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ICYMI: The Week’s Most Popular Posts – 5/25/12

Sweetney — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:00:56 +0000

We know you, dear MamaPop readers, have lives. Places to go, things to do, jobs to keep and what-not. Which is why we now offer you a look back on the week that was on MamaPop by way of our most popular posts of the past seven days. Please to enjoy. The New Sesame Street Makes [...]

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Cougar(s) React to Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson Makeout Fest In Cannes

Kristine — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:00:20 +0000

Listen, you don’t have to admit out loud that you secretly lust after Robert Pattinson, who is nearly decades your junior. Because I’m here to do it for you. This week, the sparkly stud and his rumored girlfriend, Kristen Stewart, were spotted smooching during a party after the premier of her film, On The Road. [...]

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‘Encino Man’ Opened Bigger Than ‘Star Wars’: Memorial Day Movie WTFs

Molly — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:00:08 +0000

35 years ago today movies, popular culture, and Mark Hamill were forever-changed when a little movie about galactic imperialism hit silver screens. Stop and think: what would we do if Star Wars hadn’t taken over the planet(s) all those years ago? So imagine my surprise when I went looking for all-time Memorial Day weekend openers [...]

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Let’s Play The Feud! Families We’d Love To See A Fussin’ And A Fightin’

Justin — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:00:32 +0000

This Monday the History Channel will begin airing their six-hour Hatfields & McCoys miniseries starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton. Our country’s most famous family feud will finally get hashed out in primetime! For three nights you’ll see more drinkin’, cussin’, shootin’, wrasslin’, eatin’, starvin’,porkin’, mannequin, and killin’ than you can shake a run’t over coon’s tail [...]

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Do You Watch Too Much TLC?

Noa — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:00:30 +0000

I, thankfully, don’t have a lot of vices. I don’t drink that much, I gave up smoking at 20 because I realized, “hey, stop, okay?” I don’t hoard cats or used paper towels or parade my children around in front of an audience to show off how much I win at making things with my [...]

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Chatter Box: Sharon Stone Accused Of Being Racist Douchebag; Jim Parsons Comes Out

Snarky Amber — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:30:41 +0000

Sharon Stone‘s former nanny, Erlinda Elemen, is suing Stone for being a racist and an all around horrible boss. The nanny, who is Filipino, accuses Stone of ordering her not to speak to Stone’s children—lest they begin to speak like her—and forbidding her from reading the Bible in Stone’s home. The nanny also alleges she [...]

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Add G.I. Joe: Retaliation To The Pile Of Failed Toy Movies

Jason — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:00:42 +0000

It seems that the third Men in Black movie might not suck after all. Reviews so far have been good (not great), with reviewers praising Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin as Tommy Lee Jones for bringing life back to a promising franchise that went off the rails. Does anyone even remember MiB2, other than [...]

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When Awkward Strikes: Celebrity Moments That Keep Us Cringing

The 818 — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:00:26 +0000

Since I’m still twitching from unwittingly bearing witness to American Idol alum Ace Young’s saccharine, obviously sponsored (he name-checked his jeweler!) sixth-grade-homecoming invitation of a proposal to Diana Degarmo on last night’s AI finale, there’s pretty much no way I could write a post about anything BUT this apparent celebrity penchant for embarrassing themselves beyond [...]

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Deep-ish Thoughts On “My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding”

kdiddy — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:00:44 +0000

A little over a year ago, I became mildly obsessed with the BBC’s docu-reality show My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. The big dresses, big personalities, and big traditions of gypsy communities in the UK were completely new to me and I wanted to know all about them. I especially wanted some insight into those dresses. [...]

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‘Great Gatsby’ Trailer Brings The Freak, Threatens To Lure Teens To Book

Josette Plank — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:32 +0000

Dear Teenager In Bookstore Who Tells Me She “Hates To Read”: The Great Gatsby, WHAT THE NO WAY? Did you see the trailer? For the Baz Luhrmann movie that’s gonna be released this December? Leo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan? Ohmifreakingosh! Holy crap, you HAVE to see this. Hold on. Let me grab a portable, handheld [...]

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Anderson Cooper Kicks Cosmetic Surgery Obsessed Mom Off Show: ‘You’re Dreadful’

The Grumbles — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:00:22 +0000

Anderson Cooper, adorable journalist and part time entertainer, interviewed British semi-celebrity Sarah Burge on Tuesday’s episode of his daytime talk show, presumably to get some advice about his wrinkles and bulges. What followed did not exactly go according to plan, but it was fifty times more awesome. Cooper dismissed his guest after only a few [...]

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World To Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie: Just Get Married Already, JEEZ

Sweetney — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:00:39 +0000

The interwebz are a-buzz today with talk of the couple otherwise known as Brangelina and their wedding date. The lack thereof, that is. Yes, that’s right. At this time, they are actively refusing to set a date. (This ain’t ever gonna happen in our lifetimes, people. I’m calling it, right here, right now. MARK. MY. [...]

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Snow White Movies Are The New Zombie Apocalypse

amalah — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:00:51 +0000

Sad news, guys: Disney has officially canceled their upcoming live-action remake of Snow White. No, not that one. Or that one. Yes, there were seriously for-real plans for a THIRD SNOW WHITE MOVIE. (That strangled whooshing sound you here are the cries of thousands of writers hurling their completely original non-remake non-reboot non-board-game-based unsold screenplays [...]

