A Real Life "My Sister's Keeper" Situation in Britain


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Genetically Engineered Babies

Just like the story line behind last Summer's tearjerker, My Sister's Keeper, a BBC documentary that aired last night is raising ethical questions across the UK as it follows two families' attempts to conceive "savior children" to provide their current kids with bone marrow transplants. The children suffer from Fanconi anemia, a rare genetic disease that prevents the body from producing blood, Read more

What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday


Updated 11/17/09 6:30 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 0 comments

New DVD Releases For Nov. 10: Star Trek, My Sister's Keeper, Bruno, How to Be

There's a silver lining to TV shows going into reruns, and it's more time to watch movies! Happily, today there are a few highly-anticipated flicks, and I've gone through them to tell you What to Netflix. In addition to the three movies mentioned below, you can also catch Robert Pattinson's pre-Twilight dramedy How to Be. Star Trek This year's updated version of Star Trek turned the franchise on Read more

My Sister's Keeper: As a Mom What Would You Do?


Updated 07/02/09 8:15 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 16 comments

My Sister's Keeper: As a Mom What Would You Do?

My Sister's Keeper is a must see for mothers. Bring a box of tissues and prepare to empty your tear ducts during the entire experience. Unlike most films that escalate this one puts a lump into your throat just moments after starting. Cameron Diaz plays a pretty convincing Sara Fitzgerald, an attorney and mother of two who finds out her young daughter, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), has cancer and Read more

Transformers Has a Massive Opening Weekend


Updated 06/29/09 2:15 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

Transformers Has a Massive Opening Weekend

Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen earned a five-day opening gross of $201.2 million, easily taking the top spot at the weekend's box office. The sequel nearly beat the best five-day opening of all time, The Dark Knight, which earned $203.8 million. Second place went to The Proposal, followed by The Hangover in the third spot. Pixar's Up came in at No. 4 and became the year's Read more

My Sister's Keeper: Climb Aboard the Weepy Express


Updated 08/03/09 1:02 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 19 comments

Movie Review: My Sister's Keeper

In My Sister's Keeper, young Anna knows that she was genetically engineered and brought into this world in order to serve as a donor for her ailing sister, Kate. Well, My Sister's Keeper was engineered to make people cry — over and over and over again, for two hours. Anna sues her parents for medical emancipation, and by the end of this movie I wanted to file for emotional emancipation. Anna Read more

Cameron's Still Thinking Outside the Box For Now


Updated 06/26/09 5:57 AM · Posted by · 9 comments

Video of Cameron Diaz on CBS's The Early Show

Cameron Diaz was up bright and early for another morning of promoting My Sister's Keeper, this time stopping by The Early Show with her costar Sofia Vassilieva. The ladies discussed their roles in the tearjerker, but last night at the NYC red carpet premiere, Cameron was ready to talk about her next project. She shared her excitement about working with Tom Cruise again and how much she loved Read more

Cameron and Abigail Keep Things Pretty in NYC


Updated 06/29/09 3:27 AM · Posted by · 24 comments

Photos of Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Rachel Zoe at Red Carpet Premiere of My Sister's Keeper in NYC

Cameron Diaz struck a sexy pose in white at the red carpet premiere of My Sister's Keeper in NYC last night. Her young costar Abigail Breslin chose a pretty pale pink while Rachel Zoe stuck with her staple drapey black. The movie is out tomorrow and will show us new sides of both Cameron and Abigail's acting abilities. Cameron has taken the lead on much of the publicity for the movie including Read more

Buzz In: What "Tearjerkers" Have Failed to Jerk Your Tears?


Updated 06/25/09 9:16 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 55 comments

Buzz In: What "Tearjerkers" Have Failed to Jerk Your Tears?

Having read Jodi Picoult's novel My Sister's Keeper, I am going to see the movie this week fully prepared to leave with puffy eyes and a fistful of soggy tissues. But then again, what if I don't cry? Have you ever anticipated crying at a "tearjerker" movie so much that you aren't moved at all? I had about six people tell me I would "bawl my eyes out" at A Walk to Remember, but that movie left Read more

Buzz Book Club: The Conclusion of My Sister's Keeper


Updated 06/05/09 10:25 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 10 comments

Book Club: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Welcome back, Buzz Book Club readers. I've been re-reading My Sister's Keeper this month so that I can discuss the book's interesting topics with you before the movie comes out. Are you ready to talk about this controversial ending? First, here's a recap of how the Book Club goes: Every week I've suggested chapters to complete by the next post (which, in this case, went up every Friday in May). Read more

Buzz Book Club: My Sister's Keeper, Section Three


Updated 05/25/09 8:31 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 3 comments

Book Club: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult 2009-05-22 08:15:54

Welcome back, Buzz Book Club readers. I'm re-reading My Sister's Keeper this month and am having a great time reading all of your thoughts on this provocative book. This was a brief section, but there's still much to chat about. Here's a recap of how the Book Club goes: Every week I'll suggest chapters to complete by the next post (which, in this case, will go up every Friday in May). In these Read more