Archive for September, 2007
Or, really, Kristen Bell. But she’ll always be Veronica to me. While we may not get to see her delightful smirk, it’s certainly present in her voice as she recants the Upper East Side’s goings-on in the blog of the allknowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
GossipGirl premiered last night on TheCW and while I managed to avoid the books — I figured I’d try out the pilot. The clips on YouTube were certainly intriguing and they made the brilliant marketing move of airing it right after the season premiere of America’s Next Top Model — how could I resist?
I couldn’t, and I’m so glad I didn’t. I liked it a lot — a few pegs from loving it (reserved for pilots like My So-Called Life and Freaks and Geeks) — and the casting was fantastic. Blake Lively, known for her role as Bee in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, stars as Serena — back in town after a sudden and unexplained jettison off to Connecticut. Her best friend Blair (Leighton Meester) seems none too happy that she’s back — which is more of a facade until she finds out a reason to solidify her anger. Ed Westwick is fantastically evil as snarky and presumptuous Chuck, and gets to deliver some of the best one-liners of the show. Then there’s cute boy Penn Badgley who might possibly be the one to whisk Serena away from the drama of the life she used to lead.
It’s delicious candy — both eye and ear. Josh Schwartz’s musical choices are utterly brilliant and there’s no denying the cast is pretty. And can act! Which sometimes is a rarity on teen soaps these days. It’s been a while since I’ve been sucked into a teen drama and I can’t think of a better way to delve back in than with Gossip Girl.
PopGurls Interview: Josh Schwartz of Gossip Girl and Chuck
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September 20th, 2007
I know we should be leaving the Britster alone — and really, we are. Because I really came away from that horrible VMA performance thinking that she just looked really sad. Like Popnography said, “I didn’t expect that she would have also forgotten how to dance. And how to seduce us! How to hold us in the palm of her hand, sexy and sure and confident we’d do anything she asked.” She forgot to be Britney, and that’s just wrong.
But she’s certainly not the first chick to go batshit in a big way, and she won’t be the last. Maybe Britney just needs to take a page from another spectacle of sorts, Miss Tyra Banks of America’s Next Top Model. Just let it all out, baby, and embrace the madness. I came across this little gem and I can tell you, I won’t be missing:
On the next Tyra Banks Show, Britney Gives Her MORE!
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September 14th, 2007
PopGurls Interview: Writer and Producer Cynthia Mort
The executive producer of HBO’s Tell Me You Love Me and the scribe of Jodie Foster’s The Brave One talks to us.
And in case you missed it…
Fourth Comings
A bit of harsh honesty about the latest in the Jessica Darling series by Megan McCafferty. (with spoilers)
Get all this and more at http://www.popgurls.com
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September 13th, 2007
When I was little, I loved Wonder Woman. Sure, I love her now but back then, I’d force my cousins — at least 8 years my senior — to play Wonder Woman with me. They’d shoot at me and I’d, of course, reflect their invisible bullets away by the mightyness of my bracelets of power. Then I’d take off my golden tiara and throw it at them to bind their wrists and haul them off to jail.
Sometimes, while sporting my Wonder Woman underoos.
So, when I stumbled across Practical Polly’s Wonder Woman Jumper — I literally gasped in glee and envy.
She created her own pattern out of a vintage sweater pattern and studiously studying Wonder Woman’s outfit. It took her over a year to finish — yet as soon as I saw it, I wanted to beg every knitting friend I have to somehow immediately figure out how to replicate it for MEEEEE. It’s like big-girl underoos, but better because everyone can see it all the time!
If there’s anyone out there who’s up for the challenge — my birthday is in November, but Christmas is good too…
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September 12th, 2007
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