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It's really hard to beat a good competition movie, whether it's a bad dance movie, a documentary about real-life competition, or a totally fake documentary. Thus, I present to you my latest online find: a mockumentary called Unflinching Triumph: The Phillip Rockhammer Story. This hilariously deadpan film, which you can watch in its entirety on the web, explores the "inner world" of staring Read more
Last week I challenged you guys to bookmark the movies about competition that you think are the most Buzzworthy. You all found some great films, including some I've never seen, such as WhiplashGirlchild's suggestion The Cannonball Run. In my eyes, you're all winners just for participating! But since I have to choose a few favorites, here are my picks. Best In Show, bookmarked by LizaToad and Read more
Choosing the competition documentaries for this week's Movie Night got me thinking about all kinds of competition movies, both fictional and real-life. In recent years, it seems, there has been a surge in youth-centric competition movies in particular, including Stomp the Yard, Bring it On, and Take the Lead (which also would have worked for last week's teacher movies challenge!). But I want to Read more
There's a book series, a film series, a Florida amusement park, a London studio tour, and, coming this Fall, there will also be the Harry Potter For Kinect video game! Based on the eight films, the game gives diehard fans a chance to experience the movies' most memorable moments for themselves, whether as a character or as their own avatar. Check out the top four reasons we're excited to Read more
Robert Pattinson and costar Sarah Gadon made the first of many promotional appearances in Cannes today to chat up their David Cronenberg-directed project, Cosmopolis. Rob's movie is in competition against Kristen Stewart's latest dramatic endeavor, On the Road. Kristen's film premiered last night and even though she didn't walk the carpet with Rob, he was still on hand to support her Read more
The list of nominees for the MTV Movie Awards was revealed this morning, and it seems The Hunger Games is the one to beat! The series is dominating the competition with eight nods at this year's show, including nominations for best male and best female performance. But what about Breaking Dawn Part 1? The MTV favorite took a hit this year, now that The Hunger Games is in contention, and we're Read more
In our interview with Brave producer Katherine Sarafian, we talked about how archery is having "a moment" right now. And with onscreen heroines like Katniss from The Hunger Games and Brave's Merida holding the bows, little girls are sure to be interested in the archery trend. I myself tried it for the first time at Pixar's Brave event, and I'm seriously hooked! Katherine said she loves that girls Read more
Things got off to a hot start this week when we heard that The Vampire Diaries's Ian Somerhalder wanted to star as the handsome Christian Grey in the upcoming big screen adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. Responses were largely positive, but some of you brought up your own casting suggestions, like Somerhalder's cast mate, Joseph Morgan, and Matt Bomer, who recently guest starred on Glee. Read more
We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Clarisse Thorn sees nothing new in eroticized images of male dominance and violence, but she sees plenty that's thought-provoking. Much is being made of the highly successful S&M erotica novel 50 Shades of Grey. People are blaming feminism for making women into submissives, blaming feminism for preventing Read more
We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from espnW here on FitSugar! By Shawn Johnson Shawn Johnson is blogging for espnW throughout her training for the Olympics in London this summer. Follow her journey and other Olympic hopefuls on espnW.com. Say "camp" to an ordinary kid and she'll probably tell you about bonfires and sing-alongs and arts and crafts. Say it to an elite gymnast, and Read more
