Summer is the hottest season for studios, with a major release scheduled for almost every weekend.

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Tickets have become some of the hottest regular season tickets in history.

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The iPhone 5 is expected to be one of, if not the hottest technology item going into the holiday shopping season, and as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) gets closer to the official launch of the phone, we are starting to hear more and more about which names will benefit from the release of the phone.

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Just not in time to become one of the season's hottest stocking stuffers.

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When Dustin Johnson kicked off the 2013 PGA Tour season by winning its first event in Hawaii last month, he was using the hottest driver in the game.

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But in the first installment Sullivan discusses Demba Ba, the French-born Senegalese striker who played for West Ham last season, left when the club was relegated, and is now perhaps the hottest attacking player in the Premiership.

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Dame Judi's M is a contender, though she faces a formidable threat in the supporting actress category from Anne Hathaway, whose Fantine in Les Mis is one of award season's hottest tips.

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Wales international Ledley, whose Ninian Park contract expires in 12 months' time, is one of the hottest properties outside the Premier League and has been the subject of two failed bids from top-flight clubs this season.

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