashionista [than Sheldon and the other guys],” Quigley says. “Luckily, I have an actor who really believes in ‘in character’ and is willing to put the tight pants on, and feels comfortable doing it.”

So, what’s with Howard’s extensive collection of belt buckles? And where does Quigley dig them up? READ FULL STORY »