"Someone Actually Said That" Soap Line of the Day!

Courtesy of Todd Manning on Thursday's One Life To Live (which is on fire with the ridiculous lines lately)

"That's awesome. You wanna have sex?"

Don't believe me?

Around the 1:47 mark. See full post

Hutts & Recreation [Video of the Moment]

I'm amused so easily



"Created by George Lucas & Jabba the Hutt" See full post

Double the Eruditechick Means Double The Fun!

Great news, Fangirls!

Our own amazing, lovely, smart & hilarious Eruditechick will now be pulling double duty as a news writer over at Screenrant!!!

Be sure to add Screenrant to your Google Reader & comment on Amanda's posts, thereby encouraging more movie sites to hire themselves some kick ass lady writers.

Her first piece is covering Cinematical's interview with the Let Me In producer. Fitting, as Let The Right One In is VERY important to her and not to be fucked with. Fingers crossed for that movie.

And stay tuned readers, All Things Fangirl has some very special Wondercon coverage coming up in a few weeks! Not only will the lovely Eruditechick be snagging some great interviews & exclusive access, but maybe another fangirl you all love and are very familiar with will be joining her :). Not sure if I'm going yet, but the event will be thoroughly covered either way.

Here are some of Eruditechick's past posts - take a gander! Yay!

Review of D9

Response to LA Time's offensive girl's guide to comic con

Interview w/ Robert Meyer Burnett, producer/director/editor

Interview w/ cast of Chuck

Op-ed on sequels & Iron Man 2

Interview w/ the cast of Pandorum

Funny one :)

Thoughts on Captain America casting from November 2008! See full post

10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards

10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards

Last night (3/11/10) at 6:30pm in the North Gall of the Moscone Convention Center, Gamers gathered for the 10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards. These are my favorite game awards because the winners (in theory) have nothing to do with marketing, connections, dollar signs or the like. These winners are chosen by fellow artist, designers, tech geeks, and game innovators. This is an opportunity for folks working shoulder to shoulder in the game industry trenches to acknowledge the accomplishments of their fellow colleagues. Check out this years winners:

Lifetime Achievement Award: John Carmack
Pioneer Award: Gabe Newell
Ambassador Award: Penny Arcade (Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik, Robert Khoo)

Game of the Year: Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
Best Game Design: Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
Best Writing: Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
Best Debut Game: Torchlight (Runic Games)
Best Technology: Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
Best Handheld Game: Scribblenauts (5th Cell)
Best Visual Arts: Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
Innovation Award: Scribblenauts (5th Cell)
Best Audio: Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
Best Downloadable Game: Flower (ThatGameCompany)




CONGRATS to this years Winners!!! See full post

Late but still important!

NEW DONKEY KONG RECORD!

That's right Twin Galaxies confirmed that Dr. Hank Chien legitimately scored 1,061,700 points!!! 10,000 hire than Billy Mitchell's previous record. Yeah it wasn't our favorite underdog Steve Wiebe, but anyone who beats Billy is champ in my book.

Did someone say "The King of Kong...THE SEQUEL!!!" One can only dream.


Check out the article in the NY Daily News.




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2010 Video Game Industry To 2009 VGI: I Know You Rocked, But I'm Gonna Rock Too

IVE BEEN GETTING REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR IN VIDEO GAMES.

Three of my all time favorite games (Bioshock, Fable 2, Portal) have sequels in 2010, plus Green Day Rock Band is something I dreamt about in 5th grade and now it's REAL. So. Lots of squee happening.

2010:

Mass Effect 2
Bioshock 2
Final Fantasty XXIII
God of War III
Green Day Rock Band
Portal 2
Fable 3
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Mafia II
Red Dead Redemption
Crackdown II
Rock Band 3

Update: @TheMovieGod brought these up:

Brink
Fallout: New Vegas
L.A. Noir.


Which has been your favorite so far and which are you most looking forward to? Any games I'm missing that are super exciting? Can 2010 possibly surpass 2009 in gaming?

