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My name is Megan, I’m from Long Island and I’m 15…

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

My name is Megan, I’m from Long Island and I’m 15 years old. My friend Joli and I had always wanted to meet Justin, and since he would be in the city all week we made it a priority that we would at least see him. On Wednesday, June 20th, my dad, my step mom Joli, and I, drove into the city to go to the Z100 studios. We drove around all of NYC for 4 hours looking for the studio. We tried calling, texting, and asking random people on the street if anyone knew where they were and no one knew. We all thought we weren’t ever going to find it. Joli felt the need to call z100 and see if they would answer. As we were about to leave the city, a guy named Trey (@ItsTreyMorgan) answered the phone and gave us directions on how to get to the studio! We finally arrived at the studio at around 11 pm. I was SO happy that we finally made it. My step mom left, and my dad stayed with me and my friend to sleep the night . There were 2 girls in front of us, who we made friends with and we all waited together. We waited up all night, just to hear about Justin Bieber. People inside the studios came out and asked the four of us for pictures because we were such dedicated fans. We couldn’t believe it was only the four of us. Around 2 am, two more girls arrived who we all became friends with. The six of us waited all night, without sleeping, outside of the z100 studios to just catch a glimpse of Justin. When it finally hit around 6 am, a lot more people came who started being rude and obnoxious and made the security guards put up barricades. Finally, it was 7:30am. We all thought that Justin would come early, or take some pictures. But at 7:45, Justin, Kenny, Moshi, Bruce, and some random driver all exited out of one black escalade. Justin smiled, and touched some fans before he rushed into the studios. I was lucky enough to have stuck my arm out enough for him to grab it! After Justin arrived, Alfredo and Allison arrived in a different black escalade. Everyone went crazy for them! After his interview was over, more people started showing up and trying to make up excuses not to stand in the barricades. At around 10:00am all of Justin and his team finally came out. I ended up taking a picture with Bruce (Justin’s grandpa), Kenny, and Alfredo. They are all the sweetest guys in the world. I told Kenny I was obsessed with him, and he laughed at me.  Justin took pictures with a lot of fans and I was really nervous he wasn’t going to be able to take mine. He was one the other side of the barricades and I looked at him and begged him to come over to our side. He finally came over and took pictures with a lot of people before me. When he finally got to me the crowd behind him was insane. He looked behind him and his security team almost forced him to go back to the truck. I stuck my camera out, and he moved over to me and smiled. Me and Justin Bieber took a picture together! He smiled at me after it was done, and I thanked him and told him he was amazing. After taking a picture with my friend, Justin was forced to leave because the crowd was insane behind him. They were almost trampling him. Everyone got back into the escalades and speeded away. Some girls tried to sprint after it, but none of them could keep up with how fast it was going. After crying over the reality of the situation, I got interviewed by z100 so many times. It was definitely fate. I never stopped believing in my dream coming true. And since 09, I finally get to say. I’ve met Justin Drew Bieber. Never Say Never. -@manitsbieber See more here: My name is Megan, I’m from Long Island and I’m 15…

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REVIEW: Channing Tatum Works His Beefcakey Magic in Magic Mike

