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Song of the Day: Feist, "My Man My Moon"

BuzzSugar — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:05:28 PST

Leslie Feist, better known simply as Feist could easily be the next Norah Jones or a quirky indie darling along the lines of Cat Power or Joanna Newsom. Though the Calgary singer has played with weirdo electroclash artist Peaches and the more experimental Broken Social Scene, her lovely ballads are lush and catchy with a comforting DIY feel. This new track "My Man My Moon," from her next album, The Reminder, due May 1, is no exception. To listen,

Thanks to I Guess I'm Floating for posting the track.

Announcing the 2012 Oscar Nominations!

Shannon Vestal — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:21:53 PST

The 2012 Oscar nominations have been announced! Lots of award season regulars, like The Artist and The Descendants, got some love, but there were also a handful of surprises, like nominations for Nick Nolte, Gary Oldman, and Terrence Malick. Bridesmaids also scored big, with noms for best original screenplay and best supporting actress for Melissa McCarthy.

The Academy chose nine films for best picture, with lots of familiar titles in there, plus a couple that had early awards buzz but haven't necessarily had consistent attention, like Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and The Tree of Life. The films that racked up the most nominations were Hugo with 11 and The Artist with 10.

To see the full list of nominations, just keep reading.

Looks of the Week!

FabSugar — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:30:22 PDT

Your looks this week were perfect for Fall and had great injections of color! Our favorites were pop of orange, the cape blouse, ppfgirl, vintage ethnic top, very fiery, wrinkles & stripes, oh my!, to the moon and back, neutral tones, swirl of Summer, and it's a man's world. Congrats all!

Diane Kruger Jets North For Canadian Thanksgiving With Her Man Joshua

Allie Merriam — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:39:03 PDT

Diane Kruger carried her fedora Saturday when she touched down at the airport in Vancouver. She traveled north of the border to visit with her boyfriend, Joshua Jackson, while he works on Fringe in his native country. Diane's trip was timed to coincide with Canadian Thanksgiving today! The holiday should mean that Joshua has a day away from the set of his sci-fi show. The latest episode of Fringe aired last night, and it seems that the current season is one of Josh and his costars' best yet. As Josh focuses on the small screen, Diane has a few films heading to theaters. Her Special Forces is out in France on Nov. 2, and post-production work on Farewell, My Queen has started. At the moment, Diane's shooting Fly Me to the Moon with French director Pascal Chaumeil, who was the man behind Vanessa Paradis's 2010 movie Heartbreaker.

The Office, "PDA": Best Lines of the Night

Lauren Bradshaw — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:30:39 PST

Someone tell Holly and Michael to get a room! The newly reunited couple can't keep their hands off each other on the latest episode of The Office, and it's making everyone around them uncomfortable, including me. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Holly and Michael as a duo, but I don't ever want to think about Michael as a sexy "jungle cat" - even if it is funny. Holly and Michael aren't the only ones acting like horny teenagers, either. When Pam and Jim return from a Valentine's Day lunch with some alcohol in their systems, they go looking for the perfect hookup spot for some office sex. You know, since everyone else at Dunder Mifflin has already done it.

Of course rule-abiding Gabe would never think to stoop to such lovey-dovey shenanigans on company property. He plans something much more demure for girlfriend Erin: a scavenger hunt. But when Erin struggles with the game's clues, she enlists Andy for help. By the end of their search, Erin finally seems to realize the guy she's supposed to be with, or so we hope.

While this wasn't my favorite Valentine's Day episode of The Office ever, it did have its heartwarming moments (Michael and Holly exchange I love yous!) and several funny lines. Check out a few of the night's best quotes when you

"It shows that everything you want in life you get, and you can't work for it, it just comes for you." - Michael, explaining how he finally won back Holly.
Pam: "Yeah, lunch was wonderful! There was an amazing buffet, and there was a chocolate fondue station, and what else was there?"
Jim: "Um, bottomless champagne?"
Pam: "Yes, we never found that bottom, did we?"
"I cannot keep myself from Michael. Everything he does is sexy. He has this undeniable animal magnetism. He's a jungle cat. The man exudes sex . . . He can put both his legs behind his head." - Holly, trying to justify her attraction to Michael.
"I don't sit on your lap cause it's comfortable; I sit on your lap because I like the way your thighs feel on my butt." - Michael, who doesn't understand why everyone's saying his PDA with Holly is uncomfortable.
"Pizza, soda, the moon? Someone to share it with. Presents under the tree from Santa." - Kevin, describing his perfect Valentine's Day.

What did you think of the episode? Are you a little grossed out by Michael and Holly, or do you find them hilarious? I am pretty excited to see them move in together. Weigh in below with your thoughts, or head over to The Office community group to chat more!

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True Blood Bites: "I Wish I Was the Moon"

Rose Curiel — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:06:39 PDT

Bon Temps's full moon during this week's True Blood episode had supernatural beings out in full force - more so than usual, that is. Werewolves, body-snatching spirits, and Jason's werepanther drama helped advance storylines, but I was more excited about the romantic developments that took place during this episode.

