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10 Best Tidbits On The 'New Moon' DVD/Blu-ray

athena4rob — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:44:24 -0700

1. Rob on Robmania
In part one of the extensive six-part documentary (titled "Life After Twilight"), New Moon's cast talk about the craziness that ensued after the first film debuted and how the fervent fandom changed their lives. Between shots from the Twilight premiere and the infamously raucous Comic-Con panel, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Justin Chon, and more of their co-stars reminisce from the New Moon set on how Twilight changed everything. Best of all, Rob addresses his fans, who have come to worship Edward Cullen so much that they now, as he says, "defend my honor in reality."
2. The cast roasts Chris Weitz
Part 2 of the documentary focuses on New Moon director Chris Weitz, which is really just an opportunity for his actors to gently tease him about everything from his hairiness to the distinguished way he carries himself on set. We get plenty of behind-the-scenes peeks at Weitz's directing style, and it's clear that he's endeared himself to his cast: Lautner calls him a "goofball," Jamie Campbell-Bower accuses Weitz of secretly wanting to be British, and Michael Sheen describes his unshaven-yet-elegant look as "a cross between a wolf and a vampire."
3. Bella runs full-speed into Edward's arms
The doc offers a wealth of footage of nearly every set and big scene in New Moon, but our favorite is the behind-the-scenes footage of Bella's run through the Volterra square that bookends the film. In the movie we only see it in slow-motion, but here you can see what it looks like at full speed: Kristen Stewart pushes her way frantically through the crowd, speeds through the fountain, and nearly knocks Robert Pattinson over as she jumps breathlessly into his open arms.
4. Jacob's parkour scene, sans special effects
Taylor Lautner may have been wired for safety when he leapt and twisted his way into Bella's second story window, but Weitz says it was all Taylor doing the stunt. We get to see Lautner perform the trick in one fluid, impressive motion. (Another fun fact from New Moon's costume designer: Lautner's t-shirts were all taken in and made smaller to show off his muscles.) Elsewhere there's a great look at the fight choreography and filming of Edward's fight with Felix that shows Pattinson and Daniel Cudmore going at it with wires and break-away props.
5. KStew celebrates her birthday on-set
I'm not so fanatical as to remember Kristen Stewart's birthday (okay, it's April 9) but the cast and crew didn't forget during production on New Moon - and a camera was there to capture the celebration. Watch as Stewart is surprised in the Forks High School parking lot by a birthday cake celebration while filming Bella's birthday morning scene with Pattinson and New Moon's human teens. (Later, Pattinson gets a birthday celebration of his own while filming in the Volturi chamber.)
6. See the "break-up scene" play out in alternate takes
Ah, the break-up scene. It's the source of Bella's heartbreak and one of the most emotional scenes to watch ? and hilariously, the actors had to battle swarms of mosquitoes to deliver just the right dramatic pitch while filming in a thicket of trees. Later, we get to watch the scene through playback monitors as Pattinson tries out different tones and line deliveries, breaking up with Bella over and over again in various ways.
7. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson ad-lib "I love you"
I dare you to hear this story and not squee deep down inside: in the scene before Edward dumps Bella, she tells him she loves him, a line Weitz explains came from the actors themselves. His take is that it gives the scene to come more emotional weight because it's a sad sort of "I love you," which makes their break-up all the more tragic.
8. Vampire sparkling explained!
We can all agree that Edward's sparkling skin in New Moon was a giant leap forward from the effects in Twilight, and here we learn the thinking behind his new look; think sparkling marble instead of diamonds, which is what Weitz and his effects team came up with. To achieve the look, Pattinson's face and body were scanned to create a full-body 3D model (to answer your next question, the feature sadly doesn't show said body scan).
9. Chris Weitz and Peter Lambert's commentary track
Unfortunately, none of the cast are included in the audio commentary; instead, director Weitz is joined remotely by editor Peter Lambert for a lively, if mostly technical, discussion of New Moon's production. Weitz seems aware that viewers may not be familiar with filmmaking terms, and takes time to explain things like framing or camera tricks for the uninitiated. The pair also explains certain elements that eagle-eyed fans may have noticed, such as why Edward's car is black and not silver (it's on purpose!) and how his framing of the early parking lot scenes with Bella, Edward and Jacob foreshadow the character dynamics to come. Basically, the commentary covers all the little details you ever wanted to ask Weitz, including where the idea for Face Punch came from, although many of his comments are repeated in the six-part documentary.
10. Somewhere in the world there's a 3-hour cut of New Moon!
Okay, that somewhere is most likely only on editor Peter Lambert's computer. But fans can dream, can't they? Lambert and Weitz discuss how their first cut ran an uber-long three hours before they whittled it down to cut out the "breathy beats." (Come on, we love the breathy beats!) Weitz and Lambert reveal that there were originally more funny lines from actress Anna Kendrick, a "karate death chop" pose by Michael Sheen's Aro, and a dream sequence with Edward and a live wolf.

