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Found! Dear God . . .

GiggleSugar — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:00:00 -0800

Move over Bill Cosby. God seems to be getting an earful of the darndest things outta kids these days. The following are a batch of letters - or prayers - intended for the big dude upstairs. Some are thankful for one thing and upset about another, others have questions or make requests, and then there are those that shamelessly hate that b*tch Jennifer Horton. God understands, I'm sure.

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And I Smelled Her Breath . . .

GiggleSugar — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:45:00 -0800

. . . Now I'm a believer!

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Can The iPhone See Into Your Soul?

GiggleSugar — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:00:00 -0700

Duuude. Have you tried this on your iPhone yet? (At least The Big Guy's reading National Geographic and not something else, right?!) Thanks, College Humor!

God and Google Go Head To Head

GeekSugar — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:11:44 -0700

I often joke with my fellow Sugar ladies about the man inside the internet... that is the 'dear internet' guy who can answer anything and everything. Whenever one of us has a burning question, we often say "just ask the internet!" to which the other person responds by turning to her computer and talking out loud while typing "dear internet, how far..." When I saw these pictures on TecnoCHICA, I couldn't help but think of our "dear internet" fun. These images are totally legit and were taken from signs for the St. Giles Presbyterian Church and the North Shore Assembly of God. Apparently, whoever made their signs was in the mood for a little geeky humor.
My bad - maybe Google and the internet guy can't solve everything after all! All images are from the blog of David Cancel.

Do Tell: Do You Have Some Kind of Spiritual Practice?

DearSugar — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:30:00 -0700

In our own way, most of us regularly express reverence, humility and kindness. These qualities take many forms and can be called by many names. Do you believe in God? Belong to an organized religion? Practice an Eastern religion, or a Westernized version of one? Do you pray? Meditate? Set an intention every new moon? Love and honor the natural world?

Do tell, ladies, do you observe some kind of spiritual or religious practice? If you're comfortable, please tell us what it means to you.

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Sarah Silverman's One Night Stand...With God

GiggleSugar — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:50:00 -0800

Sarah has a spiritual awakening of the "one night stand with God" sort. He wakes up and wants more, she just wants her bed back to herself...oh what will Sarah do? Click here to find out.

Fat People Don't Go to Heaven? Since When?

FitSugar — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:12:36 -0800

The lengths that people will go to, just to lose weight, never cease to amaze me, but this method may take the cake.

Recently I have been hearing a lot about the Remnant Fellowship Church in Franklin, Tennessee. This church preaches about God and weight loss in the Weigh Down Diet program. Amazingly enough, Weigh Down is the most successful Christian weight loss program in the country, which has many people flocking to Gwen Shamblin (pictured), the leader of Remnant, like fixated moths to a bright light.

The basics of the Remnant Fellowship are this: overeating is a sin. Her book The Weigh Down Diet, which has sold over a million copies worldwide stresses the benefits of eating tiny bites and objects to exercising to offset your caloric intake. The scare tactics and shame methods keep followers in line by telling them overeating will result in hell.

The best part. Remnant does not allow theological debate, and free will is basically out the door. Shamblin directs those with questions to her 800 number.

My take on this whole thing: The best way to lose weight from the Weigh Down Diet is by running (very, very fast) in the opposite direction of the Remnant Fellowship. This diet is cult-like and unhealthy, not only for the body but for the mind as well. I am all for a support group when trying to get fit, but not a support group that tells you it's either weight loss or hell. Shamblin is making millions while her followers are contemplating suicide, that's just not right.

Will Arnett Does Dramatic Reading of Judy Blume Classic

TresSugar — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0700

Nobody does slimy dude better than Will Arnett. Mix in a dramatic reading of Judy Blume's Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret and asking God for boobs sounds about, well, as creepy as it should.

Vote for books like AYTGIMM on our Battle of the Books faceoff. Maybe we can get Will to do a reading of the winner!

Fabworthy: In God We Trust Shirley Denim Dress

FabSugar — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:00:22 -0700

You can never have enough dresses. This In God We Trust Shirley Denim Dress ($120, originally $235), is a Fab option. The denim dress is a cute and classic staple every gal should have in her wardrobe. The great thing about this one is you can wear it alone in the Summer, and paired with a thin sweater in the Winter. And, wouldn't this look great with a patent red belt? So many options, so much time . . .

