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Mad Men I'm Too Sick To Write A Recap: My Old Kentucky Home

I know, I'm failing you. Or rather, my body is, being that I have a fever and body aches and congestion, but more importantly that surreal out-of-body feeling that often accompanies fever-inducing pestilence. And this, as you may or may not know from experience but can I'm sure imagine, makes coherent writing a bit difficult. (You have no idea how many times I rewrote just those two sentences, and I'm still not entirely certain that they make any kind of sense.) (And honestly, at this point, I don't want to know, thanks.)

Who wants to come over and dab my forehead with a cool, wet wash cloth and fetch me delicious fruit juices? Anyone?

None of this has anything to do with Mad Men. YES I DO REALIZE THAT. JEEZ. But I do, in fact, have some thoughts about last night's show to share. Okay more like "thoughts" phrased in the form of a question -- but dammit, at least I'm trying!

OMG More Volturi Photos

Initially, I was going to write about something with way more depth, perhaps a bit more intellectually stimulating, and then the producer for the morning radio show which I'm on sent me a link to newest - newer than the last ones! - shots coming from "New Moon," and my brain disintegrated and now I'm anxious to retrieve "Breaking Dawn" from my bookshelf. (Shut up. You're the same way. Oh I read the comments on the last post, DON'T LIE.) 

More shots after the jump.

We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled True Blood Recap to Bring You Some Nonsense

Ugh. Dudes. I am sincerely so sad to report that I couldn't watch True Blood last night and thus the recap will not be going up today. My husband is a DJ and had a rather important gig last night, so I decided to, like, go be a supportive spouse or whatever, even though my heart was in Bon Temps.

So, if I promise to have the recap up by noon tomorrow, will you kindly forgive me this transgression?

In the meantime, I want to share with you what I will be peeking at regular intervals throughout the day until I can be at home with my DVR.

I Was THIS CLOSE To Being Eddie Vedder's Best Friend

I had it all planned out.

I would download Pearl Jam's new single, The Fixer, and the accompanying video. It would rock my balls off. I would fucking love it.

Then, I'd write an inspired post about how awesome it is. I would say things like "PEARL JAM IS BACK!" and "BOW TO KING EDWARD, LOWLY ROCK SUBJECTS!"

THEN, Sweetney would Sweetify my post by foisting it on Pearl Jam's Twitter and a bunch of Pearl Jam message boards and legions of Pearl Jam fans would bombard MamaPop. The stat counter would freak out like it was Y2K (or, you know).

THEN! Someone would tell Eddie about how awesome my review is, he'd call me up, we'd grab a couple cups of joe in humonstrous ceramic coffee mugs in some hip cafe in Seattle. We would have an instant soul connection and become best friends. Then he'd come to my house. We'd barbecue. We'd talk about Neil Young and Pro-Choice and Ticketmaster. IT WAS GONNA BE SO FUCKING AWESOME!

Downloaded the song. Hated it.

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt Got Engaged

I've got some bad news for you ladies. Jim Halpert, I mean John Krasinski has been spoken for.

I know, it is sad. All the actors that play good guys are taken.

Oh, I suppose you want to know who he is going to marry.

Her name is Emily Blunt. Which of course begs the question who is Emily Blunt?

Demi Moore Gets Super Controversial By Actually Liking Herself

Despite persistent rumors that 46-year-old Demi Moore spent $308,000 on full body "maintenance" plastic surgery in 2004, Demi insists that she is al naturale to France's Marie Claire.

"It's completely false. I've never had it done. But I would never judge those who have. If it's the best thing for them, then I don't see a problem. I don't like the idea of having an operation to hold up the aging process - it's a way to combat your neurosis. The scalpel won't make you happy. That said, the day when I start crying when I look at myself in the mirror might be the day when I'm less adamant about not having it done. But for the moment I prefer to be a beautiful woman of my age than try desperately to look 30."

However, photos comparing Demi's old sagging knees to her new firm ones are making many doubt her claim.  (Pics after the jump.)  But, puh-lease.  Who cares about her knees?  Unless the surgeon tucked her abs into her knees, you can still consider me depressed impressed.

Bruce Willis Joins 'The Expendables'. Closeted Gay Men Rejoice.

The Expendables is pretty much the best movie ever for celebrating all-male ensemble casts that you don't have to be gay to appreciate, but just maybe that helps a little bit, because everyone ends up shooting things in slow motion and tearing their shirts off and making patently misogynistic social commentary because HAHAHAHHA! Aren't women silly? They can't fight off terrorists! They love to shop!