Conservatives target their own fringe

stephley — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:25:09 -0800

After months of struggling to harness the energy of newly engaged tea party activists, the conservative establishment - with critical midterm congressional elections on the horizon - is taking aim for the first time at the movement’s extremist elements.

The move has been cast by some conservatives as a modern version of the marginalization of the far-right, anti-communist John Birch Society during the reorganization of the conservative movement spearheaded by William F. Buckley Jr. in the 1960s and 1970s.

“A similar effort will be required today of conservative political and intellectual leaders,” former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson wrote in his column in The Washington Post. “It will not be easy. Sometimes it takes courage to stand before a large crowd and proclaim that two plus two equals four.”

But for Gerson and other conservatives, this is not just an intellectual exercise. They have a very specific political goal: to deprive Democrats and their allies of a potentially potent weapon to use against the GOP in November.

“I don’t believe we should be giving [extremists] a platform or empowering them to do anything based off their conspiracy theories,” said Ned Ryun, president of American Majority, “because they give the left ammunition to try to define the tea party movement as crazy and fringy.”

The attempt “to clean up our own house,” as Erick Erickson, founder of the influential conservative blog RedState, puts it, is necessary “because traditional press outlets have decided to spotlight these fringe elements that get attracted to the movement, and focus on them as if they’re a large part of this tea party movement. And I don’t think they are.”

Until recently, organizers and activists mostly seemed content to ignore, or in some cases tolerate, extremists in their ranks, confident they’d be drowned out by the hundreds of thousands of activists who took to congressional town halls and marches around the country to protest big-spending initiatives pushed by President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress.

But inflammatory rhetoric such as former congressman Tom Tancredo’s racially tinged speech at this month’s tea party convention, reports of the involvement of right-wing militia groups and the continued propagation of conspiracy theories about Obama have sometimes cast the movement in an unfavorable light.

Erickson has advised new tea party organizers on how to avoid affiliations with extremists and this month banned birthers - conservatives who believe that Obama was not born in the United States and is, therefore, ineligible to be president - from his blog. (He has long blacklisted truthers, those who believe that the U.S. government was complicit in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - a conspiracy theory with devotees across the political spectrum.)

“At some point, you have to use the word ‘crazy,’” said Erickson.

Ryun’s American Majority, a group that trains tea party activists and others around the country, has done much the same thing. Its website has moved to close its sessions to activists who identify themselves with the birther, truther or militia movements or the John Birch Society.

Ryun conceded that extremists are involved in the tea party movement. But he said, “It’s just such a small percentage, and it should not be portrayed as representative of the broader movement.”

The fringe fighters’ methods range from censuring signs at rallies or banishing unruly participants completely to challenging the media’s focus on the fringe and highlighting the movement’s diversity and tolerance.

