Supernatural Recap: Year in Review

Mo' Monsters, Mo' Problems

by Joshowa 

It's the end of the year! Which means winter break is almost over and Supernatural will soon make its return on January 6. Before that much anticipated day arrives, let's examine some of the differences between seasons six and seven, and then take a quick look at what we can expect in 2012.

Read about the first change in season 7 after the jump!

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Lex's Saturday Screening Room Presents: He Had It Coming

New Years Eve = Shortchanged Screening Room. See the one video I have for you after the jump!

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Gingerbreadmama Gossip Wrap: Happy New Year Edition

This week’s round-up of entertainment highlights

by Gingerbreadmama

Beating Kim’s record but not Brittney’s

Sinead O’Conner is single again. After 18 whole days of marriage, she announced that she and husband Barry Herridge are calling it quits. She, apparently, is not liked by “certain people in his life” and is also, apparently, a fan of the ganja.

Has had the munchies a few times

In a jumbled announcement on her website, she states, “Within 3 hours of the ceremony being over the marriage was kyboshed by the behaviour of certain people in my husband's life. And also by a bit of a wild ride I took us on looking for a bit of a smoke of weed for me wedding night as I don't drink. My husband was enormously wounded and very badly affected by that experience and also by the attitude of those close to him toward our marriage. It became apparent to me that if he were to stay with me he would be losing too much to bear. He is a wonderful man. I love him very much. I'm sorry I'm not a more regular woman. I truly believe though it is painful to admit, we made a mistake rushing into getting married, for altruistic reasons, and weren't aware or prepared for the consequences on my husband's life and the lives of those close to him. He has been terribly unhappy and I have therefore ended the marriage. I think he is too nice to do so. And too nice to trap."

When the break-up announcement includes the words “weed, trap and kyboshed” it makes you think there is so much more to this story that hasn’t come out yet.

We've got the two most influential haircuts of the year as well as a whole ton of year end break ups, TV news, and movie openings after the jump!

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Bye Bye 2011!

A certain publisher asked me to get this up on the blog. And you don't argue with the publisher, so here it is!

-- Happy New Year from the GreenTech Geek

Mission Impossible 4 Ghost Protocol: Has Thrills Spills Chills & Heels

wheeeeeee!!!!

I'll make this real simple. Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol is fun. Really fun. Like jumping out of a window and scaling down the building fun. It is bombastic, silly, over the top, IMAX ready, exhausting (seriously, so much was going on I wanted to summon an usher to see if we could pause this for a bit so I could rest for a bit) and requires (of course) a complete suspension of belief and a deft willingness to accept major plot holes and move on. Truth be told, If you go into this expecting a tight script, then you are the one with the problem.

I loved Ghost Protocol but it makes me angry. I'd already finished my Wedgie for Top 5 Films of 2011 and now I may have to alter it. Furthermore, when one makes a public spectacle of themselves, like Tom Cruise has done, you expect them to call it a day and lay low for a while. I know when I make a public spectacle of myself in public, I lie low for a while and that's on a much smaller scale. Tom Cruise decided he didn't want to do that and continued doing his own stunts and jumping out of windows. Moreover, fourth sequels are supposed to suck. Even worse than third sequels. They aren't supposed to be my favorite entry in the series (yup!). Rude.

I'll tell you a few of the things I liked about the movie (spoiler-lite) after the jump

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Lex in the Afternoon Presents: Outtakes & Sweet Nothings

starring 

Morgan Freeman

There's a lot on the menu today

There's a lot of stuff in this special holiday (filler) edition of  Lex in the Afternoon, like a special outtakes section that contains a few Meme's and Gif's that were originally labeled as "inappropriate,"so they were were left on the cutting room floor. Until now. Since this is slow season I thought I'd just slip them in at the end of this column because as you'll see, they are pretty mild.

TWL editorial reaction to Pedo-Bear and Insanity Wolf

We've got a few celebrity guests on tap too. So let's get started with the...

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GreenTech Geek: When a gift is more than a gift

The bumper sticker.

We all get happy when it's obvious that someone has put a lot of thought into their gift for us. The GreenTech Geek gets doubly -- make that triply -- happy when it's clear that the gift-giver has not only though about me in selecting my gift, but also about the larger world in which we live.