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Like the world of male stripping it inhabits,  Steven Soderbergh ‘s  Magic Mike is naughty in gaudy but sanctioned and unthreatening ways. It teases with the promise of outrageousness, but underneath the G-string it’s a practically minded coming-of-age story about a young man reaching the end of a years-long spiritual spring break. Choreographed stripteases and celebrity cast aside, the film has a lot in common with the director’s 2009  The Girlfriend Experience — both are set in corners of the sex industry, share an undercurrent of economic instability and deal with how their protagonists’ professions, the perception and the performative aspect of them, clank up against their personal lives. And both keep to a low-key, realistic tone that’s deliberately at odds with their subject matter, one that in  Magic Mike makes the film feel curiously rudderless, its off-stage journey pale and enervated in contrast with the cheesy, ebullient dance numbers it makes room for. Like the call girl Christine/Chelsea, the main character in the earlier film played by Sasha Grey, Mike ( Channing Tatum ) is aware of himself as a commodity and is constantly hustling, struggling for more control over the business in which he’s being offered — “I want to own something,” he says, and there seems to be more passion in those words than in his long, flirty pursuit of his tough-minded love interest Brooke (Cody Horn). Mike doesn’t make nearly as much money as Chelsea does, but he has side benefits that wouldn’t interest her: Occasional clients who stick around to sleep with him after the show, camaraderie with his fellow dancers and the swagger that comes with publicly embracing his place as, in the words of manager/MC Dallas (Matthew McConaughey), one of the “cock-rocking Kings of Tampa.” Mike’s a great stripper, but it’s not what he wants to do with his life. He also runs small roofing, event and car-detailing businesses that amount to a series of odd jobs. He’s saving up to pursue his dream of starting his own custom furniture business, with dedication if no particular urgency — he speaks of waiting for the market to reach its sweet spot and being able to get a good bank loan rate in ways that sound abstract, though we later see he’s actually put work into his ideas and is deeply frustrated by the obstacles he’s encountered. He is, in short, looking for the next step that will likely provide a way out, though when we see him grinding on stage at Club Xquisite we can see why he’s not in a hurry: He sparks to life in front of a crowd — he belongs there, and his audience adores him, showering him with bills (alas, mostly ones). Magic Mike is set over a summer in which Mike meets aimless, muscly 19-year-old Adam (Alex Pettyfer), whom he nicknames “The Kid,” and Horn’s Brooke, the sister on whose couch Adam is crashing. The two push Mike to reconsider his life — in Adam he sees enough promise (and reminders of his younger himself) to recruit him as Xquisite’s newest performer, and in Brooke there’s the potential for something serious, though she pushes him away whenever he saunters too close. As critical as these two relationships are for the film, they’re unfortunately lackluster — Adam is a slack-jawed, half-formed stand-in for the unthinking pleasure-seeker Mike used to be, and beefcakeyness-aside, Pettyfer can’t bring out anything in the character that could show us what Mike glimpses in him. Horn, with her strong jawline and tomboyish air, is an enjoyably off-beat pick for a romantic lead, but Brooke’s forceful pragmatism gets expressed primarily through glowering. Rather than reflect a sense of mutual attraction, her interactions with Mike projects only genuine distrust of him as her kid brother’s sleazy pal, to the point where it’s a struggle to believe that her opinion could possibly be important to him. Speaking as someone who’s slowly come around to Tatum’s meatlike leading-man qualities, I’d say this represents a step forward for the actor. He may not have the most expressive of faces, but his bro-ish friendships with the other dancers (who include Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash and Adam Rodriguez, all magnificently ripply) have a comfort and ease to them. His relationship with Dallas, his former mentor, is more compellingly complicated still. McConaughey plays the character like he’s  Dazed and Confused ‘s David Wooderson all grown up and wearing a leather harness (complete with drawled “all right, all right”s), but he’s calculating underneath the preening, outsized showman persona. Dallas is setting himself up to be the business owner, and while he appreciates Mike’s ambition, he’d still rather have him as an employee than a partner — their maneuverings over a planned expansion and move to Miami grow steadily edgier under the familiar banter. And when Tatum’s on stage, he seems like a different performer entirely — one who’s startlingly physical.  Magic Mike  slyly offers up a look at the actor nude from behind in an early scene, as he gets out of bed with his ongoing casual hookup Joanna (Olivia Munn). But its not actually (just) the chance to gawp at his impeccable musculature that makes Tatum such an impressive spectacle in the film — it’s his dancing, the way he goes from hulking screen presence to a fluidly athletic being, aware in his movements. Before he launched his acting career, Tatum did work as a stripper for a few months, an experience that informed the film (Reid Carolin wrote the screenplay), and he has danced in a non-exotic fashion on-screen in music videos and in the 2006  Step Up . The divide between Tatum as performer and Tatum as actor gives the film an interesting unsteadiness. Set in a strip mall-filled Tampa that Soderbergh, who also served as cinematographer, tints a smoggy yellow, the movie carries the underlying message that it’s time for Mike to grow up and figure out what’s next. But that doesn’t quite line up with the grinding normalcy with which the film depicts “responsible” living. How’s that really suppose to compare with being up there in the spotlight, rolling around in money, adored? Follow Alison Willmore on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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TRAILER: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Brit Marling and the New Greed in Arbitrage