They have gone out of their way, for example, to promote activists and movement-backed candidates of color, including tea party stars Marco Rubio and Allen West, running for U.S. Senate and House, respectively, in Florida, and Texas Senate candidate Michael Williams - all Republicans.

Ryan has another strategy. He has commissioned a poll that he thinks will show that tea partiers share with independent voters a commitment to reducing taxation and government spending and prove that the tea party movement is “very much mainstream.”

But the tea party movement’s decentralized structure, vaguely defined goals and anti-establishment tone make it an attractive place to channel angry feelings. Mainstream media organizations such as The New York Times, which recently ran a 4,500 word story on the infiltration of the movement by a militia-linked group called Oath Keepers, have recently focused on these aspects of the movement.

Independent of their actual numbers, it’s in both political parties’ interests to inflate the influence of the other side’s fringe, said Tom De Luca, a Fordham University political science professor who studies political movements and wrote the 2005 book “Liars! Cheaters! Evildoers! Demonization and the End of Civil Debate in American Politics.”

“That creates this dynamic that seems to exaggerate the influence of the extremes,” De Luca said.

Much as conservatives have sought to link Democrats to environmental extremism or socialism, he said, it’s an obvious countermove for the left to try to link Republicans with the more extreme elements that have gained traction around - and sometimes within - the tea partiers.

So it was that liberals have demanded to know where Republicans stood on Obama’s citizenship, or that last week found left and right debating which side had more in common with Andrew Joseph Stack III, the software developer who crashed his plane into the IRS offices in Austin, Texas.

The left seized on a comment by hard-line conservative Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), reportedly expressing his empathy for the pilot’s anti-tax views. Rush Limbaugh retorted that Stack “sounds like he's blaming Bush and Reagan," asserting that he sounded “almost word for word [like] Nancy Pelosi. Almost word for word [like] Rahm Emanuel and Barack Obama.”

De Luca predicted that another “Bill Buckley moment” will occur only when the political damage done by extremists outweighs the boost the tea party movement has provided to conservatives generally and the Republican Party specifically.

“My guess is their basic stance will be to try to juggle as long as they can,” he said.

That approach - and its drawbacks - were on display at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, the annual gathering of Washington’s conservative establishment. It featured the John Birch Society as a co-sponsor. And while conference organizers nixed a panel on Obama’s citizenship, a birther contingent still made its presence felt, as did the Oath Keepers, who co-sponsored the conference.

After filming a brief segment at the conference, liberal MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, a leading tea party antagonist, concluded on her show that “the conservative movement right now is really not afraid to let its freak flag fly. … They‘re happy to show off the ‘we want another revolutionary war,’ ‘we think the black president is arrogant,’ ‘we think the apocalypse is nice’ side of themselves.”

Liberal commentators similarly highlighted the extremism on display at this month’s National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tenn., which included a speech by WorldNetDaily Editor Joseph Farah questioning Obama’s citizenship and one by Tancredo asserting Obama was elected because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country."

A blogger on the liberal site Daily Kos asserted Tancredo’s speech revealed the “REAL reason” tea partiers are upset: “A black man is President and their White Privelege [sic] is fading.”

Tancredo’s speech was not widely condemned by conservative intellectuals or media, but immediately after Farah delivered his, he was confronted in a hallway outside the convention hall by conservative media entrepreneur and fellow convention speaker Andrew Breitbart, who said it was a disservice to the tea party movement to infer its activists are “all obsessed with the birth certificate, when it’s not a winning issue.”

Others cited the jeering of an anti-gay activist at CPAC who condemned organizers for inviting gay Republican group GOProud to participate. Conservative author and TownHall columnist Ashley Herzog said it was proof that “CPAC, and the conservative movement in general, isn’t a haven for haters after all,” and urged the left to view a video of the incident, which she said is evidence of “a lack of bigotry [that] must be painfully puzzling to liberals.”

