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In Sorta Good News, Tomb Raider is Returning to the Big Screen

Movies post by Tammy Oler on January 28, 2009 - 4:03pm; tagged action, Action Movies, Angelina Jolie, Laura Croft, Tomb Raider.

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. is developing a new film adaptation of the popular Tomb Raider video game. In line with approach J.J. Abrams has taken for the new Star Trek movie, this new Tomb Raider picture would not be a sequel to the first two films in the Tomb Raider series starring Angelina Jolie, but a reboot featuring an all-new origin story for Lara Croft. It's a good bet that Jolie won't be starring in the new film.

Should we be excited about a new Tomb Raider movie? Well, sorta. More after the jump....

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Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Disgust

Love / Shove post by Annalee Schafranek on January 28, 2009 - 3:51pm; tagged advertising, American Apparel, domestic violence.

Today started, like so many others, with criticism of a new American Apparel ad sweeping the feminist blogosphere.

However, what looks like an almost too good to be true piece of proof of Dov Charney's excruciatingly high sleaze-rating turned out to be just that. Too good to be true.

More after the jump.

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Chickipedia: It's where the Chicks are at!

Social Commentary post by La Macha on January 28, 2009 - 12:11pm; tagged beauty standards, hot chicks, web 2.0.

From Frau Sally Benz comes the news of the latest "pedia" creation--Chickipedia!

What is Chickipedia you ask?

According to it's about page:

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Tool Spirit

TV post by Juliana Tringali on January 28, 2009 - 1:45am; tagged America's Next Top Model, Charm School, douchery, The Bad Girls Club, Tool Academy, VH1.

An Assortment of Tools

"Terrible boyfriend? We can fix him. Complete tools transformed into knights in shining armor." These are the promises of the opening credits of Tool Academy, VH1’s latest trash-tastic series in which women drag their truly terrible boyfriends through a relationship boot camp in hopes of turning them into nice guys. The tools agreed to come on the show thinking it was called Mr. Awesome, a competition to determine "the biggest Alpha male in America." After they learned the show’s real premise, they all stayed on in hopes of proving themselves to their girlfriends...and winning $100,000 for being the best boyfriend.

If you’re wondering what makes a tool a tool, it appears to be a combination of made-up names (Celebrity, M.E.G.A., Matsuflex, etc.), excessive hair gel, and behavior that’s just…well, look if you dare.

(Note: The videos in this post contain ads. Blame it on VH1.)

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Push Gets a Big Win at Sundance, Still Trying to Win Over a Distributor

Movies post by Tammy Oler on January 27, 2009 - 5:56pm; tagged Lee Daniels, push, Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival.

Push Big news from the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend: for only the third time in the festival's 25-year history, the Sundance jury and the audience awarded their top honors to the same film. Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire (a title designed, no doubt, to distinguish the film from the sci-fi action film of the same name starring Dakota Fanning that hits theaters later this year) won the Grand Jury Prize as well as the Audience Award. Comedienne Mo'Nique also received a Special Jury Prize for Acting for her dramatic performance in the film. Push is an adaptation of author and performance poet Sapphire's powerful story about a young African-American woman who struggles to overcome incredible obstacles, including illiteracy and a harrowing history of abuse. The film's star, newcomer Gabourey Sidibe is receiving rave reviews, as well as her co-stars Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, and Lenny Kravitz. Unfortunately, all of this momentum may not translate into a chance at the box office.