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Hey, What's Johnny Depp Up To Today?

Kidlets, have you ever said to yourselves "Gee whiz, I wonder what Johnny Depp is doing today?" Our Dear Johnny has been a busy boy as of late, and since I see his gorgeous yet somewhat creepy face (love it!) everywhere I go on zee internet today, I thought that it would be a good idea to give y'all an update on what Mr. Depp has been up to in the last week. Hint: It's a lot.

Although Johnny is not an OFFICIAL MamaPop boyfriend, I don't think there will be much complaining about pictures and snippets about what is in his Blackberry under "Schedule: Be Awesome." Perhaps this will also convince Deppie to list "Sweep Miss Banshee off feet; Ravish accordingly" to said Blackberry.

But I digress. On we go!

Robert Pattinson Hit by a Car!

But he's OK! Put down and back away from the torches and pitchforks, ladies.

Robert Pattinson was clipped by a cab while in New York filming his new movie, "Remember Me," co-starring Emilie de Ravin. "Twilight" fans used Twitter to track Pattinson down like wolves and mobbed him in the street, despite his bodyguards best efforts to shield him from the craziness.

As he tried to exit the scene and dash across the street to his trailer, he was clipped in the hip by a cab, promoting a bodyguard to shout at the fans after making sure the star was OK: "You see what you did? You almost killed him!"

Neil Patrick Harris is Seeking a Surrogate; MamaPop Writers Possibly Have Wombs Available, Please Inquire Within

Adorablegendary! Neil Patrick Harris and boyfriend David Burtka are planning to have a baby via a surrogate mother. A "source" has told Star Magazine that the couple has signed up with surrogacy service Growing Generations and are in the process of selecting their surrogate. Odds this story is true? Pretty good, since Star also broke the news of Sarah Jessica Parker's surrogacy...ALSO through Growing Generations.

In slightly related news, the surrogacy service Growing Generations has a big freaking blabbermouth mole. Dudes. Come on. Plug that shit up. You know, after I'm done reporting on this one last story.

Cough.

Muse Unveils New, Face-Melting Album

One of my top three favorite bands of all time, Muse, have announced that they will release their fifth album this September, entitled: "The Resistance."

They've also announced the dates of the European leg of the tour and let it be known now that if Muse does not come to St. Louis that my head will explode into a fiery ball of rage replete with confetti embers.

That Muse is coming out with a fifth album or will be playing an American leg of "The Resistance" tour isn't even the most mind-blowing part of this. The mind-blowing part is that Muse will tour with none of than U2 for many North American dates, the first of which is New York on September 24th.

Shirtless Shapeshifter Thursday

You guys ASKED FOR IT, okay?

Jonas Brothers' Mom Talks About Their Sex Lives, And Here's Something Else Equally Disturbing

I don't think there's anything more excruciating for a child than hearing your parents talk about sex. (Well, maybe having your mom show up at your middle school and say in front of your friends, "Make sure you go pee before you get in the car," but I swear I was talking to myself.) But imagine if your mother gave an interview to a national magazine and talked about your virginity?  Why, it might just drive you to put on a black leotard and make an absolute ass of yourself.

Shirtless Vampire Thursday

Okay, so I've devoted TWO Thursday afternoon posts already to shirtless True Blood promo photos. It's clearly time to change things up a little. Develop some new hobbies, outside interests.

Baby steps, people. It's a process.

Twilight: The Religion

We all love Edward Cullen. How could you not? In the Twilight series Stephanie Meyer describes him as the perfect man. Repeatedly. And while yes, I would want him to be my boyfriend (if I were a teenage vampire anyway) I am not so sure I will take him as my messiah.

I wish I was making this up, but I am not. Meet the new religion: Cullenism.

Yes, I said religion.

What does a Cullenist believe in? I am so glad you asked.

Is NOTHING Sacred??? Kevin Bacon Robbed!