Conservatives similarly pushed back against a New York Times blog post that accused a CPAC speaker of ripping Obama “in racial tones," partly by affecting a "Chris Rock voice" to mock the president.

They noted that the speaker - like comedian Rock - is from Brooklyn and speaks with a regional accent, and demanded an apology.

And in a clever Web video that went viral this week, the Dallas Tea Party called out MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, who had mocked the mostly white makeup of the Nashville convention of what he called the "Tea Klux Klan," comparing its racially diverse leadership to MSNBC’s mostly white host lineup.

Judson Phillips, the Nashville tea party activist who organized this month’s convention, said it’s incumbent on local tea party leaders across the country “to control the message and to prevent the tea party movement from being hijacked.”

In the run-up to a July tea party convention he’s planning in Las Vegas, Phillips said, he’s planning to ask speakers “to stick to our message, which is unity headed into the fall.”

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=0D1D0BCC-18FE-70B2-A8AAAE2A1...

Easiest Way To Shed The Pounds

khulan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:30:14 -0800

What is a way thats a hidden secret, that only a few people know? Its one of Dr.Oz's most shared secret that saved peoples lives, and made people fit. No its not the Acai berry diet, that is so last year. It's going vegan. I am not the peta loving crazy person that shove animal rights down the throat. I love chocolate, chicken, and fish. But when it came to my health, I had to do everything that I could to reach my goals. First, I started as a vegetarian, and that was pretty easy, and by the end of 3 weeks, I shed 8 whole pounds. It cleaned my stomach, and my cholesterol was lowered. There were so many foods i could eat other than meat. As i researched all the benefits that came with being a veg head, i found out that eating meat effected global warming much more. It also relaxed me and i felt very calm and serene. So i advise you to try to stop eating meat, and do a body cleanse. But the best information I got was that: If we became vegetarian we could beat world hunger!! Yes! About 80 percent of the crops that were grown in the u.s went to the animals in the slaughterhouse. If we gave that food to the people in Africa, or other nations that need food who are not as lucky as us, they could go on for at least one more day. After writing this, I feel so sad and wanting to cry because humans are so smart but we only care for our little needs and we could do more than that. We could save lives just by doing so little.

I lied ro my husband

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:10:46 -0800

I feel horrible me and my husban have been married 8 months and have a new daughter. while we were dating i lied about how many people i have slpt with. i told him four when it was 8. I finnaly confessed today and he told me how sick he feels and how he thought he married a conservitive girl and how wrong he was. I feel like a horrible person. I also confessed to him that when i was a young girl i would play house with my girlfriends and sometimes makeout and rub on each other. I'm not gay and ive allways belived it was a normal thing to be curious, He thinks it's weird and crazy that that stuff went on and thinks i must have been gay with one of my close gf's and i never have. I just need some advice on how to get his forgivness. is what i did forgivable?

Get Fit Progress Report

Maeganmaxfitness — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:52:09 -0800

To sum it all up I am not where I wanted to be by now.

I have lost a few pounds since we started. But I can thank some of that from the fact that I got my wisdom teeth taken out. I just can't shake all the sweets I eat. If someone could say something that could get me to change my mind about sweets that I could probably say "no". I just enjoy it too much. Other than that, my portions have gotten better, it doesn't happen every meal, but I am getting better about it.

I have been running like crazy! I ran a half marathon this past wknd in Austin, and the first 8 miles were fast! (9- 9:30 minute miles) but the hills got to me and I ended up finishing at like a 10:30 mile. So to be more prepared I did hill intervals yesterday on the treadmill
And the mararthon is in less than 2 weeks! I am going to go run for about 2 hours as soon as I get this posted too.

I also plan to start swimming this week or next.
Weights have been good, and I've been trying to go to hot yoga as much as I can afford! I love it!

I can definitely do more push ups now and can hold my plank and wall sit for longer. I may be kidding myself but I feel like I can see more definition in my quads, which is great!

Alright well time to get back on track! See you on the streets!

