In honor of the third season of Mad Men, AMC has launched a "create your own avatar" application. Being a huge fan of the award-winning series, I knew I had to create my own...
Continue readingIn honor of the third season of Mad Men, AMC has launched a "create your own avatar" application. Being a huge fan of the award-winning series, I knew I had to create my own...
Continue readingLast night, as a true geek, I attended the 12:01am show for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I loved the movie - I think it was the best Harry Potter movie yet, although most of my friends disagree. There was a perfect balance of variations from the book vs keeping true to the overall feel of the story. Many have complained that the Half Blood Prince was slow-moving and lacked the excitement and action of the previous five movies, but I think that the screenwriter, director, and producers did a fantastic adaptation of an exposition-heavy story that is ultimately a set-up for the next and final book of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. But I digress. Apart from the...
Continue readingWhile Hallyu (aka the Korean Wave) has been sweeping across the eastern hemisphere like a tazmanian devil on crack, Korean stars have yet to penetrate the fickle and demanding world of Hollywood. Until just recently, Korean celebrities' foray into American pop culture could be summed up in two words: epic fail. Take Rain, for example. Rain, who is possibly the most popular male celebrity in all of Asia - voted the second most influential person in the world by a Time magazine poll in 2008 - managed to gain some recognition when Stephen Colbert challenged him to a dance-off: However, his first venture into Hollywood, playing the part of Taejo Togokahn in the disaster of a movie known as Speed Racer, went seemingly...
Continue readingI have been looking forward to this coming Tuesday (July 14) since the beginning of the year. What is so special about the 14th, you ask? One of my all-time favorite TV shows, MTV's The State, will finally be released on DVD! For those who are not familiar with the show, The State was an hour-long comedy sketch show that aired on MTV from 1993-1995. The cast consisted of 11 comedians who wrote, acted, directed, and edited the show. During a time when life consisted of pimples, oily bangs, and braces, The State was one of my favorite escapes - an hour where a shy, nerdy girl could seek solace from the harsh reality of teenage angst and partake in a culture that...
Continue readingFolks from my parents' generation can recall exactly where they were when they heard that JFK was assassinated. I thought that the equivalent in my generation was the tragic passing of Princess Diana, but now we have another. I was taking my afternoon nap (I've been sleeping so poorly at night that I've resorted to taking power naps throughout the day) when J burst through the door. The first words out of his mouth were, "Did you hear? Michael Jackson died." "No he didn't." "I'm serious. Look at your Twitter feed. Turn on the TV." I groggily flipped open my laptop and waited for Twhirl to load my latest Tweets as J flipped on the television. Rest in peace, King of Pop. There is no denying that...
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