Mother's Day should be a day of positivism and generally happy thoughts. There is a possibility you'll all sit down to a nice Hallmark film about an army wife who brings up her four children in tough conditions. While it's easy to make a list of family-friendly films, we decided to lead you down the cautionary road instead. Here are five films to steer clear of on Mother's Day.

Just like opression and uprising, music and politics is not a rare combination. We’ve seen musicians rely on the power of song to spread revolutionary messages and anti-war sentiments but whether they are effective through numbers is inconclusive. This Monday, we’re counting down seven of our favourite political bands.

Nintendo recently released a commercial (or is it?) starring Joel Mchale and a herd of unlikely characters to promote the new Nintendo 3DS. The ad starts out with Joel insisting that the video goes viral who then proceeds to perform stunts which are typically viral-inducing including requesting a baby panda, kicking an intern and pulling in a bevy of bikini-clad females.

Time Out KL received word on Tuesday (Apr 3) about the indefinite postponing of KLPac’s ‘Ballet Illuminations’, a performance by the Singapore Dance Theatre. Bilqis Hijjas, president of MyDance Alliance (a society to support and promote dance in Malaysia) also provided us her take on the issue.

'90s rock band Garbage has a new song; it's dark, it's twisted, it's pessimistic yet so distinctly pop. 'Blood for Poppies' marks the band's first single of their soon-to-be-released album 'Not Your Kind of People'. The music video was released today and in a flash, it is reminiscent of an old U2 video.

Aaron Sorkin is doing alright for himself. Following the commercial success of 'The Social Network' and 'Moneyball', the screenwriter has crafted an original HBO TV series set to air in the US this year. Starring Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer and Sam Waterston (we hear Jane Fonda was recently included in the cast), the show follows Will McAvoy, the most 'trusted name in news'.