So you can imagine my giddiness when I opened the following presents on Christmas morning two days ago:

• Purple 'Peace' Bumper Sticker -- My nieces in Eugene, Oregon -- home to all things good for the Earth -- have a tradition of sending me bumper stickers for Christmas, always containing messages intended to keep me connected to wholesome liberal thought processes so easily chipped away at lollygagging in it's-all-about-the-sun San Diego. This year's offering: a bold purple 'Peace' sticker from an interesting place called Peacemonger.org that sells all number accessories laden with messages reminding humanity of its better nature. 

This gift served an additional awesome purpose: reminding me of the a little music video I put together a few years ago called The Bumper Stickers Did It. It's about the power of the bumper stickers of Eugene, Oregon to lift my spirits during a difficult time in American history, when a Presidential election was stolen, Bush ruled the land, and unjust war was raging. 


Have a look -- and check out a couple more amazing gifts I got -- after the jump ... 

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From the Desk of the Editor in Chief: Holiday Filler Edition

Happy Holidays all, I trust you are all recovering nicely from Christmas day/dinner and for your Jews out there, 8 days of Hannukah goodness.

A dramatic shot of T's hot buttered rum.  Reviews were mixed.  The drink is absolutely festive, but far to sweet for those who drink with purpose.

At a secret time and place last week the official www.teawithlemon.com staff holiday party went down.  Despite this year's guest list tripling, the actual event itself was as intimate as ever.  The hot buttered rum was buttery, the food delicious, the napkins were a highlight, and as is now custom T was presented with his annual Holiday Gift basket which once again raised the bar for "personally relevant" gift giving.

See a photo of those who attended after the jump!

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Naughty & Nice: Merry Christmas from the TWL Staff

Here at Tea With Lemon, we wish you all a happy, snark-filled holiday dinner with the family members you detest the most, and have a little naughty and nice present for our favorite readers.

Nice

One of our staffer's kids visiting Santa Clause for their Christmas photo. It's okay to laugh...we still are.

See what's naughty after the jump!

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Lettuce Eat: Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone is having a fantastic day filled with good eats and sweets. I finally have my kitchen back after a few weeks of disarray and have brought you some Christmas cheer.

After the jump is the recipe for Chocolate Crinkles!

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Gingerbreadmama Gossip Wrap: Bad Elf Edition

‘Twas two nights before Christmas and all through the land, gossip was stirring, life never is bland.

But what to my wondering eyes did appear, a sight that was sure to burn my retinas all year.

Our elf left the shelf to get busy with a tinkerbell fairy, using my laptop as their sin get-away to make merry.

So no gossip wrap-up this week, I’m sorry to say. I know you were jonesing for news of Helen Mirren guesting on Glee and Debra Messing becoming a divorcée.

But if this week’s news doesn’t rot like eggnog left out of the fridge, it’ll get rolled into next week’s gig.

I’ll be back soon with gossip galore, so Merry merry to all, happy joy joy too, Gingerbreadmama wishes all the best to you.

The X Factor: Season Finale

By Heather PV

And it’s the final countdown! The judges strut on stage with their usual charisma and flash, and Steve Jones promises performances by Pit Bull and Justin Beiber. I hope you’re appreciative of my resistance to the desire to turn the TV off.

The final 12 come out to perform “Edge of Glory,” and it’s really clear why they’re not in the finals. They just can’t hang, man.

find out the winner of the first X-Factor UK...after the jump!

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The X Factor: Final Performances

By Heather PV

Here we are, nearly at the end of the first season of the U.S. version of The X Factor. With rumors swirling that another judge will be added next season — and host Steve Jones will be given his walking papers — it ought to be an interesting night.

The judges come out, Nicole with a massive hair jellyroll on top of her head and wearing futuristic white dress strategically cut out to showcase her rack. The woman has a rocking bod, for sure, but when Paula Abdul is out-normaling you, it’s time to re-evaluate things.

X-Factor performances await you....

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Lex's Last Minute Gift Guide

First of all I'd like to introduce my co-host...the Vanna White to my Pat Sajack. So everyone, let's give a big round hearty and plump sized amount of applause to Christina Hendrickson :

cuz aint a damn thing wrong with this.

