Gingerbreadmama's Gossip Wrap: Broken Promises Edition

This week’s round-up of entertainment highlights: More break-ups and snarky sex talk

(Not a) Shocker

Cheater man Jesse James and Kat Von D have broken off their engagement, after almost a year together. Claiming the “distance” between her home in Los Angeles, California and his in Austin, Texas “proved to be too much”. Sure, blame it on the miles. A few days after the break-up Kat bailed on an interview with Good Day L.A., and then got into a Twitter battle of words with opinionated show host Jillian Reynolds. A bit after that, Kat blogged, “What can I say. I suck. I allowed the day to get the best of me.”

Another couple, who’ve only dated a total of 10 months with four of those being engaged, has also broken off their engagement. Rumor abounds that football player Jay Cutler dumped Kristin Cavallari not long after their engagement party. Although the two had set a date, booked a location and she was planning on relocating to Chicago, sources say, “She got dumped. She's absolutely devastated. She can't believe this is happening.”

The moral of the story, get to know someone longer than six months before getting engaged. A good rule of thumb: at least date the person through all four seasons before deciding they are “the one”. For those readers who’s whirlwind romance turned marriage worked, you are an exception so embrace it and consider yourselves lucky.

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5 Days Late But Worth the Wait, or rather, Comic-Con the Wrap Up - Comics Edition

You may think this is late but I was almost hospitalized for exhaustion researching the Internets so others could do my work for me for info AND waiting for this Avengers teaser clip featuring the doubled in size Chris Evans. Furthermore, If you had told me a year ago that Thor would be one of my favorite Avengers I would have told you that you were clearly out of your rabbit ass mind but I'm excited to see him onscreen again after his fun, fun movie.

Now on with the mega wrap-up. featuring links that will provide you with real coverage (Like California Kara provided) mingled in with my own personal opinions and pointless drivel.

Costume Theme of the Year: Fat (Insert Character Name Here)

Fat Captain Marvel Jr. Photo comes courtesy of Robin who is mad at me because I neglected him at con. My attempt to bribe him with a Heavenly cupcake failed. He said that wasn't enough because he is not "street booty" like Alisha the Belly-dancer (who accepted my apology for neglect after I left a cupcake and a $5 bill on her dresser)

As waistlines thicken in America you'd think we'd start seeing more heroes like Bouncing Boy at Con.

Nope! Instead we've made the characters adopt to our waistlines and now we have such gut-busters like Fat Storm Trooper (who looked preggers, and who I failed to get a picture of because Mik Bitterman and I were too busy laughing. This leads to the..

Missed Opportunity of the Year
We wanted Bigger Chris to dress as Slave Girl Leia and then have a really sexy woman dress as Jabba the Hut to pull him around by a chain. I'm convinced it would have taken us viral.

Favorite Con Tweet, and some links to the biggest Con news, and more after the jump!

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When Praying Mantis ATTACK!

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T's Trailer Park: Who Sunk My Battleship Edition

The trailer for New Years Day is what sunk my battleship. I knew not to watch this I just knew it. It is by the same director (Hollywood royalty, Garry Marshall, who is clearly battling senility) of the sh*tty Valentine's Day, which just happens to be the worst movie EVER, and the ensemble cast includes Ashton Kutcher and Jessica Beal, who both went down with The Valentine's Day ship. I thought, "This director is deliberately f*cking with me? That casting sheet clearly said, 'Get me the most annoying actresses you can find!!" I winced at Glee's Lea Michele, reached for some Tum's at the sight of "please stop making romantic comedies, you're just embarrassing yourself at this point," Katherine Heigel, but by the time Sarah Jessica Parker (Whyyyyyyyyyyy???) hit the screen, I was filled with so much homicidal rage and despair I wanted to find the director and....

While I regain my composure, you can watch the real Battleship trailer (if a scenery chewing Liam Neeson hasn't consumed the whole damn thing by now) and the Mature Hunk/Whippersnapper Hunk face-off of George Clooney and Ryan Gosling in the Ides of March trailer, after the jump!

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Butt Where Goeth the Black Buns?

Monica Belluci's Buttocks

I wanted to fire off a letter to Pajiba.com after viewing their seriously flawed pictorial, "Assiduously Assessing the Best Asses in Hollywood," because with the lone exception of Rihanna, who's butt is simply too ferocious to be ignored, there are no other black people or any Kardashians, on the list.