3 Layer Dip =)

inlove23 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:30:39 -0800

One of my favorite dips:
Ingredients:
Shredded cheese (any kind)
8 oz cream cheese
can of chili (or homemade)
*You need enough chili and cheese to cover the dish.
Start:
Choose a pan to put it in, I typically use an oval dish.
Spread cream cheese on the bottom (use all 8 oz)
Pour the chili on top (this is the second layer), remember it's a dip so put enough to cover it, but don't go too crazy)
Sprinkle on enough cheese to cover it completely
Pop in microwave long enough to make warm (5-6 mins should work)
And you're done!
Eat with nacho chips or ritz crackers!
I hope you like it!

10 Ways to make your relationship more thrilling

PinkNC — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:16:47 -0800

**Romantic thrills**

The start of a relationship is exciting, risky, even a bit scary, and we savor every slightly out-of-control minute of it. "I'm crazy for him," we say. "He makes my heart pound." That early relationship thrill comes from the high of discovery, from learning your partner's passions and fears. It's the mystery of the unknown and the anticipation of the unexpected: What's he thinking? Will he call?

As a relationship matures, though, we tend to trade that intense feeling of free-falling for contentment and security. But why can't we have the best of both worlds: a rock-solid, comfortable, deeply fulfilling partnership and a regular injection of "but I barely know you" mystery? According to relationship experts and some thrill-seeking couples, we can.

Here are 10 ways to stay in love and never stop falling

1. Scare yourselves silly

Medical experts liken the body's fear response to sexual arousal - our pulse quickens and we break out in a sweat, which may explain why people voluntarily bungee-jump or descend full speed down glaciers on skis. We get a rush from being scared in a somewhat controlled environment, and when we do it with a partner, we're brought together by the feeling of having conquered our fears hand in hand.

2. Spill a secret

Intimacy and thrills go hand in hand, which is probably why the initial getting-to-know-you period at the beginning of a relationship is so exciting.

3. Place a bet

You and your husband have $20 on Hootenanny to win in the sixth race. He rounds the far turn three back from the lead, but he's closing in fast. The horses thunder past you down the stretch, and Hootenanny wins by a nose!

You jump into your husband's arms and suddenly realize you're having a blast. The adrenaline rush, the decadence of throwing caution (and a few bucks) to the wind, and the slightly sleazy atmosphere of the track or your average casino all make gambling a great way to inject a little pizzazz into your relationship.

Of course, you don't have to wager your hard-earned cash to get the same effect: Try playing strip poker in your living room after the kids go to bed or going to a pool hall and betting on who has to make dinner for the next week.

4. Be a little daring

When I was in high school the "in" thing to do during the wee hours of a warm summer night was to sneak into the local pool and go skinny-dipping. Fear of getting caught in a compromising position is guaranteed to evoke some thrills and chills, and you can bring back that feeling as adults in small ways that won't get you thrown in the slammer. How, you ask?

The next time the two of you go to a movie, hide in the last row of the theater and fool around.

5. Relive your first date

Your first date was a mystery that had yet to be solved. There were several juicy clues - the look in your date's eyes, the way he kissed you - and plenty of nervous tension. But even though you know how that mystery turned out, returning to the scene of that first crime can bring back some of those old goosebumps.

6. Cyber-romance each other

These days it's far too easy for a chasm of cyberspace to grow between a husband and wife. He can spend hour after hour playing a computer game, and she can't seem to get enough of the Women.com chat rooms. But with a few quick clicks, you can use this very same technology to hot-wire your marriage. "With the accessibility of e-mail," says Michele Weiner-Davis, a marriage and family therapist in Woodstock, IL, and author of Divorce Busting, "we can take the time to do things we wouldn't ordinarily do, like sending love letters."

One woman she knows decided that if her husband was going to spend all of his time surfing the Internet, she would express her feelings online. She e-mailed him a very personal romantic poem and got an amazingly romantic response.

