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Curse you, Hung!
Since you are both a) the newly crowned Season Three winner of Top Chef and b) not from Chicago, you ruined the potential trinity of Chicago reality show winners. You narrowly defeated fellow Chicagoan...
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Eat, Pray, Hype
"I haven't been this excited since Bono was here."And so began Oprah's Eat, Pray, Love-fest. Friday's episode was all about Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir detailing her travels to Italy, India and...
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Gimme More, Britney. Please. I Beg You.
Even though it leaked early, the "official" video for Britney Spears' latest single, "Gimme More," debuted today on MTV's TRL. First of all, unlike what so many fans predicted/hoped/prayed, the...
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Okay, Go: Just Jack
I've noticed lately that I tend to do full-out reviews for female artists, yet just write these condensed, "Okay, Go" posts for male artists. Now why would that be? Is it some stereotypical tendency as...
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Everyday Lies
Why, Giada, why? How could you have done this to me? I didn't think it was possible. I never saw it coming. I am beside myself.Giada, I think you lied to me.Okay, readers, on your behalf, I will back...
View ArticleDeep Thoughts from America's Next Top Model, part 6
Ambreal on Tyson Beckford's coaching skills: "Tyson bit my mango."What the CW won't do for ratings these days.
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Got to Keep Your Head Up
If you live in an Alaskan town that experiences nighttime for one straight month, you basically want to be eaten alive by vampires. That was the main point I learned from 30 Days of Night, a new horror...
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Terrible Twos
OK, so do you see this little blog post? And these twoposts? The first is my 200th post, the others frame my 2-year blogging anniversary.Yea.I kind of let both milestones slip by for opposite reasons....
View ArticleWhy I Hate Hollywood
Reason #437:Michelle Pfeiffer is set to appear in a remake of 'Grease'. The 'Stardust' actress, who starred in the 1982 sequel 'Grease 2', has been approached to join the cast for a new version of the...
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It's Britney's (Inner) Bitch
I so, so wanted to get this post up yesterday on Halloween because, really, what's scarier than the above image and all that it throws in your face? The bad wig, the bedazzled hat, the recycled picture...
View ArticleBlood, Boys and Bambinas
After breaking 2007's record for Most Posts in a Single Month (October. 9. Sad.), I have been largely absent from blogging due to crazy work hours and other writerly side projects. So, before I get to...
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The Preacher and the Teacher
Novels are dead! Readership is down! No one likes books!The Virginia Quarterly Review had a very good essay a while back about how "the death of the novel" is an old cliché, so I won't opine here. I...
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Mag Hag Reviews the News
I'm such a follower of magazines that I could assemble a fort with all the piles around my apartment. Maybe I have already, but that's not the point. The point is that I kind of ignore them until I'm...
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Sexy and Seasonal
I realized that, not only is Britney's "Gimme More" a perfect dance-floor anthem, it might also have to be my Thanksgiving anthem. When I'm sitting in front of my empty plate, waiting for seconds, I...
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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: Stephen King's The Mist
There have been a lot of films based on Stephen King's stories so odds are, since we're talking about Hollywood, most suck. But after 1990's Misery, filmmakers seem to have an especially hard time with...
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Emmy, Enya. Enya, Emmy.
With little television or radio airplay to support it, actress Emmy Rossum quietly released her first album, Inside Out, this past October. You may know her from The Phantom of the Opera or The Day...
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A Scrubbed-Up Charlie Brown Christmas (and a Christmassy Update!)
So this is actually a few years old, I guess, but I just found it. The cast of Scrubs dubbed over and edited that perennial holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas. At first it just seems pretty...
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Feedback on Janet Jackson's "Feedback"
Is there anyone who can disappoint us like our idols? Is it even fair to be disappointed if an artist's new work can't compare to her prime years? Should we just take her new work on its own terms, as...
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Top Five Art Moments of 2007
Yes, I'm doing my own Best Of lists. Future posts might include such classic gems as "Best Music of 2007,""Best Books of 2007" and "Best Amy Sedaris Quotes of 2007." Yes, you're going to enjoy them,...
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Best Music of 2007
Okay, maybe these aren't the "best" from a critical viewpoint. These are just my favorites...which makes them the best. Because I am the best. So there.Aaaaand here we go! (In no particular...
View ArticleLet It Snow, Man
When I was in the third grade, my class huddled into our classroom on a frosty December night. We were waiting to march single-file to the auditorium where we'd sing in our school's annual holiday...
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So, yeah...
I obviously haven't been blogging in a while. Over a month, in fact. Something clicked when I started thinking about what I want to do in 2008. I realized I want to write more, but not just for my...
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I've Lost Half the Year and Half of My Mind (Duh Duh Duuuuuh...)
Whoa. Remember way back in January when I said I was taking time off from blogging but I'd still check in every once in a while with updates, thoughts, etc. Yeah, now it's...August. How did that...
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Actual notes from my journal while vacationing in Silver Beach, MI, September...
The seagulls on the beach - I'm on the beach! - seem grumpy. They'll walk right up to you and not care. They're so over humans. They're like the pigeons in Chicago that way. That and I saw one seagull...
View ArticleAsteroids Galaxy Tour - "Around the Bend"
My new favorite song and video...(yes, courtesy of the Apple iPod commercial. So what? SO WHAT, I say!)...
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