The 2013 Starmovie Festival is the place for talent, glamour and fun collide in a star-studded party!

Starting March 4th, you’ll have the chance to enter the Starmovie with your most creative and inspired Starmovie submission for a chance to win a very special trophy, a brand new gown and Stardollars!

And what’s a film festival without a red carpet? At the Starmovie Festival, plan a party (or 100) on the red carpet for a chance to win Stardollars!

Remember: in order to be considered for the Starmovie Festival finals, your Starmovie must follow the Stardoll One-Stop Rules. You can review them here.

Its been a long time coming, but we’re finally delighted to welcome all Royalty members to the shop they can call their own. Visit the store to feast your eyes on red hot fashions inspired by the Queens we all know and love through the ages.

Featuring hair, accessories and garments inspired by the smoldering beauty of Grace Kelly, the sultry Cleopatra and many others. This Royalty shop is the one you’ve all been waiting for.

Not Royalty and feeling left out? Find out more about it and how you can also become a Royalty member today and become part of an exclusive band on Stardoll.

Stardoll is excited to announce the launch of one of the most revolutionary new features of all time: Stardoll Academy!  As of today, you can join Stardoll Academy and play Stardoll in an entirely new way!

Complete fun projects, meet new friends and make a name for yourself at the most glamorous Fashion, Beauty and Interior Design Academy in the world!  Simply click on the small Academy tab which you can find at the bottom of each screen to get started.

By joining the Academy, you will be able to keep track of all of your inspiration and creations in your Yearbook and you will earn awesome rewards, Stardollars or Starcoins and Starpoints for completing each quest!

So what are you waiting for? Jump right in, and have the most fabulous year of your life at Stardoll Academy!

Sceneries: new and improved! Now go bigger – and better – with your creativity with the new sceneries.

Now sceneries have a bigger canvas space, and now you can use all new themes and backgrounds, including a seasonal postcard just in time for the festive holiday season.

To create a brand new scenery, click here!

To find or not to… Well, with the new Suite Shop catalog, you’ll always find exactly what you’re looking for!

We’ve upgraded the search so that now you can more easily find the right decor piece for your Suite. You can search by color and brand, then specify your search even further by Starcoins, Starpoint items and even animated items!

You can view the new Suite Shop search here. What do you think about this big improvement? And are you ready to see in Starplaza as well?

Last Friday Windows 8 (the newest version of the operating system Windows) was released. If you have a touchscreen device that supports Windows 8, you can now use Stardoll.com with touch functionality! Be sure to use the touch-optimized Internet Explorer 10 App that comes with Windows 8. If you use the desktop version of IE 10 in Windows 8, Stardoll.com will work as it normally does.

Please let us know how you experience the Stardoll.com touch-version in our comments section of this post. We’d love to hear from you!

- We’ve moved the Chat and Messages ribbon to the bottom of the page. You’ll see it on the bottom of your screen when you log in!

- The Chat is new and improved! It will be easier to convo with your Stardoll friends.

-  If you want to change your language or visit the Help section, you’ll now find the icons underneath your profile card (where your avatar image is).

Just log into your Stardoll account to view these new and improved changes to your account.

After almost two months of campaigning and some awe inspiring Suites and designs, Miss Stardoll World once again draws to an end. However, we will be back next year. Till then, visit the campaign page and check out some of the wonderful dollies who contributed to another memorable event. Thank you all!

With only days to go until the winner of Miss Stardoll World 2012 is revealed, the familiar faces of Stardoll have come together to become one. The task at hand? To sift through the supremely talented finalists and share their thoughts on their personal favorites. Who is your favorite to win? Visit the campaign page to check out the finalists and vote for your favorite today!