Tim Rozon should be the guy your mother warned you about. He’s got messy dark hair, wears jeans in the absolute best way, and can go from brooding intensity to teasing flirtatiousness in the blink of an eye. He’s even…

Clint Baker is a child of the 80s, whether he actually grew up in them or not. Schooled by an older sister in the ways of The Cars and Men at Work, he’s developed a great love for a well-written…

I am an evangelist. Once I find something that I like, I completely devour it and all media around it, and then set on a path of converting as many people as possible. My dedication is intense and all-encompassing and…

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…

Jake Epstein has a cold, but he doesn’t want to elaborate on it other than to tell me that he had a fever yesterday and spent a lot of time lying around. That’s fair, I guess, since what I really…

Written by Twilight Jonas Bjerre is one third of the Denmark-based Mew, a band who have been described perhaps most aptly as “Queensryche meets Sigur Rós.” If you’re familiar with their music, you know that Bjerre has an impressive, often…

To say that Davy Rothbart is a writer is like saying that Paul Newman is an actor. Both statements are true, but for-in Mr. Newman’s case — a guy who also directs, has a culinary empire, and in his spare…

Busy Philipps is a very smart, and very-well read woman, especially when it comes to children’s books. When I saw her tweet about Ellen Raskin’s Newbery Award winner, The Westing Game, I knew that I had to bring it up…

James Gunn is a very busy man. He’s pimping out PG-Porn on Spike and tonight, Scream Queens, his new show on VH1 premieres. This time, the Slither director takes on the role of judge as ten women compete for a…

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,…

Ben Clark, frontman for the Seattle band The Lashes, has been called the “best interview ever” by the folks promoting The Lashes first album Get It. It is perhaps pressure to live up to that title that he answers his…

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,…

Stacey Farber is 16, rapidly approaching 17 (her birthday is August 25), but is as articulate as someone twice her age. Her character on Degrassi: The Next Generation, Ellie Nash, has been through the ups and downs of a typical…

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…

Carly Steel has a life that many people would envy – interviewing celebrities on the Red Carpet, traveling around the world to cover huge film events and getting to wear gorgeous clothes while doing it. Not that it’s all easy…

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.…

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…

If Judy Blume was the architect of my pre-teen, book-a-day reading habit, Linda Schuyler was the inspiration behind my teen television obsession. As the co-creator and executive producer of The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High,…

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…

Written by P. E. Nelson Orgy first hit the radar screen with the 1998 cover of New Order’s 80s classic, “Blue Monday,” from their debut album Candyass. The band’s music was initially compared to everyone from Marilyn Manson to Depeche…

Written by Quinn Everyone from Sedaka to the Partridges to the Carpenters has sung “breaking up is hard to do.” For some, getting back together is sweeter that the first union. While Giant Drag’s twosome of Annie Hardy (vocals, guitar)…

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…

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” –…

Last season, Joss Whedon brought Firefly, his latest vision to screen – this time on the FOX network. Unfortunately, it was given the kiss-of-death timeslot of Friday at 8pm. Between this and a network not particularly known for fostering its…

It’s just a little over a month until the 2004 Presidential election, do you know where your vote is? We sure as hell hope so. In one of the most heated election years in recent memory, every single stinking vote…

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…

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…

Wolfmother is one of those balls out, lay it all on the line, power trios that you just don’t see a lot of these days. I’m sure they are all nice fellows, but you get the sense that Wolfmother could…

If you honestly and truly don’t know the name “David Fury,” you certainly know his words. He penned more than 25 Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel scripts (finishing off his reign at both shows as Co-Executive Producer) before heading…

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…