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Holly Hunter is a Ferocious Femme in TNT’s Saving Grace

When you’re an avid TV watcher, you won’t make time for something that isn’t good. So first, let me make something clear - I am an avid TV watcher. Next, let me tell you what I just watched: Saving Grace (season two, episode one: Have a Seat, Earl). You can all watch this episode premiere on Monday July 14th, on TNT (10/9 C).

But, unless you are already a fan (and I know there are plenty of you!) maybe you’d like to know why I’d recommend watching. I mean, unless you’re here for advice on changing the oil in your car? Since my knowledge of cars extends only slightly past how to maneuver a bumper car for maximum bumping efficiency, let’s talk about the show. I’ve gotten to preview the first episode, courtesy of TNT. The pictures are also courtesy of them.

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It may be more likely a case of ‘where don’t you know her from?’ then the curious eyebrow-arched question ‘where do you know her from?’ when it comes to 22-year-old actress, Amanda Seyfried. Her acting resume includes major roles on the TV shows: Veronica Mars (Lily Kane! R.I.P), and HBO’s Big Love (playing a daughter in a polygamist household). You might have also seen her in parts on House M.D., Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, or CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (Okay, and the soaps: All My Children or As the World Turns.) When it comes to movies, you’ve no doubt seen her using her breasts to tell the weather as the ditzy Karen Smith in Mean Girls.

With a look that I’ve heard people call ‘creepy‘, Seyfried manages to mold herself to these different (we’re talking vastly different) roles. Amazingly talented, I believe she’ll go on to rule Hollywood (with grace and style!) As Vanity Fair magazine has deemed her a promising young star, she is featured as their Vanities Girl for July ‘08.

Excerpt from Vanity Fair: “She’s the coolest human being ever,” says Seyfried of her on-camera mom (Meryl Streep). “She didn’t treat me like I was younger. She respected me. I couldn’t ask for anything better.”

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Sofachip is now off hiatus (we have no remarkable tans to show off - a grave oversight), so you can stop holding your breathe! You were holding your breathe until we returned, right? Good. Good. I certainly missed you all.  I think it’s only natural to come back and talk about  my new favorite TV show: Heroes!

Synposis: How one die-hard TV fangirl rejected Heroes only to come back to it almost two years later and fall in love. (The wedding is next spring.)

When Heroes first aired, I watched the pilot and I didn’t dig it. Seriously. I was like, “Eh, superheroes. Eh, too many characters who don’t even meet. Eh, maybe America’s Next Top Model is on instead.” I’m ashamed, but I’m being truthful! I think I watched maybe one other episode (the second) and I decided it just wasn’t for me. And that’s where I thought my story ended. *Cue anticipating music* But it had only just begun…

When my beloved Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) joined the Heroes season two cast, I decided I had to watch. Then, my love for Gilmore Girls alum Milo Ventimiglia was rekindled. So, you probably think I was on board with it all, then. But no. With the strike (a necessary evil), I lost interest. But then I wrangled up the few episodes I missed and I felt love reborn. It was then that I went to my local library website and ordered season one. I didn’t even have to wait that long, only 28 years! (Kidding, maybe three months.)

Now, I write to you having seen every episode (some of them twice). I love this show. I don’t know how I could have been so blind. The stories all intertwine, and I ended up caring about almost every single one of them. This includes the characters we only got to know for a handful of episodes (wah!) like ….well, you know.

See, I won’t write a spoiler here. Because if you haven’t seen Heroes season one yet, I am imploring you to make that your summer mission! Missions are cool, and they don’t have to be impossible. (Dear Mission Impossible movie people, I only watched the last one because Felicity’s Keri Russel was supposed to be in it. Well, I think you know why I’m upset. Refund me!)

So, go buy the DVD box set! We have handy Amazon links for you on our page here whenever you’re ready to purchase it. Heroes season one is addictive, so remember to pace yourselves while watching.

For more Heroes news: Sirlinksalot - Heroes

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The networks cancel shows, that’s how we get new ones. It’s the circle of life, without any cute lions. Some of the shows that are canceled will shock us - our mouths contorting curiously as we say ‘huh?’ Others make us glad, smiling with the smug satisfaction we won’t have to accidentally stumble upon them on TV. Still there are others, ones that leave us grieving the loss (Veronica Mars and Angel - here’s lookin’ at you-z). Hopefully none of your favorites were dropped. I’ve compiled some information on shows that are now gone, or soon will be.

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I totally come through and make good on all my promises. At least the ones I remember and/or actually want to. Huzzah! So, I told my Dad I was going to dedicate a post to him, and heeeeere it is! Initially, I was going to talk about how he’s all super-wonderful and how he reminds me wonder-dad, Keith Mars (Veronica Mars). If you can’t have a Gilmore Girls Mom, this is really just as great.

I have decided to tell you just a fraction-small reason of WHY my Dad is fun. (This is besides the fact that he likes to say his name is Toby Maguire, while he doesn’t like the actor.) A perpetual channel surfer (a horror to me, who never wants to miss a single second of the show I’m watching) my Dad flips around to all channel’s. So, the other day we were on some entertainment show and they were talking about Jennifer Aniston (our dear Rachel Green from Friends) and John Mayer, swimming. Which is apparently world breaking news, or something. But unless they were swimming in lava, I don’t think I care. Continued

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