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Richard Gere gets the golden line in this trailer for Sundance 2012’s drama-thriller Arbitrage , the feature directorial debut from Nicholas Jarecki ( The Outsider ). “World events all revolve around five things, M-O-N-E-Y,” he says, perhaps taking a cue from Wall Street ‘s own philosophy courtesy of Gordon Gekko (though he preferred the more direct g-r-e-e-d). Of course Susan Sarandon, who plays his wife has a zinger herself with, “How much money do we need? Do you want to be the richest person in the cemetery?” In the film, New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Gere) is the epitome of success, but behind the facade he’s in way over his head. He’s desperate to sell his trading empire to a big bank before the truth comes out, not only to colleagues but also his admiring wife and his daughter and heir-apparent Brooke (Brit Marling). And to complicate things further, he’s carrying on an affair with a French art-dealer, Julie (Laetetia Casta). But on the eve before he’s about to sell his plague-ridden holdings, he gets into further trouble (as tipped off in the trailer below) and he must now juggle family, business and crime with the help of someone from his past, Jimmy Grant (Nate Parker). The trailer seems to be pretty thorough in telling the story, so take a look. The only thing left is the final question: will he make it out from under the brink? [ The feature will begin its roll out September 14 courtesy of Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. ]

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True Or False: Did Khloe And Lammy Kardashian Attention Slore It Up For Cameras At His Daughter’s Graduation, Then Skip The Paparazzi-Free Ceremony For His Son?

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Lamar Odom And Khloe Kardashian-Odom Accused Of Attending Daughter’s Graduation For Publicity But Skipping Son’s Because The Paparazzi Wasn’t There Despite the reality TV shows and sour grapes about being traded from the Lakers, we’d never think Lamar Odom would ever resort to such publicity pandering tactics as what he’s been accused of as of late. Word on the street is, Lammy only likes to play Daddy when the cameras are rolling… Via Gatecrasher : You’ve heard of deadbeat dads? Lamar Odom is a photo-op father. Lower Manhattan public school parents are shaking their heads over the stunt the NBA free agent and his wife Khloe Kardashian pulled when Odom’s daughter and son graduated from their respective public schools last week. On Wednesday, Odom’s 13-year-old daughter Destiny graduated from I.S. 289 in Battery Park City. A source familiar with the situation tells us that although the girl’s mother, Liza Morales — who was engaged to Odom from 2000 to approximately 2008 but never married him— initially invited Kardashian to the school ceremony, she had to rescind the offer when, a few weeks before the big day, the school limited tickets to three per family. That left a ticket for Odom, Morales and Destiny’s grandmother — but not Kardashian. For some reason, the source says, Khloe was determined to attend, and the source claims, in the days leading up to the graduation, Odom and Kardashian’s camp lobbied the school for an extra ticket. “The school held its ground,” says our source. “But, on the day of the graduation, Khloe showed up anyway and they let her inside.” This was after the couple was photographed walking hand-in-hand to the graduation ceremony. Photos of the couple with Destiny at the graduation ceremony can also be found on the Internet. “It is going to be a HOT day in NYC today!” Kardashian tweeted on Wednesday. “Lamar and I are excited though!!! It’s graduation day for his babies!!!” Well, not exactly. Our source says that Odom’s 10-year-old son L.J. graduated from the same school’s fifth grade on Thursday. “What was sad was that after bringing Khloe uninvited to his daughter’s graduation, he didn’t even show up for his son,” says the source. “They got their photo-op the day before and then he couldn’t be bothered. It was beyond hurtful,” says the insider. Other parents “couldn’t believe it.” Jill Fritzo, a spokeswoman for Kardashian and Odom, insists that the ballplayer did attend his son’s graduation “with Rob Kardashian,” but L.J.’s uncle says otherwise. “I was there and sitting in the back. Lamar was not there,” says Liza’s brother, Nathan Morales. He adds that L.J. “was a little disappointed but ultimately he was okay because he spent his time with his friends and his mother.” Asked if he could offer any explanation for Odom’s absence from his son’s milestone, Nathan said: “Because there were no paparazzi there.” Although Kardashian reportedly headed back to Los Angeles after Destiny’s graduation, Odom stayed in town. The 6-foot-3 player partied at Catch Roof on Saturday night. We hope he toasted his son. Dang, would you ever think Khloe and Lamar would do something this lowdown and dirty? We don’t know about this one. Do you believe it, or is there some good explanation for this? Hit the flip for more photos of the couple at Destiny’s graduation.