BUTT, I stopped short in my tracks after I was assaulted by the "Are you kidding me? That belongs on a bottom!" rump of Nathan Fillion (who needs to think about getting a paternity test because I think he has some Kardashian in him). I wept one bitter, envy filled tear, told myself, "having that much butt borders on vulgar anyway," (a flat out lie) and then moved on.

For those who don't want to be burdened by the full pictorial,  I have placed the behind of Fillion Mignon, plus a few others, as a courtesy, after the jump.

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Twin to Wed

After a little over a year of courtship; TWL columnist, Twin, has accepted Kevin's proposal of marriage.

While no date is set, Twin's mother and I have both suggested a speedy trip to the altar before Kevin has a chance to change his mind or is placed in the infamous recycle bin.

The road may sometimes be rocky, oftentimes squeaky, and perpetually high-strung...but the food will be good.

Congrats!

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Someone Call the Cops on Crystal Harris!

And report her for elderly abuse. To spill about your sex life with Hef is just unneccesary. Calling off the nuptials AFTER your Playboy cover had been released and hours before the ceremony, then trying to hock your engagement ring, was mean enough.

Clearly befuddled and confused, Hef tried to save face by tweeting, “The sex with Crystal the first night was good enough so that I kept her over two more nights...Crystal lied about our relationship on Howard Stern but I don’t know why.”

Mmm-hmmm. Read more about this elderly abuse here.

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Every Argument Every Couple Has Ever Had

Every Argument Every Couple Ever Has EVER. from Casey Donahue on Vimeo.

Zombie Superman

Of the plethora of Supermen we saw at Con (Fat Superman, Asian Superman, Short Superman, Pot-Bellied Superman, Horse Cock Superman who was not cute and should have worn tighter underwear or boxers) this was my favorite.

T's Trailer Park: Goosebumps Edition

Paranormal Activity 3. The slow burning, Paranormal Activity 2 was surprisingly spooky and clever. So I'll give this a chance (at home, after its theatrical run, of course). There is a creepy moment in the preview so big chickens (I'm talking to you Twin) should watch during the day.



Knights of Badassdom. They had me at Horror-comedy and the inclusion of Ryan Kwanten (I promise I will retire this word after this but...HOLLA!), Peter Dinklage, and Abed from Community sealed the deal. Making this essential viewing (at home, after its concluded its theatrical run, of course)



One more spoiler-packed True Blood preview after the jump.

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I'm Tired...The Post Con Blues and a Few Thank You's

Originally, I was going to cover the comics portion of Comic-Con, via live-blogging, as a companion to California Kara's entertainment coverage. It was nice in theory. In reality, it was the second biggest failure of  Comic-Con*. I tried. I have a witness, a visiting from Vegas for Con, Mik Bitterman, that can attest I had good intent, but for some reason we could barely make it to any of the panels on time and once we were there even the thought of live-blogging seemed like an insurmountable burden, so I swiftly abandoned the idea on day 1.

I don't know how California Kara does it. We were able to watch her live-blog during the True Blood panel and it was a fury of Mac laptop typing, photo snapping, "I have a portable cellphone charger!" action that left Mik Bitterman and I slack jawed in awe. After the panel, the swiftly dismissed us with a wave of the hand and with intense focus, put the finishing touches on her column, collected her items, and swiftly headed off to her next panel.

Yup.

Possibly empty promises,  several thanks to the people who made this the best Con ever, and the biggest failure of Con after the jump!

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Glee Project – Tenacity

by Heather PV

Song: “Bulletproof.” Theme: “Tenacity.” The contestants seem to be confused by the definition of the word, but Max …, the dude who plays Dave Karoski on Glee, is brought in to explain it. The reason: He was cast as a two-line co-star ,and look at him now! He wins the Homophobe With Most Lines Award for sure.

I the middle of the performance, Max stops the Glee kids and asks them to do something they’ve ever done before. This translates into a lot of foot stomping and hand gestures, which Max seems to enjoy enough to let them finish the song. To this I say, WTF?

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True Blood Recap: Me and the Devil

Sookie would taste fangtastic, wouldn't she? (Don't do it, Eric!)

by SDMattchew

Things started off doggie-style in “Me and the Devil” with Tommy’s daddy dragging him around by a choke chain. Just when we thought his pit bull shifting days were up, he takes the chain to dad, chokes him right back, and then kicks mom’s ass. In a surprising twist, it’s mom and dad that wind up dead. If you look up “dysfunctional family” in the dictionary, this opening scene is what’s exampled.

