- Saturday
- “Wave Chasers” on Travel at 9:00 a.m.
- “Mr. Holland’s Opus” on Showtime 2 at 10:00 a.m.
- “This Old House Hour” on PBS at 11:00 a.m.
- “G.I. Jane” on TNT at 12:00 p.m.
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The Boob Tube: Hot Weekend TV For March 27-28th 2010
Quickies: Gabby Sidibe “Too Big” For Vogue & Sean Combs Is Getting A Toilet Full Of Vodka
- Anna Wintour will not allow Gabby Sidibe to appear on the vaunted pages of Vogue because of her size. [PopEater]
- Glenn Beck says James Cameron is the anti-Christ. James Cameron says he doesn’t care and isn’t “trying to make friends with the right.” [New York Times]
- MTV is canceling “The Hills!” [Access Hollywood]
- New York City might be giving the pink slip to a huge amount of its teachers due to budget issues. They’re looking to fire 8,500 English, math, science, and social studies teachers in order to save money. [Gothamist]
What Are Your Springtime Resolutions?
Winter sucks. It’s officially over now, I know, but I’ve found myself thinking about its long dark days now that I’ve been enjoying my comfortable outdoor freedom. I’ve been stopping to smell the flowers (magnolias and not roses yet, it’s true, but the point of the saying remains!). I read a book on my porch, about Shakespeare’s post-mortem rise to fame! Suddenly, I find myself slipping out of grumpy carbohydrate hibernation and building up plans and goals. Which got me thinking … what’s with New Year’s resolutions anyway? You make them at the coldest and unfriendliest time of the year. No sooner have you resolved to run a mile then the skies dump a blizzard on you — so back inside you go. I propose a revolution. A springtime resolutions revolution! Keep reading »
I Love Lipstick
Truth to tell, that lipstick survey — the one that says lipstick is, well, over — has been bumming me out. I love the stuff. But this wasn’t always the case. When I was a little girl in the ’80s watching my mother slather bright pinks across her cheeks and perky blues over her lids, I hassled her. “Moo-o-o-oom,” I’d whine, “I like your face the way it is.” But she didn’t leave the house without putting her face on first. I carried my staunch anti-makeup stance almost entirely through high school, only breaking down occasionally for a little goth-inspired black eyeliner and mascara. Makeup was part of “The Man.” It was the enemy, keeping women down and stuff, by convincing them they’d never be good or pretty enough without another bottle of goopy stuff.
Then I got married. Keep reading »
Quickies: Sarah MacLachlan’s New Album & Lady Gaga Asked Boy George To Sign Her Flower
- I’m pscyhed to travel back in time to the ’90s with the June release date of Sarah McLachlan’s new album, The Laws of Illusion, and the return of Lilith Fair. [Pink is the New Blog]
- Continue fighting hangover hell with this handy list of multicultural hangover cures. [Lemondrop]
- Facebook rules the web. New statistics show that Facebook has outpaced Google in internet usage, accounting for 7.07 percent of all internet traffic. [Urlesque]
Happy Meal Shows No Decay After One Year On A Shelf
Of course we all know fast food is gross. There’s the greasiness, the saturated fat, the unholy mass of calories just waiting to glom onto your thighs and live there forever and ever having little fat babies. Plus, what is that stuff even made of? We don’t know. But we do know it’s far worse than we ever imagined. Joanne Bruso, the author of Baby Bites: Transforming a Picky Eater into a Healthy Eater, has been documenting the life of a Happy Meal. She bought it last year. It’s turned one. And it is still doing fine. Look at it! It still looks the same! The french fries are as perfectly formed as the little plastic toy! That is wrong, wrong, wrong. Thinking back over the Happy Meals I happily ate as a child, I am afraid. [BoingBoing] Keep reading »
Giant Freaking Space Rose
NASA is neat! With the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (or WISE), they’ve captured an image they’ve likened to a “cosmic rosebud blossoming with new stars.” The red-hot glow emanates from the lusty young stars, while the green leaves are created by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. And awesomeness. So there you have it, a rose chilling out with the galaxies. Because space is the best boyfriend ever. [The Huffington Post] Keep reading »
Quickies: Literal Videos Are Awesome & Lady Gaga Asked Boy George To Sign Her Vag
- This literal video isn’t brand new, but it seems just the right thing for the post St. Paddy’s Day DT’s. [YouTube]
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Finding Perfect-Fitting Jeans Is Hell
Two years ago I found the perfect pair of blue jeans. I love them. I love them the way I love ice cream on hot summer days or smiles from strangers. They make me feel good because they’re perfect. They’re a dark-wash that makes colored shirts pop and my thighs shrink as if by magic. None of my other jeans compare. But even though I’d like to grow old with them, I know I can’t have a monogamous relationship with my perfect pants. I need to find new ones, but shopping has been torture. Keep reading »
Quickies: Neil Patrick Harris To Smurf It Up & Robert Pattinson In Wax
- Funnyman Neil Patrick Harris has landed the lead in “Smurfs: The Movie,” where he will certainly make being three apples high as legen-wait-for-it-dary as being “HIMYM“‘s Barney. [Deadline New York]
- Sheridan Watson is the winner of Tyra‘s “Fiercely Real Teen Model Search,” and she’s a gorgeous size 14. [People]