Just a reminder. 2009 brought us:

Modern Warfare 2
Uncharted 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Assassin's Creed 2
Left for Dead 2
Dragon Age Origins
Demon's Souls
Beatles Rock Band

Oh oh and Playstation Move? Boring. Said it. See full post

American Idol Top 16 - Boys Night

Dear god. What was that. Why why why. I am LONGING for Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, Matt Giraud, and yes, even Danny Gokey so at least I have someone to hate. How BORING was that whole evening? Granted, we haven't even made it into the top 12 yet, so I should probably calm down. But AUGH. Just....WHY.

Lee Dwyze - Fireflies
This song is so emo. Lee is so...Lee. This is blech.

Alex Lambert - Trouble
He is definitely winning me over. I love the tone of his voice and the genre of his song choices. Hope he makes it through, he's the most improved week to week and deserves a spot in the top 12!

Tim Urban - Hallelujah 
(A Twitter Transcription)

Tim Urban singing Hallelujah? Don't make me hate this song, Tim. Don't do it. Stop it. #idol

Tim Urban = 3rd place in high school talent show type of voice. HOW IS HE ON THIS SHOW? My ears are bleeding. #idol

Example of perfect song choice and arrangement, but sadly his voice isn't good enough for it. Judges, YOU CRAZY. HORRIBLE. #idol

Tim Urban is staying in this competition because the producers want him to. That was horrible & the judges loved it. #idol

Yes, It was Tim's best performance, but his best performance was still a piece of shit. I suppose logic dictates that he should stay in over someone who hasn't improved at all, but I disagree, because Tim sucks, go home.

Andrew Garcia - Genie in a Bottle 
Creeped out by a guy singing Genie in a Bottle. "You gotta rub me the right way." Nonono. Stop. Its neat, but...awkward. Awesome in theory, not so awesome in practice. I did like the ending, but man. Forced. Uncomfortable. The sad sad story of Peaked-Too-Early-Garcia. That would suck if he went home tomorrow.


Casey James - You’ll Think of Me
I think Casey is the dreamiest dreamy of the dreamy swooooon, but stupid song, boring. He'll make it through to next week and hopefully not be boring again.


Aaron Kelly - Already There
A Twitter Transcription

Whatever Aaron Kelly is doing, it's OFFENSIVE TO MY EARS OH MY GOD OW #idol

Aaron Kelley may actually be asleep AS he performs. #idol

Horrible. Yeah he has a "power zone" and whatever, awesome, but, no. The beginning was atrocious and the song is dumb and who really wants to listen to the type of music this kid will create? Like, seriously. Enough.

Todrick Hall - Somebody To Love
I thought this was very cool. Mostly because someone was actually entertaining me! Got very nostalgic for Adam during this number because Todrick's performance seemed like it could only reach a certain level of energy. Seemed almost too muted, like the commitment wasn't actually there. It seemed to me like he was sick or something, but I guess he wasn't. So, just, please figure it out for next week.


Michael Lynche: This Woman’s Work
Very pretty. I wasn't as blown away as the rest of the judges, but I guess after a night like we had tonight, Michael "I can actually sing and perform well" Lynche seemed like a god-send.

My Top Three: Alex Lambert, Michael Lynche, Casey James (for hotness)
My Bottom Three: Tim Urban, Aaron Kelly, Andrew Garcia 
Going Home: If there were justice, Tim & Aaron. More likely Todrick & Andrew, with the cuties Tim & Aaron sticking around. But I hope not. See full post

American Idol Top 16 - Girls Night

Well, that was a bizarre girl's night, wasn't it? Two of the people I always count on to be great were utterly mediocre (Katelyn, Lilly) and two of the girls who the judges swear are awesome, but haven't proved it yet, hit it out of the ballpark (Lacey, Didi). Another two of the girls were reliably awesome (Crystal, Siobhan) and two are CLEARLY going home. Yikes. Sorry girls (Paige, Katy)

Here's my quick two cents:

Katie Stevens - Breakaway
Karaoke. Go be on Glee where they can fix your imperfections in post and get off American Idol please.

Siobhan Magnus - House of the Rising Sun
That was awesome. Simon, you're either a god damn moron or you are trying to sway the calling audience in a particular direction for nefarious reasons. Clearly has the best voice on the whole show.

