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
Lately, I’ve been somewhat obsessive about scanning in old pics from high school and college. Some are longtime favorites, some I haven’t seen in years. It’s been like a bizarre 8-Track flashback — seeing faces of old friends, some I haven’t talked to since I graduated 15 years ago. And it’s amazing how quickly memories pour in, flooding my vision and my emotions.
Some of my favorites are from my going-away to college party. The Shag Party. A few days earlier, J and I had come across the movie Shag and became strangely enthralled. That night, I found “Stagger Lee” in my mom’s record collection — the song featured the big dance competition number. So of course, we needed to learn the dance and perform it at my going-away party. Because, really, what else would you do in that situation?
We tracked down the movie and to the amusement and horror of my boyfriend, made him watch us and the film until we got the dance as close as possible (including our own flourishes). We then forced our most glorious performance on the well-wishers. And it was glorious, we were brilliant. I wish I had it on tape somewhere but these pictures suffice.
However, the most interesting thing I’ve found in this whole exercise of memory lane meandering? It’s changing my perception of myself from then — no longer am I convinced that I was hideously ugly. (Which is something that I held as indisputable fact from junior high through, say, four years after college. That mental change in perception is something for which I’ll always thank PopGurl Amanda.)
In fact, I was kind of cute. I wish I could go back and tell myself that, and then hit high schools now and let awkward boys and girls of today know that the perceptions of themselves they have right now are not necessarily the right ones, and given some distance and perspective — the mirror they hold up is definitely more flattering and a whole lot more true.
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August 17th, 2007
We’re giving away 5 signed copies of Elizabeth Scott’s Bloom.
In a style reminiscent of the work of Sarah Dessen and Deb Caletti, Scott tells the story of Lauren, a not-so-popular high school junior who is dating the secretly celibate most popular boy in school. Without warning, Evan, the loner son of her distant father’s former live-in girlfriend, returns to town and stirs up confusing emotions for Lauren, who once believed that a popular boyfriend was all she needed to secure happiness… School Library Journal
Bloom is a beautiful, powerful love story, a wonderful coming-of-age story, and most of all just an amazing novel told in Lauren’s fresh, funny, and distinctive voice. — TeensReadToo.com
To find out how to enter to win one, check out our interview with her here!
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August 2nd, 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
SOAPnet has been playing Beverly Hills, 90210 — and the cycle has flipped to the early eps once again. Man, was I a sucker for this show. Hook, line and sinker. One of these days, I’ll write my ode to Brenda because she will always be my favorite character. (I still call bullshit on the whole Dylan/Kelly soulmates thing because. No. And you know they wouldn’t have been paired in the finale if Shannen Doherty came back.)
It’s funny to see all the random guest-stars, like Matthew Perry who showed up the other night as an athletic genius phenom who wrote a script about killing his father. Brandon was so worried! My god, would he do it? Luckily, Brandon came in to save the day even if he was so terribly off on Mr. Perry’s motivation. Brandon’s good like that — coming in to save the day. Well, when he’s not off on a gambling binge or being drugged by Emily Valentine.
You know, 90210 (or, known in my college dorm room as nine-oh) delivered me right into the manipulative hands of Dawson’s Creek. And The WB for that matter. After years and years of dwelling on Brenda, Dylan and the rest of the Peach Pit crew — how was I to resist a delicious helping of teen angst? Especially when 90210 was falling fast by the time the Creekers hit the screen. (I won’t watch any episode if my Tivo mentions Matt or Gina. I still have a hard time with the Valerie era.)
My goodness — watching this all sends me back so hard, so fast.
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July 12th, 2007
While Davy Rothbart wrote a lovely eulogy for beloved Mr. Rogers, I’m a bit more jealous of Telegraph’s ode to Count Gottfried von Bismarck.
Gawker’s excerpt is certainly notable:
Count Gottfried von Bismarck, who was found dead on Monday aged 44, was a louche German aristocrat with a multi-faceted history as a pleasure-seeking heroin addict, hell-raising alcoholic, flamboyant waster and a reckless and extravagant host of homosexual orgies.
But one would be remiss to not call out any of the other striking details of the belated Count like:
When not clad in the lederhosen of his homeland, he cultivated an air of sophisticated complexity by appearing in women’s clothes, set off by lipstick and fishnet stockings.
and
His removal from Oxford was so abrupt that he was not given time to settle his bills; Prince Ferdinand sent a servant who did the rounds of von Bismarck’s favoured watering-holes, restaurants and his tailor bearing a chequebook.
I’m trying to think of any random eccentricities that I have that one would be apt to mention when I pass. Like how I eat KitKats wafer by wafer by wafer, or how disturbed my brother is that I don’t particularly like sandwiches (aside from tuna fish) and would prefer to eat all of the components separately. Sadly, neither would even raise an eyebrow in the world of the Count. Apparently I need to start quirking up my life a bit. Maybe I’ll start with lederhosen.
Count Gottfried von Bismarck Obituary
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July 5th, 2007
I haven’t been watching this season of So You Think You Can Dance
– probably because last season made me look up swing dance classes (that I still haven’t taken) and I’m now hanging out with a twice-fractured foot, so why torment myself? But word on the street is that Wade Robson is on board this time around and friends who mocked me during the Era of Great *NSYNC Love are now munching on some crow, and saying that Wade is damn good.
Our own run-in with Wade was a bit disappointing (punk), but certainly a necessity for anyone needing a So You Think You Can Dance fix – 20 Questions with Wade Robson
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July 2nd, 2007
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