Stars' holiday plans slash Brittany Murphy

Okay, kids.

How you doin'?

I'm doin' all right.

I know it's Monday, but. . . I don't care.

Holidays were. . . white. And cold. I wish I could have been in Tinseltown-- some stars sounded like they had a lot of fun:

Funny lady Amy Poehler, star of NBC comedy 'Parks and Recreation' and the new pathetic excuse for a sequel to the 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' films (no, I have to intentions of seeing it) plans included family time on the east coast.

"I'm going to go back to the East Coast and spend time with my family and hopefully catch a little bit of snow, because I think it is starting to snow a little bit in New York. So, I'm excited." She said in an Entertainment Tonight interview.

Adam Lambert's (LOL) plans were not completely concrete, but he was playing it "by ear," he told People Magazine. Skiing or Mexico were possible contenders-- would you rather see the musician in a Speedo or bundled up in some Burton? Me. . . he's one of those guys I think I'd like to go the tropical route.

*sigh* The R Pattz+ K Stew saga continues-- apparently they were planning on spending the holidays cozied up together. Whatever. I don't think the tabloids have any stock in the rumors the New Moon stars are together, and no, that opinion has nothing to do with the fact Robert Pattinson is. . . well, Robert Pattinson.

Second order of business-- Brittany Murphy. This news really bugged me, especially for it to happen so close to the holidays. On December 20th, the Clueless (best. movie. EVER.) star was found dead, having appeared to have suffered cardiac arrest. On Christmas Eve Murphy was buried at Forest Lawn Holiday Hills. More to come.

Stay tuned for a 2009 special-- I've got to go to do some work.

--Lydia

Filling In

Lydia is sick and I missed my post this week because I had to study, but here I am!

Big news: Kevin Jonas just got married...

to a girl.

I guess he isn't wearing his purity ring that those brothers are so famous for anymore...

Apparently they got married today? That or last saturday. The article says "Saturday night" but it was published today. Which is Saturday. So today? I don't know.

Apparently it was the regular fairytale winter wonderland for the young couple. I'm sure I'm not the only one surprised about this wedding. I mean, c'mon, 22 is too young to get married! Didn't we all see what happened to Jon Gosselin? But, they are perfectly and blissfully happy according to family reports, and I really do wish them the best.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20332050,00.html

Other news: Kendra Baskett and Kourtney Kardashian had their babies! Kendra with her husband Hank Baskett and Kourtney with her... I believe ex boyfriend Scott. They both had sons: Hank Baskett IV and Mason Disick (Kourtney's baby daddy's name). Kendra was on the OK! magazine cover days after her baby boy was born... and boy is he a cutie! He's got a full head of hair! :)

Back to Jon Gosselin... his divorce to now ex-wife Kate was finalized yesterday. The only side I'm on is their kids'-- their situation must suck.

--Georgia

Extra Post: Saturday Night Live

Last night, Taylor Lautner hosted Saturday Night Live as one of the youngest hosts ever.

That boy is forty-seven types of fine. You’ll soon see that Lydia and I don’t roll with the Twilight scene, but we adore their men. She called Rob, I called Taylor. And so it went on. I think he did a great job as host. He seemed nervous… which I thought was cute. I was a little nervous for him when I saw the previews… yikes. Not funny. But then we get to the show and I think, “Hmm, he’s not doing half bad.” As for favorite skits, I’m deciding between his little glee club skit where he played the gay blonde singer “Mikash” (he and Andy Samberg were the best here—they kept it in body language and the face) and where he was the all-out Team Edward girlie guru “Mariana”. In that one, he had an all-out debate with another “Team Jacob” girl. This is the best quote:

Mariana: Those abs weren’t real. They were CGI like the wolves.

Ellie: No, they were real!

Mariana: Well if they were real, then the dude that plays Jacob deserves an Oscar!

Really funny, as you can see. I was highly, highly amused. Ooh, and those pictures they posted of him throughout? GORGEOUS. He’s such a beautiful person. *sigh* Okay, okay, but I do have to critique a little. They stayed strong, but they had a tendency to end weakly. It was like a buildup and an almost-crash. He didn’t crash, but he might have scratched the paint a little, if you catch my drift. But all in all, HILARIOUS. If you didn’t catch it, watch it on Hulu. (except for the Twilight debate sketch—it deems that “intended for mature audiences”, which doesn’t make sense, so watch that sketch here.)

