Turkey? Yes please!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

The well known Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade started at 9 est. in New York City. If you're one of those people who got out of bed before the sun came out to turn on the TV and watch this parade, you probably got to see everything they had. There were many stars at the parade, including Kanye West, Big Time Rush, Keri Hilson, Jessica Simpson, and many more. Of course, when someone says "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" you think huge balloons. There was a Kung-Foo panda balloon, Pikachu, Spider-man, a Shrek balloon this year, and lots, lots more. Here's a line up of everything in the parade.

The Parade is an old tradition (even older than your parents) that started in 1924 in the good old NYC. People come from all over the city to see it- I have gone once before... And it was torture. Don't get me wrong, it was really cool. But it was also freezing and we had to be in the city at 7 to get a good spot (the parade started at 9, so we were just standing there for 2 hours huddling in a group.) Also, if you want to see the performances that you get to see on TV, you need to buy tickets. Otherwise, you just see the stars wave from the floats and the band's beat their drums.

Well, I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. Eat as much as you want, and afterwards make sure to lay on the couch and watch some TV. The football game with the Detroit Lions against the New England Patriots will be at 12:30 PM ET on CBS. After that, at 4:15 PM ET FOX will have the Dallas Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints. Following that will be the Bengals vs. the Jets on the NFL network. What's Thanksgiving without a little American Football?

Actors Aren't Dumb... Apparently.

Mark Wahlberg Admits That the Happening Was a Bad Movie

By Eric Eisenberg

Believe it or not, actors aren't dumb. Sure, they sometimes decide to make bad movies and smile and nod through promotion, but that's just because they are contractually obligated. Once removed from the whole circus, though, they are free to express themselves all they want and let their true opinion be heard. That's exactly what Mark Wahlberg did this weekend.

This past Saturday I attended the press conference for The Fighter, Wahlberg's newest film that will likely be a heavy contender (no pun intended) come Oscar season. But when asked about what it was like to work with co-star Amy Adams, the actor mentioned that he had actually met with her before for "a bad movie that [he] did" that she eventually decided not to do. At first he was hesitant to say what the title of the movie was, but then quickly blurted out "The Happening with M. Night Shyamalan." As the room erupted - seriously erupted - in laughter, Wahlberg continued, saying "[censored}ing trees, man, the plants. [censored] it. You can't blame me for wanting to try to play a science teacher, you know? I wasn't playing a cop or a crook."

I'm wondering if Shyamalan's year could seriously get any worse at this point. First he was responsible for one of this summer's worst films in The Last Airbender, then theaters across the country cackled when his name showed up during the trailer for Devil. I actually kind of respect actors more when they make this kind of admission. Sure, it's not like they're giving their paycheck back or anything, but it demonstrates and healthy mind and a lack of ego when they can say that one of their previous projects was bad. Lord knows you're not going to find Shyamalan admitting it any time soon.

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-Aurelia Zipper

Harry Potter review... Spoiler alert!

Today is probably going to be another long, tiring day at school. A lot of crazed teens got around 3 hours last night, due to the Harry Potter Premier.

I, personally, loved part one of the Deathly Hallows. Although I arrived at the theater 4 hours before the movie actually started, it was worth it.

Here is a review of the movie. My opinions of the movie? I thought it followed the book pretty well, and the actors were great in this film. It went a little slow when the group first embarks on their journey, not knowing where to go. There's mild humor throughout the movie at random places, which makes it even better. I really enjoyed the first few scenes... Very funny and well thought out.

Please add your comments about the new Harry Potter movie, and rate it!! (1 being the worst, 10 being the best)

Winnie the Pooh, back to its old self, and IN THEATRES?!

That's right! Winnie the Pooh, the bear that has been changing over the decades, is finally going back to his old 2-D cartoon self that we all used to love when we were kids. And even better? He's returning in a movie!! Due to come out in Summer 2011, the voices sound about as close as they're going to get to the old show, except Christopher Robin sounds a lot less... mature and a lot more British.

This is the official website with the trailer on it: http://disney.go.com/pooh/

I cannot wait for this movie to come out, personally, but what do you guys think?

Celebrity Poll

Hey guys! For my feature story, I'm doing a piece on why people need to meet celebrities. It would really help me out if you could take this poll to help with some additional information to add on the side! Thanks so much! Memorable quotes may get you in our magazine!

Thanks so much!

-Aurelia Zipper

20 pages... a movie?

Everyone has their favorite children's book- Where the Wild things are, Cloudy with a chance of meatballs... Oh wait, aren't those movies too?

Popular books are popular movies these days. If it's a long book, it's acceptable. But REALLY? A 20 page book can NOT fufill an hour and a half movie. These movies end up either sucking, a lot, or not even having the same plot line.

The film makers go all out, and end up changing many things. Of course, things have to be changed in order for a book to become a movie, but seriously? At LEAST get a longer book.

Popular adult books have trouble putting everything INTO the movie, and usually leave things out. Well, popular children's books are looking for everything they can add. Here's a list of books made into movies.

Anyways, I'm currently writing a story on books made into movies,and It'll be in our issue coming out in December.