Remember, in the words of the great Shunryu Suzuki - In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. So we'll give you an idea, but the rest is on YOU.

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Trailer Park: Hobbits, Titans, Workhorses Edition

The trailer for The Hobbit is certain to inspire quite the reaction. In one corner we have CJ from Hollywood, who left the theatre after the final Lord of the Rings Movie and promptly called me to bitch, “What is all the fuss about? That’s three hours of my life I can never get back and I have monkey butt from sitting in the theatre so damn long.” In the other corner we’ll have HNH-Dan, who will release his ankles from bending over for Google (seriously, he trumpets every Google release as the height of innovation and the death of Facebook, Apple, etc.), straighten his posture, then pivot 180° and take a deep breath before bending over and grabbing his ankles for Peter Jackson & Co. where he will be violated endlessly with each new Blu-Ray release promising 3 minutes of unseen footage.


The trailer, along with the Wrath of the Titans and The Expendables 2, awaits you...

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Drunk History Christmas With Ryan Gosling

Also starring Eva Mendes and James Carrey via Funny Or Die

Is it funny? Or should they make good on their promise and die?

you decide, after the jump!

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T's Trailer Park Presents: The Dark Knight Rises Teaser Trailer 2

Warner Bros may yank this Teaser down faster than Alisha the Bellydancer's blouse on a Friday night.

if so...there is an alternate version that will still be operable...after the jump!

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GreenTech Geek: Plastic Redux ... and a Holiday Treat

A reader of this column was aghast at my December 5 post (Trash Art) about the giant swirl of plastic garbage floating in the Pacific Ocean. So she called my attention to an impossibly happy Japanese inventor, Akinori Ito, who's come up with a fascinating way to turn plastic trash into usable oil. So it seems Japanese innovation can bring us more than freaky robots and imperishable automobiles The United Nations University has taken notice and produced a short video about the guy, his invention, and his crusade to spread the simple technology to countries most impacted by plastic trash:

It turns out Akinori is not the first to find a deceptively simple way to recycle available resources into usable oil. 

After the jump, find out what just may have been his inspiration ...

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Dexter Recap: "Oh God"

How appropriate for "Oh God" to be the last two words uttered at the end of a season which focused so heavily on religion and faith. 

Well Done! Good Show! I've even forgiven you for that one wonky episode this year because it makes more sense now. You'll finish 2nd on my top 5 list this year but that's just because Game of Thrones is so fresh.

One more accolade that has a spoiler so I've placed it...after the jump!

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Michael Knows Best: Sagely Answers for the Contemporary Bohemian

Well it’s Christmas time and that means love is in the air and Cupid has his arrow pointed mercilessly at our hearts.  It’s a time of rebirth and decadent consumer spending.  It is also time for me to take a break from pilfering my local Toys for Tots bin to answer questions for you, our dear reader.

 

Q:  Each year I have to travel back to the mid-west where at least one member of my bible thumping extended family will either A) let me know that they are depressed because they love me and I won’t be joining them in heaven or B) not be so passive aggressive and flat out tell me that I’ll roast for eternity unless I repent and forsake cock. My question is, what can I say to shut them up swiftly so I can enjoy my holiday meal which has been prepared by Christian women?  Christian women may be deluded but they are the best cooks.

-Hungry Homosapien

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Saturday Night Live Skewers Tebow in Skit

To you "To Tebow" means: Drop to one knee and give thanks.

For me "To Tebow" means: To become consumed with rage and self-loathing because although someone repulses you physically or mentally and you think they are a complete idiot you'd still engage in sexual congress with them...and then shower for an hour afterwards.

Yup.  More reasons why I can't stand bible thumpin Tebow..after the jump!

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Lex's Saturday Screening Room Presents: Holiday Horror and More!

Wanna See Something Scary?

 

First go read the Web-Comic, Bongcheon-Dong Ghost,  here, it's even better than the video, then we'll see you back here in a minute.

some more Holiday Horror, an attempted run over in a convenience store, a yappy bull-dog, and more... 

