Pop Culture Curmudgeon February 2009 Archives

Boring Week?

Is it just me, or has this been kind of a boring pop culture week?

If, like me, you’re not following Rihanna’s whereabouts, what else is there?

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OMG. Grey Hair May Soon Be a Thing of the Past

Apparently, high levels of hydrogen peroxide in our bodies cause our hair to go grey, and researchers are experimenting with ways to cut the peroxide levels and return hair to its normal color.

Apparently Drew Barrymore Is a Director–and She's on the Short List for Twilight 3

Drew Barrymore is in consideration to direct Eclipse, the third movie in the Twilight juggernaut. I didn’t know she was a director, but apparently she just finished a movie starring Ellen Page.

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Can You Create an Internet Panic?

My author self got a cool idea to create a blog to chronicle a character’s search for her missing sister (the central mystery in the novel). I’m wondering if that would create any sort of stir. Would people freak out thinking that some girl was missing? Or would they get that it was fiction from the get-go?

Read more about it and let me know what you think.

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I figured out what will

I figured out what will make me stalk the Leverage peeps: if I find out that sometimes Jensen Ackles visits his buddy Christian Kane on location.

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Oregon is getting a little

Oregon is getting a little Leverage. The second season of the show will be filmed throughout Oregon starting in late spring. Will I turn stalker?

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Funny Stuff

Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work

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Lost Spoiler

Is Kate leaving the show? Sources have told the folks at Zap2it that Evangeline Lilly has been auditioning for fall pilots.

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The Obamas Will Rescue a Portuguese Water Dog

So, yeah, Obama gave a speech last night. Blah blah. The important news story is that the family chose their dog breed: a Portuguese Water Dog. She told People all about the reasoning behind the choice.

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Liz Smith Is Now an Online-Only Property

The New York Post let gossip columnist extraordinaire go this week, giving no reason. This Friday will mark the first time in 33 years that Smith’s writing hasn’t graced the pages of a newspaper n New York. She will move to wowOwow.com beginning next week.

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