By Blair Thill, Gavel Blogger – (Photo Courtesy of The Brooks Files)

Is there anyone else out there in TV land that would like to quit? Any other shows that NBC would like to cancel? I’m giving you one last chance. Because frankly I’m exhausted. This week has been a hailstorm of behind-the-scenes drama for the television industry. Continue Reading

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My 2010 resolution for this blog: I have decided that every Wednesday, I am going to blog about the three things in entertainment I’m most excited about that week. It could be anything, and I mean anything: viral video, TV show, vinyl album, celebrity, you name it. If pop culture consisted of ice cream flavors, here’s what I’d be ordering this week:

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By Blair Thil, Gavel Blogger -

Happy days are here again. Today’s female youth still has a chance – a chance to recapture the innocence that my generation experienced in our childhood. First Justin Timberlake brought sexy back, and now Scholastic is bringing wholesome back. The children’s book publisher has announced plans to bring back the once popular Baby-Sitters Club book series. What a way to ring in 2010! According to Vulture, the first two out of print BSC books, Kristy’s Great Idea and Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls, are going to be re-released in April. The reboots will include all of the pure preteen plots it once did, only this time in the 21st century, meaning no cassette tapes or leg warmers. Personally, I enjoy the 80’s nostalgia, but I understand Scholastic’s artistic choice for the tweens of today. Continue Reading

By Blair Thill, Contributing Blogger -

B.B. King’s most popular song of his career is entitled “The Thrill is Gone.” But I bet if B.B. whipped Lucille out and wrote the same song in the coming months, it would be called “The Glee is Gone,” of course referring to the four month-long depression America is bound to fall into now that Glee has gone on hiatus. Four months without the most original new show on TV. Four months without Rachel and Mercedes’ show-stopping numbers, Kurt’s heinously fabulous wardrobe, Finn’s abdorable stupidity, and Sue’s brilliantly biting one-liners. Not even Percocet could relieve that anguish. Continue Reading

By Blair Thill, Alumna Contributor -

Hello all! Welcome to my very first post of “Pop and Circumstance,” a blog dedicated to all things entertainment — movies, television, music, viral videos, books and everything else created for us to enjoy. My goal is to offer witty insights and incisive critiques on the things we talk about around the proverbial water cooler. I’ve harbored a love of popular culture my entire life, obsessed with knowing TV shows, Oscar contenders, and every lyric to any pop song stuck in my head. So now that you know a little about me, I think it’s time we get down to the fun stuff.

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