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Oh the Woe: Office Holiday Party Plagued by Long Hours, Short Pay and Crap Talent

Adrienne (on the right) provided more magic than anything Mike the Answer Man pulled out of his bag by looking cute. At the office, she is straight up busted. I didn't recognize her when she arrived and thought, "Who the hell pulled that?"  Later, I told her, "I didn't even recognize you! You look frumpy, four-eyed, and busted at work! I'm always extra nice to you because I feel so bad for you!" (all of that, unfortunately, is true). She replied, "How are you extra nice to me? When I told you I was cold and asked if we could turn up the heat you told me 'NO! Gain some weight and then maybe you won't be so cold!'" Since when isn't problem solving extra nice?

What a difference a year makes. Last year at our holiday party we had urban men break-dancing and hot women swallowing fire. I bragged about it. This year we had Mike The Answer Man (TWL’s bohemian advice columnist) doing card and balloon tricks. Fitting as how last year we all arrived smiling and not with a sense of dread...

Watch Mike the Answer Man in action, plus additional bitching about our holiday party...after the jump!

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Gingerbreadmama Gossip Wrap: Only 9 Days 'Til Christmas Edition

This week’s round-up of entertainment highlights

by Gingerbreadmama

Lauren Scruggs Update

Lauren Scruggs, the model and blogger who was seriously maimed after walking into a spinning propeller of a plane, including losing her left hand, has now had to have her left eye removed as well. According to her mother, “she is in excruciating pain. Please pray for her appetite to return and for her to have the patience to take this journey one day at a time. We have been praying for a miracle.

We at TWL wish her the best possible recovery

She continues, “Though doctors weren't able to save Lauren's eye as they'd hoped, the miracle that Jesus gave us is a prosthesis. We continue to be eternally grateful for your prayers and support. It means more than words can say."

Law & Order in a new medium

Law & Order, the video game? Yes, it is true. TellTale Games will releases Law & Order: Legacies  for the iPhone and iPad and unite characters from the different L&O flavors, including NYPD detectives Lennie Briscoe, Mike Logan and Rey Curtis, Lt. Anita Van Buren, district attorneys Jack McCoy, Abbie Carmichael and Michael Cutter as well as L&O: SVU detective Olivia Benson.

Following in the footsteps of CSI by creating a TV show inspired video game

“It comes in episodic format, with each installment in the seven-part "series" selling for $2.99. Players can take the roles of either police or attorney, and follow a case from investigation through trial, including gathering evidence, questioning witnesses and making moral choices that will dictate the eventual verdict”. The plan is to eventually release it to PC and Macs.

"We really wanted [it to feel like] playing an episode of the show, and when the investigation phase as a police officer is over, we move into the courtroom phase with the district attorneys. We based the stories on current events like the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case and the Occupy Wall Street protests, but we also pored over episodes of the show to find the best moments, making sure we really captured that classic Law & Order feel”, says Ryan Kaufman, senior designer at Telltale Games.

Find out which talk show celebrity blasted gas on air (I've got a video of it) after the jump! (plus movie and TV news!)

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Favorite Chap-Book Panel of All Time?

Has always been this. And others agree with me. 

But now I'm not so sure.

Find out what may have become my Favorite Comic Panel EVER....after the jump!

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Hermione vs. Bella vs. Princess Leia

Bitches, please, indeed.

Source: Unknown.

When the love of Hermione’s life left her, she continued to search for the keys to destroying the world’s most powerful dark wizard.

When the love of Bella’s life left her, she curled up in the fetal position, went numb for months then jumped off a cliff.

Bitches, please.

When the love of Leia’s life was encased in carbonite by Boba Fett and Darth Vader and taken to Jabba the Hutt, she disguised herself as a bounty hunter and rescued him.

The X Factor: Live Results

By Heather PV 

Nicole killed and plucked an ostrich to make her dress tonight, and Paula bolted on some new, rock-hard breasts. It’s nice to see them making an effort.

The opening number isn’t as bad as usual. I mean, who doesn’t love a medley with “No Diggity” involved? Florence and the Machine is tonight’s guest performer. I know she’s got a great voice — I mean, everyone tells me this, so it must be true — and I’m equally aware that I am duty-bound to like her, but she kind of scares me.