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Dr. Who Delights Hall H Whovians at San Diego Comic Con

Photo credit: Big Pictures Photo.

Moderator Adam Rogers introduces cast members Matt Smith and Karen Gillan along with producers Piers Wenger, Beth Willis and Toby Whithouse.

12:39 p.m. Rogers: "How's it feel to be Alex Kingston's mom?" Gillan: "My mom's excited to be Alex Kingston's grandmother."

12:41 p.m. Smith: "With all the twists and turns coming this year, we have some huge cliffhangers coming up as well."

12:41 p.m. Whithouse: "I've been researching this my entire life. The thing about Dr. Who is it's so ingrained in the English consciousness. It's part of English DNA." Smith: "You guys here really commit to tuning in. It's wonderful to be part of a legacy."

12:44 p.m. Rogers: "What does it take to write a good monster?" Whithouse: "You have to find the humanity, the sympathies, the complexities."

12:50 p.m. Rogers: "When do we get to see new shows?" Smith: "August 27th on BBC America. 9 p.m."

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Supernatural Causes Fits in Hall H at San Diego Comic Con

Photo credit: Forum Archive.

Moderator Eric Goldman introduces cast members Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Mark Shappard and producers Sera Gamble and Ben Edlund.

11:35 a.m. Padalecki: "It smells like Robert Pattinson up here...did he sit in my seat?"

11:40 a.m. Goldman: "What's going on with Crowley?" Sheppard: "I'm in season 7? YES! So what am I doing Sera? I think I should give up on Supernatural altogether and do a half hour sitcom called Oh Crowley!" Gamble reveals they're going to tell a lot right from the start.

11:43 a.m. Goldman: "Any hint on where we're going?" Padalecki: "There's a lot that Sam has seen that he's going to see again now that the wall has fallen. Sam had some hard times last season. Now we get to play with Sam's healing. I'm excited to see what can scare the Winchester boys."

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Glee Panel Hits High Notes at San Diego Comic Con

The last day of Comic-Con begins in cavernous Hall H with the highly anticipated Glee panel. Though, looking around the joint, it seems like half of these folks are squatting for the Dr. Who panel that's scheduled for after lunch.

Moderator Michael Ausiello introduces cast members Jenna Ushkowitz, Harry Shum Jr., Darren Criss, and Dot Marie Jones, along with producers Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan and Dante di Loreto with choreographer Zach Woodlee and Glee 3D director Kevin Tancharoen.

10:19 a.m. Ausiello introduces a 5 minute Glee 3D concert clip. It features "Britney's 3D boobs" (Heather Morris' words) and the super adorable mini Warbler with "Slave 2U" and "Teenage Dream."

10:27 a.m. Ausiello: "What was it like to see yourself on the (Hall H) jumbo screen?" Ushkowitz: "Kind of awesome." Criss: "It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen."

10:29 a.m. Ausiello: "Can you address the media and fan frenzy around the Ryan Murphy statement that the stars are leaving the show?" Falchuk: "Corey, Lea and Chris are graduating. It doesn't mean they're leaving the show. Watch the first episode to see who's a junior, who's a senior."

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The Vampire Diaries Panel Takes a Bite Out of San Diego Comic-Con

The pangel begins with a sizzle real cut especially for Comic-Con attendees. The moderator welcomes cast Ian Somerhalder (Damon), Paul Wesley (Stefan), Nina Dobrev (Elena/Katherine), Joseph Morgan (Klaus), and Candice Accola (Caroline) along with Executive Producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec.

3:41 p.m. Mod: "Who's death was the hardest?" Wesley: "I feel like every character on the show has died. I thought the Rose death was very emotional. It was very beautiful." Williamson: "Vicki, because it was the first. Jenna was very hard for me." Somerhalder: "You become so close to people. When Vicki dies was heartbreaking."

3:44 p.m. Mod: "Have we seen the last of Elijah?" Williamson: "Oh no."

3:47 p.m. Mod: "Hey birthday boy." Somerhalder: "You like great for 45." Wesley: "Thank you."

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Chuck Panel Rocks San Diego Comic-Con

Mike Schneider moderating, and introduces cast Yvonne Strahovski, Adam Baldwin, Joshua Gomez, Ryan McParlin, Scott Krinsky, Vik Sahay, Mark Christopher Lawrence, and Zachary Levi along with producer Chris Fedak.

10:05 a.m. Opens with cast skit of Eye of the Tiger, and the final shot says: Chuck Season 5, We're Doomed.