Whether or not all the flirting will fade after the moonlight remains to be seen, but in the meantime, find out what happens when you

Best "I See Dead People" moment: Paging Bruce Willis: it seems baby Mikey has a sixth sense. Wee Mikey spots a mysterious woman waving to him outside his family’s burning home, which he conveniently manages to escape with his creepy doll. It seems the woman is only visible to Mikey; she vanishes as soon as Arlene turns around to see what her baby is staring at. Who is this woman? A spirit that is somehow connected to that hideous doll? I’m going to go out on a limb here and say she isn’t trustworthy. I mean, what good can come of a person who spontaneously turns up at crime scenes and tries to befriend babies?
Best misread signal: Leave it to Andy, Bon Temps’s bumbling, V-addicted cop, to misinterpret Holly’s offer to buy him a cheeseburger as a come-on. As Holly hilariously points out, dating isn’t exactly on her mind hours after losing her house to a fire, but she gives the clueless sheriff a shot anyway, agreeing to a date. I hope Andy doesn’t screw this one up, but with his track record and recent V-fueled bouts of rage, I’m not holding my breath.
Worst brother ever: Just when it looked like Tommy and Sam were moving past their differences, Tommy screws things up yet again. The troubled shifter spontaneously morphs into Sam, proving Luna’s story that once a shifter kills a parent, he can transform into another human being. (Also, apparently, shifters don’t have to get naked to shift into another person, and their clothes magically transform to fit the other person’s body.) Tommy immediately begins to abuse the powers of his newfound form by sleeping with Luna and firing Sookie. As mean as he is to Sookie, I couldn’t help but laugh when he incredulously points out the ridiculousness of Sookie finding herself in yet another life or death situation. Not so funny is the way he manages to screw things up between Sam and Luna by essentially kicking her out of the house after sleeping with her. Guess that’s how Tommy pays back a brother who helped him get away with murder.
Least convincing good girl act: I wasn’t buying Debbie’s goodness before, and now that she’s meeting up with her not-so-friendly neighborhood pack leader behind Alcide’s back, I’m even less convinced. I don’t really believe her excuse that she didn’t think Alcide would understand her need to roam with a pack, especially given her speech in last week’s episode about wanting to live in a household of rigorous honesty. Also, while I get that she may feel lonely, she didn’t have to spill Alcide’s history to her new pack leader. Whatever happened to standing by your man? Especially when he looks like Alcide.
Best sexual tension: Sensing Jason’s fear as he stumbles through the forest terrified he is going to become a werepanther, Jessica runs to his side. Jess manages to calm him down and the two act awkwardly around one another, with Jason stealing not-so-covert looks at her chest, and Jessica telling him, in not so many words, that she thinks he’s hot. Both can obviously sense their attraction to one another and are reluctant to give in to it. Jason makes it a point to bring up Hoyt in the conversation, and both agree that they shouldn’t mention their little moonlit rendezvous to him. With Hoyt and Jessica’s relationship on the rocks, it's pretty clear that Jessica and Jason are in danger of giving into their desires.
Most awkward family reunion: Jesus and Lafayette head south of the border to enlist the help of Jesus’s scary warlock grandfather, whom Jesus hasn’t seen in 20 years. Lafayette is the poor house guest caught in the middle of the family drama, who has to politely accept his breakfast of goat tongue and look the other way as Jesus’s grandfather blasts Jesus in Spanish for crawling back on his knees for help. Other precious moments during the reunion? Abuelito lunges at his grandson with a rattlesnake and then walks away, leaving Lafayette to freak out over his now poisoned boyfriend.
Top two possessions: According to Jesus’s crazy grandfather, spirits suffer from a possessive compulsive disorder of sorts, and are always looking for a body to occupy. Unfortunately for Lafayette, this means Jesus’s Tio Luca temporarily occupies his body in order to heal Jesus of his rattlesnake bite. This possession is apparently Jesus’s grandfather’s way of getting the couple to fight Marnie’s witchcraft with equally powerful witchcraft. Marnie is also possessed by a powerful spirit during this episode, that of Spanish witch Antonia. Now the question is, is Lafayette/Luca the only person who will be able to take Marnie/Antonia down? We already know vampires like the memory-challenged Eric and rotting Pam don’t seem to stand a chance against her.
Most badass witch: Once Antonia’s spirit takes over Marnie’s body, she wastes no time in beginning to exact revenge against those who wronged her - all while still locked away in a prison cell. She seems to lure her former tormentor, Father Luis, to her cell with one creepy look into his surveillance camera, and stops him mid-attack with a talk to the hand move coupled with a few incantations. After that, he’s a puppet in her crafty hands. While it was somewhat satisfying to see her exact revenge on someone who treated her so brutally, I worry about what her extreme powers might mean for Bon Temps's other vamps (like the newly reformed and adorable Eric, who has already felt the effect of her power).
Hottest hookup: Eric and Sookie get it on - finally! This is definitely the moment I’ve been waiting for all season. After much buildup - the drunken butt-pinching, near kiss in Eric’s cell, spooning, and spoiled hookup thanks to a meddling vampire king - the pair finally has their moment on the forest floor. There’s some gratuitous shots of Eric’s butt during the scenes, which were all the more exciting because he finally ditched that tired workout outfit. I’m dying to find out how this relationship plays out, but given Gran’s warning from beyond the grave to Sookie about her new love, and the fact that Marnie/Antonia can very likely take control of him, I’m worried the fairy and vamp couple are doomed.

What do you think? Would you like to see Eric and Sookie work out in the long run? Let me know in the comments section below!

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