And not in a Holy Shit She’s Wild Lady Gaga way, either.

See what scares PV and watch Scary Florence and Ugly Nicole sing live on X Factor...after the jump!

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Christmas is Coming, Game of Thrones Style

The X Factor: Performance

By Heather PV 

 Can Nicole overcome her role in last week’s shocker result? Can Simon get Melanie into the finals? Can Josh go another week without showering? Let’s find out.

All this and more will be revealed...after the jump!

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Jimmy Kimmel Continues Cruelty to Children Crusade

Jimmy Kimmel. Child Abuse Aficionado

Jimmy Kimmel asked parents to give their kids crappy Christmas gifts and then tape their reaction. And they did. Time Magazine has this to say about it: The late-night host is making a name for himself by terrorizing children. Earlier this year he got parents to record their kids’ reactions as they trick them into believing they ate all their Halloween candy.

Cruel? Unquestionably to some of you. I think it is a wonderful life lesson on not always getting what you want AND I would have taken the kids to task for not being grateful for what they did get and for having a roof over their heads!  Funny? So much so that I had to pause the video to collect myself after a cruel mother quips, "You got a Mr. Potato Head!"

 Find out what I'm talking about by watching the video..after the jump!

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T's Trailer Park Presents: Rock of Ages - Crazy Pills Edition

WARNING: Those suffering from mental fragility may want to skip viewing the Rock of Ages trailer. I thought certainly that this was one of those Saturday Night Live featurettes and kept waiting for Andy Samberg or Peanut-Head Justin Timberlake to pop up. By trailers end, I sat slack-jawed and bewildered by the slowly dawning realization that this is indeed, a feature film.

You've been warned. The trailer is available, after the jump!

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Glee Recap: Extraordinary Merry Christmas

Rebooting Frosty...and Chewbacca

by CaliforniaKara

A long time ago in a chalèt far, far away... Finn Hudson (Corey Monteith)
as Luke Skywalker and Noah Puckerman (Mark Salling) as Han Solo,
an homage to the 1978 classic Star Wars Holiday Special. 

After last year's beyond-stellar Christmas episode (recap here), which brought us Sue Sylvester as the Grinch and Becky as Max, Glee had a lot to live up to tonight.

From "best friends and holiday roommates" Blaine and Kurt to Finn Skywalker and Han Puckerman...

It worked. And bonus points for this line about copyright infringement:

Blaine: "Say, are you guys, like, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo?" Fin: "No, that's copyright infringement. Any resemblance to Star Wars characters is purely coincidental."

Find out why it worked after the jump!

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Lex’s Holiday Shopping Guide Part One - Jingle Baller Edition

Are you a rapper who just made a sh*t ton of cash off a hit record and can’t wait to blow it all so you can file for bankruptcy?

Are you out to impress and pulling 50K-90K but it looks like you make 150K thanks to a fat credit line?

Are you just filthy f*cking rich?

The answer to this rhetorical question, and more, after the jump!

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T's Trailer Park Presents: Men In Black Action Hero Edition

Like you, I thought, “Oh no they are NOT going back to the well for a 3^rd Men in Black!” But yes, yes they are. Some of my worry was alleviated after watching the trailer because Will Smith is as likeable as ever and Tommy Lee Jones is a lovable curmudgeon and there will be TIME TRAVEL. I love time travel. Hopefully this film can avoid the 3^rd movie in the series flop-stench that drenched X-Men3, Superman3, Spiderman3, and many other attempts to milk the well one time too many.

The trailer for the GI Joe Sequel (yup) and Battleship await you...after the jump!

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Bad Mood? Waving Bear Will Nix That.

'ello chap! Top of the morning to ya!

Watch the waving Kodiak Bear videos...after the jump!

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Glee Recap: Hold On To Sixteen

The Night of a Thousand Monologues*

by CaliforniaKara

Let's cut right to the end and call out the white elephant in the room: New Directions had no business winning Sectionals. Not when Team Elphaba, er, I mean Trouble Tones pulled out this mash up of Gloria Gaynor's anthemic "I Will Survive" with Beyonce's epic "I'm a Survivor."



