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When director Roland Emerich was looking for a image that would sum up the apocalyptic tone of his blockbuster 2012, he could only conjure up one picture, the Himalayas being flooded.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but " 2012 " filmmakers should have hired Michael Bay as an "artistic" consultant.

Photo / Supplied End of the world epic 2012 marks director Roland Emmerich's third attempt to destroy the earth.

The world isn't going to end in 2012. Although you wouldn't know it to look at the movie "2012," or online, where doom and "end times" theories roam free.

There are rumblings on the Internet that the flick will feature a big twist. And the cast is surprisingly A-list: John Cusack , Thandie Newton , Chiwetel Ejiofor and some other strong bit players.

Nothing like a dandy evening's apocalypse to take the edge off recession, unemployment, Afghanistan and Glenn Beck.

Emmy Rossum's style is influenced by museums. The 'Day After Tomorrow' actress admits her wardrobe is constantly evolving as her ideas and inspirations change and she can often be found checking out exhibitions at various art facilities in order to find new ideas.

Here's the view of the future in a new science museum according to the Telegraph.

If your experience with natural disasters is limited to watching such films as the Day After Tomorrow or Armageddon , then you might want to mark down Oct.

FOLK: Joan Baez, above, released her first studio album of five years in 2008, and in 2009 is following it up with a tour, taking in Liverpool tonight.

Loading ... It seems like Hollywood has Apocalypse fever. First there was "I am Legend", and "Day After Tomorrow." Now we've got big movies coming up like "2012" and now "Book of Eli." Of course, this movie has two things going for it that the others do not.

COURTESY PHOTO Joan Baez has stayed active, both musically and politically, for more than 40 years.

We all love disaster movies , right? There's a certain perverse thrill that comes from seeing the world engulfed in cataclysm, resulting from our present sins.

The mere mention of Joan Baez's name emits sound and connation: that heavenly, soaring vibrato; the heroic female voice of the 1960s folk revival; the tireless, life-long champion of non-violent social protest.

There's something so delightfully odd about A-frame houses in Los Angeles. It's as if the architect is expecting a Day After Tomorrow -style apocalypse and we'll need to be prepared in case of heavy snows.

Just drove by the soon-to-be-pancake-land over at 700 Colorado Boulevard, where the second Snooze is scheduled to take up residence sometime in August .