Monthly Archives: March 2011

Things to be excited about: Giving up edition

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Neon Apologist

I’ve seen one movie in 2011. Just one (The Adjustment Bureau, and it was silly) and its April. This year has been such a cultural wasteland that EW’s lead review in the movies section this week…was an list of movies … Continue reading →

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Media nerdery

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Neon Apologist

I was on vacation last week, in Hawaii (!). Somehow I thought that being on vacation would mean I would have so much time and so many thoughts and do all this posting, the wind in my hair as I … Continue reading →

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A conflation of adorable things I love

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Neon Apologist

In addition to blogging pretty much all the time (?), your friendly Neon Apologist also walks dogs at the Washington Animal Rescue League. While poking around through incredibly heartwrenching Youtube videos that the League puts up to get people to … Continue reading →

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How a movie star is born…or not

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Neon Apologist

I’m always kind of interested in how people become “stars,” whatever you take that to mean. And the nerdier I get about the pop culture machines (i.e. the more I read the Hollywood Reporter), the more I can sort of … Continue reading →

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Venice, California, that is

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Neon Apologist

Oh no, Olivia Wilde has divorced the Italian prince she married at the age of 18 in a school bus in Venice! Now I need a new only-kind-of-famous-person with an unexpectedly wacky backstory. Hmm.

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I’m on the right track, baby

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Neon Apologist

Oh and Lady Gaga finally put out the video for “Born This Way,” on the morning after the Oscars no less (whoa dude remember Oscars?)! Which makes it difficult for those of us who, ahem, cover the entertainment world, but … Continue reading →

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