CULTURE BUZZ – What’s up with all the babies making babies? While some blame President Bush’s insistent promotion of abstinence (or its medical term “Genitalia Imaginaris”), others think that old sleeper hit Juno is to blame. Between Jamie Lynn Spears, the Gloucester girls, and The Baby Borrowers, don’t be surprised if our next President gives an official government job to [my favorite] creepy baby photog Anne Geddes.

The Best Links:

1. Baby Bumps: The New Uggs?
2. “Here Comes ‘The Baby Borrowers’ to Deglamorize Parenthood All Over Again! “
3. Pro-lifers Couldn’t Be Happier
4. Abortion Rates Falling - Thank You, Juno?
5. “Entrusting and Empowering Women With Their Own Reproductive Decisions Might Be a More Auspicious Strategy for Reducing Overall Abortion Numbers Than Seeking to Impose Draconian and Patronizing Juridical and Legislative Bans and Bars to Abortion” [Okay, So What Are You Trying To Say?]
6. Teen Pregnancy Rates On The Decline? Jezebel Weighs In
7. Juno Makes Teen Pregnancy “Absurdly Simple”
8. Tabloids to Blame?

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CELEBRITY BUZZ – She may have just been the sidekick in Juno, but her star is quickly on the rise. With a slew of movies being released this year, the young ingenue may be Hollywood’s next big (but not pregnant) thing.

The Best Links:

1. Alex Blagg Sits Down With Olivia
2. Juno’s Bestie on the Brink
3. Trailer For “Snow Angels”
4. Your Next Big Indie Crush
5. The Sundance kid
6. Olivia’s IMDB Page
7. She Looked Pretty At The Oscars

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CELEBRITY BUZZ – It was just a matter of time, right? Actually, all these photos are really old, are only topless, and given that she actually posted all of them herself (on a blog she used to write for the Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages), have to count as the least shocking “leaked” celebrity pictures of all time.

The Best Links:

1. Minneapolites Were WAAAY Ahead of Us On This One
2. Yes, Yes, Yes: The Inevitable Has Happened
3. Possibly the Only Nude Photos of a Oscar-winning Screenwriter On the Net? (NSFW)
4. 2 Cats, 1 Topless Woman (NSFW)
5. “More Sluttish Posturing - NSFW!” (NSFW)

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MOVIE BUZZ – New York sketch group Olde English pairs with comedienne Jackie Clarke to take us “behind the scenes” of surprise hit Juno with its attention-grabbing screenwriter. Hey, did you know Diablo Cody used to be a stripper? Seriously, she was a real, live stripper - naked and everything!

The Best Links:

1. Behind The Scenes With Diablo Cody (Official Video)
2. Diablo Cody’s Secrets To The Screen Trade
3. “Diablo Cody” Didn’t Even See Juno!
4. “We Always Assumed [she’d] Become a Punchline About Five Minutes After She Wins an Oscar, Butit Looks Like We Don’t Have to Wait That Long!”
5. Enemies of The Year, #10: The Stripper Who Wrote Juno

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MOVIE BUZZ – With Juno a huge box office success and now a multiple Oscar nominee, the haters are out in full force. Among their chief complaints: the film’s treatment of pregnancy, its “horribly precious” soundtrack, and especially its arch lexicon. Seriously, honest to blog! But never fear, the backlash-to-the-backlash has already begun.

The Best Links:

1. The False Humility of “Juno”
2. Carpetbagger: Juno Laid Low by Success
3. Juno: From Stereotype to Critique
4. “Juno” Soundtrack More Goo-Goo Than Gaga
5. The Oscars: Is It So Wrong To Have Liked Juno a Little?
6. More on Juno, Pregnancy Films: “Could This Be the Beginning of the ‘Juno’ Backlash? (I hope so!!!!)”
7. Jumping the Snark: The Juno Backlash (Backlash)
8. The Smug Get Smugger
9. A Short History of the Backlash
10. “Leaked Diablo Cody Screenplay”
11. Backlash Bait: ‘Juno’ DVD to be Sold in Starbucks!
12. Oscar Nominations: A Sad Day Indeed
13. The Rise and Fall and Rise of Juno
14. “I Hate Juno” Facebook Group

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MOVIE BUZZ – The new script from Juno scribe Diablo Cody heads into production. Transformers’ Megan Fox will star as a cheerleader who is possessed by a demon and starts eating all the boys in town. Sounds sort of like Heathers meets The Exorcist—or Juno, if Juno was a cannibal.