10:09 a.m. As cast comes on stage, Levi obviously has tears in his eyes as the moment of it being his last Comic-Con stage hits. Aww...that's so sweet. Really. I'm tearing up myself.

10:14 a.m.  Schneider: "Will you get true love?" Baldwin: "Let me see the talking points I've been provided with: Casey has either met his match or his love match."

10:16 a.m. Revealed that Luke Skywalker...er, Mark Hamill will guest star.

(In unrelated news, major news outlets reporting Amy Winehouse found dead in her London apartment.)

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True Blood Drains Ballroom 20 @ San Diego Comic-Con

As early as 5:45 a.m. this morning folks lined up outside Ballroom 20 at Comic-Con. Was it for Big Bang Theory panel? Torchwood: Miracle Day? The Walking Dead? Mayhaps, but our money's on True Blood.

Tim Stack from  Entertainment Weekly is moderating, and introduces cast Kristen Bauer van Straten, Alexander Skarsgård, Kevin Alejandro, Ryan Kwanten, Deborah Ann Woll, Nelsan Ellis, Rutina Wesley, Stephen Moyer, and Anna Paquin along with Executive Producer Alan Ball.

ProTip: Wear ear plugs next time they introduce Skarsgård. Holy hell that hurt.

5:50 p.m. Stack: "Have you enjoyed playing the lighter Eric?" Kwanten: "Yes."

5:52 p.m. Ball: "If you take the spell cast on Eric and translate it: you will lose the shirt, find an incredibly dorky outfit, and still look hot."

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Big Bang Theory Blows Up @ San Diego Comic-Con

Coming off a fantastically engaging Walking Dead panel, the cast and crew of The Big Bang Theory have a tough act to follow -- but given that no one's left Ballroom 20, I'm guessing everyone's just been waiting in here for 2 hours for this show.

A Jewish mother VO welcomes Executive Producers Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady and Steve Molaro to the stage, followed by cast members Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik, and Melissa Rauch. Moderating is Chris Hardwick.

12:44 p.m. Prady: "It's not a show about nerds, it's about people we like."

12:46 p.m. Hardwick: "When you got the script originally, what went through your head?" Parsons: "I really wanted to say these words." Hardwick: "How do you make him lovable?" Parsons: "I didn't try to garner any empathy for him. I never suspected from the moment I read his first line that he lacked emotion. It's simply his way of dealing."

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Zombietastic Walking Dead Panel @ San Diego Comic-Con

Chris Hardwick gets The Walking Dead panel off to a lively start at Comic-Con by introducing Executive Producers Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd, Robert Kickman, and Gerg Nicotero.

11:25 a.m. Hurd announces the premier date for the new season of The Walking Dead is Sunday, October 16th at 9 p.m. Twitter proceeds to break as 7,000 people in Ballroom 20 simultaneously tweet this.

11:29 a.m. Producers reveal there's a zombie training camp in Atlanta for extras.

11:32 a.m. Hardwick: "Is it scarier knowing you have a bigger budget for Season 2?" Kickman: "There's pressure. It's made everyone work harder. It's empowered us to try hard, to do bigger things, to tell bigger stories."

11:35 a.m. AMC shows a KILLER season 2 trailer, with the tagline: "A slim chance is better than none." Trust me, they are not messing around with this -- it's on like Donkey Kong!

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Torchwood: Miracle Day Panel @ San Diego Comic-Con

And so begins day 2 of Comic-Con in Ballroom 20, with the Torchwood: Miracle Day cast John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Ravins, Bill Pullman and writer Jane Espenson (writer extraordinaire of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Battlestar Galactica).

10:10 a.m. Mod: "Best thing you purchased on the exhibit floor last nights?" Barrowman: "Captain America action figure. And the McDonald's superhero cups. Scott's going to look at these and say WTF?! Honey, do you want your cocktail out of Superman or Batman tonight? Or are you feeling Wonder Woman?"

10:12 a.m. Mod: "Everyone on the panel, raise your hand if you've ever seen Torchwood before this show?" Panel: *crickets* with the exception of Espenson. Then more hands slowly raise. Phifer: "People might not know this...even though I'm from Harlem, I'm a big nerd too!"

10:15 a.m. Mod: "Alexa, how is it dealing with spoilers with your husband being such a fan? Ravins: "Oh, honey, look, the dishes need to be done." Barrowman: "If all you're getting out of it is chores you're doing it wrong."

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Comic-Con: Day 1 Photo Wrap Up

A quick wrap up of photos from Day 1 of San Diego Comic-Con.

Fans started lining up on Sunday for the Twilight panel. Little known fact: Every
time a TwiHard gets in line early for Hall H, a baby vampire gets its fangs.

Sick of Twlight? You're not the only one.
Tired + (of) + Twilight = Twired.

After only 2 minutes on the exhibit floor, our first
Slave Girl Leia spotting, cellulite and all.

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T's Trailer Park: I'm Here to Inflict Damage Edition

Justin Timberlake...Action Movie Star? Maybe, Here's the trailer for In Time. Which pretty much gives away most of the movie by the time it finishes.

More In Time Videos

The Red Band, NSFW trailer for Drive starring Ryan Gosling. Although I'm pissed because Ryan Gosling was not at the Comic-con Drive panel, I guess he was busy somewhere smoldering, I will not miss this movie.

More Drive (2011) Videos

The Dexter season 6 preview awaits you, after the jump!

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True Blood Meets Lost on TV Guide Fan Favorites @ San Diego Comic-Con

The cougars have left the room, and an equally passionate group of geeks has settled in for TV Guide Magazine: Fan Favorites, featuring Nestor Carbonell (Richard from "Lost"), Jorge Garcia (Hurley from "Lost"), Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette on "True Blood"), Kristin Bauer ("True Blood"), Matt Smith ("Dr. Who"), Johnny Galecki ("Big Bang Theory"), Zachary Levi ("Chuck"), Julie Plec ("Vampire Diaries"), and Kevin Williamson (creator of "Dawson's Creek," "Scream," and "Vampire Diaries").

4:22 p.m. Debra Birnbaum (TV Guide/Moderator): "When did you first realize your show was a fan favorite?" Plec: "When Ian Somerhalder beat Robert Pattinson in a vampire hottie contest." Garcia: "It was kinda cool, our opening numbers. I was like, wow, I hope you guys like Hawaii." Levi: "My first Comic-Con when you gave our pilot a standing ovation." Bauer: "It's starting to sink in. It's quite an amazing thing to sit here -- I get weepy -- at this table and see so many flashes going off. (Comic-Con) is a big part of realizing you're part of something neat."

4:30 p.m. Mod: "How has Twitter affected how you do things?" Kevin Williamson says fans catch a lot, but there's a huge plot loop fans haven't called them out on yet.

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Game of Thrones is Cougar Central @ San Diego Comic-Con

Whatever I thought I expected for the panel session of HBO's smash drama "Game of Thrones" went out the window as soon as the lights went down in Ballroom 20 at Comic-Con.

3:05 p.m. Panties fly toward the front of the ballroom as the Game of Thrones cast gets introduced by creator George R.R. Martin. No really. The lady next to me started making those, "Oh my god I'm going to faint/spontaneously combust" noises as Martin announced cast Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Lena Headey (Cersie Lannister), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) and producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

3:33 p.m. Martin: "Favorite scene from first season?" Coster-Waldau: "My last scene with Catherine." Harington: "The scene with Aria is amazing. Beautifully written. I like getting hot and sweaty with Amalfi." Headey: "My favorite is yet to come...in Season 2." Dinklage: "When I'm on trial. That was fun. It was a long day, and there were a lot of extras. I felt like a master of ceremonies for a lot of bored extras." Momoa: "There's a love scene." Clarke: "Definitely the final when I get the baby dragon. Getting to see it on screen...the sound of those dragons sent shivers." Benioff: "I love the Arya/Cerio."

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Sarah Michelle Gellar Returns to San Diego Comic-Con to Chat Ringer

Sarah Michelle Gellar and the cast of
CW's "The Ringer." Is that Richard from
"Lost"?! They're SO screwed.

Kristen Baldwin from Entertainment Weekly moderating. Ringer cast includes Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kristoffer Polaha (“Life Unexpected”), Nestor Carbonell (Richard on “Lost”), Ioan Gruffudd ("Fantastic Four"), and producers Pam Veasley, Nicole Snyder, Eric Charmelo. "Ringer" is about "Two sisters who share the same face Bridget and Siobhan Martin."

1:52 p.m. Sarah Michellle Gellar comes out, and cast is apparently trained to give her a standing ovation.

1:54 p.m. Mod: "What made you come back to TV?" SMG: "It's hard. You're not looking for a show to top it. I wanted to come back and do a show...that's different and exciting."

