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Don't call him a gleek. Matthew Morrison, who plays the fearless faculty leader on Glee, admits he wasn't an outcast in high school but actually the soccer-playing prom king. However, he suspects the show resonates "because everyone in high school felt like an outcast. . . . I guess I was popular, but I was insecure about a ton of stuff. I don't think anyone can get away from high school Read more
Nancy Pelosi might be one of the most powerful women in the United States, but she's not the most well liked. The Speaker of the House's favorability rating sits at 32 percent, while her unfavorability rating comes in at 48 percent. In other words: more people dislike Nancy Pelosi than like her. When asked if she cares about being unpopular, Pelosi recently said: "I certainly want to be trusted. Read more
High school reunions may warrant a fresh haircut and a new outfit, but some people go to extremes to impress former nerds, band geeks, jocks, and cheerleaders. CNN has rounded up some examples. One struggling writer concocted a lie that he wrote the movie Tootsie — and everyone bought it! Another woman, Andrea, hated high school, so she hired a stripper to go as her to the reunion. Andrea went Read more
Candace Bushnell, the author of the book Sex and the City, just signed a deal with HarperCollins Publishers to write a two book series titled The Carrie Diaries, which will be all about Carrie's high school years. Bushnell has always been interested in writing about Carrie's formative years, before she became the sex columnist we all grew to love, before she meet her three best friends, and Read more
There are so many health-related reasons to quit smoking, and now there is a new reason to add to that on-going list. This reason, however, has nothing to do with your heart or lungs; it has to do with your social standing. A new study found that smoking might just be detrimental to popularity and social standing. Where smokers were once the center of the party, they have been moved to the Read more
Katherine Heigl was named one of EW's Most Popular Stars of 2007 and she looks to be wearing her title well. Back in school, there was always such an emphasis placed on popularity and it's pretty clear that being the "it" girl still matters, especially in Hollywood. Since not much has changed since high school I have to ask: Are you considered one of the popular girls or do you fly under the Read more
Amid all the speculation about Fifty Shades of Grey casting, we offered some humble suggestions for the role of Christian. We're also wondering who should play Anastasia. Meanwhile, Selena Gomez made a hilarious Fifty Shades parody for Funny or Die. Everyone is abuzz about Leonardo DiCaprio's '20s role after seeing the trailer for The Great Gatsby and the intriguing pictures. James Bond came Read more
It's fun to host people for a barbecue, but it can also get quite pricey when everyone isn't chipping in. Consumer expert Andrea Woroch provides suggestions to cut your grocery bill when shopping for your Memorial Day meal: Prepare most of your meal. Woroch says, "The general rule for prepared foods is that they are more expensive, and it's cheaper to buy the ingredients to prepare yourself." Read more
Are the yé-yé girls having resurgence? First there was Megan's infamous Mad Men song and dance number, and now they've come up again in Wes Anderson's latest film Moonrise Kingdom. In the film — set in 1965, a year before this season of Mad Men — Suzy Bishop is one half of the lovesick preteen couple at the center of the movie. While her style is clearly fashioned after the yé-yé girls, Read more
Patty-cake, patty-cake! We're not talking about sweet cakes here, but the juicy patties that come fresh off the grill onto a waiting bun. With this being National Burger Month, and the unofficial start of grilling season kicking off this weekend, we turned to some of our favorite kiddie chefs for their takes on the ever-popular burger. With input from Weelicious, Jessica Seinfeld, Annabel Karmel, Read more