True story. I used to live in Kevin Bacon's neighborhood in NYC. I saw him regularly. I actually ran directly into him face first once, my sweaty brow meeting with his t-shirt in a "Six Degrees" juggernaut. So I was horrified to learn that my beloved former neighbor, the man, the icon, the name...had his Blackberry stolen on the subway.

But this isn't as much about that as it is about how awesome Kevin Bacon is.

Not To Be Super-Repetitive, Or Anything...

...but I hope you guys don't mind another True Blood promo photo post?

I didn't think so. Besides, if there's anything that could make Friday Eye Candy even better, it's perhaps a Thursday Afternoon Fluffer.

Sneak Peek at True Blood Season Two

Why HELLO, Mr. Stackhouse.

There be moar after the jump. Much shirtless moar.

Charm School 3 and My Super Rad Idea

I will admit upfront to being rather ignorant to the Rock of Love/Real Chance of Love/Charm School phenomena. I have precious few brain cells at this point in life and I need to preserve them for things like eating and tying my shoes. Plus, my interest in reality TV pretty much stopped around the London edition of The Real World, so these weird spin-offs of spin-offs of spin-offs of shows, featuring the dregs of reality stars, just don't grab me. Well, I'll watch a few episodes here and there, but I can't really get into them.

Anyway, I was just watching the official preview of Charm School 3 and had a sweet idea, inspired by host Ricki Lake.

Mother Lover

From last night's SNL: Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake do it again... and by "do it" I DO mean "DO IT":

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

UPDATED VIDEO from Hulu.com shoud work!

Dudes. Okay, listen. So I spent most of yesterday lovingly developing a post about Lost, probing its intricacies and contemplating its mysteries, and what's one of the first things I read this morning?

Matthew Fox can't wait for "Lost" to end. The actor - who plays Dr. Jack Shephard in the cult U.S. series - will be glad to leave Hawaii, where "Lost" is filmed, and move to Oregon when the program finishes next year.

He said: "It's been a great experience but myself and my family are really looking forward to moving on."

Heart? Broken. sniff.

The quote is from Fox's recent appearance on Letterman (full video after the jump), during which he said that he's also looking forward to leaving Hawaii because he's "not really a tropical person. I grew up in Wyoming."

Ingrate.

I think that I've been pretty clear, in anything that I've written here about the Twilightverse, that the only male character worth going goth-cougar dippy over, in my opinion, is Edward. I mean, seriously. Tall! Pale! Handsome! Manic-depressive! What's not for a former angst-ridden, Byron-loving goth girl to love?

In other words, Jacob who?

I know that there are people out there who are all drool-smacked for Jacob. I've just never understood that. Jacob's sweet, of course - except when he's being a furry douche and forcing himself on grief-stricken women, which, you now, not so sweet - and probably pretty good-looking for a hulking man-beast, but still. He's not the stuff of epic goth fantasy. He's background. And his wolf buddies? Same. Yawn.

(Also? New Moon? Seriously the worst book of the bunch. It's testament to how compelling the overall story is that anyone - myself included - slogged through the middle 2/3's of New Moon at all. Bella whining, Jacob aggro, Edward ABSENT. Seriously. Why?)

But then they went and released pics of Jacob's wolf pack from the upcoming film version of `New Moon,' and can I say? A-ROOOOO.

Today is a magical day. Like if Christmas went out and got loaded up on cheap champagne and then had an awkward one-night stand with some fireworks, their illegitimate baby would be today. Today is the best day in the history of movies to laugh at. Crank: High Voltage comes out today. 

I'll give you a minute to let that sink in. 

That's right... it's finally here. I feel like I should be giving a speech on a podium standing next to a guy wearing a sash and an awesome mustache and he's holding a medal or a giant pair of novelty scissors or something.

Seriously. Exhibit A: check out the poster. It features a lightning-augmented "devil sign".Case closed. If you lined up all the things in the world by order of insanely bad awesomeness, this movie would be the one that has been sleeping in the tent for the last week to be first in line and sure, maybe it smells bad and it's been peeing in a jar for the whole time, and maybe once that jar tipped over during a nightmare the movie had about being homeless. But it's still number one!

