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Buzz Brainteaser

BuzzSugar — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:30:46 PST

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music, and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points! In Serendipity, Jonathan (John Cusack) and Sara (Kate Beckinsale) meet in Bloomingdale's while shopping for the same thing. What are they both shopping for?

Buzz Brainteaser

BuzzSugar — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:30:00 PST

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points! Serendipity is one of those movies that features the holiday season, but may not necessarily be considered a "holiday movie." So, as we ease closer toward the holidays, here's a question from this "non-holiday holiday film."

When Sarah and Jonathan go ice skating in Central Park, Jonathan tells Sarah her freckles remind him of what constellation?

8 Ways to Make Your Own Career Luck

LearnVest — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:15:52 PDT

People often say that you make your own luck, but how do you make your own career luck and get the job of your dreams? LearnVest shares how you can do so.

You sit next to someone on an airplane who later helps you land your dream job.

Your dentist’s daughter is a book editor, and wouldn’t you know it, she’d just love to publish your memoir.

You have a role model in your industry, and your roommate’s fiancé just so happens to be her best friend.

OK, chance doesn’t always work out as we might wish . . . but a few travel apps, a weak economy, and plenty of gumption got us thinking.

Cajoling Lady Luck may be easier than ever, with new services like Planely, a Danish start-up, and Satisfly, a Hong Kong-based start-up. Both apps connect passengers before their flights, so they can see the Facebook profiles of fellow travelers and choose seats by people they’d like to meet. Airlines like Dutch carrier KLM and Malaysia Airlines are getting in on the act with similar services of their own. Sharing and viewing this social media info is, of course, optional all around.

Read on for more.

Katie Holmes Starts Suri Cruise's 6th Birthday in Manhattan

Allie Merriam — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:07:50 PDT

Suri Cruise's birthday is today! The little one, who's 6 years old, and her mom Katie Holmes are together in the Big Apple to start the celebrating. This morning, they left their Manhattan pad hand in hand ready to kick off the fun. In 2011, Suri rang in her 5th year with a blowout bash at the Cruises' LA mansion. This year, though, it seems some city fun is in store for Suri. Suri and Katie have been all over the US in recent weeks. They logged some time at their West Coast home base, then visited with Tom Cruise on the Louisiana set of Oblivion. Suri's been a jet-setter since her birth in 2006, and hopefully today she's able to visit some of her favorite Big Apple kid-friendly hot spots like Chelsea Piers, Serendipity, and Alice's Tea Cup.

What to TiVo: Thursday

BuzzSugar — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:59:00 PST

8:00 Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
9:00 The Middle (repeat)
9:30 A Very Gaga Thanksgiving
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (repeat)

8:00 The Big Bang Theory (repeat)
8:30 Rules of Engagement (repeat)
9:00 Person of Interest (repeat)
10:00 The Mentalist (repeat)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (repeat)
12:37 Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (repeat)

8:00 Ice Age: Mammoth Christmas (new)
9:00 Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (new)

8:00 Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who!
10:00 The 85th Anniversary of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (new)
11:35 Tonight Show With Jay Leno (repeat)
12:35 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (repeat)

8:00 Vampire Diaries (repeat)
9:00 The Secret Circle (repeat)

What to TiVo: Saturday

BuzzSugar — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:59:23 PST

8:00 College Football: Oregon at Stanford

8:00 South Carolina Rebuplican Debate
9:00 NCIS (repeat)
10:00 48 Hours Mystery (new)

8:00 Cops (new)
8:30 Cops (new)
9:00 UFC: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos
11:00 Hell's Kitchen (repeat)

8:00 College Football: Maryland vs. Notre Dame
11:30 Saturday Night Live (new, with guest Emma Stone and Coldplay)

7 Fun Facts About Josh Groban and His New Character on The Office

Rose Curiel — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:21:39 PDT

Josh Groban makes his debut as Andy Bernard's little brother, Walter Jr., on this week's episode of The Office. Groban took the time to talk to reporters about his new character, the rivalry between Walter Jr. and his older brother, and why he sometimes wishes the Bernard family patriarch, Stephen Collins, was his actual father. Plus, he filled us in on how he landed the gig.

Walter Jr. Stole Andy's Name
"Andy is the firstborn, which is usually, I think, probably the favorite son, but for whatever reason being the secondborn somehow I kind of stole his name from him. He was originally going to be Walter Jr., but they made me Walter Jr., and he kind of wound up being a little bit more of the happy-go-lucky, very successful, almost kind of fell up in a way."
He Geeked Out Over Visiting Schrute Farms
"I was very, very honored [to visit Schrute Farms]. I did not take it lightly for sure. I was actually kind of surprised they didn’t put a blindfold on me on the van ride over because it feels like one of those very kind of top secret TV land locations. But when we pulled in, as a fan of the show, it was really, really fun to see. And also it was great to see the actual house on Schrute Farms. Everything that you see on the show, none of that feels like a set when you’re there. It’s a beautiful piece of land and what they’ve done, the prop department people who have created that house, it’s all to scale, and to be able to walk in and be able to see all the Schrute portraits on the wall, and the pictures from his childhood and the oil painting of his grandfather next to the Kiss poster, like it’s just like they haven’t left any stone unturned as far as his character and what that property means for his character. As a fan of the show it was really, really cool to see."