EW's take on Siobhan,

Actually, that would be one way to explain Simon's inexplicable disdain for Siobhan's ''House of the Rising Sun,'' which — no exaggeration — I'd rate as one of the best pure vocals I've ever heard in an Idol semifinal. I mean, let's get real for a second: Given the fact that Randy Jackson considered Big Mike's James Brown worthy of a standing O last week, how is it possible that all four judges didn't get off their duffs on the basis of Siobhan's achingly gorgeous a capella intro alone? Come to think of it, only Ellen DeGeneres seemed genuinely blown away by the way Siobhan powered through her notes with a melisma-free clarity that's all too rare among Idol's ''big'' vocalists. Me? I could listen to a whole concert's worth of Siobhan's achingly lovely lilt, the way it rises and falls as she loses herself in the lyric, the way her upper register seems to inherently convey an innate sense of angst and pain and loss. If Siobhan's emotional commitment and pitch perfection is ''a bit weird,'' as Simon described it, then I hope more season 9 contestants follow suit.

Lacey Brown - The Story
LOVE this song. Was hoping someone sing it on the show. Unfortunately, it was Lacey, who doesn't have the power to sing the actual impressive, difficult part of this song. Apparently none of the judges have ever heard this top 40 hit before because none of them call her out. Luckily for Lacey, however, her voice is perfectly suited for her take on the song, and she sounds fantastic.


Katelyn Epperly - I Feel The Earth Move Under My Feet
That was awkward. That was nothing short of awkward. Love this girl, but this performance is all kinds of wrong. Her voice is still great and she is still so pretty so I hope she doesn't go home. Yikes.

Didi Benami - Rhiannon
Thank goodness. Gorgeous. Didi finally gets it! Let's hope she stays this awesome as the competition goes on. Love love loving this.

Paige Miles - Smile
My goodness that was depressing, wasn't it? That made me really sad. Poor girl just missed the mark completely tonight and knows it. Wow. Oh, the humanity

Mamasox - Gimmie One Reason
Week one: Soundalike
Week two: I've never heard that CCR song before, but seemed like it was more of her own take on a classic?
Week three: Took what could have been a soundalike and made it totally her own and TOTALLY EFFING AWESOME
Say what you will about Mamasox, she's unbelievable. And so confident this week! Sadly, early front-runners rarely make it to the top. Will Mamasox defy the odds?


Lilly Scott - I Fall To Pieces
Normally I love her, but this performance was bridging on bad for me. Her unique voice, style and mandolin saved it from the depths of horribleness, but she could get real old real quick if she stays on the path of whatever it was that just happened.

My Top Three: Siobhan, Crystal, Didi,
My Bottom Three: Paige, Katie, Katelyn
Going Home: Paige, Katie (If there's justice!) See full post

If You Feel Like Crying From Laughter Today [Video of the Moment]

This just got sent to me by my friend Dan (The same Dan whom Eruditechick wants cast as Captain America & for which she has started a Twitter campaign. I SUPPORT THIS! OMG Those sentences were brought to you by Questionable Grammar.) and by the end, I was laughing so hard, I had tears in my eyes.

MUST WATCH

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Mad Men Barbies: Somewhere Between WANT and WTF

Reasons why this is WANT:

- MAD MEN BARBIE DOLLS
- I like collecting shit
- MAD MEN BARBIE DOLLS
- This paragraph,

Gracefully molded of Silkstone®, a material that resembles the look and weight of porcelain, each doll is stylized in iconic costumes from the series, and comes with accessories true to their show counterparts. Don Draper wears his classic, polished red-lined suit and comes accessorized with a hat, overcoat and brief case; Betty Draper's classic look is captured with unparalleled detail, from her faux pearl necklace to her pumps; Joan Holloway looks chic in a purple skirt suit and perfectly styled coif with her staple accessory - a pen necklace; and Roger Sterling is looking dapper in his monogrammed shirt.

Reasons why this is WTF:

- I can only display my Joan doll if I take her out of the collector packaging to stuff her Barbie outfit with enough padding to make her look like the real woman Christina Hendricks is HELLO
- 75 bucks each? EACH? That's more than the custom made Daniel Faraday action figure I bought, and only like 7 of those exist, and it's Daniel cussing Faraday for fuck's sake! (Because cuss' sake is awkward to both type and say.)


Mad Men Barbies - AMC
Hat Tip: @Canakatydid

Side note of mega fun!!!!