Spider-Man? Musical? Broadway? Say WHAT?

Cinemablend.com is raving about how the new Spider-Man Musical has been delayed until January because of unsafe stunts, I'm still concerned about one thing:

How the heck do people expect the combination of Spider-Man and musical to be a good idea?!?!

Okay, lets all just admit up front that we have a secret fetish for Marvel movies, and some of us should admit that we have a secret fetish (which is not so secret now because of the arrival of Glee) for musicals.

But we can all agree that a Spider-Man musical will be the most horrible facepalm in the world that it doesn't even deserve a physical facepalm?

~facedesk~

That'll describe my horror more accurately.

Let's just say that Hollywood has been screwing with Spider-Man since the comic first came out, and what's worse is that the new Spider-Man movie doesn't even have Mary Jane in it. (No Damsel-in-Distress-Red-Head? What kind of Spider-Man movie is that?!) Loyal fans have numerous reasons to be ticked off, and I don't blame them.

~shudders~ Ugh... Spider-Man... The musical... Broadway...

Who's going to have nightmares?

Seddie VS Creddie: iStart a Fanwar

Every iCarly fan has always wanted to know the answer to one question: Who will Freddie end up with; Carly or Sam?

Most people (that I know) want Sam to end up with Freddie, despite their "Love Hate Relationship." I looked on the iCarly Wikia and found the main fan page for Seddies, and they have some pretty clear facts about how Freddie and Sam will be together in this episode:

• There was a scene in the Season 4 opening credits where Sam was touching Freddie's hand.
• It was confirmed by Nathan Kress and Nickelodeon that this episode will have major Seddie and Creddie.
• This episode is based upon Seddie vs Creddie, meaning that Seddie may occur at the end of this episode.
• Sam helps pull Freddie away from the girls
• Carly dates a guy (that's not Freddie,) in iParty With Victorious, so this there's a big chance that Seddie will happen

The Creddie fan page on iCarly Wikia seems to have not looked into their ads or future information very well, because they have no facts on the new episode or any future episodes to prove that Carly and Freddie will end up together.

At the begining of the series, Freddie was obsessed with Carly (he would stand and look out his peephole to see when she got home), but now it seems Carly has really moved on after one tried romance with Freddie (iSaved your life). Freddie doesn't really act very interested in Carly anymore after iSaved your life and acts as more of a friend. In the episode where Sam and Freddie kissed, neither of them seemed offended by the kiss and in iThink they kissed they didn't act like it was a big deal (like it wasn't a big surprise).

So who do you guys think Freddie should/will end up with?

Picture from: http://icarly.wikia.com/wiki/Seddie or www.iCarly.com

Skandar Keynes

Hey guys, I recently found out that I was related to Skandar Keynes (definitely not directly) , the actor who plays Edmund in the Chronicles of Narnia movies. (There was a post published a little while ago about the third movie in the series coming out.) Well, I just got in contact with his agent, and there might be a possibility of actually talking to him!

If he agrees to this, there could be a possibility we could quote him in our magazine. So keep your fingers crossed, please!

If he doesn't, I still think it would still be REALLY cool to talk to him.

Anyway, if you want to know more about him as an actor, here is his profile on IMDB.

So, Justin's Not ENTIRELY Incompetent...

Hey guys! Guess what!

Justin Bieber isn't the only teen celebrity to realize that obsessive teen girls will swoon over beauty products.

And that's right! It's Taylor Swift!

According to E! Magazine's blog, Taylor Swift has now hopped on the scented bandwagon-- specially perfumed scented, at that one.

The rising teenage country-pop star has signed a deal with Elizabeth Arden to release her own line of perfumes next fall, with Taylor's signature all over it.

"I have always loved how fragrance can shape a memory...the way certain scents remind you of events and people that are imprinted in your thoughts," the country-pop darling said in a statement to WWD.com.

"Lately I've been having fun experimenting with combining some of my favorite scents, so I'm really excited about working with Elizabeth Arden to develop my own unique fragrance."

Elizabeth Arden has been doing pretty well herself. She's partnered with Hillary Duff, Britney Spears, and Mariah Carey-- so she's had more than her fair share of beautiful, female stars.

How good an idea will this be? A really good idea. Taylor's the sort of gal who can appeal to a broader range of listeners than the Biebster, but what's even more ironic is that the duo are now friends according to justinbieberzone.com. As if the world couldn't get more nuts than it all ready is.

Read more: http://www.eonline.com/#ixzz148U5p7P0

Cover Design?

Hey guys! It's Aurelia Zipper here, and I've just designed a cover for our magazine!

It's not the official cover-- it's just an option, but how do you guys feel about it? It is supposed to somewhat mimic the layout of our blog, since we felt that the layout of our blog reflected the most of what our magazine is about.

How close did I get? What things could be changed? Does it suck? Suggestions? Leave a comment below!

background image courtesy of flickr.com

-Aurelia Zipper

~facepalm~

I'd just thought I'd let ya'll know that Saw 3D has come back to bite me-- by currently being at the top of the box office according to imdb.com.
~facepalm~
-Aurelia Zipper