There are just two episodes left before The Bachelor, Sean Lowe, is faced with his final rose ceremony. Sean stopped by our LA studios recently to talk about the unique experience of looking for love on reality TV and to weigh in on the moments — and eliminations — he most regrets. The Bachelor airs tonight at 8/7 Central. On Lindsay: BeBe dress.
One of the first things you might notice when meeting Beasts of the Southern Wild writer Lucy Alibar are her arms. They're visibly strong, sculpted to a sinewy, solid perfection by the yoga she practices so frequently. Much like her Beasts main character, Hushpuppy, the petite screenwriter — and her biceps — proves that forces to be reckoned with often come in small packages. Lucy's imaginative coming-of-age story has become one of the year's most beloved little movies that could. It's already racked up no less than six dozen awards and nominations, including four Oscar nods this morning. The film's young star, Quvenzhané Wallis, made history today by being the youngest best actress Oscar nominee ever. (Now 9 years old, she was just 5 when she auditioned for the role.) The movie is also up for best picture, best director, and best adapted screenplay.
Based on Lucy's play Juicy and Delicious, Beasts was her attempt to detangle her own complicated relationship with her father in the midst of his serious illness. The writing of it would transform Lucy's life in more ways than one. She was living in NYC in 2009, too broke to even afford cell phone service, when she found out that the Sundance Institute's Screenwriting Lab had decided to put Beasts — which she cowrote with childhood friend Benh Zeitlin, who would go on to direct the film — into development. Earlier this week, as we sat in her publicity firm's offices in LA's gleaming Pacific Design Center, Lucy reminisced about what she would have been doing on this same date, three years ago. "Let's see. It's almost Christmas . . . selling t-shirts for Silence of the Lambs, the musical."
Odd jobs aside, Lucy seems to have never considered trading in her dream of a life committed to writing. "Oh, no. It's always been such a pleasurable thing for me to do. That would be like giving up sleeping or something like that. Or giving up yoga."
For our Q&A with Lucy, just read more.
Step Up Revolution is in theaters this weekend and to celebrate, PopSugar editor Lindsay Miller put stars Kathryn McCormick and Ryan Guzman to the test. Play along with Kathryn and Ryan in our How Well Do You Know: Dance Movies game and watch them bust a few moves in our totally '90s dance off!
Rachel Dratch may be best known for her seven-year stint on SNL, but the actress and comedian found herself stepping into a completely unexpected role when, at age 43, she learned she was pregnant. Rachel recounts the sometimes overwhelming and oftentimes hilarious experience in her new memoir Girl Walks Into a Bar...Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle. The actress-turned-author recently stopped by PopSugar studios in LA to talk about her book and just how her life changed drastically in the span of just six short months. The new mom is currently co-parenting with her now-toddler son's father, and also spoke with us about her "unconventional family" and going back to work on a new pilot with Minnie Driver. Check out our interview with Rachel and find Girl Walks Into a Bar... in bookstores now.
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner achieved one of Hollywood's biggest honors as they left their hand and footprints in the cement outside the famed Chinese Theatre today! We were LIVE from Hollywood Boulevard during the ceremony on PopSugar, and loved seeing the trio solidify their spots alongside some of the silver screen's most memorable performers and speak at the ceremony. Watch the ceremony again on PopSugar now!
Tune in now to catch all the action, follow PopSugar on Twitter for up-to-the-minute reports from the scene, and don't miss Breaking Dawn when it hits theaters on Nov. 18!
