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Lo Talks LC and Heidi, Breaking Dawn Predictions, and Paris on Sandra's Adoption

Molly — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:00 PDT

Lo Bosworth fills us in on Lauren Conrad's rumored return to The Hills, we predict what Bill Condon has in store for Breaking Dawn based on his body of work, and Paris Hilton comments on Sandra Bullock's adoption during a night out with her family.

PSR 4/29/10: Lo Talks LC & Heidi, Breaking Dawn Predictions, & Paris on Sandra's Adoption

PopSugarTV — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:07:22 PDT

Lo Bosworth fills us in on Lauren Conrad's rumored return to The Hills, we predict what Bill Condon has in store for Breaking Dawn based on his body of work, and Paris Hilton comments on Sandra Bullock's adoption during a night out with her family. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook for all the latest celebrity gossip!

Video: What Bill Condon Might Do With Breaking Dawn!

PopSugarTV — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:16:25 PDT

Now that Bill Condon is officially directing Breaking Dawn, we have fun predicting what he might do with the film based on past projects. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook for all the latest celebrity gossip!

PopSugar Rush Special: American Idol's Top 5 Success Stories!

Molly — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:05:00 PST

Kelly Clarkson was the first contestant to win American Idol, but is she the most successful of them all? Other success stories like country sweetheart Carrie Underwood and rocker Chris Daughtry have been giving her a run for her money! Watch our "American Idol Kickoff" special to find out where our editors ranked the top five biggest Idol success stories! Watch the PopSugar Rush special now before tonight's Season 7 premiere!

American Idol Kickoff: Top 5 Biggest Success Stories

PopSugarTV — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:58:36 PST

Kelly Clarkson was the first contestant to win American Idol, but is she the most successful of them all? Seems Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry have been giving her a run for her money! Watch our American Idol Kickoff special to find out where our editors ranked the top five biggest Idol success stories!

Buzz In: What Musicals Do You Want to See on the Big Screen?

BuzzSugar — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:30:17 PST

Did you guys hear? The screen musical is back! Well, at least according to Hugh Jackman, who kicked off his Oscar ceremony musical medley on Sunday by talking about the box office success of Mamma Mia!.

It does seem like we get a good on-screen musical every few years, between Dreamgirls and Hairspray and even Chicago a while back.

I would love to see Mr. Jackman himself singing and dancing in the movies very soon, which got me thinking about musicals that should get a big-screen adaptation while the iron is apparently hot. I think Spring Awakening would be pretty great as a movie, and there's been some buzz for a while about getting Wicked on the big screen as well.

What musicals do you think would make good movies? And do you agree with Jackman that this is a trend worth rooting for?

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Look of the Day: Dreamgirl

FabSugar — Thu, 31 May 2007 07:45:44 PDT

Shoeaholic took a page out of the Dreamgirls costume book with her limelight-catching shimmery cocktail number. I love how the classic cut of the dress flatters her body, and the black fabric tones down the sequins so the look is totally glamorous. The silver and black shine of the shoes ties in well with the dress too!

Here's what she has on:

Dress: Mango
Shoes: Friis Company

Congrats to Shoeaholic!

Everyone else, submit your looks and vote on your favorite ones today and I just might feature you on FabSugar! If you live overseas and have a fab outfit to share, join the Overseas Fashionistas Group and to submit a Look in this group learn how to post a blog.

What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 01 May 2007 03:31:01 PDT

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue.

Dreamgirls
The Dreamgirls DVD features about a million extra things, including but not limited to: 12 extended and alternate scenes, the music video for Beyonce's "Listen" along with Beyonce's screen test for the film, a feature-length making-of documentary, Anika Noni Rose's audition, and "Steppin’ To The Bad Side" – the choreography audition. The film itself follows a trio of friends who hit it big as a girl group and then experience the highs and lows of fame and fortune. You may have heard that Jennifer Hudson won this year's Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. Yet the tables may turn at the MTV Movie Awards, as she and Beyonce vie for Best Performance. I thought this movie was pretty good, though I maintain that Eddie Murphy gives the most amazing performance of all.

Two more great DVDs, so

Little Children
Adapted from Tom Perotta's absorbing novel, Little Children tells a tale of suburban woe. Kate Winslet turns in a wonderfully nuanced performance as Sarah, a stay-at-home mother who finds herself bored with the other moms and often annoyed by motherhood itself. When she meets stay-at-home dad Brad, however, life gets a little rosier. The two form a friendship which soon turns into something deeper. Meanwhile, a disturbed man with pedophilic tendencies invokes the fear and ire of the townspeople. The direction is impressive, lending a hazy summertime feeling to issues that dive into very dark places. This is a rare time when I don't know which to recommend more: the novel or the film.

Alpha Dog
When Alpha Dog first came out, Justin Timberlake shocked many (myself included) by earning major kudos for his performance in this disturbing film. Based on a true story, Alpha Dog follows Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch), a drug dealer in a privileged L.A. suburb who becomes one of the youngest men to ever be on the FBI's most-wanted list. He and his friends imitate what they believe to be the glamorous gangster lifestyle, and when Johnny's competitor Jake Marzursky (Ben Foster) cheats him out of a chunk of money, Johnny kidnaps Jake's younger brother, Zack (Anton Yelchin). A total of 38 people witness the three days during which Zack is Truelove's prisoner, but no one thinks to break up the party and notify the police - until it's way too late.

What's Buzzworthy? Movie Musicals

BuzzSugar — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:28:01 PDT

It seems that after the success of Chicago and most recently Dreamgirls, filmmakers are scrambling to make - or remake - musicals into films. In the not-too-distant future we can expect to see in the theaters Hairspray, Mamma Mia and a remake of Fame.

In my opinion, however, it's not often that musicals really work on film, so go ahead and prove me wrong by telling me about the movie musicals that you think were well-done. To get you started, I've bookmarked Chicago, which even I have to admit is impressive without falling into total cheesiness.

Using BuzzSugar's cool Buzzworthy bookmarking tool, just find the musicals you love on the Web, bookmark them as Buzzworthy, and tag or title your choices with the word musicals. Then, I'll post some readers' favorites next week. So go ahead, closeted musical fans - show me some jazz hands!

To find out how to create a Buzzworthy bookmark,

Don't worry: TeamSugar makes it easy to bookmark and capture anything on the Web that you consider "Buzzworthy." If you already have a "That's Fab" button on your browser's tool bar, you can use that to bookmark your Buzzworthy items. If you don't have the TeamSugar bookmarking button on your toolbar, you can learn how to get it by watching this video.

Oscar Worthy? Jennifer Hudson's Scene-Stealing Song from Dreamgirls

BuzzSugar — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:19:00 PST

The studio kept this clip under wraps leading up to this year's Oscars, but if you've yet to see Dreamgirls, you can now watch the video of Jennifer Hudson performing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," her scene-stealing and impassioned ballad. You guys were pretty conflicted over whether Hudson deserved to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, so maybe this clip will help you decide. (Thanks to Best Week Ever for directing me to the video.)

I, for one, think it's a very impressive performance as far as musicals go, and there's no arguing that Hudson has an amazing voice. But I still don't think she deserved to win an Oscar; to find out why,

First, let me just say, it was great to see how happy Hudson was on Oscar night, and I got into the excitement of seeing a young actress win for her first movie. But then again, it was her first movie, so while we know now that she can kill at musical theater, we don't really know if she has any versatility whatsoever.

But that's beside the point, really. My main gripe with Hudson's win can be summed up in two words: Adriana Barraza. I just rewatched Babel last night, and seeing Barraza's brilliant performance again made me realize how much she was robbed. (Others argue that Rinko Kikuchi should have won, and she was probably robbed too.)

In her role as the nanny Amelia, Barraza cycled through a stunning cycle of emotions - from a subtly concerned caretaker in the beginning of the movie to an ordinary woman torn apart by utter despair during the desert scenes in the film's climax. Never has a film elicited such a feeling of dread from me, and I credit Barraza's acting for most of that.

Mostly, I found myself wondering if Hudson saw Babel and, if so, if she really thinks her job was harder than Barraza's. What do you guys think?

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