1:55 p.m. Mod: "What is it like to kiss SMG?" Polaha: "Very soft lips."

Apparently Hall H has way better wifi than Ballroom 20. Meh.

2:01 p.m. SMG on move from CBS to CW: “We all know what to expect on CBS, and those shows are great for that audience. I’m (happy to be on CW) because it means I get better clothes!”

2:07 p.m. SMG: “I usually know where things are going, and this script caught me off guard. No ones going to make this show.”

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Twilight @ San Diego Comic-Con: Stewart, Pattinson & Lautner Charm Fans (live blogging)

Stewart, Pattinson, and Lautner entered Hall H
to squeals and a panties being thrown. (Kidding.)

And here we go! TWL live from Comic-Con at the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Panel, featuring stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, director Bill Condon, and others...

11:26 a.m. We start off with a clip from Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (BD) and meet the director Bill Condon.

11:27 a.m. Condon says the second half of BD will be a horror movie.

11:29 a.m. Mod: "What was it like to shoot the wedding?" Kristen Stewart: "I was just as nervous as I expected myself to be. I saw everybody sitting in the pews. It was just so beautiful...At first terrified, but then, 'Whew, It's my day.;"

11:30 a.m. Mod: "Can you talk about shooting in Brazil?" Robert Pattinson: "It was beautiful, hotter than you expect. We played board games."

11:32 a.m. First surprise of the day. Two clips of big scenes from the move.

(I've got wifi! I've got wifi! Bless you, AT&T.)

11:33 a.m. We see a clip of Jacob getting all adult and saucy, and 15,000 TwiHards' collective heads explode.

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T's Trailer Park Special Edition: The Amazing Spider-Man

The fact that it might be a little too soon for a Spidey reboot became moot after my brother e-mailed me the following, "The new Spider-Man is too skinny and has douchebag hair."

Of course, that led to a fiery round of opinionated e-mails (sample text - "Spider-Man 2 was one of my favorite movies ever, despite the appearance of dewy eyed Toby Maguire! And dumb Toby RUINED Spider-Man 3 in my opinion! I'm glad he's gone and Andrew Garfield will make a great Peter Parker!").

Anyway, here's the trailer and there's a few more photos after the jump.

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Borders Closing - Why it Matters

Yeah. We still have Barnes and Nobles (for now) but I wrote the following after D3 (Divorced, Drunken Danny) and I attended the Hogwarts Ball at Borders when the penultimate book in the Harry Potter series, The Half Blood Prince, was released back in 2005.

Moments like this will be a thing of the past. Soon nerdly book release gatherings will be done with LAN or Seshing parties, where everyone has instantly downloaded the book into their Nook, iPad, or Kindle. This means there will be no opportunity to snap photos of crazy women dressed as Professor Sybill Trelawney, the Teacher of Divination at Hogwarts Academy, who seemed to thrive on predicting Harry Potter's death, when clearly she should have been focused more on Borders..

see the story and the crazy woman, after the jump

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The Hunger Games

See the fun fun fun, living poster teaser for The Hunger Games (now I'll have to get another title for my autobiography), after the jump

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Real Heroes Featuring Paco the Chihuahua

The best part of this news segment featuring the diminutive terror known as Paco the Chihuahua, is the fact that an unaffected and could care less Paco passes out before the wind-baggery concludes.

The Adventures Of None too Bright Megamind

Honest to goodness text made even funnier if you know the area. Bless you Go-Go dancing  chemist for sharing.

I can't believe this.

 I would DIE before I was seen out in public for two days in the same outfit! 

The path of destruction. Which was packed with Pride goer's at the time.

Yawning Baby Sloth

San Diego Comic-Con: Nerd Herd Guide to Good Grub

Like LA's #Carmageddon, you would be well advised
to avoid downtown San Diego this week until you've
got a steampunk-induced need to be down there.

Earlier last week we broke the exciting news that Tea With Lemon will be covering all the major geektastic sessions at Comic-Con this year.

Because even nerds need to eat, Comic-Con released an easy to use restaurant guide to downtown San Diego.

This handy dandy PDF contains deals, coupons, and specials from restaurants in and around the Convention Center, Gaslamp District, Seaport Village, Horton Plaza, and East Village.

To print out the guide, visit their website.

Note from the organizers:

"To receive the discounts and specials, you must present your 2011 Comic-Con badge."

Borders Pulls a Sean Bean and Kicks Bucket

Borders is dead. Shortly before its last breath, it asked Amazon.com to lean in closer so it could whisper, "You did this to me!"