7. See each other in a different light

Kristen Kiser, 30, of Astoria, NY, and her husband add a spark to their marriage by hosting a holiday dinner for friends who can't make it home for the holiday. "I get to see what Marc's like in action, when he's taking charge and acting the host," she says. "It makes me fall in love with him all over again."

Says Los Angeles psychotherapist Suzanne Lopez, author of Get Smart with Your Heart, "Seeing your partner with different eyes has to do with letting go of preconceived ideas. It can really change the energy in a relationship for the better." Other eye-opening ideas: Consider taking a boxing class together at the gym, where you both might be a bit more wild and aggressive than usual, or dance lessons, where you might surprise each other with your grace.

8. Become a master of seduction

A little bit of forethought can awaken some of the passion in your marriage, even on an ordinary Tuesday night. Rob Czaplewski, 29, of Grand Island, NB, likes to get home from work before his wife and put a love note on the back door. "Then I have her favorite music playing with all the candles lit in the living room and a bed of pillows on the floor," he says, "and finally, the promise of a backrub to help her relax."

Jenna Schlehuber, 42, of Moran, MI, used a bottle of cologne to build temptation. She bought her husband a scent she really liked and had it wrapped. When he went upstairs that evening to take his shower, she left it on his pillow with a card that said, "Would you wear this tonight for me, and only this?" Says Schlehuber, "After a few minutes, I went upstairs to find him just the way I asked, waiting patiently for me to come to bed. What a romantic evening we had - better than ever. And he loved the cologne, too."

9. Profit from the passion

Sex is something relationship experts universally agree will bolster just about every area of a marriage - including its thrill quotient. Increased sexual contact is a way to recapture the erotic force that brought you together in the first place.

Weiner-Davis tells of one woman who, soon after resolving to have more sex with her husband, not only characterized her marriage as more thrilling but said that he suddenly began mowing the lawn regularly and making her coffee in the morning - unasked.

10. Take a trip to nowhere

At the beginning of your relationship, every date was an adventure; you never knew quite what was going to happen or how it was going to end up. So one weekend, take a trip - overnight or just for the day - without knowing where you're going. No packing, no planning.

Says Patty Moosbrugger, 35, of New York City, who's been married for six years, "Every now and then we just grab sweaters and sandwiches and get on a train. We get out when we feel like it and spend the day exploring wherever we land." By letting go of some of the control you have over your lives, you'll recapture that exciting sense of the unknown you felt when you first met.
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Week #5 Challenge

nic222 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:16:32 -0800

Wow, I am so excited to share a recipe! In fact, I'm sharing 2. I've been crazy about soups this winter and here are two that I've made at least once (to rave reviews!):
Winter Tomato (from women's health mag)

1 tsp olive oil
1 small onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, chopped (or 1 tsp jarred chopped garlic)
2 tbsp no-salt-added tomato paste
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp thyme
1 bay leaf
2 cans (14.5 oz each) no-salt-added diced tomatoes, including juice
1/4 C fat-free milk
2 tbsp plain nonfat Greek-style yogurt

Directions

1.Heat olive oil in medium saucepan. Cook onion and garlic until soft, about 5 minutes. Add tomato paste, sugar, thyme, bay leaf, tomatoes, and 2 cups water. Stir together and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer about 20 minutes.
2.Remove bay leaf. Use a handheld blender to puree the soup in the saucepan, or transfer soup to a food processor or blender. Puree until smooth. (If you're using a standard blender, allow the mixture to cool first; hot liquid may cause the blender to squirt out contents. Depending on the size of your blender, you may have to do this in batches.)
3.Heat milk in microwave for 30 seconds to warm, and then stir it into the pureed soup along with yogurt. Mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve.

