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Conviction Thrown Out in MySpace-Suicide Case

We were driving to the beach on Thursday, along with half of the Washington D.C. area, and my husband was reading this story to me on his Blackberry, and I'm all huh?  What?  This is over, done.  I learned about "judgment not withstanding the verdict" in law school but that like, never happens.

Ahem.  I guess it does.

For those of you who I have no idea what I am talking about, Lori Drew was convicted last November of three misdemeanor charges having to do with violating MySpace's terms of agreement.  She essentially lied about her age in order to cyber bully then 13 year old Megan Meier, who killed herself.  Last week the judge threw out the jury's verdict.  Kind of.  

Ugliest Tattoos: In Case the State of the World Has You Feeling Schadenfreude-Deficient

Let's face it: things right now are...not great. The situation in Iran gets more and more intense every day. The economy is still utter poo. Psychos are out in full force and heavily armed. Personally, I often find myself feeling pretty crappy about being a member of the human race. And sometimes, when I'm that kind of mood, I just really need somebody to look down on. I'm not saying it's good or healthy, but sometimes I just need help getting out of bed with the knowledge that I'm not the biggest idiot around.

Enter Ugliest Tattoos.

MySpacebook Now Becoming a Reality

First, I want to draw your attention to the MamaPop Blingee to the left that I took waaaay too long to create. Considering how relatively shoddy the writing for this post is going to be because I put all of my creative efforts into creating that monstrosity, it would really mean a lot to me if you just drank that in in all of its animated .gif glory. If you don't check it out now, don't worry. I'm going to post it again at the end of this post just for good measure.

Anyway, the Blingee was inspired by the news that Facebook is going to pull a very MySpace-like move and allow users to create distinctive user names as of June 13.

David Lynch's Interview Project

I love David Lynch's work and the reason might scare you a little bit, but here it goes: his movies (and TV show) are one of the most accurate depictions of life I've ever seen. I don't mean that, on a day-to-day basis, dwarves regularly speak backwards to me or that my husband has the potty mouth of Frank Booth. But just in general, when I stop and look around and actually observe what's going on, things feel really weird most of the time and I think David Lynch gets that.

YOOOO LET YOUR INTERNET BE GREAT!!!!!!!!!111TWELVE

 In a perfect world, Kanye West would follow MamaPop closely, fuming or laughing with us whenever we give him a hard time. In reality, we can only imagine that the image to the left is what Kanye might see if he was a loyal MamaPop reader.

Things that Make You Go, "Whoa!"

It's a holiday here in the U.S., which means that there are many grills being fired up and many beers being consumed. Besides the obvious memorializing that takes place today for all of soldiers who gave their health and/or lives in war, it's not a day for heavy thinking. Er, well, at least not for me. So, I present to you some really cool pictures.

The Rumors of Patrick Swayze's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

Yesterday, several sources tried to confirm rumors that Patrick Swayze — who has been battling stage-4 pancreatic cancer with a rigorous course of chemotherapy while also working 12-hour days on A&E's The Beast — had died.

The problem? He's not dead, you nerds.

MamaPop Exclusive Doc Jensen Interview!

Friends, Lost Fans, Geeks, the day we have long dreaded and anticipated in equal measure is now upon us. Yes, today is Lost Season Finale Day. And I don't know about you, but my excitement for tonight's culminating two-hour episode is definitely tempered by some very serious anxiety about what the hell I'm going to do on Wednesday nights starting next week. Should I pick up knitting? Portrait painting? cough Ship-in-a-bottle making cough? Sigh. Each time a season of Lost ends I'm reminded of how barren the televisual landscape is without the show, and just how awful it will be to see it end after next season. Oh the woe and the weeping, the tearing of clothes and wailing and gnashing of teeth... Let's hope there's a support group or something I can join, as I expect the Lost withdrawals to be formidable.

That said, tonight's ending thankfully foreshadows next season's beginning, and we still have a great big chunk of Lost ahead of us to look forward to [wipes sweat from brow]. And who better to help us navigate through the show's narrative and its complex machinations than Entertainment Weekly's Delphic-Oracle-Like Expert On All Things Lost, Jeff "Doc" Jensen? That's right, NO ONE. Which is why I'm beyond excited -- thrilled, quite honestly -- that Doc took time during what must be an incredibly busy week for him to answer our questions about tonight's finale, how he thinks the show will end, who he thinks that Jacob dude is, and more.

Full interview with Doc after the jump!

Hulu Ate Mah Braaaaains PLUS Kelly Video Winnahs, Ahoy!

Look at me, I'm multitasking! I'm dang near multitasktastic! Huzzah!

Sooooo you might have heard by now that I've gone cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs over this Dollhouse show, to such a degree that I'm practically harassing the internet about it. The internet might have to take a restraining order out on my ass, in fact. I mean, I am after all a documented stalker. BOO! FEAR ME!!!!

Oh c'mon, please? sigh.

But to give credit and/or blame where credit and/or blame is due, I watched almost all of Dollhouse entirely by way of Hulu.com, that new-fangled TV on the internet thing all the kids have been talking about. And it's really quite remarkable. TV! On your computer! It's like we're living in the 21st Century or something!!! Oh, wait...

Ear Slugs and Whales Not Welcome

I saw JJ Abrams on Jimmy Kimmel a few nights ago, being all short and dork-glassy and cultivating the mad scientist look as he promoted his new movie, Star Trek, which comes out May 8th, and if you've never heard of it it's about space and shooting things, and is his re-imagining (*shudder*) of the classic TV series and looks very actiony with the phasers and the exploding spaceships and the funny ears and the tattoos and giant monster bugs and the sky-diving, and so far all the reviews have been positive and I guess those people who like it have a magic time-machine devices or something that lets them watch movies from the future, and what do you mean "pre-screened for critics"? How come I'm not on that list? Is is because I'm too handsome? I think that might be why. Oh also because I don't review anything ever but just talk about it a bunch. That's what makes me the best kind of critic. I'm like that adorable orphan who lives on the streets and maybe she's a little rough around the edges and mildly schizophrenic and when you approach her she tries to bite you, but she's still a lovable waif from a distance and I really have no idea where I'm going with this analogy except hey look! Spock still has pointy ears. Rock on!

Julie and Julia Trailer!

The trailer for the upcoming movie Julie and Julia has just been released and (I'm trying to say this in my best Julia Child voice) it looks delightful!

Do Fake TV Couples Need Wedding Registries?

So Derek and Meredith on Grey's Anatomy are getting married.  Cue the May sweeps advertisers and the large scale television promo spots.  And the wedding website.  And gift registry. 

Gift registry?  Granted, it goes to charities like The American Academy of Neurology Foundation, the American Skin Association, and the Alzheimer’s Association — all charities that have a connection to Grey’s story lines.  But these are not real people. 

I find the whole thing odd.

Premiere Of Kelly's Latest Video "What R U Guys Talking About?"

Like, OMG! MamaPop has a first look at our original mascot Kelly's newest video before it's released internet-wide  -- HERE! NOW! WE R SPESHAL, DAMMIT!

But wait, there's more! And it involves giving you guys FREE STUFF. Yeah, you heard me. Go on, TELL ME YOU LOVE ME.

Auto Tune: Everything Sounds Better!

There may be nothing more grating than Auto Tune as its recently been deployed -- nay, applied to the listening public's collective skullcase with a sledgehammer -- in hip-hop and pop music lately. GRANTED. But I for one welcome the LOLs now being generated by the Auto Tune backlash and it's fine video products. Join me for a sampling of teh funneh after the jump, won't you?