It shouldn't be any harder to write strong (as in, fully-wrought and believable) female characters than it is to write strong male characters because women, just like men, are people (not that not being a person has ever prevented a character from existing in the first place). Still, the very idea that a popular male… » 12/29/13 1:00pm 12/29/13 1:00pm

Psychologist Christopher Ferguson has done the empirical research, put in the legwork and figured out that Buffy is awesome, which I absolutely could have told you. More specifically, his piece in the Journal of Communication chronicles the results of 150 Texas A&M students' screenings of three disparate types of… » 9/01/12 2:45pm 9/01/12 2:45pm

Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte have listed their favorite episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, whom they call "one of the most powerful female characters ever developed." Included are Season 2's "Passion," and "Becoming" (the one where she kills Angel), Season 3's "Consequences" and "Prom," Season 4's silent… » 1/27/12 1:30pm 1/27/12 1:30pm

Halloween: The time of year when all your favorite TV characters don crazy costumes and become involved in totally nonsensical plots, just for the sake of a holiday-themed episode. I love bad television just as much as I love good — and as such here's a collection of the best/worst Halloween episodes the idiot box has… » 10/31/11 5:45pm 10/31/11 5:45pm

• More on this in Midweek Madness, but Heidi Montag is a sad Barbie on the cover of Life & Style, calling her plastic surgery a "disaster" and showing off her scars a year after the procedures.
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Yesterday, it was announced that a new Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie is in the works. Good news! Oh, wait: Bad news. Buffy creator Joss Whedon is not involved. » 11/23/10 1:01pm 11/23/10 1:01pm

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• Grace Rwaramba, the former nanny who took care of Michael Jackson's children, says she often pumped the King of Pop's stomach:
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So remember yesterday when I warned Edward Cullen about Buffy, the Vampire Slayer? Turns out I was a little late—their epic battle has already taken place, and it is quite a sight to see. » 6/21/09 11:45am 6/21/09 11:45am

OMG. Scoobies, Spuffy, Hellmouth, how I have missed thee. [TV Overmind] » 6/18/09 6:40pm 6/18/09 6:40pm

• Lindsay Lohan's "post-breakup makeover" involved getting her hair dyed red and getting a tattoo. [People]
• This column calls Lindsay a "celebutard" who is "painfully thin" and "in the middle of an emotional meltdown." [NY Post]
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Movie nerdfest website Cinematic Happenings Under Development (CHUD) has a review up of Diablo Cody's latest script, the homicidal cheerleader horror flick Jennifer's Body. The verdict? "It may not work all the way as satire, but it's briskly paced and very, very funny. I mean, any movie with an Orca reference can't… » 1/15/08 1:20pm 1/15/08 1:20pm

• Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon asks, "What is wrong with women?" And asks in a good way, that is. [Salon]
  
• Glaxo SmithKline says its new weight-loss drug Xenical causes anal leakage. [CNN]
  
• If anal leakage isn't your cup of tea, you may want to try dieting through "terror". [ComedyCentral]
  
• More on bodily…
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