If you missed it Joshua Radnor (Ted, How I Met Your Mother) made a movie! happythankyoumoreplease written and directed by Radnor, is a dramedy, which focuses on several 20-something relationships in the city. The film was screened last night at Opening Night of the 15th Anniversary of the Gen Art Film Festival presented by Acura which runs from April 7-13th in NYC.
Here’s some photos of Joshua and Malin Ackerman & Kate Mara:
(Photo: Michael Algieri & Josh Radnor)
(Photo Credit: Rob Loud)
Quote of the Episode
I’m saving the world.
I need a decent shirt. – the Doctor
Non-Spoilery Review:
After what seems like a millennia Matthew Smith has taken over as the 11th Doctor. This episode, penned by the new show-runner Stephen Moffat takes everything we love about Doctor Who and promises eager fans that, while actors may change, Doctor Who is always the same.
Recap:
The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just 20 minutes to save the whole world – and only Amy Pond to help him.
– TV.com
Spoilery Review
I must admit, I was not one of the skeptics when it came to “can Matt Smith pull off the Doctor”. As much as I’m a David Tennant fangirl, I was very excited for Doctor Who to be run by Steven Moffat (who wrote my all-time favorite episode of Doctor Who: Blink and a close second: The Girl in the Fireplace). I will give Russel T. Davis his due for having revamped a classic TV show and made it even more relevant and timely than it’s previous incarnation, but Moffat really holds the qualities of storytelling that I find so fascinating.
That said, Eleventh Hour surpassed my expectations. The episode highlighted the very thing most fans love about the Doctor, through young Amelia Pond we have a picture of the average Doctor Who fan. Some one fascinated with the mythos of a mad man in a blue box who can come and save the world. The childish innocence and strength of young Amelia was clearly accentuated through her interactions with the Doctor. Those are, after all, the Doctor’s favorite things about humans.
And, of course, the ever present (and very needed) element of humor was throughout the episode. From the crash landing (apples, swimming pools and the like) to the Doctor’s final choice of outfit (bowties are cool). My favorite moments were the food tasting, especially hurling the plate of bread and butter out the door and commanding it not to come back.
The alien was great too, the perfect combination of scary enough (the corner of your eye bit was fantastically done), but not overwhelming to the main part of the story (The Doctor and Amy’s journey together). Some great special effects too with the same voice coming out of the mother and both girls at the end and with the teeth.
I also like the set up for what promises to be the series arch (the Silence, the crack appearing on the Tardis’ screen, the duck pond… okay, maybe not the duck pond). Also loved the Doctor’s ability to help random strangers (like Jeff). It’s something I’d missed from previous seasons.
Matt Smith has big shoes to fill, and I don’t envy the microscope his acting will be under for the next few months, but I am very happy to see a lot of doubting Thomas types now sold on Matt being a great Doctor.
If you’re like me you have a bit of a sweet tooth and absolutely nothing fills it like a fresh-baked treat straight out of the oven. Of course, who has time or energy to make cookies, cakes and brownies from scratch? That’s where Betty Crocker steps in to the rescue. Today you can step into your local Safeway and buy any Betty Crocker SuperMosit Cake or Traditional Brownie Mix for the ridiculously low price of $0.69! So bake up something for you and your family.
Don’t live near a Safeway? No worries. Betty Crocker has a fantastic site BakeSweetMemories.com with coupons, recipes and new items from Betty Crocker.
GIVEAWAY
Would you like to WIN a $25 Safeway Gift Card and a Betty Crocker Sweet Spring Treats Prize Pack to help make Spring more delicious and fun?
The Betty Crocker Sweet Spring Treats Prize Pack includes:
* A dishwasher, oven, freezer, microwave safe, silicon Baking Pan
* A Sturdy, Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl
* A Large, Red Oven Mitt
* A Betty Crocker Mixing Spoon
* A $25 Safeway* Gift Card to purchase Betty Crocker Baking Products or whatever your heart desires!
* Safeway also is Vons (primarily in Southern California), Dominick’s Finer Foods (Chicago), Carr-Gottstein Foods (Alaska’s largest retailer), Genuardi’s Family Markets (eastern US), and Randall’s Food Markets (Texas).