Vultures and Buzzards are expected to rip it to shreds during the liquidation proceedings which may begin as early as Friday.

T's Trailer Park Special Edition: The Dark Knight Rises Teaser

It made its debut before the last Harry Potter flick, The Deathly Hallows 2. Fitting, since Deathly Hallows 2 clipped the The Dark Knight's weekend opening box-office record by about ten million bucks.

Warner Brothers, which owns both movies, was last seen laughing all the way to the bank.

Gingerbreadmama Bite: Justin Timberlake and Bettty White to Bone!

No not each other...

JT rockin' a beard and Betty in her bangable years.

Justin Timberlake accepted a date to the Marine Corps Ball in Washington D.C. on 11/12, after Corporal Kelsey De Santis followed suit with her own YouTube invite. Timberlake said yes, “But not because she shouted out one of my songs, which I do love," he said at Thursday's press conference. (De Santis made a reference to Timberlake's 2002 hit "Cry Me a River" in her YouTube video invitation.) "And not because she had all those beefcake military guys behind her to try to intimidate me -- although that probably would have worked by itself. I don't get asked out ever! So I was very flattered by that.”

But the best invite comes from Sgt. Ray Lewis, who asked Betty White to be his date to the Marine Corps Ball via YouTube. “I would like to take Betty White, she's funny, she's sweet, she's mature, she's the all-around the perfect woman.”

As of this writing, Betty has not responded publicly.

The Glee Project - Pairability

Pairability (?)

by Heather PV

The Gleek-wannabes get to sing “Need You Now” in a duet. Samuel is paired with Lindsay. Hannah is with Damian, Alex with Matheus, and Cameron with Marissa. Cameron is uncomfortable because he’s in a Christian in a relationship and finds it difficult to pretend to be romantically into someone else. Wait a minute. Is he dating Jesus? I’m confused.




Darren Criss returns to judge their performances. Watching Alex and Matheus croon to each other is freaking hilarious, by the way. Everyone else is angsty and grimacey and upset. And yes, if The Glee Project can make up a word to describe the focus of this episode — Pairability? Really? — then I can make up grimacey.

More Glee and Heather PV after the jump!

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True Blood Recap: I’m Alive and I’m on Fire

Marnie - great at damaging the damned

Keeping it in the Family
by SDMattchew

In “I’m Alive and I’m on Fire” Eric goes for a sunlight skinny dip, Jason escapes at last from Hotshot, Bill finds out the importance of keeping good familial relations (or at least records), and Pam gets her face rearranged by Marnie.

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In Time For Pride, TWL Brings You the Three Hankie True Story: The Triumph Of the Go Go Chemist!

The Rich's Float. The Creme de la creme of San Diego Floats that has steroids standards

Remember the story of the Go Go Dancing Chemist? It was a tale of semi-triumph where a Go-Go dancing chemist conquered his fears and entered a wet underwear contest, after I sent him a quote from Mark Twain, where he finished 2nd, but for conquering his fears he should have felt as if he'd finished 1st.

He didn't. His 2nd place finish to the show-boating Honey Badger was hard to swallow. But you know what they say, he who laughs last, laughs best. We get a peek at the Honey Badger and continue on with the tale of the Triumph of the Go Go dancing chemist continues, after the jump.

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Dork Speak: The Deathly Hollows 2 - Big Chris Claims Ending Casts The Unforgivable Spell of Crucio!

Here is a candid IM convo between Big Chris and T that took this place this morning in the early AM where T asks for Big Chris's thoughts on the final Harry Potter. In order to keep it spoiler free, LARGE chunks have been edited and only a little bit of the I hated the ending rant is shown. The convo will be peppered with movie posters of the film series in what we think is only a fitting tribute to the series.

 T: What would you give it on a scale of 1-10
Big Chris: um 9...
 T: that's very good
Big Chris: its only terrible factor was the very end

 T: whoa

Big Chris: and how it ended in general
 Big Chris: did you read the books?
T: yup

"Mobilliarbus!" I've magically  moved the rest of the entry after the jump!

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Gingerbreadmama's Gossip Wrap: J.Lo's Booty Back on the Market Edition

Gingerbreadmama says: That’s A Wrap

This week’s round-up of entertainment highlights: Break-ups, babies and dating edition

J.Lo and Skeletor call it quits

Available for a limited time.