Mawphoto.com created his OWN Mad Men Barbie Dolls with no 75 dollar price tag. 75 dollars?! That's a year of unlimited trips to Disneyland! 75 bucks?! That's more than a perfectly respectable, gets the job done, 500 piece set of poker chips!

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Alternate Lost Opening Credits

Lost as an 80s action/hot people in bikinis show, followed by Lost as a 60s science fiction show. Enjoy!





From The Daily What See full post

"Someone Actually Said That" Soap Line Of The Day!

Courtesy of the character Roxy on yesterday's One Life to Live:

"That's not a thermometer, is it? That's a home pregnancy test."

Made even better if we recall the line Roxy said directly before this:

"You dropped your thermometer. Eyooo, it's still wet."

Don't believe me?

Around the 4:46 mark See full post

Oscar Party Themed Dishes

We had a wide array of Oscar themes dishes this year, so I thought I'd share! I don't have photos of everything, but I do have a list. Enjoy!

Fruit  

The complete menu!

Prawns - District 9 

Sigourney Weiners (Cocktail hot dogs)

Fruit Salad - A Single Man (Tongue in cheek, worry not)

Strawberry Apple Struedel  - Inglourious Basterds

Cockroach Clusters - Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince

"Crazy Hearts" Heart shaped whiskey shortcake w/ strawberries

Crazy Heart shaped pastries

Beouf Bourgonion - Julie & Julia

Cinema Pasta Italiano - Nine

Nine Ingredient Dip - Nine

Fantastic Mr Lox

A Serious Man's Bagels

Corn Muffins - CORNy movies/moments

Cheese Plate - CHEESEy movies (like The Blind Side)/moments

The Brine Side Crab Dip

A Pringle Man (by @thedanifesto)

Hard Apple Cider - Fantastic Mr Fox (by @brazenlycastle)

The Lovely Scones

Ribs - The Lovely Bones

The Hurt Lasagna & Garlic Bread Bombs (by @xoxogg and @tooadorkable)

Sweet Lady Jane cake decorated like Pandora - Avatar

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CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #280

 From tonight's Big Bang Theory - a must read, especially for those of you who have actually thought any of these before. The closest I come is the classic rock bit.

CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #280

You know you're getting old when... You throw your back out on the toilet. You shave your ears. Your second wife calls your first wife “ma’am.” You're genuinely excited when your prescriptions arrive in the mail. You read the obits in the newspaper to check the ages of the dead people. You read a newspaper. You're bummed out that the smokin’ hot chick from Body Heat now looks like William Shatner in drag. You say “bummed out.” Women your age have real breasts and artificial hips. Masturbation leaves you winded. You try to amuse the kid hooking up your Blu-ray player by telling him about Betamax. You pee in morse code -- dots and dashes -- and have to look down to see when you’re done. Your car radio is set to “classic rock” so you have something to switch to during NPR pledge drives. Your doctor says things like, “that’s normal for a man your age” and “consider yourself lucky.” Beneath your chin is what appears to be a neck skin hammock. Beneath your penis is what appears to be two ping pong balls hanging from a flesh-colored bolo tie. You choose your new car because it offers great lumbar support and convenient cup holders. Watching “The Who” perform at the Superbowl made you inconsolably sad. You wonder if the orgasm you're about to have will actually end your life. Your doctor tells you a new medication will reduce the amount of semen in your body and your only response is, “so what.” Your car radio is set to “classic rock” so you have something to... oh, wait, I already did that one.

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Awkward [Photo]

From Jezebel's Oscar LOLs

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Oscars 2010: Things I Loved. Things I Didn't Love.

