Written by Danielle LA-based Indie rock quartet Silversun Pickups are starting to make some major waves with the release of their album Carnavas on Dangerbird Records. Their sound teeters somewhere between stripped down and melodic to beating-down-your-doors loud and aggressive,…

Written by Xiola Yes, he’s MTV’s tattooed, hardcore maniac, but there’s more to Iann Robinson than a hoodie and an upraised hand that screams METAL! He’s a shiny boy, fond of happy, dancey things. Pshaw! Have you no MTV, fair…

Making it in the music business is one part talent, two parts stubbornness and three parts outrageous dreams of fame and fortune, or so VH1’s Driven series would have me believe. I met Dylan Rice almost nine years ago, when…

Jessica Szohr had scored several roles on shows like CSI:Miami, What About Brian, That’s So Raven and our beloved Joan of Arcadia before landing in one of the hottest shows today – The CW’s Gossip Girl. As Vanessa, the best…

For someone who’s only been a professional actor for the last four years, Alexis Dziena has racked up a pretty impressive list of credits. She’s worked alongside Bill Murray and Jim Jarmusch in Broken Flowers, she’s improvised with Amy Sedaris…

Kyle Gallner is best known for his role as Cassidy Casablancas, aka Beaver, on Veronica Mars. Neglected by his parents, subjected to constant harassment from his brother, and basically living without friends, Cassidy reached his breaking point in Season Two.…

Patrick Flueger and I are in bed. Well, we’re a few thousand miles apart, and his girlfriend is in his room in Vancouver while I’m laid up in New York with a fractured foot. But still, technically, we’re in bed…

Angela Kinsey has been living out of a suitcase. Not for the lack of housing, though — just that her schedule on The Office has been so busy that she hasn’t been able to properly move into the home she…

I picked up If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend on a whim last year when I was in the midst of a “I’m so over Chick Lit” snit, and loved it. Its author, Alison Pace, just published her second novel…

Chad Faust is relaxing on a much-needed break from shooting. In his fourth season as Kyle Baldwin on USA Network’s sci-fi drama The 4400, his role is about to get a lot bigger. With the development of his Promicin-induced power,…

I’m having a really bad day and John Shiban is running late. Putting out fires is just one small part of his job as Executive Producer on The CW’s cult hit, Supernatural, and one has to wonder which demon has…

Kristopher Turner plays the boy next door on The N’s hit show Instant Star, and the fact that he knows a thing or two about crushing on a best friend probably helps him strike just the right tone for his…

Chris Lowell joined the third season of Veronica Mars amidst a sea of speculation about his character, Stosh Piznarski. Would Piz be another bump in the road to ultimate bliss for fan-favorites Veronica and Logan? How long would it take…

For those who don’t know This American Life, you most likely know people who are longtime contributors to the program: David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, David Rakoff and current PC embodiment John Hodgman. The first time I’d ever heard OK Go…

Pandagon’s Ezra Klein has a thing about campaign strategies and the number of times President Bush mentions Al Qaeda in his stump speeches, but what we really love is his penchant for breaking down the polling numbers for us. And…

Even if you don’t immediately recognize the name Julie Benz, you’ve probably seen her: In her recurring roles as the villainous vampire Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and as Kathleen Topoloski, the Dana Scully of Roswell; in…

Rex Lee had a lot of experience to drawn on for his role as Lloyd, Ari Gold’s long-suffering assistant on Entourage. As a former assistant himself — to casting directors, of course — he understands what it takes to keep…

Sara Zarr knocked it out of the park with her first young adult novel, Story of a Girl, in 2007 – it got picked as a National Book Award Finalist. Her lovely and touching second novel, Sweethearts, came out in…

I remember the first time I put in a copy of The Grates Gravity Won’t Get You High. The first song, “I Won’t Survive,” started with bells and vocals that were somewhere between the Swedish Chef and Heidi, and then…

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…

Written by Dave Goodspeed Nine Black Alps borrowed its name from a Sylvia Plath poem because it sounded bleak, but the music purveyed by this English foursome (Sam Forrest, James Galley, Martin Cohen and David Jones) is more pop than…

MTV’s Awkward. captured my heart from the first episode. The story is about Jenna, a high school wallflower who is suddenly thrust into the spotlight when an accident is incorrectly revealed as a suicide attempt. Jenna becomes “that girl” –…

For the second year in a row, PopGurls attended the “Destination: LA” event, a gathering of Lost fans, cast and crew designed to celebrate the close of the season and raise some cash for the Children’s Defense Fund. We didn’t…

It’s less than a month now to the big Bush-Kerry face off. And as extremely important as it is to be registered, it’s FAR more important to educate yourself on the issues. And even more important that that? Actually voting.…

Rachel Melvin rivals her screen character, Days of Our Lives’ Chelsea Benson, when it comes to car accidents — although luckily no one has died in her minor fender benders. That’s unlike her current storyline on Days, which had Chelsea…

Misha Collins literally exploded on the scene as the Angel of Smokin’ Hotness in the Supernatural season four premiere. On a mission from God, Castiel yanked Dean up from Hell to do His bidding – and we are all too…

Caroline Dhavernas was first introduced to U.S. television viewers through FOX’s short-lived series Wonderfalls, but she’s got quite the following in her native Canada (“like Britney Spears,” says co-star Katie Finneran, much to Caroline’s dismay). While the network cancelled the…

Kristen Bell stepped off the Broadway stage and onto the small screen to play the star of UPN’s Veronica Mars, the very smart and very snarky show which many have compared to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (The first few seasons,…

The Crane Wife is The Decemberists fourth album, but their first with a major label, and their most commercially successful to date. With songs about dead Civil War soldiers, dead girlfriends, a murderous gang of psychopaths and a dude who…

Unless you live in Houston, (or you lived in London in the late 80s), you know Vanessa Riley from her brief but shining appearance on Project Runway: She’s the smart, funny Brit whose brief moment of nobility on the runway…