The Tragic Tale of DJ AM

When Adam Goldstein, better known as DJ AM died this weekend under mysterious circumstances, anyone who knew his story was understandably shocked and saddened. The 36 year old spin master was a former drug addict, clean for nine years, and had amazingly survived a plane crash last year wherein he and friend and collaborator Travis Barker were the only two to make it out alive. If people have nine lives, DJ AM was living proof.

Well, now he's dead. Found in his NYC apartment amidst drug paraphernalia, AM was located by police after not being heard from for several days. He was already dead when the police broke down his door. So what happened? How could a man who had escaped death on more than one occasion end up like this? Some people may dismiss this as another junkie celeb who got sloppy and ended up dead, but take a look at some evidence that could change that tune.

Jeremy Piven Wins Arbitration

Huh.  I never saw this one going this way.

A professional arbiter has ruled Jeremy Piven did not breach his contract with the Broadway producers of "Speed-the-Plow" when the actor abruptly left the revival of the play last December. At the time, Piven's doctor said he was suffering from mercury poisoning after eating too much fish.  Piven claimed at the time he ate sushi every day.  He became the butt of many jokes.

Guess he got the last laugh.

Men Who Stare At Goats Trailer

What's not to love here? George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor AND The Dude himself, Jeff Bridges (Yowza!)... plus one of the greatest rock songs of all time:

I am SO in.

The MamaPop Roundtable: Appointment TV

Nee! And Huzzah! And It's just a flesh wound! And welcome to this week's MamaPop Roundtable, where the MamaPop writers answer enmass a single challenging, thought-provoking, or otherwise engaging question. We then ask that you, the reader, contribute your response to the same question in comments.

We invite readers to submit questions for the MamaPop writers to answer, and if we pick your question you will be handsomely rewarded with PDA and linkage. Please send your Roundtable questions to: roundtable@mamapop.com

This week's Roundtable question is:

Q: Which shows, past or present, are for you "appointment TV" -- ones you make plans around so that you can watch each new episode live?

Project Runway Recap - Pregnancy Chic

Last week on Project Runway, we said good-bye to our first designtestant from planet K-512, Ari. Since Ari was clearly the most loony tunes designer, I was worried I'd be bored this week, but then I realized I'd forgotten all about Malvin what with the disco soccer balls and sheer caftans of yesterweek.

Official Volturi Photos Released

Michael Sheen recently Twittered:

just did a big photoshoot for publicity stills- all the Volturi. We are one freaky looking bunch.

Sheen would have the judgement; as Underworld's Lucien (the most underrated werewolf movie in the history of cinema, THANK YOU) he's got experience playing such characters; this time, he's playing a vampire this time, the werewolf's mortal enemy in "New Moon," the second installment of the Twilight franchise - except he's not just any vampire, he's the baddest one of them all. 

Brody Jenner was Tased. Stop Laughing.

You may be stifling a laugh right now, thinking of B-List Brody Jenner being tased, but I actually feel a little bad for the guy since it seems he was tased while attempting to defend his girlfriend, Jayde Nicole, from an alleged attack by Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis. TMZ is reporting that, again allegedly, Francis started hitting Jayde "unrelentingly" when she tried to stop him from harassing a friend of hers (and a former girlfriend of his).

I Think I've Had A Brain Tumor For Breakfast

Hey! Remember way back in the late 80s when they made what could be argued was the best black comedy of all time and they called it "Heathers" and it starred Winona Ryder in a monocle? Well surprise! They just stole something else from your childhood, because currently in development at Fox is a TV show based on Heathers. 

But wait there's more. 

Friday Eye Candy: Mom-101 Edition

Earlier this week you read the Pop Culture Confessions from Liz of Mom-101 fame. Her sins included gems like Rock of Love and Fish Heads and that's not exactly eye-candy material right there. But Liz's last confession on that list was very revealing and plays a huge role in her ideas of visual confectionery.

So without further ado, I present Friday Eye Candy: Mom-101 Edition.

Dear Parker Posey, Please Stop Having Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease, which terrified people briefly in the 1980s before HIV showed up and put things in perspective, is an infection of Borellia bacteria, generally spread by rodent-borne ticks.  Initial infection is marked by a peculiar bullseye-patterned rash.  Subsequent symptoms include but are not limited to: fatigue, muscle soreness, fever, headache, purplish lumps on the nipple and/or scrotum, a blizzard of neurological problems from poor concentration to meningitis, and possibly paraplegia.  It's basically everything you don't want for your life in one inconvenient tick bite.

So anyway, that's what Parker Posey apparently has.  Bummer.