Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj...no doubt these ladies are three of the biggest stars today. With their star power comes significant influence on their fans -- specifically younger ones who admire them. These ladies are constantly in the media for pushing the envelope and their over-the-top antics on stage and off.

We're not traditionally big gamers but when we heard about Kinect™ for Xbox® 360, it was love at first sight. Check out this video and you'll understand why we LOVE it!! We had a little extra time on our hands so decided to put together a Top 10 list of our favorite features...

1. We're giving away a copy of Your Shape Fitness Evolved. Why? Well for starters there are more than 500 personal training routines and moves to explore in the game. It's the perfect thing for getting bikini body ready!


2. Even more impressive... so far more than 44 million calories have been burned by Your Shape Fitness Evolved players who are connected to the internet. 24 million of those are in the U.S. and 8 million are females.


3. Our other favorite game is Dance Central and it was created by Harmonix, the same company who created "Rock Band". Pretty cool!


4. Dance Central is the first immersive dance video game that features and tracks full-body dance moves, without a controller. You'll be the envy of everyone once you bust out your moves on the dance floor.


5. If you're anything like us, you get bored listening to the same tunes over again. Put your worries aside because in addition to the 32 hot songs that are included with the Dance Central game, there are many more available for download through Xbox LIVE by using your Microsoft points including songs from artists Lady Sovereign, Sean Paul and Neyo.


6. You can enjoy movies, TV and music with Kinect. It's your one-stop shop media center. With Zune video and music as well as Last.fm you can instantly stream your favorite music and videos and Kinect for Xbox 360 lets you access them controller-free. Can’t find the remote? “Xbox Pause” is one of many voice commands that will allow you to effortlessly control your favorite TV, movies, music  and live sporting events.


7. So what does that mean? Well, it means you can watch Sex and the City AND listen to new music from Train with Kinect. One word comes to mind... AMAZING!!!!


8. Kinect can read your mood? No really. Games like Kinectimals react to the players voice and body movement to determine the mood of the in game avatar. If only guys could do the same maybe they'd understand PMS a little better. Wishful thinking...we know.


9. Any of you sports fanatics will love this! Whether it's to watch your college team play for March Madness, to quench your appetite for Sunday Football or as a compromise with your man for watching one of your 'girly' shows, you can use Kinect to watch ESPN on XboxLIVE, with great content from ESPN3.com and ESPN.com.

10. If you're anything like us you want to know you're getting the best! Kinect has won all sorts of cool prizes. Deemed a “breakthrough innovation” by Popular Mechanics, the “best of what’s new” by Popular Science and awarded with the National Parenting Publications Gold Award. And we here at GirlsGuideTo have given it an A+ too.

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Most of us remember where we were/what we were doing on Sept. 11, 2001. It's hard to believe it's been 8 years, but today is a day to honor the thousands of lives that were lost at the World Trade Center, Pentagon and on Flight 83. It's a day to pray for the survivors and families who lost a loved one.

This episode of The HotSpot On... hosted by Twee Lam is all about the iStik... Why? Because we absolutely love our ipod... however, it's always been difficult to multi-task while indulging in our favorite tunes. Sure there's armbands but who wants to sport those out in public? We certainly don't. Check out this video to find out why we're dying for the iStik.

Tracy Zindell hosts this episode of The HotSpot On... which is all about the Portopong! So if you weren't in the summer spirit before -- you'll definitely be in it now. However, if you're like some of us, you may be wishing you thought of this idea first because lets just say...it's absolutely fab!

Introducing The HotSpot On...  GirlsGuideTo.com. This is an ongoing series where we dish out the 4-1-1 of what we're buying, trying and dying for. But this isn't just about what we think -- we want to hear from you. Let us know the things that you're in love with or are lusting after.  We always need something new to add to our shopping list, right?