Mind you, there was a bunch of flapping around and flailing of the arms from these ditzy divas, but in the end they soundly beat out a weak New Directions medley of Jackson songs. (As an aside, does Fox have a thing for MJ? First the weak, trumped up Michael Jackson week on X-Factor then this on Glee.)

More after the jump!

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Uh-Oh! Bat-Back Will Go KRAKKKT!

The new The Dark Knight Rises movie posters paints a dire picture for Batman's back health but I love it. So grim.

As an added treat, the very cool, brand new The Amazing Spider-Man movie poster can be viewed, after the jump!

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GreenTech Geek: Songs to Save Us

Well-written and memorably performed songs have the power to change us, motivate us, and perhaps even cause us to think about things in the world in a brand new way. In the 1700s and 1800s, slaves in the United States used music to preserve their heritage and get through treacherous times. In the 1960s, folk singers used songs to voice frustrations of the anti-war and civil rights generations.

These days, some artists have taken on an even broader subject with their music -- saving the Earth itself.

Here is a collection of four very special songs with strong views about how we think about the Earth, what we have done to the Earth, what some are doing to save the Earth, and the unthinkable future that awaits us if we let things get out of control.

First up is 'Da Da Dam' by Paradise Oscar, a young singer from Finland who was his country's entry in last spring's Eurovision Song Contest (sort of an American Idol for the entire European continent). Oscar spins a musical fairy tale that cleverly pokes fun at those who deny our Earth is in danger. My favorite verse from this song:

I’m going out in the world to save our planet
And I ain’t comin back until she’s saved
I’ll walk my way to see the King and parliament
If they don’t help I’ll do it by myself

Next is 'Earth Song' by the legendary Michael Jackson. You can see the video and my other choices after the jump.

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Lex Saturday Screening Room Presents: iPhone Bands on Subway, Speedflying, and Meth Making at Wal-Mart

Gots four videos for you today including a subway iPhone band, a news feature about a woman making meth inside a local WalMart, an awesome skiing vid, and an intense Taekwondo championship match. Check em out, after the jump!

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Gingerbreadmama's Gossip Wrap: Just the Facts Edition

This week’s round-up of entertainment highlights
Sadly, I have something in common with Michelle Duggar

By Gingerbreadmama

Seriously horrible

Lauren Scruggs, model and blogger of the fashion site LOLO, was exiting a small aircraft when she somehow walked into the spinning propeller.

She suffered severe facial injuries and lost her left hand after it had to be amputated at the hospital.
Her family posted on caringbridge.com, "After exiting a propeller plane, an accident occurred where she walked into the front of the prop. Struck on the left side of her body, Lauren's hand, head, and shoulder area were hit." Her father told told Good morning America that he believes she was going to thank the pilot when she accidently walked into the propeller.

The staff at www.teawithlemon.com wish her a fast and full recovery

An additional update yesterday stated that she walked and spoke for the first time. However, her recovery is still a long way off. According to the post, “The left eye is still non-responsive, the doctors will continue monitoring it for the next few days. Please pray [for] Lauren as she begins to learn the extent of her injuries."

Another pretty girl in trouble

Rima Fakih, former Miss USA, the first Miss Michigan to win the title since 1993 and the first Arab American to ever win, was arrested for DUI in Highland Park Michigan. Her rep claims she is, “very saddened and very apologetic for the situation that she's in right now."

Couldn't talk her way out of the DUI

Stick with us for Kardashian news, TV and movie updates, plus all those extra bits you yearn for after the jump!

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Community Parodies Glee with Complete Song and Dance Numbers (Video)

In lieu of actually reviewing this week's episode of Glee, which so incensed me that I couldn't bear to bring pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard as the case may be), I bring you NBC's Community parodying Glee -- to fantastic effect.

First we've got: Troy and Abed rap song, “Christmas Infiltration."



Next up after the jump: Troy and Abed sing "Baby Boomer" Santa.

