Stephenie Meyer’s vampire saga, Twilight has made the leap from book to film, in a big way.  Hype around this movie has been building for months with a devoted fan base second only to Harry Potter fans.  Selling out hundreds of midnight releases, its stars getting mobbed at malls, and a generous merchandise deal at Hot Topic, Twilight has certainly left its mark on pop culture.

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, Twilight tells the story of a human girl Bella (Kristin Stewart), who falls in love with the beautiful and complicated vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson). 

Their relationship is all about resistance and testing their limitations, as their love threatens to consume them.  Edward must resist the temptation of Bella’s sweet blood, and protect her from other-not so vegetarian-vampires.  Bella must hold safe the secret of Edward and the rest of his family so they are not found out.

The film itself is a lovely adaptation, staying true to Meyer’s beloved novel, while adding a certain depth and light to the characters.  The dialogue is quick and witty, and includes many of the fan favorite lines including: “And so the lion fell in love with the lamb”, and “About three things…”

The Backstreet Boys were awesome on TRL!
That Justin Timberlake kid is super talented!
Britney Spears is all over the damn place!
And, no, it’s not 1998.

This week has seen the resurgence of pop acts and icons first popularized a decade ago, back when “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” was the party anthem and you knew exactly what an MmmBop was. It isn’t very often one can relive their preadolescent glory days within one, splendid week.

Bye Bye Bye

Remember when Total Request Live was relevant? Neither do I, but it was pretty damn popular. The MTV mainstay, more commonly known as TRL, aired its three-hour series finale Sunday night, hosted by Damien Fahey as well as the programs original emcee, Carson Daly.

Performances by Beyonce, 50 Cent and The Backstreet Boys celebrated a just handful of the many songs popularized during TRL’s run, while appearances by P.Diddy and Miley Cyrus reminded us why we all stopped watching in the first place.

TRL first debuted in September of 1998, and for little over a decade provided scores of prepubescent teenage girls the chance to ogle their favorite pop stars, from the boys of N*SYNC to The Jonas Brothers. And for the actual music fan, TRL offered  20 to 30-second clips of honest-to-goodness music videos--likely the most one could see on the MTV network since its heyday.  
 

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Our society has become a real pressure cooker, and there is little room for error in anything that we do. People must perform and excel at all times, or they will fall behind. This leads to constant stress, which leads to people freaking out.

Freak-outs can happen anywhere and at anytime. Here are a couple of examples.

Coffee Shop Freak-Out

There is bound to be trouble when you mix caffine with a high stress situation. In this case, a guy flip outs because his computer stops working and he has an important meeting in ten minutes. He loses his shit, and flips out in the coffee shop. End result: The police show and arrest him. I’m pretty sure he misses his meeting.

 Despite the past few seasons being less than amazing, Saturday Night Live showed it still had a pulse during the election season and now they're desperately trying to keep you tuned in. While we didn't see Saturday's show, because like you we have a life, we did check in with hulu this morning to see the clips we missed. Paul Rudd hosted, and he's hilarious - so there had to be some good, right? 

 Justin Timberlake?

First clip we found was from Justin Timberlake's surprise visit. The Big JT was supposed to host the Thanksgiving Special next week, like he did before when him and Samberg made the now infamous 'Dick in a Box', but had to cancel. So instead, he came on weekend update and does the entire show in two minutes. Pretty entertaining and while I wouldn't have tuned in next week anyway because Saturday nights are when I have fun not in my house, that Michael McDonald impression sounds incredible.