Felicia Day Photoshoot and behind-the-scenes video and

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NEW LAYOUT!

Zap2it's TVGal is doing her annual Amy Awards. You must email nominations to amytvgal@zap2it.com by Sunday.

I can't put Merlin on this list because it hasn't aired here yet.

Here's mine so far:

1. My Bandwagon Has a Flat or Show That We Used to Love, But Now are Ready to See Go Away
Bones, Lost, Grey's Anatomy

2. This May Be Your Show but Everyone Watches for Me or Best Supporting Character or Sidekick
Castiel (Supernatural)
Hardison (Leverage)
Tim Riggins (Friday Night Lights)
John Casey (Chuck)
Barney (How I Met Your Mother)

3. Could You Repeat That? I Couldn’t Hear Over The Gasps in The Room or Most Shocking Moment or Plot Twist
The Final Cylon revealed (Battlestar Galactica)
Chuck knows kung fu (Chuck)
Alpha revealed (Dollhouse)

4. Please Pass The Kleenex or Most Heart Wrenching Scene
Adama and Roslin's ending (Battlestar Galactica)
Jason Street's goodbye (Friday Night Lights)
Dean confesses to Sam what happened in Hell (Supernatural)
Ziva doesn't know who to trust after Michael's death (NCIS)
Lacey and The Middleman dance at Titanic party (The Middleman)

5. I Found My Remote for This? or Worst Plotline or Plot Twist
Booth's amnesia (Bones)

6. My DVR has room for you or Best New Show
The Middleman
Legend of the Seeker
The Mentalist
Castle
Dollhouse

7. If This Character Were Real, I Would Totally Marry Him or Hottest Actor
Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins)
Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski)
Tahmoh Pennikett (Carl "Helo" Agathon/Agent Ballard)
Owain Yeoman (Wayne Rigsby)
Nathan Fillion (Richard Castle)

8. If This Character Were Real, I Would Totally Marry Her or Hottest actress
Bridget Regan (Legend of the Seeker)
Amanda Righetti (Grace Van Pelt)
Dichen Lachman (Sierra)
Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica)
Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro)

9. Wait for Me in the Next Room, I’ll Come and Get You When I Need You or Most Annoying/Worst Character
Georgina (Gossip Girl)
Horatio (CSI: Miami)

10. My DVR Won’t Ever Let You Go or Best New Character to a New or Returning Show
Castiel (Supernatural)
Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)
Wendy Watson (The Middleman)
The Middleman (The Middleman)
Lacey Thornfield (The Middleman)

11. Hearts Aflutter or Most Romantic Scene
Tyler Ford figures out Wendy Watson is his soulmate he met during his 3-day amnesia (The Middleman)
Hardison and Parker bond over being foster kids (Leverage)
Chuck and Blair say I love you (Gossip Girl)
Rigsby kisses Grace while hypnotized (The Mentalist)
Jim and Pam get engaged (The Office)

12. I Left My Heart At Upfront Week or Most Beloved Canceled Show
The Middleman

I hear something out there calling my name
No matter where I turn it all looks the same
There's sleep at night I just stay up and wait
But the burning in my blood never came
Will I know it?
Will I see it
When you're here
I need you now
I need you more than ever before
I know the man I am is not who I should be
The devil takes my hand says "Child come with me"
My body shivers and aches, I can't break free
Why do the things I hate come so naturally?
When we can see the light when we're going home
We'll dance on our graves with our bodies below
We'll sing along: hallelujah

~ "Dance On Our Graves" by Paper Route



Paper Route has release their first full-length album, Absence! [squee] I can't believe it's already out. I feel like I've been waiting forever. (If you like The Postal Service, Muse.)

http://www.paperrouteonline.com
http://www.myspace.com/paperroute

Already I love "Dance On Our Graves", "Gutter" and "Carousel". I can't believe I'm suggesting this but either "Dance On Our Graves" or "You Kill Me" (from their previous EP) would be perfect for a trailer for the next Twilight movie. I finally saw Twilight a couple weeks ago. ( Twi-chatter )

I ate ice cream. Yum.


& the Chuck season finale rocked! This show must return.

Season finale of Chuck tonight! Castle episode too, yay!

[drumroll] After over a year and a half of not posting [face palm], I've made 129 new icons!

Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chuck, Dollhouse, Gossip Girl, Leverage, Legend of the Seeker, Robin Hood BBC, The Office, misc icons. plus banners, etc

Teasers:


icons are a-callin' >>>

Thank Goodness It's Friday!

For dinner: I had a Double-Double burger, chocolate shake and no fries from In-N-Out. Mmmmm.

For dessert: Dollhouse.


BTW Supernatural rocked last night!

Your results:
You are Derrial Book (Shepherd)

Derrial Book (Shepherd) 90% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 70% Inara Serra (Companion) 55% Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 55% Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 50% Alliance 50% Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 45% River (Stowaway) 45% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 30% Wash (Ship Pilot) 20% A Reaver (Cannibal) 0%

Even though you are holy you have a mysterious past.

Click here to take the Serenity Firefly Personality Test

The new Harry Potter trailer is, as the Brits would say, BLOODY FANTASTIC!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/harrypotterandthehalfbloodprince/

The fighting, the humor, the realism, the pretty, the epic feel! I was excited before this came out. Now I'm like a little kid bouncing up and down, "Is it here yet? Is it here yet?" July can not come faster enough.