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Letter from the Editor: Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays all.  Its an exciting time of year for the TWL  Staff as we prepare for our annual Staff Holiday Party.  Time and place will remain a secret as we don't want any hooligans showing up, but this year's gathering could be our largest to date!  I've received a lot of questions about the highly anticipated bikini cook-off and I wanted to address them here.  You may have noticed that the temperature in San Diego has dropped below 50 degrees and people are losing their sh*t over it.  Most women are out buying heavy jackets, scarves, and beanies, not bikinis, so for this reason I am going to postpone any plans for the bikini cook-off until Summer 2012.  This will give the women involved adequate time to diet down, buy a new indulgently priced bikini from a place like Gone Bananas, and I think we all agree that fall/winter are just not ideal times for bikini wearing.

I hope you all enjoy the final two weeks of the year and get some time off from work.  I've got something funny and possibly thought provoking for you after the jump, so click Read More!

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The X Factor: Results Show

By Heather PV

And we have Lenny Kravitz! I don’t know about you, but I like to think of him still pining away for Lisa Bonet, crying behind his Top Gun sunglasses, a ball of pain beneath the skin-tight rocker pants. He signs a medley of his new and older songs. I won’t go so far to call them “hits.” He’s a real cool cat.

 Steve Jones dismisses Mr. Kravitz and offers a recap of last night’s double-trouble performances. It’s … kind of the same the second time around, to be honest. Then we see a behind the scenes look at the hair and makeup people who sprint around to get the contestants ready for each performance. Is that Ken Paves I spy? Wow! The X Factor spares no expense.

Read all about the shocking X Factor meltdown...after the jump!

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Freaky The Scary Snowman is a Real Chiller!

The Scary Snowman is BACK! And he's going to chill you! Watch the video after the jump!

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The X Factor: Top 5 Perform

By Heather PV 

 The show kicks off with a recap of Simon pouting over Drew’s ejection from the competition last week, the judges prance out on stage — and this week, everyone sings twice. Lucky us.

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America's Next Top Model All-Stars: Finale

**UPDATE: ANTM Controversy revealed? Read more after the jump to see why one of the contestants was possibly disqualified!**

Tonight is the night. Someone from the Tea With Lemon Top Model Challenge will finally earn the honor to say, "I know beauty." But before we can get to the main event, let's see who's left standing...

Allison and T

It's no surprise that braggart and notorious waffler T is in the final three with his pop-eyed pick Allison. From week to week Allison has wowed, nay bewitched, the judges into complete cult-like adoration. Last week I cringed in embarrassment when the usually cool and collected Nigel manhandled super model Tyson Beckford when he had the audactity to say that Allison's "not all that." This season alone she charmed The Game into stating that she was one of the most unusually beautiful women he has ever seen, and despite her "vampire eye" syndrome she has received top three call out all season. But this kind of success can sometimes lead to the Top Model kiss of death. Tyra is famous for crowning the underdog or rewarding the girl who is "most improved" despite the fact her competition had failed to fall in the bottom two even once the entire season (hello Anya!) It will be a shocker if Allison loses this All-Star title, but in TyTy's reality version of Modelland (where the protagonist is named Tookie De La Creme) crazier s**t has been known to happen. It's possible the judges may overlook Allison for the girl with the big personality.

Gingerbread Mama and Lisa

Speaking of personality, Gingerbread Mama's pick Lisa was the girl no one saw coming. Although we mocked her furiously for her pick, GM must have been on to something because Lisa has been killing it all season. With multiple challenge wins and numerous first call-outs, Lisa has been reppin' the 30+ demographic with boundless energy, interesting poses, and edgy beauty shots. Although the music video challenge was a bit biased for this already established pop star, she has managed to reign in her bat-s**t crazy behavior and hasn't pissed her pants even once this season. Celebrity rehab win!

Dancer and Angelea

Filling in the crazy void left behind by a reformed Lisa, Angelea has had more than her fair of melt downs and hysterics this season. She cries at the drop of a hat, flies off the handle with little provocation, and "gets gehtto on dem bitches' ass!" But there is something about Angelea that makes you want to root for her despite her behavior, and Dancer must have known that she had that special spark. She is sweet, genuine (to a fault), and can turn on the fierce like a drag queen with a new pair size 13 Louboutins. Her sharp mannish features scared off TWL Challenge participants, so she was part of the left-overs when Dancer swooped in and scooped her up at the last minute.  A really wise choice on her part, because the judges seem to love Angelea and have saved her from the bottom two at least half a dozen times. Will "706" prevail?



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