An Interview With American Teen Director Nanette Burstein


Updated 08/11/08 1:28 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

An Interview With American Teen Director Nanette Burstein

When I saw the documentary American Teen at Sundance this year, I was totally wowed, and I knew I was watching something special. It's truly one of the most insightful documentaries on American life to come out in years. The film is in select theaters now, and I highly recommend you check it out. As you can imagine, it was a delight to sit down with the director of American Teen, Nanette Read more

What to Download: New Music on iTunes


Updated 07/15/08 7:30 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 7 comments

New Music on iTunes 2008-07-15 12:30:31

Tuesdays are big in entertainment-ville: Not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores, including iTunes. So I take a spin through each week's iTunes music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. Here are today's selections: The provocateur: Finally the album that made headlines long before it was ever released is here, and Read more

Movie Preview: American Teen


Updated 08/06/08 4:48 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 12 comments

Movie Preview: American Teen

Man, people love to push the whole "this generation's Breakfast Club" angle with the documentary American Teen (though the poster for it, ah, doesn't help). I suppose this makes sense, but only in that The Breakfast Club featured timeless high school themes and characters. Yet, The Breakfast Club was still fiction, and a documentary is always going to be more complex and more nuanced than the Read more

TV Tonight: High School Confidential


Updated 03/11/08 10:21 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 15 comments

High School Confidential

I often find it interesting to debate just how "real" so-called reality series like Laguna Beach and The Hills are, given that the lives of these wealthy young people are far from any reality known to most of America. While shows about the very rich provide their share of glamour and intrigue, there are plenty of compelling tales to be mined from the rest of America, especially when it comes to Read more

Sundance Review: American Teen


Updated 01/30/08 3:16 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 10 comments

Sundance Review of American Teen Documentary

What is it about teenagers that fascinates us so? In the case of many TV shows — from The O.C. to My Super Sweet 16 — there's an obsession with wealthy teens, kids who seem to have way too much way too young. We love seeing the spectacle these kids provide, their outrageous demands, their bratty tantrums that make us tsk-tsk even as we turn up the volume. We love affirming (in certain cases) Read more

Hamlet 2, American Teen Among First Big Deals at Sundance


Updated 01/24/08 4:43 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

Hamlet 2, American Teen Among First Big Deals at Sundance

Buying started slow at Sundance this year, but things started picking up on Tuesday. Check out a rundown of some recent acquisitions: Hamlet 2, which stars Steve Coogan as a high school drama teacher, sold to Focus Features for $10 million — making it one of the biggest deals ever in the history of Sundance and putting it in the same league as Little Miss Sunshine. I didn't get to see this Read more

Live From Park City, It's the Sundance Film Festival!


Updated 01/24/08 4:48 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 7 comments

Live From Park City, It's the Sundance Film Festival!

It's cold! It's crowded! It's the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah! I've been here a couple days now and have luckily managed to the avoid black ice and nosebleeds. On the downside, this year's festival seems to be so popular, it's hard to get into the film screenings! Still, this is my first time here at Sundance and I am in awe of this experience. So much great art, so much Read more

What to TiVo: Monday


Updated 05/21/12 12:00 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

What's on TV For Monday, May 21, 2012

8:00 Dancing With the Stars (new) 9:00 The Bachelorette (new) 11:35 Nightline (new) 12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (new, with guests Kathy Griffin and Emily Maynard) 8:00 How I Met Your Mother (repeat) 8:30 2 Broke Girls (repeat) 9:00 Two and a Half Men (repeat) 9:30 Mike & Molly (repeat) 10:00 Clash of the Commercials: USA vs. the World (new) 11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with Read more

The X Factor Eyes Miley Cyrus


Updated 05/07/12 1:50 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Miley Cyrus to Host The X Factor Rumor

Is Miley Cyrus the new host of The X Factor? — Zap2it Watch a teaser for season two of Teen Wolf — BuddyTV Which Marvel superheroes might head to the big screen next? — NextMovie Go behind the scenes of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom — Rotten Tomatoes See which actors might show up in American Horror Story's second season — HuffPost TV Check out this Summer's must-see indie films — Read more

Link Time — How Warmer Weather Heats Up Your Sex Life


Updated 04/09/12 1:00 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How Warm Weather Is Good For Sex

Top 10 ways that warm weather is good for your sex life — Em & Lo What it's like watching Titanic at 26 vs. 12 — Huffington Post Why journalism suffers when morning shows seek salvation with celebrity — The Daily Beast Lena Dunham addresses Lee Aronsohn's "labia saturation point" comments — The Frisky What your American Girl says about you — College Candy Learn about pheromone Read more