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Ellen Page Is The David Simon Of Painfully Cool Hipsters

Ellen Page, Alia Shawkat, and Har Mar Superstar are writing a show for HBO about "painfully cool hipsters" who move from Williamsburg to Silverlake, tentatively titled Stich N' Bitch. Sure. We're gonna need a skinnier jeans!...  CONTINUE READING ELLEN PAGE IS THE DAVID SIMON OF PAINFULLY COOL HIPSTERS»

Posted on October 8, 2009 in (28 comments)
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Operation Watch This: Crappy Canadian Thanksgiving

Starring Ellen Page, Justin Long, and Har Mar Superstar: You know how it is when you and all of your movie star/Apple commercial friends get together and make a silly kind of off-season holiday viral video just for the FFFFFFFFF...  CONTINUE READING OPERATION WATCH THIS: CRAPPY CANADIAN THANKSGIVING»

Posted on October 6, 2009 in (46 comments)
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The Videogum Movie Club: Whip It!

[Ed. note: in a very special edition of the Videogum Movie Club, our chief America's Next Top Model correspondent, Gabe Liedman, leads the Koffee Klatsch.] When I first heard that Drew Barrymore was set to direct her first feature film,...  CONTINUE READING THE VIDEOGUM MOVIE CLUB: WHIP IT!»

Posted on October 5, 2009 in (67 comments)
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Our Roller Derbies, Ourselves

Whip It trailer, you guys: In 1994, on my 42nd birthday, I went to see Wesley Snipes's Drop Zone in the theater. In Wesley Snipes's Drop Zone, a federal marshal infiltrates a gang of criminals (led by Gary Busey, an...  CONTINUE READING OUR ROLLER DERBIES, OURSELVES»

Posted on July 16, 2009 in (68 comments)
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You Guys, The Ellen Page "Don't Stop Believin'" Video Is Supposed To Be Terrible

Ellen Page, Alia Shawkat (Maeby), and Har Mar Superstar made this video where they sing off-key to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'," and everybody's FREAKING OUT because it's so bad, but don't you guys see: it's SUPPOSED to be bad. Any...  Supposed To Be Terrible'">CONTINUE READING YOU GUYS, THE ELLEN PAGE "DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'" VIDEO IS SUPPOSED TO BE TERRIBLE»

Posted on June 18, 2009 in (55 comments)
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The One Year Anniversary Of The Juno Backlash

This month marks the one year anniversary of Diablo Cody's Academy Award-winning film, Juno starring Ellen Page as a sardonic high schooler who gets pregnant by Michael Cera and decides to carry the child to term and give it up...  CONTINUE READING THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE JUNO BACKLASH»

Posted on December 8, 2008 in , (74 comments)
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The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Smart People

Despite what a lot of movies might have you believe, being white is not that hard. Out of all the things that you can be in the world, being white is probably one of the easiest, and being white in...  CONTINUE READING THE HUNT FOR THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME: SMART PEOPLE»

Posted on December 1, 2008 in (79 comments)
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Please Ignore This Post And Do Something To Help Burma, Seriously

Burma, also known as Myanmar, has been under military rule since 1962. The dictatorial government has imprisoned political activists, and imposed forced labor upon its citizens. They made international headlines late last year when they violently suppressed a peaceful protest...  CONTINUE READING PLEASE IGNORE THIS POST AND DO SOMETHING TO HELP BURMA, SERIOUSLY»

Posted on May 1, 2008 (0 comments)
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What's Your (Gag) Juno-cabulary?

During last night's premiere of The Paper (more on that later), MTV ran a new trailer for Juno's DVD release that took up an entire commercial break and featured all of the parts of Juno that everyone, even fans, basically...  CONTINUE READING WHAT'S YOUR (GAG) JUNO-CABULARY?»

Posted on April 15, 2008 in , (5 comments)
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Your Mom Is Probably Gay For Work Out's Jackie Warner

To quote Tina Fey as Liz Lemon: "You can't be gay for just one person! Unless you're a lady and you meet Ellen." Yesterday's Times Style section profiled personal trainer Jackie Warner, one of the stars of the Bravo show...  CONTINUE READING YOUR MOM IS PROBABLY GAY FOR WORK OUT'S JACKIE WARNER»

Posted on April 14, 2008 in (2 comments)
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New Juno Deleted Scenes Neither Transcendent Nor Abominable

Comingsoon.net has an exclusive set of deleted scenes from Juno's upcoming DVD release. It features writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman commenting on the scenes, and it's not bad, but I bet if a huge buzz grew around it...  CONTINUE READING NEW JUNO DELETED SCENES NEITHER TRANSCENDENT NOR ABOMINABLE»

Posted on April 8, 2008 (2 comments)
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Ellen Page Explains Twee-Pop To A Mystified Barbara Walters

Ellen Page may not have won Best Actress last night, but she did get a chance to educate Ol Barbara Walters about the appeal of The Moldy Peaches on Barbara's annual special: BARBARA: "I wanna ask you about the music....  CONTINUE READING ELLEN PAGE EXPLAINS TWEE-POP TO A MYSTIFIED BARBARA WALTERS»

Posted on February 25, 2008 in (0 comments)
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