Things I loved

- Elongated clips of supporting actors
- Individual tributes to lead actors
- Dancing set to scores I DONT CARE WHAT YOU SAY...though true, I didn't get the robot dance during the Up score
- Explaining the difference between sound editing and mixing
- Unpredictable winners! Missed both screenplays and actress on one of my ballots. Missed both screenplays and picture on my other.
- Getting a bunch of people on stage either presenting or tributing, who KNOW HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC.  This list includes not only our wonderful hosts, but Tim Robbins, Michelle Pfeiffer (eternal class), Tina Fey, Ben Stiller, Stanley Tucci, Julianne Moore, RDJ and Oprah. Amanda Seyfried, Kristin Stewart and the rest of you youngins - TAKE NOTE.
- Speeches by: Michael Giacchino, Jeff Bridges, Mo'Nique, Sandra Bullock, Hurt Locker editors Chris Innis and Bob Murawski
-The Horror montage
- The intros for Best Animated Film
- Fantastic Mr Fox > Up, to me, but Pete Docter being an Oscar winner is full of nothing but win :)
- This commercial:

 

- Stanley Tucci's reaction to the clip of his performance in The Lovely Bones.
- Everything about Gabourey Sidibe, especially Oprah making her cry with her amazing tribute
- T-Bone Burnett. Only he and Jack Nicholson can pull off wearing sunglasses inside. Also - ENTIRELY too cool to actually give a speech. Good for him.
- Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin. I know not all of you loved them, but that specific absurd, awkward kind of humor had me in tears during certain parts of the opening monologue. Loved it.
- Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jr.
- The clips of Lauren Bacall being sassy, elegant & hilarious when she accepted her honorary Oscar (if only there could have been more!)
- James Taylor
- Damn! Sharlto Copley cleans up well. Wish I had a way of screen capping him sitting in the audience.
- Long Best Picture clips. I LOVE clips from the Oscar nominated movies. Relax, people.
- John Hughes tribute. Loved seeing old clips and then the actors all growed up.
- Fashion-wise?

Things I didn't love

- Mariah Carey talking non stop about how ugly she looked in Precious. Really?! Have you nothing else to say?
- As @thedanifesto pointed out, they changed the phrase "And the Oscar goes to" back to "And the winner is." We strongly disapprove.
- Not getting to see elongated clips of the lead acting nominees! But I guess snippets worked okay enough since it meant getting the tributes
- No clips for Cinematography? Really? Would have liked some examples of sound editing/mixing from the nominated movies as well.
- That awkward Kanye moment. Looking for info on what the hell that was? Click here.
- Not letting the director of The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, say ANYTHING on stage. So unfair.
- Not gonna lie, kinda wish I could have seen Almost There & The Weary Kind performed on stage.
- Hurt Locker winning the sound awards over Avatar
- Hurt Locker winning Original Screenplay over Inglourious Basterds
- Unpredictable winners! Missed both screenplays and actress on one of my ballots. Missed both screenplays and picture on my other. (I lost the pool by 2....siiigh)
- And yet no upset by Inglourious Basterds for Best Picture
- Tom Hanks making the Best Picture announcement unnecessarily anticlimactic
- Where's Jack Nicholson?
- This commercial:



- Sean Penn. ... What just happened?
- Fashion wise? Pretty much everyone else. WAY too many sparkles, shimmers, construction and ruffles. Do not want.
- Kristin Stewart's scowl. Beautiful dress, gorgeous face, but girl needs to learn how to exist in the public eye. She constantly looks either terrified, tired or angry.
- On a similar topic - the presence of Kristin Stewart, Miley Cyrus & Taylor Lautner. Zefron can be there. But the rest of you? Shoo.
- Being reminded that Jamie Foxx is an Oscar winner
- Puff Daddy on the red carpet after the Oscars, going to the Vanity Fair party "I don't know what her name is, but the woman who directed Hurt Locker." Go home.
- That now the Oscars are over. A whole year til my next Oscar party?! Nooooo. See full post

In Which I Lose My Mind Over Replica Hypo Needles

 

ITS JUST THAT I WANT THIS SO BAD SO MAYBE IF SOMEONE GOT IT FOR ME AND THEN WE WOULD BE BEST FRIENDS AND THEN IF WE EVER LIVE IN RAPTURE AND TURN INTO SPLICERS I WILL HELP YOU GET ADAM AND NOT BETRAY YOU OKAY MAYBE ILL BETRAY YOU I DONT KNOW WHAT ID BE LIKE ALL HOPPED UP ON ADAM THAT SHIT IS POWERFUL BUT I REALLY REALLY WANT THIS EVE HYPO REPLICA AND ITS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I OWN IT AND ITS ONLY 16 DOLLARS AND IM BUYING MYSELF ONE WHEN THEY ARE BACK IN STOCK UNLESS YOU BUY ME ONE FIRST OR ILL BUY ONE AND YOULL BUY ONE AND THEN ILL HAVE 2 AND MAYBE ILL GET 9 JUST SO IM AS AUTHENTIC AS POSSIBLE CAUSE IN THE GAME YOU CAN HAVE 9 AND THEN ILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO USE MY PLASMIDS AND ILL SAVE THE WORLD AND THE LITTLE SISTERS.

