A life-size statue of actor Brad Pitt, made of about 176 pounds of chocolate, is displayed by a make-up artist for upcoming Valentine's Day display at Hyundai Department Store in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 5, 2006. What's next? Wax lips modeled on Angelina?
Here is a closer look at the chocolate statue of Brad Pitt made for the upcoming Valentine's Day display at Hyundai Department Store in Seoul, South Korea.
Jun Kobayashi, chocolatier at Japan's Mary Chocolate, displays a chocolate "painting" made to resemble Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, Mona Lisa, at the 2006 Salon du Chocolat exhibition at Tokyo's Isetan department store Jan. 25, 2006. The real-scale reproduction weighs about 28 pounds. A total of 55 chocolate brands from 11 countries exhibit various chocolates for the upcoming St. Valentine's Day.
Grace Olivieri gazes up at her father, Mark Olivieri, during the annual Father-Daughter Valentine's Dance, Feb. 3, 2006, at Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School in Coventry, Conn.
Bertha Pfab of Bernard, Iowa, left, and John J. Kohnen of Dubuque, enjoy the first dance after being crowned king and queen during the Valentine's Dance at the Salvation Army in Dubuque, Iowa, Feb. 2, 2006.
Models showcase Valentine's Day underwear, illustrating the results of a recent survey indicating that men find this particular kind of lingerie the biggest turn-on, in connection with Valentine's Day, at Waterloo on Feb. 2, 2006 in London, England.
South Korean patissier Jeong Hong-yeon of a Tokyo hotel gives a finishing touch to his latest piece of chocolate specially made for Valentine's Day in Tokyo. The piece commemorates the 250th anniversary of Austrian composer Mozart's birth, in the shape of a music score of his "Turkish March" studded with 107 diamonds, worth $4.25 million.
Hobson pre-school kindergartner Pearson Hobson clowns around before singing songs Feb. 9, 2006, for residents at Willow Brook Retirement in Fort Smith, Ark.
Hong Kong model Rosemary poses by a giant rose-shaped sculpture, which was assembled in honor of Valentine's Day with 139,999 pieces of crystal costing $130,000, at a shopping center in Hong Kong Feb. 9, 2006.
This photo provided by the National Zoo shows Caribbean flamingos exhibiting their elaborate courtship display at the zoo in Washington, Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2006. The whole flock participates, puffing up their feathers, holding their heads high and slowly strutting together in a display that is reminiscent of a Broadway chorus line.
A couple hug in front of a decoration made by about 3,000 roses to mark the Valentine's Day in Hong Kong Feb. 14, 2006. Valentine's Day is widely celebrated in Hong Kong. Flower sales reportedly went up this year ahead of the occasion.
Delrena and Richard Patrick stand at the tip of a the heart portion of a Valentines Day message Feb. 12, 2006, in Linsborg, Kan., that Richard plowed into his field.
Cindy Viands, right, gives her husband Randy a hug in the driveway of their Shrewsbury, Pa., home Feb. 13, 2006. While shoveling the drive Sunday, Randy said he came up with the idea to make his wife smile for Valentine's Day. Cindy said, "it's better than candy and jewelry because it's from the heart." The couple was married 28 years ago, when she was 18 and he was 20.
Couples kiss each other during a pre-Valentine celebration dubbed "Lovapalooza" Feb. 11, 2006 in Manila, Philippines. At least 2,000 couples gather along a popular seaside walkway locked lips in a kissing festival that kicks off Valentine's Day celebration.
This photo supplied by Simon Spotlight Entertainment shows the cover of Bennett Madison's book, "I Hate Valentine's Day." Madison. a 25-year-old New York receptionist, says Valentine's Day causes stress.