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‘American Idol’ Finals: Is It Harder To Watch Once You Have Kids?

Molly — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:51 +0000

Is it just me or has it gotten harder to watch American Idol? *waits a beat for the choruses of “No, it was pretty hard to watch already.”* Are you finished? Is this something you can share with the rest of us? Anyway: I have watched every season of American Idol since Season 2. While it’s been [...]

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Celebrity Death Pool – These People Are Going To Die

Earl The Butcher — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:00:50 +0000

Wow, so musicians are dropping left and right, huh? Since MCA died almost three weeks ago, the music scene lost Donna Summers, Chuck Brown (if you live outside of DC, don’t ask), and the fireman from the Village People. Wait…hold please… sorry, Google is telling me it was the guy from the Bee Gees. My [...]

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Hollywood Considers Potential Movie Remakes, My Youth Rolls Over In Its Grave

Melissa — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:51 +0000

We weren’t in time to stop Planet of the Apes or Guess Who. Arthur and Footloose slipped right past us. The time is now, MamaPop readers, to band together to put a stop to these potential remakes of our childhood classics before it’s too late. source, source, source, source, source, source, source, source, source, source, [...]

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Chatter Box: Feminist Ryan Gosling Tumblr Becoming A Book; Emily Is The Boringest Bachelorette EVAR

Snarky Amber — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:00:41 +0000

Hey girl. if I told you to love your body, would you hold it against me? Ryan Gosling is getting a book deal – or rather the fictional Feminist Ryan Gosling of Tumblr fame is coming out in book form. The microblog was conceived by a grad student named Danielle Henderson, who used the medium [...]

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A Pregnant Snooki Is A Responsible Snooki

amalah — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:00:25 +0000

Does anyone still watch Jersey Shore? Like watch-watch, on the teevee, on sort-of purpose? Or does everybody just occasionally watch clips online and keep up with the general gist of things via gossip sites? I mean, it’s not like the plotlines are super-nuanced, many-layered onions of Lost-like mythology or anything, and at this point I [...]

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The Wiggles Are Dead! (Long Live The Wiggles)

Edenland — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:40 +0000

I’m just going to come right out and say it …. my kids hate The Wiggles. I tried really hard to persuade both of them to watch those kooky colourful guys, but no dice. My eldest would actually come running to me, crying. “Mum! The … the WIGGLES are on.” So there was [...]

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How To Dress Like The Leading Ladies Of ‘Mad Men’

Ali — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:00:15 +0000

Mad Men‘s long-awaited season 5 has returned and thrown us straight into post-Memorial Day 1966. Story lines picked up where they left off—Joan Holloway Harris did indeed have a baby, Don Draper did indeed marry his secretary Megan, and Betty Draper Francis is indeed as unhappy and miserable as ever. Sure, there were babies and weddings, [...]

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Trailer for ‘Skyfall’ Debuts – Schooling the Kids on 007

Joe — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:48 +0000

Skyfall, the next movie in the James Bond saga, is coming out on November 29th this year. Seeing as how we’re five months out from the movie, now’s the perfect time to release a teaser trailer! It’s a tease! It’s like a trailer, BUT SHORTER! Shake up your martinis (particularly if you’re at work) and [...]

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Chatter Box: Kristen Wiig’s SNL Send-Off Is A Two-Kleenex Affair; Nick Stahl Checks Into Rehab

Snarky Amber — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:02 +0000

While I rarely tune in to SNL these days—preferring to let others aggregate the few funny moments of the show into clips for my viewing pleasure on Monday morning—Kristen Wiig’s send-off on SNL was worth catching this weekend. Guest host and musical guest Mick Jagger sang “She’s A Rainbow” and “Ruby Tuesday” as the cast [...]

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Kudos And Boodos; Celebrity Dad Videos Of The Weekend

Anymommy — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:00:40 +0000

Before we begin with the celebrity videos that rocked my world this weekend, let’s discuss the term “boodos.” Urban dictionary swears boodos is the opposite of kudos, but I’m not sure I’m smelling what they’re stepping in on this one. Is it a real word? Can you add “boo” to any word and make it [...]

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Cady Eimer (WHO?) Nabs Billboard Awards Date With Justin Bieber

Josette Plank — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:01 +0000

Who the hell is Cady? Last night I was cruising around Twitter, checking out who and what was trending internationally. (I’m a reporter. It’s my job. Next.) Of course – and sadly – Robin Gibb showed up on every list. Billboard Music Awards held steady. #DagelijkseDingen was hot in the Netherlands, and all the kids [...]

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YOU’RE NOT LEAVING THIS HOUSE DRESSED LIKE THAT, And Other Parental Reactions To The 2012 Billboard Music Awards

Kristine — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:00:21 +0000

Apparently the 2012 Billboard Music Awards were on last night, which sounds about right since I’m typically the last one to know about the most ragin’ parties. So, when I started clicking through some of the images from the red carpet, I was expecting to see some awesome dresses (lookin’ at you Carrie Underwood & [...]

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