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True Or False: Did Khloe And Lammy Kardashian Attention Slore It Up For Cameras At His Daughter’s Graduation, Then Skip The Paparazzi-Free Ceremony For His Son?

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Lamar Odom And Khloe Kardashian-Odom Accused Of Attending Daughter’s Graduation For Publicity But Skipping Son’s Because The Paparazzi Wasn’t There Despite the reality TV shows and sour grapes about being traded from the Lakers, we’d never think Lamar Odom would ever resort to such publicity pandering tactics as what he’s been accused of as of late. Word on the street is, Lammy only likes to play Daddy when the cameras are rolling… Via Gatecrasher : You’ve heard of deadbeat dads? Lamar Odom is a photo-op father. Lower Manhattan public school parents are shaking their heads over the stunt the NBA free agent and his wife Khloe Kardashian pulled when Odom’s daughter and son graduated from their respective public schools last week. On Wednesday, Odom’s 13-year-old daughter Destiny graduated from I.S. 289 in Battery Park City. A source familiar with the situation tells us that although the girl’s mother, Liza Morales — who was engaged to Odom from 2000 to approximately 2008 but never married him— initially invited Kardashian to the school ceremony, she had to rescind the offer when, a few weeks before the big day, the school limited tickets to three per family. That left a ticket for Odom, Morales and Destiny’s grandmother — but not Kardashian. For some reason, the source says, Khloe was determined to attend, and the source claims, in the days leading up to the graduation, Odom and Kardashian’s camp lobbied the school for an extra ticket. “The school held its ground,” says our source. “But, on the day of the graduation, Khloe showed up anyway and they let her inside.” This was after the couple was photographed walking hand-in-hand to the graduation ceremony. Photos of the couple with Destiny at the graduation ceremony can also be found on the Internet. “It is going to be a HOT day in NYC today!” Kardashian tweeted on Wednesday. “Lamar and I are excited though!!! It’s graduation day for his babies!!!” Well, not exactly. Our source says that Odom’s 10-year-old son L.J. graduated from the same school’s fifth grade on Thursday. “What was sad was that after bringing Khloe uninvited to his daughter’s graduation, he didn’t even show up for his son,” says the source. “They got their photo-op the day before and then he couldn’t be bothered. It was beyond hurtful,” says the insider. Other parents “couldn’t believe it.” Jill Fritzo, a spokeswoman for Kardashian and Odom, insists that the ballplayer did attend his son’s graduation “with Rob Kardashian,” but L.J.’s uncle says otherwise. “I was there and sitting in the back. Lamar was not there,” says Liza’s brother, Nathan Morales. He adds that L.J. “was a little disappointed but ultimately he was okay because he spent his time with his friends and his mother.” Asked if he could offer any explanation for Odom’s absence from his son’s milestone, Nathan said: “Because there were no paparazzi there.” Although Kardashian reportedly headed back to Los Angeles after Destiny’s graduation, Odom stayed in town. The 6-foot-3 player partied at Catch Roof on Saturday night. We hope he toasted his son. Dang, would you ever think Khloe and Lamar would do something this lowdown and dirty? We don’t know about this one. Do you believe it, or is there some good explanation for this? Hit the flip for more photos of the couple at Destiny’s graduation.