The Best Links:

1. A Closer Look at Diablo Cody’s Body
2. Exclusive: Jennifer’s Body Story Details (Script Review)
3. Kusama to Put Her Hands All Over Jennifers Body
4. “Juno” Writer Diablo Cody Goes Horror, Channels “Rosemary’s Baby” in “Body”
5. Reitman Has the Jump on Cody’s “Body”
6. Diablo Cody Is Writing Every Movie in Hollywood
7. A Look At Diablo Cody’s Projects in Development
8. Diablo Cody - Featured on BuzzFeed

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CELEBRITY BUZZ – The Juno screenwriter who got her start as a stripper is getting almost as much attention as her movie. Cody’s gone from a blogger to an author to a screenwriter who promises to keep making work about complex female characters. Also, her blog is pretty hilarious.

The Best Links:

1. Diablo’s Oscar Win Brings Strippers Everywhere to Tears
2. Cody’s Blog: The Pussy Ranch
3. Diablo Cody’s Tattoo Drama
4. A Headline Editors Love: From Stripper to Screenwriter
5. The Hamburger Phone Gets A Cameo!
6. Ellen Page and Diablo Cody On Their Fave Movies
7. Studies Show Diablo Cody Might Be the Coolest Person On Earth
8. I Wish My Boyfriend’s Junk Smelled Like Pie!
9. Ten Quotes from Hollywood’s Latest Obsession, All of Which Confirm Diablo Cody Does Indeed Have a Way With Words

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MOVIE BUZZ – The star of Juno has been receiving a lot of sudden attention. Must not get hopes up…must not get hopes up. But the incoming reviews of Juno seem to claim the movie lives up to the expectations. We’d be content with just staring at our favorite tomboy, Ellen Page, and our favorite tomgirl, Michael Cera for an hour and a half.

The Best Links:

1. An Interview with Ellen Page and Michael Cera, Cast of “Juno”
2. Did Ellen Page Officially Come Out On SNL ?
3. Looking Forward to Ellen’s Next Project “Jack and Diane”
4. Ellen Page Discusses Her Controversial Movie Roles
5. “Why ‘Juno’ Star Ellen Page Could Be the Next Molly Ringwald”
6. Juno: A Movie That Actually Deserves Its Hype
7. Video: Alex Blagg Plays “A Word With…” Ellen Page from Juno!
8. Ellen Plays a Pregnant Teenager Really Well
9. EXCLUSIVE: Junos Ellen Page and Diablo Cody Discuss Their …
10. Ellen Page Hits the Roller Derby Rink
11. I Have An Enormous Crush On Ellen Page
12. Is Ellen Page Gay?
13. Here Are Some Videos of Ellen Hanging Out With Leno

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TV BUZZ – Michael Cera from Arrested Development becomes web celebrity. George Michael from one of your (hopefully) favorite shows of all time, Arrested Development has finally come of age! And he’s an endearing scruffy little indie rocker to boot. This cradle is ready to be robbed….

The Best Links:

1. Michael Cera Gets Fake Fired from “Knocked Up”
2. Michael Cera Will Write, Produce, and Star in His Own Web Show
3. “Motivational Video of the Year”
4. 18-Year-Old Michael Cera Working on New Stuff, Not Partying with Lindsay Lohan
5. Michael Cera Channels Meek George-Michael Persona in Stand-Up Routine
6. Michael Cera Remains Employed
7. Michael Cera’s New Indie Rock Outfit Is Adorable, Surprisingly Not Bad
8. “Arrested Development’s Michael Cera Wants a Job”
9. Michael Cera = Hope For the Next Generation
10. Michael Cera Wants to Make You Squirm
11. Michael Cera video resume
12. Michael Cera: New Romantic Comedy Leading Man?
13. News about a possible “Arrested Development” movie
14. Michael Cera’s Band
15. Michael Cera is in final negotiations to star in “Scott Pilgrim’s Little Life” for Universal

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