PopSugarUK Meets the Me & Orson Welles Cast: Zac Talks Footloose & Finding Seclusion, and Claire Talks Flirting!

PopSugarUK — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:53:19 -0800

Yesterday I was lucky enough to spend an hour with Zac Efron! He and his castmates in Me and Orson Welles, Claire Danes and Christian McKay, talked about their new movie in a Q&A session with UK journalists alongside their director Richard Linklater. Zac looked handsome and casual in a blue t-shirt and jeans, and fiddled with a bottle top on the table while talking, he was pretty self-deprecating, as was Claire who looked gorgeous and was really funny. Look out for more from this session right here next week, but without further ado - here's part one!

Richard, finding Orson must have been the key to the movie?

And once you found your Orson, it was time to find your “Me”?
R – "I was just really lucky that Zac had read the script and liked it and wanted to meet me. You know, Zac was being offered every film in town."
Z - (deadpans) "You were so lucky."
R – "It’s true! It’s never a given, and we sat down, and I was convinced about fifteen seconds in and I felt like I’d found Richard. Like I did when I found Christian. Even though Richard’s only 17 you see it through his eyes, he needed to be a leading man, he needed to go toe to toe with Welles. I just needed that quality that Zac has, that charisma and that kinda presence."

Zac, were you trying to break out from High School Musical box?
Z - "I recognised almost immediately that this was a pretty unique opportunity. I got the phone call that Rick had a script that he’d like me to read, and he wanted to have a conversation about it. And I was… so excited, I remember running home to read the script. And I read it and was pleasantly surprised that the role was pretty big. That’s not exactly what I expected. I was the “Me”, that was pretty cool. I was looking for that opportunity. Not necessarily to change my image or anything. But for a new role, that was a new challenge, and something interesting – and this was it."

To hear why Zac dropped out of Footloose, find out how his efforts to find seclusion on the Isle of Man went, and Claire's opinions on having to flirt with him, just read more.

Claire, your character hovers on the outside of things, organising things…

What was it like to flirt with Zac Efron?
C – (sighs) "Tough. Going." (Zac nods) "I don’t know... it was amazing. First of all the dialogue was very special. It’s very rare to find writing of this quality, very witty and engaging and I had a lot of fun with the flirty slang words and goofy vernacular. And the scenes, I thought, were very tender. And you know, Zac’s amazing."
Z (laughing) – "Yeah, the dialogue made me look really good."
C – "I was delighted to discover how fine an actor he is. And he can move very well. We took some dancing lessons for a brief scene in a dance hall, and that was very humbling. Zac was a much quicker study than I was, my god. A very coordinated guy."
Z – "It was the first time I actually led! It was great!"

Zac on dropping out of Footloose:
Z - "Footloose didn’t happen for a number of reasons, but...you know, I think it just felt like territory that I’d already explored. I felt like I’d already been there before. As opposed to trying something brand new, which is a bit riskier and it was a whole lot scarier, but so much more interesting, I think."

The cast on filming on the Isle of Man:
R – "We had a good time on the Isle of Man, we spent about three weeks working, we were just in the theatre the whole time."
Z – "It was great. No, I didn’t know where it was. I was looking forward to that seclusion. From what I’d heard it was a pretty quiet place, and there weren’t a lot of people there. You know? I can’t tell you how appealing that sounded."
R – "The girls did find out Zac was there and they showed up,"
Z – "Yeah… anyways… I found out there was a whole lot of people there. And we met… most of them. I mean, I felt pretty welcome."
C – "I don’t think anybody has been better received there."
Z – "It was funny, we couldn’t really go outside that much. We couldn’t really leave the theatre… we were there a whole lot. Day and night."
C – "Plus the theatre was literally next door, adjacent to the hotel we were staying in."
Z – "There was a tunnel from the hotel to the theatre."
C – "You didn’t have to go outside from your room to the set."
Z – "I didn’t. Didn’t go outside. It was great."

For more from the interview keep an eye on PopSugarUK next week, where you'll hear more from director and stars, including Brit newcomer Christian McKay.

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