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Channing Tatum as Superman, Will Arnett as Batman… in LEGO Movie

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller made names for themselves with their feature debut, the animated Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs , before moving on to direct Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in the live-action hit 21 Jump Street . As they work up their next film — WB’s live-action/CG blend LEGO adaptation, apparently titled Lego: The Piece of Resistance , based on the plastic toy building blocks — the duo are casting a few familiar superheroes to appear in the pic. Variety reports that Lord and Miller have tapped Will Arnett to voice LEGO Batman in the adventure, with the hope that Tatum can find room in his schedule to come on as LEGO Superman. They’d be joining Parks and Recreation ‘s Chris Pratt , who leads the pic after recent turns in Moneyball , What’s Your Number , and The Five-Year Engagement . Pratt and Tatum also co-star in the indie high school reunion drama Ten Year , which is slated for release through Anchor Bay, while Tatum of course starred in 21 Jump Street for Lord and Miller, with hilarious results. The synopsis, via Variety: “Pratt will play Emmet, an ordinary, law-abiding, Lego mini-figure who is mistaken for the most extraordinary MasterBuilder. He’s drafted into a fellowship of strangers on a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the universe together.” Of course, there’s no indication of just how big the parts of LEGO Batman and Superman will be in the film, but the cheeky, geeky move should get DC/LEGO fans excited nonetheless. The parts are all falling into place… [ Variety ]

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SMH: South Carolina Mom Stuck With Cleanup Bill After Son Is Killed By An Undocumented Drunk Driver

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

This is just horrible… A drunk driver killed this woman’s son last year and she got stuck with the cleanup bill. A South Carolina woman faced tragedy last June when a drunk driver killed her oldest son. But the still-grieving mother, Loretta Robinson, is now being billed for the various charges associated with the accident, including a $50 charge to clean her son’s blood off the road. Justin Walker, Robinson’s deceased son, was not found at fault for the accident. The accused driver, Anna Gonzalez, tearfully pleaded guilty in court last Tuesday, the Daily Mail reported. According to MSNBC, the undocumented woman had been living in the United States for 12 years, but never got a South Carolina driver’s license. Gonzalez was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Robinson was on hand in court to express her outrage at the bills she’s received since losing her son. “I had to pay to have the vehicle towed. I had to pay for the vehicle to be removed and to clean up the street from Justin’s blood,” Robinson said. According to WYFF, Robinson also paid to have the wrecked car stored for months in case there was a trial. The South Carolina State Office of Victims Assistance offers a combined total of up to $15,000 for medical, funeral, counseling and wage compensation for the families of victims of crime. According to NBC Greenville, Robinson received some money from the victim’s assistance office, but it did not cover the costs of cleanup or storage. There has been some recent controversy about the crime rate among undocumented immigrants in the United States. In March, the Scott Gardiner Act, a bill that would authorize the deportation of any undocumented immigrant convicted of drunk driving, was reintroduced to Congress by Representatives Sue Myrick and Mike McIntyre, News 14 Carolina reported. “We have to be able, as a country, to figure out a way with people here who are illegal and commit crimes,” Robinson told WYFF. We really feel for Ms. Robinson. Our prayers are with you. R.I.P. Justin! Source WYFF

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SMH: South Carolina Mom Stuck With Cleanup Bill After Son Is Killed By An Undocumented Drunk Driver

