http://www.buzzsugar.com Entertainment hourly. en http://www.buzzsugar.com/1517999 <a href="http://www.buzzsugar.com/1517999"><img width=160 height=91 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/upl0/1/13839/14_2008/fresh-takes.large.jpg'></div></a><p>I often like and admire <a href="http://bellasugar.com/tag/Dove" >Dove</a>'s campaigns, with their body-affirming messages and "love yourself" themes. I also fully support most anything that features women helping out other women, encouraging us to be good to each other rather than cut each other down.<br /> <span class="inline left"></span><br /> Thus, theoretically, I'm all for the <a href="http://dove.msn.com/#/gofresh/freshtakes.aspx/" target="_blank">Fresh Takes</a> micro-series that Dove is doing in collaboration with MTV. Airing both online and during episodes of <a href="http://buzzsugar.com/tag/The+Hills" >The Hills</a>, the <b>Fresh Takes</b> series follows three 20-something BFFs (one of whom is played by Alicia Keys) who try to soothe each others' insecurities about dating and body image, among other things. But while I'm kind of loving Jessalyn Wanlim as the energetic Lizzie, these episodes (microsodes?) just feel stilted and trite to me. </p> <p>What do you think about the <b>Fresh Takes</b> micro-series? Have you watched it on TV? Is it kind of fun and girly? Or just silly? Check out the preview below, and you watch the two episodes that have aired so far on <a href="http://dovegofresh.com" target="_blank">the Dove Go Fresh site</a>.<br /> <center><object width="425" height="355"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2C4IusV9K5c&amp;hl=en"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2C4IusV9K5c&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center></p> <!-- no strip poll --><form action="/1517999" method="post" id="epoll_view_voting"> <div><div class="poll"> <div class="vote-form"> <div class="choices"><div class="form-item"> <label>Love It or Leave It: Dove&#039;s Fresh Takes, Starring Alicia Keys</label> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-0-1517999" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-0-1517999" name="edit[choice]" value="0-1517999" class="form-radio" /> Love it - it's just fun and girly! And Alicia rocks.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-1-1517999" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-1-1517999" name="edit[choice]" value="1-1517999" class="form-radio" /> Leave it - it's just dumb.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-2-1517999" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-2-1517999" name="edit[choice]" value="2-1517999" class="form-radio" /> Undecided</label> </div> </div> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="1517999" /> <span class='button'><span><input class='fancybutton' type='submit' name="op" value="Vote" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-form_id" value="epoll_view_voting" /> </div> </div></form> <!-- no strip poll --> http://www.buzzsugar.com/1517999#comment TV Buzz Poll MTV Alicia Keys The Hills Dove Dove Go Fresh Dove Fresh Takes Fresh Takes Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:30:22 -0700 BuzzSugar http://www.buzzsugar.com/1517999