First off, on the topic of Alastair’s sexuality and queer themes in general, this Advocate interview is a great read; thanks for the link, Jack Daniels! (If you missed that conversation, it’s in last week’s comments.) And now, on with the show! I’m very excited about the title, can I just say that? There will [...]

Filed under: Celebrities, Glee, Huge, Magazines, More To Love, Nikki Blonsky, TV | 6 Comments »

Jenfu sends along a link to bad weight loss advice for women. Such as laugh off the pounds, or chew gum for an hour, or this: “Try an almond stacked on top of a dried apricot — it tastes like a cookie. Really.” Um… no. I’m not exactly a foodologist, but I’m pretty sure that [...]

Filed under: Food, Glee, Humor, TV, Tidbit, Video, Weight Loss | 15 Comments »

A few days ago, I had never heard of Huge, but it occurred to me that we hadn’t heard from Nikki Blonsky in a while. Lo and behold, IMDB informed me that she (and Glee’s Ashley Fink) were starring in a new show on ABC Family called Huge. Here’s the description from Wikipedia: Huge is [...]

Filed under: Biggest Loser, Celebrities, Glee, Magazines, Nikki Blonsky, Photoshop, Question, TV | 22 Comments »

Watching less TV = weight loss! At least that’s what the headlines will be saying about this “not statistically significant” study of 20 people whose TVs were electronically restricted. When their TV watching was cut by half, they burned more calories. Overweight and obese individuals whose TVs were fitted with an electronic “lock-out” device to [...]

Filed under: American Idol, Glee, Humor, Science, TV, Weight Loss | 22 Comments »

So are you guys watching Glee? The awesome, Jane-Lynch-starring, musical-theater-celebrating, football-team-singing-Single-Ladies-scene-having, Glee? Which is on tonight? If so, then you have noticed Amber Riley, who plays Mercedes, and is a plus-sized chick. Check out this post about her from All My Jiggly Bits. Though in many ways the characters fall into the same old categories [...]

Filed under: Celebrities, Glee, Music, Race & Ethnicity, TV, Theater, Video | 26 Comments »