By Bethany Larson Tonight’s Academy Awards will finally settle the score on the film question of the year: Will Avatar or The Hurt Locker win Best Picture?  And furthermore, will James Cameron or Kathryn Bigelow take home the gleaming golden statue for Best Director? Obviously there are other...

By Bethany Larson FanFic creeps me out– I don’t want to read poorly written, sex-crazed stories about Harry & Ginny, Bella & Jacob, or any other fictional pop culture couple. But, when this particular piece of fan fiction from Live Journal blogger lz1982 hit my Google Reader, I...

By Bethany Larson On Thursday’s “30 Rock,” Liz went under the (dental) knife to avoid Valentine’s Day, Jack went on a date with Elizabeth Banks, Toofer got set up with an “urban” lady, Jenna’s stalker dumped her, we learned who Amanda Howard Shaw was, and we...

By Bethany Larson There are three types of “30 Rock” episodes: the hilarious, the funny, and the eccentric. The most recent episode, “Verna,” happens to be eccentric — which is my nice way of saying that it wasn’t very funny. Although the introduction of Verna, Jenna’s...

By Bethany Larson After a no “30 Rock” Thursday last week we’re looking forward not only to this Thursday, but to February 11th when Jon Hamm returns to the show. And, when we saw these stills we realized that there were others making a return to our favorite comedy as well. Why,...

By Bethany Larson During Thursday night’s “30 Rock,” we witnessed the mid-season creative hump with “Winter Madness.” Jack is still jonesing for Nancy (Julianne Moore), the TGS cast and NBC staff is grumpy, and Jack decides that they should all go to Boston (instead of Miami,...

By Bethany Larson Although “30 Rock” ended their fall season in early December, there hasn’t been a lack of “30 Rock” news. We’ve learned that Kevin Brown “Grizz” Chapman (Dot Com) actually does need a kidney now and that Jon Hamm will reprise his role as Liz’s...

By Bethany Larson Natalie Portman announced earlier this month that she has acquired the rights to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith’s oh-so postmodern literary rendition of the Austen classic Pride and Prejudice. Although we don’t necessarily need another remake of P&P, just...

By Bethany Larson Moving twenty hours away from home to attend graduate school was a big decision and one that I knew would be difficult from time to time. Although I’ve dealt with the requisite homesickness and living off of a (very) small bank account, what I’ve missed most (besides my family and...

By Bethany Larson Last night’s “30 Rock” tried to get in the holiday spirit — but mostly it made fun of the holidays. From religious celebrations to Secret Santa to Holiday Specials on television shows, nothing was safe from “30 Rock’s” dialogue. The major premise of the episode was...