To find out what other things Groban revealed about his character, just

He Couldn't Resist Bringing a Prop Home
"I definitely will treasure the family portrait that was taken on set. We got to take a picture where it was me and Ed [Helms] and Stephen [Collins], and all of standing there, and Dee Wallace of course, who plays our mom, who is amazing. It’s definitely a cool portrait. I’m going to frame it and hang it on my fireplace at some point."
He Got His Office Gig Through Twitter
"The complicated thing right now is that I’m actually on tour. When Mindy Kaling asked me about doing the show, she said - she actually kind of direct message tweeted me, and I was shocked to hear from her and I said, 'Yeah, no I would love to do the show. When are you thinking?' And it just so happened the exact week they were taping this episode was the exact week out of an eight-month tour that I’m doing, that I happened to be in the Los Angeles area. So it was 100 percent just serendipity that I happened to be in town when they were taping this episode."
He'd Love to Play a Drug Dealer
"I would love to play somebody really bad on Breaking Bad. I think that would be a really fun thing for me. I would love to play a drug dealer, or something that would be really, really fun. I’ve been completely obsessed with that series."
He Wishes Stephen Collins Was His Part-Time Dad
"Stephen Collins, you know, I’ve watched his work in the past and everybody’s seen him in 7th Heaven and all those shows, and he’s kind of like the ultimate dad. When you watch him at work, he’s kind of the dad you wish was your side dad, no matter how great you think your family is. Like, you want him as your weekend dad. He’s a cool dude and when I met him off set, there’s something about him that is so calm and collected, but he has a really dry wit. Just hanging out with him, we were working on some of our song harmonies and things like that. He, first of all, has an amazing voice. Not to give any spoilers, but I think people will kind of realize that the musical inspiration in the family started with him. There’s a little bit of a Von Trapp family atmosphere in his world in the show.
He Can Be Just as Shy as Walter Jr.
"I think to a certain extent I am kind of as shy in garden party situations as Walter is, and I think to a certain extent, any of us who have achieved a certain amount of success kind of feel like we’ve worked for it, and also feel to a certain extent like we were given wonderful opportunities and wonderful open doors to walk through. I would say that I’m definitely a little bit more neurotic than Walter Jr. Walter Jr. seems to be just very much go with the flow, and life’s grand, and I tend to be a bit more of an overthinker than he is, I think."

Tom Hits NYC With Katie and Possibly Preps For a Les Grossman Movie

Allie Merriam — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:54:58 PDT

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes stuck together this afternoon to pick up treats at the ready-for-Spring Magnolia Bakery in NYC. It's one of the couples favorite Big Apple spots, along with the Serendipity sweets shop where Suri found her "penis gummies." The Cruise family is in between projects at the moment, as Tom recently wrapped up Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and Katie just did promotional work for her The Kennedys miniseries. Tom's also got the Rock of Ages movie coming up, and his friend Bill Hader revealed that a movie based on Tropic Thunder's Les Grossman is in the still in the works after it was green-lighted last June. The script has already been written by Scott Pilgrim vs. the World's Michael Bacall, though Tom has to find free time in his busy schedule to commit to the movie fully.

James Beard Foundation Announces 2011 Award Finalists

Susannah Chen — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:29:09 PDT

We're one step closer to knowing who'll take home top honors in this year's James Beard Awards - the so-called "Oscars of the food world." Semifinalists were announced a month ago, and they included the likes of Stephanie Izard, Michael Symon, and Suzanne Goin. The awards, which will be newly sponsored by Groupon and hosted by Tom Colicchio, Ming Tsai, and Traci Des Jardins, won't happen until May 9.

To see which of the 29,000 nominations submitted this year have made it to the finals, read more.

Katie and Suri Wrap Up a Fashionable Few Days With a Night of Theater

Allie Merriam — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:22:39 PDT

Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise left their NYC apartment last night and headed to Broadway for a performance of Wicked - they also saw the show during a visit to the Big Apple last year. It was Suri and Katie's latest evening of theater, after watching Daniel Radcliffe in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying last week. The girls are on the East Coast so Katie could team up with her Holmes & Yang collaborator, Jeanne Yang, to present their new designs at Barneys, where the actress also revealed their interest in creating a makeup line. Jeanne and Katie celebrated with a fancy Tuesday night out, and Suri went along for a midnight dessert run to Serendipity that resulted in a particularly awkward moment with some adult candies.