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Okay so here's the dealio.

I'm going to Chicago for Warped Tour on Saturday and so I thought it would be totally awesome to do a meet up with whomever may be there from buzznet!  So if anyone is going shoot me a message and we'll figure out how to meet up!

Beyond that I'm excited to say that I might just maybe going to Vegas next weekend on a very expensive spur of the moment type thing.  Anywho, I just wanted to share my excitement because I think I might have a second chance at seeing No Doubt, but with the newly formed version of Panic at the Disco.  @$100 a pop or more, but it will be worth it.  Also, I have decided that I am going to try and see The Cab for a second time which would be totally spectacular considering the fact that it is their hometown.  

All I can say is GAAHHHH....!!!!! I'm really excited.

"Dun Duh Dun Duh Duh,

Crack that Whip!

Give the past a slip

Step on a crack

Break your momma's back..."

-Devo

Contrary to the sound of the title, the new movie Whip It! is not a movie about the failed 80's New Wave group Devo.  Bummer.  (Ellen Page would look cute in one of those hats!)  It is, however, a movie about an ex-beauty pageant contestant named Bliss who decides to exchange her crown for some skates (of the roller derby variety).  

Despite my disappointment that it isn't a movie about the 80's, it does involve some familiar 80's throwbacks. Take for instance, the fact the roller skating was more popular then, people regularly dyed their hair blue, and the fact that Ellen Page (aka Juno) was born in the 80's.  

Ellen Page plays Bliss, a teenager from a small town in Bodeen, Texas who is tired of living the life her mother chose for her as a beauty pageant contestant.  When she stumbles across a local roller derby competition, she decides to join team Hurl Scouts (I kid you not, they've got badges and everything!) against her mother's wishes.  She is taken under the wing of her rowdy mentor Malice in Wonderland (played by SNL staple Kristen Wiig) as she works her way into fighting shape earning the name Babe Ruthless.  I'm not making this up.  Those real roller derby gals can be ironic and dirty at the same time!

Other Hurl Scouts in the troop include Drew Barrymore as Smashley Simpson, and the dynamic recording artist/actress Eve as Rosa Sparks.  Bwhahaha Smashley Simpson! I wonder if Barrymore plays her character up as a woman who strings along a man named Pete with her alleged drunken ex-girlfriend bashing and poor lip synching.  But let's not forget Juliette Lewis who plays Dinah Might one of the Hurl Scout's rivals (finally she's back after a 3 year drought!) and Jimmy Fallon as MC!

Also worth noting is that Whip It! marks Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, so it will certainly be interesting to see how she both acted and directed the movie.  With her flair for femininity, this movie is bound to be a bruiser for the ladies to see with some hard-hitting, strong female characters.  Whip It! appears to have all of the makings of a great teen flick about taking your own path in life and I think it will speak volumes to all of us here on Buzznet who are always striving to do so.  So what do you think?  Will you go see it when it rolls into theaters on October 9th?

Check out the trailer below!  It really says all I cannot.  

P.S. What would your roller derby name be?! Pick one out here and report back to us!

Grab your wands and climb up on your broomsticks fellow Potterheads, because the sixth release from our beloved Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, soars into theaters today! Yeahhhh!

It’s as simple as this.  As Harry Potter grows and matures throughout his seven years at Hogwarts so does J.K. Rowling’s writing of his story.  Don’t get me wrong, she was brilliant with his story from the start, but as she adds to it, there is a definite increase in the depth of each book.  For examples, the first book ends at around 300 pages, the second at 340, but from there on out the numbers skyrocket as Harry, Ron, and Hermione get into more trouble.  So there must be way more to the later books.

Anywho, I still don’t have a lot to comment on about the second book.  I have also read this one way too many times.  But I will say I love the hints that Ron and Hermione will get together, but after rereading it and knowing about Ginny and Harry I was hoping there would be more hints towards their future.  After all, didn’t J.K. Rowling plan out all 7 novels before writing them?  That’s how she knew Dumbledore was gay, right? IDK

Now it’s time for some questions.  I’ve made these questions up to test your Harry Potter IQ from the second book.  Let’s see how well everyone remembers.  No cheating!

Questions!:

1. What subject did Dumbledore teach before he became headmaster at Hogwarts?
2. Whose trophy did Ron polish in his first year after he threw up slugs on it?
3. Name those who were petrified.
4. What objects kept each person who was petrified from dying?
5. Why can Harry speak Parselmouth?
6. Name the titles of Professor Lockhart’s books.
7. How does Hermione steal the ingredients for the Polyjuice potion from Professor Snape?
8. From what official body does Harry receive a warning in the summer holidays?
9. Where does Harry Potter end up when he uses the floo powder?
10. How many years ago was the Chamber of Secrets opened?

Also, here are the answers to the last quiz.  You can reread the questions here.

1. The Mirror of Erised.  The first time he sees his family, the second time he sees the sorcerer’s stone in his pocket.
2. The sorcerer’s stone is used for alchemy, it can turn metal into gold, and it can make the elixir of life, which makes it possible for immortality.
3. The three-headed dog’s name is Fluffy, put to sleep by music, Qurirrel uses an enchanted harp, and Harry uses a flute that Hagrid gave him for his birthday.
4. Ron’s missing chocolate frog cards are Ptolemy and Aggrippa
5. Number 4, Privet Drive, Little Whingley, Surrey, England.
6. Dudley receives 37 gifts, but then gets promised 2 more after he starts crying.
7. Alas! Earwax.
8. Dumbledore sees himself receiving a pair of socks.
9. Dudley goes to Smeltings.
10. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington.

Good Luck!