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

This is just horrible… A drunk driver killed this woman’s son last year and she got stuck with the cleanup bill. A South Carolina woman faced tragedy last June when a drunk driver killed her oldest son. But the still-grieving mother, Loretta Robinson, is now being billed for the various charges associated with the accident, including a $50 charge to clean her son’s blood off the road. Justin Walker, Robinson’s deceased son, was not found at fault for the accident. The accused driver, Anna Gonzalez, tearfully pleaded guilty in court last Tuesday, the Daily Mail reported. According to MSNBC, the undocumented woman had been living in the United States for 12 years, but never got a South Carolina driver’s license. Gonzalez was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Robinson was on hand in court to express her outrage at the bills she’s received since losing her son. “I had to pay to have the vehicle towed. I had to pay for the vehicle to be removed and to clean up the street from Justin’s blood,” Robinson said. According to WYFF, Robinson also paid to have the wrecked car stored for months in case there was a trial. The South Carolina State Office of Victims Assistance offers a combined total of up to $15,000 for medical, funeral, counseling and wage compensation for the families of victims of crime. According to NBC Greenville, Robinson received some money from the victim’s assistance office, but it did not cover the costs of cleanup or storage. There has been some recent controversy about the crime rate among undocumented immigrants in the United States. In March, the Scott Gardiner Act, a bill that would authorize the deportation of any undocumented immigrant convicted of drunk driving, was reintroduced to Congress by Representatives Sue Myrick and Mike McIntyre, News 14 Carolina reported. “We have to be able, as a country, to figure out a way with people here who are illegal and commit crimes,” Robinson told WYFF. We really feel for Ms. Robinson. Our prayers are with you. R.I.P. Justin! Source WYFF

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The Bachelorette Recap: Making Her List, Czech-ing It Twice

