SYTYCD: Mary Murphy Made My Ears Bleed

My first episode of So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) was last night. It was quite impressive, other than a shrieking judge. I’d take ‘luuded Paula Abdul over Mary Murphy every day of the week and twice on Sundays. Murphy is like the real life version of when the curtains fly [...]

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“The Office” Hopes to Have Successful Spin-off

“The Office” has made its first hire for the highly-anticipated spinoff of the hit show. “Human Giant” co-creator and star Aziz Ansari has signed on as an actor, with executive producer Greg Daniels saying “We loved his work in ‘Human Giant,’ … and we have a good character for him.”
“Laverne & Shirley” was on [...]

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Tall Blonde Goddess Unhappy With Job on Hit TV Show

Earlier this week actress Katherine Heigl revealed she withdrew her name from Emmy contention for Best Supporting Actress (which she won last year) because she “did not feel that [she] was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organization, [she] withdrew [...]

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Deathly Hallows Discussion

Get your copies of the Deadly Hallows ready, kiddos.  The discussion of the book starts tomorrow over at DeadOn.  The chapters for tomorrow are 1 through 5.  WOO HOO!

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Obsessed

I have been fixated with this song for the last few months. I can’t stop listening to it. I find it so beautiful and I can’t quite figure out why.

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Harry Potter

I’m home and jobless and finally getting around to finishing our Harry Potter book club from last summer.  So jump in for the end of the Half-Blood Prince and then grab your copy of Deathly Hallows.  I haven’t even opened my copy since I finished reading it the night it came out, so it should [...]

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Iowa Tumbler Warms Up for Olympics

The 2008 Visa Championships start this Thursday, June 5th and West Des Moines Sweetheart Shawn Johnson is the front-runner. This 16 year-old sophomore at West Des Moines Valley High School is also the favorite for the Olympic Trials in Philadelphia June 19th-22nd and the games themselves in August. What else could possibly make [...]

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Chinese Issue Rules to Foreigners

The Chinese government has issued a 57-page document detailing how foreigners should behave IF they are allowed into China for the 2008 Summer Games. The document is titled “A Guide to Chinese Law for Foreigners Coming to, Leaving or Staying in China During the Olympics,” is currently only available in Chinese ( … ) [...]

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