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Can I just say that it took me a while to edit our interview with Jessica Conant-Park because there were so many delectable descriptions of food? Each one made me want to leave the computer and pre-heat the oven in preparation of tasty goodness.
Which, I suppose, is to be expected — Jessica and her mother write ChickLit mysteries about Chloe, a “food connoisseur on a quest for the perfect meal and man.” The Gourmet Girl books mix engaging characters, snarky fun and utterly delectable recipes.
A Quickie with Jessica Conant-Park
We’re giving away two copies each of Jessica and Susan Conant’s books, Steamed and Simmer Down. We’ll select four people at random who send an e-mail to freestuff@popgurls.com with the subject line GOURMET GIRL to get a free copy of one of the Gourmet Girl books.
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October 3rd, 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
PopGurls Interview: The 4400’s Patrick Flueger
Patrick talks to PopGurls about The 4400, his new movies and what it’s like to see his old high school photos (makeup and all) on the web.
A Quickie with Author Elizabeth Scott
With one book out, Elizabeth Scott is poised to make a huge splash in the YA pool. Bloom was chosen as a Borders Original Voices selection and a Books-A-Million Teen Book Club selection, and reviews have made very favorable comparisons to YA favorites Sarah Dessen and Deb Caletti.
Find out how you can get a signed copy of Bloom!
Get all this and more at http://www.popgurls.com
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August 1st, 2007
Josh Schwartz has an enviable position – or an unenviable one, depending on how you look at it. The wunderkind creator of The O.C. got good news from two channels this May at the Upfronts, where many found disappointment. He’s got two shows premiering this fall – NBC’s Chuck, which revolves around a normal guy who inadvertently downloads a computer server of government secrets into his brain, and Gossip Girl for The CW. Based on the popular YA book series, it follows the lives and relationships of privileged teenagers from New York’s Upper East Side.
Now that reality has set in and storylines need to be broken, Josh takes a quick break to talk to PopGurls about his new shows, fan response and what it’s like to be called out by This American Life’s Ira Glass.
Check out our interview here!
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July 18th, 2007
+ PopGurls Interview: The 4400’s Chad Faust Just in time for the Season Four premiere of The 4400, Chad talks to us about what’s to come for Kyle (including some nakedness!), what music gets him going and his memorable first meeting with Colin Firth.
Get all this and more at http://www.popgurls.com
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June 16th, 2007
It’s Monday — ease into the week with a quickie PopGurls update!
+ A Quickie With Entourage’s Rex Lee
by Amy
Learn more about Lloyd, Ari Gold’s long-suffering assistant, and why Rex would really love it if someone did his laundry.
Get all this and more at http://www.popgurls.com
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May 14th, 2007
So, a couple of months ago was the 10-year anniversary of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet.
I remember this release very specifically, for several reasons.
1) I was in college (omg I’m so old) and taking all the Shakespeare courses that the university offered. The professor was this amazing woman with a soft voice and hair kind of like Crystal Gayle. I cannot remember whether or not she liked the movie, but I do remember that we got a wee bit of extra credit for going to see it, and writing a short paper about how the play was interpretted. I’m pretty sure I didn’t do a good job explaining myself, because…
2) I was coming off a pretty serious crush on Claire Danes, fresh from My So-Called Life. It’s funny, because I’m not sure I wanted Claire herself, but rather I wanted Angela and Jordan, together. It’s kind of hard to explain. Anyway, during the movie I remember being so struck by how utterly gorgeous Clarie Danes was, and from that moment on it had nothing to do with Jordan Catalano and his leaning and everything to do with just plain Claire.
3) Back before my mister and I were even dating, we attended a college journalism conference in New Orleans. Whoever thought this was a good idea — having a college journalism conference in New Orleans — totally should have been fired. This was back in the days when you could drink there at 18, and so pretty much no one attended the working sessions, and everyone was drunk for an entire week. But! On the first day, there was a big room with a lot of swag in it. And one of the tables held movie posters, and one of those posters was the Romeo + Juliet one (before the movie even came out) and it was (is) awesome. I carried one home with me and framed it up real nice, and until we moved into our house last June, it has always hung either in my home or my office.
So, all that was roughly 10 years ago, and in honor of the anniversary, they have released a new edition of the soundtrack. It has six bonus tracks, all of which are pretty awesome, but what I really love is the old tracks, like “#1 Crush” from Garbage and “Lovefool” from The Cardigans. I already have the origianl version, of course, but it’s on my iPod with a gazillion other songs, and I never think to listen to it specifically. Hearing all this awesome music, all in one place, all over again, has reminded me that the movie did add something amazingly unique and modern to the story of Romeo and Juliet. And even outside of the movie, this collection of songs is a perfect time capsule for that time in my life.
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April 20th, 2007
It’s Friday! It’s a PopGurls update! What could be better? Exactly!
+ PopGurls Interview: Heroes’ Bryan Fuller
by Amy
With Heroes set to return on April 23rd on NBC, the first of five new episodes, producer
Bryan Fuller talks to PopGurls about writing for the show and gives a few hints of what’s to come.
+ 20 Questions with Author Kristen Buckley (Again)
by Michelle
She talks about her new book, Tramps Like Us, Uma Thurman’s hugs and why Lost is driving her crazy.
Get all this and more at http://www.popgurls.com
Enjoy!
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April 20th, 2007
April’s here and the weather is getting warmer. It’s only a matter of time before the ice cream man starts singing his song on your street. So while you wait — we’ve got some treats for you!
+ PopGurls Interview: CSI’s Jorja Fox
by Amy
She talks about the community on CSI, the Grissom/Sara relationship, Eric Szmanda’s
influence and being homeless in Europe at 17.
+ Fallback Albums
by Alex
Why she goes back to Ben Folds Five, Elvis Costello, John Lennon, Tom Waits and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
+ Big Batch of Books, Vol. 5
by Michelle
Books that Michelle actually liked! Plus books with good things to learn and ones destined to become Lifetime movies… AND — we’re giving away books!
Get all this and more at http://www.popgurls.com
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April 4th, 2007
The television version of This American Life premieres on Showtime this Thursday (March 22nd) at 10:30pm. We’ve got a new interview with the Director and Co-Executive Producer of the show, as well as a review on why you should be tuning in.
+ PopGurls Interview: This American Life’s Chris Wilcha
by Amy
The Director of the new series discusses what it was like to bring the Public Radio juggernaut to television, telling your own stories and Ira Glass’ rock stardom.
+ This American Life In Pictures
by Amy
As an obsessive, yet skeptical fan, This American Life: The TV Series is so much better than I could have hoped for.
+ Fallback Albums
by Jessica
Jessica tells us why she goes back to Cocteau Twins, Juliana Hatfield, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sonic Youth and Arcade Fire..
Get all this and more at http://www.popgurls.com
Enjoy!
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March 21st, 2007
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