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Six roses. Four dudes. Things are getting serious on The Bachelorette. After the past two weeks saw villains Ryan Bowers and Kalon McMahon dispatched by Emily Maynard, were there any more fireworks in store this evening? Who succeeded in wooing our beloved single mom from North Carolina, and who failed to make the final cut before next week’s coveted hometown dates? Follow this link for a rundown of The Bachelorette spoilers we know thus far, including the (alleged) final three. Then read on for THG’s official +/- recap! First, Prague is on my bucket list now. Beautiful city. Plus 4 . Our Southern Belle Emily Maynard walks the streets of Prague, sans daughter Ricki, musing about the hometown dates. Hostman Chris Harrison tells the guys this week is important because next week are hometown dates. Jef with one F tells us he’s really hoping he gets a hometown date next week. We get it. Hometown dates are important. Minus 3 . Of the six guys, three of them will get a one-on-one date with Emily this week. The first date goes to A rie Luyendyk Jr ., probably because Emily wants to kiss him (loudly) a few more times. His jacket has elbow patches. Minus 3 . Emily thinks it’s shady that Arie hasn’t told her about his relationship with Cassie the producer . His failure to disclose his past relationship with someone in Emily’s inner circle is disloyal somehow to her. Chris decides to set the record straight about the rumors regarding Arie and Cassie and introduces a segment of Cassie interviewing Emily about Arie. Cassie says it’s no big deal, it was a long time ago, blah blah blah. Emily says the fact that they dated is no big deal. It’s the fact that nobody told her that they knew each other that’s the problem. Emily probes Arie to see if he’ll spill the beans about his relationship to Cassie. The deep dark secret he’s hiding? He had a tattoo of an ex-girlfriend’s name (a different Cassie) on his arm but he’s had it covered up now. Minus 12. Emily, Arie, and Cassie all sat down, off camera, to discuss this relationship. Arie said he didn’t think his relationship with Cassie Lambert mattered, which is why he didn’t tell her. Emily realizes that her feelings for Arie haven’t been affected by this revelation. They kiss some more at dinner. A lot more. Plus 10. Back at the house, the other guys all wonder what Arie and Emily are doing. Doug says they’re probably just having dinner somewhere cool. Sure, Doug, that’s all. John gets the next one-on-one date. Chris says it’s killing him inside that he’s not getting dates. Minus 4 for melodrama. Arie tells Emily that when they were in Croatia, he realized something. He loves her. Plus 20 . And then they kiss some more. And then there are actual fireworks. John and Emily go on a date and paint on the Lennon wall. Emily says she likes him as a person, but she doesn’t know how she feels about him romantically. So they put their initials on a padlock that signifies eternal love and try to fasten it on a wall in Prague. But the lock won’t stay fastened. Symbolic lock, yes? John’s not the one. Minus 3. Chris is “driving himself crazy” sitting at the house. So crazy he has to drink. He’s on edge. DUDE, you’re in PRAGUE. Stop whining and go see something cool! Minus 12. Emily’s still confused about John, so she takes him to dinner in a dungeon. Didn’t she take him to dinner in a cave already this season? John’s ex-girlfriend cheated on him, so now he’s not a starter. He’s a closer. Chris is still whining about how he didn’t get another one-on-one date. Still. He’s not getting the third one-on-one either. Because it’s a group date with Sean and Doug as his wingmen. Sean just has to see kiss Emily, so he goes running around the city of Prague looking for her. Plus 3. Conveniently, there’s a table for two at a quaint little cafe. Conveniently. Minus 2. Sean, Doug, Chris, and Emily explore dungeons and towers and Doug makes a toast to her gracious nature. She’s concerned about their chemistry. I’m concerned about their chemistry. Doug’s grazes Emily’s leg with his hand and loses his train of thought completely. He says he’s a slow mover and he really wants to kiss her. So then he does. And it’s the most awkward kiss in the history of the show. Minus 10. Doug’s going home now. There’s a little more room on the group date without Doug there. Emily gives Sean and Chris each a key. Sean’s key opens the door. Chris is going to go whine some more, I’m sure. Jef with one F gets the final date in Prague. Chris finally gets some alone time with Emily and the first thing he wants to know is why he hasn’t had a one-on-one date with her. She says something about giving him back his confidence and then gives Sean the rose. Plus 4 . Chris is pissed off over not getting the rose. Temper, temper, Chris. Minus 7. Emily thinks Jef would make a great dad since he’s a big kid himself. Emily, honey, the last thing you want is a grown kid to take care of. Minus 3 . They go to a marionette shop and after buying two marionettes, Jef leaves Emily standing in the street. He has to go back and buy a marionette for Ricki. Plus 15 . Emily and Jef go to a library to play with their puppets. And Jef uses his puppet to tell Emily’s puppet that the puppet is beautiful and that his puppet is “100…1 million percent in love” with it. I… plus? minus? I can’t decide.

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The Bachelorette Recap: Making Her List, Czech-ing It Twice

