Monthly Archives: December 2011
Thank You For A Great Year
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Dear Readers and Followers,
Tomorrow is the first day of the new year, aka the apocalypse if you follow the Mayan Calendar, but before we enter 2012, we want to look back at what we have accomplished because of you.
2011 was a big year for us. We launched popculturenexus.com, reached 9,000 views, created a short lived podcast, listed our 100 favorite pop culture items, and became bloggers for HuffPost TV (Mary, Louise). This was all possible because of you – our readers and Twitter followers. We love discussing television and film, and you make us feel normal when we become absorbed in our favorite pop culture gems. You were there when:
- Mary cried after hearing Lux call Cate, “Mom”
- Louise said goodbye to her childhood watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- We squealed with excitement after watching the trailer for Meryl Streep’s The Iron Lady
- Louise heard “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose” for the last time
- Mary watched the entire series of Battlestar Galactica during her summer break
Whether you are a new friend or an old viewer from our “Short N Sweet Show” days, we are grateful to have you in our lives and we look forward to continue discussing all things pop culture with you in 2012.
We hope 2012 is the year your dreams come true!
May the Force be with you,
Mary and Louise
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New Year’s Resolutions for TV
Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone! With a new year comes a new batch of New Year’s resolutions we’re all sure to abandon after two weeks. I took it upon myself to compile a list of New Year’s resolutions for television, which you can read on HuffPost TV. What are your New Year’s resolutions? Or, more importantly, what resolutions do you think TV should make for the new year? Leave a comment, or tweet us @PopCultureNexus. And have a fabulous New Year!
-Mary & Louise
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How ‘Lost’ Should Have Ended
Well, we’ve almost made it through our first whole year without Lost, and tragic as it may be, we have to accept that this is our life now. OR…we can cling to the past and keep reliving the wonder of Lost over and over again, starting with this hilarious video from HowItShouldHaveEnded.com!
I’ll leave you with some inspirational parting words from the great John Locke:
“DON’T TELL ME WHAT I CAN’T DO.”
Meryl Streep tribute at the Kennedy Center Honors
In case you missed the tribute to Meryl Streep last night…
(From StreepChannel on YouTube)
Meryl Streep at Kennedy Center Honors
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Tracey Ullman said it best, “We have Meryl-bloody-Streep in the room.” The Kennedy Center Honors ceremony aired tonight on CBS and honored Meryl Streep for her wonderous contribution to the arts. Read what folks on Twitter had to say about the talented woman who holds the record for most Oscar nominations.
- @CBS The stars turn out to honor the greatest actress of our generation – Meryl Streep.
#KennedyCenterHonors - @TVTango Watching
#KennedyCenterHonors tonight to see Streep “The dingo ate my baby” clip. She says that people still yell that out of cabs at her. - @CarrieLeber Excited to watch the
#kennedycenterhonors - my gal Meryl Streep among the honorees this year - @MissBanshee Meryl Streep is so absolutely lovely.
#kennedycenterhonors#jerseygirl - @ScottALambert Meryl is the best, she earned this years ago!
#kennedycenterhonors - @CinemaRay Meryl Streep is a national treasure!
#KennedyCenterHonors - @missandmatchblg How amazing was that Meryl Streep tribute for
#KennedyCenterHonors? - @daniyrselfclean Umm I want Anne Hathaway, Kevin Kline, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci to serenade me!
#KennedyCenterHonors#LifeOfMerylStreep - @lishakate Meryl Streep!
#KennedyCenterHonors - @EmilyDorn93 Watching
#KennedyCenterHonors. Meryl Streep is a boss - @bellaragazza572 Lovin’ this year’s Kennedy Center Honors! I would watch Meryl Streep buy groceries if I could.
#kennedycenterhonors - @NatyHYBD watching
#kennedycenterhonors their honoring meryl streep right now such an amazing actress
Meryl Streep on The View
Meryl Streep discusses the The Iron Lady and how she stole hand towels from the White House.
How excited are you to see this Oscar performance?
Celebrating Christmas Watching Firefly
- @Chicagojewlz What was the best gift?
@ScienceChannel#Firefly marathon!! Thank you for saving me from the 100th viewing of Muppet Christmas Carol! - @mcookies_actual Still, after all this time, I get a chill down my spine when I hear the theme to Serenity. Science Channel is showing
#Firefly all day! - @TimClarkeJr Bless you,
@ScienceChannel, for bringing us a very geeky brand of holiday cheer, with your Firefly marathon today. Xmas needs more Jayne. - @dannysgirlsg1 Also, very happy Santa gave us a Firefly marathon on tv today.
- @Ana_C_Aguirre Watching firefly marathon. Wow haven’t seen this in forever!
- @esintastic nothing tops off xmas like a
#firefly marathon. food coma commence… - @zayneluv
#Firefly marathon! I’m gonna be up all night again. - @kiddieriot Viendo maratón de Firefly =D
- @PikaPikaChick A little Christmas Firefly. Aww yeah.
- @MatthewWirt Merry Goram Christmas, indeed! Firefly marathon all day/night on the Science Channel. (Jubal Early deserved another episode.)
- @jjqt13 Firefly marathon. Awesome! !!!
- @SassyDork
#Firefly Christmas day marathon on the science channel. Heaven.#scifinerd#dontjudgeme - @amedawg18 Thank you,
@ScienceChannel (&#Joss), for this delightful#FireflyChristmas. - @rebeccaloebe I know the holidays shouldn’t be about TV…but I feel like the Fireflymarathon on the scifi channel was a gift to me from the universe
- @VinnieD Firefly marathon on the science channel! I went from the Doctor Who Christmas special to a Firefly marathon. This MUST be Christmas!
- @t3andcrumpets It’s been a quiet day full of
#Firefly and#DoctorWho for we are a family full of geeks. Dad has quoted Jayne many times today. LOL - @streamweaver Spent the day relaxing, having habachi and watching the
#fireflymarathon on Science Channel. - @jeffsetter
#Firefly marathon on SCI? Now I gotta stay up all night! - @CarmelaScalzo Doctor Who marathon followed by Firefly marathon! Hoorah!
- @AndJadeSays Firefly marathon on SyFy makes me full of sad because seriously why the hell did this show get cancelled!?
- @kurtzy317 Firefly marathon is pretty awesome.
- @kaooavspa Firefly marathon for christmas! thanks science channel. my whole familt has already seen every episode 3 times but WE LOVE SCI FI SO MUCH!
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Top 5 Tuesday: Favorite Holiday TV Episodes
Seth dons a "yamaclaus" for Chrismukkah, Abed goes claymation in his "Uncontrollable Christmas," and Frank Costanza stands by his Festivus Pole
It’s time to deck the halls with nondenominational holly and celebrate the holidays, TV style! It’s the Tuesday before Christmas, so naturally, I thought we’d celebrate by ranking our top 5 favorite holiday TV episodes. There have been some legendary ones over the years, so it was difficult to choose just five, but I did it anyway, because that’s how much I appreciate you, so here they are:
