Checking in with our Asylum bureaus from around the world.

Asylum France ran a photo tribute to the late Brittany Murphy.

Asylum UK and chef Antony Worrall Thompson offered tips on how to cook a holiday feast with beer.

Asylum India took a look at the best sexy-model calendars of 2010.

Asylum Italy revealed the scientific formula for the perfect face -- turns out it belongs to Shania Twain. (That's the first time we've thought about her this decade.)

ComicsAlliance dug up an inspiring T-shirt portraying Princess Leia as Rosie the Riveter.

Asylum Japan imagines various video game characters as Santa Claus.

StreetLevel showcased the Hot Toys "Terminator 2" figure, which is the closest you'll get to owning a mini-Arnold.

"At the end of the day," Asylum Australia offered up some unbearable, office clichés.

Asylum Germany has a peek at NYC's truly bizarre David Bowie Ball.