YouTube: SUSAN BOYLE - "I DREAMED A DREAM" [ Full HQ Version ] Britain's Got Talent 2009

I had briefly seen links around the web for this but hadn't clicked on it. Then when I called my mom today, she told me I had to watch this. My mom rarely cries and she cried watching it. And has since watched it four more times. I rarely cry either but I just watched it twice and both times tears were streaming down.

Wow. I wish Susan all the best in the competition.

Ryan Gosling sings... with his new band! Not really that shocking cause he's a former-Mouseketeer from the same era as Britney, Christina and Justin. But like with his acting career he's taking the indie path. And I'm loving it.

YouTube HD: "In The Room Where You Sleep"


DEAD MAN'S BONES - "NAME IN STONE" from biz3 publicity on Vimeo.

Neil Gaiman is so quotable. These are responses to his mail.

On being referenced in pop culture:
"Actually I got very used to it a long time ago, when a young Joss Whedon was working on Roseanne, and made sure that Darlene (Sara Gilbert) and her boyfriend always had Sandman posters and teeshirts..."

"I think the best way to start writing a novel is to start writing a novel."

"As I have said many times, the enemy of writers is not piracy or letting your stuff out for nothing, it's obscurity."

LA Times: Troubled NBC calls on exec Angela Bromstad to revive prime time
the sweet & lowdown: Ms. Bromstad was with the network until two years ago, championing shows like Friday Night Lights. After being passed over for promotion to the programming job, she left the network and they've been suffering ever since. Now they've brought her back to fix their problems. Interestingly, she moved 3-million-bucks-an-episode Kings to die on Sundays. It was originally scheduled for ER's 10pm Thursday slot which has been handed to Southland.

I think this is good news for Chuck. It's mentioned that she both leaves people alone to do their jobs and is collaborative with the development of series. And I think she was around the time the pilot was commissioned. I recently read a meta about Legend of the Seeker's good characterize of a female: Kahlan. Versus other shows, like the Mary-Sueish females of Merlin and the annoyingly flawless Sydney Bristow. Which made me think about the females of Chuck and how awful they are written. While all of them are good at their respective jobs that's not exactly compelling television. Mostly, they are gorgeous cardboard stand-ins for the imagination of salivating males. (Slo-mo and cleavage, anyone?) They have no female friends and are competitive with other women. Their lives revolve around their relationships with men: Ellie > Devon; Sarah > Chuck's handler and formerly her partner Bryce; Anna > Morgan; Jill > Chuck. They seemingly have no interests or hobbies, often whine or lecture others and have little to no sense of humor.

While the men have full interesting (if often weird and pop culture filled) lives. Even Casey, who grunts more than he speaks, has nods to Reagan and guns, Japanese pruning skills and snacking during surveillance. What do we really know about Sarah, her quirks, habits, interests?

It's why I still miss Lou. She had her own life and interests, ran her own business and told Chuck not to come to her until he had his issues worked out. Plus she's not perfect (not too accommodating or forgiving, breaking the law, bad exes). Even after all this time, she still feels like a breath of fresh air.

I hope Ms. Bromstad will be able to bring a women's touch to this show. I don't need or want the women to come to the forefront of the storytelling. I just need them to be real. It is no surprise why this show is lacking in the female ratings. The action-comedy aspect is not enough to overcome the unbelievable romantic relationships for many. I'm writing this as someone who loves the show and desperately wants it to get another season. I like the women of the show and I think they have alot of potential. But I want to love them like I do the men.

Emma Watson's gorgeous photo shoot. Whoa. Rupert Grint has never looked better. Love all teh pretty in the trailer.

Twitter's evoking dormant fangirl squeeness.

I've joined the twitterverse. Way cooler than I expected.

http://twitter.com/kalenahenden

Oh, and this is a really cool photo essay on flying and imagination. Dreams of Flying.

If "Chuck vs. the Ring" winds up being the last episode of the series,
how do you think the fans will react?

They're going to burn their living rooms.
They're going to destroy their television sets.
There could be chaos across the country.

from Interview - Chuck: Chris Fedak talks about the rest of season two

Behold, the 1995 BBC mini-series Pride & Prejudice has come to blu-ray! [squee] I already own it on DVD but the video and audio have been restored to their original quality. Which means it's in widescreen and the color is not washed out. Unfortunately, the widescreen crops a little off the top and bottom versus the standard tv version which cuts big black bars into the sides. They have side by side comparisons at Amazon. It still looks amazingly better in blu-ray. Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in hi-def. Would someone bring me my smelling salts so I don't faint?!

My dvd player crapped out on me a few weeks ago. So I broke down and bought a blu-ray player. 1080p HDMI output even makes regular dvds look great. I love it. I'm debating what should be my first blu-ray purchase. Of course, I want P&P but I already own it on DVD. My other top picks are Quantum of Solace and the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Matrix.

A GREAT episode of Chuck and the ratings still suck. I'm officially on an anti-Nielsen rampage. 37,000 homes CAN NOT accurately represent 112 MILLION American television watching homes!

( Chuck 2.19 - Chuck vs. the Dream Job )

9 Reasons why you should watch LEGEND OF THE SEEKER
Video Interview with Craig Horner & Bridget Regan from Legend of the Seeker

Sunday Kings Monday Chuck, Castle Tuesday NCIS, The Mentalist Wednesday Lie to Me Thursday Bones Friday Dollhouse Saturday Legend of the Seeker On hold: Robin Hood, Supernatural Recently finished: Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights

I wouldn't be watching so many shows but Hulu and Fancast allow me to catch up on my downtime at work.

Interview - James Marsters: From Spike to Brainiac

( Dollhouse 1.06 - Man on the Street )

Coming soon... Battlestar Galactica finale review in pictures.