2011 Razzie Award nominations announced (my condolences to Jessica Alba)

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Personally, I hate award shows. The awkward monologues, the awkward jokes, the awkward speeches that are awkwardly ended too soon by the sound of awkward-sounding music. It's just all so...awkward. That is, except for the annual Razzie Awards, which puts ...

Astronomers have gone mad with power...MAD, I tell you!

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

First it was Pluto. Sitting high on their thrones and draped in the finest linen lab coats, those haughty astronomers maliciously demoted cute, defenseless Pluto from "planet" to "random ball of ice and gas floating in space." But now? Now ...

License-Plate auction? Only in Texas

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

This is a big week, folks. For the first time EVER in Texas, license plates will be legally auctioned off Thursday at Cowboys Stadium. (How we ever advanced as a society before now is beyond me). So why are they ...

Angry Birds are taking over the world

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

If you have no idea what Angry Birds is, let me advise you now to stop reading. Seriously. Just close this window or hit the back button and go see what tech blogger CJ Castillo is writing about today ($10 ...

Seven year-long projects to start in 2011

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

I'm not what you would call a motivated person. This, naturally, made me a perfect fit for journalism. Like so many other writers, it's only the fear of irate and red-faced editors yelling in my face that gets my butt ...

Answer: Baby vampyre plush dolls

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Question: What should you not get your kids this year for Christmas? Yes, friends, say hello to Vamplets, a line of designer vampire baby plush dolls. And good news: They come with their very own bottle of blood, according to ...

Got a letter to Santa? Send it to us!

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Ho, ho, ho, everyone! Next week, we here at the Advocate will be doing a very special (ok, ok, just special...didn't mean to get carried away there) Christmas edition of our Get Out entertainment section. And as such, we'd love ...

Christmas gift ideas straight out of the movies

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Not sure what to get your workplace Secret Santa this year, or even your spouse? No worries! Hollywood has it covered. The Huffington Post recently posted seven Christmas gift ideas based on beloved holiday classics. For instance, you can actually ...

Brainy teens have new online place to gather

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Who says kids aren't reading these days? (Hello, Harry Potter and Twilight). Even more so, who says they aren't writing? (Hello, Harry Potter and Twilight fan fiction). They are. So much so, in fact, that a new website was launched ...

9 Most Annoying Christmas Songs of all Time

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. December is upon us and that can only mean one thing: National Bathtub Party Day is swiftly approaching (Dec. 5, to be exact). Ha! I kid, I kid. It means CHRISTMAS is ...