For the last couple years I’ve done some version of the best of TV in that particular year or whatever, but this year I’m going to rank all categories of pop culture. I’ll name my top five favorites in the following: television, movies, music, and books.
When people who get paid to do this for a [...]
Archive for the ‘pop culture’ Category
29 Dec
winter 2010 premieres/returns
The end of the holiday rerun doldrums is in sight! But wait – what’s that other thing looming? Oh, yeah. The Winter Olympics. Which will further frak things up.
Now, don’t go thinking I’m not patriotic. I am. It’s just I’m not much of a Winter Olympics fan anymore. I liked figure skating back when Kristi [...]
28 Dec
magnolia cupcakes
You’ve never experienced a cupcake until you’ve tried one from New York’s famed Magnolia Bakery. (Yes, that’s the bakery Andy Samberg & Chris Parnell raved about in their hysterical Chronicles of Narnia SNL Digital Short a few years ago.)
I made a batch on Christmas Day and they were awesome. I thought I’d share the recipe [...]
20 Dec
best movie of 2009
As a general rule, I find that the movies that usually draw the largest amount of critical acclaim or elitist buzz — at least in recent years — are either overrated, really do not appeal to me whatsoever, or a little of both.
I am here to say that this observation most definitely does not apply [...]
19 Dec
#52 – the christmas sweater
Written by: Glenn Beck
Recommended by: my mother (and the fact that I love Glenn)
Like him or hate him, you can’t deny that Glenn Beck is fascinating. In fact, Barbara Walters recently hailed him as one of her most fascinating people of 2009. I’ve been a big fan of his for a couple of years now. [...]
16 Dec
clearly the best
I’m a relative newcomer to So You Think You Can Dance, and honestly, had my friend, Marcia, not forced me to watch over the summer, I’d still be clueless as to how incredibly awesome this show is.
This is the first season I’ve watched start to finish, as I didn’t start watching last season till the [...]
15 Dec
rocket science
Rocket Science took Sundance by storm in 2007.
Until last week, I hadn’t even heard of it. But I liked Anna Kendrick so much in Twilight and New Moon (even though her role is tiny) and was so looking forward to seeing her Golden Globe-nominated role in the forthcoming Up in the Air, that I wanted [...]
12 Dec
#51 – grace
Written by: Richard Paul Evans
Recommended by: Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck really IS the Oprah for conservatives. I love when he has authors on, and I love when he talks about books. If not for him, I would’ve missed out on Joel Rosenberg and Brad Thor, who have become two of my favorite authors. Next on my [...]
7 Dec
in anticipation of lost’s final hurrah
I can’t remember when I stopped watching LOST last season. I think I missed the last 10 episodes? Something like that? And it wasn’t because I got fed up with the show or thought it sucked or whatever. I’m not one of those fans. I’ve always had faith in Damon Lindelof and Carlton’s Cuse vision [...]
2 Dec
up in the air
I don’t love George Clooney’s idiotic politics, but his insane hotness and general acting ability make him far more tolerable to me. Tolerable enough that I’ll watch him in certain movies. The same cannot be said for Alec Baldwin. (He’s probably the sole reason I don’t watch 30 Rock. Well, also, Jane Krakowski annoys me.) [...]
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