I had a pretty rough week last week. My 9 to 5 was extremely hectic, I have big projects coming up for both classes that I'm taking this semester, I haven't seen my kid or my husband in what seems like forever, and I'm so SO worn out that when I do have time to catch up on homework on the weekends, all I want to do is sleep and watch crappy TV. Anything to get my mind to stop goinggoinggoing about all that I should be doing.

So when I saw that the Sex and the City movie was now on OnDemand, I eagerly turned it on, ready to revel in some mindless but funny and entertaining antics from the four ladies who gave me such joy in the rosy early 00s.

Lost's Matthew Fox Looking Forward To Show's End

Dudes. Okay, listen. So I spent most of yesterday lovingly developing a post about Lost, probing its intricacies and contemplating its mysteries, and what's one of the first things I read this morning?

Matthew Fox can't wait for "Lost" to end. The actor - who plays Dr. Jack Shephard in the cult U.S. series - will be glad to leave Hawaii, where "Lost" is filmed, and move to Oregon when the program finishes next year.

He said: "It's been a great experience but myself and my family are really looking forward to moving on."

Heart? Broken. sniff.

The quote is from Fox's recent appearance on Letterman (full video after the jump), during which he said that he's also looking forward to leaving Hawaii because he's "not really a tropical person. I grew up in Wyoming."

Ingrate.

And Suddenly, I Understand Team Jacob

I think that I've been pretty clear, in anything that I've written here about the Twilightverse, that the only male character worth going goth-cougar dippy over, in my opinion, is Edward. I mean, seriously. Tall! Pale! Handsome! Manic-depressive! What's not for a former angst-ridden, Byron-loving goth girl to love?

In other words, Jacob who?

I know that there are people out there who are all drool-smacked for Jacob. I've just never understood that. Jacob's sweet, of course - except when he's being a furry douche and forcing himself on grief-stricken women, which, you now, not so sweet - and probably pretty good-looking for a hulking man-beast, but still. He's not the stuff of epic goth fantasy. He's background. And his wolf buddies? Same. Yawn.

(Also? New Moon? Seriously the worst book of the bunch. It's testament to how compelling the overall story is that anyone - myself included - slogged through the middle 2/3's of New Moon at all. Bella whining, Jacob aggro, Edward ABSENT. Seriously. Why?)

But then they went and released pics of Jacob's wolf pack from the upcoming film version of `New Moon,' and can I say? A-ROOOOO.

None More Bad

Today is a magical day. Like if Christmas went out and got loaded up on cheap champagne and then had an awkward one-night stand with some fireworks, their illegitimate baby would be today. Today is the best day in the history of movies to laugh at. Crank: High Voltage comes out today. 

I'll give you a minute to let that sink in. 

That's right... it's finally here. I feel like I should be giving a speech on a podium standing next to a guy wearing a sash and an awesome mustache and he's holding a medal or a giant pair of novelty scissors or something.

Seriously. Exhibit A: check out the poster. It features a lightning-augmented "devil sign".Case closed. If you lined up all the things in the world by order of insanely bad awesomeness, this movie would be the one that has been sleeping in the tent for the last week to be first in line and sure, maybe it smells bad and it's been peeing in a jar for the whole time, and maybe once that jar tipped over during a nightmare the movie had about being homeless. But it's still number one!

Viewing the Sex and the City Movie a Year After the Fact

I had a pretty rough week last week. My 9 to 5 was extremely hectic, I have big projects coming up for both classes that I'm taking this semester, I haven't seen my kid or my husband in what seems like forever, and I'm so SO worn out that when I do have time to catch up on homework on the weekends, all I want to do is sleep and watch crappy TV. Anything to get my mind to stop goinggoinggoing about all that I should be doing.

So when I saw that the Sex and the City movie was now on OnDemand, I eagerly turned it on, ready to revel in some mindless but funny and entertaining antics from the four ladies who gave me such joy in the rosy early 00s.