How to Enter
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Visit BakeSweetMemories.Com’s Recipes Section and come back here to leave a comment letting us know which recipe you can’t wait to try out.
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Participants must be 18 years of age or older at the time of the drawing. US residents (or US shipping address) only. You must leave your email address in your comment or I will have to immediately choose a new winner. This giveaway will end on Friday, April 23, 2010 at midnight PST. Winner will be notified by email after conclusion of giveaway. Winner will have 72 hours to respond to my winner email or I reserve the right to choose an alternate winner. Any entries not adhering to the rules of entry or extra entries are not valid. Contest is open to all members of Between the Lines Studios and their families. Winner will be chosen at random with random.org.
Disclosure: I received a Sweet Spring Treats Prize Pack, VIP Coupon for a Betty Crocker Product, and a $25 Safeway Gift Card from Safeway and Betty Crocker through MyBlogSpark. One $25 Safeway Gift Card and Sweet Spring Treats Prize Pack (without VIP Coupon for Betty Crocker Product) is also being provided for me to giveaway to one lucky Save Your Money Mama Winner! The Prize will be sent directly to the winner by Safeway and Betty Crocker through MyBlogSpark.
In honor of Children’s Day (May 5th), a Japanese holiday celebrating kids, Restaurant chain Benihana is holding a art contest for kids. For every art piece submitted they will donate $1 to St. Judes Hospital. So download the form at Benihana’s site by clicking here and have your child decorate, color and design to their heart’s delight. Then submit the form at your local Benihana between April 4th and May 5th.
On May 5th 100% of the price of your Children’s Meal purchase will be donated to St. Jude.
Join Naomi Starsiak as she interviews Rick Arquilla, COO of Roto-Rooter, the next boss on Undercover Boss (CBS’ new hit-reality show).
Arquilla talks about how Roter-Rooter got involved with the show and shares some of his insights on what the experience was like. He also recommends his most recent read, Yalta: The Price of Peace.
Companies whose chief executives have already made the undercover journey are Waste Management, restaurant chains Hooters and White Castle, convenience chain 7-Eleven, race-track company Churchill Downs, e-commerce giant GSI Commerce, and theme park group Herschend Family Entertainment.
This episode airs Sunday, April 04, 2010 on CBS (check your local listings).
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This will take you about five seconds, and you can help a feed a dog in a shelter! Fan Pedigree’s Adoption Drive on Facebook by clicking the link and for every fan Pedigree will donate one bowl of food to a shelter in need.
Simple, easy, so why haven’t you done it yet?
Every year 200,000 children are born with a severe cleft condition that leaves them unable to eat, speak, socialize or smile. Too often their parents can’t afford the costly surgery to help their children out. That’s where Operation Smile comes in. Operation Smile is an organization that provides surgeries for these children, giving them the chance to smile and lead a normal life.
Celebrity Jessica Simpson has been working with Operation Smile for seven years and in her new reality series “The Price of Beauty” she’s taking a trip to India to meet Meena, a 13 year old girl who suffers from a cleft lip and cleft palate. The episode, which airs March 29 on VH1, will document Meena’s journey as volunteers from Operation Smile perform an operation to correct Meena’s condition.
How Can You Help
Operation Smile and VH1 are encouraging viewers to share their smiles during this season of “The Price of Beauty.” As part of the Smiles for Smiles campaign, people are invited to upload photos of their own smiles, which will become part of a mosaic composite featuring photos from the show. For every photo uploaded VH1 will donate $1 to Operation Smile. Visit www.vh1smile.com to upload photos, check out other smile mosaics and donate to Operation Smile.
Want to Do More?
Visit www.operationsmile.org and read about the various ways to get involved and donate to the organization.
(Photo: Jessica Simpson, Meena and Ken Paves – Photo from Operation Smile)
I’ve been a fan of Cheerios since I was two years old. And have been eating them ever since. While other cereals may flit through my pantry, cheerios are always here to stay. I’ve tried most of the reincarnations of my beloved o’s (as I used to call them), but never much cared for the fruity-sugary-stepchildren of my favorite cereal. So it was with some mixed emotions I bought a box of the all-new chocolate Cheerios this week.