Bioshock Replica Eve Hypo Needles

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A Trailer For Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever

From our pals (literally. from college.) over at BriTANicK

You must watch the genius. Love these guys.

A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever -- powered by Cracked.com

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First Annual Fangirl Awards - Major Awards

And now for the major awards - Best Graphic Novel, Comic Series, Video Game, TV Shows & Movies, plus all the acting & writing awards. If you like a little suspense with your award winners, watch the videos below! Note: We only have 7 categories to offer you in "suspense" form this year.

After the videos and the jump, you'll find all the winners typed out, once again, following Nathaniel R's method of highlighting first place in gold, 2nd in silver and in some cases, 3rd place in bronze. Thanks to the fangirls who participated in voting and in presenting! I hope next year we have an even bigger academy and even more fangirls presenting :). Sign up to be a voting member for next year's awards, by clicking here.

Editors note: Looks like for some reason you have to click on the post to view the videos anyway. Ohhhh blogspot.

Best Comic Series

Best Video Game

(in which an out of place voiceover is utilized!)

Best TV Comedy

Best TV Drama

Best Supporting Actress

Best Actor

Best Picture

The rest of the major awards after the jump!

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First Annual Fangirl Awards - Minor Awards

 After months of building the academy, sending & receiving ballots and tallying up the choices, the day has finally come! All Things Fangirl takes great pleasure in announcing the winners of the first annual Fangirl Awards.

Nominations & winners were decided by tallying up the votes of 50 fangirls from across the world. Sign up to be a member for next year's awards here. Here are the members:

The Fangirl Academy

@acorn_hat
@that_sarah
@eruditechick
@erinlaurel8
@scarletscribe
@genjadeshade
@geekgirldiva
@angiebatgirl
@sunrisepromo
 @spyderpig
@trekladykim
@samduda
@brazenlycastle
@lesfair
@rhiannonrevolts
@filmgeekchic
@emilydubinsky
@madmarvelgirl
@brittniannbrown
@SigridEllis
@sailortweek
@2zen2
@televisionwhore
@wickedgoddess
@Caitlin_Burns
@partydowner
@losim
@ataleof2monkeys

@baddladd
@canakatydid
@midsomernights
@pardonmysass
@Robin2go
@onnabugeisha
@melloniel
@geekgirls
@mama_rox
@KateSherrod
@mandiford
@narfna
@barricadestay
@MediaSlayer
 @tooadorkable
@perkylovesyou
@Twyst
@lapicolina
@kateyrich
@tdfangirl
@jenyamato
@jene4
@sharonp

Swing
51. Alison
52. Laura
53. Mary

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After the jump are the winners of the more fun, minor awards. We're borrowing Nathaniel R's method of highlighting first place in gold, 2nd in silver and in some cases, 3rd place in bronze. Before the jump, see some of the Fangirl Academy members themselves present some of the fun awards! Then keep on eye on our Twitter account for the announcements of big winners, which will also presented by some members of the Academy.

Editors note: Looks like for some reason you have to click on the post to view the videos anyway. Ohhhh blogspot. 

Epic Fail - Genre Movie

Epic Fail - Non Genre Movie

The rest of the fun awards after the jump!
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When Kids' Music Was Clever

Watch this video and tell me if you were seven you wouldn't love it. I love it, and I'm twenty four.




Tim and the Space Cadets are a new pop-rock group that writes music for children, providing some tremendous relief from the horrible and extremely inappropriate 'tunes' of Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber. Formed and based in NYC, they of course have begun their world (of children's music) takeover by utilizing that greatest captivator of the imagination: The Superhero.

I just think it's neat.
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Interview With An Academy Member

Every year the LA Times & Entertainment Weekly talk to anonymous members of the Academy and even though they are not supposed to reveal their votes, we had the opportunity to talk to a long time Academy member this weekend to at least see what his or her thinking is at this point in the game, just before his or her ballot was sent in. This particular member's opinions seem to stray off the beaten path from what's been published so far, so I especially thought it was worth hearing.