After seven years of marriage and two kids, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are ending their marriage “amicably”. The joint statement states basically what all celeb break-ups state, “We have decided to end our marriage. This was a very difficult decision. We have come to an amicable conclusion on all matters. It is a painful time for all involved, and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time."


Since so much happens in a minute let alone a year, you may not recall J.Lo’s rocky dating history. She dated Marc Anthony briefly in the 90s, but was married to Ojani Noa (who, by the way, is still trying to sell a sex tape of the two of them) for a year late in that decade, but started dating P.Diddy not long after that marriage ended. She “allegedly” started dating Chris Judd before officially breaking up with P.Diddy, and was married to Judd for a few years while “allegedly” dating Ben Affleck. They had a very public and show-offy romance which included calling off their big ol’circus of a wedding just hours before it was suppose to take place and then she married Marc Anthony just THREE weeks after officially calling it quits with Affleck.


So the bottom line here is that Jennifer Lopez really has no idea how to be alone, since she’s been with one man or another since she was just a girl. It’ll be interesting to see if someone else was involved in this split but sadly, not a surprise.

You gotta give her credit for diversity

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TWL to Live Blog San Diego Comic-Con 2011 (Schedule)

Extra, extra, geek all about it! We've got exciting news to share: Tea With Lemon will be live blogging all the major Hall H and Ballroom 20 Comic-Con action from San Diego Convention Center. Beginning preview night and continuing through Sunday, TWL will be front and center at Comic-Con central for all your fanboy, geek and nerd needs.

We begin our coverage with what you Twi-hards have been waiting for all year: more Twilight Breaking Dawn news right from the mouths of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart themselves.

We're giving you the play by play of the first Comic-Con appearance since 2004 for Sarah Michelle Gellar, who'll be promoting her new show, Ringer.

Finally, watch out for coverage of TWL favorites True Blood and Glee, as well as guilty pleasures The Vampire Diaries, Chuck, and Warehouse 13.

Here's our complete Comic-Con live blogging coverage schedule:

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Lex In the You Name It: Fat Klingon Edition

In honor of Comic-Con - Let's All Fat Klingon

This photo taken by Big Chris. Who keeps sending me good sh*t so thanks mang.

How do you Fat Klingon? You just stand around and look ugly and fat. This will come more easily to some of you than others.

there's more of this and a special announcement....

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T's Trailer Park: Pre-Comic-Con Edition Part 2

The Thing Not a remake to the excellent Kurt Russell/John Carpenter classic, not a re-boot, but a prequel


That's right. According to IMDB: The producers convinced Universal Studios to allow them to create a prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing instead of a remake, as they felt Carpenter's film was already perfect, so making a remake would be like "painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa".

and they say I'm dramatic!

two more previews after the jump!

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The Sean Bean Death Reel

Ouch. I should warn you that this contains brutality.

And that's what happens when you look like an asshole but aren't quite handsome enough to be a leading man.

Emmy Noms: Well that ALMOST makes up for it...

After I was done bitching about the lack of diversity (full disclosure: before the nominations were announced I was bitching about the lack of diversity, it's just how I do) I bitched about how I was flabbergasted that the witty, hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt, Community, was not nominated for best comedy series. That's just absurd. BUT! I'm willing to forgive the Emmy panel this year because...

!!!!!

!!!!

That's right. I was one (!) more excited for the criminally underrated, Louis C.K.'s, nomination than I was for Justified's Timothy Olyphant. I didn't think anyone was watching his depressing comedy, Louie, but me (and surprisingly, Lex).

Find out what other nominations made me happy....

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God Tussles With 2nd Grader and Beyonce

Give this kid an A+. (Submitted by Dan Dilworth.)

T's Trailer Park: Pre-Comic-Con Edition Part 1

Contagion (love love love these kind of movies so I'm there if the reviews are kind. If not, Bad Movie Night selection)


The New Shercock Holmes trailer and more....

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Death by Armless Alligator

According to the article here, Brutus is believed to be an 80-year-old crocodile who lost his front leg in a shark attack, is one of the dominant males in the waters of the Adelaide River.

He is also much to big for such nonsense because, if he so desired, he could crawl right upon the boat and munch munch munch!

Just like in legendary bad movie night selection, Black Water.

You've been warned.

The Fall of Pedobear

Remember Pedobear?

and his updated hardware?

He's involved in a scandal. You can read all about Steve Jobs & Co. Kill Off App Starring Pedobear, The Plush Internet Outlaw over at The Smoking Gun.