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Sneak Peeks for this week Grey's Anatomy episode.


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Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater

Maggie Stiefvater's third book debuted at no. 9 on the NYT Bestseller list and is already generating speculation re: its movie franchise, sequels, and product spinoffs. We are always optimistic when approaching the Next Big Thing of YA; after all, Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy did spectacularly well and is as complex, beautifully written, subversive, and brilliant a triad as any lover of literature could hope for (although DEAR GOD do not subject yourself to the UNFORGIVABLE film version of The Golden Compass, which was so bad we actually walked out in the first half-hour, SHRIEKING (really; just ask the people sitting in front of us, who changed seats to get away from us before we departed the theater in a frenzy of ire)).( Read more... )

I've never read the book Shiver, so I can't judge the book myself, but I am definitely tired of whiny heroines who have no sense of self outside her dangerous paranomoral hottie boyfriend who she'd die for apparently because he's a dangerous paranormal hottie. I just finished reading Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick and almost hurled.

Thoughts, ontd? Can you rec any decent YA books with a kick ass heroine? HOW ABOUT COMPTON COOKIE LOL

Nicholas Cage was once stalked by a mime



We'll cut right to the chase: Nicolas Cage was once stalked by a mime. Yes, that kind of mime. And yeah, that sounded about right to us, too.

While other terrorized celebrities follow the tried-and-true formula of being menaced by the more traditional knife- and duct tape-wielding crazies, leave it to Cage to break from the mainstream, even when it comes to unwanted pursuers.

"I guess it would fall into the stalker category more or less," the financially ruined actor told Parade of his nearly 10-year-old encounter.

"I was being stalked by a mime—silent, but maybe deadly. Somehow, this mime would appear on the set of Bringing Out the Dead and start doing strange things."

Stranger, presumably, than walking headfirst into invisible gale-force winds, unpeeling transparent bananas or attempting to make his way out of an imaginary box.

"I have no idea how it got past security. Finally, the producers took some action and I haven't seen the mime since. But it was definitely unsettling."

It's probably safe to assume the mime would have no comment on the incident. Or, you know, any incident.

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TAKE THAT, YOU FUCKING CREEPY-ASS MIME.

lol Nic Cage is fucking crazy, I think I might love him.