Seth Rogen is engaged to his long-time girlfriend Laura Miller! I love reading stories like this mostly because I love seeing good things happen to Canadians! Seth Rogen, the Canadian funny man proposed to his girlfriend after 6 years of dating, and after Miller had given up hope that it would actually happen! Rogen is set to star in the upcoming Green Lantern, and of course we all know him from his hilarious movies like The 40-Year Old Virgin, Anchorman and Superbad.
Did you know that Rogen actually wrote the script to Superbad when he was only 13 years old, along with his writing partner and friend, Evan Goldberg? They had planned on starring in the movie together, but by the time the movie actually hit production Rogen felt that he was too old to play the main character so they cast Jonah Hill instead and he went on to have a supporting role. I can't even count how many times I've seen that movie - I love it!
I get all kinds of giddy when I see Canadians become as successful as Seth Rogen has. I didn’t realize it, but he’s been nominated for an Emmy award for his writing and also won a Canadian Comedy Award!
His new fiancée Lauren Miller is also as talented as Rogen. In addition to having some bit parts in a few of Rogen’s movies, she’s also a writer, producer and director. Wow, those two are going to make some talented kids!
Congratulations to the happy couple!
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Confessions of a Pop Culture Mummy
Demi Lovato checked herself into rehab this week and never has a topic caused so much speculation for a teen starlet than since Britney Spears appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone and everyone wondered if she had a boob job or not!
Demi Lovato is one of my kid’s most favourite television characters. We watch Sonny with a Chance religiously and Camp Rock 2 is on my PVR and is played almost as much as Dora (which is definitely saying something).
Regardless of why she has chosen to enter rehab I can only guess about the reasons leading up to it. Here’s a beautiful, talented young woman who has been rumoured to have suffered from emotional issues in the past having to tour with her ex-boyfriend when his new girlfriend shows up. Yes it has long been rumoured that Demi suffered from an eating disorder as well as from cutting herself. She also dated her ‘Camp Rock 2’ co-star Joe Jonas but they broke up before the tour started.
She then found herself touring with the Jonas Brothers but Joe has a new girlfriend who showed up on the tour. Of course that would be hard to deal with – that would be hard for a grown woman to deal with! Not to mention dealing with the never ending superficial pressures of young Hollywood to always be thinner, tanner, and prettier.
So there’s lots of speculation about the how’s and the why’s – and now her father, whom she hasn’t even spoken to in years is getting in on it by speaking to the tabloids and pointing fingers but none of that is really helping Demi. In my opinion her father is looking a little Michael Lohan-ish by trying to use his daughter’s issues to capitalize on his own fame-whoring, but that’s just me.
Regardless of the cause I really hope that Demi gets the help that she needs because she is far too young and far too talented to be destroyed by Hollywood. We’ve seen it too far often and hopefully she’ll be a warning sign to other parents who are so determined to make their kids a star that the price of fame is all too often not worth it.
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Confessions from a Pop Culture Mummy
October is breast cancer awareness month, November turns into ‘Movember’ when men grow moustaches in support of men’s cancers, we’ve been asked to wear purple to support the stop gay-bullying message, and purple is also for epilepsy awareness. We’re supposed to shut down our social media outlets in support of Autism and post where we put our purses on our facebook status in support of women’s cancers. We wear red ribbons to show our support for AIDS awareness and men walk in women’s shoes to support women’s cancers. Not to mention every week there’s some kind of facebook status update thing going around that you’re supposed to post if you’re a girl from Nova Scotia who wears pink bras that likes it on the kitchen table and who’s also a good sister – or something like that.
My point is – I can’t do it all. I didn’t even attempt to shut down for Autism awareness – not because I don’t think that Autism awareness is a valid cause – I most definitely do – but social media is a huge part of my job. I think it’s pretty obvious I won’t be sporting any facial hair for ‘Movember’ (God willing!) and I like to reserve my facebook status to talk about how much I like coffee, or Gossip Girl, or maybe even how much I find Paulie D from Jersey Shore attractive (no judging allowed – it’s my facebook status update and I’ll embarrass myself if I want to!). Needless to say I just don’t want my non-participation to be deemed apathy.
Because I’m far from apathetic. September was the month we found out my father had cancer – breast cancer. After a mastectomy was performed he now will endure 9 weeks of chemo and radiation therapy as well as genetic testing because apparently having almost every one of your siblings (he has 10) have some sort of cancer is a bit odd. Oh yeah, and did I mention he had a bout of colon cancer last year? So my causes are kinda focused right now. Plus if you add in the fact that my mother calls myself, my sister and my brother weekly asking if we’ve booked our doctor’s appointments to schedule our mammograms and colonoscopy (can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to that one) I just prefer to support in my own way.
Every cause is valid, but everyone can’t outwardly support every cause. Sometimes we have to pick and choose those causes close to us and focus our energies on those. So just because I don’t shut down my social media, or I might not wear pink all October or post various things to my facebook status does not mean I don’t support your cause. Because I do, but right now I’m gonna focus on my own cause.
Scene and Heard
Confessions from a Pop Culture Mummy
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