July 2011
June 2011
Universal Greenlights Acappella Musical Comedy 'Pitch Perfect' | Deadline →
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Kay Cannon (30 Rock) adapted the script from GQ editor Mickey Rapkin’s nonfiction book Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate Acappella Glory. TV and Broadway director Jason Moore (Avenue Q) is set to direct.
Universal and Gold Circle Films will finance and produce along with Elizabeth Banks (yes, that Elizabeth Banks) and Max Handelman via their Brownstone Productions.
For those who haven’t read the book (which is probably most of you), it tells the history of modern college acappella music and explores its rituals through the exploits of three groups: University of Oregon’s all female Divisi, Tufts’ all male Beelzebubs (as seen on The Sing Off), and Virginia’s all male Hullabahoos.
Fans of Glee will certainly recognize Divisi, whose version of Usher’s “Yeah!” (as documented in the book) was recently covered on the show and kicked up a bit of controversy.
Also, the screenplay I wrote in college about a cappella is officially irrelevant.
This sounds interesting.
UVA HULLABAHOOS 4 LYFE TBH
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I’ve had librarians say to me, “People in my school don’t agree with homosexuality, so it’s difficult to have your book on the shelves.” Here’s the thing: Being gay is not an issue, it is an identity. It is not something that you can agree or disagree with. It is a fact, and must be defended and represented as a fact.
To use another part of my identity as an example: if someone said to me, “I’m sorry, but we can’t carry that book because it’s so Jewish and some people in my school don’t agree with Jewish culture,” I would protest until I reached my last gasp. Prohibiting gay books is just as abhorrent…
Discrimination is not a legitimate point of view. Silencing books silences the readers who need them most. And silencing these readers can have dire, tragic consequences. Never forget who these readers are. They are just as curious and anxious about life as any other teenager.
” —David Levithan (via cake-light)
One Night with Quentin Tarantino →
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BEST. STORY. EVER. Worth the entire read!
At this point, QT puts an arm around me and I’m acutely aware that Quentin Tarantino has an arm around me. As are my four friends, who are all looking at me as if I have grown a second head. To be fair, I am easily the most uncool out of all my friends (I go to Q’s in Brentwood four nights a week), so the fact that anyone even mildly famous wants to speak to me is pretty shocking. He’s chatting with my friends and I like it’s no big deal, I am pretending like this happens every night of my life, and out of nowhere he leans in for the makeout. Yes. True story. I am pulling a frat move and making out in a crowded kitchen with Quentin Fucking Tarantino. I cannot stop laughing AS this is happening, mainly because I see my friends Nicki and Jen literally gag behind Quentin’s head, and I really am doing this for the story at this point.
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Bill O'Reilly asked our opinion of gay marriage, let 'em have it folks! →
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obsessedwithin submitted: “Facebook poll asking where we stand on gay marriage. Tumblrs, vote away!”
Start your Monday right: with a Tumblr bomb!
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Just imagine how many couples are going to get engaged tonight and this weekend that have been waiting for years and years to ask.