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Six roses. Four dudes. Things are getting serious on The Bachelorette. After the past two weeks saw villains Ryan Bowers and Kalon McMahon dispatched by Emily Maynard, were there any more fireworks in store this evening? Who succeeded in wooing our beloved single mom from North Carolina, and who failed to make the final cut before next week’s coveted hometown dates? Follow this link for a rundown of The Bachelorette spoilers we know thus far, including the (alleged) final three. Then read on for THG’s official +/- recap! First, Prague is on my bucket list now. Beautiful city. Plus 4 . Our Southern Belle Emily Maynard walks the streets of Prague, sans daughter Ricki, musing about the hometown dates. Hostman Chris Harrison tells the guys this week is important because next week are hometown dates. Jef with one F tells us he’s really hoping he gets a hometown date next week. We get it. Hometown dates are important. Minus 3 . Of the six guys, three of them will get a one-on-one date with Emily this week. The first date goes to A rie Luyendyk Jr ., probably because Emily wants to kiss him (loudly) a few more times. His jacket has elbow patches. Minus 3 . Emily thinks it’s shady that Arie hasn’t told her about his relationship with Cassie the producer . His failure to disclose his past relationship with someone in Emily’s inner circle is disloyal somehow to her. Chris decides to set the record straight about the rumors regarding Arie and Cassie and introduces a segment of Cassie interviewing Emily about Arie. Cassie says it’s no big deal, it was a long time ago, blah blah blah. Emily says the fact that they dated is no big deal. It’s the fact that nobody told her that they knew each other that’s the problem. Emily probes Arie to see if he’ll spill the beans about his relationship to Cassie. The deep dark secret he’s hiding? He had a tattoo of an ex-girlfriend’s name (a different Cassie) on his arm but he’s had it covered up now. Minus 12. Emily, Arie, and Cassie all sat down, off camera, to discuss this relationship. Arie said he didn’t think his relationship with Cassie Lambert mattered, which is why he didn’t tell her. Emily realizes that her feelings for Arie haven’t been affected by this revelation. They kiss some more at dinner. A lot more. Plus 10. Back at the house, the other guys all wonder what Arie and Emily are doing. Doug says they’re probably just having dinner somewhere cool. Sure, Doug, that’s all. John gets the next one-on-one date. Chris says it’s killing him inside that he’s not getting dates. Minus 4 for melodrama. Arie tells Emily that when they were in Croatia, he realized something. He loves her. Plus 20 . And then they kiss some more. And then there are actual fireworks. John and Emily go on a date and paint on the Lennon wall. Emily says she likes him as a person, but she doesn’t know how she feels about him romantically. So they put their initials on a padlock that signifies eternal love and try to fasten it on a wall in Prague. But the lock won’t stay fastened. Symbolic lock, yes? John’s not the one. Minus 3. Chris is “driving himself crazy” sitting at the house. So crazy he has to drink. He’s on edge. DUDE, you’re in PRAGUE. Stop whining and go see something cool! Minus 12. Emily’s still confused about John, so she takes him to dinner in a dungeon. Didn’t she take him to dinner in a cave already this season? John’s ex-girlfriend cheated on him, so now he’s not a starter. He’s a closer. Chris is still whining about how he didn’t get another one-on-one date. Still. He’s not getting the third one-on-one either. Because it’s a group date with Sean and Doug as his wingmen. Sean just has to see kiss Emily, so he goes running around the city of Prague looking for her. Plus 3. Conveniently, there’s a table for two at a quaint little cafe. Conveniently. Minus 2. Sean, Doug, Chris, and Emily explore dungeons and towers and Doug makes a toast to her gracious nature. She’s concerned about their chemistry. I’m concerned about their chemistry. Doug’s grazes Emily’s leg with his hand and loses his train of thought completely. He says he’s a slow mover and he really wants to kiss her. So then he does. And it’s the most awkward kiss in the history of the show. Minus 10. Doug’s going home now. There’s a little more room on the group date without Doug there. Emily gives Sean and Chris each a key. Sean’s key opens the door. Chris is going to go whine some more, I’m sure. Jef with one F gets the final date in Prague. Chris finally gets some alone time with Emily and the first thing he wants to know is why he hasn’t had a one-on-one date with her. She says something about giving him back his confidence and then gives Sean the rose. Plus 4 . Chris is pissed off over not getting the rose. Temper, temper, Chris. Minus 7. Emily thinks Jef would make a great dad since he’s a big kid himself. Emily, honey, the last thing you want is a grown kid to take care of. Minus 3 . They go to a marionette shop and after buying two marionettes, Jef leaves Emily standing in the street. He has to go back and buy a marionette for Ricki. Plus 15 . Emily and Jef go to a library to play with their puppets. And Jef uses his puppet to tell Emily’s puppet that the puppet is beautiful and that his puppet is “100…1 million percent in love” with it. I… plus? minus? I can’t decide.

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