Nutritional Facts per serving

CALORIES 81.6 CAL
FAT 1.2 G
SATURATED FAT 0.2 G
CHOLESTEROL 0.5 MG
SODIUM 96.1 MG
CARBOHYDRATES 12.9 G
TOTAL SUGARS 9.2 G
DIETARY FIBER 2.3 G
PROTEIN 3.3 G

Italian Chickpea Soup (from Vegetarian Times mag)
Serves 8

* 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
* 1 medium onion, chopped (1 1/2 cups)
* 3 cloves garlic, minced (1 Tbs.)
* 1 small bay leaf
* 1 tsp. dried thyme
* 1 tsp. dried oregano
* 1/8-1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
* 2 16-oz. cans chickpeas, rinsed and drained
* 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (6 cups)
* 1 stalk celery, finely diced (1/2 cup)
* 1 Tbs. Dijon mustard
* 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley, plus a few sprigs for garnish

Directions

1. Bring broth, onion, garlic, bay leaf, thyme, oregano, cayenne pepper, and 2 cups water to a boil in large saucepan over medium heat. Simmer 5 minutes. Add chickpeas, sweet potatoes, celery, and mustard, and simmer 10 to 12 minutes more, or until vegetables are very soft.
2. Mash vegetables and chickpeas to chunky purée with potato masher or large spoon. (Chickpeas will remain mostly whole.) Stir in parsley, and season with salt and pepper, if desired. Garnish each serving with parsley sprig.

[I like to add some hot sauce or Sriracha to this soup to kick up the flavor!]
Per serving:

Calories 247
Protein 8g
Total Fat 2g
Saturated Fat 1g
Carbs 51g
Choelsterol 0mg
Sodium 405mg
Fiber 9g
Sugar 7g

Susan G. Komen Commercial - Dallas

Maeganmaxfitness — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:56:54 -0800

Hey everyone!!! I am so glad there is a breast cancer awareness group! My mom and grandmother are both survivors and me and my mom have been running Race for the Cure 5Ks for almost 4 years. And I encourage everyone to train and sign up for a race. They are so much and enspiring once you are there. The energy is crazy!!!! Everyone dresses up in PINK and you can walk the entire thing if you like. The Fort Worth Race for the Cure is April 24th, so if you live in Texas please come support the boobs!!!!

I just wanted to let everyone know to watch for a Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure commercial on channel 8 WFAA in a couple weeks b/c I had the opportunity to be an extra in the commercial to advertise for the race!!! It was so fun. It will be running until April.

I hope to see everyone there! Thank you for the boob support!

Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock Face Off at SAG Awards

kty — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:44:20 -0800

By Catherine Donaldson-Evans
Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock will step back into the ring this Saturday night to duke it out for best actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The stars of Julie & Julia and The Blind Side have each garnered praise and award nods this season. They made headlines earlier this month when they tied for the top actress honor at the Critics Choice Movie Awards and ended their mock rivalry with a steamy kiss. Before the Jan. 18 Golden Globes, Bullock deadpanned in an interview with PBS' Tavis Smiley that "Meryl's gonna win, and I'm gonna take her down. When she walks up there, you're gonna see my heel come off and I'm gonna be like – whoo! This heel is gonna take Meryl Streep down." In the end, both Bullock and Streep won at the Golden Globe Awards, which has categories for both comedies and dramas. Their other competitors for the SAG trophy include Helen Mirren for The Last Station, Carey Mulligan for An Education and Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.Best actor nominees include George Clooney, Up in the Air; Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart; Colin Firth, A Single Man; Morgan Freeman, Invictus; and Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker. Best supporting actress nods went to Penelope Cruz, Nine; Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air; Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air; Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds; and Mo'Nique, Precious. The male supporting actor nominees are Matt Damon, Invictus; Woody Harrelson, The Messenger; Christopher Plummer, The Last Station; Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones; and Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds. Nominations for best ensemble cast are for An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Nine and Precious. Watch the SAG Awards on Jan. 23, live on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT – and catch up on all the news and style from the show on PEOPLE.com!