And, of course, recently, his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, who better be dating our friend Mr. Lautner for a very long time on account of their cuteness, hosted recently (enough commas for ya?). I think the best part of that was her monologue…

Cutest couple of 2009, absolutely. And you all watched the VMAs with Kanye, right? Outrageous. Taylor’s monologue furthered this, where he knocked off Kanye’s head in a reenactment of that fateful night then almost-kisses Taylor Swift’s cardboard cutout before proclaiming his love for Reba McEntire (Kenan Thompson).

Funny, funny night.

-Georgia

The perpetually awkward first post

Technically third, but I'm really not all that great with numbers.

Hola, me llama Lydia, and, as Georgia said, the weekends belong to me. So that's why I'm posting, in case you were wondering.

Yep, we're pretty up-to-it on pop culture. At least, we like to talk about, comment on, praise, and bash on music, news, books, fashion, film, television, trends, celebrity drama, etc. GA (don't you just love it?) posts Wednesdays, and I post on the weekend (for the week in review, sort of) save for breaking news or featured topics, which we will post whenever we jolly-well want to.

And so, without further delay, all the mishaps, mash-ups, and controversies of the week of 12-6 through 12-12, 2009:

Oh, dear!! Our (not) good friend, Miley Cyrus met the Queen. Of England. Wearing this?!



Chillins, she be seventeen-- and she be meetin' the Queen-- I'd really like to talk to the stylist who put her in this plunging number. In addition to Miley, Lady Gaga (heh) also met up with British Royalty-- is it just me, or have we made even bigger fools of ourselves across the pond in the past two years? I mean, first Obama presents Queen Elizabeth with an Ipod and now Miley Cyrus presents her with. . . boobs. Lovely.

In anticipation of their new flick, Remember Me, Pierce Brosnan (love him) said this of his co-star, Robert Pattinson (love him even more):

"He's really working hard to work on his performance and acting and who he is."
and
"I think when you see Remember Me, you'll see Robert giving a fantastic performance."


Can I just say how extremely excited I am for this movie? Extremely. There. I did.

Rob's former gig, the Harry Potter films, debuted the sixth installment on DVD this past Tuesday-- and yes, I already have mine. According to the popular Wizarding fansite, mugglenet.com, more than 840000 copies the first day. That movie was boss, and I'm pretty stoked about its reception.
Georgia, do you remember when we saw that? Of course you do. People, we saw the midnight premiere and we made tee shirts. No joke. They were boss. Pretty much.

And on that note, I leave you for the foreseeable future. . . until next week.

--Lots of havoc and joy,
Lydia, profesh bloggerista

It’s My First Post!

Hello, it’s me. Georgia. Tonight is Wednesday night, when you will see myself working on popular culture highlights of the weekdays.

My first highlight?

A big controversy is sparking up because of this:

I personally LOVE this commercial. I think it's adorable.

But many moms (and other people for that matter) do not think it's so adorable. Many see this commercial as "provocative", even though these girls are 7-10 years old. They see it as Gap pushing these girls to grow up much too fast. True, I don't think they should be wearing mini skirts and tights at their age. The way I see it, they should still wear those frilly dresses. I'm in high school, and I still wear frilly dresses. So they're saying that they want to go beyond the "little girl dresses" (even though they are little girls) and into what Gap has to offer. I think those Gap outfits are too darn cute. So colorful. I can see how it can make girls see girls their age "growing up too fast", but provocative?

For more on this point of view, see this article.

-Georgia

Here Is Where We Begin

First, a word from your hosts:

Hello, my name is Georgia.

And they call me Lydia.

And we have now begun a pop-culture blog called "TOAST".

But why "TOAST"?

Because Lydia once said:

Call it 'Toast.' Toast is cute. Toast is hot. Toast has butter. Toast is sexy. Toast is that one guy from Gossip Girl.

And so there we began.

Wednesdays are Georgia's post days.

The weekends belong to Lydia.

And this is our introduction.

-Lydia and Georgia