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Hello from muggy San Diego! For one of my first activities here at Comic-Con, I attended a panel led by Entertainment Weekly titled "Wonder Women: Female Power Icons in Pop Culture" and featuring Sigourney Weaver, Eliza Dushku, Zoe Saldana and Elizabeth Mitchell in the hot seats. The lively discussion began with appreciative cheers for each woman and a standing ovation for Sigourney Weaver, Read more
New Moon movie poster — love it or leave it? — PopSugar Why can't there be more genuinely tough-looking female action heroes? — Cinematical Before you've heard them sing one last time, vote for your pick for American Idol. — TV.com Watch along with RottenTomatoes' Jen Yamato as she revisits the Terminator franchise, one movie per day. — RottenTomatoes What does (or should) Elizabeth Read more
The interview with author/screenwriter Shauna Cross over on FilmSchoolRejects reveals that Cross' book Derby Girl will be made into a movie that Drew Barrymore will direct and that will — reportedly! — star Ellen Page. If you haven't had enough Magnetic Fields for one day, You Ain't No Picasso has some great covers of the group's songs. I particularly like the Shins' take on "Strange Read more
Upfronts are in full swing, and it's time to get acquainted with the new series that'll be hitting the small screen in Fall 2012. ABC has revealed the shows it's ordered after announcing which shows it's canceling, and we've got the info on the pilots right here. COMEDIES Malibu Country: Reba McEntire plays a woman who moves with her kids from Nashville to Malibu to live with her mother (Lily Read more
Thousands of cookbooks were published in the last year, but which ones are really worth buying? The International Association of Culinary Professionals, or IACP, tackled the question as it announced its cookbook award finalists for 2012 today. Among them: plenty of cookbooks from top restaurant chefs, like Jean-Georges Vongerichten, John Besh, and Andrew Carmellini, as well as new books from Read more
Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell's children's album Catch the Moon ($14) is a subtle and sweet addition to a genre that normally produces the type of tunes that wear on adult nerves. Loeb's lullaby voice is the perfect vessel for folky favorites like "Big Rock Candy Mountain," "Catch The Moon" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." The songs are infectious, but not repetitive or flighty — the ideal Read more