What do you think of the 10 nominees versus 5 nominees?

Im a big supporter of expanding the best picture list to 10 in that it does now make it more likely that popular genre or comedy films might be acknowledged, even if they have little chance of winning. In recent years, some of the movies I personally considered to be the best of the year were almost totally ignored by the academy and this change will help widen our scopes. If you look back at the history of the Academy and the years when there used to be 10 nominees, its very hard to argue that any of them don't deserve to be there. I think the same will ultimately hold true now. The proof is in the pudding in that this year's nominees actually do reflect a much wider range and include some films which would not have had a chance last year.


Which movies do you think may have benefited from ten nominees earlier on?

Last year, Dark Knight, no doubt, which everyone thinks was number 6. And in prior years, Children of Men, Charlie Wilson's War, Eternal Sunshine and so on. Though it never stood a chance, I actually nominated Shaun of the Dead for the 77th Annual Academy Awards and I don't think anyone can make a valid argument that Best Picture winner Million Dollar Baby is a better movie or had more of an impact on cinema today than Shaun of the Dead did.

How did you rank the top five of the ten nominees when you sent in your ballot?


1. Inglorious Basterds

2. Avatar

3. Hurt Locker

4. District 9

5. Up


How this Academy member voted in the big 4 acting categories after the jump!

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American Idol Top 20

This week we saw some contestants take 3 steps forward (Big Mike, Mullet Kid, Bowersox), some take 2 steps back (Casey James apparently, Andrew Garcia) and some possibly ruin their chances all together (John Park, Todrick Hall, Didi Benami). Just another week in the life of American Idol! Here's the rundown.

Big Mike - It's a Mans Mans Mans World
Huge improvement, LOVED this performance. His voice sounds right in this style, much more so than last week's mediocre Maroon 5 cover. Also - what a personality on this guy, right? So entertaining & charming, I'm a fan.

John Park - Gravity
I think the problem with John Park is simply that his voice just isn't that great. It's good enough to be the lead singer of his a capella group, sure, and he's cute enough that you forgive the imperfections even more so, but American Idol isn't the place for him. Sorry, man. This may be the end of the road for you.

Casey James - I Don't Wanna Be
My least favorite of Gavin Degraw's ouvre, yet AI contestants refuse to stop singing it. Siiigh. Casey's voice came across a little too goat-Creed-y for me this week, but his badass guitar playing kind of made up for it. I don't see Idol as a singing competition so much anymore as I see it as a performing competition. Having a great voice just won't do it (see: Ashley Rodriguez), so Kara, you may wanna calm down a little there with your overcompensation. Though I do agree that Casey can do better and he will. And the performance was a tad cocky, so taking him down a notch will probably only help at this point.

Alex Lambert - Everybody Knows
Excuuuuse me?! This is why sometimes getting a second chance is necessary. Because hey, this kid can sing! I like his tone, I like his weird-ass style, I approve. And with this performance, the kid I was sure was gonna get kicked off this week secures himself a place in the top 16!

The rest of the boys, the girls and predictions after the jump

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Little Mr Kick Ass/Little Miss Hit Girl [Shirt of the Day]

Do I even need to say anything else?
Buy them here and here for 25 bucks a pop. See full post

Muse's Lost Theory of the Week!

So I haven't made a habit out of recapping Lost but I did a little something something with The Lighthouse last week and feel compelled to at least share my probably-wrong-but-kinda-cool theory that developed after this week's ep, Sundown.

This week we saw many references to the fact that Smokey & Jacob frequently offer people the promise of loved ones coming back to life, reunions, the lives they always wanted but never had. And notice how these lives seem to be playing out, for the most part, in Sideways world. Jack has dealt with his Daddy issues, Nadia isn't dead, Hurley is the luckiest man in the world, Locke's relationship with his father is just fine and he's with his "soulmate", Helen, and Dogen's son is kicking ass on the piano instead of being dead due to his own father's negligence. Could it be that Smokey & Jacob have access to this Sideways World, and have the power to transfer the Lostie's consciousnesses into their Sideways bodies?

