Blender

• RIP, Blender magazine. — Lifeline Live
• Check out this interview with Sean Astin who voices a character on the Disney Channel's show Special Agent Oso. — lilsugar
• Sunday's New York Times article about the trio of female screenwriters, Diablo Cody, Lorene Scafaria, and Dana Fox: Super cool, or condescending because they're relegated to the Fashion & Style section? — Cinematical
• Why RuPaul's Drag Race is better than America's Next Top Model. — TV Squad
• Looks like 25-year-old runway model Noot Seear has nabbed the vampire vixen role in New Moon. — MTV Movies Blog
• American Idol contestants lip-sync their group numbers. So? — Vulture
• Oooh, new Death Cab for Cutie song, "I Was Once a Loyal Lover," available for listening. — Stereogum
• Can you link every band in the world to Pearl Jam? — Pop Candy

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The immersion blender is a great kitchen gadget that's especially useful in cooler months when soup making is a frequent activity. Although I have an immersion blender I love, DearSugar does not.

I asked you to help me find her the perfect immersion blender. You headed off to market in search of practical, functional blenders with strong blades. You saved the sticks in the Yum Market on TeamSugar with the keyword tag, Immersion Blender.

W swears by her Bamix Swissline blender. With its "powerful motor, easy-to-clean attachments that work very well and effectively, and stretchy cord," she refers to it as a "godsend." For more immersion blenders — ideal for making pumpkin soup — browse the selection below.

Fergie looks a little too airbrushed all sexed up (surprise, surprise) for the January issue of Blender. The magazine named her woman of the year, prompting both a few tears from the Fergalicious singer and for her to open up about all sorts of things. Yeah, apparently if you get a few drinks in her, she'll talk about peeing onstage . . . and being in love with Josh Duhamel. Here are highlights:

• On being named woman of the year: “I might not be the most talented person in the world. . . . I might not have the best voice. I might not be the prettiest or the best dancer. But I’ve worked very hard, and I’ve gone through humiliation. That’s why winning an award means so much more to me than it does to other people.”
• On not needing to marry Josh: "We’re practically married, anyway. I’m madly in love with him. He understands how to treat a woman and give me respect. And I’m gonna miss him on tour. [Her eyes start to drip, and then she turns mean.] Here I go again. Don’t make me cry, you f*****."
• On fame: “It’s like there’s one or two things the public knows about every famous person. . . . With Ashlee Simpson, everyone knows she had a nose job. With me, everyone knows I wet my pants onstage and had a crystal-meth addiction; that sucks. You have to laugh.”

While, sure, Fergs seems a little off kilter, you have to love her honesty and ability to be self-deprecating. Hell, she even talks about how much her dad hates "London Bridge." She may not be winning our most improved of 2007 poll, but she gets my vote. To see Fergie behind the scenes at her shoot just read more

Over on the music blog The Music Slut, I discovered that Blender has put out a list of the 100 Days That Changed Music. Some are more obvious than others, some are somewhat ridiculous (Dr. Dre finding Eminem is No. 6? Out of 100?), but some are downright fascinating. I never knew, for example that when the Kingsmen recorded "Louie Louie" in 1965, people interpreted singer Jack Ely’s incomprehensible mumbling to be masking obscenity, causing the first panic over dirty lyrics. Or that karaoke arrived in America in 1982 "at a bar called Dimples in Burbank, California."

What do you think of these days deemed all-important in music history? I've picked out a few of my favorites and included them to the top ten of the list which you can see if you read more

This one is an oldie but goodie. I tore the instructions out of ReadyMade magazine about three years ago, and ever since, I've been meaning to make a lamp out of my old avocado-green blender. Procrastination aside, this project is too great not to share; if you manage to get yours done before I do, I'd love to see the results.

ReadyMade suggests raiding an old lamp for parts, though you can easily buy all of your supplies at a hardware store, and don't forget to make sure the blender is unplugged before disassembling it! For a list of what you'll need and step-by-step instructions, read more

Kristin Cavallari almost had a scary run in with Jessica at the Teen Choice Awards last night. Love the drama. OAN reports that the two blondes shared the red carpet at one point. Oh I love the drama. Here's more:

But perhaps the most astonishing moment was when the show’s host, Jessica Simpson, who was there early, left the Amphitheater and walked the red carpet in reverse direction. While she was posing and smiling for the cameras, along came starlet Kristin Cavallari, who had a brief fling with Simpson’s ex, Nick Lachey, and who was Simpson’s rival for a role in the movie Dallas. Cavallari simply turned on her heel and stalked off in the opposite direction, as everyone stared in open-mouthed amazement.

Kristin may have walked away in a huff, but she still looks super hot in Blender this month. Maybe this is why she and Brody keep getting back together. TMZ has a video of the two heading to Hyde the other night. This goes back to my theory that these two simply break up for the press and hang with Nick and Nicole to get their picture taken.

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