I shouldn’t have worried though, I’m in love with Chocolate Cheerios.
They look a bit odd when you first pour them in the bowl. I think it was wise to do the multi-shaded colors because it makes it feel less like a bowl of dirt! They do seem to resemble small chocolate-glazed donuts!
First thing I really loved about it is the taste. It’s not over-powering in it’s chocolate-flavor. General Mills says it’s made with real cocoa, which I think just makes this more delicious than some of the overly sweet and chocolaty cereals I’ve tried. There’s also not that waxy after-taste I get with a lot of sugary cereals. Just delicious choco-goodness.
It’s a bit higher calorie count wise than regular Cheerios (obviously), but I was surprised it wasn’t more. There’s 100 calories in 3/4ths of a cup of Chocolate Cheerios and 100 calories in 1 cup of Cheerios. Of course, the sugar difference is about 6 grams (3 grams in regular Cheerios and 9 grams in Chocolate Cheerios), but if you’re looking for something a bit sweeter this can be a great substitute for something like Cocoa Puffs (110 calories for a 3/4 cup serving and 12 grams of sugar).
So, two spoons up from a life-long Cheerios lover. This one is a great twist on a classic.
Nutritional Information from www.myfitnesspal.com
Leona & Theo Reading © WGBH/Sirius Thinking
If you’re along the East Coast or Southern USA and have preschool age kids you’re gonna want to check out Between the Lions Live!. I share a special love for this show not only because it always makes me do a double take (Between the Lines Studios being our podcast group’s name), but also because it encourages kids to read!
Between the Lions’ Roadshow performances are designed to bring the television series to life, encouraging children to read, sing along with the Lions, and recognize words in the world around them. Engaging and animated books such as Is Your Mama a Llama? and Click, Clack, Moo will encourage audience participation, and Aaron Nigel Smith, founder of FUNdamentals of Music and Movement, will be back to join the Roadshow, adding his original award-winning music to the mix.
Tour Dates and Venues
Catch Theo and Leona’s live performances in Atlanta, GA on Friday, April 30 (venue TBA). Next, they spend five days at the Georgia State Fair in Macon, GA from May 1-5. Finally, the lions travel to Columbia, SC on May 6 and Charlotte, NC from May 7-8 (venues TBA).
Tune in to Between the Lions
Between the Lions airs nationally on PBS KIDS (check your local listings). If you live in one of the areas located on the fourth annual Roadshow tour, you can catch the series on:
-Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) weekdays at 1:00 p.m.
-South Carolina ETV (SCETV) weekdays at 1:30 p.m.
-UNC-TV (North Carolina) Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 12:00 noon
For more information on the series and to view updates to the schedule of tour dates and venues, please visit: pbskids.org/lions
Yesterday we let you know of A&E’s new show Fugitive Chronicles. Today we’re giving away a prize pack from A&E to help you on your next daring escape (or, you know, fan convention).
About Fugitive Chronicles
At the heart of each gripping real-life manhunt will be the cinematic reconstruction of the exhaustive efforts that take place, often in very dangerous conditions, to find and bring a fugitive to justice. Told from the perspective of the hunter and the hunted, these dramatic true-life stories are told through exclusive interviews with law enforcement officials closest to the case and the fugitive’s story based on real interrogation tapes, court transcripts and news footage. Officials will share exactly when they learned of the fugitive’s flight, what their first course of action was and how they went about executing their heart-pounding takedown. Become a fan on Facebook!
Watch the trailer here:
The Fugitive Chronicles on A&E Extended Trailer
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Fugitive Chronicles premieres Thursday April 1st at 10/9c on A&E! On Thursday March 25th at 9/8c, a link will be posted on the official Facebook page where you will be able to watch a secret preview on AETV.com!
Enter to win a Fugitive Chronicles prize pack!
– Fugitive Chronicles compass/flashlight
– Fugitive Chronicles t-shirt
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