I got really emotional last night thinking of the moment everyone get transferred and Sawyer is sitting with Juliet over coffee, Claire is holding Aaron, with Kate beside her and so on and so forth.

Probably wrong? Yeah, probably, but theories are half the fun!
 
Need more of a Lost theory fix this week? Check out EW's recap by Doc Jensen, which features this bit,

Yet I'm thinking Dogen was getting it wrong, too, either because he's misinformed or biased because of what Jacob did for his son: spared him from death. In fact, think about the wondrous things associated with Jacob. Richard's eternal youth. The resurrection hot spring. And, if you believe Ben from season 3, a cure for cancer. Jacob isn't ''good,'' per se — he's just capable of giving life. Put another way: Jacob is the god of beginnings. He is The Alpha. The Man in Black? Not evil — he's the god of endings. He is the Omega. The beginning and the end. Polar, warring opposites, but absolutely necessary for life to bloom (Alpha) and to have form (Omega). Both are necessary for anything to have meaning. Jacob unchecked leads to chaos; Man In Black unchecked leads to annihilation. Both need to exist in balance; both need to be equally weighted rocks on the scale.

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RIP "Toga" [Video of the Moment]

This week, Papadurbin over at Never Seen Lost, decided to make a memorial video in honor of "Toga" aka Dogen. It seems that 6 episodes in to this season, no one's bothered to correct Papadurbin on Dogen's name, but you know what, I think that's A okay. It makes this tribute video even better than it already is.

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Springfield Punx

I officially love Dean Fraser and his Springfield Punx. Bascially, he turns all of his favorite pop culture characters into Simpsonized versions of themselves, then posts them on the Internets. Best idea ever? Maybe. Just maybe.

He jumped on my radar this week when some very cool person named Adam Reynolds put a bunch of Fraser's Lost Punx together to create a desktop wallpaper.

SEE HOW COOL?

Just the other day, he posted his take on Heath Ledger's Joker, which I luuuurve.

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Giant Wooden Big Daddy?! Sign Me Up! [Video of the Moment]

Well, that sounded WAY dirtier than I intended.

Now - watch as a Japanese man dressed like a serial killer, down to his chiseling tool of choice (a chainsaw) MAKES A LIFE SIZE BIG DADDY OUT OF WOOD. BECAUSE HE CAN. This is why the Japanese are awesome. In case you were wondering.



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Ex-Idol Contestant Reality Show?!

A bunch of cast-offs from last season's American Idol have gotten together and created their own reality TV show. The impression I get is they are shopping around this teaser trailer in the hopes of getting picked up, but if that doesn't work out, it has web series written all over it. No one in their right mind would ACTUALLY watch this show, but I never claimed to be in my right mind, did I?

The three ex-Idol contestants are Kristin McNamara, Nick Mitchell & Tatiana Del Toro. I never thought McNamara should have lost her shot at the top 12 in the first place and Mitchell always made me laugh. Tatiana was always good for getting me infuriated...that's something, right? Yeah. I'm so there. What can I say, I'm easily amused.

Watch the teaser trailer below.

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Crap. Could Avatar Win After All?

In reading Entertainment Weekly's anonymous interviews with academy members, I got...concerned. The majority picked Cameron &Avatar over Bigelow & Hurt Locker or Basterds? Really? Then looking at their top ten lists brought up a whole bunch of other anxieties. I realized that this year, not only are there 10 films, but there is a new scoring system. So even if Hurt Locker or Basterds get the most #1 votes, I think Avatar stands a better shot at being nominated in one of the top three slots over those two, which would clinch it winning Best Picture. Sure, there is no precedent for this (winning BP in a modern day race w/ no acting or writing nominations), but with a brand new scoring system, everything we thought we knew might be out the window.

I think at the end of the day, I will be happy with whatever wins best picture. Sure, the second time I saw Avatar, the magic died a little (couldn't avoid paying attention to the horrible, horrible dialogue and the dumb cliche after dumb cliche) but I did absolutely adore it the first time I saw it and I'm trying to remember that. It was a wonderful experience. But as of right now, I really don't know what I will select as my prediction come Oscar night.

Really, as long as Kathryn Bigelow wins, I won't be upset. Just...just please don't fuck that up, Academy. See full post